The Foundation for the Social Promotion of Culture (FPSC) organizes, in collaboration with the Euro-Arab NGO Network for Development and Integration (READI) and Casa Árabe, the Seminar: “Libyan Women : Rights and Responsibilities. Experiences in other Arab countries”, which will take place on October 25 and 26 in the Hall of Ambassadors of Arab House in Madrid, and is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
The future of Arab women is still writing. Throughout history they have been a vehicle, as mediators and peacemakers, toward positive change, and played a key role in the face of countering radicalization and the emergence of extremism.
In Libya, small cells formed during the revolution were transformed into partnerships for the rights of women. Women have occupied a place in society that did not imagine. But they raise their protest against the royal resistance for them to occupy a more prominent place in the institutions and bodies of government
During the seminar we will addressed such topics as the role of Libyan women in decision-making, the role of women in family, society and in strengthening the structure of local government in Libya.
The seminar will be attended among others:
Magda El Sanousi, Head of UNSMIL’s Women Empowerment Section in Libya, Najet Karaborni, President of FCEO (Future & Civic Engagement Organization) and President founder of TPM BEST (Tunisia Global Pole of Good Health & Well Being for All) (Tunisia), Zahra’ Langi, Cofounder of Libyan women’s Platform for Peace y member of Arab Women Think Tank (Libya), Huda Abuzeid, TV producer and filmmaker (Libya) and Claudette Habesch, Former President of Caritas MONA (1999-2007) and General Secretary of Caritas Jerusalem (1987-2013).
On October 25 in the afternoon we will visit the Institute for Women and Equal Opportunities.