{"id":149,"date":"2022-04-04T09:49:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T09:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lfpa.org.lb\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2024-03-12T11:31:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T11:31:29","slug":"economic-empowerment-of-women-girls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lfpa.org.lb\/index.php\/economic-empowerment-of-women-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Empowerment of Women &#038; Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The LFPADE started implementing the project: \u201cPromotion of the Economic Status of Women in South Lebanon; Tyr Region\u201d in April 2016 which is funded by the UN Women\/ Fund for Gender Equality (FGE). The goal of this project is to \u201cstrengthened socio-economic status of women in the marginalized regions of South Lebanon, particular Tyre, through economic empowerment, an important component of gender equality\u201d. The project aims to enhance the economic stability of 300 women who are working from their homes and to build the capacity of the cooperatives so they can become profit making establishments and to help strengthen the economic situation of women in targeted region. The project has so far provided women with enough knowledge and expertise to increase their economic opportunities and become independent actors in their society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Activities undertaken under this project aim to contribute to achieve sustainable results divided into six areas: (1) increased capacity of 300 women entrepreneurs in South Lebanon (2) Increased availability of marketing strategies to enhance the position of women entrepreneurs in the market (3) Development of a certified food-safety management system within Joud Al Ard and Jaddati cooperatives (4) Increased availability of coordinating and complimentary frameworks with key stakeholders\u00a0 (5) Increased number of coalitions of women entrepreneurs to push for common agenda for women empowerment at the local level and (6) Increased number of new cooperatives that will help organize women\u2019s work in 3 target villages<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To achieve these goals, LFPADE has implemented a series on capacity building training courses. Women who work in agro-food production were trained on HACCP (Hazard Analysis &amp; Critical Control Points), marketing, branding, labeling and establishment of small business. 10 training courses have been implemented on HACCP and 10 training courses have been implemented on marketing, branding, labeling and establishment of small business reaching 300 women. The training agenda included innovative games, activities, and exercises to motivate the women to set their own goals, strengthen their working relationships, work together, and create small initiatives that will bring them self-satisfaction and profit. Through this project, around 40% of targeted beneficiaries were also able to sell their products and obtain an income, through participation is exhibitions. The revenue differed based on the exhibition and number of visitors, but the women were always happy that they participated, not only to make money but also to gain experience and network with other women and cooperatives, and to get a better idea about markets what items are in high demand and what items are not.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As part of its up scaling initiative with the support from the Government of German, UN women FGE has launched the Scaling Initiative in 2017-2019. Our project up scaling efforts aims mainly to \u201cincrease the income of targeted beneficiaries through the implementation of an effective marketing strategy\u201d. The up scaling initiative that is currently implemented aims to increase the number of women impacted through identification of best target markets, in collaboration with Visionaris S.a.l to increase women\u2019s selling. This will go hand in hand with branding of items that women will be trained on how to produce in a consistent way. LFPADE believes that branding will add value to the business, and will provide employees with motivation to establish new customers. Further, the marketing consultant will be assisting in market mapping and establishing partnership with private sector and LFPADE will continue to expand its cycle of partnership with other institutions that can be beneficial to scale the project and improve women\u2019s life<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LFPADE is also advocating for the formation of at least 3 in Janata, Yannouh and Maarake with the help of the target municipalities. Soon, we will also be re-innovating two kitchens in South Lebanon to help them, through specialized consultants, achieve international standards that can assist Lebanese women in reaching local and international standards. LFPADE will be also launching a one day micro-finance day to enhance women\u2019s access to loans. The event will host banks that provide services within the area of Tyr. Stay tuned on our Facebook page for more information!