October 2, 2009

Women’s Empowerment in developing countries- a central issue to U.S. Foreign Policy


In a video message (you can click the link!), Ambassador for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer underscored the central role women's empowerment and equality play in U.S. foreign policy. Ambassador Verveer said:"Investing in women is one of the most powerful forces for international development and for advancing the causes of peace and security, democracy and prosperity around the world; and, yet, it’s a force that is still significantly untapped. Equality for girls and women isn’t only the right thing to do -- it’s also the smart thing -- for no country can get ahead if half its citizens are left behind. We still have a long way to go before women have equal economic participation, or equal political representation, or access to education and health care, or are free from violence and have the chance to follow their dreams.
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/womens_empowerment/ (text and video).

The Mount Carmel Training center, in Haifa, Israel, has major activities in the field of women empowerment, in Israel and in developing countries.

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