Women's Global Empowerment Fund

Our clients expressed a desire and excitement for a literacy program and in response, our literacy program began in July, 2008. Participants are divided into groups where they will be provided with materials, books, pens, etc. and attend classes twice a week for eight months. To date we have served over 3600 women.

Our Leadership Development programs aim to advance the participation, access and voice of women in their communities in post conflict northern Uganda and other regions, districts and villages where women’s voices have been marginalized. A unique opportunity exists in post conflict regions for women to seize the moment , reshaping and rebuilding societies and traditional political order. Our goal is to create a mechanism to elevate women’s legislative participation thru training initiatives promoting advocacy, activism; creating the space for women to run for elected office, manage campaigns increasing women’s representation at all levels of government.

To address the issue of inequality, gender based violence, and other issues facing women in northern Uganda, Women’s Global Empowerment Fund hosts an annual drama competition, Kikopo Pa Mon. Women in our microfinance program created original plays highlighting their stories using music, drama, and dance.

Women provide up to 90% of the rural poor’s food and produce, WGEF is supporting women farmers by offering agricultural loans and training.The agricultural project provides women with agricultural loans, training and support, ensuring that our clients are able to successfully plant, grow and harvest their crops.

To address the issue of menstrual health, and the challenges women face with regards to access, hygiene and stigma, Women’s Global Empowerment Fund (WGEF) launched the Healthy Periods Initiative – improving health, creating livelihoods. The goal of this initiative is to provide information, access and opportunities with regards to menstrual health. In addition, WGEF is offering social enterprise opportunities, creating a viable business producing the sanitary pad product. Through the purchase of a manufacturing unit WGEF will drive economic and socio-cultural changes through enterprise and education. The first step in this relevant, exciting endeavor will be to launch a pilot project; including workshops, business planning, production, education and assessment. With an important focus on philanthropy, WGEF distributed 1m pads in 2017 to 3 refugee camps and 16 schools across northern Uganda.

Mission: To address the issue of menstrual health, and the challenges women face with regards to access, hygiene and socio-cultural stigma, Women’s Global Empowerment Fund (WGEF) has created the Healthy Periods Initiative – improving health, creating livelihoods.

While the cornerstone of the Credit Plus program is economic opportunities, we focus intensely on three areas of social and political development: Literacy, Leadership Development, and Health Initiatives. Within the Leadership Development program, there are initiatives that seek to build a movement to facilitate advocacy and participation for our clients within their communities. There are three main activities that are integral in transforming the lives of our clients: Peer Counseling, our Hotline, and Citizen Activism & Engagement.