2012-01-06
2744Are you a women’s human rights defender? Do you want to increase your knowledge of women’s human rights? Do you want to use the UN system to support your activism, or train others on the principles of human rights? Do you want to learn how to use a human rights framework to promote social change? Join other international activists, scholars, community workers, NGO representatives, lawyers and educators at the Women’s Human Rights Education Institutes 2012.
www.learnwhr.org
The Women\'s Human Rights Education Institutes is now accepting applications for the 6-week “Women’s Human Rights Education Institute” with feminist jurist and activist Alda Facio running from May 21 – June 28, 2012.
Please note that the final application deadline for this 6-week institute for international applicants is February 28, 2012. We will accept rolling applications until the WHRI is full, but applying before this deadline ensures sufficient time for support in visa processes and the possibility of being considered for discounts or any funding that becomes available.
We are also accepting applications for the 1-week “CEDAW for Change” module offered in collaboration with IWRAW-AP Malaysia, held from May 28 – June 1, 2012.
Don’t miss this incredible chance to learn about the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and how to integrate it into your work and activism. Details follow, or visit our website at the address given above.
DETAILS:
2012 Women’s Human Rights Education Institutes:
WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION INSTITUTE (WHRI): BUILDING A PEACEFUL WORLD IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION
SIX WEEK INSTITUTE
May 21 – June 28, 2012
Directed by: Alda Facio, LLP with Debby Danard, PhD candidate; Angela Lytle, MEd; Angela Miles, PhD; Martha Morgan, JD, Denisse Temin, MA
Centre for Women’s Studies in Education (CWSE), Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT)
Offered in Association with Fundación Justicia y Género, Costa Rica
And
CEDAW for Change
ONE WEEK INSTITUTE
May 28 – June 1, 2012
Directed by Alda Facio, LLP and Martha Morgan, JD, with Angela Lytle, MEd
Centre for Women’s Studies in Education (CWSE), Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT)
Offered in Association with International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia-Pacific (IWRAW-AP)
Synopsis follows---for full information and the online application form, see our website at: www.learnwhr.org
For inquiries, contact WHRI Executive Director Angela Lytle at info@learnwhr.org
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Women’s Human Rights: Building a Peaceful World in an Era of Globalization 6 Week Institute
Facilitators: Alda Facio with Debby Danard, Mary Eberts, Angela Lytle, Angela Miles, Martha Morgan, Mary Eberts, Denisse Temin
Offered in Partnership with Fundación Justicia y Género, Costa Rica
May 21 – June 28, 2012
Limited to TWENTY Canadian and international participants, so apply early to ensure consideration.
Application deadline for international applicants is February 28, 2012. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the institute is full, but applications received after that date will not be included in the first round of acceptances and if any funding becomes available.
Discounts on tuition may be available for unwaged/student/majority world applicants, as well as for multiple participants from one organization.
This unique educational institute brings feminist perspectives and an activist orientation to the inextricably related issues of peace, human rights and life-sustaining development. Participants will develop a practical understanding of the UN Human Rights system and how to apply a women’s human rights framework to a multiplicity of issues.
The six-week WHRI brings together a balance of academic/theoretical inquiry and engaged, activist praxis. Human rights, peace, and emerging alternatives to globalization are examined both as interconnected elements of a socially just and sustainable world and as alternative ways of knowing, acting, being, and interacting. Women’s human rights are both the subject and the guiding framework of the institute. This is reflected in the teaching principles and methodology. The WHRI aims to create a safe, supportive, and celebratory space that allows for collective sharing and knowledge-building alongside skills training . Classes are participatory, incorporate a broad variety of readings, videos, and activities, and in an effort to promote integration and well-being, participants are offered gentle yoga classes twice a week.
All instructors have extensive activist experience at local, national and international levels and are known for their theoretical, academic and policy contributions in these areas. To maximize each individual’s learning opportunity, participants are limited to TWENTY and come from all regions of the world, many with a great deal of experience in the field of women’s human rights.
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