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Supporting feminist, women’s rights and gender justice movements to thrive, to be a driving force in challenging systems of oppression, and to co-create feminist realities.

Building Feminist Economies

Building Feminist Economies is about creating a world with clean air to breath and water to drink, with meaningful labour and care for ourselves and our communities, where we can all enjoy our economic, sexual and political autonomy.


In the world we live in today, the economy continues to rely on women’s unpaid and undervalued care work for the profit of others. The pursuit of “growth” only expands extractivism - a model of development based on massive extraction and exploitation of natural resources that keeps destroying people and planet while concentrating wealth in the hands of global elites. Meanwhile, access to healthcare, education, a decent wage and social security is becoming a privilege to few. This economic model sits upon white supremacy, colonialism and patriarchy.

Adopting solely a “women’s economic empowerment approach” is merely to integrate women deeper into this system. It may be a temporary means of survival. We need to plant the seeds to make another world possible while we tear down the walls of the existing one.


We believe in the ability of feminist movements to work for change with broad alliances across social movements. By amplifying feminist proposals and visions, we aim to build new paradigms of just economies.

Our approach must be interconnected and intersectional, because sexual and bodily autonomy will not be possible until each and every one of us enjoys economic rights and independence. We aim to work with those who resist and counter the global rise of the conservative right and religious fundamentalisms as no just economy is possible until we shake the foundations of the current system.


Our Actions

Our work challenges the system from within and exposes its fundamental injustices:

  • Advance feminist agendas: We counter corporate power and impunity for human rights abuses by working with allies to ensure that we put forward feminist, women’s rights and gender justice perspectives in policy spaces. For example, learn more about our work on the future international legally binding instrument on “transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights” at the United Nations Human Rights Council.

  • Mobilize solidarity actions: We work to strengthen the links between feminist and tax justice movements, including reclaiming the public resources lost through illicit financial flows (IFFs) to ensure social and gender justice.

  • Build knowledge: We provide women human rights defenders (WHRDs) with strategic information vital to challenge corporate power and extractivism. We will contribute to build the knowledge about local and global financing and investment mechanisms fuelling extractivism.

  • Create and amplify alternatives: We engage and mobilize our members and movements in visioning feminist economies and sharing feminist knowledges, practices and agendas for economic justice.


“The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling – their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability. Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing”.

Arundhati Roy, War Talk

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مريم مكيوي مخرجة أفلام ومصورة من الإسكندرية تعيش وتعمل في برلين.

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ترجمة مارينا سمير

«الآن قد يكون وقتًا مناسبًا لإعادة التفكير في الشكل الذي يمكن للثورة أن تتّخذه. ربما لن تبدو كمسيرةٍ من الأجساد الغاضبة والقادرة في الشوارع. ربما ستبدو وكأنّ العالم واقفٌ في ثباتٍ لأن جميع الأجساد الموجودة فيه منهَكة – حيثُ أنّه يجب إعطاء الأولوية للرعاية قبل فوات الأوان». 
- جوانا هيدفا  

المستشفيات مؤسسات، ومواقع حيّة للرأسمالية، وما يحدث عندما يكون من المفترض أن يستريح شخصٌ ما ليس إلّا نموذجاً مصغّراً من النظام الأكبر. تَعمَد المؤسسات إلى فصلنا عن أنظمة رعايتنا – نَجِد أنفسنا معزولين في بُنى تراتبية راسخة، وغالبًا ما نشعر وكأنّ الرعاية هي شيء يُفعَل بنا بدلاً من أن تكون شيئًا يُعطى ويؤخَذ كجزء من محادثة. الرعاية المؤسسية معزولة بسبب اندماجها في الطلب الرأسمالي: شخص واحد يعالج رِجلك ورِجلك فقط، شخص آخر يعالج ضغط الدم وهكذا.

