10,000 Women Liberia: Promoting your Business through Networking and Public Speaking

 

“Good morning. My name is Frederica and I’m going to recite a poem for you.” Frederica rocks back on her heels and twists her gold ring around her index finger.

 

“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

How I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky.

Thank you.”

 

It would be easy to wave a flag of victory for the human spirit after the Arab Spring, despite the fact that half of its population remains in a pre-ordained, disenfranchised position even after so much change has come. However, the women of the ALWANE Middle East North Africa Initiative are not used to “easy”, and they are not taking “good enough” for an answer.

[ November 22, 2012 ] Transparency and good governance can only be assured once women are fully included in all decision-making processes. WCI Executive Director, Dianna James contributes the below blog to Open Government Partnership's website.

ALWANE Yemen believes that with artistic expression, messages of social change and empowerment truly take hold in all levels of society. On September 15, 2012 in the city street of Sana’a, Yemen, WCI-ALWANE, created a vivid mural advocating women’s rights and gender equality.

The results of Libya’s first democratic election is one powerful example of how Libya’s phase of transition brings uncertainty, but also tremendous opportunity to further gender equality and advance women into the decision-making processes. As a result of a simple, but well-conceived gender-sensitive election law, women candidates in the July 7 election were elected to

Ms. Hajji at the North African subregional meeting in Tunis Rim Hajji, ALWANE’s dedicated, energetic Morocco Country Officer, knew she wanted to work toward social justice and women’s empowerment early on in life. At a young age, for instance, she was marked by how a number of her classmates were married and forced to leave school.

Ms. Hajji at the North African subregional meeting in Tunis Rim Hajji, ALWANE’s dedicated, energetic Morocco Country Officer, knew she wanted to work toward social justice and women’s empowerment early on in life. At a young age, for instance, she was marked by how a number of her classmates were married and forced to leave school.

Despite Iraqi women’s increasing political, social, and economic participation, barriers to full gender equality still remain. Numerous reports have detailed the problems facing women’s equality in Iraq, but their recommendations have often languished due to the enormity of the problem or lack of stakeholder buy in.

As WCI’s ALWANE program continues to grow and develop in sixteen different countries across the Middle East and North Africa, a group of Philadelphians were treated to a small insight into the lives of three strong women from the region. On Sunday June 10^th, Cinémathèque Internationale of Philadelphia, WCI and Project Nur teamed up to present a screening of Bridgid Maher’s documentary Veiled Voices. Maher’s film tells the story of three influential women: Ghina Hammoud of Lebanon, Dr. Su’ad Saleh of Egypt and Huda al-Habash of Syria.