Current Situation
- 1 in 5 working-age women in Nepal are employed
- 8.5 years is the average number of years in business for a Nepali woman.
- Surrogate entrepreneurship is very popular in Nepal, business registered in a women’s name but operated by a male (husband, father or son). Thus, nearly one-third of Nepal’s business is owned by women.
Project Goal
The Enterpreneurship Development project aims to ensure economic independence of women by building their skills and providing the necessary support for facilitating women entrepreneurship. The project particularly targets women of marginalized communities and helps them build sources for generating sustainable income through agricultural and non-agricultural ventures.
The project contributes towards the SDG1 2030 by helping women overcome poverty and gain financial security. By 2030, we hope that at least 15% of our target women will undertake entrepreneurship and establish at least one Women Business Centre in all our target communities.
Project Interventions
- Providing relevant trainings on business, management, and entrepreneurship to women of marginalized communities.
- Building women’s groups for facilitating participation and leadership.
- Providing entrepreneurship skills development training to women groups. Highly motivated women to be an entrepreneur are trained on business skills. They are trained on vocational skills such as farming, livestock management, sewing and embroidery, handicrafts, soap making etc. they would be supported for start-up business and mentor for certain time period. They are supported for microenterprises set up.
Project Achievements
Project Resources
Gallery
Research/Reports
Let Women Entrepreneurs Rise – By Biswo Poudel
Women Entrepreneurs in Nepal: What Prevents Them from Leading the Sector? – Brenda Bushell
