| Country: |
Bahrain |
|
Organization: |
Bahrain Women Society |
| Address: |
P.O. Box: 11425
Manama, Bahrain |
| Tel: |
(973) 826 117 |
| Fax: |
(973) 826 117 |
| E-mail: |
bh-ws@hotmail.com |
| Coverage: |
65 members |
| Objectives: |
General objectives that cut-across the interests and priorities of young women, to include:
1. Promoting efforts for the eradication of traditional illiteracy;
2. Enhancing women’s knowledge of their rights and responsibilities under the law and the constitution;
3. Cooperating with governmental institutions and civil society organizations for the development of social services. |
| Intervention Sectors: |
Education: ICT literacy.
Employment: Equal opportunities.
Environment: Agriculture; waste management; appropriate technology.
Young women’s rights: Equal opportunities; gender-based violence.
Capacity building: Leadership training; enabling environment.
Political Leadership: Good citizenship. |
| Leadership: |
The Percentage of young womens membership--> 40%
The participation of young women at the decision-making levels:
As board members--> None
As committee members--> 20%
As partners in program planning and decision-making--> 10%
As programs’ participants--> 56%
As volunteers--> 56%
Existing policies and guidelines to ensure the participation of young women:
1. Encouragement and support;
2. Leadership training;
3. Access to information including rights and responsibilities;
4. Awareness raising regarding young women’s participation and rights in all fields.
Challenges facing the participation of young women in leadership:
1. Declining voluntarism among youth;
2. Globalization and major challenges facing youth and their involvement in voluntarism. |
| Networking: |
Partners at the national level:
1. Salman Cultural Center for Children & Youth;
2. Friends of the Environment Society;
3. لجنة الشباب والمستقبل
4. مركز العلوم للشباب
Partners at the regional level:
1. Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development(Jordan);
2. Jordanian Women’s Union (Jordan);
المجلس القومي للمرأة (مصر) .3
الارشاد بلا حدود (الاردن) .4
5. (كورث (تونس
Member of the following national platforms:
1. National Committee for the Environment;
2. National Committee on Personal Status.
Member of the following regional platforms:
1. Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development
2. (الشبكة العربية للمنظمات الأهلية (لبنان
3. (هيئة الارشاد بلا حدود (الاردن
4. (الشبكة العربية لمحو الأمية (الأردن
الشبكة العربية للتنمية والبيئة (مصر ) .5
Memebr of the following international platforms:
1. Child Line (USA)
2. World Inter-Religious Federation for World Peace;
3. World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (USA); |
| Guidelines/ Participation: |
The participation of young women:
1. As partners at decision-making levels;
2. As presidents of committees;
3. As participants in training and capacity building workshops. |
| Project: |
Be Free |
| Objectives: |
1. Raising awareness regarding all forms of neglect and abuse against children and youth;
2. Educating and providing practical skills to children to prevent abuse;
3. Educating care-givers, especially parents, on child abuse and neglect;
4. Providing counseling and support for abused children;
5. Enhancing anti-child abuse laws in Bahrain and the region;
6. Establishing shelter and care for abused children and youth. |
| Brief: |
1. Conducting training workshops to provide children with basic life skills;
2. Raising awareness on violence against children through the media;
3. Contributing to a study regarding role of parents in preventing child abuse.
|
| Duration: |
Since 2003 |
| Location: |
Manama |
| Target Group: |
Children and youth victims of abuse and neglect. |
| Challenges: |
1. Lack of resources;
2. Cultural barriers social stereotypes;
3. Young women are ashamed and afraid to talk about abuse.
|
| Future Plans: |
1. Establishing a counseling center for victims of abuse;
2. Setting-up a hotline project to provide legal and psychological counseling to victims of abuse.
|
| Project 2: |
Environmental Awareness Project. |
| Objectives: |
1. Raising awareness on environmental hazards to alter people’s behavior and protect the environment for future generations;
2. Sensitizing the government, civil society institutions and decision makers to take positive initiatives for the protection of the environment, including: environmental education, protective legislation and environmental diplomacy projects focusing on international cooperation for the protection of the environment. |
| Brief: |
1. Establishing an environmental unit at the kindergarten level, and developing a comprehensive curriculum to raise awareness among young children on environmental issues through practical activities such as competitions and field visits;
2. Setting-up an environmental club for students to raise awareness and positive practice through small-scale projects such as recycling and others. |
| Duration: |
2001 |
| Target Group: |
Children, youth and the entire society. |
| Challenges: |
1. Lack of resources;
2. Low public awareness of environment issues. |
| Funding: |
Unavailable |
| Results: |
Winning the “Ford Environment Award”, an international fund projected for the protection of the environment. |
| Future Plans: |
Developing a specialized curriculum for the protection of the environment. |
