AishaAlshawaf
Mrs.Alshawaf
British Federation for Women graduate
town hall CSW69+UN economic women empowerment +Women and peace
1Town Hall was in the main General Assembly at UN
2 UN economic empowerment sponsored by delegation from Saudi Arabia
3 Women and peace sponsored by the International Bahai Institute
Women in power and decision-making, Women and the economy, Education and training of women, Violence against women, Institutional mechanisms
SDG4 – Quality Education, SDG5 – Gender Equality, SDG16 – Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
Diversity in Teacher Education (2019), Building Peace through Women’s Education (2019), Promoting and defending human rights of women in universities and other post-secondary forms of education (2022)
Importance of learning solutions from civil society which provides information and feedback from the front line.
Encourage leadership training at different levels in our society as it gives confidence to women to pursue their independence and progress further
I Attended the General Assembly at United Nations for CSW town hall session. Discussing gender equality Secretary General Antonio Guterres gave a talk started by thanking the civil society standing with them on the front line and the Importance of learning solutions from civil society
Stopping misogyny is one of the development goals yet it is still present not only in underdeveloped countries and conflict zones such as Sudan & Afghanistan, but also increasingly in the developed world as well.
Equality should be at the heart of the matter.
CSW Town Hall invited representatives to talk; one used poetry to talk about equality, a second discussed issues related to reducing violence against women.
Young members wish to invest in the coming generation, the Secretary General agreed and commented on the pledge that civil society needs to keep lobbying even in these challenging times.
I also attended a side event, Building Back Better discussing gender responsive and inclusive recovery in Ukraine.
I attended a UN economic women empowerment parallel session, led by Moroccan and Saudi Arabian NGOs, where we listened to the Moroccan minster of solidarity, discussing leadership training and improving economic opportunities.
Princess Aljohara from Saudi Arabia talked about steps toward changes in law and regulations to promote women as leaders, lawyer and judges; this is crucial in that society, where they see the importance of womens roles in helping them move the economy away from petroleum dependence, towards an economy more focused on IT and tech.
Karima Makika from Morocco focused on work to improve sustainable development and lobby to reduce early marriage and violence against women by supporting law institutions; and reduce the gender pay gap in agricultural and care sectors.
The event that I attended at the Baha’I International community was about women and peace, the main themes included gender equality, shifting mindsets and social norms; promoting inspiring examples. Attendees were from Germany, India ,Yemen and Lebanon.
The session included frank discussion about cultural barriers in conflict zones.
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Working with international civil society even in countries that do not have NFAs in yet like Saudi Arabia
