Empowered Women International

Established in 2002, Empowered Women International (EWI) creates jobs and economic opportunity for immigrant, refugee, and low-income women in the Greater DC Metro Area. EWI offers an effective model of economic empowerment through entrepreneurship training, mentoring, access to markets and capital, and highly individualized support services that remove women from unemployment and isolation. EWI has helped more than 3,000 women lift themselves out of poverty, transform their own lives, and contribute to their communities.