Yemeni Women Researches Forum Concludes [Archives:2001/04/Local News]

The Scientific Forum for Yemeni Women Researchers was inaugurated last Tuesday under the theme Towards an Intellectual Attitude of Muslim Women. Fifty researchers and a number of social figures from different governorates participated in the forum.
The forum aimed at introducing the scientific qualifications and abilities of Yemeni women, joining scientific research efforts, consolidating friendships and relations among Yemeni researchers, establishing a scientific council for Yemeni women scholars etc.
Among the papers discussed was Duties of Yemeni Women Researchers by Dr. Amat Assalam Ashami. The paper stressed the importance and significance ofresearchers to highlight all walks of life.
Dr. Khadijah Al-Heisami, Professor of Political Sciences at Sanaa University lectured on the importance of scientific research as a way to create suitable solutions to problems. She called for establishing a national scientific organization to outline research plans and to cooperate with universities, research centers, ministries, etc. to execute those plans.
Dr. Dawood Abdulmalik Al-Hidabi concentrated on researching from an Islamic angle. He highlighted the two famous schools of research; quantity and quality, and their supporters.
The other papers discussed the different challenges facing Muslim women and how to confront them.

——
[archive-e:04-v:2001-y:2001-d:2001-01-22-p:./2001/iss04/ln.htm]