Dr. Fatemeh Abbasi, Director General for empowering of women and family of SWO regarding the plan of microfinance for female headed-households reiterated that:
· The plan of microfinance is one of the empowering plans which not only coverage the female headed-households but the whole of women and youths resident in marginal areas, deprived and rural regions can take advantage of profits of this plan.
· To launch this plan, SWO in collaboration with an international association introduce these people to take part in different workshops on job preparation and financial literacy.
· At present time around 1450 self-help groups are occupying micro jobs
· For self-help groups around 2000 dollars as a grant assistance will be paid to the members of these groups.
· SWO is required to empower at least 10 percent of female-Headed of households annually and take out them gradually from supporting systems.
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