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Students from sewing class, partner AFPF in Tunisia. City of Methuia. Photo: Lotte Ærsøe

Ten lessons on entrepreneurship and job creation in the MENA region

Shekhar Anand

March 26th, 2020 Inequality, Women's Economic Empowerment, Youth employment

Job creation in the MENA Region, the context and challenges   The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region face unemployment as a common challenge. The youth population is growing but …

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Ghozlan, Syrian refugee living in Za’atari Camp, taking part in the Greenhouse project. Credit: Alixandra Buck/Oxfam

No hope of earning an income for Syrian women in Jordan

Aisha Shtiwi

April 20th, 2018 Humanitarian, Refugees and IDPs, Women's Economic Empowerment

As decision makers meet in Brussels to discuss the situation of Syrian refugees, Aisha Shtiwi shares the story of Ghozlan, one of millions of women refugees who can’t access work. …

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Grace Aloyo, 23 and Mark Olara, 30 years old, have been married for 7 years and they have 5 children, including a pair of twin girls. Credit: Julius Ceaser Kasujja/Oxfam

Why men matter in closing the caregiving divide

Jane Kato-Wallace

May 16th, 2017 Gender, Women's Economic Empowerment

Jane Kato-Wallace, Senior Program Officer at Promundo-US, highlights the implications for organisations addressing the caregiving divide. The unpaid care work divide represents an enduring aspect of gender inequality. But what …

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