Women in Iraq: independence through horticulture and poultry farming!

Women in Iraq: independence through horticulture and poultry farming!

Al-Siniya, Irak - On December 5, 2024, the Samaritan Association emphasizes the importance of strengthening women's rights on the occasion of the upcoming day of human rights on December 10th. "For us as a Samaritan association, it is decisive that we have a positive impact on social developments with our projects and, in particular, want to strengthen the position of women in public," explains Andreas Balog, Managing Director of the Samaritan Association. These initiatives help promote human rights and to draw attention to the need for compliance, especially in the context of the challenges of the 21st century. A particularly successful project ended at the end of October in the province of Salahaddin in Northern Iraq, where widowed women were enabled to generate their own income by the creation of gardens and the furnishings of small poultry breeding, such as samariterbund.net reported.

This project, which was implemented in cooperation with the City of Vienna, made it possible to escape 90 women to escape their precarious life situation. They not only received the possibility of self -sufficiency, but were also able to achieve the smallest income by selling their products. Barbara Schlichtinger, the management of the Humanitarian Aid Department, emphasizes that sustainable progress has been made by the use of fallow land. "The social and economic role of women within their community has been sustainably strengthened," she explains. In addition, the Samaritan Association starts a new project in Georgia that supports women and girls who have experienced violence and live in crisis situations. This is done by a network of psychological support services and consulting centers, which is built in cooperation with the Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs, such as ots.at reported.