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[Katalin Fabian]

 2002 Women's Global Leadership Institute -
> Announcement and
> Application
> 
> Greetings! The Center for Women's Global Leadership is
> soliciting your help
> in finding candidates for our 9th Women's Global
> Leadership Institute,
> "Realizing the Vision of Women's Human Rights -
> Understanding the
> Intersection of Racism, Sexism and Other Oppressions",
> to be held on June
> 10 - 21, 2002.
> 
> Please pass along this information to individuals or
> organizations that you
> think would benefit from more participation in
> international networking
> around women's human rights. The deadline for receipt
> of application forms
> is January 4, 2002. Applicants will be notified about
> the outcome of the
> selection process by early March 2002.
> 
> The Center's annual Women's Global Leadership
> Institute seeks to strengthen
> women's leadership in movements around the world that
> are working on human
> rights from the perspective of women's lives. The 2002
> Institute will be
> following up on the Center's participation in the
> recent World Conference
> Against Racism and will continue to give special
> attention to the challenge
> of recognition of women's multiple roles and
> identities in women's human
> rights organizing. We hope to explore the
> interconnections between
> different kinds of oppression that women face such as
> racism, sexism and
> other oppressions as they affect women's lives on the
> personal, structural
> and institutional levels. We hope to look at both the
> efficacy of existing
> human rights mechanisms and identify new mechanisms
> for addressing these
> interlocking oppressions.
> 
> We believe that the Institute will be an important
> learning and sharing
> opportunity for both individual participants and the
> organizations they
> represent. We hope you will encourage qualified
> candidates to apply. The
> announcement and application forms are also available
> on the Center's
> website at <http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/>
> www.cwgl.rutgers.edu. Please
> feel free to contact the Center if you have any
> questions about the
> Institute. We look forward to continuing to work with
> you in the future.
> 
> 
> ****
> 
> ¡§Realizing the Vision of Women¡¦s Human Rights:
>              Understanding the Intersection of Racism,
> Sexism
>                           and Other Oppressions¡¨
> 
>         9th Women¡¦s Global Leadership Institute, June
> 10 - 21, 2002
>  Building a vision of women¡¦s human rights is a work
> in progress that is
> critical not just for women but for the future of
> communities, nations, and
> the world. The complexities and obstacles that women
> encounter in our work
> make clear the need to continuously sharpen and
> clarify this vision.
> 
> At the same time, the struggle for the full
> realization of women's human
> rights faces both old and new challenges as well as
> important opportunities
> in the new global environment. Age-old practices that
> violate women's
> rights such as domestic violence, female genital
> mutilation, honor
> killings, and denial of property and inheritance
> rights continue and even
> take new forms. At the same time other areas of
> violation are on the rise
> such as sweatshops, trafficking in persons, and the
> theft of intellectual
> property rights. The Institute will examine these
> issues, building on
> recent discussion in connection with the World
> Conference Against Racism,
> Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related
> Intolerances that has
> underscored the role racism and other identity-based
> oppressions play in
> the perpetuation of human rights violations against
> women.
> 
> Women¡¦s organizing has always recognized that
> women¡¦s multiple roles and
> identities within the family and the community often
> create the context for
> their oppression. There is a continuing need to
> develop strategies that see
> beyond the multiplicity of single factors (race,
> class, age etc.) impacting
> on women¡¦s lives to their interconnections and causal
> relationships - an
> intersectional analysis. Building on the call of the
> Beijing Platform for
> Action for the incorporation of a gender perspective
> in all policy and
> program planning and execution, women¡¦s organizations
> are working to
> incorporate the role of difference and diversity into
> their analysis and
> action. A methodology is emerging that seeks to
> uncover the linkages
> between the personal, structural and institutional
> causes of women
> oppression.
