International Seminar on Women’s Empowerment

On March 19th 2014, we made an International Seminar on Women's Empowerment in the CSW58 and we supported it with our documentary "The threshold of the Desert".

"The Threshold of the Desert" is a communication project raising awareness about women as engine of development and social change in rural areas of the Arab world.

The project brought together top international experts working on women’s empowerment that discussed recent trends, challenges and opportunities during an inspiring and lively debate, hosted by the PES Women and Romanian Mission to the UN.

The panel of experts included: Zita Gurmai, MEP, PES Woman President, Simona-Mirela MICULESCU, Permanent Representative of Romania to the UN, UN Women and UNDP.

The seminar was well moderated by Tomas Matraia, communication and international cooperation expert, who introduced Najat Aziz, the star of the documentary, Ramon Vila, director of the project and enabled an interactive and smooth debate with the members of the panel, the public and international media.

www-the-threshold-of-the-desert.org

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But beyond the seminar, there is an impacting raising campaign to support women leaders of our times: "6 Women: Slaves and Leaders of Arab Spring".

"6 Women: Slaves and Leaders of Arab Spring" is a raising awareness powerful campaign on how women’s life is changing under the Arab Spring. 

The project is based on 6 real stories of women, from 6 different countries in the Mediterranean and the North African Region, which represent challenges and opportunities for women’s empowerment. 

3 of the stories are about women affected by political, economic and social violence, based on the fact that they are women. 3 of the stories are about women becoming champions as political leaders, entrepreneurs and social activists in their communities.

It is with the strength and courage of their examples and stories that southern Mediterranean women are inspiring new generations, opening new opportunities and shaping a new society.

www.6women.org