Business Linkages Among Women Living in Rural Areas

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Women living in rural areas face numerous difficulties which force them to assume underprivileged positions within the community, restricting their possibilities for full development, particularly in the sphere of economy. Therefore, this project has two overall objectives- economic empowerment and cooperation of rural women entrepreneurs and enhancing business opportunities for unemployed rural women. The project aims to bring rural women from both sides of the border together, through trainings, cooperation events and web portal, to acquire new skills, develop their businesses, cooperate, make contacts and exchange ideas by means of intense cultural and economic interaction, which will make them more economically independent and resourceful, create new job openings, diversify products and services, ensure greater quality of life, and influence sustainable economic, cultural and social growth of the entire cross-border region, while minimizing the isolating effects of the border. The project will directly target women entrepreneurs who are in need of further capacity building and women that are unemployed. 80 women will go through two types of trainings (ICT and management), while at least 150 business profiles/entrepreneur profiles of rural women will be included on the web portal. All activities will be tailored to suit the needs of women living in rural areas, which will be identified within initial research and analysis phase. Implementation of those activities will improve the economic position of rural women, reduce stereotyping and discrimination, reduce unemployment rate and lead to economic and social development of the region, and will promote cross-border cooperation among women living on both sides of the border

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