Supporters of Morocco's Legislative Reform Initiative

July 23, 2001

WLP thanks the following individuals for supporting our effort to encourage the Moroccan government to implement legislative reforms that grant Moroccan women greater rights.

Manal Abdelhalim (Sudan), Executive Director, Mutawinat Group

Priscilla M. Achakpa (Nigeria), Women Environmental Programme

Efrizal Adil (Indonesia), Executive Chairman, Yayasan Kibar (Kibar Foundation)

Mahnaz Afkhami (Iran), Founder and President, Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace (WLP); Also from WLP: Megan Brown, Rakhee Goyal, Hanan Kholoussy, Sian MacAdam

African Cultural Studies Forum, Nigeria

Sharifah Zuriah Aljeffri (Malaysia), Sisters in Islam

Farida Allaghi (Libya), Senior Advisor to HRH Prince El Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan for Regional & International Development Cooperation; Executive Director, Mentor Foundation

AMANITARE: The African Partnership for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women and Girls

Tara Amin

Afifa Dirani Arsanios (Lebanon), Vice President, Sisterhood Is Global Institute

Samantha Averett

Dr. Mubarak Awad, Chairman, Nonviolence International

Hamza Bakkari (Morocco)

Dr. Amina Balafrej (Maroc), Pediatrician, Children's Hospital in Rabat, along with daughters Sara Faivre-Balafrej and Aïda Faivre-Balafrej

Tarik and Julia Banzi, Al-Andalus

Nimat Hafez Barazangi, Cornell University

Jennifer Bean, University of Arkansas

Dr. Zakia Belhachmi, Doctor/Professor, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Nicole Bernhardt

Huguette Bertrand (Canada), Writer and Poet

Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss, Managing Director/Partner, Carlyle Asset Management

Christiane Bird, Author

Erin Bolton

Natasha Bonne

Roya Boroumand

Alix Boucher, School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University

Addie Brownlee

Charlotte Bunch (USA), Executive Director, Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL); Also from CWGL: Lisa Clarke and Mia Roman

Ariane Brunet (Canada), International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development

Bettina Brunner

Chris Burger

Nayah Lekunze Celine (Cameroon), President of BAWOCIG organisation and Cordinator of Lebialem women groups

M. Chadli (France), Researcher

Maria Elena Mendoza Chavez (Peru), A & M Ingenieros SCRL

Monica Chierici, Educational Advisor, San Francisco College Access Center

Sakina Cornell, Business Analyst, Accenture

Thais Corral (Brazil), Coordinator, CEMINA – Comunicacao, Educacao e Informacao em Genero

Chella Courington, Huntingdon College

Shanthi Dairiam (Malaysia), Director, International Women's Rights Action Watch - Asia Pacific

Suzzanna Darcia (UK), Bids & Tenders Manager, OKI Systems UK

Nadia Degand and Renata Stefanowska (Poland), Credit Lyonnais Bank Polska

Robin DeJong, Forest Technician, Ministry of Agriculture, Morocco

Chantal Dejou, Regional Coordinator for MENA, World Bank Institute

Catherine Didion, Executive Director, AWIS

Maureen Donaghy

Marian Douglas, Writer and consultant, Women of Color in Europe, Italy

Toc Dunlap, President, Creating Hope International (CHI)

Oghogho Edomwonyi

Ann Eisenberg, Esq.

Barbara Ekprikpo, Managing Consultant, Grass-Root Systems Limited, Nigeria

Francine Elie

Elizabeth Erickson, Internal Consultant, Bonneville Power Administration

Lisa Estreich, City University of New York

Isabella Falco (Spain), Managing Editor, Women's Human Rights Net (Whrnet)

Rita Faulkner, University of Illinois

Fhad (Saudi Arabia)

Vivienne S. Foster

Justus Fritsch (Germany)

Nancy Gallagher, Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara

El Mokhtar Ghambou, Professor, Yale University

Ali Ghanimi

Angela Gianato, Financial Analyst, A. T. Kearney

Pat Giles (Australia), President, International Alliance of Women & Chair, Global Commission on Women's Health, World Health Organization

Sherna Berger Gluck, Professor, California State University

Jacquelyn L. Goldberg, Attorney at Law

Katherine Golfinopoulos, Peace Corps Volunteer

Lauren Goodsmith, Communication and Public Health Specialist, Communication for Change

BKA Gould, PhD, Psychologist

Mahshad Haeri, Software Engineer

Dian J. Harrison, President & CEO, Planned Parenthood Golden Gate

Jill Henderlight

Paula Sanchez Hidalgo (Spain), Procurador de los Tribunales

Curdina Hill, Principal, ClearWays to Freedom

Pinar Ilkkaracan (Turkey), Women for Women's Human Rights (WWHR); Also from WWHR: Ela Anil, Karin Ronge, and Tulug Ulgen

Ayesha Imam (Nigeria), Executive Director, BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights; Also from BAOBAB: Hurea Akilu-Atta, Lateef Akinbode, Asabe Audu, Sarah Dickson, Bunmi Dipo-Salami, Mufuliat Fijabi, Kristin Kim, Beth Martins, Sindi Medar-Gould, Chibogu Obinwa, Onaade Ojo, and Kemi Oyelakin