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Link: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hudafarfour\/<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;61&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;60&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;62&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;63&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator border_width=&#8221;2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #333333;\">September 2019 \u2013 June 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Based on a UN Women agreement, LFPADE partnered with Visionaris, a business and management consultants to implement a project that aimed to build the capacity of 200 women in food safety &amp; production and to place at least 170 women in SMEs to do a paid internship, the project aimed as well as to build capacity of Khraibet El Jundi Women Coop in Akkar to become a sustainable operational cooperative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The LFPADE &amp; VISINARIS team coordinated with 7 Social Development Centers (SDCs) belonging to the Ministry of Social Affairs to identify the beneficiaries and to collaborate in implementing the activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">250 women (Lebanese &amp; Syrian refugees); were identified in three regions North Lebanon (Tripoli &amp; Akkar), Mount Lebanon (Jbeil &amp; Ghazir) &amp; Beirut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The selection of beneficiaries took into consideration the following criteria:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Personal Information (age, nationality, marital status)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Educational background (school level, diplomas, degree if any)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Experience background (previous work, years of experience)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Their interest in attending food production training sessions (motivation)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Knowledge about the training program (general information, topic familiarity)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Whether they have aspirations to start a small business (benefit of the training)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">From the 250 beneficiaries that were identified, 204 women participated in the training courses offered, which were then divided into 8 groups of 25 beneficiaries, across Lebanon from North to Beirut:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Khreibet el Jundi (Akkar): 1 group, 29 women<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Qoubbeh (Tripoli): 1 group, 23 women<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Bab Tabbaheh (Tripoli): 2 groups: 49 women<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Jbeil (Mount Lebanon): 2 groups, 50 women<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Ghazir (Mount Lebanon): 1 group, 26 women<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Tariq Jdideh (Beirut): 1 group, 27 women<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Each group received 9 training sessions over 9 days as per the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">2 days: Business Development Services (pricing\/marketing\/social media)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">3 days: Food Safety (GAP\/GHP,GMP\/HACCP)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">4 days: Production (catering\/sweet &amp; savory\/pastries &amp; dough)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In order to place 170 women in the market, LFPADE and Visionaris established an action plan to define the selection of the SMEs (Small- Medium Enterprises) and monitoring methodologies to ensure the safety of beneficiaries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The training program provided the beneficiaries the skills to work in restaurants &amp; cafes, bakeries, social kitchens, cooperatives, fairs and exhibitions, oriental sweets shops and industries or factories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">LFPADE and Visionaris were involved in all communication between SMEs and the beneficiary, to ensure the best interest of all parties. The program ran for a period of 2-3 weeks, 5 days per week and for 4 hours a day, rounding it up in total to 50 hours. They also dedicated personnel from their team to be on-field coordinators and perform monitoring visits to different areas, and ensure the smooth implementation of the program, checking attendance, taking pictures and following up with beneficiary and SME owner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In order to expand the capacity of Khraibet El Jundi\u2019s cooperative, and based on the initial assessment, it was agreed that the coop should move towards a catering business, in addition to producing the two signature products, strawberry jam and rose water Syrup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The first activity implemented was a training program to increase their capacity in management, production of food items and marketing. The second activity was the acquisition of various essential equipment for the coop to work efficiently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The cooperative\u2019s members completed all <strong>24 training sessions<\/strong> which included:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Management (1 session): <\/strong>highlighting the main activities of the cooperative and its objectives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Human Resources (1 session<\/strong>): in-detail description of the roles and responsibilities of women workers and definition of the coop\u2019s regulations throughout production.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Accounting (1 session<\/strong>): highlighting the importance of accounting systems for organizational, financial and data control purposes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Procurement (1 session):<\/strong> selection and evaluation of all purchased material.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Food Safety (4 sessions<\/strong>): a systematic approach on all food safety procedures, from raw materials to distribution of the end product, including production control, traceability system, hygiene practices, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Food Production (11 sessions):<\/strong> teaching new standard recipes of catering items. It included a wide variety of delicious Lebanese and international specialties for optimal market presence and competition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Marketing (4 sessions): <\/strong>establishing an efficient marketing system that distributes and markets cooperative products and catering services following defined strategies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Branding (1 session):<\/strong> understanding the importance of their products\u2019 image and identity in order to compete with other brands and increase their sales. This session also served as a brainstorming session to discuss the cooperative\u2019s new business model.