Empowering Refugee Women Through Small Businesses is a transformative initiative that equips refugee women with small loans, financial tools, and mentorship to launch and grow their enterprises. By fostering entrepreneurship, the project creates sustainable income opportunities, reduces dependency on aid, and strengthens long-term resilience. Women-led businesses provide not only financial stability but also dignity, confidence, and leadership within their communities.
Refugee women in Uganda face significant barriers to economic participation and self-reliance. Despite their potential and entrepreneurial spirit, they are often excluded from formal financial services due to lack of proper documentation, absence of collateral, and restrictive social norms that discourage female entrepreneurship. As a result, many refugee women struggle to start or grow small businesses, leaving them dependent on aid and vulnerable to poverty. This project seeks to bridge that g
This project tackles the challenge of financial exclusion and limited opportunities faced by refugee women by providing access to microfinance initiatives, financial literacy training, and tailored support grounded in trauma- and gender-informed approaches. By equipping women with small loans and practical financial tools, the initiative empowers them to start and grow sustainable businesses, breaking free from the cycle of dependency and poverty. Through entrepreneurship, refugee women gain the
The long-term impact of this project is transformative, as it represents a movement toward dignity, self-reliance, and inclusive development. By enabling refugee women to start and expand small businesses, the initiative drives economic growth through increased household incomes and sustainable livelihoods. It also promotes social inclusion by fostering economic interdependence and strengthening relationships between refugees and host communities.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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