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Issue 18 (Winter 2007)
In this Issue
- Publication Highlight: Persian Guide to Equality in the Family in the Maghreb Published
- Program Focus: WLP & SIGI/J Conduct National Institute for Training of Women Trainers in ICTs for Social Change in Jordan
- Program Focus: 2007 Arabic eCourse with participants from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine
- Partner Spotlight: Malena de Montis, Nicaragua Fodem/Cenzontle’s Economic Empowerment Programs for Women
- Women in Charge: International Women Leaders Global Security Summit
- WLP International Holiday Giving: A Time to Give for Rights, Development, and Peace
Persian Guide to Equality in the Family in the Maghreb Published
In November, WLP published the Persian edition of the Guide to Equality in the Family in the Maghreb for use by Iranian women’s rights activists in the "One Million Signatures" campaign for equal legal rights and family law reform. The campaign, launched in August 2006, aims to collect one million signatures and spread grassroots awareness of discriminatory laws such as those related to marriage, divorce, and child custody.
The arguments for family law reform presented in the Guide will help provide support to the legal reform efforts of the One Million Signatures campaign. The Guide is a unique advocacy tool developed by Collectif 95 Maghreb-Egalité, a coalition of women’s organizations from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, that presents the current state of the family law in the Maghreb, and proposes religious, human rights, sociological, and legal arguments for reform, well-supported by relevant data.
~The book is available for order ($24.95) or free download.~
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WLP & SIGI/J Conduct National Institute for Training of Women Trainers in ICTs for Social Change in Jordan
From December 3-6, 2007 in Amman, Jordan, WLP in cooperation with WLP Jordan/Sisterhood Is Global Institute-Jordan (SIGI/J) conducted the first of two National Institutes for Training of Women Trainers in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Social Change. The second will take place in Beirut, Lebanon on December 9-12. Nineteen women from across Jordan participated in the Institute. WLP’s new ICT manual, Making IT Our Own: Information & Communication Technology Training of Trainers Manual was used.
View a Photo Slideshow from the Institute.
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2007 Arabic eCourse with participants from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine
Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP), in cooperation with WLP Lebanon/Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action (CRTD-A), conducted an online distance learning course (eCourse) for 25 women from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine from September 3 through November 22, 2007.
The course enabled participants to develop participatory leadership skills, encouraged cross-regional dialogue on rights, and emphasized peer-to-peer learning and cultural exchange. During online discussions participants explored the qualities of an effective leader, discussed challenges they face and their personal contributions toward realizing change, and developed a shared vision through engaging other participants. In discussions on the qualities of an effective leader, Nour* commented that leadership is "the art of cooperating and communicating effectively in order to reach a common vision." Laila* believes that leadership is the "flexible style of coordinating and cooperating with people."
Malena de Montis, Nicaragua: Fodem/Cenzontle’s Economic Empowerment Programs for Women
Malena de Montis is founder and board member of WLP’s affiliate partner in Nicaragua, Fondo para el Desarrollo de la Mujer (Fodem)/Centro para la Participación Democrática y el Desarrollo (Cenzontle). Fodem/Cenzontle is a non-governmental organization which seeks to support the economic and political empowerment of women with scarce resources through financial, business, and citizenship programs which have earned them the Central American award for Best Practice from INTERCAMBIO.
Malena is also founder and member of the National Women’s Coalition in Nicaragua, and served as Latin American Coordinator of the Women’s Political Network (1995-2000) which was launched at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. At present she is actively involved in the structural organization of the Women´s Autonomous Movement in Nicaragua.
Program Associate Siobhán Hayes spoke with Malena de Montis about women’s economic position in Nicaragua and Fodem/Cenzontle’s microcredit programs for women’s empowerment.
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Women in Charge: International Women Leaders Global Security Summit
From November 15-17, New York City saw the largest gathering of world women leaders ever held in the United States: the International Women Leaders Global Security Summit. Co-hosts Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, and Kim Campbell, former prime minister of Canada, joined a diverse group of high level UN and government officials, former and current heads of state from over 40 countries, and leaders of nongovernmental organizations. Mahnaz Afkhami, WLP founder and president; Sima Samar of Afghanistan, special rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Sudan; and Wijdan Salim, Minister of Human Rights in Iraq were among the participants from the MENA region.
Issues of global security— climate change, terrorism, economic insecurity, and humanitarian intervention and peace building— topped the agenda. The Summit sought to amplify public awareness and support for women’s leadership on these issues. Participants also agreed on the need to strengthen women’s information-communication-media networks to improve women’s visibility and capacity to influence policy processes.
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A Time to Give for Rights, Development, and Peace
'Tis the Season!
The WLP team along with the twenty autonomous women's organizations who make up the partnership worldwide invite you to get to know our organization and the work we do. We hope that by reading this eNewsletter you become more familiar with the leadership and ICT trainings and economic empowerment projects being implemented by the partnership. We want you to know how your money is being spent and who is directly benefiting from your generosity this holiday season. Join us in helping to promote social justice through contributing to expanding women's rights.
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