Monday, November 17, 2008

Yemen: Women Union declares its strategy until the year 2012

Almotamar.net - Secretary General of the Arab Women Federation, the Chairperson of the Yemen Women Union (YWU) Ramziz al-Eryany said her union struggled for having the women in Yemen leading posts at the level of decision-making and creation of partnership between the union and the society and government as well as the civil society. The aim is to implement and follow up developmental projects and setting up programmes and plans in the short and long-run.

She added that the YWU trained a team for family guidance and raising the society awareness about the importance of the women participation at decision making positions and the local and parliamentary elections.

In the plenary meeting of for he donor organisations for the strategy of YWU and the executive pans for the union branches held by the technical and consultative project , CARE organisation and the executive bureau of the union MS al-Eryany affirmed the Union's strategy defines its future vision on development of the urban and rural woman and supports its institutional capacities as well as her learning of life skills so that to alleviate poverty and to empower her economically, educationally and politically.

On his part the ambassador of the Kingdom of Holland to Yemen asserted continuation of his country in supporting activities of the women union for finding other donors to support and assist this strategy, calling on the donors to support the woman empowerment politically and not to confine the support to the financial aspect alone.

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