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South Asia Movement Building and Human Rights Institute
8 - 13 February 2010
Kathmandu, Nepal
Application Form is Attached.
Important:
Applications are due on or before 26 December 2009.
For
brochure with complete information on resource persons, visit http://web.creaworld.org/home.asp.
The South Asia Movement Building and Human Rights Institute is an annual
weeklong residential training program designed by CREA (Creating Resources for
Empowerment in Action). This Institute is designed for women working in NGOs in
South Asia in mid-level leadership positions, and aims to build the conceptual
clarity of participants on gender, feminism and movement building and their
link to human rights in the South Asian context. The Institute also aims to
build the skills of participants for mobilizing oppressed / marginalized women
to claim their rights.
Course Content
This Institute offers mid-level women leaders in NGOs an opportunity to enhance
their conceptual understanding as well as build their skills to do effective
activism and advocacy on human rights. The Institute will build:
i. Conceptual understanding of participants
on gender, feminism and movement building and their link to human rights.
ii.
Strategic skills by looking at and analyzing some social
movements and successful advocacy campaigns in South Asia.
iii. Communication skills that will enable
participants to prepare effective written communication material, social
messaging in videos and documentaries and use ICTs for human rights work.
Activists and academics from the global South will teach the course using
classroom instruction, group work, case studies, simulation exercises and
films. Resource persons include Srilatha Batliwala (India), Ayesha Khan
(Pakistan), Bishakha Datta (India), Cheekay Cinco (Philippines), Kaushalya
Perera (Sri Lanka), Maheen Sultan (Bangladesh) and Sunita Kujur (India).
Organizer
CREA (Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action) is a feminist human rights
organization based in New Delhi, India, and led by women from the global South.
CREA promotes, protects, and advances women’s human rights and the sexual
rights of all people by building leadership capacities; strengthening
organizations and social movements; creating new information, knowledge, and
resources; and influencing social and policy environments.
Participants
Women working in NGOs in South Asia, in mid-level leadership positions, and
committed to human rights work are eligible. Twenty five participants will be
selected based on their application form. Participants are required to stay for
the duration of the course.
Cost
The Institute is supported by the Ford Foundation, allowing CREA to cover
tuition, boarding and lodging costs for all participants. Participants must
cover their own travel expenses. A limited number of travel scholarships from
CREA are available on a need basis.
Venue
The South Asia Movement Building and Human Rights Institute will be held in
Kathmandu, Nepal, from 8 – 13 February 2010.
Applications are due on or before 26 December 2009. Application received after
the due date will not be considered.
Please send your applications to Sushma Luthra:
Email: sluthra@creaworld.org
Fax: +91 11 2437 7708
Post: 7 Mathura Road, 2nd Floor, Jangpura B, New Delhi – 110014. India.
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