Focus on Women's Health

Joelle Jackson partnered with local women in Taznakht in a workshop titled: Women’s Rejuvenation Conference for the Development and Benefit of the Woman, from February 28-March 2. For three days, approximately 80 women from Taznakht and surrounding villages came to learn about important issues affecting Moroccan women, covering topics such as nutrition, exercise, and self esteem. In addition, Oxygen, a women’s advocate organization from Ouarzazate, presented information on Mudawana and women’s rights. A local doctor also presented information about reproductive health and breast cancer. Jackson hopes that the workshop partcipants will share the information with their mothers, daughters, sisters, and grandmothers in their communities.