Women empowerment

Illiteracy Program

An illiteracy unit was established. The unit served women, men and children who split from schools. Children were keen to attend classes after their work while women and men couldn’t follow. The reason for men is the unstable working times and those for women are the social habits, ignorance and poverty, which in turn urges them to find an additional source of income to alleviate their conditions.

Project: Developing Ezbet Al-Haggana and enhancing the social and economical standards of women-headed families

Handicraft lesson

“Funded by Arab Women League, in September 2003”

Areas of Activity:

 Surveying women who head families to identify their social and economical conditions as well as their particular needs.

 Develop the skills of Ezbet Al-Haggana’s women through teaching them an income generating handcraft, i.e. sewing.

 Making available small loans to help women start up productive projects in order to alleviate their conditions.

 Establishing illiteracy classes for women.

 Convening awareness sessions in the arenas of environment, health and law.