“Are we putting our money into right initiatives to economically empower women to spur progress?”

As the world celebrates the International Women’s Day- 2024, under the theme “Invest in women, accelerate progress” it is important to contemplate the current status of women and the serious challenges that persist in their journey towards economic empowerment.

One of the pressing concerns for women is lack of finances and land to enable them engage in sustainable production and supply especially those at the grassroots engaged in small-scale income-generating projects.  

In an opinion published in the Daily Express, Ms. Peruth Atukwatse, the AIBIS Senior Programme Officer-Gender, elaborates how women are still finding it hard to access factors of production such as land and capital and why fixing that challenge should be a top priority of the Government. Open the link below for the full article.