Feminist Power in Action for Women’s Economic Rights

The Program MENA Feminist Power in Action for Women’s Economic Rights (FEM PAWER) aims to strengthen young women who face multiple discrimination of economic gender-based violence (EGBV) in the MENA region. The program targets women in Jordan, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territories and Tunisia to be the leader for change by holding duty bearers accountable and improve conditions for young women in the informal sector. This is done through strengthening processes that contribute to creating an environment that promotes women economic rights (WER). This is reflected through inclusive leadership strengthening, mutual learning, building capacity in advocacy, and challenging prevailing social norms and hence gender equality, and promoting WER. The 5 years Program is implemented in four countries through partnerships with around 40 WROs, across the region. The Program is seeking gender responsive accountability mechanisms for EGBV and Women Economic Rights WER especially in holding the duty bearers accountable for improved conditions for young working women and WROs with a special attention to the informal sector. The overall goal of the Program is: Gender-responsive accountability mechanisms for WEE (Women Economic Empowerment) at multiple levels in MENA specific countries (Jordan, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territories and Tunisia) are established. A framework of four interlinked and mutually reinforcing intermediate changes have been identified and designed to enable progress for gender-responsive accountability based on the needs of young women.