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Since COVID-19 hit in West Bank and Gaza, winner of the SDGs and Her competition for the Middle East and North Africa region, female tech co-founder Bassma Ali of G-Gateway, is blazing a trail for women in IT. Her organization is pioneering digital training tools to aid learning globally and help businesses pivot during the crisis, while ...

When 1 out of every 4 lives below the poverty line in Palestine and the poverty rate reaches almost 40% in Gaza, the Cash Transfer Program remains essential in breaking out the cycle of poverty. The Palestinian Cash Transfer Program was scaled up to introduce a more digital database linked to an interactive mapping system in order to optimize the outreach to the poor households.

Since 2011, there have been at least 180 instances of intentional targeting of water infrastructure in conflicts in Gaza, Libya, the Syrian Arab Republic, and the Republic of Yemen. Forcibly displaced persons and their host communities face myriad water risks.

When 1 out of every 4 lives below the poverty line in Palestine and the poverty rate reaches almost 40% in Gaza, the Cash Transfer Program remains essential in breaking out the cycle of poverty. The Palestinian Cash Transfer Program was scaled up to introduce a more digital database linked to an interactive mapping system in order to optimize the outreach to the poor households.

37% 8% 48% 56% 19% 33%. 70 % of MENA’s GDPis generated in areas with. high or very high water stress compared to 22% in the rest of the world. Armed groupstake control of water infrastructure to threaten opponents and deliver basic water services to delegitimize state and complicate peacebuilding efforts.

Want to know what it takes to be an entrepreneur? From changing the game for women in Indonesian and Gaza, to tackling COVID19 in Nigeria, Pakistan and Zambia; to empowering women in Costa Rica and building a better food system in Greece, these 2020 winners have their finger on the pulse.