Minister of Family, Women, Children and the Elderly Amel Belhaj Moussa on Friday in Tunis handed out project funding notices to 75 beneficiaries of the economic empowerment programme for women working in the agricultural sector, in its pilot phase targeting the governorates of Kairouan and Sidi Bouzid.
During the ceremony organised as part of celebrations to mark World Rural Women’s Day, which coincides with October 15 each year, the Moussa said that 43 women working in the agricultural sector in Sidi Bouzid and 32 women in the governorate of Kairouan have received funding.
She pointed out that women working in rural areas in the governorate of Kasserine, and more specifically in the Hassi Elfrid locality, will also benefit from this programme in its pilot phase.
The funding of projects for women beneficiaries of the economic empowerment programme in the governorates of Kairouan and Sidi Bouzid has been carried out according to the criteria of seasonal work for women and the use of agricultural land connected to the water distribution network.
She added that it had been agreed to provide monthly support and monitoring for these women during the first 6 months of the project’s launch.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse