Capacity building for women cooperatives

Project

Status: Current
Focus Area: Women's Rights
Categories: Palestine, Women

Country

Project Description

Support to strengthen the governance, business, marketing, teamwork, and food production capacities of new cooperatives led by women and people with disabilities.

Project Partners

MA’AN Development Centre

News from the field

Palestine: The Ramallah Deaf Association on the path to self-sufficiency

Amidst the significant challenges facing organisations serving individuals with disabilities, the Ramallah Deaf Association has emerged as an inspiring success story in transforming these challenges into real opportunities.
Success stories of cooperatives in Palestine’s West Bank

Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA has formed a strategic partnership with MA'AN Development Center to support two newly established women's cooperatives.
We win CoPower funding to support Palestinian women cooperatives with solar energy

We are so grateful! Cooperative power members awarded us $10.000 to develop the project ‘Solar power for women’s cooperative in Palestine’.
Supporting Palestinian Farmers and Families to Overcome COVID-19 Crisis

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Women’s contribution to the agricultural sector in Gaza – radio interview

In January 2021, APHEDA’s Gaza Coordinator Hana Abu Nahla was interviewed on radio about women’s contribution to the agricultural sector in Gaza.
Update from MA’AN Development Center, independent and secular civil society organisation operating in the West Bank and Gaza

Information from the MA'AN Development Center as of October 13, 2023.
Recognising Women’s Roles in Agriculture in Palestine

In Palestine, women have long played a role in the agriculture sector. This video explores the hidden roles of women in agriculture in Palestine.
Agricultural Roads: Keeping Hope Alive in the West Bank

In the West Bank, Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA is supporting farmers like Marwan Al-Theeb by rehabilitating agricultural roads to enable easier access to their land.
Women’s livelihoods in Palestine

A project in the first half of this year helped 50 women build up their home-based businesses in Palestine.