La Cooperativa Unidad Nacional Mujeres Saharauis
La Cooperativa Unidad Nacional Mujeres Saharauis , English: National Union of Sahrawi Women, short (NUSW) is an organization founded in 1974 by women for women and belongs to the Frente Polisario . She claims to have about 10,000 members, especially in the sahraurischen refugee camps of Western Sahara, the Sahrawi refugee camps and the free zone . The organization is represented by 57 women. The elections take place every five years.
situation
Due to the conflict in Western Sahara, there have been large refugee camps in the Sahara near Tindouf (Algeria) for almost 40 years . Morocco demands the annexation of the Western Sahara and the Polisario Front the recognition of the Democratic Arab Republic of the Sahara . The implementation of a referendum has failed several times. The ceasefire in the area is monitored by MINURSO .
aims
La Cooperativa Unidad Nacional Mujeres Saharauis represents women's rights and demands the independence of the area.
membership
- 1977 International Women's Democratic Federation
- 1977 General Federation of Arab Woman
- 1980 Pan-African Women's Organization (PAWO)
exhibition
- 2012 The Art of Sahrawi Cooking in collaboration with Robin Kahn , dOCUMENTA (13) , Kassel
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Union of Sahrawi Women (NUSW) accessed on March 19, 2015 (English)
- ^ UN Western Sahara , accessed March 19, 2015.
- ↑ New generation of Saharawi women ready to go accessed on March 19, 2015 (English)