The Secretary general of the UNMS and President of the Comision of gender in ECOSOC, Fatma Mehdi participates at the Conference on economic and political empowerment of women in Africa

The Secretary general of the UNMS and President of the Comision of gender in ECOSOC, Fatma Mehdi participates at the Conference on economic and political empowerment of women in Africa which was held yesterday in the capital of Nigeria, Abuja.

The Conference was attended by the Minister of women and Social Affairs (on behalf of the Nigerian President) Aicha Jumay Hassan, was also attended by former Ministers, diplomatic corps accredited to Nigeria - including the Ambassador of the SADR - representatives of civil society and women's organizations.

During the ceremony, a tribute was paid to women working for the empowerment of women, including the Secretary general of the UNMS efforts this to make visible women and their struggles for freedom as the Sahrawi women.

After this event the President of the Commission of gender could hold a meeting by the heads of the Committee on Social Affairs of the Ecosoc in Nigeria to address the issues of cooperation between the two committees. 

¨´Efficient management is the basis of the construction and the continuidad¨."

Responsible of the UNMS in the Regional in the Wilaya of Laayoune Bureau has organized this morning 26 of February 2016 a seminar on the role of Sahrawi women under the title of the "experience of the UNMS  ¨´Efficient management is the basis of the construction and the continuidad¨."

This particular day was attended by authorities and municipal and regional councils of the region, as well as members of the Office Ejecutiva.El event began with a reception of the Regional Office of the UNMS on the occasion of the opening of the administrative year 2016 - 2017 speech of Governor of the Wilaya Mohamed Yeslem Beissat which highlighted the values that represent the struggles of women suffering brutal repression exercised against them by the Moroccan invading enemy forces , especially in those last days coinciding with day international against the violence towards them women through them practices brutal in them manifestations peaceful that carry to out them women in them territories occupied.

The day is highlight by them discussions on the management and the execution of the program of action of the UNMS and the need of compatible some aspects of the same with them strategies and programs political of the Department of orientation political.

After discussions and evaluation Organization presented its awards to writers regional and local of the Regional Secretary of the UNMS across samples, records and reports and some tools for management as a sign of encouragement and recognition of their efforts and enormous generosity.

The day also has given place to messages and motions of solidarity with them women workers, army of liberation national Sahrawi and the women in them areas occupied, as well as a message of condolences by the death of the leader Cuban Fidel Castro. 

Yesterday at the University of Sciences of Córdoba education a day dedicated to the struggles of women of the world with the Sahrawi women and Palestinian guests in this edition.

 On the occasion of the international day against violence against women, the Andalusian Association for solidarity and peace organized in collaboration with the Junta de Andalucía yesterday at the University of Sciences of Córdoba education a day dedicated to the struggles of women of the world with the Sahrawi women and Palestinian guests in this edition.

The head of international relations of UNMS, Jadiyetu El Mohtar, began his speech Recalling the violence that is exercised against the Sahrawi women in the TT. OO by the forces of occupation of Morocco recalling this everyday situation faced by giving as an example the recent beatings suffered by Sukeina Jedehlu by the mere act of participating in a peaceful demonstration is an example of the violence exercised by Morocco against Saharawi citizens and that women face with courage and determination without renouncing their right to SELF-DETERMINATION and the condemnation of the repression that human rights violations It is the same military occupation of Western Sahara.

During them debates to which attended more than 140 between faculty and students of third of education and sociology is could display videos on them Mu Palestinian and the Sahara western besides images photographs that reflect the role that play them women Sahrawi in the management of them camps and its fight of resistance in them TT. OO.

Day international's fight against the violence of gender

 

On 25 November, declared by the United Nations as the international day of struggle against gender violence, the Sahrawi women we want to express our unconditional solidarity with all the women of the world who are victims of ill-treatment, and remember that the illegal Moroccan occupation of our country has turned women into the main target of repression with which you are attempting to stifle the Sahrawi Intifada in the occupied Western Sahara cities.

In any conflict, almost always women carry the brunt of war crimes, but in the Western Sahara case, women are not the mere consideration to humiliate one side. To difference of what occurs in the rest of the World Muslim, them women Sahrawi is have distinguished from them times of the colonization by its prominence active in the fight demands of its people. The political of terror and of repression erected in system in them areas occupied, is the price with that have paid and continue paying by not having is limited to a paper passive in the inside of their houses and have is developed in the engine of a fight that has used it claim peaceful as main ammunition.

The General Assembly of the United Nations elected on 25 November as the international day for the Elimination of violence against women to commemorate the violent murder of the three Mirabal sisters, who were activists of human rights, and symbols of resistance and the struggle against the dictatorship of Trujillo in the Dominican Republic.

In the Sahara West have countless examples of fight of our women that have sacrificed their life and their families by the fight of the respect scrupulous of them rights human. Them testimonies chilling of them sisters Fatma and Mamia Salek, that spent more than 16 years imprisoned in them dungeons Moroccan, suffering all type of torture and harassment included the of see how the life of their own parents is desgastaban in the same prison day after day until died there without power embrace to them yours, them beatings recent that has suffered Sukeina Jedehlu by the mere made of participate in a manifestation peaceful is an example of the violence exercised by Morocco against Saharawi citizens and that women face with courage and tenacity. Jedehlu until today still prostrate in a Chair's wheels after the beatings received.

