Problem Statement and Justification

Women in rural communities of Kenya continue to shoulder the responsibility of providing for their families and taking care of their own children, as well as the high number of orphans as a result of the high HIV prevalence in the region. Apart from this Harmful Cultural Practices like wife inheritance & domestic violence, Gender stereotyping, lack of respect for their human rights, lack of access to information, opportunities and resources, and exclusion from decision making processes on issues which directly affect them, all contribute to making the rural women vulnerable

The Craft & Business Training, and Enhanced Access to Information & Communication Technology Project seeks to address these imbalances by providing economic development opportunities and increased access to information and markets to 100 rural women.