International Educator article on new vision of roles of women in Middle East
October 18, 2009 in News and Updates
Article on Women’s Work, by Susan Ladika, Tampa, FLA (September/October 2009)
IWFF p. 37.
In the Middle East, a new vision of the roles of women in both education and the workplace are bringing beneficial roles across the region…Things are also difficult in Iraq, due to the post-war turmoil. Mary Oakes Smith, president of the Iraqi Women’s Fellowship Foundation, is trying to make it a bit easier by focusing on opportunities in higher education and the workforce… This summer, three women who lecture on engineering at Iraqi universities arrived at three California universities to take part in the yearlong fellowship…