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In general, microenterprise development programs are not trained in domestic violence
issues, even though it is extremely likely that current domestic violence victims and
persons who have previously experienced abuse are among their program clients.
Additionally, domestic violence programs are generally unaware of microenterprise
development as an economic selfsufficiency option for their clientele. Entrepreneurship
is an important option for survivors of domestic violence, as survivors have often been
prevented from sustaining employment at meaningful wages.

Domestic violence survivors often miss work and leave jobs due to physical injuries,
embarrassment about the abuse, pressure from their abuser, harassment from the
abuser at the workplace, and sometimes in an attempt to go into hiding from their
abuser. Erratic patterns of employment caused by the cycles of abuse make it difficult for
domestic violence survivors to find employment at decent wages. Steps are being taken
at the national and local levels to build bridges between these fields of microenterprise
development and domestic violence services in order to increase and improve
entrepreneurship opportunities for domestic violence survivors.

Association for Enterprise Opportunity

The AMI Center is a project of the YWCA Anchorage Women$Finances program and a national model for the YWCA USA's Hallmark Program of Economic Empowerment for Women.  The mission of the YWCA is to eliminate racism and empower women. The Women$Finances mission is to create an atmosphere of self-empowerment for women of diverse ethnic and social backgrounds so they can become economically self-sufficient.

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