المستشفيات مؤسسات، ومواقع حيّة للرأسمالية، وما يحدث عندما يكون من المفترض أن يستريح شخصٌ ما ليس إلّا نموذجاً مصغّراً من النظام الأكبر. تَعمَد المؤسسات إلى فصلنا عن أنظمة رعايتنا – نَجِد أنفسنا معزولين في بُنى تراتبية راسخة، وغالبًا ما نشعر وكأنّ الرعاية هي شيء يُفعَل بنا بدلاً من أن تكون شيئًا يُعطى ويؤخَذ كجزء من محادثة. الرعاية المؤسسية معزولة بسبب اندماجها في الطلب الرأسمالي: شخص واحد يعالج رِجلك ورِجلك فقط، شخص آخر يعالج ضغط الدم وهكذا. 

اضطرّت المصوّرة مريم مكيوي لإجراء عملية جراحية الشهر الماضي، ووثّقت هذا المسار. صورها للبيئات المعقّمة بألوانها الباهتة – أضواء نيون بيضاء وصفوف تلو صفوف من التكوينات المتكرّرة – تعكس مكانًا استُنزفت منه الحياة والحركة. كانت هذه إحدى الطرق التي حافظت بها مريم على بقاء روحها. لقد كان أحد أشكال الاحتجاج من داخل حدود مؤسسةٍ كان عليها التعامل معها.

تُشكّل الصور وصفًا لشيءٍ واهنٍ بشدّة، فمشاهدة شخصٍ ما وهو يعايش انهيار جسده هو دائمًا تذكير جليل بهشاشتنا. إنه أيضًا تذكير بهشاشة أنظمة الرعاية هذه، والتي قد تُمنَع عنّا لأسباب متعدّدة – بدايةً من عدم امتلاك الأموال وصولًا إلى عدم التواجد في جسدٍ يُعتبَر ذا قيمة كافية، فربما يكون أنثويًا أكثر مما ينبغي أو كويريًا أكثر مما ينبغي أو ملوَّنًا أكثر مما ينبغي.

الرعاية الانفرادية والمجرّدة من جوهرها والتي قد تُسلَب منّا في أي لحظة لا تساعدنا على الازدهار. وهي مختلفة تمامًا عن الطريقة التي يسلكها البشر عند رعاية بعضهم البعض. كم سيبدو عالمنا مختلفًا إذا التزمنا بتفكيك الهياكل الرأسمالية الحالية حول صحّتنا؟ كيف سيبدو إذا أعَدنا تخيُّلَه بشكل جذريّ؟

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ان كنت نسوية عن حق، فإنك سترفضين التحقير الموجّه ضد الممارسات الجنسية الغرائبيّة

Image of a tweet. Text says: The revolution in your pants will not be televised... unless you're into that kind of thing. Which we can discuss... viva.

تَلفَزَتُنا للثورة تحت حزامك مشروطة بطبيعة رغباتك

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A Universe of Funders & Funding Commitments

Add your own propositions

Please take a look at the existing propositions for inspiration before submitting your own idea. Someone might already be thinking along the same lines! Send your proposition to contribute@awid.org.

We will review and include new propositions on this webpage as they come.

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Featuring artwork by Upasana Agarwal, Ika Vantiani, & Naadira Patel.

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By artist Upasana Agarwal

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Illustrated portrait of Anima Adjepong saying I learn queer as practice, as in the service of freedom… Queer disrupts the normative order we live in, in order to create something else, it is about leadership beyond the individual
Illustrated portrait of Anwulika Okonjo that says: Feminists are World Builders
Portrait of Dilar Dirik saying: “We need to make sure that feminism is a threat to the system”  "We no longer need to just be in solidarity with each other, we need new platforms of common struggles"
Illustrated portrait of Makgosi Letimile saying: Sex toys should not be a luxury. They should be accessible and affordable
Illustrated portrait of Manal Tamimi that says: “You are the fire that keeps everyone warm"
Illustrated portrait of Nana Akosua Hanson that says: "Art allows us to create an alternate reality"
Illustrated portrait of Nomsa Sizani, over a white and turquise background, that says: “When we occupy this land, it is another way of condemning this capitalist system”  “If we don’t so, nobody will liberate ourselves”
Illustrated portrait of Sandie Hanna that says: “Solidarity is a mechanism of survival”  “We need to keep going because continuity is vital in our causes for liberation”
Illustrated portrait of Doctor Vandana Shiva that says: “The panel today is a beautiful awakening of the world that is possible”
Illustrated portrait of Yannia S. Garzón that says: “Recovering the dignity of being a black woman is what keeps me alive”
Illustrated portrait of Dr. Angelique V. Nixon that says: “Listen to your body. It’s smarter than you are.”
 Patricia Wattimena : I want a future where economies work for the women and not women working the economy

