Strengthening rural women: Finding opportunity in the COVID-19 crisis

Women have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic Latin America and the Caribbean Region but particularly in Latin America where their situation has been exacerbated by preexisting inequalities political instability and lack of access to digital technologies in rural areas.

At the IAF we support community-led solutions for women to expand their economic opportunities throughout Latin America as the region recovers from COVID-19.

Our grantee partner Fundacin Ecuatoriana de Mujeres Rurales de Latinoamrica (FUNMUJERURAL-E) works with rural women?s groups in Chile Ecuador and Panama to improve upon their existing businesses and increase their incomes through training in job skills and enterprise development technical assistance and seed capital to invest in technology.This grant is part of the IAF?s broader COVID-19 response strategy and the Women INvesting in Growth and Security (WINGS) initiative to empower women as business and community leaders.