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New Women Economic Participation Project in Lebanon
3-4-2019
The Women’s Economic Participation project, implemented by UNDP in partnership with the ministry of social affairs, and with the support from Canadian government, was launched yesterday in Beirut. The 3-year program (March 2019 to March 2022) will benefit around 3 thousand Lebanese and Syrian women who will complete special technical training courses combined with on the job training in accordance with the labor law. In the program, around 3000 Lebanese and Syrian women will participate in specialized and targeted training programs; 12 women-led startups and 40 SMEs and cooperatives also run by women will receive the required support; 20 municipalities will actively participate in local economic development activities supportive of female economic participation; 100,000 men and women will partake in advocacy and awareness campaigns. During the launch ceremony, UNDP officer Sawsan Nurallah, stressed that the main hitch is the difficulty of access to economic resources and property ownership, the lack of employment opportunities and the lack of a friendly environment which backs economically productive women, in addition to the constant need to adjust laws to promote gender equality. The project, Nurallah went on to say, focuses on enhancing the skills and know-how on and off work, getting access to resources and how to make appropriate decisions to the end of empowering women. The project, she concluded, has direct effective results, including choosing the best sectors for economic integration; empowering integration in non-conventional occupations and the creation of prospects for the development of personal skills to ensure the independence of women beneficiaries. The event also saw an initial presentation of the results of the study, "Gender-Sensitive Value Chains: Challenges and Opportunities". The study will be released by the project, as an added value by selecting 12 sectors that facilitate the economic empowerment of women, and they involve fresh fruits and vegetables, potato, oregano, Frikeh, honey and dairy cattle, as well as repairing and restoring old houses after the approval of the rental law.(An Nahar, April 3, 2019)
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