Vocational Support Program for Refugee Women in Lebanon

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

It aims at empowering more than 2000 Syrian and Palestinian female refugees (who moved to Lebanon recently as a result of the war in Syria) to do simple self-employable jobs to increase the family income, thus enhancing the family’s wellbeing and helping to increase the rate of children returning to school, especially among working children. Training courses focused on short-term vocational sessions in the fields of sewing, embroidery, knitting, hair styling, cooking, marketing, and information technologies. This program raises awareness among participating women on issues related to early marriage, importance of education, hygiene and reproductive health.


Location(s)

Middle East & North Africa

Lebanon

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2018 -

Partner(s)

NGOs

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Ksrelief

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Post-secondary

Other skills

  • Vocational training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Empowerment

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Mothers

Age

18 - 28

School Enrolment Status

All out of school

School Level

  • Vocational
  • N/A

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

  • Adolescent mothers (pregnant or parenting)
  • Displaced/refugee - External (from other countries)
  • NEET

Program Approaches Back to Top

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power
  • Negotiation skills
  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved mental health
  • Reduced child marriage
  • Reduced poverty/increase household well-being

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Maysoun Chehab
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
m.chehab@unesco.org