🛠 Building Businesses, Changing Lives: Women Agripreneurs in Mozambique

Stories of resilient women in Mozambique who are breaking free from societal norms and building successful businesses against all odds. Through entrepreneurship and personal initiative, these women challenge stereotypes, fight discrimination, and drive change in their communities.

Meet the Women Leading Change:

• Matilde Calima: A young entrepreneur from Beira who has built a thriving business selling perfumes and soaps. Despite facing discrimination as a lesbian woman, she fights for tolerance and organizes women’s groups to discuss critical issues like domestic violence and unplanned pregnancies.
• Joana Barbosa: After leaving an abusive marriage, Joana started her own business in agriculture and organic cosmetics. She now provides for her son as a single mother and serves as a role model for other women in her community, demonstrating the power of financial independence.

These inspiring stories highlight how financial independence and entrepreneurship can transform lives and challenge deep-rooted cultural expectations. By stepping into the business world, these women are not only achieving personal success but are also contributing to the broader development of Mozambique.

PI-Training is one component of the the 360° AgriJobs Approach. The approach integrates incubation and vocational education to empower rural youth with the skills and networks needed for success in the agricultural and food sector. Successful female agripreneurs create employment for themselves and their peers, contributing to gender equality.

• Get to know more aspiring agripreneurs of the 360° Agri-Jobs Approach: https://agrijobs.snrd-africa.net/
• Explore the Toolbox for Rural Youth Employment Promotion: Your guide to integrating entrepreneurial mindset training into employment projects: https://agrijobs.snrd-africa.net/reso...
• Get inspired by more activities to empower women through employment and financial independence in the “How To-Paper on Promote Gender Transformative Approaches”. https://agrijobs.snrd-africa.net/reso...

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The PI-Training is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in cooperation with Instituto Nacional de Emprego (INEP), Associação dos Estudantes Finalistas Universitários de Moçambique (AEFUM) and Grupo de Mulheres de Partilha de Ideias de Sofala (GMPIS) – and more partners to come!
PI-Training was developed at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and, beneath other, implemented by move gGmbH Entrepreneurship Training Institute. move-eti customized the PI Training to the needs of young Agripreneurs in Mozambique and qualified more than 20 trainers. PI training is regularly evaluated according to the gold-standard of scientific evaluation and has been found out to be significantly more effective than traditional business training. https://www.move-eti.com