The Girls’ Education and Women’s Empowerment and Livelihoods (GEWEL) Project, has been hailed by beneficiaries as a life changer.

The World Bank-supported Project aims to increase access to livelihood support for women and access to secondary education for disadvantaged girls.

Under the Supporting Women’s Livelihood (SWL) component, administered by the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services, beneficiaries have appreciated the programme for its transformational effect in overcoming the intergenerational transfer of poverty.

The Government through the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services, has therefore intensified its efforts to end poverty and vulnerability through the effective and efficient implementation of various social protection programmes under the project.

Supporting Women’s Livelihoods (SWL), beneficiaries have expanded their financial capacity through the grants they acquire and invested in the beneficiary-led Saving Group initiatives.

Esther Nyambe of Luyando Saving Group who exhibited her products among, doormats, peanut butter and artefacts during the Women’s Day celebrations in Livingstone, encouraged other women to “stand up and be counted”.

She further demonstrated how her business has flourished from the money she raised and channelled to educational and nutritional support for her family members thereby ending intergenerational poverty.

Her success story is not different from Ms Joy Mulena, who, through the SWL program, has transitioned from being poor and vulnerable to food food-secure.

They have attested that all these efforts highlight the commitment of the Government to promoting gender equality through women’s empowerment.
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