Feminist movement-building

Las Petateras at the Feminist Forum in Mexico City

Topic:
Alliance-building, Feminist movement-building, Women’s human rights
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Encuentro Feminista in Mexico City!

JASS and our Mesoamerican allies, Las Petateras, are attending the 11th Feminist Forum in Mexico City. Martha Sanchez, an indigenous leader from Mexico, carried the opening plenary with her outspoken and fiery commentary.
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Feminist movement-building
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International Women's Day: Still a long way to go!

Not yet Uhuru! March 8 was International Women’s Day. This is a day marked to ‘celebrate women and recognize the great role they play in the world’. Women are not just women they are mothers, lovers and caregivers too. Yet for many women this day really had no meaning, not because it’s not special but it does not fulfill any purpose in their lives. Women bear the brunt of social, political, economic woes, yet they are still treated as second-class citizens.
Topic:
Feminism, Feminist movement-building, Women’s human rights
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international women's day

Movement Building in Malawi

The JASS team held movement building workshops in three regions of Malawi. Each workshop convened 20 grassroots activists living with and working on HIV/AIDS to share experiences, support each other, discuss and dramatize power dynamics and strengthen their organizing strategies. "...Almost every woman who attends the workshops talks about the disruption of her life by HIV and AIDS but they also share stories of rebellion (crossing the line) and coming to terms with defying the cultural norms..." reflects Hope Chigudu (JASS team).
Topic:
Empowerment, Feminist movement-building, HIV/AIDS
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Movement Building workshops in Malawi 2009

Topic:
Economic justice, Empowerment, Feminist movement-building
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women's organizing

the voice of a grassroots woman

From AWID, I have learnt on how to strengthen women's organisations and to bring solidality on womens movement in our regions and our countries and documentation is important. To make sure that we are  achieving the MDG3 is when we as women we realise our rights, we exercise them and they are fullfied. It's we women who can make things to change by dismantling patriachal systems which are oppressing women.
Topic:
Feminist movement-building, Power analysis
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women's space

JASS Crossregional Dialogue 2008: Workshop

By Wala The meeting was explosive with different ideas from diverse women across the globe. It was an enriching and eye opening experience. It also challenged me as a woman and as an activist to do more for the women's cause. JASS Cross Regional November 2008, Cape Town, South Africa
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Feminism, Feminist movement-building
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crossregional dialogue

JASS Feminist Movement Building History

Following the AWID Forum, JASS brought together its core teams and board for a two-day strategic planning meeting that integrated the insights generated from the dialogue and the Forum into a forward-looking four-year vision and plan.
Topic:
Empowerment, Feminism, Feminist movement-building
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organizing, community development

HIV + Women in Southern Africa

This session, which uses the JASS Southern Africa framework and video as it’s core outline, will look at HIV/AIDS from the lens of power and inequality in order to define the many ways that this urgent challenge facing women presents opportunities for movement-building and energizing women's rights agendas.
Topic:
Feminist movement-building, HIV/AIDS, Women’s human rights
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Crossing the line at the African Feminist Forum

Commonwealth Munyonyo, Kampala was this year graced with the presence of at least 150 African women feminists who got together to continue with the feminist revolution. Throughout the 4 days women from at least 29 African countries planned, spoke, sang, danced and shared stories and thoughts from across Africa. The purpose of the AFF this year was to assess progress made on the commitments made at the AFF in 2006. It was also to mobilize efforts at national levels and develop best methodologies to implement the Charter of feminist principles of African feminists.
Topic:
Feminism, Feminist movement-building
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conference or forum

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