Entreprenuer Matilde Calima amidst two other women fighting for female empowerment in Mozambique
đź› Building Businesses, Changing Lives: Women Agripreneurs in Mozambique
This video explores the stories of resilient women in Mozambique who are breaking free from societal norms, and building successful businesses against all odds. Through entrepreneurship and personal initiative, these women challenge stereotypes, fight discrimination, and drive change in their communities.
Meet the Women Leading Change
- Matilde Calima: A young entrepreneur from Beira who has built a thriving business selling perfumes and soaps. Despite facing discrimination as a lesbian woman, she fights for tolerance and organizes women’s groups to discuss critical issues like domestic violence and unplanned pregnancies.
- Joana Barbosa: After leaving an abusive marriage, Joana started her own agriculture and organic cosmetics business. She now provides for her son as a single mother and serves as a role model for other women in her community, demonstrating the power of financial independence.
The stories highlight how financial independence and entrepreneurship can transform lives and challenge deep-rooted cultural expectations. By stepping into the business world, these women are achieving personal success and contributing to the broader development of Mozambique.
Personal initiative training
Personal initiative training is one component of the 360° AgriJobs Approach applied in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Burkina Faso. The approach integrates incubation and vocational education to empower rural youth with the skills and networks needed for success in the agricultural and food sectors. Successful agripreneurs create employment for themselves and their peers, contributing to solving the problem of unemployment in Africa.
Additional information
- Learn more about the 360° Agri-Jobs Approach
- Explore the Toolbox for Rural Youth Employment Promotion: Your guide to integrating entrepreneurial mindset training into employment projects.
- Get inspired by more training to promote entrepreneurship in the How-To-Paper on Entrepreneurial Mindset Training
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About
The GIZ projects Employment promotion for women for the green transformation in Africa (WE4D) and Rural Employment with Focus on Youth created the video in cooperation with Instituto Nacional de Emprego (INEP), Associação dos Estudantes Finalistas Universitários de Moçambique (AEFUM) and Grupo de Mulheres de Partilha de Ideias de Sofala (GMPIS) in Mozambique.
Personal Initiative Training was developed at the Leuphana University of LĂĽneburg and, amongst others, implemented by move gGmbH Entrepreneurship Training Institute. move-eti customized the Personal Initiative Training to the needs of young Agripreneurs in Mozambique and qualified more than 20 trainers. Personal Initiative training is regularly evaluated according to the gold standard of scientific evaluation and has been found to be significantly more effective than conventional business training.
