Economic Empowerment for Women Entrepreneurs
Financial Literacy and Business Support
The key to inclusion and fair representation is economic empowerment and accessible financial education for both aspiring and existing female entrepreneurs. Our new project gives youth and adult women the tools and confidence to answer this socio-economic challenge, and is fully inclusive of disabled and non-disabled beneficiaries alike.
Through a combination of comprehensive training workshops, financial and resource support, and nationwide accessible advocacy, our project is committed to sustainable change in Cambodia for existing and aspiring female entrepreneurs living in poverty.
We will never see a fair representation of women across all sectors until they are given the resources and support with which to achieve economic independence and autonomy.
“I am very grateful to have taken part in this project helping women business people in my community. Before I started, I did not know how to record my income and expenses for my house and my small business. Now that I have the right information, my shop is doing much better.”
Sreymoch
Community Savings Group
To compliment our expansive education programme, we have also expanded the funds available from our Community Savings Group. In an effort to drive people away from unsafe borrowing practices, we provide 100 families in poverty with access to safe, interest-free loans.
The group is run and maintained by our women entrepreneurs, who now have the experience and knowledge to ensure that loans are taken and returned successfully, so that everyone in the community can benefit.
In 2024
127
women entrepreneurs living in poverty attending and graduating our workshop programme in financial literacy and business best practice.
Over 150
women entrepreneurs provided with comprehensive business support to meet the goals of their business plans.
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Community Savings Group established on Koh Dach Island.
Creating Ambassadors for Change
In Cambodia, the exclusion of disabled and disadvantaged young women is commonplace. Young girls are bound by traditional expectations that do not allow them choice or autonomy. Disabled girls are kept hidden in the home to be spared the shame of cultural stigmas, education is inaccessible to them, and they are denied the opportunity to participate in their communities.
Inclusive Cambodia understands the vital importance of promoting change through educating the youth of Cambodia. We conduct participatory workshops that aim to educate, unify, and lift the voices of the young women we work with, so that they may be ambassadors for change in their own communities. Our workshops are designed to raise awareness of gender and disability discrimination, educational disparity and the importance of education.
It is our hope that they will help strategise our gender equality projects as they grow, and take the lead in their execution. It is also our hope that some of these young women will staff Inclusive Cambodia one day, sit on its board of directors, and take the lead in guiding the future of our organisation.
In 2024
177
young people attending our regular workshop series on financial literacy, with gender and disability inclusion in the economy.
177
young people attending our regular workshop series on health and wellbeing, and the importance of education.
35
Ambassadors for Change active in educating and empowering their communities.