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17. January 2012
“We are Tired of the Violence”
The Yemeni economist Mohammed Al-Maitami speaks about tribal warriors, Islamists, separatists, and the future of his country.
Vienna, December 2011 www.profil.at profil: Yemen is impoverished and underdeveloped. Do the demonstrators’ demands for democracy even have a chance at being met? Al-Maitami: It is true: Yemen ...
17. January 2012
Yemeni Women: Building a Better Future
Interview with Yemeni Experts Dr. Bilqis Jubari and Dr. Mohammed Al-Maitami on Zeitim Bild 24 - ORF Austria
In December 2011, Women without Borders/SAVE invited two Yemeni experts to Vienna to discuss the future economic and social challenges faced by their country since the uprisings that began in January ...
13. January 2012
New Hope for a New Beginning! India-Pakistan Youth Dialogue
Mumbai, November 2011
On 22 November 2011, Women without Borders/SAVE-Sisters Against Violent Extremism facilitated a dialogue event between Indian and Pakistani youth in Mumbai to bridge the longstanding political divide ...
05. January 2012
New SAVE film: Nigerian Women Stand Up to Violent Extremism
A message from SAVE sisters Esther Ibanga and Khadija Hawaja
Nigeria has entered the year 2012 with a worrying state of emergency due to the terrifying Christmas-day attacks on churches, which resulted in the death of at least 50 people. Boko Haram claimed ...
21. December 2011
YEMEN- A Roundtable Discussion
with Yemeni experts Bilqis Jubari and Mohammed al-Maitami at the Austrian National Bank
On Wednesday, December 14th, 2011, Women without Borders/SAVE held an expert roundtable at the Austrian National Bank in Vienna with Yemeni experts, Dr. Bilqis Jubari and Dr. Mohammed Al Maitami, entitled ...
16. December 2011
Yemen: Change Will Only Come About Through a Reduction of Poverty
Two academics advocate for change in the economically and politically instable Yemen
Die Presse, 16.12.2011 Vienna – “Outsiders only view Yemen as a refuge for Al Qaeda. However attention should be directed towards the twenty five million Yemenis, not the one hundred terrorists,” says ...
16. December 2011
YEMEN: Women Power for the New Democracy
The psychologist Bilqis Jubari takes care of oppressed women who suffer from poverty and violence in Yemen, her home country
By Karoline Krause Kurier, 16.12.2011 Yemen – When a Yemeni woman travels across Europe and brings her husband to press conferences to take care of their two-year-old daughter when she fusses, you ...
16. December 2011
Recognition of the Contributions of Women Has Grown
dieStandard.at, 15.12.2011
“Recognition of the Contributions of Women Has Grown” “If fundamentalists come to power, we will regress by 100 years.” – Women without Borders invited Bilqis Jubari and Mohammed Al Maitami to Vienna. dieStandard.at, ...
16. December 2011
Film: Somali Women Standing Up to Violent Extremism
On Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 Women without Borders/SAVE hosted an evening panel discussion entitled, Somali Women Standing Up to Violent Extremism, featuring two Somali women activists Hanan Ibrahim, ...
09. December 2011
SAVE Visits Tajikistan!
From November 28 to December 2, 2011, SAVE conducted a country visit to Dushanbe, Tajikistan, to learn more about violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism in the country as well as ...
07. December 2011
Somalia: Where Courageous Women Fight Against the Radical Al-Shabaab
By Karoline Krause
Kurier, 7/12/2011 The boys who are recruited into the radical Islamic al-Shabaab militia in Somalia are between the ages of eight and nineteen years old. „They are seized on the street, or forcibly ...
30. November 2011
Beyond Grief- a SAVE Film
How women stand up to violent extremism
Beyond Grief is a short documentary depicting the common journey of a group of women from India and Pakistan, who were all affected in one way or another by violent extremism. These brave women risked ...
22. November 2011
SAVE Visits Mumbai Workshop Graduates!
SAVE visits the graduates of the competence and confidence building income-generating workshop in Mumbai
On November 20, SAVE Global visited the graduates of the SAVE competence and confidence building income-generating workshop in Mumbai, India. The participants, all wives of constables in the Mumbai ...
15. November 2011
Can Mothers Stop Terrorism?
A SAVE discussion at the Paley Center in New York
On Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 Women without Borders/SAVE hosted a panel discussion entitled Can Mothers Stop Terrorism? at the Paley Center for Media in New York, featuring Aicha el-Wafi and Abdul Haqq ...
30. Oktober 2011
What does the future hold for Yemeni women?
An Interview with Nadia Al-Saakaf, Editor in Chief at Yemen Times
Edit Schlaffer recently conducted an interview with Nadia Al-Saakaf, Editor in Chief at Yemen Times, who is closely following the turbulent developments in Sanaa. On the 26th of October, Yemeni women ...
17. Oktober 2011
The Cairo Revolution is Far from Over
The Egyptian Women's Revolution has Only Just Begun
Contrary to popular belief, the revolution in Egypt is far from over. In fact, the military's repression of Coptic protests in Cairo last Sunday can be described as the most violent incident since the ...
14. Oktober 2011
Egypt: Call for the Greater Inclusion of Women
The Egyptian TV journalist criticizes the military and the media—the Revolution is irreversible and requires the greater inclusion of women
14 October 2011 die Standard Vienna—The TV journalist Shahira Amin, who resigned from her position as Deputy Head of the state-run television channel Nile TV live on air in protest of censorship ...
12. September 2011
Aicha el-Wafi: "My Pain Grows Worse By the Day"
By Edit Schlaffer This interview contains controversial ideas that we are sure will prompt discussion. Please leave comments on our blog: www.womenwithoutborders-save.blogspot.com Her son was presumably ...
09. September 2011
SAVE: Commemorating 9/11
Around the world, we all recognize just how much 9/11 has changed our lives. This recognition is not merely intellectual; it is an emotional reaction to increased security measures when traveling, the ...