> 
> The Ninth Women¡¦s Global Leadership Institute will
> focus its attention on
> the refinement of this methodology. It will look at
> complexities and
> interconnections between racism, sexism, and other
> oppressions. It will
> explore challenges to women¡¦s leadership in a world
> made increasingly
> complex by differences in class, race, ethnicity,
> ability, sexual
> orientation, religion and culture. Building on the
> core feminist value of
> respect for the diversity of women's experience and
> knowledge, we will seek
> to understand how women's human rights leaders can use
> this as a source of
> strength in expanding our movements. We will explore
> what the recognition
> of diversity means in all areas of women's human
> rights, including
> confronting oppressions based on differences. At the
> same time the
> Institute will seek to strengthen skills for analyzing
> the interconnections
> at various levels of the political, social/economic
> and cultural/spiritual
> aspects of the lives of women and their communities.
> This will be explored
> in the context of developing practical strategies for
> expanding and
> realizing the fullest range of women's human rights.
> 
> The Institute, ¡§Realizing the Vision of Women¡¦s
> Human Rights: Understanding
> the Intersection of Racism, Sexism and Other
> Oppressions,¡¨ June 10 - 21,
> 2002, will bring together leaders who have been
> working on issues of
> women¡¦s human rights including local and national
> organizers, policy
> makers, researchers and activists. We welcome
> applications from women in
> all regions of the world that have taken leadership in
> various fields to
> make the abuses of female human rights visible and
> unacceptable.
> 
> The Women¡¦s Global Leadership Institute is a two-week
> intensive working
> session of approximately 24 women representing diverse
> regions, cultures
> and interests. Participants will spend time-sharing
> their reflections on
> how the fundamental feminist value of respect for the
> diversity of women
> informs the movement and on strengthening the skills
> needed to carry out
> the work of women¡¦s human rights. They will work on
> cross-cultural
> collaboration and plans for influencing local,
> national and international
> approaches to these issues. They will also learn and
> exchange leadership
> skills and organizing techniques. Participants will
> meet with resource
> people from the United Nations and non-governmental
> organizations based in
> the USA.
> 
> Participants must stay for the entire two-week period.
> They should bring
> materials, resources and documents from their regions.
> They should have
> worked on these issues or related concerns for at
> least two years in either
> professional or volunteer capacities. Applicants
> should have clear plans
> to take the skills and contacts gained at the
> Institute back to their own
> projects, networks, governments or regions. Since much
> of the work is
> informal and we do not have funds for extensive
> interpretation, the
> sessions will be conducted in English, and fluency is
> a must for effective
> participation.
> 
> The Center for Women¡¦s Global Leadership is in the
> process of fund-raising
> to cover travel and accommodations for participants.
> However, Institute
> participants are expected to explore local and other
> donor sources to
> assist with these costs. Due to the high volume of
> applications
> anticipated, early application is encouraged.
> Applicants are encouraged to
> submit letters of endorsement from their organization
> and/or networks. For
> more information or to request an application, please
> contact: Institute
> Coordinator, Center for Women¡¦s Global Leadership,
> Douglass College,
> Rutgers University, 160 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ
> 08901-8555, USA.
> Phone:(1-732-)932-8782, FAX: (1-732)932-1180,
>  (Subject: WGLI 2002). Applications will also be
> posted online at
> 
> Application Deadline: January 4, 2002
> Anticipated Notification of Selection: Early March
> 2002
> 
> 
> ****
> 
> 
>        "Realizing the Vision of Women¡¦s Human Rights:
> Understanding
>          the Intersection of Racism, Sexism and Other
> Oppressions¡¨
>    9th Women¡¦s Global Leadership Institute
> Application, June 10-21, 2002
> 
> You and Your Organization
> 
> 
> 
> 1. FIRST NAME: 2. LAST NAME (SURNAME):
> 
> 
> 3. ORGANIZATION:
> 
> 
> 4. MAILING ADDRESS:
> 
> 
> 5. COUNTRY:
> 
> 
> 6. TELEPHONE: (home)
> 
>                (office)
> 
> 
> 7. FAX #:
> 
> 
> 8. E-MAIL:
> 9. Describe your organization/project and the
> communities with whom the
> organization works. What is your role in the
> organization/project?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 10. Areas of Organizational Focus (please check all
> that apply)
> 
> ?· education/communication ?· national or local
> advocacy
> ?· legal strategies ?· international advocacy
> ?· documentation of human rights violations ?· direct
> service
> service delivery
> ?· international networking ?· other (please specify):
>                                 ______________________
> 11. How long have you been involved with this work or
> other projects
> relevant to women and human rights?
