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MENNA - Lebanon's Nationwide Network for Rural & Refugee Women Producers

Lebanon · Beirut · See the Lebanon profile

Amel Association built MENNA, a network of 13 Lebanese civil-society groups that trained over 1,000 rural and Syrian refugee women in handicraft and food production; over 300 now sell via a permanent Beirut shop, sustaining cohesion between host and refugee communities.

13
Partner civil-society organisations in network
650+
Women producers in network
1,000+
Women trained (project total) (2012-2015)
300+
Producers selling via MENNA shop
MENNA - Lebanon's Nationwide Network for Rural & Refugee Women Producers

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Amel Association International (UN Women Fund for Gender Equality grantee)
Period
2012-ongoing (funded project 2012-2015; MENNA shop and network continue)
Keywords
economic empowerment, refugee inclusion, entrepreneurship, handicrafts, social cohesion

Context

Amel Association International, a UN Women Fund for Gender Equality grantee, ran a 2012-2015 project training rural Lebanese and Syrian refugee women to produce and sell handicrafts and organic agro-food products, building an alliance of 13 Lebanese civil-society organisations and cooperatives into the nationwide MENNA network.

Results

MENNA is now a nationwide network of over 650 rural and refugee women producers; more than 300 sell directly to the public through the permanent MENNA shop in Beirut, opened during the project and still operating, with a catering service added in February 2016.

Conclusions

The source states reporting on MENNA is descriptive rather than based on an independent impact evaluation: figures on reach and network size are published by Amel Association and UN Women, but no rigorous study measures income change or employment outcomes for participants.

Implementation

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