Subject: [fem-women2000 269] Fw: reminder Grassroots women's International Academy
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 15:28:57 +0900
Seq: 269
>From: "Leslie Wright" <ngo_csw_ny@hotmail.com> >Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 05:38:26 -0400 >Subject: [ngo-csw-ny] Fw: reminder Grassroots women's International Academy > >>From GROOTS: > >Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 2:08 AM >Subject: reminder Grassroots women's International Academy > > >> >> The World Fair EXPO 2000 will be taking place this year for the first time >in >> Germany. It will run for 153 days. Its themes are humankind, nature and >> technology. And for the first time in history, poor women will have their >own >> academy. >> >> Grassroots women from around the world will be meeting to exchange the >> various methods that have worked for them and to train other women to set >up >> similar projects in their own communities. These women have created >solutions >> to some of the most challenging problems of our times. Many have >participated >> in the Huairou Commission and the United Nations Develpment Program's MDGD >> "Our Best Practice" campaign to secure their own knowledge base. >> >> Sponsored by the Huairou Commission and Groots Internatonal, among others, >> the Grassroots Women's International Academy will be meeting one week a >> month from June-October. On the seventh day of each of the series, >> grassroots women will meet with potential partners from the media, >> foundations, academia, etc. >> >> More specifically, the session from June 14-29 will include presentations >on >> the mother centers, family homeopathic remedies, saving our forests, >> engendering governance from the grassroots women's perspective and the >family >> unit as an organizing tool. The July 7-13 session will include workshops >on >> building neighborhood networks, participatory decision making and >community >> development. The September 13-19 session will feature workshops on peer >> learning and partnership buildiing across borders and combatting poverty >> with sustainable farming. The October 10-16 session will include training >> sessions on taking control of your own body, health care, housing for the >> poor and women's peace building strategies. >> >> Participants can register for whole or half day units. For more >information >> and registration, contact by e-mail: info@muetterzentrum.de or on the web >at >> www.muetterzentrum.de. Other e-mail addresses are: Huairou@aol.com or in >> Germany, Jaeckel@dji.de. _________________________________________________________________________ fem-Women2000@jca.apc.org for Women 2000, UN Special Session on Beijing+5 Searcheable Archive http://www.jca.apc.org/fem/news/women2000/index.shtml visit fem-net HomePage for other mailing lists http://www.jca.apc.org/fem