Empowering women to start businesses

Celebrating the success of the 1st Congress of the Ea Knop Commune Party Committee, welcoming the 1st Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of Ea Knop Commune, term 2025 - 2030, and at the same time giving more motivation for women to overcome adversity and strive to stabilize their lives, the Ea Knop Commune Women's Union presented a livelihood model and supported a herd of breeding pigs worth 10 million VND to Ms. H'Xuan Nie (Ede ethnic group, Ea Sar village). On the day she received the support gift, Ms. H'Xuan Nie expressed: "My husband passed away, I raised two small children alone, my family is poor. After many years of hard work, life was very difficult. The house I am living in was also supported by the local authorities to be built on the land given by my family. I tried hard until 2023, my family was recognized as escaping poverty. Now, thanks to the women of the commune supporting me with more funds to buy breeding pigs, I am very grateful."

Also in Ea Knop commune, the Commune Women's Union supported 13 million VND for Ms. Bien's family (Xe Dang ethnic group) in Xe Dang hamlet, who is in difficult circumstances to implement a model of raising breeding cows. Ms. Bien said: "I am very happy to receive regular attention and help from you. We will try to take good care of the cow, so that we can have more conditions to escape poverty and stabilize our lives."

Ea Knop Commune Women's Union supports Y Bien's family's livelihood by buying breeding cows. Photo: Contributor

Chairwoman of the Ea Knop Commune Women's Union Be Thi Ngan said that in recent times, the union has actively promoted and supported members in starting businesses; encouraged women to start businesses with many suitable models. For women in difficult circumstances, the union has not only provided livelihoods but also mobilized support from many other sources to give them more motivation, direction in business, and stabilize their lives. In addition to supporting livelihood models, the union has also provided loans, donated seedlings and fertilizers, helped develop startup ideas, and regularly promoted and introduced products and goods started by women at markets. Thanks to that, the products (agricultural products, handicrafts) of women in the commune are known to many people. "The union also mobilized members to actively participate in practical activities such as cleaning village roads, planting flower roads, building works to welcome party congresses at all levels, creating solidarity among the people," Ms. Ngan added.

Since the Women's Union of Son Hoa commune created favorable conditions for a loan of 20 million VND from the Social Policy Bank to raise cows, the life of Nguyen Thi Linh's family in Ngan Dien village has gradually changed. She confided: "With the knowledge learned from training courses on livestock farming techniques organized by the locality, I have more experience in raising cows. In addition, I also raise chickens and ducks, and sell groceries to cover daily expenses. Thanks to the favorable conditions created by the Women's Union of the commune, we have the life we have today."

Head of the Propaganda - Legal Policy Department (Provincial Women's Union) Nguyen Thi Kim Dung said: The program to support women in starting a business is considered appropriate and effective, raising women's awareness of the Party's policies and the State's laws on starting a business. Thereby, women have jobs, stable income, improve their quality of life; develop connections in the production and business value chain. The Women's Union always closely follows the targets and tasks of Project 939; grasps the situation, needs and aspirations of women and mobilizes local resources to support women in realizing their start-up ideas.

Kim Chi - Thu Thao

Source: https://baodaklak.vn/xa-hoi/202509/tao-dong-luc-cho-phu-nu-khoi-nghiep-9cf1012/