Empowering young women is at the core of WE Act and cuts across all of our work.

Our understanding of what constitutes empowerment comes from the social economist Naila Kabeer, who speaks of women’s empowerment across three key domains: resources, agency and achievements.

Resources enhance women’s ability to make choices, and include a range of different material, human and social resources that they may draw on in pursuit of their goals. Accessing appropriate resources is a precondition for empowerment. For young women entrepreneurs, this includes information, skills building, financing, social capital and the physical assets that make enterprises viable.

Agency is a woman’s capacity to define her own life choices and to act on those choices. Agency is the process of empowerment, and for young women entrepreneurs this includes ability to use their voice, participate, influence, and ultimately to take ownership of decisions that impact their life opportunities.

Achievements are the outcomes of choice, otherwise seen as living the life one wants to live. For young women entrepreneurs, this may be increased incomes or healthier and more prosperous families.

Empowering young women is at the core of WE Act and cuts across all of our work.

Our understanding of what constitutes empowerment comes from the social economist Naila Kabeer, who speaks of women’s empowerment across three key domains: resources, agency and achievements.

Resources enhance women’s ability to make choices, and include a range of different material, human and social resources that they may draw on in pursuit of their goals. Accessing appropriate resources is a precondition for empowerment. For young women entrepreneurs, this includes information, skills building, financing, social capital and the physical assets that make enterprises viable.

Agency is a woman’s capacity to define her own life choices and to act on those choices. Agency is the process of empowerment, and for young women entrepreneurs this includes ability to use their voice, participate, influence, and ultimately to take ownership of decisions that impact their life opportunities.

Achievements are the outcomes of choice, otherwise seen as living the life one wants to live. For young women entrepreneurs, this may be increased incomes or healthier and more prosperous families.

Empowering young women is at the core of WE Act and cuts across all of our work.

Our understanding of what constitutes empowerment comes from the social economist Naila Kabeer, who speaks of women’s empowerment across three key domains: resources, agency and achievements.

Resources enhance women’s ability to make choices, and include a range of different material, human and social resources that they may draw on in pursuit of their goals. Accessing appropriate resources is a precondition for empowerment. For young women entrepreneurs, this includes information, skills building, financing, social capital and the physical assets that make enterprises viable.

Agency is a woman’s capacity to define her own life choices and to act on those choices. Agency is the process of empowerment, and for young women entrepreneurs this includes ability to use their voice, participate, influence, and ultimately to take ownership of decisions that impact their life opportunities.

Achievements are the outcomes of choice, otherwise seen as living the life one wants to live. For young women entrepreneurs, this may be increased incomes or healthier and more prosperous families.