By artist Ika Vantiani

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Artistic collage featuring Yania Sofia

By artist Naadira Patel 

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Illustration of several women of color with text that says: Moving from Transactional to Transformative
Illustration of three hand outstretched. Two are spilling seeds into the other. In the center there is planet Earth and a woman walking over plants. The text reads "To defy capitalism we occupy land acting as custodians of diversity"

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How feminists resource themselves

Feminist and women’s rights organizations don’t just rely on institutional funding, we resource ourselves. Our organizing is powered by passion, political commitment, solidarity and collective care.
These resources are self- generated and autonomous, and often invisible in our budgets, but they are the backbone of our organizing.

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What We Reject:

  • Market-based false solutions
  • Ecosystem service trading
  • Green neoliberal economies mining
  • Geo-engineering
  • Fossil fuels
  • Military spending over climate funds
  • Climate finance as loans

Protection of the Family

The Issue

Over the past few years, a troubling new trend at the international human rights level is being observed, where discourses on ‘protecting the family’ are being employed to defend violations committed against family members, to bolster and justify impunity, and to restrict equal rights within and to family life.

The campaign to "Protect the Family" is driven by ultra-conservative efforts to impose "traditional" and patriarchal interpretations of the family, and to move rights out of the hands of family members and into the institution of ‘the family’.

“Protection of the Family” efforts stem from:

  • rising traditionalism,
  • rising cultural, social and religious conservatism and
  • sentiment hostile to women’s human rights, sexual rights, child rights and the rights of persons with non-normative gender identities and sexual orientations.

Since 2014, a group of states have been operating as a bloc in human rights spaces under the name “Group of Friends of the Family”, and resolutions on “Protection of the Family” have been successfully passed every year since 2014.

This agenda has spread beyond the Human Rights Council. We have seen regressive language on “the family” being introduced at the Commission on the Status of Women, and attempts made to introduce it in negotiations on the Sustainable Development Goals.


Our Approach

AWID works with partners and allies to jointly resist “Protection of the Family” and other regressive agendas, and to uphold the universality of human rights.

In response to the increased influence of regressive actors in human rights spaces, AWID joined allies to form the Observatory on the Universality of Rights (OURs).  OURs is a collaborative project that monitors, analyzes, and shares information on anti-rights initiatives like  “Protection of the Family”.

Rights at Risk, the first OURs report, charts a map of the actors making up the global anti-rights lobby, identifies their key discourses and strategies, and the effect they are having on our human rights.   

The report outlines “Protection of the Family” as an agenda that has fostered collaboration across a broad range of regressive actors at the UN.  It describes it as: “a strategic framework that houses “multiple patriarchal and anti-rights positions, where the framework, in turn, aims to justify and institutionalize these positions.”

 

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Feminist with vision, courage and commitment

Feminist with vision, courage and commitment

Rama is a young Senegalese feminist, researcher and writer. In her early twenties, she wrote her first novel La dernière lettre, published by Présence Africaine in 2008. A year later she was selected as a MILEAD fellow of the Moremi initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa. The fellowship is awarded to 25 young African women with extraordinary vision, courage and commitment to lead change in their communities.

"Becoming one's full and unapologetic self is a difficult but the most important of all achievements. I have methodically learned to un-learn and re-learn, to de-construct and re-construct all that I have been taught about how women should socialise..." 

As the 2015 Ibrahim Governance and Development PhD scholar, Rama is about to begin her doctoral studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She already holds an MSc in International Development specializing in African Economic Development and Gender and a Masters’ degree in International Cooperation and Development from the Bordeaux Institute of Political Studies, France.

