PROJECT LAUNCHED TO ORGANIZE WOMEN WORKING IN INFORMAL SECTORS

In cooperation with the regional administrative office of the Advisory Council on Human Rights in Agadir, the Women of the South Association will organize a workshop to launch a project to organize women working in the informal sectors, on 4 November 2010, at 09:00 a.m., at Souss Complexe Cité Touhmou, Route de Tiznit; Ait Melloul. This project falls into line with the project of the new methodologies in the field of human rights and calls for local development, entrusted to Council and supported by the Center for Arab Women Training and Research (CAWTAR).

Representatives of social ministerial sectors, hearing units (affiliated to the Ministry of Justice, Security, and Royal Gendarmerie), Planning Delegation, human rights associations, unions, the University of Ibn Zahr-Agadir (Sociology Department, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics) and Souss Massa local authorities will participate in this workshop.

Topics on “The right to work and gender in Morocco”, “Reality of the work of women in the informal sectors” and “Women and the reality of the informal sector: sociological approach” will be discussed during this meeting.

Workshops on “The development of a common vision on the concept of the informal sector”, “Aspects of the situation of women working in the informal sector” and “Proposals to improve the conditions and situation of women working in the informal sector” shall also be scheduled. In addition, the reference frames of a field study, to be conducted by the Women of the South Association, will be presented.

The project of the new methodologies in the field of human rights and calls for local development is financed by Ford Foundation and executed by the Center for Arab Women Training and Research in three Arab countries (Morocco, in cooperation with the Advisory Council on Human Rights, Egypt and Yemen). It aims to financially support selected associations and strengthen their capacities to execute projects aiming to promote citizenship and social justice and ensure dignity and equality. It fosters projects on land and right to housing, water and natural resources, health and education, giving a particular importance to the issue of gender dimension in all projects.

The project targets the poor and vulnerable population in semi-urban areas, forests and arid areas, Sahara and Rif areas and villages. The idea is to listen to their complaints and identify their needs to strengthen their concepts of citizenship and social justice.

Created in 1993 in Tunisia, the Center for Arab Women Training and Research (CAWTAR) is an Independent Regional Institution promoting gender equality in the Arab World through research, training, networking and advocacy.

RECAP:

Activity: Launching a project to organize women working in the informal sector

Date: 4 November 2010, at 09:00 a.m.

Place: Souss Complexe Cité Touhmou, Route de Tiznit; Ait Melloul
Contact:

- CCDH regional administrative office in Agadir: Ms Zahira Bebo 0667679242

- Women of the South Association: Ibrahim 0661302116

- CCDH Information & Communication Department: 0537732913