Seminar on the Egyptian Womens experience in politics [Archives:2002/33/Local News]

BY MOHAMMAD AL-MASANI
YEMEN TIMES STAFF
Within the framework of human rights program of the Sisters Arabic Forum (SAF) to enhance Yemeni womens political participation, a seminar on the Egyptian womans experience in politics was held in Sanaa last Friday. The seminar was organized by SAF in coloration with Oxfam-Britain and other partners in order to benefit from the Egyptian womens political experience. The seminar focused on how to benefit from participating in the upcoming elections.
During the seminar, Dr. Amal M. Faed, an expert in womens political affairs and a member of the Political Office of the Egyptian Nasserite Party delivered a speech revolving around effective means of the Egyptian womens experience in the political and parliamentary arenas and how Yemeni woman could benefit from such experience.
The seminar was attended by Mr. Izzeddin al-Asbahi, the Chairman of the Human Rights Information and Training Center along with representatives of several NGOs as well as party representatives and journalists.
Mrs. Amal al-Basha, the Chairwoman of SAF told YT that the seminar aimed at promoting Yemeni womans participation in the upcoming elections as a nominee and voter. Within a program that started 7 months ago, the SAF demanded separate constituencies for women and called upon the authorities to allow women representatives to take part in the Supreme Election Committee. We are seeking to learn from the Egyptian womens political experience. We also want to avoid the difficulties and problems to guarantee strong presence and good performance of the Yemeni women in the upcoming election Mrs. Amal said.

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