Economic Empowerment👩‍🔧📸

Economic Empowerment Programme – Family Defense Society

As part of its humanitarian and social mission, the Family Protection Society launched a comprehensive Economic Empowerment Programme targeting women survivors of violence. These women are not viewed merely as victims in need of support, but as individuals with untapped potential for leadership, growth, and transformation. The programme goes beyond offering assistance — it creates a space for rebuilding lives, reclaiming autonomy, and achieving both economic and psychological independence.

Targeting and Referral Mechanism
The programme operates through effective partnerships with local community organizations, which refer women survivors of violence to participate. Additionally, cases are identified through the Society’s helpline. This approach ensures that support reaches the most vulnerable groups in a structured and humane manner.

Vocational Training Tracks
Participants are offered a range of vocational workshops, carefully selected to meet local market demands and expand women’s access to non-traditional livelihood opportunities, including:

• Photography: Turning a creative passion into a source of income by capturing life through a new lens.

• Beauty and Skincare: Equipping women with skills that open doors to self-employment and entrepreneurship.

• Mobile Phone Maintenance: A technical and unconventional field that boosts self-confidence and offers flexible job options.

• Mosaic Art: Reviving a traditional craft as both an expressive art form and a viable income-generating skill.

Psychosocial and Awareness Support
Beyond technical and vocational skills, the programme prioritizes emotional recovery and social awareness. It includes awareness-raising sessions focused on mental health, life skills, leadership development, gender equality, and the prevention of gender-based violence. These sessions aim to enhance self-worth and reinforce each woman’s active role in society.

Experience Sharing Phase
In the final phase of the programme, participants engage in a transformative process known as the Experience Sharing Phase. During this stage, women are given the opportunity to share the knowledge they have acquired in the programme with other women in their communities.

They conduct community-based sessions — for a symbolic financial incentive — covering key topics such as gender concepts, types of violence, leadership, and essential life skills. This not only strengthens their own confidence and leadership capacities but also extends the programme’s impact.

By doing so, the programme fosters a model of sustainable empowerment, where every participant becomes a link in an expanding chain of support. Each woman emerges as an agent of change, a voice of encouragement, and a guiding hand for others on their journey to healing and empowerment.