Workshop of Arab Women Between Religious Belief and Social Justice, 16-17 May 2005
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This workshop was held by the WMF in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Germany.  Activists and researchers from Egypt and abroad participated with the aim of defining a feminine religious discourse suitable for women wishing to express a religious identity and adopt a religious value reference. In turn, this would enable a unification of Arab women (Christians and Muslims) in the face of similar problems. Several targets were set including the formulation of a religious perspective that departs from discrimination against women and the production of a liberating discourse built on equality. Added to this were the targets of increasing awareness regarding issues of religious discourse connected to women, and devising strategies for communicating with religious establishments and figures to convince them with the problems faced by women in search of practical ways of tackling them.

Participants in the workshop
1- Ms. Zeinab Afifi (Egypt), Chairman of the General Social Services Association.
2- Dr. Mary Assad (Egypt), former professor of anthropology at the American University in Cairo
3- Ms. Daad Mousa (Seria), lawyer specialized in family and personal status cases.
4- Ms. Nourulhoda Saad (Egypt), editor-in-chief of "Al Zohour" magazine.
5- Dr. Iyad Al-Barghouthy (Palestine), Director of the Ramallah Centre for Human Rights Studies.
6- Dr. Amal Mahmoud (Egypt), Chairman of Women's Development Organizations Forum.
7- Dr. Ibtissam El Attayat (Jordan), head of the Jordanian National Committee Programs for Women's Issues.
8- Dr. Nasser El-Din El Shair (Palestine),Dean of the Faculty of Sharia, Al Njah University, Naples- Palestine.
9- Dr. Amna Nusair (Egypt), professor of Islamic doctrine and philosophy at Al-Azhar University.
10- Dr. Amani Saleh (Egypt), Ph.D. in political science and a researcher of women's issues.
11- Ms. Nemat Koukou (Sudan), from the Gender Research and Studies Centre in Khartoum.
12- Dr. Salah El-Din El-Gourshi (Tunisia), writer and journalist; head of Al-Gahiz Forum.
13- Ms. Vira Haddad (Jordan), from the Society of Arab Women's Service Today.
14- Dr. Hadeel El-Qazzaz (Palestine), program coordinator at Heinrich Böll Foundation in Germany.
 

 

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