Nazlin then mobilized key women leaders through-out the nation to discuss the findings of the survey and to inject their expertise as leaders on the ground….
NAZLIN THEN MOBILIZED KEY WOMEN LEADERS THROUGH-OUT THE NATION TO DISCUSS THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY AND TO INJECT THEIR EXPERTISE AS LEADERS ON THE GROUND. THE FORUM WAS TITLED, THE FIRST MUSLIM WOMEN LEADERS FORUM AND HELD AT KILIMAMBOGO IN THIKA, FEBRUARY 2004 AND THE ONLY NATIONAL NETWORK OF MUSLIM WOMEN IN KENYA, THE NUR WAS BORN;
Other discussion/sensitization/training points were HIV/AIDS, gender disparities, women’s rights and vulnerabilities, prostitution, child pregnancies, drug abuse and human trafficking, the Muslim and other communities challenges and Islam’s strategies – the ideal responses, monitoring and evaluation, strengthening grassroots networks, data collection, home based care and support and women in leadership. The NUR women’s network in Kenya was formed and launched at this novelle meeting, the women naming it the NUR which were Nazlin’s Umar Rajput’s acronyms and also mean a powerful heavenly light. The women made historical recommendations and resolutions which were forwarded to the president and in which Muslim women held a public procession in the streets of Nairobi, heavily captured by the press and served the president with a copy of their resolutions.
THE BIRTH OF THE “NUR”. THE ONLY NATIONAL MUSLIM WOMENS NETWORK IN KENYA
Nazlin then mobilized key women leaders through-out the nation to discuss the findings of the survey and to inject their expertise as leaders on the ground….
NAZLIN THEN MOBILIZED KEY WOMEN LEADERS THROUGH-OUT THE NATION TO DISCUSS THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY AND TO INJECT THEIR EXPERTISE AS LEADERS ON THE GROUND. THE FORUM WAS TITLED, THE FIRST MUSLIM WOMEN LEADERS FORUM AND HELD AT KILIMAMBOGO IN THIKA, FEBRUARY 2004 AND THE ONLY NATIONAL NETWORK OF MUSLIM WOMEN IN KENYA, THE NUR WAS BORN;
Other discussion/sensitization/training points were HIV/AIDS, gender disparities, women’s rights and vulnerabilities, prostitution, child pregnancies, drug abuse and human trafficking, the Muslim and other communities challenges and Islam’s strategies – the ideal responses, monitoring and evaluation, strengthening grassroots networks, data collection, home based care and support and women in leadership. The NUR women’s network in Kenya was formed and launched at this novelle meeting, the women naming it the NUR which were Nazlin’s Umar Rajput’s acronyms and also mean a powerful heavenly light. The women made historical recommendations and resolutions which were forwarded to the president and in which Muslim women held a public procession in the streets of Nairobi, heavily captured by the press and served the president with a copy of their resolutions.