Daily Monitor Saturday March 06 2021 Summary As we celebrate International Women’s Day, government is challenged come up with a comprehensive plan to support women financially to shore up their businesses from the losses suffered during the pandemic. Advertisement Although she was in formal employment for years, she needed another stream income to supplement her salary. “After the birth of our second child, with financial help from my husband, I managed to scrape together Shs5 million which I used to start a business,” she says. Counting losses Cherries Boutique prospered for some years, and by the time the country went into lockdown, her business had expanded to include a restaurant, a mobile money stall and a crafts shop. Even with this success, Nalwoga still kept her formal job as an accountant.