To the wonderful PCVs of Morocco and other Peace Corps supporters, it's been a great few months! GAD has received lots of positive feedback about our website and we truly hope that it becomes a resource for you moving forward - And as always, if you have any comments or suggestions, please
send them our way.
GAD's been busy the last few months, and so have the PCVs across Morocco: International Women's Day (in March) and PCV-staffed Moroccan Spring Camps across the country (in April). To celebrate some of our PCV's many successes, we bring you the first edition of the
eGAD PCV Roundup!
Here are some of the many GAD-related activities that PCVs across Morocco have led or participated in:
Annemarie Athey: Hosted a tea party for women in her co-op, along with her host grandmother and landlady. The ladies watched the “You Can Dream” video, enjoyed tea and baked goods, and had a small discussion. Wonderful work, Annemarie! You can check out some great photos and more details on her
blog.
Maggie Bridges: Showed the "You Can Dream" video to her Advanced English class during Spring Camp, and followed up with a discussion of women's roles in Morocco and life planning and goals. Maggie asked her students to write out their goals, then write out plans of how to achieve them (all in English). Go Maggie!
Jenn Edgar: Talked about the “Famous First” women in the IWD toolkit. Jenn asked students to give speeches (in English) answering the questions "What do you think is the biggest issue facing Moroccan women today?” and “How should Moroccans deal with this issue?". Great use of content-based teaching!
Sairah Jahangir: Led a workshop on the Mudawana Family Code and Women's Rights at an association in Ouarzazate called Oxigene that provides support and training for women who are victims of domestic violence and/or rape. Sairah's workshop went really well (great job, Sairah!) and the women told her how much they thoroughly enjoyed the discussion they started. We look forward to hearing about more in the future!
Maureen Sieh: Held another great journalism workshop in Ouarzazate, with 25 students participating and 22 receiving certificates. Maureen encouraged students to invite their parents and show them the great work that they were doing. Nice work, Maureen! Check out photos on the
Ouarzazate e-News Facebook page.
Ruth Townsend: Helped to translate into Arabic a Mudawana Activity toolkit, including a value line walk and a tea talk with discussion questions on the Family Code. Awesome job, Ruth, and thanks for developing a toolkit so we can share your great work with other PCVs. Look for this on the GAD website soon!
Galen Welsch: Showed a portion of the "You Can Dream"
video to his class, then had a discussion about gender roles and equal opportunity for women. Some arguments that arose were: whether or not it is okay for mothers to work part-time, why education is important for a woman even if she does not become a professional, and whether being both a mother and a professional is possible. Really interesting stuff, Galen.
And lastly, congratulations and great work to all the PCVs who have been helping with
Marché Maroc over the past few months! The last one will be this coming weekend in Rabat; check out their
Facebook page for more details. We'll be talking more about the great work PCVs have done with MM in the next post!
