Activities:
WEP 3rd
and 4th Graduation!
May 12, 2010
WEP
in the Media
3rd Cycle Graduation Articles
April, 2010
4th
Cycle Training Photos - Baghdad
Rissafa Center – April 29, 2010
IF Empowers Iraqi Widows During the
Iraq's National Election!
February and March, 2010
WEP in the Media
March 30, 2010
WEP
4th Cycle Training Photos - Baghdad
March 2010
WEP
Cycle 4 Democracy Training Photos- Baghdad February 2010
WEP
Mentoring Training Photos - Basra
February 2010
WEP
Training Photos - Basra
January 2010
Thank You Letters from Widows
October - December, 2009
Basra Widows Use Signatures not Thumb
Prints
October
- December, 2009
Photos of Basra Sewing Training:
December 3, 2009
Basra Widows Participate in IRD Grant
Workshop
November, 2009
Basra
Graduation:
2nd Cycle
November, 2009
Basra
Al-Zubair Training Center Photos
December, 2009
Baghdad
Graduation:
2nd Cycle
October 10, 2009
Media
Coverage for Baghdad 2nd Cycle Graduation
October 10, 2009
Basra
Exhibition of Products
September 16 - 18, 2009
Zubair - Basra Training
Center:
2nd Cycle Photos
September / October 2009
Al-Quarna - Basra
Training Center:
2nd Cycle Photos
September / October 2009
Baghdad
Exhibition of Products
August - September 2009
Basra
Training Centers:
2nd Cycle Photos
June 2009
Mentoring
Activity Photos
May 2009
Al-Qurna
Training Center:
2nd Cycle Photos
May 2009
Rasafa
Training Center:
2nd Cycle Photos
May 2009
Al-Qurna
Training Center:
2nd Cycle Photos
April 2009
Al-Zubair
Training Center:
2nd Cycle Photos
April 2009
Cycle
One Graduation - Basra
April 2009
Cycle
One Graduation - Baghdad
March 2009
Al-Qurna
Training Center:
1st Cycle Photos
October 2008
Al-Zubair
Training Center:
1st Cycle Photos
September 2008
Rasafa
Training Center:
1st Cycle Photos
September 2008
Karkh
Training Center:
1st Cycle Photos
September 2008
WEP Opening
Ceremony
Rasafa, Baghdad August 2008
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Widows Empowerment Project
(WEP)
The goal of the project is to train disadvantaged Iraqi widows on a set of skills that will empower them politically, and increase their economic independence. The project also aims to enhance the Iraqi widows' understanding of their rights and civic responsibilities to be better able to participate in the democratic process and civic life.
The objectives of the project will be to:
- Politically empower the participants in the program through educating them on their rights and civic responsibilities and roles in a democratic society. This will include their rights in the constitution and Iraqi laws as citizens and women and their rights in international agreements ratified by Iraq, including in The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
- Train 200 widows who are single heads of their household from Baghdad neighborhoods on a set of targeted vocational skills that will give them the necessary expertise to enter the workplace.
- Provide literacy and income-generating skills classes to 270 widows who are single heads of their households in semi-rural neighborhoods in the Basra governorate to enable them to participate in the democratic process and better support themselves and their families.
- Establish systems through which IF could assist the graduates of the training program in Baghdad to network with employers and secure jobs. IF will help connect the graduates with our extensive governmental and NGO network of contacts and help the graduates write CVs. IF will also provide training on interviewing skills and the rights of women in the workplace.
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