Press Release

Tunis, Tunisia, 29-30 April 2011

The UN WOMEN & CAWTAR project, titled “Strengthening women’s leadership and participation in politics and decision making processes in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia” and financed by the Spanish government is organizing a training workshop on “Women, New Information and communication Technologies and political parties”.

About the workshop

The workshop, targeting 25 to 30 women from different recognized political parties, is held on April 29th and 30th, 2011 in Hotel “Les Ambassadeurs”, Tunis. The political change brought in Tunisia since January 14, 2011, was largely achieved through the use of new information and communication technologies, to the point that it was described as an e-revolution. Besides, the new socio-political reality is marked by the proliferation of political parties embracing different ideologies. For theses reasons, the UN-WOMEN and CAWTAR project considered fundamental to organize this training session targeting women active in political parties. The workshop is articulated around two basic axes: effective use of ICT and especially social media, in women’s political activities (political campaigns, advocacy, etc..) and the use of concrete tools for promoting gender equality within their political party.

More information

For more information about this initiative, please contact Mrs Maryam Ben Salem, the UN-WOMEN & CAWTAR project communication officer.

• Tel : 71 792298/ Fax : 71 780002
• Email: maryambs@womenpoliticalparticipation.org