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| DC: Muslim Womens' Conf: Nov. 22 |
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| Anonymous |
| 11/09/02 at 07:53:36 |
| The North American Council For Muslim Women Cordially Invites You To Its National Conference To Reach Collectively Shared Opinion " IJ MAA" (consensus) Friday November 22, 2002 9-5pm Roundtable Format - NO SPEECHES! Proposed 5 Issues of Discussion: 1. RAISING MUSLIM GIRLS AS CHANGE AGENTS 2. SELF OWNERSHIP OF MORALITY & MORAL AGENCY 3. FREEDOM IN CHOICE OF CAREER & HUSBAND 4. MARRIAGE: PARTNERSHIP OR GROWN UP CHILDHOOD? 5. LEADERSHIP & INVOLVEMENT: MUSLIM COMMUNITY & MAINSTREAM SOCIETY Saturday November 23, 2002 9-12:30pm The New Future of NACMW George Washington University 800 21st Street, NW Marvin Center, Room 301 Washington, D.C. FOR WOMEN ONLY - FOR WOMEN ONLY (Travel, Hotel and Food Not Provided) RSVP is necessary: Leave name, phone, email, days attending at (703) 641-8451 The North American Council For Muslim Women P.O. Box 942 Great Falls, VA 22066 nacmw@aol.com 703-641-8451 Fax: 703-641-8452 _____________________________________________________________The North American Council for Muslim Women is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Muslim women about Islam from original sources, helping women develope and act upon their own self-concept, helping women become confident and strong as individuals and as members of their families, and helping women to connect to the larger American society in a positive contributory way. Our main objective is to positively change the public image of Muslim women which we do through leadership training, promoting networking, providing all facets of the media, academia, and the government with accurate information and interviewees from our speakers bureau, by correcting stereotypes, and by participating in several coalitions with non-Muslims to make a better America for all. Some Accomplishments: 1. Conducted a survey about violence against women and children in 1993. 2. Helped pass a new U.S. law - The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993. 3. Convened a national retreat in 1994 to look at the connection between the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Qur'an and Hadith. 4. Facilitated the gifting of an entire computer center for women in Uzbekistan, Central Asia which is now a successful business center. 5. Co-Directed the Muslim Women's Georgetown Study Project in preparation for the U.N. 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing, China. 6. Presented several panel discussions at the U.N. 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing, China. 7. Sponsored the 1999 White House Reception at the White House 8. Co-sponsored the interfaith 1999 two day conference at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC entitled: "Two Sacred Paths: Christianity & Islam." 9. Held the First Dialogue on Violence Against Muslim Women for the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Violence Against Women Office, Washington, DC (1998) 10. Participated in several national policy planning meetings at the Aspen Institute and the American Assembly on public square issues, religion, family, and race. 11. Continue to sit on advisory groups for the U.S. State Department's Islam Roundtable, Women's Networks of the Pluralism Project of Harvard University, The Interfaith Alliance, The National Council for Community & Justice, & the STOP Violence Against Women Technical Assistance Project of the U.S. Dept. of Justice. 12. Continuing member of the Coalition for the Free Exercise of Religion, the Coalition for Religious Freedom in the Workplace, the U.S. Campaign to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, and the Coalition to Stop Trafficking & Slavery in the U.S. 13. Participated in the Millenium World Peace Summit at the U.N. in New York in 2000 and in The Global Peace Initiative of Women Religious and Spiritual Leaders in Geneva, Switzerland in Oct. 2002. |
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