FEMINISTS IN ACTION

Feminist in Action (FIA) is a Livelihood project funded by UN Women and implemented with Care International, tackling the limited access of disadvantaged families, mostly women-lead, to tailored financial and technical support, and aiming at providing 45 women from vulnerable communities with opportunities to enhance their technical skills and become economically empowered and self-reliant.  This is achieved by offering vocational training in 3 dominated work fields related to minor shelter repairs (electrical repairs, carpentry, paint) followed by entrepreneurship skills training. Participants also followed awareness sessions about gender-based violence (GBV) and protection measures.

The project extends over a period of 6 months and involves 45 women from vulnerable backgrounds and divides the trainees into 3 groups (15 trainees each). The project covers 70 hours of vocational training , 3 hours of PSEA awareness sessions that aim at improving their mental health and wellbeing as well as reinforcing their coping mechanisms during hardships, 2 hours of First Aid training, and finally 12 hours of Entrepreneurship and Marketing training. 

Women trained

45

Training hours

220 hours of training on PSEA, First Aid, Electric Repair, Artistic paint, Carpentry, Entrepreneurship and Marketing.

Women rising entrepreneurs

7

Carpentry Training pix

Electrical Training Pix

Painting Training Pix

Entrepreneurship Training Pix

First Aid/ PSEA pix