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5th Annual Law and Leadership Development Program for Muslim Women
July 9 -July 27, 2007
• Spend a summer in the nationbs capital surrounded by Muslim women attorneys, scholars, social workers, activists and authors from around the world.
• Increase your knowledge on the basics of Islamic law.
• Broaden your horizons on how to bring about change from an Islamic perspective in your community and improve Muslim womenbs lives.
• Strengthen your leadership skills by learning about advocacy tailored to your religious and cultural communities.
• Network with other Muslim women activists, students and professionals from all over the world.
LAW AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 2007
KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights is currently accepting applications for its 5th Annual Summer Law and Leadership Development Program, which will take place in July 2007. The program is an intensive, summer-long, full-time training program in Washington, DC. It requires that young women participants live, study, and work on projects together. We are looking for highly motivated and dedicated women who have a commitment to women's issues as well as to the civil rights of ethnic and religious minorities, especially the Muslim community in the United States.
The program is highly competitive. The participants will spend three weeks in daily intensive and thought-provoking workshops, which cover a multitude of topics. The program curriculum will cover three over-arching topics: Islamic Jurisprudence; Comparative Law; and Leadership Training and Conflict Resolution.
The Islamic Law courses are divided between Usul al-Fiqh (Principles of Jurisprudence), Quranic Sciences, Hadith Sciences, the Islamic Marriage Contract, the Gender Paradigm of the Quran, and Family Law Codes in the Muslim world. The main objective of this segment of the Program is to create an understanding of the foundations of the prevailing interpretations of Islam and to introduce students to a progressive and socially just and equitable Islamic worldview. We will have classes on core concepts in Islam as well as on womenbs rights within Islam, focusing specifically on family law issues. Besides increasing the participantsb literacy in Islamic Jurisprudence, the courses are designed to train participants to think on their own, develop their leadership gifts and acquire a good grasp of basic areas of Islamic law.
Renowned law professors and attorneys have regularly taught our Comparative Law courses, which demonstrate the complex interactions between the American Legal System and Islamic Law. These courses serve as an important introduction to the way in which the law surrounding Islamic marriage and divorce in becoming an important and complicated part of the American Legal landscape. The third segment of the program is dedicated to unique and effective classes in Leadership Development. The academic exposure allows them to identify, analyze, and critique the various forms and techniques of influence and power, which enables them to become effective leaders in all capacities of life. During the workshops, trainers present scenarios on conflict-resolution and leadership styles. The exercises and discussion that follow focus on enhancing participantsb facilitation skills and developing cultural-specific solutions that incorporate alternative leadership possibilities.
The aim of the Law and Leadership Development Program is to instill leadership qualities in a core group of women and to provide them with the basic tools to understand and articulate the guiding principles of Islam. With this knowledge, the students will be able to articulate and defend Muslim womenbs rights within their own religious, cultural and institutional contexts. Armed with adequate leadership skills and jurisprudential tools they will be able to bring about progressive and peaceful change within their communities.
For more information or to receive an application,
please call us at 202-234-7302 or email [email protected].
5th Annual Law and Leadership Development Program for Muslim Women
July 9 -July 27, 2007
• Spend a summer in the nationbs capital surrounded by Muslim women attorneys, scholars, social workers, activists and authors from around the world.
• Increase your knowledge on the basics of Islamic law.
• Broaden your horizons on how to bring about change from an Islamic perspective in your community and improve Muslim womenbs lives.
• Strengthen your leadership skills by learning about advocacy tailored to your religious and cultural communities.
• Network with other Muslim women activists, students and professionals from all over the world.
LAW AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 2007
KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights is currently accepting applications for its 5th Annual Summer Law and Leadership Development Program, which will take place in July 2007. The program is an intensive, summer-long, full-time training program in Washington, DC. It requires that young women participants live, study, and work on projects together. We are looking for highly motivated and dedicated women who have a commitment to women's issues as well as to the civil rights of ethnic and religious minorities, especially the Muslim community in the United States.
The program is highly competitive. The participants will spend three weeks in daily intensive and thought-provoking workshops, which cover a multitude of topics. The program curriculum will cover three over-arching topics: Islamic Jurisprudence; Comparative Law; and Leadership Training and Conflict Resolution.
The Islamic Law courses are divided between Usul al-Fiqh (Principles of Jurisprudence), Quranic Sciences, Hadith Sciences, the Islamic Marriage Contract, the Gender Paradigm of the Quran, and Family Law Codes in the Muslim world. The main objective of this segment of the Program is to create an understanding of the foundations of the prevailing interpretations of Islam and to introduce students to a progressive and socially just and equitable Islamic worldview. We will have classes on core concepts in Islam as well as on womenbs rights within Islam, focusing specifically on family law issues. Besides increasing the participantsb literacy in Islamic Jurisprudence, the courses are designed to train participants to think on their own, develop their leadership gifts and acquire a good grasp of basic areas of Islamic law.
Renowned law professors and attorneys have regularly taught our Comparative Law courses, which demonstrate the complex interactions between the American Legal System and Islamic Law. These courses serve as an important introduction to the way in which the law surrounding Islamic marriage and divorce in becoming an important and complicated part of the American Legal landscape. The third segment of the program is dedicated to unique and effective classes in Leadership Development. The academic exposure allows them to identify, analyze, and critique the various forms and techniques of influence and power, which enables them to become effective leaders in all capacities of life. During the workshops, trainers present scenarios on conflict-resolution and leadership styles. The exercises and discussion that follow focus on enhancing participantsb facilitation skills and developing cultural-specific solutions that incorporate alternative leadership possibilities.
The aim of the Law and Leadership Development Program is to instill leadership qualities in a core group of women and to provide them with the basic tools to understand and articulate the guiding principles of Islam. With this knowledge, the students will be able to articulate and defend Muslim womenbs rights within their own religious, cultural and institutional contexts. Armed with adequate leadership skills and jurisprudential tools they will be able to bring about progressive and peaceful change within their communities.
For more information or to receive an application,
please call us at 202-234-7302 or email [email protected].
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