SUMMARIZE OF OUR PROPOSED PROJECT Supporting women's ability to succeed and advance economically leads to healthy and productive households, growing businesses, and the well-being of communities and nations. But in Sierra Leone, it is well understood in agricultural development and financial inclusion efforts that rural women face compounded socio-cultural and economic barriers in accessing training, information, finance, land, and other inputs and assets critical to achieving success in agricu
Rural Women in Sierra Leone are overburdened with farm work, family responsibilities and compliance with cultural beliefs and norms. They are illiterate, marginalized, they dont actively participate in development decision making processes. They are denied access to resources, information and equal opportunities. As such they are unjustly treated by men and Society.
Our Organization is dedicated to addressing systemic barriers that limit women's empowerment through knowledge mobilization, cross-organizational learning, and strengthening partnerships and alliances among diverse market actors. Our learning initiatives are designed to address common challenges amongst practitioners and create tangible opportunities to share promising practices, co-create technical resources, and to promote a collective voice for improving policy and practice.
Reduced liability and social burden on families or communities Improved women's source of livelihood Women and PWDs' confidence and hope built and are able to fully participate in decisions that affect them. The standard of living and the human dignity improved.. New beneficiaries attracted and incorporated Enhanced participation of women / vulnerable persons in their wellbeing issues Hope and confidence of women / vulnerable persons built Long term economic empowerment assured. Women and PWDs
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Excel file (projdoc.xls).
