Women & Girls Empowerment
Women and Girls Empowerment is a is a key focus of Tawakkol Karman Foundation aimed at promoting gender equality and economic independence for women. Through this program, the foundation opens various projects and provides support to women-owned businesses, helping them overcome challenges and thrive. By offering financial assistance, vocational training, and resources, the foundation empowers women to become leaders in their communities and achieve economic self-sufficiency, ultimately contributing to sustainable development and social change
TKF builds three additional classrooms for Nisab Girls’ School in Shabwa
Tawakkol Karman Foundation has built three additional classrooms at Nisab School for Girls in Shabwa Governorate. Nisab School was established in 2004 and included classrooms to accommodate a
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation Supports Sign Language Education Initiative (Aden, Yemen)
Tawakkol Karman Foundation has furnished and supplied “Hun,” a local sign language teaching initiative. It is located in the building of the “Deaf Care and Rehabilitation Society” in Aden. The
...TKF fulfills mother's bakery dream in Al Mahrah
In Al Ghaydah Directorate, Al Mahrah Governorate, Yemen, Hanadi and her three children reside in a modest home, where she shoulders the responsibilities of life and daily commitments after losing
...Haith Al-Insan sows hope in home of woman with disability in Taiz
In its sixth season, Haith Al-Insan program, funded by Tawakkol Karman Foundation, initiated a special project for a woman with disability in the village of Al Shuqab, located in Sabr Al-Mawadem
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation fulfills Amira's dream after years of suffering
Tawakkol Karman Foundation fulfilled the dream of a woman in Asabih isolation in the Shumaytin district of Taiz Governorate and helped her triumph over the harsh conditions. "Amira Al-Asbahi",
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation funds establishment of playground for displaced children and kiosk for Um Bashair
Tawakkol Karman Foundation has realized the dream of dozens of children and a struggling family in one of the displacement camps in Marib Governorate (northeast Yemen).Thousands of families
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation rebuilds flooded home of retired doctor in Aden
Tawakkol Karman Foundation has taken a compassionate step towards rebuilding and rehabilitating the home of a retired doctor, Firdous, in Al-Aidaroos neighborhood of Aden, Yemen. The elderly
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation Provides Salt Workers with Packaging Factory and Safety Tools (Hadramout, Yemen)
Tawakkol Karman Foundation provided women in Hadramout who work in salt extraction with a packaging factory and safety tools to protect them from the risks they are exposed to during work.
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation Supports Family with Income-Generating Project (Socotra, Island)
Tawakkol Karman Foundation has supported a family in Socotra with an income-generating project that helps them face the burdens of life on the remote island, which has been absent from state
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation Empowers a Family Affected by War with Income-Generating Project (Taiz, Yemen)
Tawakkol Karman Foundation empowered a family of war victims to launch its commercial project, which reintegrates the family into society and helps them meet the requirements of living in the
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation funds bakery for displaced family in Hadramout
Tawakkol Karman Foundation implemented a pastry and sweets bakery project for a family that was displaced from Tihama to a camp in Buish area in Mukalla city in Hadramout. Jamila Saeed says that
...TKF establishes greenhouse-turned-vegetable-farm in Taiz
The agricultural engineer, Lina Abdel Jalil, dreamed of building a greenhouse in the area so that the land would be useful, in addition to the suitability of this type of agriculture for the
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation funds orphan sisters' business in Taiz
Tawakkol Karman Foundation provided an income-generating project for three orphan sisters, in the Sala district, in Taiz governorate. Laila Abdullah says that she does not have a regular income
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation builds cake and pastry factory for Tami’s Family in Tarim, Hadramout
Tami Saleh - a mother of three children - lives in a poor neighborhood in Tarem city, in harsh conditions after losing her breadwinner and their source of livelihood. Tami turned her simple house
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation Opens Electronic Shop for Technician (Taiz, Yemen)
Anisa Al-Salami broke societal gender barriers and restrictions and entered the world of technical work. Anisa started working in a small corner of her house three years ago. She also
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation Funds Livestock Business for Um Saad (Tuban, Lahj, Yemen)
