THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETIES IN SATISFYING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NEEDS OF THE DIVORCED AND WIDOWED WOMEN

One of the most important fields that civil societies are concerning with is the field of developing woman in general, and the divorced or widowed woman in particular, particularly, those are working in multiple fields such as the empowerment field. This means that woman should be provided with training, habilitation, and work opportunities. The second field is the rights defensive field that assesses the lawful literacy of rights, duties, and defense for marginalized woman. The third field is the traditional field which is responsible for introducing services of social care and welfare.
This research aims to identify the role of civil societies in satisfying the social and economic needs of widows. The study was applied on a sample of (40) widows and divorced women in al Qalubia governorate who benefit from social insurance in both rural and urban areas. The study came to the following conclusions:  

Widows and divorced women in rural and urban areas, have social and economic needs.
Civil societies play a role in satisfying the social and economic needs of widows and divorced women
The majority of the participants are not satisfied with the services pervaded by the civil societies.
There are obstacles that limit the role of civil societies in helping widows and divorced women. 
Widows in rural as well as urban areas are in need to social services represented in educational, health, social relations needs; while the economic needs are embodied in having a fixed stable income and the materialistic and concrete aids, in addition to small enterprises.

Researchers have set a group of suggestions and recommendations that can improve the role of civil societies to satisfy the benefitted categories, particularly, the widows and divorced women. The study suggests including the technology system in civil societies, improving as well the mechanisms of these associations through holding training courses for employees, improving presented service and activities through making scientific researches to identify the actual needs of the benefitted categories.