WUNRN
ARAB WORLD - LEVERAGING WOMEN'S
POWER IN THE ARAB REVOLUTIONS
Via Karama & Women Living Under
Muslim Laws
We the women from the Arab region
who came together for three days to share our success in our revolutions, and
to celebrate and confirm our demands to sustain what we have gained through
years of struggle, hereby acknowledge:
We
pledge to continue to work together through our networks, our coalitions, pool
our resources, and to put our differences aside to accomplish our goals.
We
urge the international community, including our friends in the European Union
Commission and the government of the The Netherlands, to pledge resources and
technical support, and to acknowledge that the development of this region
cannot be possible without the full engagement of half the population in each
one of our countries.
We
further urge the international community to neutralize aid and make it
gender-sensitive to support women’s needs.
We
have to confirm that these revolutions have economic costs that have impacted
women first. They need to be supported and aid relief should be a priority from
global organizations.
Investing
in women’s economic development and political participation should be a
national security priority. Women should not be the victims of armed conflict
and should be protected immediately.
Karama
14-16
May 2011
Cairo,
Egypt
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