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Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women (Shamy-Arabic Edition)
Leading to Choices:A Leadership Training Handbook for Women (2003) (142 pages)
Shamy-Arabic Edition 0-9710922-1-4 $24.95
Authors: Mahnaz Afkhami, Ann Eisenberg, and Haleh Vaziri
In consultation with: Suheir Azzouni, Ayesha Imam, Amina Lemrini, and Rabea Naciri
Translated, adapted, and tested by: Sisterhood Is Global Institute/Jordan (SIGI/J)
Edited by: Asma Khader
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The Shamy-Arabic edition of Leading to Choices (التوصل إلى الخيارات: دليل تعلّم النساء على القيادة) has been used in leadership training workshops in Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine, where participants learn to collaboratively work with one another and develop effective leadership and communication skills. Parliamentary elections have prompted Jordanian women to mobilize grassroots support for female candidates utilizing these new skills, and WLP's workshops are a vital part of that mobilization effort. In Lebanon, leadership training workshops were conducted with young disabled women. One participant commented, "I have spent my life blaming myself and others for my disability. The workshop helped me change my perspective on my life. I now feel I have the strength to be an effective leader within my community." Palestinian workshop participants deepened their understanding of ways to contribute to social and political development in Palestine. A young participant stated, "In this training, I found that I have leadership skills that I did not know I had before."
Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women
Shamy-Arabic Edition 0-9710922-1-4 $24.95
Order | Download (PDF, 1.7 MB)
Stories from the field
WLP and CRTD-A Convene Middle East-Gulf Regional Learning Institute for Women’s Leadership
On November 18-21, 2005, 27 women's rights activists and leaders of women's groups from Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, and Yemen gathered in Beirut, Lebanon to attend the Middle East-Gulf Regional Learning Institute for Women's Leadership and Training of Trainers.
Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) and Collective for Research and Training on Development Action (CRTD-A) convened the Institute to create an opportunity for women activists in the region to develop skills in participatory leadership, facilitation, communications, and advocacy, building their capacity as leaders. This intensive skills development was designed to support participants in their work to empower grassroots women in the Middle East-Gulf region to actively participate in decision-making processes within their families, communities, and societies. In addition, the Institute created an opportunity for women leaders to engage in dialogue and reflect on shared challenges, developing stronger national and regional linkages.
WLP and Sisterhood is Global Institute/Jordan Convene Middle East/North Africa Institute for Women's Leadership in Jordan
WLP convened the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) Regional Roaming Institute for Women's Leadership from December 9-15, 2003 in Petra, Jordan. Thirty women leaders from eleven Arab countries including Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, and Yemen took part in the week-long Institute for training of trainers. The goal of the Regional Roaming Institute was to empower and train Arab women activists in the Middle East and North Africa to become better trainers and advocates for women's rights and equal participation in civil society. WLP President, Mahnaz Afkhami who was in Jordan for the event said, "The Institute was a positive experience that brought a spirit of hope, optimism, solidarity, and faith in the future so much needed in a region that is undergoing a challenging period of transformation."
The Institute was organized in cooperation with WLP's Jordanian partner, Sisterhood Is Global Institute/Jordan (SIGI/J), one of the most effective Jordanian women's organizations working to promote women's human rights through education and skills training programs. The MENA Regional Institute built upon the material and expertise developed in WLP's pilot international Roaming Institute for Women's Leadership held in Maryland in 2002. Participants included lawyers, educators, grassroots organizers, and activists working to promote democracy, human rights, and women's political participation in the region.
Women Refugees in Zimbabwe and Lebanon Work to Improve Quality of Life in Camps
From October-December 2003, nearly 100 women and girl refugees participated in leadership development workshops organized by WLP and its partners Machreq/Maghreb Gender Linking and Information Project (MACMAG GLIP) in Lebanon and the Women's Self-Promotion Movement (WSPM) in Zimbabwe. MACMAG GLIP and WSPM facilitated workshops that provided training in effective communication, collaborative decision-making, and techniques for articulating and developing individual and group projects. Working together in the workshop setting, diverse groups of refugee women learned to recognize their own leadership capabilities and empowered themselves to improve the quality of life in the refugee camps, enhance their status as refugees in their hosts countries, and address conflict resolution and peace-building in their home countries.
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Zimbabwe | Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women (Shamy-Arabic Edition) | Uongozi Bora: Kitabu Cha Mafunzo Ya Uongozi Kwa Wanawake (Leading to Choices Swahili Edition) | Zvinotungamira Mukusarudza Zvido Zvemadzimai (Leading to Choices Shona Edition) | Issue 6 (January) | Workshops )
Leading to Change: Women in Jordan and Turkey Take on New Leadership Roles
Recent workshops conducted by WLP partners Sisterhood Is Global Institute/Jordan (SIGI/J) and the Foundation for the Support of Women's Work (Turkey) provided a dynamic learning environment for women to develop effective leadership skills, explore advocacy strategies, and discuss ways to overcome the challenges they face in taking on leadership roles in their families and communities.
WLP's Workshops Challenge Leadership Stereotypes in Lebanon and Traditional Gender Roles in Uzbek Media
Grassroots Lebanese and Palestinian women activists and representatives of Uzbek media participated in leadership training workshops organized by WLP and our partner organizations. They challenged authoritarian models of leadership and stereotypical portrayals of women in the media. WLP’s Lebanese partner, Machreq/Maghreb Gender Linking and Information Project (MACMAG GLIP), and WLP’s Uzbek partner, the Women’s Resource Center of Tashkent (TWRC), organized the workshops as part of ongoing training programs using the Partnership’s handbook . Participants commented that the workshop experience enabled them to discover their own leadership abilities, analyze current political trends, and share experiences on ways of challenging the status quo within their communities.
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Lebanon | Uzbekistan | Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women (Russian Edition) | Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women (Shamy-Arabic Edition) | Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women (Uzbek Edition) | Issue 2 (January) | Workshops )
