[Gesth-l] FW: Six strategies that encourage women's political a

[Borgos Anna]

>From: Banafshe Hejazi <banafem at yahoo.com>
>Subject: [youngwomenfromminorities] Six strategies that encourage women's 
>political activism
>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:23:01 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>A New Report: "Called to speak: six strategies that encourage women's
>political activism"
>
>Source: Institute for Women's Policy Research
>
>By: Caiazza, A.
>Published by: Institute for Women's Policy Research
>Published: 2006
>
>[Please note: The summary below has been adapted from the source.]
>
>"This Research-in-Brief summarizes the findings of a larger report that
>analyzes the experiences of women working as social justice activists
>within nonprofit religious groups. The report is the second in a series on
>women, religion, and public life."
>
>The six strategies that encourage women's political activism are:
>
>- provide political role models for women who break the mould
>- provide space for women to address their fears and embrace their anger
>- build connections across lines of race and class
>- gently push women into political leadership
>- develop mentoring programmes with activist components
>- meet women where they are
>
>For more information and to download the full text, please go to
>
>http://www.iwpr.org/Publications/pdf.htm
>and/or
>http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/I917.pdf
>
>
>
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