GEWR+Part+III+Summaries

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We'd like to offer a final set of questions for the next few days - and we can continue on past Monday if that is useful. Please take a moment to share your thoughts on the following questions.

>> your interests and needs! >> Consejo Directivo) en acuerdo con la RSMLAC se encuentra desarrollando todas las actividades preparatorias para realizar en enero de 2009 una reunión internacional sobre derechos suxuales y derechos reproductivos en el marco del FSM en Belem. >> La Red Feminista de Salud del Brasil ya se ha integrado al comité local preparatorio del FSM a través del regional de Pará y a nivel nacional la representación es realizada por la Articulación de Mujeres Brasileras. >> La RSMLAC en su conjunto considera que su aporte fundamental puede ser la movilización de sus organizaciones afiliadas para la realización de accionesconjuntas en torno a la agenda de mortalidad materna, aborto inseguro y violencia, involucrando el tema de mujeres y VIH/SIDA. Consideramos que estos temas cubren las mayores problemáticas de las mujeres en la región y su capacidad de movilización permitirá la articularción y unificación de acciones en la región. >> >> Sandra Castañeda Martínez, Coordinadora Programática, Red de Salud de las Mujeres Latinoamericanas y Caribeñas (RSMLAC) >> >> -Global campaign to assign more slots and time to women issues >> -Call for a massive sign up community mobilization campaign of duty bearers to uphold women rights (we can think of a given number of signatures eg 1 billion) >> >> The coalition creation was and is a useful tool to us ,for instance organizations now know about our existence and some have voiced their interest in our work.The coalition has enabled us to learn more about what other organizations are doing and hence forge good networks which we hope to sustain >> >> Tactics that could be used: >> Greater and more meaningful involvement of excluded  voices of women eg CSWs, teen mothers ,rural women etc and empowerment opportunities through experiential learning >> Division of groups of organizations into given thematic issues ,working on activities ,successful ones to act as social change models to be replicated in other areas >> Celebration/recognition of individual women /organizations doing exemplary work in promoting the human rights of women >> Launching a global community education and awareness campaigns to promote greater understanding of women rights >> >> Establishing ways of bringing on board traditional authorities and elders who wield the power to interpret and adapt customary laws in ways that advance women >> Inclusion of traditional leaders in discussion forums such as the one we are having now >> Need to invest in training initiatives to educate civil servants ,police and the courts on their responsibilities to help advance women rights >> To have a networking zone(sokoni/market place, where women organizations or people working on women issues can network ( especially during conferences >> >> Themes to be addressed >> In our opinion ,this is what we propose in additional to the existing themes >> gender based violence;exclusion and discrimination of women in politics and leadership >> This theme to examin ways of confronting VAW including execution ,intimidation to deter women from involving in politics(This is a Kenyan scenario,women got beaten up,maimed,some got killed ,harassed ,we now have only 14 women parliamentarians and 210 constituencies,the others are all occupied by men >> >> Theme:Unity in diversity( this comes due to the ethnic animosity and mistrust that we now have in Kenya >> How to bring communities from diverse backgrounds together in harmony to work for the common good >> We hope the theme will look at issues such as safer neighbourhoods for women and girls ,inferiority complexes etc
 * Influencing WSF 2009 around Gender Equity and Women's Rights What do we want to do around Gender Equity and Women's Rights for the WSF 2009 in Brazil?**
 * **How do we, as groups interested in gender, best influence the programme of the WSF?**
 * We would love to participate in the WSF 2009. Anita Mathew.
 * Equalinrights - Our own programme for WSF 2009 is quite open at the moment. In the past, we've found the most rewarding way of participating to be as part of a coalition or platform of organisations, groups and individuals with common interests. So our hope is that something of this sort will develop over the next months related to gender. We also work strongly on ESCR and of course many of those issues cross cut with gender. We are open to providing some mentoring of other groups that have not participated in past years and want advice about being part of the WSF experience. My apologies for being so brief, but as a networking hub we are committed to helping advance the agendas of Southern-based partners. So to a degree, what equalinrights undertakes for WSF 2009 will depend on
 * **Is creating a platform or coalition on gender interesting or useful for you? What are other tactics?**
 * **What kind of themes could we address? What are our strategic interests?**
 * gender budgeting or the state of the girl child in my country India- changing mindsets using the rights based approach my experience working with NGO's in Goa a small state in India but a happening tourist destination on the world map! I would like to talk and share about the process of getting a Goa Children's Act 2003 going and the work doe in the children's court and by the Goa state commission for children how effective they are and what ails them? apart from NGo governance issues since I am at present secretary of one of the only mental health NGO as such in Goa which looks at inclusive education and community work mainly research related to adolescent health, alcoholism- rampant in Goa, HIV AIDS caregivers mental health needs as well as intervention for those affected and infected as wellas working in public health centres to recognise common mental disordersand provide help in time and advise to patients through health counsellors trained by the organization to give relevant advise including lessons in yoga! I would like to present a paper on my experience. Anita Mathew
 * **Actividades** Propuestas para el FSM - 2009, Brasil La Red Feminista de Salud del Brasil (miembro de la RSMLAC y parte de su
 * ***Do we want to influence the overall agenda? How**?
 * Based on the questions,this is what we brainstormed with Ebony members and came up with: How do we best influence the programme of WSF

Are you interested in attending the WSF 2009?
 * Going to WSF 2009**
 * If yes, do you have questions about attending? Past attendees, any hints for first-time participants? Let's share our questions and answers.
 * If no, what other issues of interest would you like to focus on during the last days of this e-discussion.

What do we want to do as a global community between now and then? Keep connected and conversing? Ideas? >> resource mobilization for projects which have not had funding >> periodic monitoring of the progress made as part of M& E of the realization of women rights >> -sharing of profiles >> -sending of emails ,share activity,progress reports >> -If possible ,have names and contacts of all participating organizations and their contact persons to be shared among network members >> -periodic stock taking >> ie after sharing our initiatives, we need to have a mechanism through which we can monitor our progress collectively ie how far have we led to further realization of women rights? >> -site visits to see how members are faring ,their projects etc >> -organizing joint activities >> -participating in joint meetings etc >> -increased mobilization of our community members and organizations to make the network stronger
 * What next for us?**
 * We brainstormed with Ebony YOuth members and this is what we came up with on opportunities for further sharing,we call for :
 * sharing of profiles to facilitate easier networking on projects
 * sharing of progress and annual reports
 * exchange visits to projects north south experiential learning through experts ,students and volunteers
 * increased opportunities for participation of grassroots actors and linking them with the international community
 * increased resources for women groups working on empowering hard to reach populations eg CSW, women living with HIV/AIDS ,women with disability ,teen mothers etc
 * Information sharing on opportunities eg calls for proposals ,contests ,calls for articles ,contribution of articles in various WSF gender equity member organizations newsletters to give women issues a global outlook
 * conducting joint activities locally,nationally ,regionally and internationally to increase visibility of women and gaps in realization of rights at the international level what the coalition can do is pressure /echo clarion calls for domestication of international conventions because many governments have ratified but not domesticated documents relating to women,pressure for constitutional reforms which in the case of Kenya have discriminatory clauses towards women
 * Keep connecting