Numerous human rights organisations such the prestigious Amnesty International and the American Human Rights Watch have corroborated reports condemning the most flagrant outrages to human rights in Western Sahara occupied by Morocco.

Since it erupted the second Western Sahara Intifada in the occupied areas, our major cities are besieged as a result of the entrance scene of the army Moroccan with its arsenal of weapons and material to military, which represents a new and dangerous situation whose consequences can lead to a real bloodbath, especially after the brutal repression that is exerted against the women this week in el Aaiun during a protest peaceful.

Many activists Sahrawi of rights human were and remain jailed accused of be them architects of them numerous demonstrations peaceful of claim of freedom and of Justice.

Political prisoners convicted for organizing the Gdeim Izik camp are still crammed in dark cells in Moroccan prisons. UNMS on the occasion of the international day against gender violence requires the UN to hold once the referendum on self-determination which should solve this problem of decolonization to put an end to the largest violation, the occupation of our country.

WORKSHOP OF GENDER: for boards to externalize experiences that we are in the process of empowerment of our condition as women, but a non-hegemonic perspective.

 

Them days 18 and 19 of November of 2016, organize a workshop of gender that put on the table the paper of it woman Sahrawi, within them different activities organized in the 41st Conference International of it EUCOCO, developed in the city of Vilanova i the Geltrú (Barcelona)

People from different organizations and countries met to discuss the struggle and resistance of Sahrawi women in three areas: as a part of a territory under Moroccan occupation, IN THE territories of the Western Sahara occupied by Morocco and in the Diaspora.

The objective of this workshop that takes place every year is the share and consider ways to respond to such discrimination that suffer the Sahrawi women, in a personal encounter with other women who are also prey to the exclusion of the model prevailing androcentric, for boards to externalize experiences that we are in the process of empowerment of our condition as women, but a non-hegemonic perspective.

As this workshop, we count with the participation of various activists and Sahrawis and foreign, who expressed the different national and international actions that are carried out in the camps and out of them, as well as vital needs such as women and the role that we meet in Sahrawi society.

During the session participated by setting a series of conclusions on which mark us ones objectives specific that meet during the period 2016,2017.

At this point we reflect about the commitment and responsibility that we were willing to accept and embrace, but especially stressing that the real work of fighting and empowerment should leave own Sahrawi women, the only ones able to give voice to their needs and objectives present and future support and solidarity of a large network of women that will accompany us in the path of empowerment.

Finally, through the cooperation among all, arrived to a series of conclusions and proposals

1.       We reiterate, once again the REQUIREMENT of the presence of women in the acts of public representation and decision-making, feeling disappointed to see, again that at the opening of the 40th EUCOCO tables, the speakers were men.

2.       2.-appoint a representative that form part of the Committee organizational TASK FORCE that is present in all them tasks, both organizational and of takes of decision that is made in the EUCOCO along the all the year, informing to them assistants of the workshop of gender and equity, favoring of this way the presence active and visible of them women.

3.       launch an awareness campaign that made visible the situation in which live the women of the occupied areas following the line of the campaign #EspañaNoDescoloniza, which was launched during the Presidency of Spain of the Security Council.

4.       remember the compliance of the resolucion1.325 of the UN where is recognizes the need of adopt a perspective of gender in them operations of peace and the training of the personal on them rights of the woman.

5. continue to work on the promotion of women's networks both nationally and  internationally And finally perform a find for continue working in the achievement of them interests strategic of the woman coordinating the work in network between women of them camps, women of them territories occupied and women of the movement of solidarity. 

An agenda of activities has been the program developed in United States by Fatma Mehdi, Member of the National Secretariat and Secretary General of the National Union of Sahrawi women UNMS

An agenda of activities has been the program developed in United States by Fatma Mehdi, Member of the National Secretariat and Secretary General of the National Union of Sahrawi women UNMS. The programme includes visits to various institutions and participation and organization of conferences and tables round, as well as interviews with the written and visual media in addition to meeting prominent personalities in various fields, political, economic and social.

The conferences have included issues of interest and the latest developments in the fight of the Sahrawi people and the struggle of the people of Western Sahara by the freedom and dignity. Lectures on human development in the Sahara experiences, lectures on the experience of resistance in the refugee camps indicating that the Saharan refugees are refugees for political reasons as opposed to the rest of refugees as a result of the global crisis of famine.

Conference on Saharawi women and their experiences in the work within the framework of African institutions and talks about the reality of abuses and violations of human rights in the occupied areas of Western Sahara occupied by Morocco, in addition to conferences and events on culture, customs and traditions of the Sahrawi people differ it from other villages in the region.

The program has been enriched with exhibition and audiovisual projections videos on the above topics

The General Secretariat of the Sahrawi women also participated in United States at several events on the occasion of the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations aimed to encourage citizens to play a prominent role as active partners in the planning and execution of the policies of the United Nations in achieving peace and development where he had the opportunity to address the issue of the Western Sahara cause.

