A regional training workshop on strengthening the role of women in Arab political parties and in decision making

Within the framework of the project entitled Strengthening the role of parties and unions to enhance women’s political participation which is coordinated by the Rassemblement Democratique de la Femme Libanaise (RDFL), women members of various Lebanese political parties participate alongside other women participants from Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Palestine in an advanced regional training workshop organized over 5 days in Casablanca and which was entitled “Strengthening the role of parties to enhance women political participation”.
Parallel to the training, a special session was organized to present the findings of national studies conducted in the 5 countries on the realities of women’s political participation.  The coordinator of the project, lawyer Manar Zeaiter, noted that it is now high time to strengthen the participation of women in political parties and trade unions so that they become part of decision making through challenging stereotypes about women and fostering partnership between women and men as well as creating regional networks to support women and challenge violations of their rights.

Source: Al-Akhbar, Al-Nahar 27 June 2014
For further information about the project, please refer the previous news published on the WEEPortal on 13/6/2014, An EU-funded new empowerment project to strengthen Arab women's political participation and challenge exclusion from decision making