Sumaq Warmi (Peru)
This is an educational program that provided training activities focused on human rights and violence against women and children aimed at women already participating in a rural microcredit program.
Sumaq Warmi (“Wonderful Woman”) provided training on gender and violence to women living in rural Peru through two-hour sessions once a month for seven months. The program approach was based on the training materials used by the “ Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity” (IMAGE), which was launched in South Africa in 2001.