ACYPL Summit, Amman, Jordan: Breakout Session: Empowerment of Women in the Region

In the afternoon of Day Two of the Summit, I participated in a Breakout Session

"Breaking the Silence: The Empowerment of Women in the Region"

the facilitators were a member of the Tel-Aviv City Council in Israel and a corporate attorney who is also the Co-Founder of a Women's Lawyer Network based in UAE.

One of the many different topics we discussed was sexual harassment -- and responses to it in the US and in countries throughout the Middle East.
Tamar conducted a survey in Tel-Aviv and found that 90% of the women responded that they had been sexually harassed in broad daylight, in public, more than once in their lives. She wrote an article about this study, which I would love to read.

It was at this panel that I met Raya and how the Women's Rights in the Middle East project got off the ground.

Pictured here -- the equipment used for simultaneous translation during our discussion and the view of Amman from the conference room window.