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Gardens are blooming at this college for refugee women in Ramallah
WATER Gardens Are Blooming At This College For Refugee Women In Ramallah The first thing that strikes visitors to this college are its beautiful gardens. Tareq Sarhan is the director of the UNRWA Women’s Training Center in Al Tireh, in the Ramallah governorate. He has been working as an educator and an engineer with UNRWA…
Two Palestinian Women Launch Complementary Small Businesses in Gaza
COMMUNITY Two Palestinian women launch complementary businesses in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Both women see opportunity in raising and selling chickens. Tijan’s Chicken Farm Tijan has worked inside chicken farms for some two decades. Early on, next to her house in Beit Hanoun, she built a farm to raise 500 chicks. Ever since, the farm felt…
Women’s Health Care in Bureij Refugee Camp
HEALTH Women’s Health Care in Bureij Refugee Camp Donated Medicine Helps Vulnerable Women in Gaza Samah, 41, is a resident of Bureij Refugee Camp in the middle of Gaza. She has been relying on her local clinic, the Women’s Health Center in Bureij, for basic reproductive health care since she was in high school. She…
Investing in Women: Strengthening Communities Across Palestine, Lebanon & Jordan
“No society can be just, and no human or economic development even-spread and sustainable if women, who represent half of the population, are left behind, if their needs and aspirations are not addressed.” Dr. Lamis Abu-Nahleh This statement, which first appeared in the fall 1996 issue of Anera News, comes from Dr. Lamis Abu-Nahleh, a…
Aisha Arrabi – International Women’s Day 2020 Profile
Aisha Arrabi is currently a volunteer coordinator at a women’s empowerment group in Burj El Barajneh Palestinian Refugee Camp in Lebanon. Their objective is to raise awareness among women in the camp on the many issues which affect their lives, their bodies and their futures. Aisha says, “I want to encourage each and every woman…
Sheep help Palestinian women support their families
COMMUNITY Sheep help Palestinian women support their families Sheep cheese provides income in rural Palestine Outside of urban Qalqilya, Naiima tends to her flock of sheep. She has lived in Qalqilya Governorate for 50 years, where raising sheep is quite common. Naiima grew up helping her father with the family’s sheep and became fond of…
Hydroponic Greenhouse at the CSSL Women’s Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza
Anera recently built a hydroponic greenhouse to take advantage of the open space on the rooftop of the Cooperative Society for Saving and Lending (CSSL) women’s center in Gaza. They are now growing organic produce like lettuce, cucumbers, green peppers, leafy greens and herbs like mint. The hydroponic system allows them to grow food using…
Palestinian Women in Gaza Hone Their Skills
EDUCATION Palestinian Women in Gaza Hone Their Skills Recently, 50 women took part in sewing, embroidery, beauty care and photography courses at the Cooperative Society for Saving and Lending in Beit Hanoun. And 15 more women were selected for grants to promote their small enterprises. Stitching livelihoods in Gaza In Beit Hanoun, Gaza a group…
Cancer in Gaza: How Anera Meets Critical Needs
Cancer is one of the deadliest diseases affecting humankind. Sadly, cancer is deadlier in some places than in others, due to a lack of medication, inhibited access to the latest treatment protocols, prohibitively expensive treatment costs, restricted access to care, late-stage disease diagnoses, an inadequate number of oncologists, etc. All of these challenges are present…
Women’s empowerment, from proposal to reality
By Holly Jordan Holly is the new business development manager at Anera. Previously, she served as visiting assistant professor of religion at Roanoke College in Virginia. Recently, I was fortunate to take my first visit to Anera’s country offices in Lebanon and Palestine. In my previous life in academia, my research related to the Arab-Israeli…