Business Skills
A Business to Call Their Own
We recognize that women need basic business skills to compete in the market. Building on the job-skills training program, we offer comprehensive business education designed to help women operate their own enterprises.
These skills include: the basics of business planning, entrepreneurship, selling, bookkeeping and financing a business. We also work with women on setting reachable goals and building up a business.
Basic math training is offered to some participants prior to their business and skills training. This training involves a short series of sessions focusing on simple arithmetic and counting. Fundamental math is vital to women as they actively pursue income-generation opportunities.
Valentine's Story
Valentine lives in an IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camp in Goma, DR Congo, close to the border and one of four sites Women for Women International operates in the country. Despite a history of abuse, Valentine has persevered and effectively invested her sponsorship funds to build up her small business. Read Valentine's story.
Meet Iptesam Latif Kadim,
our Income Generation Manager in Iraq
In our Iraq program, Iptesam trains women in job- and business-development skills to help them gain access to employment opportunities and become economically self-sufficient. "My favorite lesson is learning about savings and business skills," she says. Learn more about Iptesam's work.
