Economic Empowerment for Women

National Network
Israel
Address

102 Ha'atzmaut
Haifa 31091
Israel

Telephone
972-4-8520027
Fax
972-4-8524941
E-Mail
khawla@womensown.org.il
E-Mail (2)
development@womensown.org.il
E-Mail (3)
eew@womenswown.org.il
Mobile Phone
Khawla - 0548011225
Mobile Phone (other)
Claudia - 0505602239
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2000
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Gender
General Information
Economic Empowerment for women (EEW), founded in 2000 by women active in Haifa's feminist organizations, is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving women’s lives through economic empowerment. the organization is headed by Khawla Rihani and Ruti Gur and employs 8 part time staff members our courses are thought by facilitators that hve worked with EEW for many years. EEW is funded by private foundations, federations, businesses, government sources and particpants. Our yearly budget is approxomately 600,000$. EEW partmers with local municipalities and community centers in all of our programs.
Mission and Objectives

EEW's mission is to supply low-income women in Israel with the knowledge and tools to create their own small businesses as a means for gaining financial self-sufficiency and alleviating the cycle of poverty in which they live. EEW has developed model programs that have been adopted by government and non-profit organizations for their own low-income populations. In 2008 EEW was awarded the Speaker of the Knesset Prize for the Quality of Life and in 2011 the Division of Women's Affairs within the Office of the Prime Minister awarded a public tender to EEW to provide economic empowerment courses to women throughout Israel for two years.

Main Projects / Activities

EEW's program addresses the different stages of businesses' growth. The programs include: 1. Empowerment and Entrepreneurial Training Course: This intensive program includes weekly sessions focusing on empowerment, business skills, and developing business plans for the new enterprises. EEW's flag ship program is our "Business of One's Own" course. 2. Business Development Services are provided over five years to grow existing businesses and increase the personal income earned from one's business. They include advanced business training and industry related seminars; Business Incubation; intensive Marathon Business training weekends; computer trainings; regional business forums, one-on-one and small group business coaching. 3. Savings for the Future: Financial Literacy and Asset Building: This program, the first of its kind in Israel, promotes asset development strategies among low-income business owners through financial literacy courses and matched savings used for business development or specialized training. Since the onset of the program, EEW has opened over 140 business-training courses for women all over the country with approximately 4,000 participants. EEW played an active role in the establishment and growth of over 1,800 small businesses that were initiated by its graduates and loan recipients. Thirty-five percent of the women who completed the program have income

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

EEW has a lot of experience in the feild of economic empowerment and finnacial oreintations. we could share our knowlege with others. we could also connect local businesswomen, graduates of our program with otherwomen worldwide for purposes of developing thier business. Running joint programs is also a possibily.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We would ike to learn from other orgnzaions in the feild of economic empowerment for future programs in tearms of experience, programming and results. We would like to run joint projects whe possible, find out about possible funding opportunities and be a part of network working twards improving society.

Contact (1) Full Name
Claudia Goodich-Avram
Job Title
Resource development coordinator
Head of the organisation
Khawla Rihani