Challenging Gender Norms
A young female entrepreneur in Uganda navigates a male-dominated industry in pursuit of her dreams.
A young female entrepreneur in Uganda navigates a male-dominated industry in pursuit of her dreams.
TechnoServe's William Odhiambo reflects on lessons learned from the SPADE project about empowering women in rural Kenya.
A plantain business in Honduras demonstrates how women's inclusion can translate into higher sales, expanded markets and a more diverse talent pool.
Women maize farmers in India are benefiting from technology-enabled market systems.
TechnoServe was part of a cooperative agreement with US Agency for International Development and FHI 360 for the Community Based Livelihood Development for Women and Children in Swaziland.
TechnoServe is working with five Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs) in the districts of Guna, Narsinghpur, Vidisha, Sheopur and Dindori in Madhya Pradesh in the wheat and maize value chains, helping to build them into sustainable businesses that work to the benefit of their member farmers.
TechnoServe is implementing a livelihoods support program for 5,000 smallholder farming households in the Davangere district of Karnataka.
Over 2,900 coffee farmers are benefiting from a gender-balanced TechnoServe training team in Nicaragua.
This program targets growth-constrained, women-led small and microenterprises, operating in the unorganized or informal sector in the Mumbai urban area.
The Women's Advancement in Rural Development and Agriculture program provides technical assistance to producer groups and facilitates producer group formation with the aim of empowering rural women and improving their lives and communities.