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Women Leaders from the Middle East and North Africa: Perspectives on Political Liberalization
03/05/2008
- 03/07/2008
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The Center for Liberty in the Middle East (CLIME), in conjunction with the United States Department of State's Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), hosted the "Women Leaders from the Middle East and North Africa: Perspectives on Political Liberalization," conference from March 5 - 7, 2008, in Washington, DC. The aim of the conference was to provide a forum for stakeholders in the region to weigh in on the policy debate in the United States about whether and how to promote "freedom" in the Middle East.
The workshop brought together a select group of women leaders from the Middle East to discuss the kinds of political reforms they would like to see in their countries, and what role they believe the United States should play in this process.
Experts on political reform in the Middle East from government, NGOs, academia and the think tank community were invited to exchange perspectives with these women leaders.
Meetings on Capitol Hill were hosted in the House by Representatives Ron Klein (D-Fl), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Tx), Mary Fallin (R-Ok), and Delegate Madeleine Bordallo (D-Gu)
In the Senate, Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) hosted the participants.
Staffers from more than a dozen offices participated in the meetings as well.
Committees on the House and Senate side overseeing foreign affairs, appropriations and the Middle East were all represented in the meetings as was the leadership from the Congressional Women’s Caucus.
At the State Department, the delegation participated in roundtable discussions with officials at key agencies involved in programs to support women’s rights and political liberalization in the region, including MEPI, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, and USAID.
Discussion was focused on:
- Democratization's place in US foreign policy in the Middle East, and priorities for democracy-assistance programming; and
- Women's empowerment as a catalyst for political change - A review of the dedicated women's programming launched by MEPI's women's pillar, and its potential role as part of a broader democratization strategy.
We are currently in the process of compiling a full conference report, which will be posted here shortly.
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Women Leaders from the Middle East and North Africa:
2008/03/05
- 2008/03/07
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The Center for Liberty in the Middle East (CLIME), in conjunction with the United States Department of State's Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), hosted the "Women Leaders from the Middle East and North Africa: Perspectives on Political Liberalization," conference from March 5 - 7, 2008, in Washington, DC. The aim of the conference was to provide a forum for stakeholders in the region to weigh in on the policy debate in the United States about whether and how to promote "freedom" in the Middle East.
The workshop brought together a select group of women leaders from the Middle East to discuss the kinds of political reforms they would like to see in their countries, and what role they believe the United States should play in this process.
Experts on political reform in the Middle East from government, NGOs, academia and the think tank community were invited to exchange perspectives with these women leaders.
Meetings on Capitol Hill were hosted in the House by Representatives Ron Klein (D-Fl), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Tx), Mary Fallin (R-Ok), and Delegate Madeleine Bordallo (D-Gu)
In the Senate, Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) hosted the participants.
Staffers from more than a dozen offices participated in the meetings as well.
Committees on the House and Senate side overseeing foreign affairs, appropriations and the Middle East were all represented in the meetings as was the leadership from the Congressional Women’s Caucus.
At the State Department, the delegation participated in roundtable discussions with officials at key agencies involved in programs to support women’s rights and political liberalization in the region, including MEPI, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, and USAID.
Discussion was focused on:
- Democratization's place in US foreign policy in the Middle East, and priorities for democracy-assistance programming; and
- Women's empowerment as a catalyst for political change - A review of the dedicated women's programming launched by MEPI's women's pillar, and its potential role as part of a broader democratization strategy.
We are currently in the process of compiling a full conference report, which will be posted here shortly. |
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