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Please DonateWant to Participate?Sign up for our newsletter for most recent news and events in middle east peacekeeping areas Contact UsUSFMEP 777 United Nations Plaza, 7 H New York City, NY 10017 Tel: +1 (973) 568-8384 Fax: +1 (646) 688-5582 Email: info@usfmep.org CSW 50th Session's Side EventsHuman Trafficking in the 21st
Century February 2006-U.S. Federation for Middle
East Peace (“USFMEP”) hosted a panel discussion on “Human Trafficking in the 21st
Century” as part of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 50th
session with H.E. Mr. Jan Eliasson, President of the sixtieth session of the
United Nations General Assembly. UFMEP President, Mrs. Salwa Kader, moderated
the event discussion, which shed light on the atrocious impacts of human
trafficking, particularly on women and children, in contemporary global
society. Muslim and Arab Women Speak Out February
2006
- U.S. Federation for Middle East (“USFMEP”) President, Mrs. Salwa Kader,
hosted a panel discussion on “Muslim and Arab Women Speak Out” as part of the
50th session on the Commission on the Status of Women (“CSW”) at the
United Nations Headquarters in New York city. The panel focused on the
misconceptions and generalized views held by the West towards Muslim and Arab
women. The panelists strived to show that Muslim and Arab women are not simply
silent victims of oppression, as commonly perceived, but are rather active and
involved members of society with dynamic views and perspectives. Widows in Islam February
2006
- U.S. Federation for Middle East (“USFMEP”) hosted an event titled “Widows in
Islam” as part of the 50th session of the Commission on the Status
of Women (“CSW”). USFMEP President, Mrs. Salwa Kader, moderated the event
discussion. The panel focused on the variety of adversities widows face in
Muslim countries and further explored their rights under Islamic jurisprudence.
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