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Women's Empowerment

Monitoring, Evaluation & Budget Overview

Abstract Surface

Ensuring Tangible Impact

 

At Idasara, we are committed to delivering measurable and lasting benefits through our Women's Empowerment workshops. Our robust monitoring and evaluation framework, combined with a transparent budget, ensures accountability and effectiveness in every step of the program.

Background and Rationale

Women's societies, self-help groups, and community-based organizations are crucial for regional and national development. However, challenges persist:

  • Economic: Limited access to capital, informal incomes, lack of diversified livelihoods.

  • Social: Isolation, insufficient peer support, underestimation of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).

  • Political: Low representation in decision-making bodies, limited advocacy skills.

Our workshops integrate global best practices (Morgan Housel's ideas on compound growth, Seth Godin's ideas on empathy), Buddhist principles (Samma Ajiva, Middle Path budgeting), and the local cultural context. This fosters behavioral change, community harmony, and policy alignment.

Objectives

  • Strengthen Economic Representation: Empower women to map and diversify income streams, budget effectively, and launch micro-enterprises.

  • Build Social Capital: Facilitate strong peer networks for collective problem-solving, mutual support, and SGBV awareness.

  • Enhance Political Voice: Develop leadership and advocacy skills to increase women's influence in community decisions.

  • Empowering the cultural individual in a digital economy is Idasara's policy foundation.

Benefits to Stakeholders

1. Benefits to Women Participants

  • Increased Income Potential: Practical side-business planning and micro-finance coordination to raise average income by 20-30% within six months.

  • Improved Savings and Financial Security: Automated savings mechanisms and emergency fund retention targeting a 10% increase in savings rates.

  • Enhanced Leadership and Confidence: Presentation advocacy roles and public speaking exercises to boost self-efficacy and community standing.

  • Expanded Support Network: Peer mentorship, resource sharing, and support for SGBV elimination, ensuring the continuous existence of women's society groups.

  • Long-Term Wealth Creation: Basic investment literacy and compound growth tools for intergenerational asset development.

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2. Benefits to Business Entities or Women's Organizations

  • Economic Growth and Resilience: A more diversified local economy with new micro-enterprises, reducing reliance on social welfare schemes.

  • Policy Impact and Compliance: Direct alignment with the Women's Empowerment Act No. 37 of 2024 and 25% women's quota targets, demonstrating government commitment.

  • Improved Social Cohesion: Stronger community bonds and reduced SGBV through informed and connected women's networks.

  • Enhanced Governance: A pool of prepared, trained women leaders ready for businesses, local bodies, provincial entities, and civil society.

  • Measurable Outcomes: Clear metrics on income growth, savings rates, business initiations, and participation in institutions to guide future policy.

Budget Estimate (LKR)​​

  • Total program (for three programs) is LKR 485,000.

  • For the first program only, it is LKR 195,000.

(Costs for transportation, resource contribution, refreshments, and support materials are included in this total cost.)

Objectives

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Module 1: Foundations of Economic Empowerment (Earn)

Participants explore personal financial experiences and identify ways to diversify income.

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Key Activities:

  • Experience sharing among group members to discuss income challenges.

  • Income Stream Mapping Canvas.

  • Micro-finance and loan planning.

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Module 2: Resilience and Social Capital (Save)

Idasara deepens savings discipline and strengthens group support networks.

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Key Activities:

  • Automated savings setup guide.

  • Ability to quickly calculate one's money.

  • Group discussion on SGBV and mutual aid resources.

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Module 3: Growth, Leadership, and Community Impact (Invest)

Participants develop a roadmap for micro-enterprises, learn advocacy tactics, and engage local representatives.

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Key Activities:

  • Side-business viability checklist and a simple canvas describing data details.

  • Compound interest projection template.

  • Role-playing: ability to present proposals to institutions.

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