The State Department for Gender and Affirmative Action in partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), Chyulu Hills REDD+ Carbon Project and Ushanga Initiative has launched Ushanga Innovation Resource Centres (UIRC) project which aims at commercializing beadwork.
The project aims to empower approximately 10,000 women from Imbirikani, Kuku, Kuku-A, and Rombo group ranches.
Ushanga Initiative Chief Executive Officer Dorothy Mashipei urged the women to register for the project in numbers so that they could access the benefits fully. "Everyone needs to register as we are digitizing beadwork marketing to empower all women for a sustainable economic empowerment," said Mashipei.
The CEO disclosed that the registration also has a component of measuring the vulnerability of the women, helping them access international markets and the registered members would also benefit from capacity building.
