Resources: West Asia

This resource page links to the audio recording files for Asma Khader's oral history interview (Jordan). 

This resource page links to the audio recording files for Jean Said Makdisi's oral history interviews (Palestine).

This resource page links to the audio recording files for Rose Shomali's oral history interviews (Palestine)

This resource page links to the audio recording files for Sengül Akçar's oral history interviews (Turkey).

This resource page links to the audio recording files for Soraida Abed Hussein's oral history interviews (Colombia/Palestine).

This resource page links to the audio recording files for Thoraya Obaid's oral history interviews (Saudi Arabia).

This resource page links to the audio recording files for Yakin Ertürk's oral history interviews (Turkey).

Activists in the Global South share the social and political challenges they face promoting human rights and women’s advancement. (25 min)

Women activists in the MENA region face social and political challenges after the Arab Spring democracy uprisings. 

Women activists in the MENA region face social and political challenges after the Arab Spring democracy uprisings. (36 min)

An adaptable curriculum on human rights, with a special emphasis on promoting and protecting the rights of women.

Beyond Equality: A Manual for Women’s Rights Advocacy provides curriculum for a 14-session workshop on human rights for grassroots women

This resource is the full event program of: Clash or Consensus? Gender and Human Security in a Globalized World.

The existential urgency of climate change and human survival requires mutual learning and global action. Women are most affected by

Leading women activists discuss the women’s movements in their countries and their strategies for global solidarity.

This report highlights the widespread impact of discriminatory laws on over 2.5 billion women and girls globally and emphasizes that legal

This report highlights the widespread impact of discriminatory laws on over 2.5 billion women and girls globally and emphasizes that legal

Experts discuss the spectrum of family laws defining relations between men and women, and examine their impact on women’s rights.

Experts discuss the spectrum of family laws defining relations between men and women, and examine their impact on women’s rights.

Experts discuss the spectrum of family laws defining relations between men and women, and examine their impact on women’s rights.

This booklet provides an overview of WLP's global campaign, Equality Starts in the Family, which focuses on changing the culturally

This research anthology uses case studies from around the world and interviews with prominent women's rights activists to provide a complex

Leading activists discuss campaigns to end gender-based violence around the globe and their accounts of important gains to-date.

Leading activists discuss campaigns to end gender-based violence around the globe and their accounts of important gains to-date.

Leading activists discuss campaigns to end gender-based violence around the globe and their accounts of important gains to-date.

This webinar presents the presentation made by Lina Abou Habib in conjunction with the American University of Beirut's Global Health

An exploration of the linkages between women’s rights and human rights, and the continuing significance of rights in policymaking.

This academic journal article recreates a thoughtful conversation among four experts about the elements and practical usage of human

This manual provides instructions and tips for facilitators to lead educational workshops about human rights using WLP’s participatory

Instructions and tips for facilitators to lead educational workshops about human rights using WLP’s participatory leadership methodology.

This book details the history, strategies, and goals of the historic One Million Signatures campaign for women’s equality in Iran.

This book details the history, strategies, and goals of the historic One Million Signatures campaign for women’s equality in Iran. 

This book details the history, strategies, and goals of the historic One Million Signatures campaign for women’s equality in Iran.

WLP's documentary It's Up to Us explores the interconnected threats to human security. 

WLP's documentary It's Up to Us explores the interconnected threats to human security. 

WLP's documentary It's Up to Us explores the interconnected threats to human security. 

A curriculum on political participation strategies for grassroots women that is easily adaptable to different learning environments.

A curriculum on political participation strategies for grassroots women that is easily adaptable to different learning environments.

A curriculum on political participation strategies for grassroots women that is easily adaptable to different learning environments.

A curriculum on political participation strategies for grassroots women that is easily adaptable to different learning environments.

WLP's foundational curriculum on participatory leadership is adaptable for diverse cultural settings and is available in multiple languages

WLP's foundational curriculum on participatory leadership is adaptable for diverse cultural settings and is available in multiple languages

WLP's foundational curriculum on participatory leadership is adaptable for diverse cultural settings and is available in multiple languages

WLP's foundational curriculum on participatory leadership is adaptable for diverse cultural settings and is available in multiple languages

A manual on promoting forgiveness, tolerance, and compassion in the contexts of defending human rights and peacebuilding.  

This anthology explores the meaning and implementation of a culture of peace.

Curriculum for activists challenging local and international norms, laws, and policies that permit violence against women.

Curriculum for activists challenging local and international norms, laws, and policies that permit violence against women.

Curriculum for activists challenging local and international norms, laws, and policies that permit violence against women.

A former UN Special Rapporteur on VAW studies ten countries where patriarchal laws and values make violence against women endemic.

A former UN Special Rapporteur on VAW studies ten countries where patriarchal laws and values make violence against women endemic.

This manual provides creative and collaborative workshop sessions on leadership skills for youth.

This manual provides creative and collaborative workshop sessions on leadership skills for youth.

This manual provides creative and collaborative workshop sessions on leadership skills for youth.