Women’s rights in a training workshop for mosque preachers [Archives:2006/922/Local News]
TAIZ, Feb. 18 ) The Women's Forum for Research and Training (WFRT), in cooperation with Deutsch Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (the German Organization for Technical Cooperation – GTZ), is holding the first training workshop for mosque preachers to promote women's rights and issues in Islam.
The 30 mosque preachers are from five governorates: Sana'a, Taiz, Aden, Ibb and Hajja. The Feb. 19-23 workshop at Shamsan Hotel hall is being conducted by Dr. Muna Talbh, professor of Qur'anic interpretation and its provision.
The workshop will discuss issues such as women's education, employment, gender, witness, civil status law, etc., about which the community does not agree with one opinion. As a result, such issues have affected women' status in the community and issuance of laws, as well as women's participation and reality in various fields, which assigned women a marginal role in the development procedure.
WFRT Chairperson Su'ad Al-Kudsi said a “Program of Women's Rights in Islam” began two years ago through its activities, whereby it could train 60 women. Trainers possess many skills in spreading awareness among women in particular and society in general.
Al-Kudsi stated that the workshop's main purpose is to work with effective public opinion makers, such as mosque preachers, media personnel and women leaders, who can affect public opinion as well as society. “We want targeted individuals to help us promote women's rights and issues in Islam and analyze women's reality, which suffers socially, politically, educationally and culturally,” she added.
WFRT concluded it first course for 30 female preachers and guides from various governorates. The workshop was conducted by Dr. Mangeh Al-Swaihi, professor of Qur'anic science and its provision at Tunisia's Al-Zaitoun University. Part of the “Program of Women's Rights in Islam,” the course included:
– Understanding women's rights in Islam
– Gender equality in education, employment and participation in politics and society
– Social, political and economic handicaps and women's rights
– Women's roles in promoting democratic procedures
– Working on a strategic plan to activate women's roles.
“Our major goal is to demand the state amend Yemeni law because Yemeni law disagrees with the spirit of the Islamic religion,” Al-Kudsi said.
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