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Topic: Final Call for Participation: CREA and Akina Mama wa Afrika: Feminist Leadership and Movement Buildi
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[Please note: The information below has been adapted directly from the
source(s).]
September 22-26, 2008
Entebbe, Uganda
The Feminist Leadership and Movement Building Advocacy Institute is a
week-long workshop to strengthen feminist leadership, strategies and
collective power of young African women for their voices and demands to be
visible and impactful from the community to the highest levels of
decision-making. The Institute will take place in Entebbe, Uganda from
22-26 September 2008 just after the African Feminist Forum.
This process will mobilize pre-existing organizing resources of women and
help young feminist leaders fulfill their potential in strengthening
movements for social transformation led by young African women. The
institute will also explore concrete strategies to strengthen links between
movements to advance women's human rights more collectively.
About the Institute
Using a trans-movement building approach, the institute will look at
diverse movements globally and allow participants to relate some of the
experiences and lessons from these movements to what is going on in Africa.
Some of the movements that will be looked at include the Dalit movement in
India, indigenous people's movements in Central America, HIV movements,
sexual rights movements and economic rights movements.
During the workshop, participants will critically assess and learn about
the last two decades of strategies and organising around women's rights
regionally and globally, analyse the current political landscape, take
stock of women's movements, and strengthen their leadership, organising,
communications and advocacy capacity. Participants will also have
opportunities to share their personal experiences of successful and
not-so-successful initiatives in their own communities while developing new
strategies to effect real change for women's rights and social justice in
Africa. Additionally, participants will identify the different
intersections, interactions, common spaces and challenges that social
movements encounter when collaborating on issues of women's human rights.
Throughout this 5-day event, the priorities and issues articulated by the
participants will take centre stage. During the process, participants will
come together to explore key elements of the challenges they face in
achieving women's rights within the current socio-political and economic
context. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to learn new
leadership skills and explore effective strategies for changing the models
and institutions that enable oppressive power relations. Participants can
expect to be challenged and to return home with tangible tools and skills.
The Faculty for this institute will include among others Bene Madunagu,
Sipho Mtati, Srilatha Batliwala, Leymah Gbawee.
Participants
To participate you must:
- be a young woman (between 22 and 35 years of age);
- be a citizen of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Ethiopia,
Eritrea, Burundi and Rwanda);
- have a minimum of 2 years experience working on gender issues, women's
rights, development and/or youth activism (voluntary or employment);
- be able to demonstrate how you will use what you learn at the Institute
in your work and how you will continue to participate in follow-up
activities;
- have a working knowledge of the English language.
Cost
Selected participants will be required to pay a registration fee of US$50.
Scholarships
A limited number of travel scholarships are available. Tuition,
accommodation and meals for the duration of the Institute will be covered
by CREA.
To apply to participate in the Feminist Leadership and Movement Building
Advocacy Institute, please submit the application form (please see
information below on how to receive the form ) and requested documentation
by 28 July 2008.
About the organisers
CREA empowers women to articulate, demand, and access their human rights by
enhancing women's leadership, strengthening civil society organizations,
influencing social movements, and creating networks for social change. A
global organization based in India, CREA works to make human rights an
effective tool for social change, and to integrate human rights mechanisms,
awareness, and principles into the fabric of society.
Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) is a pan-African NGO providing solidarity,
support, awareness and training to African women in order to influence
policy and decision-making. AMwA also provides a research forum on African
women's issues and actively supports movement building in Africa.
To receive applications, please write to contribute@awid.org or
sluthra@creaworld.org">sluthra@creaworld.org
For further information about CREA, please visit www.creaworld.org
For further information about Akina Mama wa Afrika, please visit
http://www.akinamamawafrika.org/