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Artisans Profile

 

During the consultation held with beneficiary women, we were able to establish the socio-economic profile of handicraft women of various regions.  

Please contact us if you need to access our survey.
 

Morocco 

The Darna Women Community House  

Darna is a Tangier registered non-profit association, regulated by the law governing the right of association, in conformity with the 15 November 1958 Dahir, [dahir N°1.58.376 (3 Joumada 1378) on the right of association. Mrs Salima Ben Moussa is the association's vice chairperson and representative.  

The areas of activity of the Darna Women Community House include the training and integration of socially excluded women.

The Darna Women Community House integrates 80 women working in areas of Moroccan traditional sewing, modern clothing industry, weaving, of textile, and cookery. The association also runs an aesthetician and hairdressing cooperative.

 

The “Sleek Hands” Cooperative

The Sleek Hands is a cooperative located in Tétouan and represented by its chairperson, Khadija Aghbalou.

This cooperative focuses its activity on training in the techniques of weaving and sewing.

 

The Talilt Aourga Association

Talilt is a non-profit association which strives for the professional insertion and education of women in Aourga.

Contact: Fatima Saadi, talilt_ourga@hotmail.com  

 

The Ain Chaib Association

The Ain Chaib Association for Women's Development is a non-profit association. It strives for the development of women in Ain Chaib by creating income earning activities, and for the emancipation of women living in the douar.

Contact: Aicha Mossamih, ainchaibwomen@yahoo.com 

 

The Itqane Association

The Itqane Association is a non-profit association fighting to improve the life of women through the improvement of their socio-economic standing.

Contact: Jamila Bouayad, assitqane@menara.ma 

 

The Afoulki Association

The Afoulki association is a non-profit association which strives to: 

  • contributing to increase family incomes especially those of rural women
  • contributing to the improvement of their level of education as well as their sanitary and environmental conditions.

Contact: Zahra Idali, afoulkifemmes@yahoo.fr 

 

The Essalam Women Embroiderers Association

The Essalam Women Embroiderers Association is a non-profit association which aims at:

  • promotion of cooperation between women and the marketing of their produce without resorting to middlemen
  • development of new produce and finding new markets

Contact: Atika Has Nejjar, atikaelhilal@hotmail.com  

 

The Touama Association

The Touama Association is a non-profit association which strives to train women, fight illiteracy and encourage women to actively take part economic activities.

Contact: Malika Koukat, ass.touama@caramail.com  

 

The Future for the Youth Association - Benslou

The objectives of the Future for the Youth Association - Benslou is to:

  • create an environment for dialogue and information for the inhabitants of the Benslou region
  • Improve the conditions of life of women, youth, children and the handicapped

Contact: Assia Goura, association-ajb@hotmail.com  

 

The Ennakhil Association

The objective of the Ennakhil Association for Women and Children is to create an environment for solutions and brain storming so as to improve the social, legal, economic, sanitary and moral conditions of marginalised women and children in district of Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz.

Contact: Zakia Chramo, zchramo@yahoo.fr 

 

The Wafa Association for Handicraft Women

The Wafa association is non-profit and focuses on the training of handicraft women and encourage the participation of women in economic activities.

Contact: Ouafa Zerouki, 2003w@voila.fr 

 

The Marrakech Women Cooperative

The Marrakech Women Cooperative's objective is to produce and market articles of clothing and thereby create employment and enable women access social benefits.

Contact: Saida Chaabouni, coofdem@yahoo.fr 

 

Turkey

 

Contemporary Women and Youth Foundation (CWYF)

  

Hacettepe University (HU)

 

 

Other countries (pending)

 

What do produce buyers think? 

During the Marrakech exhibition held from 10 to 15 July 2006, we distributed questionnaires to produce buyers so as to collate their opinion on the various produce.

The findings are as follows: 

- Reasons for making the purchases: Clients were prompted to buy mainly for social reasons as they felt obliged to help the association and also because the produce are attractive.

- Favourite goods: it was difficult to pinpoint their favourite products as customers had their individual tastes.

- Reasons: goods are gorgeous, innovative, natural, and correctly priced.

- The less fancied produce: most buyers answered that no product displeased them really, but whenever a product is mentioned, it is an article of embroidery.

- Suggestions: more advertisement, increase the frequency of exhibitions, diversify the range of cosmetics. 

 

Conclusion:

After going through the questionnaire, one could conclude that the goods and the principle were appreciated and that remarks made are encouraging. 

Ways to improvement:

- produce to develop must be innovative and have standing prices

- embroidered goods do not rank high on the export list