UNESCO project in Jordan provides women with entrepreneurial skills

project_in_jordan_to_provide_women_with_entrepreneurial_skills-c-unesco_amman-news.jpg © UNESCO Amman 06 February 2018“Before, I was alone at home,” says Rasha, who was already married at 15 and missed the chance to pursue her education. “Now I have new friends and I feel supported by the other girls and we treat each other like sisters.” Rasha met her new friends at an innovative UNESCO project that is providing practical entrepreneurship and innovation tools to young Syrian and Jordanian women, through technical, income-generating handicraft training. With her two children in school, Rasha leapt…

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