Posted on March 5, 2013 by Terrence Isert

Forbes recently highlighting a new partnership between Opportunity International and The One Woman initiative,. The goal of the joint venture is to help 2 million women start entrepreneurial activities through financial, education and training services. Actually the goal is to go beyond that level as women typically prove to be more likely to take money that they earn to take better care of their families.

This joint initiative looks to build positive community impacts by focusing on future and existing women entrepreneurs and their families. Both organizations highlight the challenges associated with such an endeavor, including the familiar challenge of measuring the positive social impact for women, their families and their communities.

Together the two partners bring a wealth of experience to this endeavor. For over 40 years, Opportunity alone has worked with approximately 5 million entrepreneurs, many of them women and is currently working in 20 countries worldwide. One Woman is a women-empowerment fund created in conjunction with the US State Department and USAID. The fund provides targeted grants to community-based organizations in developing countries to increase lending to women clients. Read the full Forbes article here.