The 11th AWID International Forum on Women's Rights and Development

Source: Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)

From November 14-17, 2008, up to 1,500 women's rights leaders and

activists from around the world will converge on Cape Town, South Africa at

the 11th AWID International Forum to discuss the power of movements.

What is the Forum?

The International Forum on Women's Rights and Development is both a

conference and a call to action. The largest recurring event of its kind,

the AWID Forum brings together women's rights leaders and activists from

around the world every three years to strategize, network, celebrate, and

learn in a highly charged atmosphere that fosters deep discussions and

sustained personal and professional growth.

Delegates to the Forum participate in four days of plenary speeches,

interactive sessions, workshops, debates, and creative sessions geared to

powerful thinking on gender equality and women's human rights. Delegates

also participate in informal caucuses, gala events, cultural activities,

and social and political events geared to global and regional networking

and alliance-building.

Delegates who participate fully in the Forum not only empower themselves

with new tools and resources, but they also, collectively, re-politicize

the gender and development community, strengthen alliances between women,

and engage in work and thinking that is truly transformative rather than

simply palliative.

 

Who can participate?

Participation in the AWID Forum is open to anyone who works or has an

interest in women's rights, international development, and social justice.

AWID particularly welcomes women and men from the Global South, young

women, and marginalized groups that have had difficulty getting their

agenda heard on a global stage.

 

What can I expect from the Forum?

You can expect to be enlightened, provoked and inspired by an exceptional

group of thoughtful, forward-looking and fiercely committed women and men.

You can expect to move beyond simply talking to getting involved in global

action plans and campaigns that will emerge out of the Forum, but will last

well beyond it. You can expect to work hard and gain an abundance of new

skills, new knowledge, new colleagues, and new ideas for the long road

ahead. You can expect to be welcomed, nurtured, fortified and challenged by

a group of like-minded activists, academics and practitioners. And finally,

you can expect to have more fun than you thought was possible at a

conference!

 

For further information, please visit http://www.awid.org/forum08/