Women Cultural and Social Society - State of Kuwait
Commitment description:Breast cancer
The association is very concerned with breast cancer awareness and has had several awareness campaigns On the occasion of the International Breast Cancer Awareness Month and in cooperation with Paul Cafe, he launched a humanitarian initiative to support breast cancer patients under the slogan "Bread for Humanitarian Support". Presented by the Health Program at the Women's Cultural and Social Association for Cancer Patients.
Education Development Committee
The Women's Cultural and Social Society is keen on the importance of the quality of education because of the impact of education on the progress of societies.
The association started its first activities by demanding the “Teacher License” to improve the level of teachers. The cooperation was with the Ministry of Education.
The issue of forged certificates
On 25/7/2018, the Association called on the public benefit societies in Kuwait to sign a petition in which they reiterated their absolute rejection of some methods of fraud and fraud to achieve personal gains at the expense of the country and citizens welfare, calling for decisive measures to resolve the issue of forged educational certificates, expressing their solidarity with the calls to hold counterfeiters accountable. And the approach of transparency with the people through briefing them on the latest developments of the case, and the speed of deciding on these issues and the previous similar issues. 35 Kuwaiti public benefit associations have signed the petition, and it has been published in local Kuwaiti newspapers.
Women and the judiciary The Women's Cultural and Social Society worked to raise community awareness of the importance of women having their role in the judiciary. On March 2-3, 2016, the Association held a conference entitled “Women and the Judiciary: “The Experience of Arab Women in the Judiciary”.
On March 8, 2017, the Women's Cultural and Social Society organized a forum entitled "The Right of Kuwaiti Women to Judge",
Mode of engagement:
- Programmatic action- Organizing training courses, workshops and conferences on women and community issues. - Participation in conferences and training courses organized by local, regional or international associations or bodies. - Follow-up on what is happening in the
Address gender-based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.
