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... and ICT capacity of our partner organizations to support the collective mobilization of women in the Global South for gender ... Support our work Watch a video about the work of Women's Learning Partnership ...

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Support Iranian Women on their National Day of Solidarity

... women's rights activists are calling for international support in observance of the June 12, 2006 demonstrations . Two years ago on ... hadighaemi@iranhumanrights.org . For more information about the campaign efforts, please read below or visit the One Million ...

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Growing demands for protection and guarantee of Shirin Ebadi's civil and political rights

January 5, 2009 SUPPORT IRANIAN WOMEN Sign the petition and help them reach ... Vakfı/Foundation for the Support of Women's Work, Turkey Moremi Initiative for Women's Leadership in Africa ... and arrested for their attempts to raise awareness about discrimination against women under Iranian law and for their involvement ...

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Women Refugees in Zimbabwe and Lebanon Work to Improve Quality of Life in Camps

... opportunities for women to learn and exchange information about women's rights through networks of grassroots NGOs across the Middle East ... Participants plan to organize follow-up meetings to support one another as they introduce these new concepts into their daily ...

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PARTNERS

... their families, communities, and societies. Learn more about the Women\'s Learning Partnership\'s activities . " + footerHtml + " ... lawyers, jurists and human rights activists working to support and promote women\'s rights through education, skills training and ...

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الشركاء

... their families, communities, and societies. Learn more about the Women\'s Learning Partnership\'s activities . " + footerHtml + " ... lawyers, jurists and human rights activists working to support and promote women\'s rights through education, skills training and ...

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Iran

... January 5, 2009 SUPPORT IRANIAN WOMEN Sign the petition and help them reach ... of four, learned that her sentence of death by stoning was about to be carried out. Until that point, the punishment of stoning, which had ...

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Confronting Crisis, Creating Change: WLP Partner Challenges and Strategies

... Increased activism by women's groups as well as government support for women's rights agendas has created a backlash by fundamentalists ... message and language to minimize confrontation and bring about maximum inclusiveness while emphasizing universality of rights ...

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Turkey

... Değerlendirme Vakfı (KEDV) or Foundation for the Support of Women's Work (FSWW) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization ... and decided to raise awareness in their communities about the rights of peasant farmers. Leadership Workshop in ...

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On this 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

... violations persist. As a part of the network of mutual support among WLP's twenty partner organizations in Africa, Asia, Latin ... look forward to sharing, in the coming months, even more about the future directions of the Partnership's struggle toward achieving ...

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Interview with Kyrgyz Human Rights Defender Tolekan Ismailova

... work, in other situations, if there is a need for broad support, coalitions and campaigns are formed. Women's rights activists united ... disrespect for fundamental rights and basic freedoms. About 36 people, including 4 women human rights defenders – Aygul Kyzalakova, ...

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Asma Khader Discusses Her Recent Work on Women's Rights in the Middle East

... speak on the phone with WLP Program Assistant Sian MacAdam about her recent advocacy on behalf of women in the Middle East. Sian ... of women in Yemen about their legal rights. Their support is extremely important in a case like this and there have been some ...

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Press Corner

... many privileges, but was shocked to learn that they do not support non-Jordanian offspring. read more ... These days, when most people talk about Iran, the focus is on its nuclear program. But for a group of determined ...

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ADVOCACY & NETWORKING

... and networking activities in order to raise awareness about women's human rights issues, influence policymakers and public opinion, ... implements campaigns to advance women’s rights. We support partner organizations’ advocacy for policy and legislative change at ...

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Nicaragua

... to use leadership training as a central component of their work to support women's economic empowerment in 2006. Stories and Reports ... Associate Siobhán Hayes spoke with Malena de Montis about women’s economic position in Nicaragua and Fodem/Cenzontle’s ...

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Board & Advisors

... Action in the U.S. involving over 200 Amnesty groups in support of Nigerian youth. Ms. Abiola's other efforts in the U.S. include ... opportunities for women to learn and exchange information about women's rights through networks of grassroots NGOs across the Middle East ...

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Gifts of Hope: Partner Projects

... Turkey. 5 more gifts will complete the center. Read about our partners and their projects in Lebanon , Nigeria , Morocco , ... sponsor women to attend trainings in these countries or support the organizations by gifting training materials they can provide to ...

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Jordan: Women seek equal rights under Citizenship Law

... many privileges, but was shocked to learn that they do not support non-Jordanian offspring. “My children spend most of their ... women married to foreigners have repeatedly complained about the discriminatory clauses in the Citizenship Law, particularly those ...

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Workshops

... of labor in their families, take on new responsibility at work, run for local office, establish food cooperatives and other economic ... educate the public, and work with parents to inform them about the issue. “I realized that it is necessary to change the laws that ...

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PARTENAIRES

... their families, communities, and societies. Learn more about the Women\'s Learning Partnership\'s activities . " + footerHtml + " ... lawyers, jurists and human rights activists working to support and promote women\'s rights through education, skills training and ...

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Leading to Change: Women in Jordan and Turkey Take on New Leadership Roles

... Institute/Jordan (SIGI/J) and the Foundation for the Support of Women's Work (Turkey) provided a dynamic learning environment for ... in order to negotiate with municipal authorities about issues such as gender discrimination, violence towards women, and access ...

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Latest News

... from Muslim-majority societies Extensive information about WLP    WLP Convenes Prototype Arabic eCourse with ... of committed participants and providing strong technical support to ensure participant comfort during their first online learning ...

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Issue 9 (November)

... by making a contribution to WLP. To find out how you can support our work, click here. Warmest Regards, Mahnaz Afkhami ... helped me to unlearn what I have been taught to believe about women being the inferior sex and their inability to be leaders. I now ...

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YWLP Profile: Young Woman Entrepreneur Builds Own Business Selling Eco-Friendly Laundry Soap

... alternative to laundry detergent. Maggie first learned about the dried soap nuts when she was visiting a friend in Europe. Upon her ... a selection of publications. How did you enlist the support of others? Dawson: I got a huge amount of support from ...

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Zanan, Iran’s Leading Women’s Magazine, Shut Down by Government

... with "morally questionable information." To learn more about the revocation of the license of the only publication inside Iran that ... without the legal authority to do so or even without the support of other institutions and individuals in charge of supervising the ...

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Cultural Boundaries & Cyber Spaces: Presentations

... are human rights. At Beijing we were finally able to talk about women's issues as inter-related and connected to all human concerns. We ... at the same time, we need a strong constituency that can support our goals from the inside as well as the outside. We need civil society ...

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Latest News

... and expertise are a valuable addition to WLP. Support Our Work Today! Your generous support for WLP and our partners’ efforts ... helped me to unlearn what I have been taught to believe about women being the inferior sex and their inability to be leaders. I now ...

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Workshops in Afghanistan and Cameroon Evaluate Leadership Learning

... of trust in which participants would feel comfortable about sharing their personal stories. The topics of domestic violence, ... develop effective leadership and communication skills and support organizational capacity building and democratic processes. Focusing on ...

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Numéro 11 (avril)

... the world by making a contribution to WLP. Learn more about how you can support our work. Warmest regards, Mahnaz Afkhami ...

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Malena de Montis, Nicaragua: Fodem/Cenzontle’s Economic Empowerment Programs for Women

... is a non-governmental organization which seeks to support the economic and political empowerment of women with scarce resources ... Associate Siobhán Hayes spoke with Malena de Montis about women’s economic position in Nicaragua and Fodem/Cenzontle’s ... importance of incorporating leadership and empowerment work with microcredit programs: Ms. de Montis: Access to credit can ...

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