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The National Union of Sahrawi Women (Spanish: ''Unión Nacional de Mujeres Saharauis'', UNMS) is the women's wing of the Polisario Front. It was created in 1974, and claims to have 10,000 members, divided between the Sahrawi refugee camps, the ''Liberated territories'', the Moroccan-occupied part of Western Sahara and the ''Sahrawi diaspora'' (including for instance Spain, Mauritania or France). ==Organization== The organization is mostly active in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria, where it is a powerful force within the POLISARIO and the Sahrawi republic. It is internationally active in organizing support for Sahrawi women and the Sahrawi cause, but also campaigns for women's rights within the exile community and in political decision-making. As a consequence of this, and of the special circumstances of the Western Sahara war years, the situation of Sahrawi women has improved noticeably. There are presently two women in the Sahrawi republic's government, the Minister of Culture Khadijah Hamdi, and the Minister of Education Mariem Salek Hamada.〔(Datos Generales de la República Árabe Saharaui Democrática - Gobierno de la RASD tras el XII Congreso del Frente Polisario - Diciembre de 2007 ) 〕 The UNMS is directed by a "National Committee" of 66 members, elected in the UNMS congress every 5 years. It is subdivided into several departments: * Department of External Relations and Cooperation * Department of Information and Culture * Department of Administration and Organization * Department of Occupied Towns and Emigration * Department of Social Affairs * Department of Health and Family Affairs * Department of Formation * Department of Education * Department of Production There are also departments for each Wilaya. The national committee is chaired by a Secretary General, elected also in the congresses, who is at the same time member of the Polisario Front national committee. Keltoum Khayati, a former secretary general of the UNMS, fled to Morocco and is defending the Moroccan position in the conflict. Fatma Mehdi Hassan has been secretary general since 2002.〔(Fatma Mehdi ) Mujeresaharauis.es〕 The UNMS has been a member of the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF)〔(Union Nationale des Femmes Sahraouies )〕 and the General Federation of Arab Woman since 1977 and of the Pan-African Women's Organization (PAWO) since 1980.〔(National Union of Saharawi Women ) ARSO.org〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Union of Sahrawi Women」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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