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Issue 6 (January)
Dear Friends,
Greetings from all of us at Women's Learning Partnership (WLP). At the beginning of 2004 we look back at the year just past with pride in our partnerships that have produced learning tools and material in nine languages and conducted over a hundred workshops in 15 countries on leadership learning, skills building, applying technology to advocacy, and organizational capacity development. We are gratified by the potential and possibility of collaborative, participatory action that is realized daily in the work of our partners in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Even though the world was troubled by conflict and violence during 2003, there were many points of light and hope in the work of women activists that help us look to this year with enthusiasm and optimism.
In 2004 we will be working with new partners in the MENA region and produce new curricula in Asia and Africa. We will hold National Leadership Institutes and implement E-learning leadership courses in Persian and Arabic based on the English prototype course we conducted last year. We will each continue to support our other partners' work and strengthen our advocacy through collective efforts.
In this issue of Enews we will share some of our recent activities, including the publication of the Leading to Choices multimedia curriculum on CD ROM and two new editions of "Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women" in Swahili and Assamese. Also featured is WLP's recent Middle East/North Africa regional Roaming Institute, organized in cooperation with our Jordanian partner, Sisterhood Is Global/Jordan that brought together NGO leaders and trainers from Algiers, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Yemen to Petra, Jordan from December 9-15, 2003.
We thank you for your continued support and solidarity without which our work to advance women's rights and full participation in civil society would not be possible.
Mahnaz Afkhami
President
Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace
In this Issue
- Articles
- Latest News
Latest News
Leading to Choices Leadership Curriculum Now Available on CD-ROM
WLP has recently adapted for CD-ROM the leadership training tools in Leading to Choices: A Multimedia Curriculum for Leadership Learning. The 2 disk set consists of the training manual, Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women, three learning guides and three companion videos on enhancing women’s facilitation, communication, and advocacy skills, and an overview that provides sample schedules for ways these tools can be used in a workshop setting. WLP collaboratively developed the curriculum and materials with women’s rights activists and our partner organizations in Afghanistan, Cameroon, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, and Uzbekistan. Visit WLP's online store to order your copy.
New: Assamese and Swahili Editions of WLP’s Leadership Handbook
WLP recently published the Assamese and Swahili editions of the prototype leadership handbook Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women. WLP’s partner in India, the Centre for Organization Research & Education (CORE), facilitated the adaptation and publication of the Assamese edition of the handbook. The handbook, which will be used primarily in northeastern India to train women living in conflict situations in peace building. WLP’s Zimbabwean partner, the Women’s Self-Promotion Movement (WSPM) is using the Swahili edition of the handbook to conduct leadership training workshops with refugees living in Zimbabwe. The Swahili handbook will be widely distributed in East Africa. Visit WLP’s online store to order the Swahili and Assamese editions.
Proceedings of “Clash or Consensus” Human Security Conference Available on CD
The audio proceedings of WLP’s international conference “Clash or Consensus: Gender and Human Security in a Globalized World” that was held in Washington, DC in October 2003 are now available on CD. Six panels discussed human security in relation to development, human rights, religious fundamentalisms, democratic governance, and post-conflict reconstruction. The CD also includes the opening address by Mary Robinson as well as the concluding remarks by WLP President, Mahnaz Afkhami. Purchase the CD at WLP’s online store or listen to the proceedings online.
Iraqi and Palestinian Women Take on Key Leadership Roles
Two members of WLP’s network made international headlines recently for their appointment to new leadership positions. Zahira Kamal, a member of WLP’s International Advisory Council, was appointed Minister of Women’s Affairs in Palestine. Ms. Kamal previously served as Coordinator of the Women’s Affairs Technical Committee, WLP’s partner organization in Palestine. Also in the news, Rend Rahim Francke was appointed Iraq’s Ambassador to the United States by the Iraqi Governing Council in December 2003. Ms. Francke is a founding member of the Iraq Foundation and has served as Executive Director since 1991. WLP congratulates these courageous women and supports their efforts to help build egalitarian and democratic societies.
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WLP and Sisterhood is Global Institute/Jordan Convene Middle East/North Africa Institute for Women's Leadership in Jordan
WLP convened the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) Regional Roaming Institute for Women's Leadership from December 9-15, 2003 in Petra, Jordan. Thirty women leaders from eleven Arab countries including Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, and Yemen took part in the week-long Institute for training of trainers. The goal of the Regional Roaming Institute was to empower and train Arab women activists in the Middle East and North Africa to become better trainers and advocates for women's rights and equal participation in civil society. WLP President, Mahnaz Afkhami who was in Jordan for the event said, "The Institute was a positive experience that brought a spirit of hope, optimism, solidarity, and faith in the future so much needed in a region that is undergoing a challenging period of transformation."
The Institute was organized in cooperation with WLP's Jordanian partner, Sisterhood Is Global Institute/Jordan (SIGI/J), one of the most effective Jordanian women's organizations working to promote women's human rights through education and skills training programs. The MENA Regional Institute built upon the material and expertise developed in WLP's pilot international Roaming Institute for Women's Leadership held in Maryland in 2002. Participants included lawyers, educators, grassroots organizers, and activists working to promote democracy, human rights, and women's political participation in the region.
Women Refugees in Zimbabwe and Lebanon Work to Improve Quality of Life in Camps
From October-December 2003, nearly 100 women and girl refugees participated in leadership development workshops organized by WLP and its partners Machreq/Maghreb Gender Linking and Information Project (MACMAG GLIP) in Lebanon and the Women's Self-Promotion Movement (WSPM) in Zimbabwe. MACMAG GLIP and WSPM facilitated workshops that provided training in effective communication, collaborative decision-making, and techniques for articulating and developing individual and group projects. Working together in the workshop setting, diverse groups of refugee women learned to recognize their own leadership capabilities and empowered themselves to improve the quality of life in the refugee camps, enhance their status as refugees in their hosts countries, and address conflict resolution and peace-building in their home countries.
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Zimbabwe | Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women (Shamy-Arabic Edition) | Uongozi Bora: Kitabu Cha Mafunzo Ya Uongozi Kwa Wanawake (Leading to Choices Swahili Edition) | Zvinotungamira Mukusarudza Zvido Zvemadzimai (Leading to Choices Shona Edition) | Issue 6 (January) | Workshops )
