Who we are
Vision
Empowering Somaliland Women for Social and Economic Development.
Mission statement.
To ensure women’s social and economic empowerment by building up their decision-making and entrepreneurship capabilities and helping women reach their full potential.
About
We invest helps low-income, high-potential women solve their business challenges. We provide services and solutions including loans to women-led businesses and provide access to training, mentoring, and other resources that can help women entrepreneurs succeed.
Why choose to work with women
Women in Somaliland face unique social and economic challenges that can be addressed through social enterprises. Women are often more affected by social and environmental issues, such as poverty, inequality, restrictive social norms, and climate change. Women often have limited access to capital, education, and other resources, which makes it difficult to start and grow businesses. Most women lack physical access to banks, and lack of necessary documentation for opening an account and others face the high cost of opening and maintaining an account,
Why choose to work with women
Women represent almost 51% of the Somaliland population
53.8 % of women (15-14 yrs) are unemployed or uneducated .
Women have an unmet credit need:
90.5 % of the women in Somaliland do not have a formal Bank account
Negative perception towards women entrepreneurs
Lack of National Finance and Micro-schemes/projects targeting women Preference of financial service providers towards larger loan sizes
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