H.E. Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa
President of the 61st Session of the UN General Assembly
who will give opening remarks on:
Towards the Rise of Women
in the Arab World
presented by
Amat Al Alim Alsoswa
Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States, UNDP
Discussant
Christa Salamandra
Anthropology, Lehman College, CUNY
The Arab Human Development Report 2005: toward the rise of women in the Arab world, released in December 2006, argues that women in the Arab world still lack equal opportunity and consequently are not able to realize their full potential. This situation constitutes a problem not just for women, but for progress and prosperity in Arab societies as a whole. The region should now assure that all Arab women be afforded full opportunities across the social spectrum, particularly to access basic health services, to generate and acquire knowledge on an equal footing with men, and to engage in activities outside the home.
Monday, May 7, 2007, 6:00 –8:00 p.m.
Room 9205-9207
Persons wishing to attend please email: nnolutshungu@gc.cuny.edu
Sponsored by the Ralph Bunche Institute and the Middle Eastern and Middle Eastern American Center at the CUNY Graduate Center
