Women have been disproportionately affected by the covid-19 pandemic worldwide, but particularly in latin america, where their situation has been exacerbated by preexisting inequalities, political…

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded $222,360 under its Assistance for Overseas Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (CFDA 85.750) to Fundacion Ecuatoriana De Mujeres Rurales De Latinoamerica Y El Caribe - Funmujerural-E to support community-led solutions empowering rural women in Latin America as the region recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. Through September 2024, Funmujerural-E will work with women's groups in Chile, Ecuador and Panama to improve and expand existing businesses through training, technical assistance, and $222 thousand in seed capital for technology investments. This project aims to strengthen economic opportunities for rural women disproportionately impacted by the pandemic through support of their enterprises in job skills, business development and access to digital technologies. The award is part of IAF's COVID-19 response strategy and its Women Investing in Growth and Security initiative.

Women have been disproportionately affected by the covid-19 pandemic worldwide, 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 fundaci? Ecuatoriana DE mujeres rurales DE latinoam?ICA (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.