Dear friends, Below is an interesting trainers' schooling collaboration (and application form) being organised by the Women's Caucus for Gender Justice and the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, The Netherlands. We hope you will distribute this information to your colleagues, network and friends. Please note that the closing date is 1st May 2001. Thank you very much. All the best, Mylene Soto Isis International-Manila Resource Centre & Information Programme Staff ******************************************** Trainers School on Gender and International Justice Mechanisms July 2 - 13, 2001 ******************************************** School Application The close of last century saw significant developments in the field of international humanitarian law, in particular with reference to addressing grave human rights violations. Also, by the end of the 20th century, crimes against women finally began to get the attention and recognition they deserve in international justice mechanisms such as the tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and in the statute of the International Criminal Court. The International women’s human rights movement can look back with pride on its interventions and contributions in making most of this happen. Now the challenge lies in making the achievements at an international level relevant for women at national and local levels. The Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice welcomes women from different parts of the world who employ different strategies towards the common goals of gender justice. The Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice consists of groups and individuals who have come together since February 1997 to intervene from a gender perspective in the United Nations process of creating an International Criminal Court (ICC). While the adoption of the statute of the ICC itself is historic, the gender gains within it are unprecedented. The Women’s Caucus is planning a two week school for trainers to critically disseminate information and awareness of the possibilities for addressing issues of international justice mechanisms, gender crimes in the ICC and its relevance at the national levels. The training will be hosted in collaboration with the Institute of Social Studies at The Hague, The Netherlands from July 2 - 13, 2001. Among the objectives of the training are: - arrive at a basic understanding of perspective on ICC and its relevance among activism, advocacy, training, academics and legal; - gain better understanding of local conditions and applicability, enhance the practicability of the ICC as a tool; - enhance resource base in region and generate a pool of trainers as a means to that end and finally - to highlight importance of women’s alliances throughout the world around such tools The sessions of the training are building around setting a framework, gender in international arena, international law, international criminal court, promoting women’s movements and activism around the ICC and other forms of justice and accountability. The training will bring together approximately 25 women from different countries - all of who are active in the struggle for gender justice at the local, national or regional levels. Applicants must have institutional or organizational base, training experience on issues of women’s human rights and interest in exploring legal strategies to address issues of crimes against women. Since we do not have funds for interpretation, the sessions will be conducted in English. A strong working knowledge of English is therefore a must for effective participation. The organizers are in the process of fundraising to cover participants travel and related costs. However, selected participants are expected to explore local and other donor sources to assist with the travel costs. Applicants are encouraged to send the applications through email and fax. For more information, please contact: Susan John, Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice, P.O. Box 3451, Grand Central Post Office, New York, NY 10163, USA Phone: (1.718) 626 2681 Fax (1.718) 626 3528, E-mail: iccwomen@igc.org (subject : TSGIJM01) Application Deadline: May 1, 2001 Anticipated Notification of Selection: Early June, 2001 APPLICATION FORM 1. FIRST NAME: 2. LAST NAME (SURNAME): 3. ORGANIZATION: 4. MAILING ADDRESS: 5. COUNTRY: 6. TELEPHONE (including country code): - home - office 7. FAX #: 8. E-MAIL: 9. ORGANIZATION URL, if any : 10. Describe your organization/project and the communities with whom the organization works. What is your role in the organization/project? 11. How long have you been involved with this work or other projects relevant to women and human rights? 12. In what of the following thematic areas have you conducted trainings (please put an x beside all that apply - and indicate highest priority) violence against women health and/or reproductive rights trafficking in women and girls sexual rights women in situations of conflict socio-economic rights culture, religion and/or fundamentalism development and rights indigenous women’s rights racism and xenophobia refugee and migrant women's human rights other (please specify):_____________________________ 13. What are your skill interests (please check all that apply) human rights education and training organizational and institutional development advocacy organizing networking documentation analysis legal strategies other (please specify) 14. What do you see as the major challenges facing the women’s human rights movement in your country? 15. Are you involved in exploring legal strategies to address situations of violations of women’s human rights? Could you describe one of these strategies? 16. What international, regional or national programs have you attended? 17. Why do you want to attend the Trainers School on Gender and International Justice Mechanisms? Are there specific goals and objectives you seek from your participation? What are the specific skills and training you want to get out of your participation? 18. What skills and/or experiences would you like to share/teach to other participants? 19. Are you connected to projects or networks that could help disseminate materials and strategies learned at the Trainers School? How do you plan to bring ideas and strategies from the Institute back to your organization and community? 20. Please attach a one page personal statement describing yourself and your vision of addressing issues of violations of women’s human rights.
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