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TunisiaWomen’s empowerment in Lebanon and Palestine
January 21, 2016
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ENPI CBCMED (Cross-Border Cooperation Mediterranean) devotes its first article of 2016 to a story of “hope and dignity”. This EU-funded programme reports that “in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, women are struggling to better their lives and the lives of their families. These women have received support from RUWOMED, a project which focuses on economic empowerment though income-generating activities in the agri-food sector”.
The article adds that the numbers are clear: the employment rate of women in rural areas of Lebanon and Palestine is less than 25%. “The political and security situation in the region is obviously affecting women to get involved in the labour market”, said Kirsten Sutherland, project manager at Spanish NGO Assembly of Cooperation for Peace. “But in the mind of the promoters of the RUWOMED, something had to be done to help determined and courageous women to be productive and take charge of their own lives”, ENPI CBCMED explains.
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RUWOMED is funded by the EU in the amount of € 1.7 million. For more information, please visit the project’s website.
ENPI CBCMED, a multilateral, cooperative cross-border “Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme” is part of the new European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and its financing instrument (European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument).
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