Also participated in events on the paper of them Nations United in the maintenance of the peace or them rights human and where is spoke of reinforce its paper by it need of play more in serious it peace in the Sahara western and to save the peace and the protection of them rights human of them Sahrawi in them areas occupied.

Also is referred in its intervention during these events to them difficulties and challenges that face them women in their fight by the freedom and dignity as well as them difficulties that prevent that play a role more active in the movement feminist global due to the occupation and them difficulties of it life in the exile and especially in them territories occupied by them serious violations of them rights human aggravated by the silence of them media of communication. Aside from the conferences held numerous meetings with important personalities.

President of the Association of friends of the people Western Sahara in South Africa

The democratic movement of Women-MDM upon learning of the arbitrary and overbearing attitude of the Kingdom of Morocco on the Vice-president of the Panafrican Parliament

The democratic movement of Women-MDM upon learning of the arbitrary and overbearing attitude of the Kingdom of Morocco on the Vice-president of the Panafrican Parliament, preventing it from participating in the United Nations Conference on climate did get his conviction to various national and international fora in this regard sends attached its position in full prompting within your powers are likely to take a stand.

We present our best regards

Pel'Direc tion MDM's national

Regina Marques

Fatma Mehdi, Secretary-General of the National Union of Sahrawi women) UNMS and President of the gender of the ECOSOC Commission expresses its solidarity with the Vice President of the Pan African Parliament Suelma Beiruk

Fatma Mehdi, Secretary-General of the National Union of Sahrawi women) UNMS and President of the gender of the ECOSOC Commission expresses its solidarity with the Vice President of the Pan African Parliament Suelma Beiruk and vigorously condemns the violation of their right to participate as a member of an institution such as the PAP in the climate summit COP 22 which takes place from 7 to 18 in the Moroccan town of Maraquech.

 Suelma Beiruk was expelled from Maraquech in the same airport the Moroccan authorities denied entry into the country. This behavior reflects the constant violations physical and psychic to which are subject them Sahrawi in those territories occupied of the Sahara western from the regime Moroccan.

The secretariat general of the UNMS and President of it Commission of gender of the ECOSOC makes an appeal to them organizations international and to the UN to condemn these practices abusive and require to Morocco the respect of them rights human, as well as to the UA that condemn to Morocco and you require the respect to them institutions African to which not has escatimado effort for belonging to them. With this flagrant Act of Morocco has shown what your lack of respect and consideration to the peoples of Africa.

Condemnation of the National Union of Sahrawi women face forced and arbitrary deportation of occupation forces whose victim is the Vice President of the Pan-African Parliament, Suelma Beiruk.

Revulsion and condemnation of the National Union of Sahrawi women face forced and arbitrary deportation of occupation forces whose victim is the Vice President of the Pan-African Parliament, Suelma Beiruk.

 The Moroccan authorities have deported tomorrow this same arbitrarily to Suelma Beiruk, Vice President of the Pan African Parliament which was forced to abandon Marrakech airport and introduced on a flight bound to Casablanca where he has been hours until she was forced to take another flight to Oran in Algeria. Suelma Beiruk, Vice President of the Pan-African Parliament, was going to participate to participate in the climate summit held in Marrakech from 7 up to 18 under the auspices of the United Nations.

 It UNMS before this Act of violation flagrant of them rights human and violation flagrant of them standards and treated international and diplomatic them women want to express our support and solidarity with Suelma Beiruk and, denounce them methods and practices arbitrary led to out by them forces of occupation, as well as demand to them Nations United and to the community international that press to Morocco by the violation permanent and systematic against them Sahrawi in them areas occupied and out of them. We also demand the opening of the occupied territories of Western Sahara Spain international observers so that they can see the daily reality of the repression faced by the Sahrawi people under Moroccan occupation and especially the Sahrawi women who suffer the brutality of the occupying forces. Demand to the Nations United the creation of a mechanism to monitor them rights human in the  Western Sahara

National Union  of  sahrawi women  (UNMS)

Executive members of the National Union of Saharawi women meet with a delegation of representatives of the Socialist Party in the European Union, chaired by Mr. Pier Antonio Panzeri, president of the Commission of the Maghreb and the Group of the Alliance of Soliacistas and Democrats in the European Parliament.

Executive members of the National Union of Saharawi women meet with a delegation of representatives of the Socialist Party in the European Union, chaired by Mr. Pier Antonio Panzeri, president of the Commission of the Maghreb and the Group of the Alliance of Soliacistas and Democrats in the European Parliament.

MEP delegation is accompanied by Mohamed Sidati, member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario and minister in charge of relations with Europe. The meeting between the UNMS and the MEP delegation reviewed the latest developments on the Saharawi question and the leadership role played by women in the camps as well as the demands of the Saharawi women stressing the need to activate the role of the European Union and governments to exert pressure on the Moroccan government to comply with the agreements

International, in addition to end support to Morocco in plundering the natural resources of Western Sahara, demanding that the issue of respect for human rights is one of the priorities of the European Parliament.

At this meeting, held at the headquarters of the UNMS, other issues such as the role of women in Sahrawi liberation and construction were also discussed.