Somali Women Chamber of Commerce & Industrialization SWCC
The Somali Women Chamber of Commerce and Industrialization is a non-profit organization founded in October 2019. After 30 years of civil war, Somali Women decided to create a platform to raise their voices for women entrepreneurs. Somali Women are proving to be an effective means of supporting the grassroots level a network and a voice to start closing the gender participation gap in the Somali economy.
The Somali Women Chamber of Commerce & Industrialization strives to improve the general conditions in which businesses operate, emphasizing the importance of businesswomen and women entrepreneurs to facilitate access to international markets.
Women are vital to democratic development and economic growth; however, as a result, women are determined to participate fully in their countries’ development and join forces to strive to expand economic opportunities for all women.
SWCC&I are prime examples of such organizations, as they foster the economic participation of women by working to establish an inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Vision
To develop a strong women’s Organization in Somalia to promote the growth of women entrepreneurs economically and businesses.
Mission
Empowering women professionally and creating job opportunities, helping women to set up their own business, advancing business, industrial growth, and infrastructural development.
Objective
- Raise awareness about the eco-system that supports women in the field of business at a national level, as well as regional and international levels.
- Strengthen strategic partnerships with the federal government and donors in order to provide national pilot programs that aim at educating women on entrepreneurship, vocational training, life skills as well as career counseling program
- Establish an economic information pool to help develop small and medium enterprises for women.
- The conducive business environment for women’s enterprises was created through advocacy.
- The awarding of Somali women has led to significant economic growth in the world
- The growth of informal women’s businesses is encouraged to fight poverty.
- Sustainable businesses for women entrepreneurs are created through the provision of business information.
- Platform and business opportunities to women entrepreneurs created
- The capacity of members’ businesses increased.
- To find investments and business encouragements from international.