Rama is an Advisor of FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund and a member of the Political Economy and Globalisation Team of Development Alternatives with Women for a new Era (DAWN). In previous years, she worked as a Research Assistant at the United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), briefly in the charity sector in France and at the UNDP country office of Mauritius.

"To become my true self, I have learned that my self-care and achievement of my dreams were more important than societal labels that do not even define me..."

In 2013, Rama contributed to a collective book by the Network of young African Researchers on Democracy and Development in Africa and has also been a columnist for Nouvel Horizon Senegal.

"To me being a feminist is accepting that I will have to question everything established by society to define who I should be or what I ‘should want’ because ‘should and want’ are antithetical. Wanting is powerful when liberated from the ‘should’ or ‘should not’. Be You. Period."


Listen to her recent speech

Rama spoke on behalf of the Women's Working Group on Financing for Development, at the 2nd Plenary Meeting of the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2015.

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Obumu Habwekigendererwa [United for the cause] continues the legacy of Koogere

Obumu Habwekigendererwa [United for the cause] continues the legacy of Koogere

The story of Koogere

The Kitara Empire once encompassed present-day parts of eastern Uganda, some areas of northern Tanzania and of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. In this Empire, it is told, a woman named Koogere reigned over the Busongara Chiefdom. It is said that she was an exceptionally wise chief, great leader and entrepreneur who, among other achievements, brought socio-economic prosperity to her communities. The Koogere oral tradition tells the story of Koogere’s leadership, carrying her legacy through generations of the community. 

“Busongora bwa Koogere mbere ikamwa niboroga, Amagita gatera amaato, amata geser’ente” (Busongora of Koogere the land of plenty of cattle and abundant dairy products).

Koogere’s Legacy Today

The Koogere Women Empowerment Programme of Engabu Za Tooro (Tooro Youth Platform for Action, EZT) is built around and inspired by this oral tradition. EZT, an AWID member since early 2015, is an indigenous Ugandan organisation founded in 1999 and working with communities in western Uganda. EZT works to strengthen the capacity of these communities, using cultural practices to promote gender equality, the rights of indigenous women and community self-reliance. Their main activities aim to promote grassroots women’s mobilization and leadership; encourage women’s production and marketing in agro-business and cultural enterprises; end domestic violence and promote women’s economic rights.

EZT works through images and film.

Watch a video about the Koogere oral tradition

EZT is accredited to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and is facilitating the nomination for their oral tradition to be inscribed by UNESCO on the world list of intangible cultural heritage during the 10th session of its Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding Intangible Heritage. The session will take place from November 30th to December 4th 2015 in Windhoek Namibia during which indigenous women and gender activists will showcase this oral tradition.

“Engabu Za Tooro: Impassioned for social equity and inclusion” 

 

Obumu Habwekigendererwa [Unidad con propósito] continúa el legado de Koogere

Obumu Habwekigendererwa [Unidad con propósito] continúa el legado de Koogere

La historia de Koogere

El imperio Kitara alguna vez se extendió por el oriente de Uganda, el norte de Tanzanía y el oriente de la República Democrática del Congo. Se cuenta que en este imperio una mujer llamada Koogere reinó sobre toda la zona de influencia de los jefes Busongara. Se dice que ella fue una jefa excepcional por su sabiduría, una gran líder y emprendedora que, entre otros logros, llevó la prosperidad económica a sus comunidades. La tradición oral Koogere cuenta la historia de su liderazgo, transmitiendo su legado de una generación a otra en esta comunidad.

“Busongora bwa Koogere mbere ikamwa niboroga, Amagita gatera amaato, amata geser’ente” [Busongara de Koogere, la tierra del ganado y los productos lácteos abundantes]

El legado de Koogere en la actualidad

El Koogere Women Empowerment Programme [Programa de empoderamiento para mujeres Koogere] de la Engabu Za Tooro [Plataforma de Acción Juvenil Tooro, EZT] se inspira en esta tradición oral y se desarrolla a partir de ella. EZT, afiliada a AWID desde comienzos de 2015, es una organización indígena ugandesa creada en 1999 que trabaja con comunidades de Uganda occidental. EZT se dedica a fortalecer las capacidades de estas comunidades, utilizando prácticas culturales para promover la igualdad de género, los derechos de las mujeres indígenas y la autosuficiencia comunitaria. Sus principales actividades están destinadas a promover la movilización y el liderazgo de las mujeres de sectores populares; alentar la producción y comercialización agrícola y cultural por parte de las mujeres, poner fin a la violencia doméstica y promover los derechos económicos de las mujeres.

