Poverty Alleviation and Women Refugees in the Middle East: Empowerment through Grassroots Micro-Entrepreneurship

University of Plymouth,Issam Fares Institute - for Public Policy and International Affairs - American University of Beirut,UDA Consulting,Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) - 2018

Poverty Alleviation and Women Refugees in the Middle East: Empowerment through Grassroots Micro-Entrepreneurship

This project explored the effectiveness and impact of the available pathways for support and advice for displaced and refugee women and analyzed the extent to which entrepreneurship is a sustainable conduit for poverty alleviation and empowerment in socio-politically volatile circumstances. This was done by finding the inter-relationship between entrepreneurship and empowerment of Iraqi, Palestinian, and Syrian refugee women displaced to Jordan, Lebanon,e and Turkey, through a focus on the structural inequalities based on gender, ethnicity, and spatial factors.

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Attendee, Japanese International Cooperation Agency Attendee, Japanese International Cooperation Agency

I clearly remember the session, which stimulated our work on designing refugee support program. Also the study gave us better understanding the challenges refugee women are facing. Currently we are planning to provide training to Palestinian Refugee women who runs the HBB, Micro-small business to expand the market access through e-platform such as e-market and introducing e-payment system. This is related to one of policy recommendations under Financial Service, I think. We do appreciate your work and contribution and look forward to...

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