The current research aims to identify the contributions of small income-generating projects in the
empowerment of rural women in Nineveh Governorate ,Al-Hamdaniya district, as a simple
random sample was drawn from the research community of 280 respondents , according to the
Robert Mason equation at the level of significance 0.05, so the sample size was 162 respondents,
i.e. a percentage 58% collected the necessary data using a questionnaire prepared as a basic tool
for data collection consisting of 20 items distributed on two axes ,and the results of the research
were analyzed and presented using the spss statistical program, as well as manual analysis using
repetitions, the weighted mean, the standard deviation, and the percentage weight. And the
Cronbach`s alpha equation and the Robert Mason equation ,and the results of the research showed
that the contributions of small projects are represented in (the empowerment of rural women
socially ,and the empowerment of rural women economically), if the weighted circles reached
(2.59, 2.54), respectively, and a general average of 2.56 degrees ,and it was recommended The
researcher stressed the need to take into account women 's capabilities, support them, and enable
them to establish small projects that satisfy their needs, thus improving the standard of living, and
work to encourage individual initiatives and work .Al-Hur to provide job opportunities for rural
women in Nineveh Governorate / Al-Hamdaniya district, who have ideas and special capabilities
that qualify them to become owners of small projects.