"In Gaza, a Focus on Creating IT Jobs For Women", 25 May 2018

... Close to 70 percent of the approximately 1,000 students who graduate each year from IT programs in the Gaza Strip struggle with unemployment. It’s an especially concerning statistic when one takes into account that 45 percent unemployment is the general norm. That’s where GGateway comes in, the first social enterprise in Gaza designed to combat the continuing challenge of unemployment in the IT sector... Gaza Gateway was established to help IT graduates become employable through outsourcing and opportunities to refine their skills... In October 2015, Gaza Gateway became an independent entity under the name GGateway, continuing its social entrepreneurial mission of offering temporary employment and a capacity-building environment. GGateway also subcontracts work to the firms employing its IT graduates... As of 2017, they had already trained 75 graduates and employed 50, while 55 freelancers currently work in their co-working space. With travel limited, Gateway’s focus on outsourcing is a boon. In the past year, GGateway has secured four additional grants in the amount of $300,000US to train 300 IT freelancers on freelancing skills and 60 women on technical skills as well as employ up to 45 percent of them. The money will also go toward supporting IT graduates in Gaza, conducting outreach activities and building the capacity of the management team. And they’re developing five new projects for 30 IT graduates, including an archiving initiative with UNRWA in Amman and a human rights digitization program with UN Women...