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us... The AWO is an intergovernmental organization established under the umbrella of the League of Arab States and headquartered in Egypt. It emerged from the Cairo Declaration issued by the First Arab Women Summit which convened in Cairo in November 2000 in response to a call by H.E. Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, Egypt’s First Lady and which was co-organized by the National Council for Women in Egypt, Hariri Foundation in Lebanon and the League of Arab States. The agreement came into effect in March 2003. |
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Reach-Out Activities... التواصل مع العالم الخارجي ... كامبريدج |
Arab Youth Dialogue (Arabic) حوار الشباب العربي |
Survey Studies (Arabic) الدراسات المسحية |
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Westerns is probably one of the
most important tools to challenge
the stereotypes about Arabs in
general and the status of Arab women
in particular. AWO organized a
seminar on 19-20 September, 2005 at
Churchill College, Cambridge
University, under the title of "Arab
Women: Past, Present and Future".
The seminar was
held under the auspices of Her
Highness Shaikha Sabeeka Bint
Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Wife of His
Majesty, the King of Bahrain,
President of the Arab Women
Organization (2005-2007)
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Youth to exchange ideas on the current status of Arab Women and the exerted efforts to empower them, the AWO organized its first Arab Youth Dialogue in Cairo, 5-7 July 2005. This Dialogue provided an outlet for a group of 27 promising young men and women from all member states to actively exchange their views on how they perceive gender equality and women rights, and how to be better prepared for the future.
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programs designed to empower women in the fields of education, health, media and economics in member states, the AWO adopted the Survey Study Project as one of its preliminary activities. To conduct this project, the AWO organized two workshops where experts representing twelve of the member states convened to survey the projects adopted to empower women and obstacles that they have to struggle with. |
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ICT & Women Empowerment (Arabic) تكنولوجيا المعلومات والمرأة العربية |
Enlightening Media Experts (Arabic) توعية الإعلاميين العرب |
Geographic Information System (Arabic) تقنية نظم المعلومات الجغرافية |
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The World Summit on
the Information Society was
held in two phases, with
participation of 175 countries. The
first phase took place in Geneva
hosted by the Government of
Switzerland from 10 to 12 December
2003, and the second phase took
place in Tunis hosted by the
Government of Tunisia, from 16 to 18
November 2005. The AWO seized the
opportunity to raise the voice of
Arab women in this world forum
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Under the auspices of
Her Highness Shaikha Sabeeka Bint
Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Wife of His
Majesty, the King of Bahrain,
Chairwoman of the Supreme Council
for Women, Kingdom of Bahrain,
President of the Arab Women
Organization (2005-2007), a
capacity-building workshop to train
and enlighten Arab media personnel
was held during 21-23 November 2005
in Manama, Bahrain.
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·The AWO has
initiated this database to reflect
Arab women’s actual status and all
available information and data about
their problems and achievements in
the seven areas of interest for the
AWO (education, health and
environment, media, sociology,
economics, politics and law). The
GIS will provide data necessary for
having inter- and intra- Arab
country comparisons regarding the
status of women. It will also shed
light on women victims in wars and
armed conflicts. These comparisons
are indispensable for making well
informed-decision.
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