AL-ANWAR ASSOCIATION FOR ADVANCING WOMEN IN UMM AL-FAHM
AMUTAT AL-ANWAR LE-KIDDUM MA’AMAD HA-ISHA BE-UMM AL-FAHM
Goals
To improve the status of women and increase their participation in all spheres of life in Umm al-Fahm.
Background
The al-Anwar association was established in 2000 at the initiative of a group of Umm al-Fahm women active in welfare, education, healthcare and the community. Its representatives launched a project called "al-Bashir" to run daycare centers and preschools so that women can go to work and/or to school.
In 2006, the Association extended its focus to the general status of women in Umm al-Fahm.
Strategies
Consciousness-raising and individual and economic empowerment.
Highlights
- Organized a conference on the physical and mental health of Arab women in Israel.
- Held a symposium to assist high school students in deciding about their future academic studies.
- Held two symposia to raise women's awareness of their rights.
- Ran a 12-session leadership course for women in cooperation with the Authority to Promote the Status of Women.
- Opened a multidisciplinary daycare center (meitar) for children at risk.
- Organized a business entrepreneurship project for women in cooperation with Economic Empowerment for Women.
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