ADWAR signed a project agreement entitled (Supporting disadvantaged Bedouin and rural women to formalize and manage income-generating businesses, in south of Hebron and East Jerusalem)
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Sunday, 27/8/2017 at the Palestinian Market Development Program office, PMDP- Ramallah
Roles for Social Change Association-ADWAR signed a project agreement entitled (Supporting disadvantaged Bedouin and rural women to formalize and manage income-generating businesses, in south of Hebron and East Jerusalem). In partnership with the UKAID and funded by the European Union.
That was with the presence of ADWAR’s general director Sahar Yousef AlKawasmeh and the program manager Mr.Maher Hamdan, as well as the projects manager Mrs.Sana’ Alawi.
The project is going to be implemented in partnership with women members of women’s protection committees in priority communities, in addition to the local and Bedouin councils, in cooperation with the chambers of commerce and industry and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs. The project targets Bedouin and rural women in Bedouin and rural communities south of Hebron and East Jerusalem, classified as Area C. (Abu Nowar, east of Jerusalem, AlZweideen and Susiya south of Yatta and AlRamadin south of al-Dhahiriya in Hebron governorate).
The project aims at developing women’s knowledge and skills for the establishment and management of productive economic projects in the field of (production of food, sweets, wool and cosmetics) in order to contribute to the creation of job opportunities and participate in economic life and increase their contribution to the gross domestic product. As well as strengthening the mechanisms of networking and coordination between targeted women and representatives of the private sector and chambers of commerce in order to transform productive enterprises from the informal sector to the formal sector through the establishment of companies registered by the Ministry of Economy and Chambers of Commerce. As a result, contribute to achieving sustainability and reduce the incidence of poverty and unemployment among women.
The project contains many activities including need assessment meetings, technical training program and a capacity building that contributes to develop the capacities of women in order to manage their projects. in parallel with private sector representatives to register their projects formally.
As ADWAR’s general director Sahar Yousef AlKawasmeh referred that this project comes within the economic program of ADWAR. In which aims to raise Palestinian women and young women’s capacities in economic fields and contribute in redeeming gender gaps in the ratio of economic participation of women and men. In addition to institutionalizing sustainable projects for priority women in order to empower themselves socially and economically and protect their families from poverty.
