Women National Committee holdsGender and development workshop [Archives:2004/802/Local News]

By Fahmia AL-Fotih
For the Yemen Times
Supported by United Nations Population Fund, and the Women National Committee along with the Red Crescent Association, a 2-day workshop devoted to the gender and development was concluded on Sunday December 26 2004 .

Mrs. Rasheeda AL-Hamadani, the head of Women National Committee, in statement to Yementimes “This workshop will focus on the gender issues and its tools and how they can be incorporated into development for the Red Crescent volunteers as the association has big staff who have efficiently worked during the war and in other activities.

” So we want this staff to be acquainted with the gender and its meanings as they have a big role in raising awareness among society members in gender, women empowerment, millennium goals, women political participation, violence against women and discriminative laws. We try through this 2-day workshop to let the members know these concepts”

Eatedal Abdu Naser, Red Crescent Secretary-general, also told Yementimes “We have 30 boys and girls today from the Red Crescent and I hope that they could be trained and know the real role of the women in building society. They will in turn go to the field and spread the true concepts about gender”

A number of papers were presented through the two days. “Background about the Development” was presented by Ms. Soha Bashreen,”Gender” submitted by Ms. Horia Mashour, “Gender and Health” by Nouria Shuja AL-Deen, and ” Political Participation” by Dr. Abdualkader AL-Bana and “Violence against women” by Ms. Soha Bashreen.
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