Veena Jayadeva, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies

Susan Joyce, Peace Corps volunteer

Kali C. Jones, Associate Director, Ralph Bunche International Affairs Center

Alicia Kahn

Zahira Kamal (Palestine), General Director, Gender Planning and Development, Palestinian Ministry of Planning and Development

Martina Kamp (Germany), AK Gender of the DAVO

Karima Kchirid (Morocco)

Hande Togrul Keklik (Turkey), Consultant, UNIFEM

Elise Kermani, Multimedia artist, IshtarLab Recordings

Asma Khader, Esq. (Jordan), Director, Sisterhood Is Global Institute/Jordan

Marion Kirk, Emory University

Amy Knaup, Morocco

Marie-Luce Krimi (Maroc)

Huguette Labelle, Former President, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

Anna Lipowska-Teutsch (Poland), Vice President, Crisis Intervention Society

Nancy Lloyd, The Currier's House

Paula L. Lucas, Dental Hygienist

Juliet MacDowell

Abdol Madjid Madjid

Lisa Manhart, Fellow, University of Washington

Vivian Manneh (Palestine), Project Director, Women's Affairs Technical Committee (WATC)

Deborah Mason, Composer

Julie Matthaei, Professor of Economics, Wellesley College

Ann Elizabeth Mayer, Associate Professor of Legal Studies, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Birch Miles and Beebe Bahrami, Bardas

Corinne McCutchan, Ph.D.

Patricia McFadden (Zimbabwe), Independent Consultant/ Researcher

Valentine M. Moghadam (Iran), Director of Women's Studies and Associate Professor of Sociology, Illinois State University

Natalie Moore, Programmer/Analyst, GEICO

Lily Moslehi, Realtor, Long and Foster

Nawal Mostafa (Egypt), Vice Editor in Chief, Akhbar El Youm Press Organization

Kumi Naidoo (South Africa/USA), Secretary-General/CEO, CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation

Salwa Nassar

Anamika Nelson

Nicole Nepton (Canada), President and Co-director, Cybersolidaires

Torja Ngenge (Sweden/Switzerland), Journalist

Anna Nsubuga, RAINBO, UK

Brittany Odermann, Peace Corps

Boutaina El Omari (Morocco)

Candace Ortuglio

Maria Bina Palmisnao

Julia Parker, Producer, Salt in the Ocean Pictures

Corps de La Paix/PeaceCorps, Morocco: Carol Helwig, Maternal and Child Health Volunteer; Jennifer Kovolski; Stephanie Lazar, Rural Development Advisor; Julia Louise McDonald; Sarah Nash; Paget Norton, Professor; Tamiza Teja, Former Maternal and Child Health Volunteer; Erin Shiffer, Small Business Development Sector, Essaouira; Melody Slashinski, Former Peace Corps Volunteer; Julie Tritz

Virginia Perry (Australia), Executive Producer, "Women of The West" Community Radio

Azema Peyret, Lawyer, France

Altagracia Pierre, Manhattan College

Jacqueline Pitanguy (Brazil), Director, Cidadania, Estudo, Pesquisa, Informacao, e Acao (CEPIA)

Maggi Poppe (Belgium), Nederlandstalige Vrouwenraad (National Council of Women of Belgium)

Zo Randriamaro (Ghana), Programme Manager, Gender and Economic Reforms in Africa Programme (GERA)

Marjorie Ransom, Diplomat

Sonia Jaffe Robbins, Writer and editor

Melissa Rodis, University of Arizona

Susan Deller Ross (USA), Professor of Law and Director of International Women's Human Rights Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center

Abderrahim Sabir (Morocco), US Representative, Arab Commission for Human Rights

Judith Sagal

Shams Sahbani (Morocco)

Tbel Said (Morocco), Association de defense de consomateurs

Laila Salime (Morocco), Information Scientist

Zakia Salime (Morocco)

Sathya Saran and Ruchira Bose (India), Femina, TimesGroup

Sayah Sati (Morocco)

Srinivas Savaram (India)

Bouthaina Shaaban (Syria), Professor, Damascus University

Zieba Shorish-Shamley (Afghanistan), Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan (WAPHA)

Professor Diane Singerman, Department of Government, American University

Heather Slunt, Center for Health Program Development and Management

Jacqueline van Splunter (The Netherlands)

Margaret D. Stetz, Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies, Georgetown University

Jessica Stowell

Dr. Ted Swedenburg, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Arkansas

Noor Tabbers, Director, Gender & Development Training Centre, Netherlands

Zenebeworke Tadesse (Ethiopia), Forum for Social Studies; Founder, Association of African Women for Research and Development

Sue Tatten, Program Director, Centre for the Strategic Initiatives of Women

Dzodzi Tsikata, Gender Policy Adviser, Third World Network-Africa, Ghana

Sherry Vatter, California State University

Usha Venkatachallam (India), Producer, Saheli Picture Productions

Amy Vincus

Gail Williams, NTS Medical Surveillance Project Coordinator, Boston University

Women Living Under Muslim Laws, France

Professor Sakena Yacoobi (Afghanistan), President, Afghan Institute of Learning, Pakistan

Lakchouch Yousra (Morocco)