Invitation til møde med delegation fra Mellemøsten og Nordafrika

Udenrigsudvalget
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Dato:
Udvalgets medlemmer
7. maj 2015
Invitation til møde med delegation fra Mellemøsten og Nordafrika
I forbindelse med en konference om kønsrelateret vold den 27. og 28. maj
kommer Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Networks (EMHRN) samarbejds-
partnere fra Syrien, Egypten, Marokko og Libanon til Danmark. Delegationen
har udtrykt ønske om at mødes med medlemmer af Udenrigsudvalget.
Der er derfor arrangeret møde
tirsdag den 26. maj 2015
5 min. efter afstemninger, dog tidligst kl. 15.00 – 15.45 i vær. 1-117.
Under mødet vil delegationen orientere om den aktuelle situation i deres hjem-
lande på området vold mod kvinder og kønsrelateret vold.
Korte beskrivelser af medlemmerne af delegationen, herunder links til sider
med mere information om dem og deres organisationer, er vedlagt.
Det Udenrigspolitiske Nævn og Ligestillingsudvalget er inviteret til at deltage i
mødet.
Tilmelding bedes ske pr. mail til amalie.andresen@ft.dk. senest onsdag den
20. maj 2015.
Med venlig hilsen
Amalie Andresen,
udvalgsassistent
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Middle East / Northern Africa delegation: meeting with UPN, URU and LIU - May 26, 2015
Amel Fahmy, Egypt
Amel Fahmy is the co-founder of the website HarassMap to document sexual harassment in Egypt and the Managing
director of Tadween, a Women Research Center. Amel holds a master in Gender Studies and Management of NGOs
and she conducts research to understand the social factors that underline or drive GBV in different communities.
During her work at the WHO headquarter in Geneva and later at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Amel
worked with hundreds of women from all over the world to examine and address different GBV issues. At the TEDx
Cairo in 2014 Amel spoke about violence against women.
http://harassmap.org/en/
http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Sexual-harassment-hammering-dow
Dr. Azza Kamel, Egypt
Dr. Azza Kamel holds a Ph.D. in Education and is the director of Appropriate Communication Techniques for
Development (ACT). She is a founding member of both the New Women Research and Study Center in Giza and of
the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights. Over the past 18 years, Azza has worked as a women activist to fight
violence against women and advocate for equality between men and women. As a social development and gender
expert she works with projects in the social development field and with building capacity of women for their political
participation. Azza is part of the Who Is She i Eg pt , a o li e data ase of fe ale e perts, ela orated i
cooperation with KVINFO1
and funded by the DAPP initiative.
http://whoisshe.wmf.org.eg/expert-profile/azza-kamel
http://www.wmf.org.eg/?lang=en
Mozn Hassan, Egypt
MA in International Human Rights Law Mozn Hassan is the founder and Executive Director of Nazra for Feminist
Studies in Cairo - a youth initiative to integrate gender and feminism into Egyptian society. In 2013, Mozn received
the inaugural Charlotte Bunch Human Rights Defender Award. Her research interests range from combating violence
against women, history of feminism in Egypt, to early child marriage. Currently Mozn is a consultant for Women
Human Rights Defenders MENA Coalition, a member of the International Planning Committee for AWID Forum 2016
as well as a board member of the Global Fund for Women. She also served as Egypt advisor with the Global Fund for
Women and as a consultant with the UNDP project "Combating Female Genital Mutilation".
http://nazra.org/en
http://www.icanpeacework.org/mozn-hassan-receives-charlotte-bunch-human-rights-defender-award/
Fatima Outaleb, Morocco
Fatima Outaleb is a fou di g e er a d oard e er of the wo e ’s orga izatio l’U io A tio Fé i i e
(UAF) in Rabat. She has 25 years of experience of working with gender based violence (GBV), gender mainstreaming,
wome ’s politi al parti ipatio and empowerment at a national and regional level within both UAF and international
organizations, such as training of female members of political parties in Tunisia. Fatima has served as a gender
1
KVINFO is the Danish Centre for Gender, Equality and Diversity, founded in 1979. KVINFO has worked as a DAPP partner since 2006.
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advisor for many international NGOs e.g. International foundation for electoral systems USA, Swedish international
Development Agency, Aswatt Nissa Association Tunisia.
http://www.maryfonden.dk/da/marokko-2013-pressemeddelelse
http://issuu.com/lokk/docs/lokknytapril2011/5
Anthony Keedi, Lebanon
Anthony Keedi is a psychologist and gender specialist, working in ABAAD- Resource center for Gender equality in
Beirut. Anthony works on a project to prevent sexual violence through the breaking down of gender stereotypes
and engaging men and boys in this process by challenging their view on gender. ABAAD also runs a Me ’s e ter,
where men can receive counseling in confidentiality about family and anger issues. This approach is quite new in the
Middle East and Northern Africa.
http://kvinfo.org/web-magazine/lebanon-new-male-images-paving-way-equality
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/jun/10/womens-rights-middle-east-
abaad
Laila Alodaat, Syria
Laila Alodaat is a human rights lawyer specializing in the international law of armed conflicts. Her law practice
focuses on international accountability and the responsibility to protect civilians and marginalized groups. She also
conducts trainings on humanitarian law and has worked on several conflict situations including Syria, Libya, Iraq, and
Pakistan. Laila is a member of the board of directors at The Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) and she
currently works on the MENA age da progra e at the Wo e ’s I ter atio al League for Pea e a d Freedo
(WILPF).
http://syriaaccountability.org/about/
http://www.wilpfinternational.org/the-women-of-syria-advocating-for-peace-in-syria/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIeK4Y-NaIM
Meriem Ben Lamine, Tunisia
Meriem Ben Lamine is a lawyer, university professor and prominent women rights activist. Since 2014 she is a
project coordinator of a regional project on violence against women in Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco. The main goal of
the project is to fight violence against women through raising awareness about women's rights and building
knowledge about violence against women. Also, the project aims to increase the dialogue and cooperation between
Denmark and the Arab world through networking and exchange of experiences. Funded by the DAPP initiative, the
project is managed by the Danish organizations: Danner, LOKK and the Women's Council.2
Meriem is the author of
various books, e.g. La tunisie face a l'experience democratique pu lished i .
http://www.danner.dk/flere-tunesiske-kvinder-goer-op-med-partnervold/
2
Danner is a shelter for women victim of violence, a resource center and an advocacy organization. Created in 1979, Danner was one of the
first wo e ’s shelters i De ark. LOKK, the atio al orga isatio of wo e ’s shelters i De ark, was esta lished i . LOKK is a union
of wo e ’s shelters a d ou selli g e tres. The Wo e 's Cou il i De ark is a u rella orga isatio for orga isations with a total
of ore tha o e illio e ers. Fou ded i , the Wo e ’s Cou il works to to stre gthe wo en's rights and influence in society and
create real equality between women and men. The o sortiu of Da er, LOKK a d The Wo e ’s Cou il has worked as a DAPP part er si e
2013.