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Applications are due on or before April 18, 2009.

The Sexuality, Gender & Rights Institute: Exploring Theory & Practice

The Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute is an annual, week-long, residential course that focuses on a conceptual study of sexuality. It examines the links between sexuality, rights, gender, and health and their interface with socio-cultural and legal issues. Participants will critically analyze policy, research and program interventions using a rights-based approach.

Course Content

Sexuality is a complex field of study that spans multiple disciplines and areas of work. Accordingly, the course content of the Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute will focus on a conceptual and theoretical study of sexuality drawing from different social science disciplines and the intersections between them. Activists and academics will teach the course using classroom instruction, group work, case studies, simulation exercises, fiction and films.

q Sexuality theory

q Sexuality and human rights

q Sexuality and gender

q Sexuality and legal systems

q Sexual and reproductive health and rights

q Representation of sexuality

q Sexual diversities and rights

q Sexuality and disability

q Case studies of program interventions

Organizer

CREA is a feminist human rights organization that promotes, protects and advances women’s human rights and the sexual rights of all people by building leadership capacities, strengthening social movements and organizations, increasing access to information, knowledge and resources, and creating enabling social and policy environments.

Background

The Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute has been held annually since 2007; the first two Institutes were held in New York, USA. The Institute is based on the Sexuality and Rights Institute that CREA and TARSHI (Talking about Reproductive and Sexual Health Issues) have conducted annually in India since 2002. For more information, visit www.sexualityinstitute.org.

Participants

Individuals working on issues of sexuality, rights, HIV/AIDS, violence against women, health or gender are eligible to apply. Twenty-four participants will be selected based on their application forms. Participants are required to stay for the duration of the course. (See attached application form.)

Venue and Dates

The Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute will be held at the Armada Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey (www.armadahotel.com.tr) during June 12-20, 2009. Participants will stay in double rooms.

Participating Faculty

Alice Miller

Carole S. Vance

Geetanjali Misra

Janet Price

Mauro Cabral

Meena Seshu

Pinar Ilkkaracan

Radhika Chandiramani

Sealing Cheng

Shohini Ghosh

Svati P. Shah

Applications are due on or before April 18, 2009. Applications received after this date will not be considered.

For more information on the Institute, please visit www.creaworld.org.

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