| Skills
and experience from the last 10 years which qualify her for this position |
Due
to the function of my husband (UNICEF Representative) I lived and
traveled in several countries over thirty years. This and my study
years in France exposed me to a wide range of international life.
The nature of work of UNICEF in developing countries motivated me
considerably to volunteer with several local and international NGOs
and working groups to alleviate the burden of woman and children.
In duty stations where my husband served such as Algiers, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, Central Asian Countries etc. I was involved with field
work, advocacy and fund-raising activities in the areas of Girls
Education, Child and Women Rights etc. I did so, sometimes within
the framework of the local branch of the UN Woman Group, sometimes
getting involved in the field work or as member of the organizing
committees. During our posting at the HQ in New York, I organized
a woman support group in our community and collected a 40 foot container
full of childrens and womans clothing as part of the Afghanistan
Winter Emergency Programme. This was followed by fund-raising and
information disseminating activities for the school feeding programmes.
In Lebanon, the UN Women Group, during my tenure as Chair, supported
education of especially the girl child in the South Lebanon including
the liberated areas. The group organized fund-raising activities
to supply books, library facilities, computer equipment etc. to
several schools. I always was interested in the cultural exchange
and interaction. For this reason, I also worked towards promoting
conferences, study tours, book reviews etc. amongst the local and
expatriate woman in Asian Study Group. Woman's rights and economic
independence have always been of paramount importance to me. In
several counties I worked closely with Barr Associations, Human
Rights Groups and Universities. Finally, to make justice to my University
degree and studies, I carried out research in linguistics and phonology
of Berber in Algiers, Urdu in Pakistan and Kazakh in Kazakhstan.
I hope to find time to finalize the last one in Istanbul next year
where my husband settled for retirement.
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| Goals
for the position and the contribution the candidate believes she can
personally make if elected or appointed |
My
above referred interest and experience including my long years of
exposure to international life in both developed and developing
countries will further guide me in any assignment that I may be
given. The mission and the goals of IFUW and its national affiliates
are totally within my vision. As much as I believe in the community
level work and promoting the change amongst the disadvantaged, the
importance of participating fully in the political process at all
levels especially that of woman deserves, I deem, particular priority
focus. I recon that woman has always been an excellent agent for
change. to this end a great deal of advocacy work should be carried
out to co-opt and engage the community leaders, policy makers, not
only public but private sector leadership as well. I also believe
that the international dimension of IFUW is an excellent asset to
exchange experience and expertise; the input (if possible) of its
international partners to field level work is an excellent leverage
for the success of projects in reaching the un-reached. I believe
I can be useful and contribute to some extend within this framework.
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