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IWTC WOMEN’S
GLOBALNET #342 ACTIVITIES & INITIATIVES OF
WOMEN WORLDWIDE AWARDS, WORKSHOPS & FORUMS
TO SUPPORT COURAGE, COMMUNITY & CAPACITY AMONG WOMEN September
15, 2008 Joeyta
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1. ANNUAL AWARD FOR COURAGEOUS WOMEN
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS The Ginetta Sagan Fund of Amnesty International USA is now
accepting applications for its 2009 award aimed at honoring women who are
working at great personal risk to protect the liberty and lives of women in
countries where human rights violations are widespread. This annual $10,000 award
supports and protects the recipient’s capacity to continue her work and
brings increased international scrutiny to the crisis region or issue for
which the recipient works. In previous year`s, the award has been presented
to women activists from Zimbabwe, Mexico, Serbia and Montenegro, Somalia,
Turkey, the Dominican Republic and Pakistan who have challenged political
and/or military authority to work on critical and sensitive issues such as sexual
violence against women and children, trafficking and female genital
mutilation. Materials
required for the application include a nomination form that must be
downloaded from Amnesty’s website; a nomination letter that makes a case for
why the candidate should receive the award; two letters of recommendations;
and supporting materials, including press clippings, radio interviews,
photographs that feature the nominee and her work. All materials must reach the selection committee by October 1, 2008. For
further information on the requirements or to download a nomination form, visit:
www.amnestyusa.org/ginettasaganfund 2. WORKSHOP SUPPORTING WOMEN’S
LEADERSHIP ON HIV/AIDS IN ASIA Application
deadline: October 1, 2008 Aimed at
building leadership, advocacy and technical expertise of women who are
working on the frontlines in the fight against AIDS in Asia, this intensive,
three-week workshop offers country-specific technical knowledge on the
epidemic and its impact on various populations, and highlights successful
approaches to HIV prevention, voluntary counseling and testing, care and
support, and access and adherence to antiretroviral treatment. The workshop will unfold between March 16 and
April 3, 2009 and will cover several key topics, including leadership, policy
analysis and advocacy, program management, financial management and
fundraising, strategic communications, gender and HIV/AIDS and cutting-edge
approaches in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment. Participation
in this highly-participatory workshop is recommended for early to mid-career
women from NGOs, government, the private sector and political institutions
who work in HIV/AIDS programs at community, district, state or national
levels. All program costs, including tuition, travel and per diem will be
fully covered. More information about eligibility, workshop format and applications
can be found at http://www.cedpa.org/section/training/aids_leadership 3. 11TH
AWID INTERNATIONAL FORUM TO ADDRESS POWER OF MOVEMENTS The Association
for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) International
Forum on Women's Rights and Development brings together women’s rights
activists and leaders every three years to strategize, network, celebrate,
and learn in an atmosphere that fosters deep discussions and sustained
personal and professional growth. The three-day forum, which will be held
from November 14 to 17, 2007 in Cape Town, South Africa, will address the
following questions: -
How do we build
movements that allow us to be strong but flexible, diverse without being fragmented,
adaptable without compromising our core values, strategic without being
expedient? -
What kind of
collective power is possible in the 21st century? -
What types of
mobilizations work – and in what contexts? -
What are the
contradictions we need to confront in our movements in order to move forward?
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How do we build
solidarity across different movements? -
What is the cost of
simply letting things drift along the present path? Participants
will have the opportunity to empower themselves with new tools and resources,
collectively re-politicize the development community, strengthen alliances
between women and engage in work and thinking that is truly transformative. 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. Online registration is available at www.awid.org/forum08/forum_registration.html or by contacting AWID at forum08@awid.org or +1 416 594
3773 for a registration form. Online registration will be open till October 20,
2008. Registrations after this date will be done onsite at the forum. Fees
for AWID members have been set at $380; non-members, $470; and
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4. CONGRESS
ON ISLAMIC FEMINISM TO LOOK AT MUSLIM WOMEN IN THE GLOBAL ERA The Third International Congress on Muslim
Women will meet in Barcelona from October 24 to 27, 2008 to examine the
economic and political oppressions faced by Muslim women in a globalized
world. Speakers from Morocco, Senegal, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, India, Iran,
Indonesia and Malaysia will address the relationship between global feminism
and Islamic feminism; strategies for improving Muslim women's rights promoted
by human rights associations on a national and international level; feminism
and Islam; culture of war and communal violence; masculinity and the
involvement of men in Islamic feminism; the Millennium Development Goals; the
campaign against stoning in Iran; and the struggle for women’s political
participation in the Arabian Peninsula. Convened by the Catalonian Islamic Board, the
meeting will include participants such as Bouthaina
Shaaban, Syria’s Minister for Refugees and candidate
for Nobel Peace Prize; Baroness Uddin, the first
Muslim woman becoming member of the House of Lords in Britain; Alike Siti Musdah Mulia, chairwoman of the
largest Islamic social organization in Indonesia, with more than 40 million
members; Subhashini Ali, president of the
female branch of the Communist Party of India with more than 10 million women
associates; and Muslim intellectuals like Amina Wadud and Penda Mbow. For more information, got to http://www.islamicfeminism.org/
or contact info@feminismeislamic.org
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