IWTC WOMEN’S GLOBALNET #230 Initiatives and Activities of Women Worldwide June 10, 2003 GENDER AND FEMINIST TRAINING INSTITUTES This issue of Women's GlobalNet highlights four training programmes that focus on gender, feminist advocacy, gender mainstreaming and the achieving of gender equality at various levels of our working environments. Please note the contact information at the end of each summary, and contact the organizers directly. 1. FEMINIST ADVOCACY TRAINING INSTITUTE: This new training programme will take place in Bangalore, India, from September 14 - October 3, 2003, sponsored by Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN). DAWN is a network of feminist scholars and activists from the economic South working for economic justice, gender justice and sustainable and democratic development. The DAWN Training Institute will be an annual event, designed for young feminist activists (aged over 25) from the economic South who are already engaged, or have a strong interest, in global advocacy work for gender justice, and who wish to sharpen their analytical capabilities and advocacy skills. Programme instructors are expected to include, among others, Professor Gita Sen (IIMB, India & DAWN), Sonia Correa (ABIA, Brazil & DAWN), Ewa Charkiewicz (ISS, Netherlands & DAWN), Dr Viviene Taylor (University of Cape Town, South Africa & DAWN ), Gigi Francisco (Miriam College, University of the Philippines & DAWN), Dr Mariama Williams (International Gender and Trade Network & DAWN), Gina Vargas (Marcosur & Flora Tristan, Peru) and Professor Rosalind Petchesky (Hunter College/WEDO). Up to 30 participants will be admitted to the programme this year. Full funding is being sought for at least 20 participants. For information of the application process and an Application Form, please contact DAWN at admin@dawn.org.fj, or go to the DAWN website at <http://www.dawn.org.fj>. Applications close on June 14, 2003. 2. INTERNATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE: "Leading Change: The Power to Act". The Institute comprises a series of workshops to be held July 8-10, 2003, immediately following the World YWCA World Council and International Women’s Summit in Brisbane, Australia. The objectives of the workshops are: 1) To explore international trends and challenges facing women; 2) To focus on new visions and strategies for change; 3) To identify elements of a world agenda for and by women between now and 2005 (Beijing+10). Expected outcomes include: 1) A deeper understanding of key issues affecting women around the World; 2) New perspectives on women’s role in leading change; 3) An expansion of networks and a strengthening of strategies for action; 4) Collective reflection on our work as NGOs in relation to addressing the issues in the Beijing Platform for Action. Participants will be: World YWCA delegates and observers; Representatives of international non-governmental organizations; Representatives of NGOs based in Australia; Representatives of UN Agencies and governments. Workshops are planned in the following areas: 1) Women and Poverty; 2) Education and Training for Women; 3) Women and Health; 4) Violence Against Women; 5) Women and Armed Conflict; 6) Women and the Economy; 7Women in Power and Decision-Making; 8) Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women; 9) Human Rights of Women; 10) Women and the Media; 11) Women and the Environment; 12) The Girl Child. UPDATE!! 1). A new one-day workshop is being offered, Conflict Resolution and Peace Building, to be facilitated by Jessica Nkuuhe from ISIS-WICCE, Uganda. 2). The one-day stream on Communications and Media and the one-day stream on Communication and the Internet have been combined to be Communications, Media and the Internet. 3). The one-day stream on Governance has been integrated into the 3-day intensive stream on Organisational Capacity Building. For further information, please contact the World YWCA in Geneva at email: <worldywca@worldywca.org> or visit their website at <http://www.worldywca.org> 3. IWDA THINK TANK: "Gender Mainstreaming and Intersectionality in the Region: Forging the Future". This is a 20day workshop to be held 3-4 July, 2003 immediately prior to the World YWCA World Council and International Women’s Summit (July 5-7 July, 2003) in Brisbane, Australia. The Think Tank has two themes: 1) Gender mainstreaming: beyond the rhetoric and; 2) Intersectionality and gender: forging ahead. Discussions are underway to publish papers, key issues arising and associated commentary from the Think Tank. This is intended to promote wider discussion and analysis at a national and regional level, leading to a conference in 2004 and publication in 2005 of strengthened frameworks for gender and development in the Australian development sector. For more information, contact: Suzette Mitchell, IWDA Consultant at: suzettemitchell2002@yahoo.com 4. GENDER, ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE, AGRICULTURE AND LEADERSHIP: An IAC Wageningen Training Programme. February 8-27, 2004, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Run by the International Agricultural Centre (IAC), the objective of this three-week course is to achieve increased equality between men and women at various levels of their working environment. Participants will gain an understanding of the multifaceted aspects of organizational and institutional change necessary for transformation of gender relations and will also acquire insight into their own perception of gender equality and into their own role in the change process. The overall objective of IAC is to improve the livelihoods of rural people, enhance farming systems, develop sound agri-business opportunities, ensure access to safe and healthy food and establish forms of land and water management that support the maintenance of healthy ecosystems The three weeks of training will be divided into: mainstreaming gender in agricultural and rural development programmes; mainstreaming gender in organisations and; qualities and skills required to guide gender mainstreaming. The admission deadline for application is December 1 2003. Further information and application forms can be obtained from: International Agricultural Centre (IAC), P.O. Box 88, 6700 AB Wageningen, The Netherlands. E-mail: <training.iac@wur.nl> Website: <http://www.iac.wageningen-ur.nl>. This issue of IWTC Women’s Globalnet was researched and prepared by Anne S. Walker (Melbourne, Australia) and Yasna Uberoi (New York). IWTC Women's GlobalNet is a production of: International Women's Tribune Centre 777 United Nations Plaza 3rd Floor New York, NY 10017, USA Tel: (1-212) 687-8633 Fax: (1-212) 661-2704 Email: <iwtc@iwtc.org> Web: <http://www.iwtc.org> PLEASE NOTE: For back issues of IWTC Women's GlobalNet, go to our website at <www.iwtc.org> and click on either Women's GlobalNet under Resources, or What's New? WOMEN, INK. For quality, cutting-edge publications on women and development by, for and about women worldwide, write for Women, Ink's 2002/2003 catalogue, or view it at : <http://www.womenink.org>. Contact Women, Ink. at 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA. 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