The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women's mission is to provide women with the skills, technology, networks and access to capital that they need to become successful small and growing business owners, so that they can contribute to their economies and have a stronger voice in their societies.
Women who are financially independent have greater control over their own and their children's lives. Economic security gives women a more influential voice in tackling injustice and discrimination in their communities and wider society. Yet women entrepreneurs around the world still lack the business skills, technology, networks and access to financial services they need to be successful in the long term. The Foundation provides support in these four key areas so that women can grow their businesses and create employment opportunities for others.
Working in partnership with non-profit, private and public sector organisations, we develop projects with sustainable solutions to the challenges women entrepreneurs face through three programmes:
Enterprise Development Programme
Mentoring Women in Business Programme
Mobile Technology Programme
The women we work with have the potential to take the next step towards becoming successful entrepreneurs or are running small businesses that have already had some success but are struggling to sustain their position or expand. By focusing on the women who have already achieved a level of success, we're helping women to create employment opportunities and contribute to their economies. Empowering women to gain financial independence generates lasting impacts, since research shows that women tend to invest 90% of their income back into their families.
