Zambian Women With Skills

Enhancing the Entrepreneurial & Leadership Capacities of Women& Girls via:
-skills training
-mentorship
-entreprenuership.
-networking.
-promotion& corporation.

[Zambian Women With Skills @ZedWWS]

Countries that invest in the education of women do better in a variety of development indicators. In fact, educating girls is one of the wisest investments any developing country can make” – Rosalyn McKeown (2004).

[Zambian Women With Skills @ZedWWS]

We remain commited to "changing the lives of Zambian Women, one woman at a time."

[Zambian Women With Skills @ZedWWS]

SWEEP PROJECT PARTICIPANT TESTIMONIALS.

Her name is Nsamwa Mwanza and as a good& practical student,she has quickly found her place in the food industry by leveraging the skills she picked up under the catering training,plus the start up package of baking materials...
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As an Organization,we r extremely excited for her,as she commences her enterprenural journey,&can't wait to see her contribution2 the economic narrative of her individual community.Major thanks2 @usembassyzambia for the generous funding &support recieved 2 facilitate this Project

[Zambian Women With Skills @ZedWWS]

We remain commited to "changing the lives of Zambian Women one woman at a time."

#skillstraining #entrepreneurship #womenempowerment #inclusion #mentorship #financialliteracy

[Zambian Women With Skills @ZedWWS]

Megan Markle once said, "Women don't necessarily need to find a voice as they already have one. What they need instead, are tools to empower them to use it, and for people to be encouraged to listen." [paraphrased]

[Zambian Women With Skills @ZedWWS]

Ours is a mission to help give local women a voice through skills identification and training, mentorship, networking, entrepreneurship, promotion and corporation.

[Zambian Women With Skills @ZedWWS]

The women hav also referenced the importance of context in shaping their experiences.With such useful,experience based insights shared,we r takin our notes& readjusting our Project design in order2 ensure tht their overrall in-training experience is as meaningful as it shud be.

[Zambian Women With Skills @ZedWWS]

Our recent interactions with the 20 women that we are working with in our current Cohort of the SWEEP Project, have revealed that in order to effectively improve the economic situation of women and girls living with some form of disability, it is important to understand
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that the bulk of the discrimination they face,is mostly connected2 their actual disability and not their gender.Therefore, their advocacy or appeal is directed towards the removal of disability-specific barriers (e.g. inaccessible infrastructure as well stigmatisation in general)

[Zambian Women With Skills @ZedWWS]

The women hav also referenced the importance of context in shaping their experiences.With such useful,experience based insights shared,we r takin our notes& readjusting our Project design in order2 ensure tht their overrall in-training experience is as meaningful as it shud b

[Zambian Women With Skills @ZedWWS]

that the bulk of the discrimination they face,is mostly connected2 their actual disability and not their gender.Therefore, their advocacy or appeal is directed towards the removal of disability-specific barriers (e.g. inaccessible infrastructure as well stigmatisation in general)

[Zambian Women With Skills @ZedWWS]

With 3 days in2 the training sessions,we remain hopeful of the positive impact tht ths particular project will hav on the participants,their families & the different communities frm which they r drawn.

We remain commited2 changing the lives of Zambian Women1 woman @ a tym.

[Zambian Women With Skills @ZedWWS]

SWEEP INCLUSION EDITION - IN SESSION TRAINING.

The UN Women reports that Women and girls with disabilities face systemic marginalization and attitudinal and environmental barriers that lead to lower economic and social status; increased risk of violence and abuse...
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This inturn hinders their participation on an equal basis with others in all spheres.
Given ths stack reality,our current SWEEP Project(Inclusion Edition),is on course2 help re-write this narrative by empowering 20 women with hearing impairments with catering and tailoring skills

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SUSTAINABLE WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROJECT (SWEEP) - IN SESSION.

We were off to a good start yesterday the 17th of October 2022, with our new Cohort of women that have been selected to taken part in this particular cohort.
#womenempowerment
#skillstraining

[Zambian Women With Skills @ZedWWS]

We remain commited to changing the lives of Zambian Women, one woman at a time. 🙏🙏

#skillstraining #womenempowerment
#inclusion
#communitydevelopment

[Zambian Women With Skills @ZedWWS]

All the 20 women that will undergo this training, have been selected from different communities within Lusaka through our partner organisation i.e. the Zambia National Association of the Deaf (ZNAD)which is already on the ground within the community, actively working with them.

[Zambian Women With Skills @ZedWWS]

Today the 12th of October 2022, through the generous support& funding of the US Govt,we launched the Sustainable Women’s Economic Empowerment Project (SWEEP)“Inclusion Edition.This is a community initiative that seeks2 help contribute to the rebalancing of the existing
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In this particular cohort,our intention is 2 empower 20 women (with speech & hearing impairments) with income generating skills (tailoring & catering) plus business start-up packages in the form of the necessary materials nided2 set up a business in line with the skills acquired.