Organization Profile
Mujejeguwa-Loka Women Development Association (MLWDA) is a pioneering, women-led Ethiopian charity legally registered with the Ministry of Justice in 2002. Founded in 1996, MLWDA began as a grassroots initiative to address the critical health needs of Gumuz women in Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State, challenging harmful cultural practices such as giving birth in forests.
Today, MLWDA has grown into a leading non-religious and non-political nonprofit organization, working to advance women’s rights, gender equality, and eliminate gender-based violence (GBV), particularly in the Benishangul-Gumuz and Amhara regions.
For nearly three decades, MLWDA has worked to create a safe and empowering environment for women and girls—free from violence and discrimination—through community-led programs, advocacy, legal reforms, and sustainable development initiatives. The organization operates with a team of 67 professionals, including social workers, nurses, counselors, and program coordinators, making an impact from national to grassroots levels.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess the livelihood needs, skills, interests, and economic vulnerabilities of targeted women and other eligible participants.
- Conduct or support local market assessments to identify feasible, safe, and sustainable income-generating opportunities.
- Develop individualized or group-based economic empowerment plans based on participant capacity and market demand.
- Organize business development, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and vocational skills training.
- Support participants to establish or strengthen small businesses, savings groups, and other suitable livelihood initiatives.
- Coordinate the provision of approved start-up kits, grants, productive assets, or other livelihood assistance in accordance with project procedures.
- Link participants with vocational training providers, financial services, cooperatives, markets, and potential buyers.
- Integrate protection, GBV risk mitigation, confidentiality, and safeguarding considerations into livelihood activities.
- Monitor the use of livelihood assistance, business progress, income-generation outcomes, and barriers to participation.
- Maintain beneficiary records and prepare regular progress reports against project indicators.
- Coordinate with local authorities, private-sector actors, training institutions, and community structures.
- Contribute to project work plans, budgets, procurement planning, and lessons learned, as required.
- Organization: Mujejeguwa Loka Women Development Association (MLWDA)
- Position: Livelihood/Economic Empowerment Officer
- Location: Gigel-Beles, Benishangul-Gumuz Region with frequent travel to field areas
- Supervisor of the Position: Project Coordinator,