OpportunityTitle: Women&apos;s Economic Empowerment and Equality (WE3) Business Services
CategoryExplanation: Women-Gender
Description: USAID&#8217;s Policy on Gender Equality and Female Empowerment lays out a comprehensive commitment to leveling the playing field for women and men. Through this Addendum to the VISP APS, USAID seeks to address several of the known barriers to women&#8217;s economic empowerment and equality that growth-oriented women entrepreneurs tend to face. Among those barriers include: 1) underdeveloped leadership skills; 2) lack of access to tailored business advisory services; and 3) insufficient connection to networks that can help them grow their business, access credit and expand their markets. This is aggravated by a further lack of advisors, role models, and business connections that can help fill the skills gap. This activity is designed to expand the person-to-person advice and connections that women have identified as fundamental to growth and resilience.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Work email
GrantorContactText: Shannon M. White-Benson &lt;br/&gt;Agreement Officer, M/OAA/E3