Cash assistance puts funds directly into female refugee’s bank accounts each month. This gives women the autonomy to spend their money how they see fit, restoring dignity. Women spend most of their cash assistance on essentials such as rent, groceries and medicine.
Giving cash also has broader benefits, boosting the local economy and helping Syrian women integrate with their community.
Almost 80 per cent of donations to the Leading Women Fund go directly to female refugees in the form of cash assistance.