page_title: National Union of Sahrawi Women
section_title: Objectives
hierarchical_section_title: National Union of Sahrawi Women / Objectives
caption_attribution_description: Gaikako tailerrak. Discusion en talleres sectoriales. Argazkia/Foto: Plazandreok. Banaketa librea/Libre distribución. Los días 5, 6 y 7 de abril se celebrará en los campamentos de Tinduf el V. Congreso Nacional de las Mujeres Saharauis. Desde Bilbao ha partido una delegación de mujeres pertenecientes a la red de apoyo a la UNMS (Unión Nacional de las Mujeres Saharauis). Texto completo.
context_page_description: The National Union of Sahrawi Women is the women's wing of the Polisario Front. It was created in 1974, and claims to have 10,000 members, divided between the Sahrawi refugee camps, the Liberated territories, the Moroccan-occupied part of Western Sahara and the Sahrawi diaspora.
context_section_description: On the national level, the UNMS objectives are:
  Sensitize Saharawi women about their role in the struggle for the liberation and independence of the Western Sahara.
  Orient women in the social and political fields to improve their level of education and training (literacy campaigns, scholastic and professional training, political seminars, etc.).
  Aware women about their social and political rights, to guarantee an effective participation in the present and in the future.
  Deepen in the role of the family, specially on educative level, guaranteeing an equal education between boys and girls, with the basis of respect and equality in society.
  Concern women about the importance of the prevention on the health field.
  Solidarity with our compatriots in the occupied zones, constantly facing the Moroccan aggression, being victims of discrimination and suffering.
  On the international level, the UNMS objectives are:
  Implementation of decisions and strategies concerning women, particularly the "Strategy of Nairobi".
  Establishment of security and peace in the world, equality between the sexes as the basis for all progress and development and the reinforcement of human rights and democracy.
  Monitoring of the situation of the women worldwide, knowing that all work for the same objectives, despite the religious, political or social situation.
  Enhance the relations with as many women's organizations worldwide, with the aim of:
  Broaden the base of coalition and solidarity with our people's struggle generally and our women particularly.
  Achieve material and financial support for the UNMS projects for woman's formation in the refugee camps.
  Denounce War and Racism, in which women and children used to be the first victims.
  Denounce the violation of women rights.
caption: Sectorial workshop during the 5th Congress of the "National Union of Sahrawi Women", at the Sahrawi refugee camps (April 6, 2007).
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