Indonesia’s island geography and population diversity pose unique challenges to enterprise development. High inter-island transportation and communication costs reinforce the geographic isolation of outlying provinces, resulting in severe development inequality between power centers like Java-Bali and the country’s more outlying provinces. The unavailability of business development support and isolation from larger supply chains holds back entrepreneurial individuals in rural areas from scaling up their activities. This is particularly true for women entrepreneurs, who experience more difficulty due to entrenched gender norms.
With the grant support from the Ford Foundation, PLUS and Rumah Energy launched a 1 year project in Lombok as part of the continuous effort in Developing and piloting scalable and replicable tools, methodologies, and new media strategies for delivering sustainable business development services to green economic enterprises run by rural women in Indonesia.
The PRO-WOMEN program aims to empower women entrepreneur in Lombok through business coaching and training for 48 women entrepreneurs who have successfully passed the selection process. This program is tailored for those who currently running a business with at least one employee and have a willingness to grow. Our shared vision is to equip these women with skills and knowledge to sustain their business.
We are excited to share with you the profiles of the selected 48 women entrepreneurs who all shows immense passion towards this program. These brave women may come from different business backgrounds, but they have one similarity: they make impacts through their business. Scroll down to learn more about these women entrepreneurs!
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