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Issue 16 (Winter/Spring 2007)
In this Issue
- Partner Focus: Jordan and Zimbabwe
- Alumni Spotlight: Solome Kimbugwe, Uganda
- Interview with Ms. Amat Aleem Ali Alsoswa on the 2005 Arab Human Development Report
- Publication: Toward a Compassionate Society
Partner Focus: Jordan and Zimbabwe
At the Women’s Learning Partnership, we consider our greatest achievement to be the solidarity, strength, and dynamism of our Partnership based on relationships of trust, respect, and cooperation. Our shared vision, nurtured through six years of collaborative effort and sustained communication, has enabled 18 autonomous national and regional organizations on four continents, working in 17 languages, and functioning under diverse conditions, to work closely together, thereby significantly increasing our impact on the struggle to secure justice and equality for women. The partners inspire each other, learn from one another, and provide support and solidarity in our human rights advocacy. In this issue we spotlight our partners in Jordan and Zimbabwe.
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Jordan | Zimbabwe | Leadership & Empowerment | Issue 16 (Winter/Spring 2007) | Workshops )
Alumni Spotlight: Solome Nakaweesi Kimbugwe (Uganda)
We are pleased to share that Ms. Solome Nakaweesi Kimbugwe has been named the Executive Director of Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) headquartered in Kampala, Uganda. AMwA was founded to create space for African women to organize autonomously, identify issues of concern to them and to empower them to speak for themselves. AMwA aims to provide solidarity, support, awareness, and to link African women active in skills building and self-development.
Interview with Ms. Amat Al Aleem Ali Alsoswa on the 2005 Arab Human Development Report
Amat Al Aleem Ali Alsoswa (Yemen) serves as Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Director of its Regional Bureau for Arab States. Ms. Alsoswa is the former Minister for Human Rights in Yemen and former ambassador of Yemen to Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands. From 1997 to 1999, she was Undersecretary at Yemen’s Ministry of Information. She directs 500 UNDP staff covering the 17 country offices in the Arab Region, as well as the country office representing the Palestinian territories. As head of UNDP’s Arab States Bureau, she developed the Arab Human Development Report, which was published in the spring of 2006. A strong advocate for democracy and women’s access to ICTs, she led the Yemeni Women’s Union, has worked as a consultant to UNDP and its sister agencies, and has published and lectured widely. Ms. Alsoswa holds a BA in mass communications from Cairo University and an MA in international communications from American University, Washington, DC.
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