ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Many women in Tanzania are forced to deal with issues like rape, domestic violence, land rights, and other forms of discrimination. One of the underlying problems leading to the discrimination is that women that many of them drop out of school at an early age and are given marriage as their only option of providing for themselves and their families. They end up relying on their potentially abusive or discriminatory spouse as a source of income because they lack support to be independent.
The Dare Women's Foundation brings women together to educate them and support them to earn their own income. When they are able to financially provide for their families, they gain independence and are able to stand up to a lot of the discrimination they face from their husbands, family, or community members.
Currently, the Dare Women's Foundation supports women in several ways to create their own small businesses:
The Dare Women's Foundation brings women together to educate them and support them to earn their own income. When they are able to financially provide for their families, they gain independence and are able to stand up to a lot of the discrimination they face from their husbands, family, or community members.
Currently, the Dare Women's Foundation supports women in several ways to create their own small businesses:
- The Reusable Pads Project: While this is an entire separate project, which you can learn about here, it is also a way for women to earn their own income.
- Carpet making: The foundation provides women with yarn, safets?, and unique tools so women can make carpets.