Mashreq Gender Facility - Lebanon

The project aims to create a funding facility dedicated to empowering women and girls to participate in the Lebanese economy contributing to inclusive economic growth in the Mashreq region. The Facility is doing this by providing technical support and funding for strategic regional and country-level initiatives based on Action Plans developed by the respective governments in collaboration with the private sectors and civil society and supported by the international community. The project is identifying and addressing gender constraints to women’s full participation in society and improving women’s access to economic opportunities. This is one of three parts of the Mashreq Gender Facility project in Iraq Jordan and Lebanon which has a total budget of $10 million.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) gender constraints to women’s full participation in society in Lebanon are identified and addressed; and (2) women’s access to economic opportunities in the Mashreq are improved through the implementation of country-level action plans.