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The coaching program followed as a continuity of the training program, where women get to apply what they learned. A total of 21 coaching sessions were implemented and they included: Management, HR, Accounting, Procurement, Food Safety, Food production, Marketing, Branding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Based on Khreibet El Jundi cooperative preliminary assessment report, training activities and outcomes, LFPADE and Visionaris customized 7 informative manuals to cater to the cooperative\u2019s needs, and the nature and type of their activities and operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">From personalized HR tasks and team skills management to detailed food production information and recipes, these 7 manuals will assist women in facilitating any process for the cooperative in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">As a final stage, LFPADE &amp; Visionaris dedicated an amount of 15,000 USD to equip Khreibet Jundi\u2019s cooperative with new kitchen tools and equipment to optimize the workers\u2019 productivity, and food quality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This project was implemented during a very turbulent &amp; difficult period, as Lebanon was facing multiple crises; however, it was able to achieve its objective and provide the beneficiaries with an opportunity to work and enhance the livelihood of their families.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;107&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;108&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;109&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;110&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<style type=\"text\/css\">#dt-btn-1 {color: #888888;border-color: #888888;}#dt-btn-1 > .text-wrap * {color: #888888;}#dt-btn-1:hover {color: #ffffff;background: #888888;border-color: #888888;}#dt-btn-1:hover > .text-wrap * {color: #ffffff;}<\/style><div class=\"text-centered\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lfpa.org.lb\/index.php\/main\/\" class=\"btn-shortcode dt-btn-s dt-btn outline-bg-btn custom-btn-color custom-btn-hover-color\" id=\"dt-btn-1\"><span>Back to Home<\/span><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>International Women&#8217;s Day Event 2024<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Introduction:<\/strong> On the occasion of International Women&#8217;s Day 2024, the Family Organization Association in Lebanon for Sustainable Development, in collaboration with the Municipality of Mansoura and with support from the Women&#8217;s Peace and Humanitarian Fund and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, organized an event aimed at enhancing the role of women in political and public life.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Event Details: The event took place on Friday, March 8, 2024, at the Municipality Hall in Mansoura.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Program Highlights:<\/strong> The Municipality of Mansoura extended a warm welcome, explaining the significance of the occasion. This was followed by remarks from representatives of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and the Family Organization Association in Lebanon for Sustainable Development, emphasizing the importance of women&#8217;s empowerment and participation in public and political spheres.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">A panel discussion ensued focusing on the crucial role of women in public and political life. Dr. Josephine Zghaib moderated the discussion, which featured prominent speakers including Rendala Jabbour. The panelists shared insights and experiences, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for women in various spheres of society.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The International Women&#8217;s Day event 2024 served as a platform to recognize and celebrate the achievements of women while emphasizing the ongoing efforts to promote gender equality and women&#8217;s empowerment in Lebanon. Through engaging discussions and networking opportunities, the event fostered dialogue and collaboration towards achieving sustainable development and inclusive governance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Recommendations:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. Continue organizing similar events to promote women&#8217;s participation and leadership in political and public life.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. Strengthen partnerships with local and international organizations to support initiatives aimed at gender equality and women&#8217;s empowerment.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. Encourage the active involvement of women from diverse backgrounds in decision-making processes at all levels of society.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Overall, the event was a success in raising awareness and advocating for gender equality, reaffirming the commitment to advancing women&#8217;s rights and opportunities in Lebanon.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;315&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;314&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;313&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The LFPADE started implementing the project: \u201cPromotion of the Economic Status of Women in South Lebanon; Tyr Region\u201d in April 2016 which is funded by the UN Women\/ Fund for Gender Equality (FGE). 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