Liberian Rural Women Association (LIRWA)

Country

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.