Job Skills Training: Building Skills for a Sustainable Future
We offer women market-based skills training so they can find employment or start their own businesses. Our goals are to strengthen women’s existing skills and to introduce new skills in traditional and non-traditional fields so women can access future employment opportunities. Economic self-sufficiency is a critical step for women to take their rightful place in the lives of their families and communities.
After a market assessment, we hire local instructors to train in food processing, carpentry, shoemaking, carpet weaving, electrical repair, beekeeping and horticulture, among other areas. Women also receive technical training in savings and small business development, including the formation of business cooperatives, marketing, basic accounting, pricing and business plan development.
Examples of skills training include:
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