Our Work
Women Empowerment
FAAFNET encourages women to recognise and accept their responsibilities to their communities as partners in sustainable development, and supports them with skills and organisation.
Activities
What this programme involves
- Supporting rural and urban poor women to establish groups
- Self-reliant development
- Women's participation in sustainable development
- Income-generating skills
- Market gardening
- Animal husbandry
- Beekeeping
- Small enterprise development
- Women's participation in decision-making
- Gender-based violence awareness and prevention
Our Approach
How FAAFNET works with communities
- Working through existing women's groups and common initiative groups
- Skills training linked directly to income opportunities
- Encouraging women's voice in village committees and development planning
Who Benefits
People and groups we work with
- Local Women Groups
- Youth Groups
- Community-Based Organizations
- Educational Institutions
- Common Initiative Groups / Cooperative Societies
- Community Forests
- Farmers
- Community Leaders
From the Field
Photographs from this area of work
