Mission
Build thriving rural communities by elevating women as vital drivers of social and economic development
Last Mile Access Partner:
About the Initiative
‘She Leads Bharat’ (SLB) is a coalition of partners from civil society, government, market-based service providers, and impact investors coming together on a common platform to create long-term income opportunities for rural women and their communities.
The initiative leverages the strengths of each partner’s proven reach, scale and experience in helping women’s networks access skilling, capital, entrepreneurial opportunities, and infrastructure to drive a collective approach to create women entrepreneurs on a technology platform called Meri Saheli.
The platform operates as a blueprint for all regions and states to replicate initiatives globally paving the path for women leaders to be drivers of impact at scale
GENDER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
Create economic opportunity by supporting 1 million rural women entrepreneurs, Saheli’s, to be digitally enabled and supply chain ready
RURAL MARKET ACCESS
Provide access to quality products & services for 100 million rural households that address their daily challenges
SHE LEADS BHARAT ECOSYSTEM
Mobilize a community of partners and supporters who stand by, learn about, and support rural women entrepreneurs and jointly unlock $1Bn in capital by jointly investing $100Mn
35,000
Women farmers / entrepreneurs reached
and onboarded
$ 5 Mn
of Debt Capital
unlocked for women entrepreneurs
1,000
Women gig
facilitators
10 Mn+
Entrepreneur Income Generated on the platform
10 Mn+
Solutions Delivered in last mile areas of: Financial Inclusion, Climate And Health
She-Leads Bharat builds off Frontier Market’s community of rural digital entrepreneurs and its all-encompassing technology platform
Saheli Women
Entrepreneurs
+
Available
Solutions
Homecare
Health
Agriculture
Banking
Clean energy
✓ Digitally trained
✓ Collect rural household data
✓ Generate demand for solutions
✓ Facilitate access to products & services
✓ Earn off data collection and commissions
Meri Saheli Platform & App
✓ Capacity Building
✓ Data Collection
✓ Market Place (E-Commerce)
✓ Doorstep Delivery Tool
✓ Data Management System (100% contextual Data)
Frontier Markets has created a pathway to reach 100Mn+ women through ‘Self-Help Groups’ (women collectives) across India
State Level Rural Livelihood Mission
Unlocking $1BN of committed working capital, in partnership with individual Government State Rural Livelihood Missions
