1. Women Legal Empowerment - WRCATI Presented by Sahar Al-Shawa

2. Project NamePromoting Legal Empowerment of Women in the State of Kuwait (WRCATI) Project Number00075597 Total Project Budget $250,000/- SCPD approved budget increase of $100,000/- for 2013 year cycle 2013 Budget$177,000/- Implementing Partner Supreme Council for Planning and Development Responsible PartyWomen Cultural and Social Society Project ManagerDr. Ghada Shawgi

3.  WRACTI regional initiative –Women and Children’s Rights through Access to Information  The project aims are: ◦ Advancement of women through legal empowerment ◦ Raising awareness on women’s legal rights, strengthen women’s support mechanisms and reinforce their capacity to better access legal information through ICT and to use this information effectively in directing and counselling women

4.  Access to legal information for women is facilitated  Capacity of key partners and stakeholders to provide and facilitate access to legal information for women enhanced  Knowledge and awareness of women’s rights among major groups enhanced through national outreach  Media campaign implemented to raise awareness of women’s legal rights among the general public in Kuwait

6. Project activities include:  Development of relevant legal information in digital format and its dissemination through CDs, website, video and audio radio messages, booklets and telephone hotlines  Trainings of key stakeholders- civil society organizations, legal professionals, journalists and MPs in the use of the legal information  Media campaign to enhance awareness of women’s legal rights among women, key partners and the general public