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Rana Husseini at the conference "Women - the key to integration", carried out by the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung in Prague and the EPP Women Association, April 8, 2016
Press conference at the 'Václav Havel Library'.
EPP Women (European’s People Party) is an official association dedicated to the advancement of women in the European Union. The association consists of members of likeminded European parties. EPP Women is composed of over 50 member organizations from EPP political parties which are members of the EPP in the European Union and non-EU countries. All member organizations are women’s organizations from political parties. EPP is dedicated to the advancement of women's political emancipation throughout Europe and the promotion of important women-related issues such as gender equality in the labor market and female entrepreneurship.
The panel discussion, focusing the theme "Integration", paid attention to the situation of female migrants, the attitude of migrants towards women and the role of the integration from the overall social perspective.
Rana Husseini with Martin Kastler, Director of Hanns-Seidel-Stitung Prague.
During her key-notes at the dinner Rana Husseini gave an overview to the participants of the refugee movements in the middle East and to Europe due to the Syrian crisis and the effects on women. Often the victims of sexual abuse and other crimes, women lack a powerful and unifying voice when it comes to their predicament in refugee camps. The life of a refugee is one of uncertainty, boredom, and fear. Women are subjected to all of these problems in addition to gender specific issues they also must face.
The concerns of women in refugee camps are limitless in scope but include such issues as discrimination, sexual violence, human trafficking, and maternal and reproductive health problems. Rape is often used as a weapon towards women in order to demoralize and terrorize communities and families. Sexual violence stigmatizes women and leaves them emotionally and physically destroyed. These are issues that women face on top of their responsibilities as mother, head of household, teacher, etc. All of these concerns make a woman’s life in a refugee camp extremely difficult.
Before the conference, a meeting and press conference took place with Rana Husseini in the 'Václav Havel Library'. The 'Václav Havel Library' is serving, in a suitable manner, such as through exhibitions, the purpose of education and popularization functions, thus presenting to the public the historical significance of the fight for human rights and freedoms in the totalitarian period and the formation of civil society during the establishment of democracy.
Furthermore Rana Husseini gave a live interview for the (state) Czech Television as well as an interview with the European online portal "euractiv"