Palestinian Businesswomen`s Association (Asala)

Overview

The Palestinian Businesswomen’s Association – Asala was founded in 1997 under the name Center for Women’s Economic Projects (CWEP) and registered as a non-profit organization under the current name in 2001.Until August 2014, Asala provided both small loans, totaling more than USD 35 million, and non-financial services to female micro-entrepreneurs. Following a change in legislation, Asala established itself as two separate legal entities since then, whereby “Asala for Credit and Development delivers financial services and “The Palestinian Businesswomen’s Association – Asala” continues to provide comprehensive and needs-based services to marginalized women in the West Bank and Gaza Strip along three strategic tracks, namely:

Advocacy and lobbying for women’s economic and social rights
Capacity building for women entrepreneurs
Facilitating access to local, regional and global markets for women entrepreneurs

Category:
National and Regional NGO
Sectors of Interest:
Education, Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, Women Rights and Empowerment, Arts and Culture
Sub Sectors of Interest:
Arts and culture for development, Business and investment support, Economic and social empowerment, Economic empowerment , Employment and jobs creation, Entrepreneurial training , Social empowerment , Vocational Education, Women equity and equality
Type of Service:
Research and assessment, Advocacy and awareness raising, Capacity building and training, Accounting & Auditing, Media and communication
Locations:
Palestine
Headquarters:
Palestine