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also actively call Arabian government authorities for fulfillment of the
international agreements to
which they are a party, in particular CEDAW.
Attention given by the international community to women problems in
the world and in particular in the Middle East region, and cooperation of
international women organizations enable determination of the problems
and objectives to which the Arabian governments and women
organizations should focus on as a priority. Activity of women
organizations at the international level creates a new opportunity for them
to not only present reports on their works and the current status of works
on gender equality issues, but also openly speak about the problems that
Moslem women face. Leaders of the Arabian countries for the first time
started to speak about the need for participation of women in political and
economic development of the Arabian world during the Arabian Summit
held in Tunis in 2004 [1, p.25-29]. This call included in the Declaration
adopted according to the findings of the Summit and was characterized by
the start of the changes gradually taking place in the status of the Arabian
women. In 2003, the Organization of Arabian Women (OAW) was
established in Egypt by support of the League of Arabian States. Summits
that take place by support of this organization create a certain impulse for
progress of the women issue in the Arabian world. The OAW supports
wider cooperation and integration of women and determines a common
position towards the women issue at the regional and international levels.
As is evident from the above listed, the recent decades witnessed
certain changes in the status of the women, although these changes take
place gradually and not in all countries. In contrast with women
organizations in many developing countries engaging in implementation of
programs focused on enhancement of political rights and opportunities for
women, most of the women organizations in the countries of Arabian Gulf,
in particular in UAE, Qatar and Oman just serves to formation of the
national identity [4,p.20]. Arabian women NGOs should strengthen their
work focused on promotion of women rights at the international level,
elaboration of new policies and visions. A sustainable development and
democratization processes require reforms in the structures of the women
organizations, an exact detection of the problems of the given region and
availability of opportunities for making of social changes. International
human rights organizations in their turn, in particular such organizations as
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch should draw the attention
of the international community to women problems more and should not
ignore any facts of breach of rights and freedoms in this region. ―We are