http://www.english.hadhramaut.info SEMC, CFLI organize course on supporting working women [The Source: SANA'A/hadhramut.info/sabanews/net - 27/06/2010] Studies and Economic Media Center (SEMC), in cooperation with the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), organized here on Sunday a training course on advocacy campaigns to support working women. At the course inauguration, the SEMC head Mustafa Nasr made clear that the three-day course has a big importance for the number of working women is increasing day after day.
He added there are many challenges facing working women either in regarding the awareness and cultural heritage of the community or in not realizing their guaranteed constitutional and legal rights.Although there are fair laws supporting working women rights, but the level of awareness of these laws is still low in the public and private institutions, he said.
Nasr highlighted that the SEMC is to offer legal support for all those women who are exposed to violations of their rights in various institutions.
For his part, the CFLI coordinator Ahmed al-Yamani noted the fund support for this distinctive project will also include field visits components to the institutions for spreading awareness.The project's second phase would include the issuing of a guide to the rights of working women, he added.