Quick information guide

Kenya Government’s leads by example in Gender Equality and Women Empowerment. It has established a Women Enterprise Fund

Aim:

to provide accessible and affordable credit to support women start and/or expand business for wealth and employment creation.

Loans provided by the Fund:

  • Constituency women enterprise scheme
  • LPO Financing
  • Bill bond Financing; and
  • Sacco lending

Other services:

  • Capacity building
  • Market support; and
  • Linkages

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Contacts.

Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs.

Directorate of Youth Affairs.
 P.O. Box 34303-00100.
Nairobi-
Kenya.

Harambee House,
Harambee Avenue

Empowernment Programmes for Women In Kenya

In Kenya, the population of people living below the poverty line has declined from 46.8% in 2005/06 to 36.1% in 2015/16, according to the 17th edition of the Kenya Economic Update.

Women in the Kenyan contribute significantly to the economy of the country both directly or indirectly and therefore stirring up the economy out of such a high poverty index would need measures put in place for economic empowerment of Kenyan women.

The government of Kenya has established funds and policies such as the 30% procurement allocation for all government tenders so that more women may have an entry chance in such a competitive space. Private Sector Organisations have also set up programmes to empower women.

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Joyful Women Organization (JOYWO)

JOYWO is a registered Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) founded to empower Kenyan women economically and enhance household food security among them through supporting their involvement in sustainable livelihood projects.

 

List of programs provided by JOYWO

  • Capacity Building- Aims at developing and strengthening the skills and abilities of the community it servesthrough periodical training in public procurement, modern agriculture, business/ entrepreneurship skills and table banking.
  • Tablebanking- is a group-based funding strategy in which members save and borrow immediately during their meeting times either as short-term or long-term loans
  • Livelihood Projects- JOYWO encourages its members to invest in livelihood projects to generate income. Some of the projects include:Animal husbandry(poultry farming), Horticulture (white sorghum and passion fruit farming) andModern farming (Open drip irrigation and Greenhouse farming).

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Contacts

P.o Box 27506-00506
Nyayo Stadium

 

Phone:+254710826959 Email:info@joywo.org                                                                                                                                              Website: https://joywo.org/