Banaat Connect: Launching a one-of-a-kind Language Exchange program. Written by: Lilly Crown Hello/Marhaban, I’m Lilly, the Program Coordinator for the Banaat Connect Project with Hopes for Women in Education. Two months ago, I started working in the Gaza Refugee Camp just outside of Jerash, Jordan. I moved to Amman for the summer to help launch Banaat Connect – Hopes’s online… read more →
Helping enhance IT access to Refugee Students: Arrow Value Recovery Group donates notebooks. By: Mimouna Toutouh In the spring of 2013, I visited the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to study the Arabic Language, while also volunteering at SOS Village. My passion and belief in education lead me to connect with Hopes for Women in Education, a non-profit organization operating in… read more →
Who is Malala and What Does She Do: A Story in Five Brief Parts By: Savannah Hughes 1. Malala tells stories. “My mother liked my pen name Gul Makai. I also like the name because my real name means ‘grief stricken’.” When Malala was 11, she began to blog for BBC Urdu about life under the Taliban. Her pen name was… read more →
On July 8th, 2014, Israel launched an intense and indiscriminate bombing campaign and land incursion on the Gaza Strip. In the latest operation, over 1,960 Palestinians have been killed (as of August 13, 2014) with the majority of them women and children. Over 236,000 Palestinians have been left displaced and homeless due to the damage to their homes from Israeli… read more →
On July 8th, 2014, Israel launched an intense and indiscriminate bombing campaign and land incursion on the Gaza Strip. In the latest operation, over 1,100 Palestinians have been killed with the majority of them women and children. Over 100,000 Palestinians have been left displaced and homeless due to the damage to their homes from Israeli airstrikes. In the effort to… read more →
By Samantha Hintzen A spotlight is being put on a UN report just days before International Refugee Day, which was held on June 20th. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has stated that the amount of refugees exceeded just one year earlier by a million due to increased war and persecution with the new number totaling 51.2 million.… read more →
By: Samantha Hintzen It was only a year ago in May 2013 that the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality report stated that 99.3 percent of women in Egypt have been sexually harassed, assaulted or raped since the onset of the 2011 revolution. And in fact 50 percent of women reported increased harassment after the revolution. Thus, by this report… read more →
Written by Hopes for Women in Education Volunteer. A 2013 Thomson Reuters study has ranked Palestine 15th out of the 22 Middle Eastern countries studied in which to be a woman. Neighbouring Egypt ranked worst while Comoros was named the best place in the Middle East to be a woman. The study ranked countries in six categories: ‘violence against… read more →
“Educate a girl, educate a nation.” Written by Hopes for Women in Education Volunteer. Ghada Issa has been described as magical, unorthodox, and full of hope. Ever humble towards the praises sung about her by her colleagues and the parents of the girls she teaches, Ghada is a testament to the idea that one can empower others by empowering oneself.… read more →
