The disadvantages and discrimination faced by underprivileged women severely limit their ability to lift themselves out of poverty unaided. These women both in urban and rural settings lack the necessary opportunities to satisfy their aspirations to be self-reliant. As a result, they are more likely to work in informal, low-wage jobs with exploitative and unequal working conditions, and have limited access to goods and services. Siragu endeavours to bolster economic wellbeing by empowering underprivileged women to increase their right to economic resources and ability to make decisions that benefit themselves, their families and their communities. Siragu endeavours to show them the way by providing substantial information, skill training, materials, and financial support to develop their abilities to become creative and independent.