Ministry of Social Affairs: empowerment of Lebanese, Syrian women in host communities

In a special feature published last week, Al Mustaqbal daily underscored the role of the Ministry of Social Affairs in targeting and supporting the most vulnerable refugee hosting communities in Lebanon, particularly women, with the aim to promote their economic empowerment. The newspaper highlighted the said ‘economic empowerment and community mobilization of women affected by the Sryian crisis in Lebanon project’. The project, which we highlighted the completion of its firs phase, aims at building the capacities of marginalized women living in the host communities through specialized training workshops on the various artisan, craft and food industries. According to the newspaper the program is implemented by UN Women, in partnership with the above ministry and is funded by the Japanese government. On this, Suheir Ghali, coordinator of the project, pointed out that the second phase of the program is being executed this current month and is expected to benefit about 1000 women from across Lebanon. Al Mustaqbal concluded with the success story of Yusra Sabah, from Takrit, in Akkar who provides for her family after her husband became physically impaired. After learning the trade of soapmaking, Yusra now works from the comfort of her home and sells, as a first  step, to her neighbors and the vicinity.

For more on the first phase achievements, kindly visit the following link: http://bit.ly/1Wc2x94  (Al Mustaqbal, April 30, 2016)