Poverty Alleviation by Empowering Women through Literacy Campaign, Skill Training, and Micro-loan in Rural Burkina Faso | Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Living in one of the poorest countries in the world, rural women in Burkina Faso face overwhelming life disadvantages. Women have limited access to landownership, credit, and other productive farm inputs. Traditional culture and limited resources deprive women of educational opportunities resulting in low literacy among rural women. Illiteracy prevents women from accessing any meaningful vocational training and building financial capacity and self-empowerment. Addressing multifaceted issue of rural poverty and gender inequality in Burkina Faso, this project offers a comprehensive poverty reduction model based on women’s literacy education, vocational training, and micro-loan program.
