Sen. Shaheen, Bipartisan Group of Senators, Introduce Bill to Empower Women-Led Enterprises Around the World
Yesterday,
Women make up the majority of the world's poor. They are often held back by gender-specific constraints to economic empowerment, such as lack of access to financial services and credit. The Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act aims to address these disparities and help achieve global gender parity in economic activity.
"Empowering women around the globe is the key to unlocking the economic and social potential that so many nations strive to reach," said Shaheen. "When women have the resources they need, they not only support themselves and their families, but also their communities. This spurs economic, political and social progress throughout the world. I'm honored to stand with Senators Boozman, Cardin and Rubio on this bipartisan effort, and will continue to work across the aisle to move this important legislation through
Specifically, the Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act seeks to:
- Establish a development cooperation policy of
- Require the
- Expand USAID's microenterprise development assistance authority to include small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with an emphasis on supporting SMEs owned, managed and controlled by women; and
- Modernize USAID's development assistance toolkit to include innovative credit scoring models, financial technology, financial literacy, insurance and actions to improve property and inheritance rights.
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