Founder and Member of the Moroccan Human Rights Organization, President of the Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc, a nongovernmental
organization working to promote and defend women's rights in Morocco
Executive Director of the Nigeria-based organization BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights, a non-profit NGO working for women’s human rights and legal rights under customary and religious law in Africa.
Director of the Women’s Resource Center of Tashkent in Uzbekistan, an organization working to achieve women’s rights, economic and social stability, and democratization in the region
Founder and Executive Director of the Afghan Institute of Learning, a women’s NGO that provides teacher training, home schooling for girls, health education, women’s leadership training, and literacy programs for Afghan refugee women and girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan
In light of the current international situation, Muslim women are engaged more actively than ever in creating and implementing programs to advocate for and establish independent, democratic, broad-based, stable communities and governments. There has never been a more important time to help empower Muslim women to play significant leadership roles in their nations’ political,
social, and economic development.
The Women’s Learning Partnership, in collaboration with partner organizations in Jordan, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan (with Afghan refugees), and Palestine, has established a women’s leadership training program that aims to empower women and strengthen civil society and democracy in Muslim societies where women face unique challenges in their struggle for social, political, and economic advancement. Leading members of these civil-society advocacy organizations from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East will review and discuss with participants the challenges they face and the potential of their work for democracy and political participation.
Leading up to May 15th, International Day of Families 2019, WLP will hold a Partnership-wide digital awareness campaign including to raise awareness about the need for #GenderEqualityinFamily. Our partners, allies, and followers will be able to engage with our campaign by sharing info-graphic facts about inequality in the family and attending a webinar hosted by WLP staff and partners.
On January 21st, 2017, Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP) will join the Women’s March on Washington in support of unifying the global women’s movement around shared goals of equality, tolerance, democracy, diversity, and universal human rights. WLP also marches in solidarity against discriminatory family, civil, and penal laws around the world.
