WUNRN
NETWORK OF EAST-WEST WOMEN - NEWW
CEE
- Central & Eastern Europe
NIS
- Newly Independent States
NEWW
Economic and Political Institute for Women
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In
2008 NEWW is starting a new two-year project called "Women Economic and
Political Institute". The goal of the Institute is to contribute towards
developing an underdeveloped area of economic justice for women in CEE/NIS.
This goal will be accomplished by building the capacity of women NGO
activists and women - politicians from CEE/NIS to actively influence and
shape policies aiming at improvement of economic situation of women in
countries which have been deeply affected by transition to market economy and
by globalization.
The overarching objectives of the Institute are to:
1. Articulate regional and country level economic justice strategies to
improve women’s situation in CEE/NIS.
2. Build the capacity of women NGO activists and women politicians in CEE/NIS
to work for economic justice at the country and regional levels.
3. Support on-going women’s projects efforts in CEE/NIS and seed new projects
and activities connected to economic justice.
4. Facilitate the development of strategic relationships among the women’s
groups undertaking economic justice projects in CEE/NIS.
The Institute is a first-of-its-kind endeavor in CEE/NIS, and in the
long-term will contribute towards the development of a new area of activities
and knowledge currently underdeveloped and underutilized.
The Institute will take an approach connecting learning and practice that is
characteristic for NEWW programmes. The participants will not only get
knowledge and skills but will be involved in specific projects between the
Institute sessions.
Besides offering learning possibilities during the Institute sessions it will
also develop e-learning programme for women.
NEWW will undertake to achieve these goals as it does with its other
programs, through a collective process that is mindful of the various
cultural and legal contexts present in CEE/NIS.
The Institute is based on a succesful model of Women Human Rights Training
Institute run by NEWW in partnership with BGRF and Center for Reproductive
Rights.
For more information please contact:
Zofia Lapniewska:
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