2018 Women’s Human Rights Education Institute Programs now open for application!
Are you a women’s human rights defender? Do you want to increase your understanding of women’s human rights, and learn how to use the UN Human Rights system and CEDAW, the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, to support your activism?
Join other international activists, scholars, community workers, NGO representatives, lawyers and educators in learning about women’s human rights education and activism at the Women’s Human Rights Education Institute (WHRI), a collaborative program between the Centre for Women’s Studies in Education/University of Toronto, and the Fundación Justicia y Género of Costa Rica.
Call for applications for our English-language 2018 Training Programs in Toronto, Canada:
WHRI Intensive Institute – July 3 – 20, 2018
CEDAW for Change Institute – July 3 – 7, 2018
Accepting applications now!
Full details available on our website: www.learnwhr.org/whri2018
WHRI Intensive Institute: July 3 – 20, 2018
Founded in 2004 by Costa Rican feminist jurist and activist Alda Facio, the WHRI Intensive institute combines an online learning program with 3 weeks of in-class learning to delve deeply into CEDAW and women’s human rights activism and education. Participants will gain competency in understanding and utilizing CEDAW and women’s human rights frameworks for analysis and activism, as well as exploring a diverse range women’s issues through a transformative and holistic curriculum oriented towards personal and social change.
More info: http://learnwhr.org/programs/w
CEDAW for Change Institute: July 3 – 7, 2018
This one-week educational institute focuses on understanding and utilizing the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and other mechanisms of the women’s human rights system as tools for activism, feminist analysis and women’s human rights movement-building. The core principles and functions of CEDAW as tools for activism and feminist analysis will be explored, ensuring that all participants will be able to ground diverse women’s issues in a women’s human rights framework.
More info: http://learnwhr.org/programs/c
Facilitators:
WHRI’s Educational Programs are Directed by Alda Facio: WHRI Co-founder, Costa Rican feminist jurist and activist, Chair and Special Rapporteur of the UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women (UN WGDAW)
WHRI Intensive is co-facilitated by: Angela Lytle & Anya Victoria, with special guests including Meskerem Geset, Debby Danard, Kenita Placide, Mary Eberts and more to be announced!
Note: The WHRI offers a limited number of discounts and fee waivers for each program, with a focus on WHR defenders from the Global South, Indigenous women activists, young women activists, LBT activists, dis/ability rights activists, and representatives of underfunded organizations with small annual budgets. We also offer discounts for full-time students and those on a very limited income, on a case by case basis. lease note that in all cases, participants will be responsible for their travel and accommodation costs, so start fundraising early.
Please note that answers to most common questions can be found on our website. If after reading the website, you still have a question, you can reach us atinfo@learnwhr.org.
Watch our website and FB page at www.facebook.com/LearnWHR for information on 2018 Spanish-language trainings planned in Ecuador and Costa Rica!
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