EZT utiliza imágenes y videos para su trabajo.

Ver un video sobre la tradición oral Koogere (en inglés)

EZT mantiene una colaboración oficial con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) y está promoviendo que su tradición oral sea incorporada por la UNESCO a la lista mundial de patrimonio cultural inmaterial durante la décima sesión del Comité Intergubernamental para la Salvaguarda del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial. La sesión tendrá lugar del 30 de noviembre al 4 de diciembre de 2015 en Windhoek, Namibia, y allí las mujeres indígenas y activistas de género presentarán esta tradición oral.

«Engabu Za Tooro: Apasionadas por la equidad y la inclusión sociales»

Obumu Habwekigendererwa (Uni-e-s pour une cause) poursuit l’héritage de Koogere

Obumu Habwekigendererwa (Uni-e-s pour une cause) poursuit l’héritage de Koogere

L’histoire de  Koogere

L’Empire Kitara englobait autrefois certaines parties actuelles de l’est de l’Ouganda,  certaines régions du nord de la Tanzanie et de l’est de la République démocratique du Congo. Dans cet empire, on raconte qu’une femme nommée Koogere régna sur la chefferie de Busongara. On dit que c’était une cheffe d’une exceptionnelle sagesse, une dirigeante et entrepreneure de talent qui, entre autres réussites, a rendu ses communautés prospères socialement et économiquement. La tradition orale Koogere raconte l’histoire du leadership de Koogere, tout en transmettant son héritage à la communauté, de génération en génération.

« Busongora bwa Koogere mbere ikamwa niboroga, Amagita gatera amaato, amata geser’ente » (Busongora de Koogere, la terre riche en bétail et en produits laitiers)

L’héritage actuel de Koogere

Le  Koogere Women Empowerment Programme (Programme d’autonomisation des femmes  Koogere, site en anglais) de Engabu Za Tooro - la Plateforme des jeunes de Tooro pour l’action, EZT- a été mis en place à partir de cette tradition orale et s’en inspire. Membre de l’AWID depuis le début de 2015, EZT est une organisation autochtone d’Ouganda fondée en 1999 qui travaille auprès de communautés dans la partie occidentale du pays. EZT a pour objectif de renforcer les capacités de ces communautés faisant usage de pratiques culturelles pour promouvoir l’égalité de genre, les droits des femmes autochtones et l’autonomie communautaire. Leurs principales activités  visent à promouvoir la mobilisation des femmes des communautés locales et le renforcement de leur leadership, à les encourager à produire et distribuer ces produits dans les secteurs du commerce agroalimentaire et des entreprises  culturelles. L’organisation oeuvre également pour mettre un terme à la violence intrafamiliale et pour la promotion des droits économiques des femmes. 

EZT travaille en images et en vidéos.

Regardez la vidéo sur la tradition orale Koogere (en anglais)

EZT est reconnue par l’Organisation des Nations unies pour l’éducation, la science et la culture  (UNESCO) et œuvre actuellement à ce que sa candidature pour la sauvegarde de sa tradition orale soit acceptée sur la Liste des Trésors du patrimoine mondial culturel immatériel  de l’UNESCO au cours  de la 10ème session  du Comité intergouvernemental de sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel. La session aura lieu du 30 novembre au 4 décembre 2015 à Windhoek, en Namibie. Au cours de celle-ci, des femmes autochtones et des militantes pour les droits des femmes présenteront cette tradition orale (site en anglais). 

