Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 12/2013

A Mushrooming business: How Oxfam is facilitating development of the horticulture sector while improving the status of women in Rwanda

Sharad Eldon Mahajan, Laura Kigali

September 2013

Oxfam Publishing

Abstract

This case study shares the work of Oxfam’s Livelihood programme, Women’s Economic Leadership, in the horticulture sector in Rwanda. It shows that with the right business opportunities and training, women working in rural agriculture can be savvy business people, innovators, breadwinners, and community leaders.