This unique cooperative beekeeping project for women has tremendous social and economic benefits. Their families use the honey and then they sell the extra honey. This added income also gives the women more decision-making power in the home.

This unique cooperative beekeeping project for women has tremendous social and economic benefits. Their families use the honey and then they sell the extra honey. This added income also gives the women more decision-making power in the home.

“The UAWC women’s projects decided to organize themselves as collectives, keeping all of the hives together in one place, and distributing responsibility for taking care of the hives. This process prioritizes the importance of good communication, sharing knowledge and experience in order to lead to better outcomes for the whole. And it has worked! In addition to successful production, this model has allowed the women to build relationships that create a solid foundation for broader organizing and resistance to the occupation, which has had a devastating impact on the villages of Bil’in and Nilin… Two thirds of their villages’ farmland had been stolen by the Separation Wall…” -Sara Mersha, Grassroots International