Announcing the Third International Feminist
Dialogues
"Transforming Democracy:
Feminist Visions and Strategies" 17-19 January
2007
We are pleased to announce that the third Feminist Dialogues, "Transforming
Democracy: Feminist Visions and Strategies" will be held from 17-19 January
2007, in Nairobi, Kenya just prior to the next World Social Forum. This
two and a half day meeting will bring together around two hundred and fifty
women from different parts of the globe to deepen the intensive dialogues on
feminist perspectives and strategies in addressing fundamentalisms, militarism
and neo-liberal globalisation. In organizing the third Feminist Dialogues,
the Coordinating Group aims to create a vital space for critical minded feminist
activists to re-examine, re-imagine and move forward the vital political project
of feminist movement building and new forms of democratic processes.
Prior to their attendance at the meeting, participants are asked to
prepare their thoughts and reflections by holding their own smaller
consultations either at organizational, network or community levels. This way,
participants will be ready to share their reflections on how to strengthen
feminist politics and rebuild regional and global feminist movements, as well as
various strategies employed by feminists in their broad-based regional and
global struggles for social and economic justice.
All interested in
participating are asked to fill out the registration form . As far as possible all registered
participants who complete the registration form and indicated their specific
interest in attending the FD will be accepted. However, since the meeting is
limited to 250 participants, the Coordinating Group will be making final
selections on the basis of interest, region, sectors of the women's movement,
age and other factors.
The Coordinating Group is making its best efforts
to provide simultaneous interpretation into Spanish and French in the main
plenaries as well as consecutive interpretation in the workshop groups.
Arrangements are also underway to provide whispered translation in other
languages, depending on the need. The meeting will be held in Hotel
Meridien which is in the city centre of Nairobi, and which has the required
facilities for a meeting of this size.
The Coordinating Group has only
raised sufficient funds for the running of the meeting, including, venue,
interpretation facilities and resource persons. Therefore, there we are
not able to offer scholarships to participants, as was the case at the previous
FDs. We therefore ask those interested in participating to seek their own
sources of funding. Participants attending will be asked to pay a nominal
amount registration fee to cover the cost of all meeting materials, as well as
lunch and tea to be provided during the meeting.
For more information on
the programme and arrangements of the FD, please contact the following people
within the Coordinating Group:
More detailed information on the meeting themes, programme,
methodology and preparations will be provided through the website as well as by
email to all participants. If there are participants that are unable to
regularly check the website or access email for updates and information,
please contact, Susanna George,
anishasusanna@gmail.com to make alternative arrangements.
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