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Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development - Call for Training Applications
Feminist Legal Theory and Practice Training
Training for Trainers
22 – 28 November 2013
The FLTP training has been a significant activity of APWLD and has grown into a
dynamic program that offers a unique model in the region with feminism as its
core and human rights as its foundation. To date, the FLTP training has been
implemented by APWLD at national, sub-regional and regional level.
Keeping this in mind, APWLD has, over the last few years, taken periodic steps
towards expanding its regional resource pool in particular through three FLTP
Trainings of Trainers (TOT) in 2002, 2006 and 2007.
The FLTP ToT training is guided by feminist principles and goals and is
premised on the tenets of feminist participatory learning and training
methodologies. The principles of feminist learning recognises that economic,
political and educational structures are authoritarian, undemocratic and
function in the interest of social, economic and political elites. As a result,
those in disadvantaged groups are denied the opportunity to fully develop their
potential effectively and critically participate. The FLTP learning approach is
participatory, founded on the principle of ‘dialogue’, addresses the ‘culture
of silence’ and fulfils the goal of ‘social transformation’. Feminist popular
education was developed in the 1980s as a critique to male-biased popular
education that was dominant at that time. It is participatory, democratic, and
non-hierarchical. It is premised on women’s experiences and lived realities and
also encourages creative and critical thinking.
This call invites all past graduates of the Feminist Legal Theory &
Practice (FLTP) training from Asia Pacific for the opportunity to be part of
APWLD’s pool of resource persons while simultaneously contributing to the
growth of the feminist movement in the region.
To apply, please review details below and email completed application
form to:
fltptraining@apwld.org
For applications through email, please indicate in the subject line
“Application for Regional FLTP Training of Trainers 2013”
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 17 OCTOBER 2013
Objectives:
The broad objective of the training is to expand the pool of resource persons
in the Asia Pacific region who can conduct FLTP trainings at national,
sub-regional and regional levels in collaboration with APWLD. It is
envisaged that the training will also strengthen the ability of individuals to
be abreast of emerging critical issues in the region that goes beyond contexts
and case studies that have been covered in the basic FLTP training and manual;
deepen and enhance the application of law from a feminist perspective; as well
as promoting participatory training and adult learning methodology.
Methodology:
The training format will be a combination of (a) participants’ conducting
the sessions on specific issues within the content of APWLD’s FLTP training
and (b) assessment. Participants are encouraged to deliver
sessions on issues which they find challenging and falling outside of their own
comfort zone. Participants might be interested in incorporating critical
emerging issues in the region, while delivering sessions, in the context of
fundamentalisms, militarization and globalisation. Participants are also
encouraged to adopt the adult learning approach and experiential learning in
their own training methodology.
Criteria:
1. Have attended fully any national,
sub-regional or regional FLTP trainings;
2. APWLD members as well as non-members
from Asia Pacific with a balance in sub-regional representation;
3. Must have the commitment to form part of
APWLD’s resource team and conduct at least one FLTP training at regional,
sub-regional or national level annually as required by APWLD;
4. Must be trainers with extensive
experience and skills conducting gender trainings regularly;
5. Must have demonstrated commitment to use
FLTP framework in their work; and
6. Must have solid feminist background, either
in theory or practice;
7. Combination of lawyers, activists,
paralegals, case workers, prosecutors and academics engaging with the law for
women’s human rights and social justice;
8. The participant group size will be
limited to 20.
Selected participants
must:
· Attend the training in its entirety.
· Respond to emails in a timely way
as that will be the main method of communicating regarding deadlines,
registration, hotel and travel arrangements.
· Produce a Personal Action Plan
towards the end of the training that demonstrates how they will utilise the
training as part of a strategy to bring about changes in laws, policies or
practices in their country.
· Commit to respond to periodic follow up from APWLD after
the training.
· Agree to be part of APWLD’s pool of resource
trainers, where you will be expected to conduct and/or provide
support to APWLD’s national, sub-regional and regional FLTP trainings when
required.
Procedure:
· All applicants should submit
a completed application form and send it along with their Curriculum Vitae (download application form)
· The recommending institution/organisation
should certify that the person recommended has worked in the area of women’s
human rights and is committed to applying the core learning points from the
training in their future work.
Cost of the Training and
Sponsorship:
APWLD will cover costs of boarding and lodging for the 7-days training period.
In addition, APWLD will also cover costs of discounted economy airfare, visa
fee, airport tax, travel tax. All additional travel related expenses must be
informed by the participant to APWLD beforehand for approval or participant
will not be reimbursed for those expenses.
Only selected candidates
will be contacted for further details.
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Application Form