Tawakkol Karman Foundation provided Um Saad from Haran Dayan village, in Tuban district, Lahj governorate with a project in livestock breeding. Among all the stories that we hear and see in our
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation enables three women in Tarim to realize their dream
Tawakkol Karman Foundation enabled three women in Tarim city in Hadramout governorate to establish their project to meet the burdens of living. Belqees, Fatima, and Maryam, three women from
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation Fulfills an Agricultural Engineer’s Dream
Tawakkol Karman Foundation implemented an agricultural project in Al-Ma’afer District in Taiz Governorate for an agricultural engineer, to help her make ends meet and fulfill her dream. Engineer
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation Opens a Sewing Factory to Train Women (Atturba, Taiz, Yemen)
Tawakkol Karman Foundation has opened a center for training and qualifying women in the field of sewing in Atturba city in Taiz. The center used to organize training courses for the people of the
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation Opens a Seamstress Shop (Aden, Yemen)
Tawakkol Karman Foundation opened a seamstress shop for a group of women who work to support their families in Crater, Aden in Yemen. The shop was opened for three mothers in the area. The
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation Opens Tailoring Shop for Displaced Woman (Ibb, Yemen)
Tawakkol Karman Foundation opened a small shop for a displaced woman in Ibb governorate.Elham Ghaleb Muhammad fled to the Al-Salaam displacement camp with her husband and three children. Two of
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation Builds House for Woman Who Lost Both Feet to a Houthi Mine (Taiz, Yemen)
Tawakkol Karman Foundation assisted a displaced woman who lost her feet due to a Houthi mine. Two days before her wedding. Dalila went to fetch water for her mother and with her cousin in Taiz.
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation implements project for wounded woman in Taiz
Tawakkol Karman Foundation has executed a project for the benefit of a wounded young woman in the city of Taiz (southwestern Yemen), empowering her to return to her
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation hands over keys to home and business to woman in Hadramout
Tawakkol Karman Foundation has transformed the life of a woman in the Ghayl Bawazeer district of Hadramout Governorate (Eastern Yemen) after years of enduring difficult living conditions.
TKF funds store for displaced woman in Marib after years of hardship
Tawakkol Karman Foundation has realized the aspirations of a displaced woman who fled from Hudaydah to Marib in pursuit of a fresh start, following years of enduring
...TKF helps woman in Lahj start new life
Funded by Tawakkol Karman Foundation, a special project was initiated for a woman in one of the villages of Lahj governorate (Southern Yemen) after years of study and
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation establishes sewing workshop for girl with disability
Tawakkol Karman Foundation has established a sewing workshop for a disabled girl in the city of Marib.
Fatima Al-Ahdal has had dwarfism since
...TKF to hold panel discussion on the impact of war on women's rights in Yemen
Tomorrow, Friday, March 10th, Tawakkol Karman Foundation will be hosting a panel discussion entitled "Yemen: The Impact of War on Women's Rights" as part of its
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation holds panel discussion on war's impact on women's rights in Yemen
On Friday, March 10th, 2023, Tawakkol Karman Foundation organized a panel discussion titled "Yemen: The Impact of War on Women's Rights" as part of its "Jusoor"
...TKF supports woman's small business in Aden
Tawakkol Karman Foundation established a small business for a woman who supports her children by selling newspapers in Sheikh Othman district, Aden governorate.
Yusra Abdo says that for
...TKF Holds Symposium on Women and the Democratic Transition in the Arab World
Ignoring Arab women's issues and the absence of their political and societal role did not prevent them from taking the initiative and advancing to the first ranks of
...Tawakkol Karman Foundation funds shop for Yemeni woman injured by Houthi mines in Taiz
Jamila is a woman who has both legs amputated from the knee, by a landmine planted by Houthis in Taiz Governorate, which is now plagued by hundreds of thousands of mines.
TKF funds a samosa project for a woman and her family
Tawakkol Karman Foundation funded a woman to open her project to sustain her children after she struggled by selling samosas in Ibb Governorate.
TKF Assesses the Situation of Refugee and Displaced Women
In 2018, the world witnessed a new wave of internal displacement and external asylum. The Global Trends report issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees revealed that the
...International Women's Day: A Glimpse at the Past and Hope for the Future
The current changes in the political scene in Yemen have brought about many changes for the people of Yemen, especially for women. The 2011 revolution and its
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