“I have rights! I will use these rights, and the day I will prove it!”
— Fatima, Leading to Choices Workshop Participant, Lebanon
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The Reform of the Nationality Law in Lebanon: One-step forward, ten steps backward
April 3, 2012
The Nationality Campaign would like to express the need to reform the nationality law immediately.
Read MoreThe Costs of Undervaluing Women’s Work
April 2, 2012
The main conclusion is that indicators measure only what is valued in society and exclude women’s work mainly in view of the poor value attributed to it!
Read MoreHistory books vs YouTube: Democratization and the Arab Spring
March 19, 2012
Today, YouTube and easily-duplicated digital records are standing neck-to-neck with these official narratives; multiple accounts will live on.
Read MoreWoman Is the Future of Man
March 8, 2012
Although women have made great progress on their way to liberation, they still suffer from unequal treatment with men, just because they are women....These anti-women legends of former times play a major role in contemporary cultures.
Read MoreJob Opportunities
April 19, 2012
Position Opening
PROGRAM ASSOCIATE
Deadline for Applications: May 31, 2012
Women's Learning Partnership (WLP), a partnership of twenty autonomous organizations primarily in Muslim-majority countries, trains and supports women leaders and advocates for a just, peaceful world. WLP creates culturally-specific leadership trainings on democratic participation and partners with local organizations to help women gain the skills they need to fulfill greater leadership roles at the family, community and national level. Over the past decade, WLP's programs and training materials, published in twenty languages, have reached tens of thousands of women in over forty countries, strengthening local organizations to become self-sustaining and to empower women's movements across the globe.
Job Description: The Program Associate is based at the WLP liaison office in Bethesda, Maryland. The position will support two key areas of WLP’s work: (1) partner programs and evaluation, and (2) expansion of WLP’s web-based programs and constituencies.
Women in Kyrgyzstan Plan to Advance Women's Political Participation at WLP Training of Trainers in Bishkek
March 27, 2012 |
Asia, Kyrgyzstan, Leading to Action, Leadership, Leading To Choices Multimedia, Political Participation
From March 23-27, 2012 a national Training of Trainers (TOT) on "Leadership and Women's Political Participation" was held by WLP Kyrgyzstan/Citizens Against Corruption as part of WLP's Global Training of Trainers Initiative.
CRTD-A March 16 Beirut Event: Quel printemps pour la femme arabe?
March 7, 2012 |
Family Law Reform, Human Rights, Lebanon, Middle East
Dans le cadre du mois de la Francophonie au Liban et à l'occasion de la Journée Internationale de la FemmeL'Ambassade du Canada au Liban
et le Centre for Research and Training on Development-Action
ont l'honneur de vous inviter à une conférence intitulée" Quel printemps pour la femme arabe ?"Le vendredi 16 mars 2012, de 9h00 à 15h30, à l'Hôtel Le Bristol, Beyrouth
New WLP Documentary - From Fear to Freedom: Ending Violence Against Women
February 27, 2012 |
2012 Events, Human Rights, Stop Violence Against Women, UNSCR 1325, violence against women, Political Participation
Worldwide, at least one in three women are victims of violence. It is the most pervasive human rights violation on earth -- present in every country, every culture, every religion, every class.But around the globe, women are joining forces and speaking out, advocating for new laws, and developing successful strategies to eradicate gender-based violence. The challenges are many. But the mission is clear: bring an end to the culture of violence and forge a new path to a culture of peace and human rights for all.In WLP’s new film, leading experts and activists from across the globe discuss the root causes of gender-based violence, share strategies to combat it, and provide inspiring accounts of the important milestones already achieved through the international women’s movement.
