The success of our delegation relied on the support and partnership of key organizations creating opportunities for women and closing the gaps in social justice. Please click to learn more:
The first Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) was in 2006 in Azrou, Morocco with approximately 60 participants, 50 in 2007 in Immouzzer near Sefrou, and 40 in 2008 in Ben Slimane near Rabat. The majority of the camp participants come from small villages where sometimes secondary school is unavailable. Some girls have been unable to continue school due to a lack of resources within the family; consequently, without an education or a vocational activity, their only assurance of a promising future is to marry young.
The curriculum of the camp focuses on empowering young girls through discussion about gender roles and societal norms and by listening to women who have broken the cycle of dependency by undertaking a new business venture, attaining a university degree despite a myriad of obstacles, or rising to the top of athletics despite repeated injuries and family obligations. Camp GLOW, short for Girls Leading Our World, emphasizes introspection. The girls are encouraged to discuss and debate topics and then are asked to do varying activities that allow the girls to explore their unique perspective and personality.
The National Democratic Institute of Morocco has actively worked to strengthen democratic institutions in Morocco since 1997. The Institute implements programs in the country which aim to reinforce civic engagement in the political process, increase the responsiveness of political parties to citizen needs, strengthen representative institutions such as the parliament and promote the expanded political participation of women and youth.
The People’s Mirror Strategic Research Center, established by NDI in 2003, provides decision makers with meaningful qualitative data through focus groups and in-depth interviews on Moroccans’ priorities, and to help those decision makers enhance their linkages with the citizenry.
Recently, NDI organized a 52-member international election delegation, the first ever in Morocco, to assess the conduct and management of the September 2007 legislative elections. The delegation issued a final report which featured recommendations for improving electoral processes and advancing long-term democratic reforms.
To support NDI in building democratic societies, click here.
Women in Technology (WIT) empowers women and expands their participation in the workforce and civil society by providing local Partner Organizations, and the women they serve, with cutting-edge training in business planning, professional development and information technology.
Our goals:
To provide substantial capacity building to Partner Organizations to expand their reach, sustainability and ability to serve low and middle income women in underserved areas.
To create a strong base of women with vital IT, business and professional development skills, enabling them to advance personally and professionally.
To empower women to play an integral role in shaping their country’s future.
WIT's training, coaching and resources enable Partner Organizations to develop a plan to operate a women's training center on a cost-recovery basis. This unique sustainable model empowers women's organizations to employ trainers, pay overhead costs and offer scholarships.
By 2010, WIT will train more than 10,000 women and impact many more in underserved communities across the MENA region.
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In 2000, nine women motivated and I have formed a cooperative to become owners of our business. Since then, the cooperative has grown with approximately 40 members involved with social work outreach, which affects more than 200 families to refine the art of manual buttons and provide quality and choice the best tailors in Morocco.
With the recent acquisition of a number of looms horizontal and vertical, we were able to extend our range of products including rugs, scarves, shawls and many accessories bedroom some adorned with buttons.
Women have also ventured into our finished adding buttons to highlight our traditional Moroccan slippers and designing of unique beautiful necklaces, bracelets and earrings with our unique buttons.
Each purchase of our products handcrafted increases the economic status of women in the region Sefrou. It allows them to flourish as a dynamic artisans. In addition, your support allows the cooperative to hold camps for empowering girls, literacy classes for women and vocational and technical training in weaving and natural dyes.
To purchase the beautiful handicrafts of the Cherry Button Coop, click here.
The UAF is a non-governmental, non-profit. UAF was established in 1987, is comprised of 33 section offices through the different Moroccan cities. Our goal is to promote the situation of women in social and legal, and eradication of all forms of discrimination against women.
Objectives:
Promotion of women legally and socio-economically
Eradication of all forms of discrimination against women
First against illiteracy of women
Enabling women to access positions of decision
Fight against Violence
Actions:
Advice and assistance to women victims of violence through the SOS Annajda centers.
Mobilization Campaigns: Campaign 1 million signatures for the reform of the Moudawana
Awareness campaigns such as symbolic Tribunals
Workshops, conferences, open houses
Improving literacy in 2000 women per year across the kingdom.
AFEM Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Morocco, is an independent association created September 28, 2000 to provide women entrepreneurs a framework enabling them to contribute to the development of national economy, through greater involvement in the economic and social debate and participate in decision-making guiding economic life.
Objectives:
Representing the women entrepreneurs to the various bodies of Morocco in economic: institutions, associations, clubs;
Create a liaison with government and corporate bodies;
Orient, mentor, inform and assist women entrepreneurs in their pursuit of competitiveness required for any company create a network of relationships and partnerships between members;
Encourage the female entrepreneurial action; sensitize its members to respect the ethics within the business;
Examine the key issues of economic, social, legal, tax, financial, moral or ethical in the context of the company;
Promote the image of women entrepreneur in Morocco and abroad;
Organize training activities, conferences, seminars and exhibitions for the benefit of members;
Develop partnership agreements with public bodies or private.
Founded by AUI and Ms Hillary Rodham Clinton, the HRCWEC is a center of research whose main aim consists in giving the Moroccan woman, and more precisely the woman of the Ifrane region, the right tools and means to become a socially and economically productive member of society.
The main goals of the Center are to counter illiteracy and to integrate women into the political and economic community.
Who we are
Hillary Rodham Clinton Women’s Empowerment Center opened on April 5th 1999 to strengthen AUI resolve to aid the women in Ifrane Region. AUI had the idea for the creation of the Center, and with the arrival of Ms Hillary Rodham Clinton the idea began to take form. Ms. Clinton was extremely enthusiastic about the Center and leant her name to it. Women’s issues are extremely important to Ms. Clinton, and she recognized the need for such a Center at the University. Over the years, the Center has carried out many projects, and has been helpful to the researchers that have visited the university. The Center aims to broaden the public knowledge of the gender issues, and to integrate women’s issues into campus life.
Mission
to research, implement, and support various types of action that lead to the empowerment of women in the Ifrane region
to further favorably develop Ifrane region
to carry out economic and social programs to aid poverty
to improve gender relations by providing the women with the necessary skills
to promote literacy and health care
to provide support to various NGOs interested in the improvement of women’s status in the region
to maintain a resource center with a sound base of knowledge about gender issues
to make students and faculty aware of gender issues
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