« Engabu Za Tooro: Passionné-e d’égalité sociale et d’inclusion. »

Poet of peace and friendship

Poet of peace and friendship

Often known as a ‘poet of peace and friendship’, Caroline Nazareno-Gabis (an AWID member), a.k.a. Ceri Naz is a native of Pangsinan, Philippines, currently living and working in Vancouver, Canada. She is an award-winning poet, editor, journalist, public speaker, linguist, educator, peace and women’s rights advocate.


Caroline has won numerous international prizes for her work, including the The Frang Bardhi Literary Prize 2014 in Albania, the sair-gazeteci (Poet-Journalist Award) during the 34th KIBATEK International Festival of Literature and Arts in Turkey and the World Poetry Empowered Poet 2013 in Canada. She was also a featured poet at Vancouver Word On The Street and chosen as the World Poetry International Director for the Philippines by the World Poetry Canada and International.

“i am the greatest me
for i have accepted the whole,
the real me…”

Caroline’s poetry, children’s and feature stories have been published in various book anthologies and magazines worldwide. Currently, she writes for the Philippine Canadian Inquirer, the Songsoptok International Online Magazine and the e-journal Our Poetry Archive.

Beyond her literary work, Caroline has created the The Ceri Naz Literary Award through which she supports journalism students at the Pangasinan State University as well as emerging writers, poets and artists in the Philippines.

“…i am
fragile
but had put up
the broken pieces
to streams of strength and breadth…”

Poeta Filipina de la Paz y la Amistad

Poeta Filipina de la Paz y la Amistad

A Caroline Nazareno-Gabis (afiliada de AWID), a la que llaman Ceri Naz,  se la conoce  como  ‘poeta de la paz y la amistad’. Nacida en Pangsinan, Filipinas, actualmente vive y trabaja en Vancouver, Canadá. Ha recibido múltiples distinciones como poeta, editora, periodista, conferenciante, lingüista, educadora y defensora de la paz y los derechos de las mujeres.

Caroline ha ganado numerosos premios por su obra, incluyendo el premio de literatura Frang Bardhi 2014 de Albania, el premio sair-gazeteci (Premio Periodista Poeta- Poet Journalist Award ) durante la 34º edición del Festival Internacional KIBATEK de Literatura y Arte de Turquía y el Premio Mundial de Poesía y Empoderamiento (World Poetry Empowered Poet ) 2013 de Canadá. También fue poeta destacada en el festival nacional de libros y revistas de Vancouver, Word On The Street (La Palabra en la Calle), y fue elegida como Directora Internacional de Poesía Mundial para Filipinas por la organización  World Poetry Canada and International.

“soy la mejor yo
porque he aceptado todo
mi yo real...”

La poesía de Caroline, sus historias para niñas y niños y algunos de sus artículos destacados se han publicado en varias antologías de libros y revistas de todo el mundo. Actualmente escribe para Philippine Canadian Inquirer, la Songsoptok International Online Magazine (revista en línea) y la revista electrónica Our Poetry Archive.

Además de su obra literaria, Caroline ha creado el “Premio de Literatura Ceri Naz”, a través del cual brinda apoyo a estudiantes de periodismo de la Universidad Estatal de Pangasinan y a escritoras y escritores, poetas y artistas emergentes de Filipinas.

“…soy
frágil
pero de mis pedazos
hice
un torrente de fuerza y respiración…”

Poète philippine de la paix et de l'amitié

Poète philippine de la paix et de l'amitié

Souvent décrite comme une « poète de la paix et de l’amitié », Caroline Nazareno-Gabis (membre de l'AWID), plus connue sous le pseudonyme de Ceri Naz, est originaire de la province de Pangasinan, aux Philippines. Poète primée, éditrice, journaliste, conférencière, linguiste, éducatrice et militante pour la paix et les droits des femmes, Caroline vit et travaille actuellement à Vancouver, au Canada.

L’œuvre de Caroline a été récompensée par de nombreux prix internationaux. Elle a notamment remporté le prix littéraire Frang Bardhi 2014 en Albanie, le prix Sair-gazeteci (qui récompense les poètes-journalistes) du 34ème KIBATEK – le Festival international de littérature et d’arts qui a lieu en Turquie – et le prix World Poetry Empowered Poet 2013 au Canada. Elle a été invitée à participer au festival Word On The Street de Vancouver (site en anglais) et nommée directrice du World Poetry International pour les Philippines par la fondation World Poetry Canada and International.

