Updated 15 June 2011

NASIMCO would like to invite the international community to attend its Annual Conference this year. The theme chosen for the conference is one that is close to all our hearts: the way in which women can contribute to the progress of the Muslim Community. If you believe that women have a role to play when it comes to community affairs, NASIMCO offers you this forum to partake in valuable discussions on the theme, “Practical Pathways to Progress: The Female Role”.

We are pleased to welcome Dr Niloufer Saeed, a practicing Physician as well as an active member of the community in Kitchener-Waterloo, as one of our guest speakers. She will elaborate on the role of women in the decision making process. We are also delighted that Sr Zehra Naqvi, an attorney by profession and the co-founder of the Council of Shia Professionals, has agreed to address the conference. Her discourse will examine certain current community practices in an effort to understand how they may be undermining the community’s efforts to enhance female involvement.

Enlightening presentations will also be made on initiatives being taken across North America by NASIMCO such as Census and Skills Database, E-Learning and Capacity Building. Our hosts will be the Muslim Foundation of New Jersey at their new venue, Masjid-e-Ali. The date of the conference is June 25th, 2011. Please visit the NASIMCO website (www.nasimco.org) for more information.