Liberian Rural Women Association (LIRWA)

 


Country

Liberia

Organization

Liberian Rural Women Association (LIRWA)

LIRWA was founded in 1998 to empower rural women through microcredit and vocational skills training, sustainable agriculture, HIV/AIDS prevention and gender-based violence awareness and advocacy.

Project

Empowering Rural Women through Vocational Training

To promote rural women's empowerment through skills development entrepreneurship, farming and vocational training; and to promote women's rights and fight against gender-based violence through awareness-raising targeting men and young people.

Project Grant Amount $15,000
Total Grants Received $58,772
Years Supported 7
Theme Natural Resource Rights and Economic Justice
Population Served Adolescent girls, Women, Youth
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