Salwa Kader is an expert and accomplished public speaker on issues involving Women in the Middle East. She has visited women’s organizations in the Middle East to discuss the roles of women towards building peace. The involvement of women in conflict resolution is one of the Federation’s core objectives as well as the elevation of women’s status in Middle Eastern societies and how to increase awareness on levels and global levels. She is currently the President of the U.S. Federation for Peace, an organization which promotes dialog between the United States and the Arab World, she also working on promoting the role of women in the peace process. (http://www.usfmep.org)

In addition to her activities in pursuing peace and reconciliation, she is strong supporter for women's rights around the world. She serves as the Director of the UN Women's Guild for Manhattan as well as being a member of the International alliance of women in New York.

Last fall on International Peace Day, Salwa flew to Cairo, Egypt, to give the keynote address to a multinational group assembled for the event.

 

On March 2005 the US Federation for Peace in the Middle East participated in two events and had speakers from the Arab world and the Muslim Countries at the conference on the status of women, there are 191 countries were represented at the United Nations Headquarter in New York; it is a continuation of Beijing conference held ten years ago in China; Mrs. Kader was the Moderator at the conference.