The Zovighian Partnership is committed to ensuring the quality of life, potential, and dignity of girls and women in Lebanon.
Period impoverishment in Lebanon is a painful microcosm of growing poverty, the breakdown of gender equity, rising non-inclusivity and inherent discrimination, and other social injustices and threats facing our citizens, residents, and guests. It is in no means just a female problem.
PERIOD POVERTY INDEX TO FLUENTLY UNDERSTAND IMPOVERISHMENT DYNAMICS
Period poverty is being impoverished by the lack of data and detailed insights to truly understand the characteristics and drivers of this growing threat to girls and women. We are currently studying how to design a multi-dimensional index using our learnings from our focus group discussions (see below) and global literature. It is our hope to publish a draft for public consultation soon!
Data working sessions
Date: To be announced
Zoom | In the English language
We are hosting a series of workshops dedicated to defining data needs, parameters, & capacity-building period poverty response front liners on the ground.
Status: Coming soon
FOCUS GROUPS to ensure representation of voices
We are convening mezzo-level players, especially CSOs and schools, for research sessions. Our focus group discussions bring an exploratory qualitative means to build scientific data on what we know, what we think we know, and build openness to what we have yet to understand. This data is being used to inform and ensure an ecosystem-led co-design of a period poverty index for Lebanon. Insights will also guide investment cases for sustainable product development and local manufacturing in Lebanon.
INVESTMENT CASES FOR SUSTAINABLE PRIVATE SECTOR-LED INTERVENTIONS
Our ambition is to prepare investment cases for investors and private sector players to commit to resolving period poverty in Lebanon. These business cases will be informed by our poverty period index and focus group discussion findings. We will release further information once we close on our R&D milestones!
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