Beans for Women for Empowerment (B4WE) project seeks to improve the entire beans value chain by providing rural women with resources, training, and social support to transform their lives and uplift their communities.

Beans for Women for Empowerment (Beans4Women) aims to strengthen the gender equality, agency in decision-making, and resource rights of women and girls active in the bean sector in three conflict-prone provinces in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): North Kivu, South Kivu, ...

October 11, 2024 - Women's Bean Project helps women break the cycle of poverty with employment. Shop products that create lasting impact and change!

In eastern DRC, women are reclaiming land through the B4WE project, using biofortified beans to fight malnutrition, gain economic independence, and foster peace. Farming is now a path to healing, empowerment and lasting community transformation.

Beans are a crop of great significance ... The Beans for Women Empowerment (B4WE) project is dedicated to enhancing the entire beans value chain—from production to consumption....

Beans for Women for Empowerment (Beans4Women) aims to strengthen the gender equality, agency in decision-making, and resource rights of women and girls active in the bean sector in three conflict-prone provinces in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): North Kivu, South Kivu, ...

Focusing on bean cultivation, a vital resource for the local economy, B4WE aims to increase women's incomes and empower them to actively participate in community and family decisions.

In this post-conflict corner of ... something deceptively simple: the bean. Through the Beans for Women Empowerment (B4WE) Project, farming has become more than survival....

Beans for Women for Empowerment ... aims to strengthen gender equality, agency in decision-making, and resource rights of women and girls active in the bean sector in three conflict-prone provinces in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo...

One of the most impactful initiatives is “Beans4Women,” launched in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This gender equality program, which runs from 2024 to 2027, empowers women farmers by providing them with the tools and knowledge to grow and sell beans, ensuring they have a stable source ...

Amid ongoing conflicts in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an innovative agricultural initiative is cultivating hope. Centered around beans—a vital and nutritious staple—the Beans for Women Empowerment (B4WE) Project empowers local women farmers.

Gathered in Nairobi on 31 March and 1 April 2025, approximately thirty key actors in the Beans for Women Empowerment (B4WE) initiative mapped a new course for Eastern DRC’s bean value chain. The retreat set four priorities: widen the supply of biofortified seeds, accelerate agronomic and digital innovation, deepen women’s economic power, and weave conflict sensitivity throughout field operations to preserve social cohesion.

October 14, 2025 - Women, many of whom have returned from years of war and loss are rebuilding their lives with something deceptively simple: the bean. Through the Beans for Women Empowerment (B4WE) Project, farming has become more than survival.

February 7, 2025 - Women's Bean Project produces soup and baking mixes, spice blends, instant meals, and much more to be sold via their online marketplace and in grocery stores nationwide. These experiences help women like Brooke recognize the skills and talents ...

March 7, 2025 - Beans are a powerful tool for economic empowerment, food security, health, and building resilient food systems —and women farmers are at the heart of this.

Rural women are the backbone of agricultural activities in Africa, playing critical roles not only as producers but also in the transportation, marketing, and processing of farm produce. Despite their crucial contribution to agricultural value chains, they face numerous challenges that hinder their empowerment. Madam Sibasuri shared her struggles in cultivating beans to feed her family and earn a small income to meet other household needs.

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July 3, 2025 - We are a workplace focused on mutual ... Women’s Bean Project strives to create an environment in which women feel empowered, recognize their self-worth, and move along the path to self-sufficiency....

May 28, 2025 - Founded in 1985 by Suzanne Mathia, this remarkable organization has been empowering women to overcome poverty, homelessness, and marginalization through vocational training, education, and community engagement.