Towards a Fruitful Life: Empowering Women with Disabilities

Course starts in July 5, 2022

About this course

Can women with disabilities change the world?

Yes, they can. This is the affirmation of this Massive Open Online Course (MOOC).

Based on the golden rule “The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our life” and inspired from the latest research in human relations, resilience and positive psychology, it will provide you with a large variety of concepts and tools to flourish at a personal, professional and community level.

By connecting deeply to yourself and others, you can take the lead and influence your world and the world in general, for the better.

What you will learn

Consider change, at a personal and social level, as a possible and achievable goal by adopting an “Active Hope” attitude.
Adopt a relational approach to life and fulfilment:
- Relationship to self: Nurture a positive self-image, grow self-esteem and self-lead your life
- Relationship to Society: Adopt a growth mind-set in view of life-long learning and a flourishing professional life

Relationship to the other: Engage in flourishing romantic relations; Acknowledge your Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
Relationship to the community: Become a social change maker through networking & advocacy

Spoken Language: Lebanese Arabic
Subtitles in English
Transcripts available in English and Arabic
Arabic Sign language available
Duration 5 weeks
Estimated time per week – 3 to 4 hours
Certificate of completion available
This course is for free

“Nothing About Us Without Us”

In alignment with the disability movement slogan “nothing about us without us”, this course involved women with disability in different ways.

Consultations and reviews of the content with women with disabilities from different Arabic countries were held before and throughout its development process.

We would like to thank in particular Dr. Ibtissem Oueslati from Tunis, Dr. Israa Abualkishik from Jordan, and Ms. Zeinab Karaouni from Lebanon for their feedback on the scripts.

Experiences of women with disabilities are weaved within course content either through filmed testimonials of women with disabilities or through three created “personas” – Sara from Lebanon, Dina from Egypt and Amal from Tunis whose life experiences cross-match several of women with disabilities’ experiences.

Tips For Maximum Benefit

The content is quite varied. To make the most of it, we invite you to:
- Set your own pace to complete it.
- Taking notes while completing the videos might help you to better integrate the content.
- Practice by experimenting with proposed tools and exercises.
- Choose from the wealth of concepts and practices what you feel is most relevant for you.
- Connect with other participants by enrolling in one of the two live courses.

Technical Navigation Instructions

To move from a page to another click “complete” button.
To navigate from a week to another, you need to have completed all of the videos related to this module and successfully completed the quiz.

Target Audience

Arab-speaking young women with disabilities, including women with physical, visual and hearing disability.
Any woman, Arab or English speaking wanting to grow, flourish, and achieve the best of her potential.
Any person – woman and man – engaged in the field of disability inclusion or interested in disability.
The course does not require prior knowledge in any specific area.
The current course design is not adapted to women with intellectual disabilities.

Course Developers And Presenters

Course Monitoring & Production Team

Rachel Saliba – Consultancy in program Design & overlooking program implementation
Dr. Itab Shuayb – Accessibility consultant
Micheline Nasrani Assi – Producer
Karl Salame – Director
Bachir Yaghi – Script writer
Moustapha Kobrosli – Animation and graphics
Marie-Christine Tayah – Translator
Nayla Suheil Al Hares – Sign Language translator
Chadi Al Mokdad – Content digitization