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World’s Women For
Life
“Protect life,
Improve life, Celebrate life.”
World’s Women For Life is Launching its First Field
Project to Promote Life and Preemptive Peace.
Summer 2009, Northern Iraq.
Press Release
July 18, 2009
The
newly formed NGO, World’s Women For Life, and its dedicated volunteer force of
distinguished founders, scholars, activists, writers, educators, and secular
and religious leaders from around the world, are meeting in northern Iraq to
launch the first field chapter of this organization.
Background:
In March 2009 a
team of activists, including psychiatrist and renown author David Kazzaz,
M.D.; prominent human rights advocate Mrs. Soraya Fallah, M.A.; life-long
activist and scholar Saman Shali, Ph.D.; and dedicated human rights advocate
and professor Sharon Linzey, Ph.D., put their decades of experience and
expertise together to create World’s Women For Life. The philosophical underpinnings of
this movement are contained in the “Life Manifesto: a Guide to a Safer World,”
written by David Kazzaz. The founders’ vision is to embark on a
cultural campaign against the culture of death by empowering women in
conflict-ridden areas and nurturing life worldwide. The founders established
World’s Women For Life with the expert professional assistance of a varied and
well-balanced advisory board in Denver, Colorado. The organization is secular
and humanistic in nature
and transcends all borders.
Summer 2009 Project:
The first project to be undertaken by WWFL will begin in north Iraq. The
twenty-one member ‘Culture of Life’ delegation believes that it is important to assist the people
of Iraq in rebuilding their society during this volatile time. With the culture
of death and extremism evident, WWFL can plant the seed of hope for children
and adults while encouraging men and women to teach the message of life to the
next generation. The delegation will focus on reinforcing educational
principles that discourage cultural attitudes of harm to self and others.
During the past year much hard work has been done by
passionate volunteers to prepare for this venture. These efforts have stretched
over long hours for both the activists in Iraq and those visiting from around
the world. The delegation is excited to advocate for a movement that will bring
us closer to a day when people cherish the blessings of life rather than worship
martyrdom. Some of
WWFL’s future plans in Iraq involve the building of a center to provide shelter
for potential victims of honor killing. WWFL will also sponsor workshops to
teach college students and community activists how to continue WWFL’s services
once the delegation is no longer present to share. Members of the delegation
plan to meet with several ministers and government agencies to stress the need
to invest in early childhood education and the role of women in non-violent
engagement.
Please
visit the WWFL website listed below to learn more about the biographies of the
members of the Culture of Life delegation; the full story of World’s Women For
Life; Dr. Kazzaz’ “Life Manifesto: A Guide to
a Safer World”; the
delegation’s plans in Iraq; and how you can get involved, contribute, or fund
current or future projects.
Contact Person: Cklara Moradian
Email:
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Tel: 408-421-9444
Fax: 818-700-0933
Website: www.wwfl.org
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