Grants Awarded

Invest for Women in Lebanon (IWL)

Supporting Invest in Women for Lebanon (IWL) by funding 10 coalitions of 20 organizations impacting more than 1300 women in the areas of small business development, technical and life skills training, and legal rights awareness.

Sector: Economic Empowerment

Region: Lebanon

Approval year: 2021

Strategy

Economic Empowerment; Opportunity & Inclusion

Summary

The Invest in Women (IWL) Program is a social investment with grants focused on the economic empowerment of women in Lebanon.

What

Since 2021, Meem Foundation has worked to enhance the capacity and reach of women empowerment organizations across Lebanon. We have funded 10 coalitions of 20 organizations of various sizes focused on multiple women’s economic empowerment themes including entrepreneurship, food manufacturing, handicrafts, legal rights, and mental health. Most of the projects are operating across rural Lebanon with 40% of beneficiaries consisting of those from refugee communities. These grants support capacity building of the organizations and enable future fundraising ability.

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