Problem

Palestinian women have one of the lowest rates of labor force participation in the world, despite higher primary and secondary enrollment ratios compared to males in the entire Middle East and North Africa. The unemployment rate among women participating in the labor force was 75% compared to 44% for men. 

Solution

Because people cannot move outside the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli siege, freelancing and online jobs become the best temporary solutions to the unemployment crisis in Gaza.Euro-Med has decided to launch a new initiative targeting and serving new 100 women and girls including women with hearing and speech disabilities.

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor is planning to target 50 fresh graduates and 50 women with hearing and speech disabilities to join a new freelancing initiative to improve their technical skills. The six-month initiative will include an intensive and specialized course in article-writing, text and photo editing, blog writing, graphic designing, and social media marketing.

About Euro Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor is a youth-led independent, nonprofit organization that advocates for the human rights of all persons across Europe and the MENA region, particularly those who live under occupation, in the throes of war or political unrest and/ or have been displaced due to persecution or armed conflict. Euro-Med Monitor was established in November 2011 and is registered in Switzerland (CH-660.0.748.015-1).