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Building Capacities and Sustaining Movements of Young Feminists in the Economic South
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Background
DAWN has described the first decade of the 21st century as the painful birthing of a “fierce new world” in light of the paradigmatic shifts induced by a run-away neoliberal globalization; a militarized and financialized political economy; a crisis in climate and other natural systems; a deepening food crisis; an energy crisis from fossil-fuel dependence; the decline of the nation-state and the reconfiguration of the geopolitical context.
These crises have generated heated debates on the restructuring of global governance. Pressures to respond to these challenges in all their complexities have come to preoccupy sovereign nations and the peoples they govern. At the same time, these nations and peoples struggle to uphold values associated with sustainable livelihoods, poverty eradication, human rights promotion, freedom of expression and mobility, respect for identity and sexuality.
DAWN recognizes this developing multilateral terrain as part of a fierce new world that is replete with complicated contradictions, serious fractures, severe backlash, broken promises, and uncertain outcomes for the world’s women, especially women from the economic South. There is an urgent need for women’s and civil society organizations to critically engage with these debates and advocate strongly for a world where economic and climate justice coincide with gender justice.
In response, the DAWN Training Institute, a three-week intensive training programme, was launched in 2002. The programme draws on both DAWN’s feminist analysis which interlinks issues under the themes of Political Economy of Globalisation including Gender and Trade, Political Ecology and Sustainability, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and Political Restructuring and Social Transformation; and the network’s considerable experience in UN conference processes and other sites of struggle, including the global civil society movement against neoliberal economic globalisation, as well as regional, sub-regional and national processes.
The fourth DAWN Training Institute will be held in Southeast Asia from 10 October – 28 October, 2011. It is being organised by Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era.
Duration
The training Institute will be held over a period of three weeks. Participants should be prepared to undergo an intensive training programme.
Objectives
1)To build capacity of young feminist activists from Southern countries, especially in understanding linkages betweendifferent issues and advocacy agendas, particularly those concerned with gender justice in its multiple and inter-linkeddimensions – economic, political, ecological, social and personal.
2)To strengthen feminist advocacy work at global and regional level; and to deepen analysis in some complex areas
3)To prepare young feminists for the challenges entailed in working for gender justice in the present global geopolitical and economic context.
Participants
1)Only applications from the economic south will be considered.
2)Preference will be given to young women participants who are/will be working with civil society organizations promoting gender justice.
3)The applicant’s professional and working experience, as well as future plans will be considered during selection.
4)Applicants must be able to communicate in written and spoken English.
5)Regional representation will be taken into account
6)Applicants must be between the ages of 25 to 35 years.
Deadline
Applications must be received by DAWN by September 15, 2010.
Notification
Only successful applicants will be notified. If you have not been contacted by March 31, 2011, please assume that your application was unsuccessful.
Language
The medium of instruction and discussion will be in English.
Insurance
Participants are responsible for their own luggage, accident and medical insurance as the organisers will not be responsible for any such costs incurred by participants.
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Congratulations to Dr. Patricia Licuanan
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June 29, Tuesday, Philippine President-elect Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, named the members of his Cabinet, one of whom is Dr. Patricia Licuanan, former President of Miriam College, a leading all-women's college in the Philippines, and former Chair of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She has been appointed as the new Chair of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Before stepping down as President of the College recently, Dr. Licuanan or "Tatti" to her friends and colleagues, supported the transfer of DAWN secretariat to Manila last year and opened the doors of Miriam to be its new home. DAWN congratulates her on her new appointment and wishes her the best.
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DAWN spoke at the 1st Regional Intensive Training Course entitled, “Asia Pacific Capacity Development on Gender and Macroeconomic Issues"
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The International Studies Department (ISD) under the College of International Humanitarian and Development Studies (CIHDS) in Miriam College is honored to have hosted the 1st Regional Intensive Training Course entitled, “Asia Pacific Capacity Development on Gender and Macroeconomic Issues,” held from 14-25 June 2010. This event was organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bangkok, in cooperation with Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics (GEM-IWG), and Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN).
The objective of the intensive training course was to equip Asia-Pacific economists, government practitioners, academics and civil society representatives with tools and information to analyze, design and implement gender-responsive macroeconomic policies and plans. It was attended by more than 50 participants from 20 different countries in the Asia- Pacific region. Dean Leticia Ramos-Shahani, also a former UN Assistant Secretary for Social and Humanitarian Affairs and Secretary General of the Nairobi Conference on Women welcomed the participants during the Welcome Dinner held on June 14, 2010. Ms. Yumiko Yamamoto of UNDP, Kyoko Kusakabe of AIT, and Gigi Francisco of Miriam College and DAWN, successfully commenced the sessions on the first day, which continued on for more than a week.
