1 / 26

Women Empowerment Decision Making in the GCC : Oman as a Case S tudy

Women Empowerment Decision Making in the GCC : Oman as a Case S tudy . Empowerment of women and girls was not just a goal in itself, but a key to long-term development, economic growth, and social advancement for all. Deputy Secretary-General Asha -Rose Migiro ’ 2 March 2010.

selene
Télécharger la présentation

Women Empowerment Decision Making in the GCC : Oman as a Case S tudy

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Women Empowerment Decision Making in the GCC : Oman as a Case Study

  2. Empowerment of women and girls was not just a goal in itself, but a key to long-term development, economic growth, and social advancement for all.Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’ 2 March 2010

  3. Women who took part in decision making since 1994 • Shukoor Al Ghamari(1995-1997, 1998 -2000) • Rahila Al Riyami(2001-2003, 2003 – 2007) • Taiba Al Ma’awali(1995-1997 ,1998 -2000) • Lujaina Al Za’abi(2001-2003, 2003 – 2007) Omani women are the first to be included in the decision Making Process

  4. No women were elected • 21 women ran for elections out of 632 candidates 2007 Sixth Term 2008 – 2011

  5. Men, in Oman traditionally, have benefited from tribal platforms and certain social prejudices against women. • Lack of political and public engagement of women. • Previous women members were from the Capital Governorate and represented crème de la crème of society. The Challenge

  6. The Concept: • Program Election Campaign Design and Management aimed to prepare women candidates planning to run for the 2011 Shuraelections and as potential Campaign Managers. • The program is entirely the first of its kind locally. Capacity Building

  7. Objectives: • To provide an overview of the political landscape in Oman • To provide with best practices and previous experiences (from Oman and abroad) in campaign management • To empower participants with basic analytical, planning and budgeting skills. • To enable participants to draw, with the help of expertise, an outline of their plan. Capacity Building

  8. Phase 1: Campaign and Design, Management and Budgeting (6-8 November 2009)

  9. Phase 2: Candidates and Media Relations (3rd -5th February 2010)

  10. Women Participants on Elections Trainingvisit MajlisA’Shura (23rd March 2010)

  11. Tawasul launched its first Policy Paper (Integrity in Elections), The paper deduced several recommendations on Elections System in three areas • The Electoral Culture • Election Integrity Strengthening Measures • Election Efficacy Guarantees Omani Majlis A ’Shura: A Normative Analysis (April 2010)

  12. Phase 3: It’s Campaign Time (6-8 May 2010)

  13. Phase 4: Dialogue on Women in Politics in the Gulf Region – Kuwait as a Case Study (8th May 2010) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmg4PJtNkc&list=UUCQDTizGCRZWtxlEhhel8PQ&index=10&feature=plcp

  14. Media Forum: Media and Elections campaign 25th-26th September 2010

  15. Symposium on Partnerships for Society: MajlisA’Shura, Media and Society Buraimi 17th May 2011 and Muscat 17th May 2011

  16. Launching MajlisA'Shura Website September 10 2011

  17. Women’s Campaign Consultant Development ProgramSeptember to October 2011

  18. Symposium on E-Campaigning: Electronically ConnectedSeptember 18 2011 Muscat, September 21 2011 Salalah

  19. Wider National Media Coverage • Interaction and Engagement through social Media • Dissemination of information and resource on election Media and Social Media

  20. 1 woman elected in MajlisAshura • 77 women ran for elections out of 3000 2011 Elections

  21. 25 candidates who participated in the program scored high in all Governorates  • Impact-Largest number of women candidates • Recognition of women who did not win • Rules of the game changed and women no longer seem to be uninterested in politics.  Women Performance in Elections

  22. Examples of Women Performance

  23. Impacts The Evolution of Candidates Wider National Media Coverage National Ownership and Debate

  24. 2012 Omani women in decision making positions 1 Elected member of MajlisAshura 14 women appointed in State Council 2 women Ministers and 1 at the rank of minister 2 Undersecretary

  25. Thank You

More Related