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Enhancing Women's Participation in Food Security and Resilience Building
Project
Summary
A strategic project aimed at addressing the food security challenges facing women in Aden, enhancing their resilience, empowering them economically and socially, and changing negative social norms through a package of training activities, small business support, and dialogue workshops engaging governmental entities and international organizations.
Project Objectives:
General Objective: To enhance women's food security and build their resilience in Aden Governorate by empowering them and increasing their active participation in food security efforts.
Obtaining necessary licenses and coordinating with local authorities, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, the Planning Office, and Al-Buraiqeh District.
Registering and verifying 60 cases, and selecting 15 trainees for specialized courses (sewing and e-marketing).
Conducting training courses and awareness lectures on women's rights and food security.
Providing financial support and small grants to graduates to enter the labor market.
Locations
Aden Governorate (Al-Buraiqeh District)
Targets
Training 15 women (mothers of disabled children) in livelihood skills over a 20-day period.
Donor
(CPCO)
Main outcomes
Highlighting economic challenges (currency collapse, low salaries, lack of funding) and social challenges (traditional constraints, illiteracy).
Issuing recommendations to ensure the sustainability of women's projects, establishing a women's support fund, providing funding, and activating community and institutional partnerships to support women's role in food security.
