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Vital Voices

Vital Voices . Eniola Mafe, Africa Program Manager June 13, 2012. They are the Vital Voices of our time.

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Vital Voices

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  1. Vital Voices Eniola Mafe, Africa Program Manager June 13, 2012

  2. They are the Vital Voices of our time. Vital Voices identifies, invests in and brings visibility to extraordinary women around the world by unleashing their leadership potential to transform lives and accelerate peace and prosperity in their communities.

  3. Whom do serve? We seek to strengthen local partners, including businesswomens’ association, but ultimately our work seeks to benefit businesswomen and the communities in which they live and work.

  4. Vital Voices in Africa

  5. Key Regional Accomplishments Over $11.7million invested in African women through VV initiatives since 2007 VV has provided leadership and capacity-building training to approximately 800 direct participants. Programs and grants have reached more than 50,000 women from 38 countries since 2007.

  6. Business environment poses unique challenges to women in Africa Factors that influence the success of women entrepreneurs in Africa: • Access to affordable capital • Traditional gender roles and gender stereotypes • Access to information • Unequal opportunities to education • Lack of infrastructure

  7. Let’s look at the kinds of interventions that Vital Voices and its partners believe will result in measureable outcomes and impact for our target beneficiaries. Leadership development More jobs Stronger women business leaders Training, education Access to finance Better pay Technical assistance Access to capital Organize women entrepreneurs Stronger, more sustainable businesses Business mentoring Market linkages Growth of women-led businesses Stronger local human capital Women business certification Access to procurement opportunities More robust private sector Recognition and awards Interventions Outcomes & Impact

  8. These intervention areas drive out Current economic empowerment programs Entrepreneurship and Business Leadershipp Training • Entrepreneurs in Handcrafts • Africa Businesswomen’s Network (incl. Supplier Readiness Program) • African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP): Business Growth training • McLarty Global Fellows: Technical Assistance Program • Enabling Environment • SPARC—Strengthening Public Advocacy for Regional Competitiveness 8

  9. Some techniques have proven successful: Listen to the women Engage in research Build trusted relationships Develop cross -sector partnershipsbased on collaboration Sustainable interventions that create lasting impact Treat partners as agents of their own development not just beneficiaries

  10. Thank you!

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