Most of the women organized in these small businesses are heads of households, with very scarce resources and with a low or non-existent educational level. (Copyright: WFP/Tania Moreno)

El Salvador: Women Entrepreneurs Reaching Their Goals

Thanks to the Gender Innovation Fund, a group of women led by Blanca Segovia had an opportunity to start their own microbusiness, support the school meals programme at local schools and also improve the nutrition of their own families.

Overview

El Salvador with its 5.7 million inhabitants (in addition over 2 million residing abroad) is a middle income country with profound inequalities in distribution of wealth (GINI: 0.52) and persisting profound levels of poverty.

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Country at a glance 2012
Planned Beneficiaries87,500
Beneficiary needs (mt)0
Beneficiary needs ($US)0