Veranstaltung 20.11.2012: Women Rising: Tackling Key Challenges in Zanzibar and Somalia

Wien (OTS) - Wir möchten Sie auf unten stehende Veranstaltung
aufmerksam machen, die die österr. Stiftung Weltbevölkerung / SWI
gemeinsam mit Frauen ohne Grenzen und der amerikanischen Botschaft
Wien am 20. November organisiert.

Women Rising: Tackling Key Challenges in Zanzibar and Somalia

A talk and discussion with

- Shadya Karume, Founding Member and Chairperson of ZAYEDESA

and

- Maimuna Mohamud, Founder and President of the Oxford Somali
Society

Shadya Karume, founding member and chairperson of ZAYEDESA
(Zanzibar Youth, Education, Environment, and Development Support
Association) and wife of the former president of Zanzibar (Dr. Amani
Abeid Karume, in office 2000-2010), will speak on daily challenges
women and civil society face in Zanzibar, from health issues to
radicalization. Shadya Karume will be joined during the discussion
session by Khadija Mohammed, a senior official in the Zanzibar
Ministry of Education and women's empowerment advocate.

Maimuna Mohamud, founder and president of the Oxford Somali
Society and a Somali activist, will speak about the problems Somalia
is facing, especially in the diaspora. They range from female genital
mutilation, issues of reproductive health to violent extremism and
malnutrition. She dedicates her activism to issues of forced
migration and explores the importance of engaging displacement in
debates such as peace, reconciliation, (re)building political
infrastructures and the inclusion of women in politics.

Please register by e-mail: info@swi-austria.org

Wir freuen uns auf Ihr Kommen.

Talk and Discussion: Women Rising: Tackling Key Challenges in
Zanzibar and Somalia

 Datum:   20.11.2012, um 18:00 Uhr
 Ort:     Amerika Haus
          Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 2, 1010 Wien

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