SWAPNO
Strengthening Women’s Ability for Productive New Opportunities
Local Government Division, MoLGRD&C
SWAPNO
Strengthening Women’s Ability for Productive New Opportunities
Local Government Division, MoLGRD&C
Strengthening Women’s Ability for Productive New Opportunities (SWAPNO) is a gender based social security project targeting ultra-poor rural women who are widowed, divorced, abandoned, or left with a disabled husband. The project aims to uplift these women out of extreme poverty through productive and sustainable livelihoods. Under the auspices of National Social Security Strategy (NSSS) of Bangladesh government, SWAPNO is implemented jointly by Local Government Division and UNDP since 2015. SWAPNO’s intervention follows a ‘state of the art’ graduation model that encompasses livelihood promotion, financial inclusion, social protection, and social empowerment. The women are employed for a specific tenure under public works. Simultaneously, training is provided to improve self-confidence, leadership, financial literacy, basic numeracy, savings, and spending. This process is followed by livelihood training based on their interests and local market opportunities to begin micro-enterprises or find formal employment. After completing their employment tenure, they can access funds to invest in their enterprises.
Rows of eye-covering bashok trees are now on both sides of the paved road in Dasiyarchhara; the extinct enclave is now a changed town. 17 SWAPNO beneficiaries who have been abandoned, widowed, and divorced are... View Detail
Coronavirus failed to weaken the SWAPNO project's beneficiaries. They are moving forward by successfully dealing with the situation. Recognized as one of the best social safety net project in Bangladesh, it is planned to be... View Detail
Kajali Rani of Haribhanga village in Rajarhat upazila of Kurigram district could not bear the torture of her father-in-law's house and moved to her father's house with her two-year-old child. She was lost in the... View Detail
