Women and Youth Empowerment Programs – Help in Restoring their Future
Women are often a double disadvantage because of poverty and gender discrimination. Thus economic empowerment for women is a cornerstone for building sustainable communities. It has widely seen that women and girls in developing countries face greater gender inequalities because of lack of basic education. Such inequality is often seen in our society. The implications of a women’s inability to learn are substantial and far-reaching. PLATFORM for the NEEDY have a special focus on empowering women and girls in order to overcome poverty, injustice and gender-based violence. This also includes working effectively to engage women and youth in rebuilding themselves. Women’s empowerment programs seeks to advance a knowledge community on the challenges experienced by the young mothers, their neglected children and the negative effects of early/teenage pregnancies in Rwenzori region. Women and youth empowerment programs aims at empowering the teenage mothers who are spiritually, socially