Nama Women Advancement

Programmes

• Flagship Programme Initiative

  Launched in partnership with UN Women, this Programme aims to foster women’s economic empowerment through entrepreneurship and help women-led enterprises in South Africa benefit from government procurement.

• Advancing Girls’ Education in Nigeria

  A three-month programme launched during the Covid-19 pandemic to deliver learning to Nigerian children at home through the medium of radio. ACE Radio School targeted 65,000 girls and was mobilised by The Big Heart Foundation’s Girl Child Fund in partnership with the Malala Fund.

• Girls Ambassadors for Peace Programme

  The Girl Ambassadors for Peace Programme ran in Indonesia and Bangladesh for three years from 2017 to 2019. It sought to encourage network building, and foster solidarity between civil society organisations, as well as promote girls’ economic empowerment through skills development and entrepreneurship training.

• Home Gardening and Home Aesthetics Programme

  This Programme offers a combination of workshops on home aesthetics and home gardening, helping women to develop personal skills and appreciate sustainabilty.

• Investing in Women’s Economic Inclusion

  In collaboration with Employment for Education, Nama delivered job training and job placements in demand-driven sectors for nearly 7,500 youth across Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine, of which nearly three quarters were women.

• IRTIQA

  This is a platform that brings together businesses from across the Global South to help them understand and apply gender mainstreaming policies and promote women’s inclusion in the workplace and boardrooms.

• Nanyuki Spinners and Weavers

  With support from Nama, and in partnership with the Big Heart Foundation, Nanyuki Spinners and Weavers, a crafts co-operative in Kenya, was able to scale up its training and targeting, creating new income-generating opportunities for 300 women and suppporting 12 local orphans with school fees. 

• Salam Beirut

  A humanitaran programme launched in response to the 2020 Beirut blast in partnership with the Big Heart Foundation to address the immediate needs of the affected populations, especially children.

• Smile Again Project

  Nama partnered with Pakistan’s Depilex Smileagain Foundation, which provides acid survivors with medical care, reconstructive surgery, and psychiatric support and helps to give them economic empowerment opportunities. This one-year partnership saw Nama provide psychological and psychiatric assistance that facilitated the social reintegration of 48 victims of violence.

• The Jawaher Fund for the Advancement of Women’s Education

  The fund supports women’s education, and leverages public and private partnerships to provide career opportunities and scholarships. Through research grants, and in collaboration with universities, it also backs the development of a repository of research and data on various topics related to women throughout history, and their impacts on society and the economy.