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ICAE Academy of Lifelong Learning Advocacy (IALLA)
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DAWN Training Coordinator, Zo Randriamaro was a trainer at the first francophone edition of IALLA (ICAE ACADEMY OF LIFELONG LEARNING ADVOCACY) in Bamako, Mali. Click HERE for more details.
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DAWN Supports Nominations of Women from the South
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Farida Shaheed
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DAWN supported the nomination of Farida Shaheed to the post of Independent Expert in the Field of Cultural Rights whose appointment was finalised at the 12th session of the Human Rights Council on October 2 2009. Farida is a sociologist and women's rights activist. She oversees the Women, Law, and Status Program at Shirkat Gah, a woman's resource center in Lahore, Pakistan, where she works to integrate research, social development and advocacy. She is a founding member of the national women's lobbying organization Women's Action Forum and member of the Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) International Solidarity Network. She is a member of the Global Fund for Women's Advisory Council. Dr. Shaheed has authored numerous books including Two Steps Forward, One Step Back? Women of Pakistan; The Other Side of the Discourse: Women's Experiences of Identity, Religion and Activism in Pakistan; Purdah and Poverty in Pakistan; and Identity and the Experience of the Network, Women Living Under Muslim Laws.
DAWN also supported the nomination of Shadi Sadr as recipient of the 2009 Tulip Award, the Dutch Human Rights Defenders Award. Shadi a journalist and a lawyer is co-founder of the women's organization, Raahi, and End Stoning Forever Campaign. She was one of four Iranian feminist activists that was brought by DAWN to the World Social Forum in Kenya, who spoke against the practice of stoning to death for so-called sex crimes. Recently, Shadi togehter with two other Iranian women, was awarded the Lech Walesa Award last month. A part of her acceptance speech read: "The voices of the protesters in Iran have only been heard after the sacrifices of hundreds with their lives, sustained injuries and imprisonments. To hear the voices of this movement, to create a worldwide solidarity with the Iranian people who fight for freedom and democracy and to feel responsible against the abuse of their human rights and to convene a worldwide action to take the perpetrators to the court of law and to seek justice is what we seek. Thinking of the victims and sympathising with those whose body and soul is raped and contaminated is not enough. Let’s think every day as we wake up what can we do to seek justice for the victims and the punishment for the abusers." Shadi was awarded on November 9, 2009 by the Dutch Foreign Minister, Mr. Verhagen, in the Netherlands.
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