| About Us |
| Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) is a network of feminist scholars, researchers and activists from the economic South working for economic and gender justice and sustainable and democratic development. DAWN provides a forum for feminist research, analyses and advocacy on global issues (economic, social and political) affecting the livelihoods, living standards, rights and development prospects of women, especially poor and marginalized women, in regions of the South. Through research, analyses, advocacy and, more recently, training, DAWN seeks to support women's mobilization within civil society to challenge inequitable social, economic and political relations at global, regional and national levels, and to advance feminist alternatives. |
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| DAWN In Action |
Gigi Francisco's Intervention at the World Education Forum (Capitalist Crisis, Causes, Impact & Consequences for the World of Education)
We must listen to our sisters & brothers from indigenous people’s movements & communities that are in the forefront of struggles over the defense of natural resource bases & the well-being of the natural world that has supported life on our planet. In addition to gender & economic justice, we should all be working on ecological justice as well. Now is the time to promote a more comprehensive & inter-related view of justice because w/ the uncertainties & unpredictability of our environment, we are less certain of the time we still have on this planet to do so.
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| Gender, Economic and Ecological Justice (GEEJ) |
Cook Islands Women’s NGO at the Pacific Islands Forum
At the 2011 Pacific Islands Forum in Auckland New Zealand, the Cook Islands Government may be the only delegation with official NGO representation. Kairangi Samuela of Punanga Tauturu Inc (also a DAWN Regional Training Institute alumna) has been accredited to the Government delegation as an indication of the Government recognition of civil society and NGO partnerships in economic and social development. It is even more significant that it is a women’s NGO representative. Punanga Tauturu Inc (Cook Islands Women’s Counsellng Centre) is a Women and Children focused NGO whose objectives include creating a positive legal framework that recognizes the rights of women and children in accessing Justice.
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GEEJ Pacific Input into the UNCSD Sub-Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Pacific (Samoa, 2011 Jul 20-21)
PACIFIC, AFRICAN, LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN WOMEN ENVISION A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: In this important period before the Earth Summit (Rio+20) in July 2012, young women activists across the economic South are articulating and advocating for an equitable, transformative vision of sustainable development based on a critical feminist analysis that interlinks gender, economic and ecological justice (GEEJ).
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Gigi Francisco’s Comments on the Synthesis Report on ICAE’s Virtual Seminar
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| Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) |
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Our Rights, Our Lives: Women's Call to Action Toward Cairo+20
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DAWN Annual Activities Report 2010-2011...Happy New Year!
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| Political Economy of Globalization (PEG) |
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Why is a Human Rights Approach Needed in a Financial Regulation?
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WABA (World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action) Statement on the Occasion of World AIDS Day
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| Keeping Informed |
DAWN Welcomes Historic Report on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
DAWN celebrates the release of the very first UN report on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity. The report documents widespread discrimination and violence faced by LGBTI people worldwide, and calls on States to apply the international legal framework to end these human rights violations. The mandate for the report came from the UN HRC, after South Africa took leadership on the issue by coordinating a resolution at the world human rights body in June.
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| In The News |
Police Shut Down FWRM 25th Birthday Retreat
DAWN urges the Fiji government to immediately rescind their close-down order so that the FWRM Strategic Retreat can go ahead. Further, we call
for an end to the current renewals to the Public Emergency Regulations (PER) so that civil society, government and the wider community in Fiji can properly plan for free and fair elections.
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Campaign for Democratic and Progressive Constitution
The campaign has been led by 7 women's network involving different sections of women's movement advocating for equality and non discrimination in the areas of disability, sexual orientation, land rights, squatter rights, natural resources and workers rights. One of the core strategies of the Campaign is, to demand for a conducive environment to implement the pledges committed by the Political Parties, to bring the Peace Process to an end.
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Is Uganda’s “Kill The Gays” Bill Being Used To Blind The World?
Press statement for release on Monday 9th May 2011 by Uganda's Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law: A unanimous call for the complete withdrawal of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, whether in its original or amended form
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| DAWN Informs |
July 2011 Issue
- DAWN on Global Analyses and Advocacies for Feminist Economists
- Voices from DAWN Regional Events
- Download Young Feminist Reflections, Struggles and Critique (GEEJ Latin America) here
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