Project
Innovation for Women Empowerment
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Amount Funded
25,000 EUROProject Duration
01 Nov 2018 - 31 Oct 2020 -
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Lead organisation
Women Nutrition and Sanitation Project
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Women Nutrition & Sanitation Project (WNSP) is a women-led organisation founded in 2010 as a community-based initiative to work hand-in-hand with local communities towards the improvement of their well-being through raising awareness level as well as advance innovative grassroots initiatives to recognise, empower and support the vulnerable and marginalised groups (especially women and the girl child).
WNSP focuses most of her advocacy and systemic change initiatives at sub-county and district level because Uganda’s constitution provides for decentralisation which devolves administrative and legislative powers to district and sub-county administrations.
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Organisation
Women Nutrition & Sanitation Project (WNSP) is a women-led organisation founded in 2010 as a community-based initiative to work hand-in-hand with local communities towards the improvement of their well-being through raising awareness level as well as advance innovative grassroots initiatives to recognise, empower and support the vulnerable and marginalised groups (especially women and the girl child).
WNSP focuses most of her advocacy and systemic change initiatives at sub-county and district level because Uganda’s constitution provides for decentralisation which devolves administrative and legislative powers to district and sub-county administrations.
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Project
Innovation for Women Empowerment project supports the empowerment of 30 vulnerable and marginalised groups, especially women and girls in three sub-counties of Lango sub-region through enhancement of their agricultural productivity, financial capabilities and firming of their self-esteem by the end of the project.
The project focuses on working with communities, with an emphasis on women through systematic fiscal empowerment and ensure the firming of women self-esteem. The groups will be supported to develop innovative income generating activities, support them to improve their financial management skills as well as counter bad cultural norms to raise women self-esteem.
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Innovation for Women Empowerment project supports the empowerment of 30 vulnerable and marginalised groups, especially women and girls in three sub-counties of Lango sub-region through enhancement of their agricultural productivity, financial capabilities and firming of their self-esteem by the end of the project.
The project focuses on working with communities, with an emphasis on women through systematic fiscal empowerment and ensure the firming of women self-esteem. The groups will be supported to develop innovative income generating activities, support them to improve their financial management skills as well as counter bad cultural norms to raise women self-esteem.
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Through interventions made towards empowering vulnerable and marginalized groups, a savings culture among women and girls has been strengthened, social cohesion and personal development felt; influencing decisions; household and community levels as well as improved household incomes and food security was realised. Below is evidence of the practices adopted as a result of interventions.
Orange en mar VSLA group in Toro during saving session.
With the savings generated, women can have the means to acquire productive assets normally owned by men, such as land or livestock.
