OSI Network Women's Program

OSI Network Women's Program:
Women's Human Rights Step by Step

Application Deadline: May 18, 1998

We are in the process of selecting participants to the Women's Human Rights Advocacy Training Project. The training program, which starts in July-August 1998, will only be for the participants from the following countries:

Cluster A:

Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan

Cluster B:

Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Macedonia
Albania

Please read the attached description of the project and criteria for participation.

The Women's Human Rights Advocacy Training is designed to enable a core group of women in each of the participating countries to:

Appreciate the relevance and importance of human rights law and mechanisms
Know how to use the human rights system at the national, regional and international levels
Acquire skills in methods of documenting and reporting violations of human rights
Design advocacy strategies that can be used to promote women's human rights.

The program consists of three one-week training sessions over a period of two years. Participants will plan and implement at least one organizational strategy to promote or defend women's human rights in their countries of origin. Between training sessions, the training team will offer follow-up advice, feedback and technical assistance as needed in the implementation of these strategies.

WLD International will provide the training drawing on its staff and network of international experts in the field of women's human rights. The curriculum will be based on the Women's Human Rights Step by Step manual, with the key thematic areas covering:

The main concepts of human rights law
The structure of the human rights system and how to access and use selected human rights mechanisms
How to develop strategies that promote or defend women's human rights
How to investigate and document abuses

Due to limited space, only 5 participants per country will be able to participate in the first training. The attached application form will help us determine who can meet the qualifications for participation. We request that you complete the application form in English.

Selected participants will receive funds from the Soros national foundation in their country for travel costs including airfare/train fare/bus, local transportation, visa costs where necessary, and a $150 per diem. Hotel accommodations and meals will be provided by the Network Women's Program. A modest stipend for work following the first training will be jointly provided by the Soros national foundations and the Network Women's Program.

Please answer all the questions in the application survey and return it with three copies to the Soros national foundation in your country by May 18. See the contact information for the Soros national foundations at the end of this message.

The URL for this page is: http://www.friends-partners.org/~ccsi/announce/wmnhr1.htm
Last updated: May 7, 1998

Center for Civil Society International
ccsi@u.washington.edu

OSI Network Women's Program: Women's Human Rights Step by Step

OSI Network Women's Program:
Women's Human Rights Step by Step