In Bangladesh, ladies’s participation within the workforce is low, and solely 7.2% of small companies within the nation are owned by ladies.*
For generations, ladies have been discriminated in opposition to simply because they’re ladies. Too typically, they’re married off earlier than ending faculty, turn out to be moms earlier than they attain maturity, and spend their lives being depending on their husbands.
Reshma’s story started like this. However she managed to vary its course. She determined to start out her personal enterprise by producing apple cider vinegar on her personal. As demand grew, she sought assist to assist develop her enterprise.
By a coaching program funded by the European Union, Reshma outfitted herself with the entrepreneurship abilities she wanted to succeed and develop her enterprise from the bottom up.
“That coaching labored in my life like magic,” Reshma says. “I used to be very impressed.” She started hiring ladies from her personal village and in the present day, she’s not simply supporting her household, she’s additionally serving to to create alternatives for different ladies in her neighborhood.
Research present ladies reinvest as much as 90% of their revenue into their households **, bettering entry to schooling and healthcare, inflicting schooling charges to rise, and households to thrive. In a rustic like Bangladesh, the ripple results of this may have a big impact.
That’s why the European Union is investing in ladies like Reshma to allow them to lead, create and rise on their very own phrases. There are lots of ladies like her, stuffed with potential and willpower. Armed with the correct abilities, they too are reworking their lives, supporting their households, and driving change of their communities, simply as Reshma has accomplished. Reshma’s story shouldn’t be distinctive, however it’s proof that investing in ladies is sensible economics. As a result of when ladies lead, whole communities can succeed.
