Empowering Women
Empowering Communities
Building sustainable livelihoods through entrepreneurship and leadership.
OUR JOURNEY
Doing Things Differently
We are more than an NGO. As a HACT-accredited backbone organisation, we drive long-term, sustainable impact through a community-based approach.
Before launching any programme, we spend months on the ground understanding real needs. From there, we co-create solutions that empower women, develop leaders, and strengthen entire communities.
Empowering women to transform their lives and create self-sustainable communities
"Empowering Women, Empowering Communities"
Women Of Will [WOW] supports women living in low-income communities by improving their home-based businesses through training, coaching and business capital. We then develop these women as leaders so that they may play an active role in empowering their communities.
Our Impact in Action
Through our programs, we have achieved measurable results.
100%
Business Still Operating
90%
Household Income INcrease
83%
New business opportunities
Discover the stories, milestones, and impact achieved by Women of Will in 2025.
Our Annual Report highlights the communities we reached, the women leaders we nurtured, and the collective efforts that continue to strengthen communities across Malaysia.
2025 Annual Report
Testimonials
United Nations’ Global Sustainable Development Goals
WOW’s Programs support the United Nations’ Global Sustainable Development Goals which is the global blueprint to achieve a better and sustainable future for all. Here, WOW programs support 8 out of the 17 SDGs.
How We Work
3 Phases of Community Development
These are the 3 phases of our Micro Credit Financing (MCF) program for our women entrepreneurs to develop as leaders in their communities. We at Women Of Will (WOW) are dedicated to empowering our women to feel confident in sustaining their businesses and develop new ideas in improving their communities.
Phase 1: Entrepreneurship Development
Skills training
Business coaching
Business capital
Resulting in:
30%-90% increase in income
Social mobility (B40 to M40)
Phase 2: Leadership Development
Skills training
Partner engagement
Project management
Resulting in:
Skilled women leaders
Sustainable communities
Phase 3: Community Resources
Develop resources
Space activation
Skills development
Resulting in:
Safe spaces
Independent communities
Our Projects
“Teaching women how to fish, rather than giving them fish”
Borrowing from a Chinese proverb, Women Of Will empowers women to initiate and sustain their own small businesses, rather than providing handouts. The women are given financial assistance of RM2000 to help them initiate small business ventures and attain an independent livelihood income. The amount is repaid on a weekly basis, interest-free.
“Educate a woman & you educate a family”
Our programmes are aimed to empower women by providing them with Entrepreneurship and Vocational skills training whilst supporting them with Business Coaching.
“When women participate in the economy, everyone benefits”
Women Of Will runs projects that develop the lives of disadvantaged women in Malaysia by giving them an opportunity to be empowered and self-sufficient.
Our Partners
There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.
— Kofi Annan