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Iran Releases Haleh Esfandiari from Prison
September 13, 2007
We received the following note of thanks in response to the campaign of support for Haleh Esfandiari’s release.
Dear Mahnaz,
Now that I am finally home and united with family and friends I want to let you know how much the support of your colleagues and partners at Women's Learning Partnership and the many scholars and activists specializing in women in the Middle East who supported me and appealed for my release has meant to me.
International attention, especially the support of this group has been an important element in securing my freedom. Please pass on this message and let them know I am moved and touched by their warmth and grateful for their support.
Regards,
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Palestinian Women Gain Confidence as Family Decision-Makers
From November 2005-February 2006, the WLP Palestinian partner Women's Affairs Technical Committee worked intensively with a group of 19 women in their twenties and thirties to develop skills in participatory leadership and effective communication.
As the women came together to exchange experiences each week, a consistent theme emerged - the challenges many of them faced in the home with their husbands, children, or parents.
Cameroonian Women Improve Family Relations
In 2005-6, WLP partner Community Education and Development Services (CEDS) has reached out to two rural communities in Cameroon - Ako and Fundong - to host Leading to Choices leadership workshops for women.
Many of the participants coordinated local women's groups to improve conditions in their communities. Yet the majority of them did not think of themselves as leaders when they began the workshop. One participant said of her group, "We cannot be considered leaders, as many of us can neither read nor write."
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Women in Morocco Work Together Against Violence
WLP partner Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc (ADFM) coordinates a much-needed national network of violence against women centers in Morocco called ANARUZ. The centers provide legal services to women victims of violence, gather data about the problem of violence against women in Morocco, raise awareness of gender-based violence, and advocate for policy and legal reforms to protect women and reduce violence.
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Congolese Refugee Women Strengthen Community Networks
In February 2006, WLP's Zimbabwe partner the Women's Self Promotion Movement (WSPM) brought together 50 leading activists and democracy workers from the Nyarugusu Congolese Refugee Settlement in Kigoma, Tanzania for a Leading to Choices leadership workshop.
Participants were drawn from NGOs and smaller, community-based organizations active at the camp, including Association de Mamans Enseignantes, Solidarité Pour Le Développement, La Voix de Femmes de Fizi, Umoja wa Wanawake Wakristo wa Kigoma, and Fondation Muhamed Ali pour la Paix. The goal was to strengthen collaboration between organizations working to improve the lives of refugee women living in the camp.
