Sawsan Mobaideen

Home: Jordan

OAI courses: Create Your Activism Plan workshop; Public Speaking mentorship with Deb Sofield; Media Relations mentorship with Rana Sweis

Vision: Bringing about greater equality between men and women, particularly regarding political development

Goal: Increasing women's representation in Jordan's parliament

Message: "Women in Parliament for society's sake."

Primary audience: Parliament and decision makers

Secondary audience: The media, youth, and women

How I will deliver my message: ‍Lobbying the government to amend laws regarding women's rights

Coalitions/allies:


Current activities: Campaign against verbal abuse of women and children in Karak, Jordan

 

 

About Sawsan and her activism goals:

"I'm journalist Sawsan Mobaideen. I own Mu'ab House for Journalistic and Media Services and Consultations. I'm also the vice president of the Jordanian Association for Voters' Rights. I have a TV program, "For All Women." The goal of all these institutions I work at is fighting discrimination against women, working on blending the genders in public life, and the political development of women to allow them to enter Parliament."

 


What Sawsan learned from her OAI experience:

"I took a course with the Activism Institute because while I do have expertise, I still wanted to polish that expertise using scientific theories to activate my project, or to realize the goals I'm working on, and thankfully, I really benefited [from the workshop], and I hope all of us continue to work on a project through the Activism Institute that will achieve something, and that can be presented to society as an example of what women leaders can do."

  • "My ideas are more organized, especially when it comes to delivering speeches to a targeted audience.
  • I've begun planning and executing my plans more strongly and clearly.
  • My plan has become clearer and more sequential.
  • My goals are clearer and more comprehensive."


The actions Sawsan is taking now as a result of her OAI experience:

After developing her activism plan, Sawsan implemented numerous activism projects, including the following:

  • Working with the Jordan National Commission for Women on a program involving women working in the private sector
  • Courses with the Jordanian Association for Voter Rights
  • Monthly dialogue meetings with MEPI on development
  • Meetings with political parties, representatives, and civil society activists on election law
Furthermore, for her summer mentorship with Rana Sweis, Sawsan wrote an op-ed piece on the problem of verbal abuse of women and children in Karak. She was then able to have her column published -- it is viewable in Arabic here -- thus launching her public campaign against verbal abuse in Karak schools and homes. As a result of Rana's guidance, Sawsan is also working on a blog to sway public opinion towards her cause, and she is using the internet to communicate with potential supporters.