About Us
AUSW was founded in Lebanon in 2017 by the social activist Nariman el Jamal Ghanem and was officially registered (#2143) as a non-profit, apolitical, socio-economic organization for women & youth empowerment. With a presence mostly all over Lebanon, AUSW has based its headquarters in the capital of North Lebanon, Tripoli city.
How we started:
“Arab Union for Specialized Women” under the Arab Economic Unity Council, was first founded in December of 2015 in a conference held in Cairo with the presence of 17 Arab countries; Lebanon was distinctively represented by 15 elite women coming from various regions of Lebanon.
Our focus:
The purpose of this non-financial umbrella is to connect Arab Communities addressing social justice and equal rights especially the rights of vulnerable groups, particularly women and youth.
Our Principals:
The overall objective of the Union is to strengthen Arab cooperation aiming to empower women politically, economically, socially, culturally and scientifically to deepen their engagement and effectiveness in the Lebanese & Arab communities as a key factor to achieve comprehensive and sustainable development.
Our objectives:
- Empower the specialized women’s role in scientific research, art and culture, and economic development.
- Increase women’s contribution in the legislative, executive, judicial, independent, and private sector positions.
- Seek to achieve gender balance in the overall economic reforms and policies, based on equity fairness.
- Enhance the chances of women's leadership and strengthen their partnership; moreover raise the competitive capacity, expertise, productivity, and economic development through training and development programs.
- Increase the social awareness in all sectors specifically in educating young girls and marginalized people, especially in rural communities.
- Encourage the increase of women's employment opportunities in different sectors including but not limited to academic, vocational, and research education.
- Promote positive communication between different generations in order to share with each other their competencies and expertise.
- Disseminate the legislative culture among women and law enforcers via performing awareness on women’s rights and civic duties and bridging the gap between the legally acquired rights and those practically applied.
- Improve women and youth abilities and skills in vocational, technical and academic research through technical and specialized training.
- Develop negotiation skills and conflict resolution in order to address the changes reflected by the refugee presence in the country by coordinating and partnering with local, regional, national, and international relevant donors and through funding projects.