Gaza: Women into Education 2006

'The Sheffield Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund'

Thanks to the success of our International Women's Day events in 2006 we have initiated a project to help young women living in the Gaza Strip to benefit from higher education. Our friend and partner in Gaza, Dr. Mona el Farra has set up a scholarship process for young women to apply to. These are women whose family circumstances mean that they would not otherwise be able to go on to university education. This year we are able to offer four scholarships, each of which will cover the cost of three years higher education.

October 2006: Update on the Scholarship fund!

Due to the hard work of our partners in Gaza, all working under intolerable stress as the seige of Gaza continues, the fund is now up and running and supporting its first four students through the academic year 2006 - 2007:

 - Our first sponsored student has been nominated by the Never Stop Dreaming centre in Khan Younis. She is now at Alazhar University studying Journalism. She comes from a family of 11 children - all girls.

 - Our second student is from the Jabalia Refugee Camp, proposed by the Al Asria Centre. She is studying Architectural Engineering. Her father is paralysed due to a war injury and she is one of eight children.

 - Our third student is from Rafah Refugee Camp and has been proposed by the Rachel Corrie Centre. She is one of 8 children and will be studying either IT or Pharmacy at Al Azhar University.

 - Our fourth Student is from Nussairat Refugee Camp and has been proposed by the Kanaan Centre. She is studying English at Al Aqsa university.

Scholarships for women in education 

International womens day conference: Palestinian women speak