huridocs-tech Int'l Symposium "Cultural Boundaries & Cyber Spaces" (USA, 1 June)

Dear Colleagues,

On June 1, 2000 the Women's Learning Partnership is convening a
pre-Beijing + 5 symposium at New York University entitled "Cultural
Boundaries & Cyber Spaces:  Innovative Tools and Strategies for
Strengthening Women's Leadership in Muslim Societies."  Attached below is
a list of speakers and other related details.

We would be most grateful if you would forward this information to your
networks.

Thank you for your solidarity,
With best wishes,
Rakhee

Rakhee Goyal
Research and Technology Director
Women's Learning Partnership

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The Women's Learning Partnership
in collaboration with
The Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University
will convene
a pre-Beijing + 5 International Symposium

CULTURAL BOUNDARIES & CYBER SPACES:
Innovative Tools and Strategies for
Strengthening Women's Leadership in Muslim Societies

June 1, 2000
http://www.learningpartnership.org/events.html

The symposium will provide a highly interactive forum for women to share
knowledge and discuss ways of building leadership capability through culture
sensitive strategies using innovative tools and modern technology.  Speakers
will include influential women leaders in politics, civil society, media,
and information and communication technologies (ICTs), from Muslim societies
and elsewhere.

Symposium panelists include:
* Mahnaz Afkhami, Founder and President, Women's Learning Partnership
* Davar Ardalan, Radio Producer, "Weekend All Things Considered," National
Public Radio
* Janice Brodman, Director, Center for Innovative Technologies, Education
Development Center
* Charlotte Bunch, Executive Director, Center for Women's Global Leadership
* Gillian Caldwell, Director, Witness
* Noeleen Heyzer, Director, United Nations Development Fund for Women
(UNIFEM)
* Bushra Jabre, Coordinator, Arab Women Speak Out
* Zahira Kamal, General Director, Directorate for Gender Planning and
Development, Ministry of Planning, Palestine
* Asma Khader, Coordinator, Sisterhood Is Global Institute/Jordan and Former
President, Jordanian Women's Union
* Amina Lemrini, President, Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc
* Jacki Lyden, Senior Correspondent, "Weekend All Things Considered,"
National Public Radio
* Thoraya Obaid, Director, Division for Arab States and Europe, United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
* Ayo Obe, President, Civil Liberties Organization, Nigeria
* Shazia Rafi, Secretary General, Parliamentarians for Global Action
* Aruna Rao, Independent Scholar and Former President, Association for Women
In Development
* Najat Rochdi, Adviser, Minister of Information Technology Policy, Morocco,
and President, Morocco Internet Society (MISOC)

Location:
Ben Snow Room
Main Library
12th Floor
New York University
70 Washington Square South
New York City

Registration  9:15 AM
Symposium     9:45 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Fee:
By May 23:   $20 general admission
             $10 students
At the door: $25 general admission
             $15 students
Registration includes lunch and two coffee breaks.

To register, access http://www.learningpartnership.org/register.html

Or for more information, please contact:
Women's Learning Partnership
4343 Montgomery Avenue, Suite 201
Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Tel: (1) 301-654-2774
Fax: (1) 301-654-2775
Email: mailto:wlp@learningpartnership.org


The Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace (WLP) is
an international, publicly supported, non-profit, tax exempt organization,
dedicated to empowering women through dialogue, choice, and participation to
restructure their roles and to improve their status in their families,
communities, and societies.  WLP creates culture-specific educational
publications, and multi-media programs for radio, video/television, CD-ROM,
and the Internet. WLP incorporates leadership-building skills and
empowerment strategies into all of its education curricula, the contents of
which are shaped by the needs defined in the communities for which the
curricula have been designed. WLP works in collaboration with partner NGOs
in the Global South that work to advance women's leadership and
participation in civil society.  In 2000, partnership programs will be
established in Morocco, Nigeria, and Palestine.




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