Empowering Women through Education and Skills Project - Rajo Kaaba

The development objective of Empowering Women Through Education and Skills Rajo Kaaba Project for Somalia aims to improve literacy and numeracy skills of women in selected areas and to prepare women for leadership roles. This project has three components:

1) The first component, Skills for Life and Labor Market Success, aims to support adolescent girls and women16 to acquire basic literacy and numeracy skills, cross-cutting socioemotional and life skills, and basic vocational skills to improve their livelihoods.

2) The second component, Higher Skills Development for Women’s Leadership, has the following sub-components: (i) Establishing Women’s Development Centers; and (ii) Developing a Consortium of Autonomous Women’s Colleges.

3) The third component, Technical Assistance and Project Management, will finance systems strengthening efforts, technical assistance, and project management.

The project ultimately aims to increase women's participation in leadership roles and improve their economic standing through education and skills development.