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Women's Political Participation in North Africa Enhanced Under UN-Backed Project |
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AllAfrica.com, 22 December 2009
Women's political participation in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia is to
be enhanced under a new United Nations-backed project launched today
for an innovative website to provide them access to information, the
exchange of experiences, ideas and good practices.
The project - Strengthening women's leadership and participation in politics and decision-making in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia - is being implemented by the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW) and the Tunisia-based Centre of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR), which promotes gender equality in the Arab World, and is financed by Spain.
The use of new information and communication technologies such as videos, podcasts, key statistics, SMS (messaging), and interactive spaces such as quizzes, polls, social networking sites such as Facebook and discussion forums, will promote sharing of information and active participation in updating and expanding website content and in compiling good practices.
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