« …je suis mon meilleur moi
car j’ai accepté mon moi entier,
mon moi véritable… »

La poésie de Caroline, ses histoires pour enfants et ses reportages ont été publiés dans différents livres, anthologies et magazines, et ce dans le monde entier. Elle collabore actuellement avec le Philippine Canadian Inquirer (site en anglais), le Songsoptok International Online Magazine et le journal en ligne Our Poetry Archive.

Outre son œuvre littéraire, Caroline a créé le prix littéraire Ceri Naz pour soutenir les étudiant-e-s en journalisme de l’Université d’État du Pangasinan ainsi que les écrivain-e-s, poètes et artistes prometteur-se-s des Philippines.

« …je suis
 fragile
mais j’ai reconstitué
 les fragments brisés
 en des fleuves larges et puissants… »

 

Mettre fin aux violences faites aux femmes, « une bataille qui vaut toujours la peine d’être menée ! »

Mettre fin aux violences faites aux femmes, « une bataille qui vaut toujours la peine d’être menée ! »

D’origine libanaise et palestinienne, Lina Abirafeh (membre individuelle de l'AWID) est née dans un contexte de conflits, de déplacements de population et de problématiques de genre. Déterminée à mettre un terme à la violence à l’égard des femmes, elle dit : « Nous devrions tou-te-s lutter fermement contre la violence faite aux femmes ! C’est la violation des droits humains la plus répandue dans le monde, et elle dure depuis bien trop longtemps. C’est une bataille qui vaut la peine d’être menée, même si nous n’en voyons pas les résultats de notre vivant ! »

Lina, qui a obtenu un doctorat du Département pour le développement international de la London School of Economics, voit sa thèse actuellement publiée dans un ouvrage (en anglais) intitulé Gender and International Aid in Afghanistan: The Politics and Effects of Intervention (Genre et aide internationale en Afghanistan : les politiques et effets de l’intervention). Pendant près de 20 ans, elle s’est attachée à travailler sur des questions de violence contre les femmes, particulièrement dans des situations d’urgence et dans plus de 20 pays dont l’Afghanistan, la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, la République démocratique du Congo, Haïti, le Mali, le Népal et la République centrafricaine. Lina a également collaboré avec de nombreuses agences de l’ONU, avec la Banque Mondiale, et avec différentes organisations non-gouvernementales internationales et nationales. Elle intègrera au mois de septembre la Lebanese American University (LAU) à Beyrouth en tant que Directrice de l’Institute for Women’s Studies (IWSAW) in the Arab World (institut d’études des femmes dans le monde arabe).

 « Nous sommes tou-te-s concerné-e-s. Nous sommes donc tou-te-s responsables. » - Lina Abirafeh

Lina se fait aussi une joie de communiquer avec d’autres membres ! 

Vous pouvez voir la présentation (en anglais) TEDx de Lina sur son travail concernant la violence sexuelle au cours de crises humanitaires.
 

 

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Ending violence against women, "it's still worth a fight!"

Ending violence against women, "it's still worth a fight!"

Lina Abirafeh (an AWID individual member) is Lebanese and Palestinian, born into conflict, displacement and gender issues. She is committed to ending violence against women and says “we all should be! It is the most pervasive human rights violation in the world, and it has endured far too long. Even if we don’t see the results in our lifetime, it’s still worth a fight!

Lina received a PhD from the London School of Economics Department of International Development, her research being published in a book entitled Gender and International Aid in Afghanistan: The Politics and Effects of Intervention. For nearly 20 years she has been dedicated to working on issues pertaining to violence against women, specifically in emergency contexts and in over 20 countries including Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Mali, Nepal, and Central African Republic. Lina has also worked with numerous UN agencies, the World Bank, as well as with diverse international and national non-governmental organizations. In September 2015, she joined the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut as Director of the Institute for Women’s Studies (IWSAW) in the Arab World.
“We are all affected. So we are all responsible.” - Lina Abirafeh
Lina is also looking forward to connecting with other members!
 
