Theme: Women's Economic Empowerment

Voice & Leadership

Strengthening the Voice and Leadership of Informal Women Workers Around Social Policy Issues This project built a sustained link between...

Street Vendors

Fair Trade

“Building Capacity for Change: Developing Women’s Leadership and Business Skills” describes an action-research project (2012-15)...

Securing Economic Rights for Informal Women Workers

Strengthening the organizing and leadership capacity of informal women workers fosters economic self-reliance and increases women’s...

Gumutindo: Growing Toward a New Gender Balance

Halfway up Mount Elgon, a bumpy hour’s drive from the busy centre of Mbale in eastern Uganda, the women meeting at the Konokoy Organic Coffee...

Maasai Women Bead Better Products, Better Lives

by Leslie Vryenhoek

Bega kwa Bega: Shoulder to Shoulder Achieving their Goals

In a Nairobi slum, the women of  Bega kwa Bega are checking linens—table runners, decorative cushion covers and an ingenious pan carrier—and...

Ngalo: Kampala Women’s Group Sews—and Reaps Big Rewards

Agnes Mugabi holds Ngalo’s official Certificate of RegistrationLike all groups involved in the WIEGO-led Leadership & Business...

In Jinja, Women Come Together to Learn and to Earn

Kyebajja Tobona Women’s Group, affiliated to Nurturing Uganda, a member of UGAFAT This is one in a series of WIEGO Network impact stories. View...

Success for the Women of Machakos Cooperative Union

For a group of women who weave baskets in Machakos, Kenya, coming together to work—and coming to perceive their basket weaving as a business—has...