Panelist Hans Hogrefe, Director of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, shares his experience with workshop attendees.



IUHRDF founder Ms. Rebiya Kadeer welcomes Uyghur women from around the world to the workshop.



Workshop participants applaud after speakers' remarks.



IUHRDF board member Dr. Richat Abbas introduces speakers to the audience.

On March 23 and 24, more than 60 Uyghur women from around the globe gathered at the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, D.C. to attend a Uyghur women’s leadership workshop, held by the International Uyghur Human Rights and Democracy Foundation. The women, who came from such countries as Kazakhstan, Turkey, Japan, Norway, Canada, the United States, and elsewhere, listened to the experiences and advice of a number of panelists experienced in human rights advocacy and leadership training. Workshop participants also shared their own leadership experiences and their own ideas about the problems facing Uyghurs in East Turkistan and the best ways to address these problems. IUHRDF founder Ms. Rebiya Kadeer encouraged participants to continue their civic activism work together to strengthen their human rights advocacy on behalf of the Uyghur people. IUHRDF hopes this historic event will act as a foundation for a stronger global network of Uyghur human rights activists, and will facilitate the groundwork for grassroots advocacy efforts in the home countries of Uyghur women throughout the world.