Watch Lina’s talk for TEDx on her work regarding sexual violence in humanitarian emergencies
 

 

Region
West Asia
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AWID

Para terminar con la violencia contra las mujeres, ¡aún vale la pena luchar!

Para terminar con la violencia contra las mujeres, ¡aún vale la pena luchar!

Lina Abirafeh (afiliada individual de AWID) es libanesa y palestina. Nació en medio del conflicto, el desplazamiento y la discriminación de género y está comprometida con la eliminación de la violencia contra las mujeres. «¡Todas las personas deberíamos tener el mismo compromiso!», afirma. «Es la violación a los derechos humanos más generalizada en el mundo y persiste desde hace mucho tiempo. Aun cuando no veremos los resultados durante nuestra vida, vale la pena luchar».

Lina obtuvo un título de doctorado del departamento de desarrollo internacional de London School of Economics, para el que presentó una investigación publicada (en inglés) en el libro Gender and International Aid in Afghanistan: The Politics and Effects of Intervention [Género y ayuda internacional en Afganistán: La política y los efectos de la intervención]. Durante casi 20 años Lina se ha dedicado a trabajar por los temas referidos a la violencia contra las mujeres, especialmente a la ejercida en contextos de emergencia y en más de 20 países, incluidos Afganistán, Papua Nueva Guinea, República Democrática del Congo, Haití, Malí, Nepal y República Centroafricana. Ha trabajado también con numerosos organismos de las Naciones Unidas, el Banco Mundial y diversas organizaciones no gubernamentales nacionales e internacionales. En septiembre se incorporará a la Lebanese American University [universidad libanesa americana] de Beirut como directora del instituto para los estudios de la mujer en el mundo árabe (IWSAW).
 
«Todas las personas nos vemos afectadas; por eso todas somos responsables.» - Lina Abirafeh
 
Lina también anhela conectarse con otras/os afiliadas/os de AWID. 
 
Mira la charla de Lina (en inglés) por TEDx sobre su labor para evitar la violencia sexual en escenarios de emergencia humanitaria.
 
 

 

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AWID

AWID IN 2014: Strengthening Women’s Rights Organizing Around the World

Lucy O.

Biography

With over ten years of finance experience, Lucy has devoted her career to for profit and furthering nonprofit missions. She also worked and volunteered at non-for-profit organizations. From the fast-paced world of Finance, Lucy has passion for staying tuned with tech skills in the finance field. Lucy joined AWID in 2014. During her spare time she enjoys music, traveling, and variety sports.

Position
Accounting Coordinator
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Elina Margarita Castillo Jiménez

Biography

Elina is a young afro-Dominican intersectional feminist and human rights lawyer, committed to use her voice and skills to build a more just, empathic and inclusive world.  She started Law school at 16, convinced it would give her the tools to understand and promote social justice. After a J.D. in the Dominican Republic, she pursued an LL.M. in Public International Law and Human Rights in the UK as a Chevening Scholar. She was the only Latinx-Caribbean woman in her class, graduating with honours.

Elina has worked at the intersection of human rights, gender, migration and policy, from government, grassroots collectives and international organizations. She helped litigate cases on gender-based violence before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. As a member of the Youth Advisory Panel of UNFPA, she contributed to strengthening sexual and reproductive rights in the Dominican Republic. She co-led Amnesty International’s first campaign on sex workers’ rights in the Americas, developing strong partnerships with sex-worker led organizations and using Amnesty’s position to amplify women human rights defenders and sex workers’ voices.

Elina is part of Foro Feminista Magaly Pineda and the Global Shapers Community. She speaks Spanish, French and English. Thanks to her diverse background, Elina brings strong governance and strategic planning skills, substantive expertise on the United Nations and regional human rights mechanisms and her bold determination to keep AWID as an inclusive organization for all women, especially young and Caribbean feminists. With these offerings, joins a global sisterhood of feminist badasses, where she can keep nurturing her feminist leadership and never again feel alone in her path. 

Position
Co-Treasurer
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