WICS and Women
WICS is also a major advocate of Women. Muslim women’s issues represent an essential part of WICS’s programs. This is because the Society’s objectives are in compliance with the distinguished position that Islam gave women. The programs that address women’s interests comprise education, training and medical care. The Society also provides support in activating women’s institutions such as unions and associations. In addition, it organizes cultural forums, seminars, lectures and conferences that discuss women’s issues and ways to solve the problems that they face so as to enable them to become active and effective participants in the development of their respective societies. The programs also aim at freeing them from all kinds of injustices that encumber her due to society’s backwardness and ignorance; such as traditional factors that hold them back in social life, or the materialistic pressures that force her to imitate men to the detriment of her unique value as a human being.
Interest in women’s issues is a priority in World Islamic Call Society’s programs. This becomes clear when looking at the many programs that focus on Muslim women, namely the organization of training programs in different fields to afford them the opportunity to participate in the global process of social, economic and cultural development.
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