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Spotlight on Cooperation

In order to advance Palestinian women in the job market, MAAN conducts rights literacy trainings in cooperation with local community initiatives. Two of these groups are Kulna and Lissan.

The ‘Kulna’ organization has turned into a well-established initiative in the scene of shared society in Jerusalem. Its program “Language Exchange” is  one of Kulna’s leading projects. It began in 2017 when a Jewish and Palestinian student met in the Hebrew university to help each other master the Hebrew and Arabic language respectively. Today a pool of 1200 women of both nationalities meet, talk and eliminate borders.

MAAN assists Palestinian women from the group to know and optimize their social and labor rights

Also Lissan’s roots, begun in the Hebrew university. Its initiators began tutoring Palestinian women in learning Hebrew in order to assist in removing a major barrier in their way to education and employment. Here is where MAAN and Lissan met, some five years ago. Ever since, Lissan has expanded and turned into a registered NGO with 2500 alumni . Its cooperation with MAAN has been ongoing in assisting beneficiaries to acquire better language accessibility in their quest for employment.

MAAN and Lissan are studying the possibility of opening professional courses that will be recognized and financed by the Employment Bureau.

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The Women’s Project

Protecting the Bees and Empowering Women

A course on biodynamic beekeeping ended in June of 2024 in the village of Baqa al-Gharbia, where 17 graduates each received a hive containing a queen and a swarm of bees. The course, which began in February under the guidance of educator and expert Yossi Aud, founder of the Bees for Peace project, took place at the MAAN Workers Association’s Center in the Triangle region, managed by Wafa Tiara.

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13/08/2024
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MAAN Newsletter August 2024

Israeli Policy Towards Palestinian Workers is wrong and Full of Contradictions, as it severely harms their need to make a living, and on the other hand, it destroys the Israeli economy without providing realistic alternatives.

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06/08/2024
Palestinian Workers

Petition to High Court of Justice: The secretive and unimpeded entry of migrant workers, will lead to extreme exploitation and severely harm Palestinian workers and the Israeli labor market.

MAAN joined other groups in filing a petition to the High Court of Justice against the Israeli government, demanding that authorities be held accountable to prevent the extreme exploitation of migrant workers, which could reach conditions of actual slavery. The petition, filed July 18th warns of the destructive impact of massive and unregulated importation of workers on the overall Israeli labor market, the severe harm to Palestinian workers’ ability to earn a living, and the expected damage to the Palestinian economy and regional security. The petitioners accuse the government of making these fateful decisions in secrecy.

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01/08/2024
The Women’s Project

Empowering Women – Saving the Bees

17 inspiring women, both Arab and Jewish, participated in a unique course to learn about biodynamic beekeeping at MAAN’s office in Baqa al-Gharbiyeh (Triangle region, Israel). This project, consisting of six intensive sessions begun in May, and was the result of a longstanding collaboration between Sindyanna of Galilee and MAAN – Workers’ Organization, as part of the “Women and Work” project that MAAN has been running in the Triangle for 19 years.

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01/08/2024
The Women’s Project

Sisterhood led by the Queen Bee and her workers.

Hana introduced me to Wafa Tayara from another nearby village, Kufr Kara. Wafa is an activist and the director of MAAN Workers Association’s program Women and Work. She is also the chairwoman of Sindyanna of Galilee, the only internationally certified Fair Trade social business in Israel.

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01/07/2024

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