Upcoming Events
Women's Human Rights Education Institutes (WHRI) 6 week course
WOMENโS HUMAN RIGHTS: BUILDING A PEACEFUL WORLD IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION
SIX WEEK INSTITUTE, July 19-August 26Womenโs Human Rights: Building a Peaceful World in an Era of Globalization 6 Week Institute
Directed by: Alda Facio, LLP with Angela Miles, PhD, Angela Lytle MEd, and Mary Eberts LLB, LSM, LLM Centre for Womenโs Studies in Education, University of Toronto Offered in Association with Fundaciรณn Justicia y Gรฉnero, Costa RicaFacilitators: Alda Facio, Shanthi Dairiam, Angela Miles, Angela Lytle, Mary Eberts
Offered in Partnership with Fundaciรณn Justicia y Gรฉnero, Costa Rica
July 19-August 26, 2010
Limited to twenty Canadian and international participants, so apply early to ensure consideration.
Final Application deadline May 15th, 2010.
Late applications may be considered if there is space.
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 womenโs 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. Womenโs 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 individualโs 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 womenโs human rights.
For full details, see our website at: http://www.learnwhr.org For inquiries, contact WHRI Program Director Angela Lytle at: info@learnwhr.org
WOMENโS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS!CEDAW for Change
ONE WEEK INSTITUTE, August 16-20, 2010
CEDAW For Change -1 Week Intensive Institute
Directed by Alda Facio, LLP and Shanthi Dairiam MA Centre for Womenโs Studies in Education, University of Toronto Offered in Association with IWRAW-AP
Facilitators:Alda Facio and Shanthi Dairiam, with Angela Lytle and Martha Morgan
Offered in Partnership with International Womenโs Human Rights Action Watch-Asia Pacific (IWRAW-AP)
August 16-20, 2010
Final Application deadline: July 16th, 2010
The CEDAW for Change module within the six-week WHRI is open for additional enrollment as a one-week intensive for those who cannot attend the full course. One-week participants will join the six-week programme participants in this one-week module designed to cultivate a better understanding of the principles of non discrimination and equality as enshrined in CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women) and each Stateโs obligation to respect, protect and fulfill womenโs human rights. Participants will be helped to frame whatever issues they are working on within a human rightโs framework from a gender perspective.
This session stresses the multiplicity of forms of discrimination women from diverse situations experience. During the week we will learn through activities focused around identity and interconnectedness, the complex nature of discrimination, the impact of culture and religion on womenโs rights, and activism against discrimination. We will examine case studies that have come before the CEDAW committee and will explore ways in which CEDAW can be used to support local and national level activism through the submission of Shadow Reports by NGOs and through the CEDAW Optional Protocol.
For full details, see our website at: www.learnwhr.org
For inquiries, contact WHRI Program Director Angela Lytle at: info@learnwhr.org
Mail from: IWRAW Asia Pacific
