Sirleaf Market Wowen's Fund (SMWF) is an international NGO committed to restoring the livelihoods of market women in Liberia & across Africa.

Market women are the backbone of their nation’s economy, as well as providers of nutrition for the population. Nearly 75% of Liberian women work in the informal sector, conducting 85% of agricultural marketing and trading. 

SMWF was established in 2007 by a group of concerned women from around the world, in honor of the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – Africa’s first woman president and herself the granddaughter of a market woman.

SMWF supports Liberian market women by:
> Renovating existing market infrastructure and building new markets
> Providing clean water, sanitary facilities, electricity and safe storage
> Working with partners on adult literacy and entrepreneurial training programs as well as savings and loans associations
> Providing daycare centers and playgrounds for children and health facilities for the market
> Spearheading the advocacy movement of market women across Africa and the world