> 
> 
> 12. Thematic Interests (please check all that apply-
> circle highest
> priority)
> 
> ?· violence against women ?· women¡¦s citizenship and
>                  
>              political
> 
>                  
>              participation
> 
> 
> ?· trafficking in women and girls
> ?· women in situations of conflict ?· culture,
> religion and/or
>                                 fundamentalism
>                                  ?· racism and
> xenophobia
> ?· health and/or reproductive rights
> ?· sexual rights ?· socioeconomic rights
>                                  ?· development and
> rights
> ?· indigenous women¡¦s rights
> ?· refugee and migrant women's human rights ?· other
> (please specify):
> _____________________
> 
> 13. Skill Interests (please check all that apply)
> 
> ?· human rights education and training ?· analysis
> ?· organizational and institutional development ?·
> legal strategies
> ?· advocacy/lobbying ?· UN human rights system
> ?· organizing/campaigning ?· other (please specify):
>                                       _______________
> ?· networking
>                  
> ____________________________________
> ?· documentation
> 
> Your Experience and Goals
> 
> 14. What international, regional, or national programs
> have you attended?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 15. Why do you want to attend the Women¡¦s Global
> Leadership Institute? Are
> there specific goals and objectives you seek from your
> participation? What
> are the specific skills and training you want to get
> out of the Institute?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 16. What skills and/or experiences would you like to
> share/teach to other
> participants?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 17. Are you connected to projects or networks that
> could help disseminate
> materials and strategies learned at the Institute? How
> do you plan to
> bring ideas and strategies from the Institute back to
> your organization and
> community?
> 
> Your Views on Diversity and Difference
> 
> As realities in the lives of women and women¡¦s
> organizations, the concepts
> of diversity and difference often mean issues of
> power, privilege and
> access to resources. While the richness of diverse
> experiences and
> perspectives have often added depth to feminist
> organizing at all levels,
> it is the imbalance of power, discrimination, and
> exclusion that spawn
> challenges women¡¦s human rights organizing. These are
> themes, which we plan
> to explore in depth and structure into the agenda of
> this year¡¦s Institute.
> 
> Your response to the questions below regarding
> experiences with differences
> within or between organizations/communities and
> between countries and
> regions will help us shape this year¡¦s Institute
> program.
> 
> 18. What do you see as the major challenges facing the
> women¡¦s human rights
> movement in your country? Are oppressions based on
> diversity and
> difference, e.g., racism, ethnocentrism, class/caste -
> ism, ableism,
> homophobia, ageism, xenophobia etc., reflected in
> these challenges? How?
> 
> 19. Please describe one or two key issues involving
> differences which are
> either a constant source of tension or which
> frequently emerge as a problem
> within the organization/project or communities within
> which you work (e.g.,
> differences involving religion, gender,
> race/ethnicity, class, sexual
> orientation, etc.).
> 
> 20. Please describe specific situation(s) where
> experiences based on
> social/cultural identities of key players within your
> organization/project
> disrupted the work that you do (e.g., racial/ethnic,
> political, geographic,
> class and other differences). Was the issue resolved?
> If so, how?
> 
> 21. When dealing with differences, what has been the
> most difficult for you
> personally?
> 
> 22. What is it that you need to help you take
> leadership in working through
> issues of difference and oppression that arise in your
> work (e.g., conflict
> resolution skills, organizational development skills
> training, more data
> and information, strategies for coalition building,
> et. al. - Please be
> specific)?
> 
> 23. Please attach a one page personal statement (not a
> curriculum vitae)
> describing yourself and your vision of women¡¦s human
> rights leadership.
> 
>                    Please return by January 4, 2002
> to:
> Center for Women's Global Leadership, Douglass
> College, Rutgers University
>              160 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ
> 08901-8555 USA
>                 Fax (1-732) 932-1180; E-mail:
> cwgl at igc.org
> 
> (Please complete application in English. Applications
> longer than 6 pages
>                            cannot be accepted. )
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Katalin Fábián
Five College Women's Studies Research Center
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