Female social innovation in the Mediterranean

Fatma Omrani | 28 years old | Tagra-wla | Lybia

Tagra-wla is an electronic platform highlights the issues faced by women and minorities through articles and investigations, videos and short films, to promote a culture of rights and pluralism.

Fatma's hopes: With SafirLab, she hopes to develop this new project, which forms an integral part of a Tamazight association, making it a point of reference on the situation of women.

Fatimah Nasser | 21 years old | Yummy | Lybia
Yummy is an online platform connecting women who prepare meals at home with consumers in three Libyan cities. Jobs are offered to women and to young people who deliver the meals.

Fatimah's hopes: With SafirLab, she hopes to adapt her business plan to the challenges in the sector and enable her project to expand.

Khadija Khafid | 26 years old | "Fais entendre ta voix" (Make your voice heard) | Marocco

« Fais entendre ta voix » is an initiative created by two young community activists opposed to violence against women, encouraging them to speak up and protest against abuse. The association organises advocacy workshops and raises public awareness on its social networks.

Khadija's hopes: With SafirLab, she hopes to gain media exposure and meet partners.

Ghada Bensalah | 28 years old | Radiocean | Tunisia

Radiocean is an Internet radio station featuring a blog, which publishes, on a daily basis, articles on civil society and young people active in Tunisian society, the values of universal human rights, equality and youth issues.

Ghada's hopes: With SafirLab, she hopes to gain skills in the media field and improve working conditions for her project.

Oumaima Benfjama | 24 years old |STEPS (Science Technology Engineering Projects)| algeria

STEPS is a FabLab project open to young Algerians, to introduce them to scientific culture and sustainable development using new technologies. Open source solutions and digital tools will be made available to children to give them a taste for innovation.

Oumaima's hopes: With SafirLab, she hopes to obtain a legal status for her enterprise and find a local mentor.

The SafirLab project supported by CFI and the Institut français is conceived as an incubator for social innovation projects whose initiators are between 20 and 30 years old and come from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Palestine, Tunisia and Yemen.