Subject: [fem-women2000 223] Re: URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT: recruitment for GLOBAL WOMEN'S B+ 5 MEDIA TEAM
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 18:49:49 +0900
Seq: 223
lalamaziwa です。 > >lalaさん、文字化けしていて読めないのでございます。 >もう一度送って >くださいませ。 >若い人でだれか行けないかと思うので。 >赤石 目に付きにくい特殊記号が入っていました..。再送します。 ---------------- Original message follows ---------------- From: Cathy Clarin <cathy@isiswomen.org> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 13:19:42 Subject: URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT: recruitment for GLOBAL WOMEN'S B+5 MEDIA TEAM -- 30 March 2000 Dear Friends, Can you help us send this to as wide a reach as possible? Or if you're busy, may I then just ask for referrals on lists or addresses worth sending this to? Salamat, Kathy ----------------------------------- Would you be interested in going to New York and write stories on women and the Beijing + 5? Then, read on quick... Isis International-Manila is launching an exciting and innovative project for 14 non-media, NGO-based feminists/activists. It's called the GLOBAL WOMEN'S B+ 5 MEDIA TEAM at the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS)!! That means being in New York from 3-10 June 2000. But more than just being there, the team will be gathering news and interesting stories related to the BPFA process, and send these to both mainstream and alternative media outlets. This is a great service to women everywhere. It's keeping women connected, from wherever they may be! You see, this UN process called the Beijing Platform for Action Review process (otherwise called BPFA Review, Beijing plus Five, or the B+5) is a significant UN process for all women. Governments are meeting and discussing what has happened since the last World Conference on Women, and they will craft a document that will secure the gains of the first 5 years of the BPFA, and develop strategies to overcoming obstacles in its implementation. They will be talking about our lives, and we need to know what they are saying. We need to let them know what we think, and feel, and experience. And it is important, very important that the women of the world know what's going on. Isis-International Manila believes this. Strongly. In fact, Isis International has been active in creating information and communication linkages in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as globally. Isis helps strengthen women's communication skills, including working with mainstream media , so safeguards to women's right to know processes and policies that shape lives are put in place. That's why, Isis International is initiating this pioneering project, the GLOBAL WOMEN'S B+ 5 MEDIA TEAM. Who can be part of the Global Women's B+5 Media Team? Members of the GLOBAL WOMEN'S B+ 5 MEDIA TEAM will be selected from women's NGO from various parts of the globe -- 6 from Asia-Pacific (West, East, Southeast, South and Central Asia and the Pacific Islands), 2 from Europe (Central and Eastern), 3 from Africa (Anglophone, Francophone and North), and 3 from Latin America (the Caribbean, Central and South America). As writer-trainees, they will have hands-on training in gathering, writing and disseminating news and stories related to the BPFA Review process to mainstream media outlets. They will be tasked to prepare daily press releases and arrange for radio phone patches throughout the five days of the UNGASS meeting. Other media activities pre- and post-Review periods, such as report-back press conferences will likewise be part of the project plans. Stories written will be sent through national, sub-regional, global mainstream and alternative media outlets, to help ensure that this powerful medium is maximized in bringing B+5 news in a flash to women worldwide. They will be linking women off-site to women lobbying on-site. This initiative, also has an ongoing online training component, to enhance women's skills in future media campaigns and advocacy that their organizations might undertake. Sounds high-tech? Fear not. Project trainers are known for their sensitive and popular approach to demystfying technical stuff, so technology will be in women's hands too. So, are you interested? Then, if you: * belong to a women's NGO, that is in some way involved in the BPFA Review process and/or engaged in national/subregional women's advocacy; and that this organization is either utilizing/or is planning on utilizing media as a tool to further women's advocacy; * have been a staff of that NGO for at least one year, and have a commitment to that organization for at least another year beyond this project; * not be a media professional, nor have had any extensive experience in working in and with media; * have basic writing skills in either English, Spanish and French, and the major language of their countries of origin and good comprehension in English; * be willing to do pre-, during, and post-UNGASS media information and communication activities; and * have the commitment of and support from her organization, that she will be given sufficient time, space and access to resources to engage in earlier described tasks and responsibilities. You can be in. Please send the following documents on or before 5 April 2000. We need to hurry up though, 'coz we need to beat the 15 April 2000 deadline to register all team members with the UN DAW. So send us these documents ASAP! * a completely filled-up questionnaire (attached below); * a brief letter of application; * a short description of yourself providing basic data including full name (as it appears in your passport), age, organizational designation, full contact details (including email, if available), written and spoken abilities, a listing of past training received, current work experience inclusive of a brief description of your role in your current organisation; and * an endorsement letter from your current organization. Applications may be addressed to: Mavic Cabrera Balleza Global B+5 Media Team Project Coordinator ISIS International-Manila No. 3 Marunong Street Brgy. Central District 1101 Quezon City Philippines Tel: (632) 435-3405/435-3408 Fax: (632) 924-1065 Email: <mavic@isiswomen.org> or <isis@isiswomen.org> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questionnaire for Applicants to the GLOBAL WOMEN'S B+ 5 MEDIA TEAM Project: 1. What is the significance of the BPFA to your organization's thrusts? 2. Is your organization planning to attend the UNGASS? 3. Does you organization have an ECOSOC status? 4. If yes, has your NGO registered with the UN Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) to participate in the June UNGASS? 5. Has your organization managed to secure funding to attend the UNGASS? If so, will it be able to contribute in any way to your attendance? 6. Is your organization part of a network doing work around the BPFA? Which network is it? Give brief description of network? What role does your organization play in that network? 7. Should you be one of the team members, in what way/s will your organization gain from your involvement in this Project? 8. Does your organization tap mainstream media in your information-dissemination work? Can you share a little on this. ----- ends