Part of the training involved a public forum that was held on Friday, June 18, 2010 at the Little Theater. Two resource persons from DAWN were Dr. Marina Durano from the Philippines, who shared her recent intervention on Policy Coherence at the Civil Society Consultations on the Millennium Development Goals held in New York; andDr. Gita Sen from India, who delivered a presentation on Tobin Tax and Women via videoconferencing. The course featured other speakers from the Philippines including, Dr. Maria Floro, (American University), Ms. Maita Gomez (Action for Economic Reforms), Dr. Margarita Guerrero (UNESCAP), and Dr. Joseph Yap (Philippine Institute for Development Studies). With support from the Government of Japan, the event also provided a good opportunity for all fellows to share experiences with each other and interact with experts in the field.
Miriam College’s Vice-President for Higher Education, Dr. Glenda Fortez, officially closed the event by awarding the Certificates of Participation together with Professor Aurora de Dios, Executive Director of Women and Gender Institute (WAGI) at the Fellows Farewell Dinner held last June 23, 2010. As everybody bid each other goodbye through messages of thanks, Dr. Durano, who spoke on behalf of the instructors, left a simple but important reminder that the significance of any training lies in the mutual sharing of knowledge, rich exchange of development experience, and bold commitment by all participants to utilize lessons learned when and where appropriate. This, as she said, is the “cycle of learning that continues with the cycle of life.”
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Informal Interactive Hearings of the General Assembly on the MDGs
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Reconstructing Governance Towards and Equality of the Highest Standards by Marina Durano (Presented at Thematic Session 2: Equal and Inclusive Partnerships: Accountability in the Fight Against Poverty, 14-15 June 2010, United Nations, New York) Click HERE for more DAWN videos
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Defeat Unprecedented Fetal Rights Bill
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New York—As the world commemorates International Day of Action for Women’s Health today, the Center for Reproductive Rights, a global human rights organization, called on the Congress to defeat a draft bill that grants absolute protection for the “unborn.” The proposed measure imposes a duty on the family, society and the state to guarantee, with “absolute priority,” rights to life, health, development, honor, dignity, respect, liberty, and family to the “unborn.” The draft bill is intended to criminalize any act that intentionally causes death or harms the fetus, and any statement that “promotes” abortion, as well as the freezing, manipulation or use of the “unborn” as material for experimentation. The legislation was approved in the Health and Social Security Commission of the Congress last week. If enacted, the law would be the first of its kind in Latin America. Luisa Cabal, director of the International Legal Program at the Center for Reproductive Rights issued this response:
“We strongly urge Brazilian lawmakers to vote against this draft legislation as it makes its way through Congress. It is alarming that such a measure has even come under consideration, given that it clearly violates Brazil’s international human rights obligations, contradicts Brazilian national law and as a practical matter, reaches so far that it transforms every pregnant woman into a potential criminal.
“As a party to various human rights treaties, the Brazilian government is obligated to protect a woman’s human rights, including her rights to life, health—including reproductive health—equality and non-discrimination, privacy, autonomy, physical integrity, and to be free from cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. The draft bill proposed by the Commission directly contravenes these rights by completely disregarding that the lives and health of a pregnant woman and her fetus are closely intertwined.
“The disastrous impact of such legislation that totally disregards women’s health and lives cannot be understated. If enacted, victims of sexual violence, women whose lives are at risk, and women who have been diagnosed with severe fetal abnormalities would cruelly be forced to carry their pregnancies to term. This—despite the fact that all of these circumstances are current legal grounds for abortion in Brazil. What’s more, international bodies that monitor country’s compliance with their human rights obligations have recognized women’s right to access to abortion when the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest, and in instances of fetal abnormality or a woman’s life or health is at risk.
“If enacted, the law would reach far beyond abortion, criminalizing any person who takes any action to harm a fertilized egg—including in the areas of in vitro fertilization, prenatal care, stem cell research, and even speaking about abortion. In short, potential criminals would range from the woman who has a miscarriage to the person who dares utter a word about comprehensive reproductive healthcare.
“Brazil is regarded as a leader in social and economic policies across Latin America. Passing this bill, the first of its kind, could have grave consequences in the region. Given the gross violations of both domestic and international law presented by the draft bill, and the certain harm it will inflict on women and their families, it is absolutely critical that members of Congress swiftly defeat this legislation.”
The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global legal organization dedicated to advancing women's reproductive health, self-determination and dignity as basic human rights.
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