Zeinab Ahmad Al Momany
Jordan | Women's Empowerment
Aware of the limited income-generating opportunities in Ajloun, Jordan, Zeinab Ahmad Al Momany founded the Sakhrah Women’s Society Cooperative in 2003. The cooperative started with small projects such as harvesting and drying vegetables, cleaning grains, packaging crops, dairy production and needlework. The cooperative then started offering revolving loans to members so they could start their own income-generating projects. As the cooperative started to expand, Al Momany established the Specific Union for Female Farmers in Jordan in 2007, assisting female agricultural laborers in confronting unemployment, poverty and the exploitation and violence. Zeinab has also worked on women’s access to capital and land by advocating for the Jordanian Farmers’ Union to accept members who rent land, not only own, as well as raising awareness among women of their land ownership rights.