Stronger, Safer & Louder: JASS @ AWID 2016 Forum

We are so excited to be part of the AWID Forum this year. Join us and our allies in sharing stories and tools for cross-movement power and change including the launch of three exciting resources for movement building and women human rights defenders: 

• ICTs for Feminist Movement Building Activist Toolkit – a practical guide for activists who want to understand ICTs, influence how they are developed and build responsive, sustainable and effective communications strategies that support movement building work and change. 
• DefendHer – a women human rights defenders digital campaign collaboration with Global Fund for Women, MADRE, and JASS.
• WeRise: Movement Building Reimagined – JASS’ online resource kit and platform drawing from the last decade of training and organizing with many allies. Check out the latest teaser!

• Tools and strategies for the power and protection of women human rights defenders from Mesoamerica.
• Stories and alternative feminist visions from indigenous and rural women leading the efforts to protect natural resources and land in Southeast Asia, Southern Africa and Mesoamerica.
• Practices and skills for safety, wellbeing and renewal to sustain women’s vital organizing efforts in complex political contexts, and for those who have survived violence.

STOP by our booth – an interactive space featuring all things JASS from information and publications, to promotional materials including stickers, postcards and more!

JASS-Led Sessions

Feminist experiences and best practices for eradicating discrimination against women and advancing the achievement of equality

• When: Thursday, September 8^th 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
• Where: Capitania Porto Seguro
• Presenters: Alda Facio, Helen Barrientos, Angela Lytle, and Heather Evans
  

Breaking the silence: Women united against sexual torture

• When: Friday, September 9th 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
• Where: Vera Cruz
• Presenters: Maya Alvarado • Claudia Medina • Evalia Yeny Santiago Alcaraz• Carme Clavel Arcas

WeRise: Tools for feminist movement builders and communicators (a participatory workshop)

• When: Friday, September 9^th 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
• Where: Santana Room
• Presenters: Patricia Ardon • Anna Davies-van Es • Alexa Bradley • Kunthea Chan • Natalie Jeffers (Matters of the Earth)

Our voices matter: Cross-movement visions and strategies from Indigenous and rural women organizing for the world’s survival

• When: Saturday, September 10^th 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
• Where: Aimores
• Presenters: Patricia Ardon • Miriam Pixtún Monroy • Vivi Marantika • Martha Agbani

Resource Toolkits Showcase: WeRise & ICTs for Feminist Movement Building

• When: Saturday, September 10^th  4:30 – 5:00PM
  
• Where: Ala Mar Lobby, Feminist Internet Exchange (FIX) Hub

OTHER SESSIONS/PLENARIES/HUBS WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN

Pre-Forum:

• Black Feminisms Forum; September 5th – 6^th

Democracy in our current realities: lessons learned, challenges & the way forward

• When: Thursday, September 8^th 2:30 PM – 6:00 PM
• Where: Arena Sauipe
• Moderators: Atila Roque, Virginia Vargas
• Speakers: Akshay Khanna, Marcia Tiburi, Farida Shaheed, Natalia Karbowska, Patricia Ardon

Sustaining Our Activism: Women Human Rights Defenders Hub

• JASS Participants: Kunthea Chan, Marusia Lopez Cruz, Shereen Essof, Carme Clavel Arcus, Orfe Castillo

Digital Security as feminist practice: Women Human Rights Defenders securing our digital tools and spaces for holistic protection

• When: Thursday, September 8^th 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
• Where: Semente de Cacau (WHRD Hub)
• Presenters: Daysi Flores Hernandez • Maryam Alkhawaja • Gillo Cutrupi

Recognizing Common Ground: Islam and Women’s Human Rights

• When: Thursday, September 8^th 2:30PM-4:00PM
• Where: Gran Bahia 2
• Presenters: Zainah Anwar, Marwa Sharfeldin, Nani Zulminarni, Natasha Dar

WHRD Tribute: A special evening arts program

• When: Thursday, September 8^th 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
• Where: Villa Nova de Praia
• JASS Participants: Daysi Flores Hernandez

Building gender-just social movements: Stories of success and routes for transformation

• When: Friday, September 9^th 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
• Where: Aimores
• Presenters: Jessica Horn • Shereen Essof • Michel Friedman • Deepta Chopra

Evening Plenary—The power of collective resource mobilization: Visions for the future of resourcing our movements

• When: Friday, September 9^th 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
• Where: Arena Sauipe
• Organized by the Count Me In Consortium! (JASS, Mama Cash, AWID, Urgent Action Fund and CREA)
• Facilitators: Lisa VeneKlasen and Geeta Masri

Forging ties and solidarity actions between Women Human Rights Defenders through IM-Defensoras: women human rights defenders & comprehensive protection models with a gender perspective

• When: Saturday, September 10^th 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
• Where: Semente de Cacau
• Presenters: Morena Herrera Argueta • Yessica Trinidad Elvir • Juana Jiménez de Pomares • Marusia López Cruz • Carme Clavel Arcas • Orfe Castillo

State of Our Feminist Movements

• When: Saturday, September 10^th 2:30 PM – 6:00 PM
• Where: Bahia 1
• Discussion Contributors: Zeina Zaatari, Marusia Lopez Cruz, Lara Aharonian, Mozn Hassan, Farida Shaheed, Natalie Jeffers

Closing Plenary: Key Forum Insights & Feminist Visions for the Future

• When: Sunday, September 11, 2:00PM – 4:00PM
• Where: Arena Sauípe
• Speakers: Tonya Haynes, Jurema Werneck, Farida Shaheed, Marusia Lopez Cruz, Aïssatou Cissé, Lena Meari

Rally in solidarity with Brazilian Movements

• When: 6:00PM – 8:00PM
• Where: Shuttles will depart from each hotel between 4:30 – 5:00PM 

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