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On the new website you can access news, podcasts, videos, find out about Women for Women International Initiatives and get involved by taking action or hosting an event...and more.
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You can submit your original artwork,essays, film shorts, poetry, photography and cartoons to be considered for the Women, Power and Politics online exhibition at I.M.O.W. From March 8 to December 31, 2008, Women, Power and Politics focuses on a provocative new topic each month and uses community-submitted work to start a dialogue on the issues. Work can be submitted directly online in Arabic, English, French and Spanish. To learn more about the submissions topics and how to submit your work, visit www.imow.org/submissions |
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Source: CREA, Akina Mama wa Afrika
[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/ |
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Read these stories and share your own!
Source: Association of Progressive Communications, Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP) [Please note: The information below has been adapted from the source.] The International Women's Day 2008 has just passed, but you are invited keep making your contribution and share your stories. Take Back The Tech invites you to listen, speak, recognise and remember. To effect change, we need to understand the reality of violence against women. The prevalence of violence against women means that chances are, all of us have encountered it in some way or another in our lives. Whether it?s our own personal experience, someone we know, a story we heard, or something we read. Within these stories are the structural realities that we all share: How does violence against women happen? What kinds of cultural and social environments enable them to persist? Who commits them? Who survives them? How have we dealt with incidences of violence against women personally, and collectively? We carry these struggles and knowledge through our lived experiences. And these experiences can be powerful stories of change. What is your story? Have you heard a story that you would like to share? Can you spare a moment to listen? Make stories matter. Create a circle of stories that connects our fight to end violence against women. kaBLOG your story If you have a blog, post your story and include a blog band. You can download the blog button from the Take Back the Tech website. Invite your readers to do the same. Tag your post by adding this code at the end of your post: technorati tags: takebackthetech For further information and to contribute, please visit www.takebackthetech.net and/or http://www.takebackthetech.net/IWDstoryband. |
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Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL): International Women's Day
Statement Source: Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) [Please note: The statement below has been adapted directly from the source. Due to space limitations, only part of the statement is included in this Resource Net issue. Please see website below to access the full text.] March 08, 2008 "Today around the world individuals and groups are commemorating International Women's Day, March 8'th , celebrating the courage and resilience of women human rights defenders who continue to dedicate their lives to the realization of "Human Rights for Women - Human Rights for All." This International Women's Day falls in a year that is dedicated to celebrating 60 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The dynamic activism taking place around the world today is a significant reminder to the international community that commitments made to advance human rights, including the equality and empowerment of women, must not be forgotten. Today in every time zone, every city and region around the world, women are organizing and participating in events that celebrate the advancements of women in all walks of life. From music festivals and tributes in Sierra Leone to the Spirit of Africa Women awards in Kenya, the continent of Africa is vibrant with activism. In Costa Rica today, men and women are gathered at events that seek to raise awareness of women's issues, while across the islands of the Bahamas, radio programs are being broadcast celebrating the lives and achievements of local women. Women in Indonesia are using the day to lobby their government to implement policies to advance women's rights, and in Nepal, 3000 women are taking to the streets to peacefully re-assert their rights in the upcoming election. In New Zealand, art and poetry are being used as a means of bringing attention to women's issues, and in Australia women all across the country are gathering to network and commemorate this day together. In Saudi Arabia, expert meetings are taking place to highlight to role women have played in the economy and in Morocco, women of all ages are taking part in the 10^th Casablanca Women's 10K run. In Oakville, Ontario, Canada windows across the town are being painted yellow in support of women's rights, while in Los Angeles California, USA, "political fashion shows" and marches are taking place to bring attention to issues of women in conflict. Feminists in Ireland are on symbolic walking tours, and in Spain, women are being recognized as entrepreneurs for the businesses they have set up overseas." For further information and to access the complete statement, please visit http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/policy/udhr60/resources.html |
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I am very intrigued with this organization, as I am very into photography as well as social issues. I checked out your website ... great work!
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I am very intrigued with this organization, as I am very into photography as well as social issues. I checked out you website ... great work!
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The King Baudouin Foundation has the pleasure of inviting nominations of
candidates for the 2008-2009 King Baudouin International Development Prize. The King Baudouin Prize rewards the work of Persons or organizations which have made a substantial contribution to the development of countries in the southern hemisphere. Beyond its actual financial value the Prize sensitizes decision-makers and public opinion and provides its winners with international visibility and promotion. The 2008-2009 Prize, worth 150,000 Euros, will be awarded in the spring of 2009 at the Royal Palace in Brussels. The selection, entrusted to an independent jury, emphasizes the multiplier effect of the initiatives and the opportunities they give to the people they serve to take control of their own development. Previous Prize winners cover a broad spectrum of fields, from literacy to the education of rural communities, technology transfer, new forms of credit, fair trade, the decentralization of public administration and good governance. To submit a candidate's file, please complete the electronic form on the website http://www.kbprize.org Please note: Nominations must be received by February 1, 2008 and submitted by a nominator, i.e., a person or organisation distinct from the candidate. For further information, please visit http://www.kbprize.org |
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2008-10-15 | Climate Change: Rural Women are Part of the Solution
http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=5241&blz=1
World Rural Women’s Day takes place on October 15 of every year, one day before FAO’s World Food Day. Its aim is to raise the profile of rural women and to highlight the crucial role they play in supporting global food security. The world is facing a climate change crisis and rural women, who account for a quarter of the world's population, must be recognized as part of the solution.
Solutions for climate change need to be addressed through a sustainable approach. The only approach that will achieve long-term sustainability is the integration of women into all levels of policy development. “Rural women play an equal role working on the farm, but we do not play an equal role in deciding the policies that govern our livelihoods. This needs to change”, said Karen Serres, President of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers’ Committee of Women Farmers.
Rural women’s limited access to resources and decision-making processes increases their vulnerability to climate change. According to the FAO, women produce more than 50 percent of the food cultivated on the planet. In Africa, more than 80 percent of food is produced by women. In Asia, it is 60 percent and in South America it ranges from 30 to 40 percent. The majority of the poor of our planet live in rural areas. Seventy percent of the poor in rural areas are women and their principal resource is agriculture.
“Rural women worldwide would like to make it clear that, we are not only vulnerable to the effects of climate change, but we, most importantly, have a huge potential to be agents of change”, said Serres. “A solution for climate change”, she continued, “cannot be reached without recognizing rural women as main actors and identifying gender specific strategies for responding to the environmental and humanitarian crises caused by climate change.”
Rural Women recommend the following actions be implemented to help curb the effects of climate change: PLEASE CONTINUE
http://www.ifap.org/en/newsroom/WorldRuralWomensDay2008.html
Please also see:
International Day of Rural Women
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/calendar/08-10.html#ruralw
Organic Agriculture and Localized Food & Energy Systems for Mitigating Climate Changehttp://www.i-sis.org.uk/OAMCC.php