Women’s economic empowerment is central to realizing women’s rights and gender equality. Women’s economic empowerment includes:

• Women’s ability to participate equally in existing markets;
• Access to and control over productive resources;
• Access to decent work;
• Control over their own time, lives, and bodies;
• Increased voice, agency, and meaningful participation in economic decision-making at all levels, from the household to international platforms.

Investing in girls and women creates a ripple effect that yields multiple benefits for individual women, families, communities, and countries.

Due to the adverse effects occasioned by the many years most fistula survivors live with the condition, being abandoned by their spouses and the inability to engage in any economic activities thus pushing most of them in abject poverty. Putting structured support system in place to facilitate the process of rebuilding the lives of fistula survivors economically remains critical in achieving the goal of improved lives.

LEFI equips fistula survivors with skills and knowledge that build their capacity to effectively engage in successful Income-Generating Activities (IGAs) at individual and Solidarity group levels as an economic empowerment tool.