Supporting Women’s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship A case study of the “Empowering Migrant Women as Entrepreneurs in China Project”
From 2013 to 2019, in the interest of supporting women’s entrepreneurship in China now and for the future, The Asia Foundation launched the "Empowering Migrant Women as Entrepreneurs in China Project."
In its first two phases, the Project targeted women entrepreneurs who lived locally but did not have a “HuKou,” that is, a locally registered permanent residence. In its third phase, the Project targeted women entrepreneurs in rural areas, especially those who had returned to their hometowns to start businesses and other women with entrepreneurial aspirations or start-up businesses. The Project aimed to help women develop entrepreneurship plans, master entrepreneurial skills, and expand interpersonal networks.