WHRDs are self-identified women and lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LBTQI) people and others who defend rights and are subject to gender-specific risks and threats due to their human rights work and/or as a direct consequence of their gender identity or sexual orientation.
WHRDs are subject to systematic violence and discrimination due to their identities and unyielding struggles for rights, equality and justice.
The WHRD Program collaborates with international and regional partners as well as the AWID membership to raise awareness about these risks and threats, advocate for feminist and holistic measures of protection and safety, and actively promote a culture of self-care and collective well being in our movements.
Risks and threats targeting WHRDs
WHRDs are exposed to the same types of risks that all other defenders who defend human rights, communities, and the environment face. However, they are also exposed to gender-based violence and gender-specific risks because they challenge existing gender norms within their communities and societies.
By defending rights, WHRDs are at risk of:
Physical assault and death
Intimidation and harassment, including in online spaces
Judicial harassment and criminalization
Burnout
A collaborative, holistic approach to safety
We work collaboratively with international and regional networks and our membership
to raise awareness about human rights abuses and violations against WHRDs and the systemic violence and discrimination they experience
to strengthen protection mechanisms and ensure more effective and timely responses to WHRDs at risk
We work to promote a holistic approach to protection which includes:
emphasizing the importance of self-care and collective well being, and recognizing that what care and wellbeing mean may differ across cultures
documenting the violations targeting WHRDs using a feminist intersectional perspective;
promoting the social recognition and celebration of the work and resilience of WHRDs ; and
building civic spaces that are conducive to dismantling structural inequalities without restrictions or obstacles
Our Actions
We aim to contribute to a safer world for WHRDs, their families and communities. We believe that action for rights and justice should not put WHRDs at risk; it should be appreciated and celebrated.
Promoting collaboration and coordination among human rights and women’s rights organizations at the international level to strengthen responses concerning safety and wellbeing of WHRDs.
Supporting regional networks of WHRDs and their organizations, such as the Mesoamerican Initiative for WHRDs and the WHRD Middle East and North Africa Coalition, in promoting and strengthening collective action for protection - emphasizing the establishment of solidarity and protection networks, the promotion of self-care, and advocacy and mobilization for the safety of WHRDs;
Increasing the visibility and recognition of WHRDs and their struggles, as well as the risks that they encounter by documenting the attacks that they face, and researching, producing, and disseminating information on their struggles, strategies, and challenges:
Mobilizing urgent responses of international solidarity for WHRDs at risk through our international and regional networks, and our active membership.
Florence était une militante des droits des personnes handicapées qui travaillait avec plusieurs organisations de femmes handicapées en Ouganda.
Elle a également occupé le poste de présidente de l’Association des femmes handicapées du district de Lira, ainsi que du caucus des conseillères du district de Lira. Formée en tant que conseillère pour personnes handicapées et parents d'enfants handicapés, elle a soutenu de nombreux projets appelant à une plus grande représentation des personnes handicapées.
A AWID agradece sinceramente às várias pessoas cujas ideias, análises e contribuições moldaram a pesquisa e a defesa do “Onde está o dinheiro” ao longo dos anos.
Em primeiro lugar, os nossos mais sinceros agradecimentos aos membres da AWID e às ativistas que participaram nas colaborações com o WITM e testaram este questionário connosco, ao partilhar tão generosamente o seu tempo, análise e espírito.
Agradecemos aos movimentos feministas, aos aliados e aos fundos feministas, incluindo, mas não se limitando ao Black Feminist Fund, Pacific Feminist Fund, ASTREA, FRIDA Young Feminist Fund, Purposeful, Kosovo Women's Network, Human Rights Funders Network, CEECCNA Feminist Fund e PROSPERA, pelas suas investigações rigorosas sobre o estado de financiamento, pela análise perspicaz e pela defesa contínua de mais recursos de melhor qualidade e poder para a organização feminista e de justiça de género em todos os contextos.
Junte-se à comunidade global de feministas que se manifestam sobre o estado de financiamento, e exigem mais recursos de melhor qualidade e poder para feministas globalmente.
La participación de lxs afiliadxs de AWID en la CSW61
Los Estados miembros al igual que activistas y organizaciones por los derechos de las mujeres se reunirán en la sede central de las Naciones Unidas, en Nueva York, para la sexagésima primera sesión de la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de las Mujeres del 13 al 24 de marzo para abordar el tema «empoderamiento económico de las mujeres» en el contexto del Objetivo 5 para el Desarrollo Sostenible.
Aunque nos dará mucho gusto reunirnos en persona con aquellxs de ustedes que van a estar en Nueva York, también queremos interactuar con todxs aquellxs que no podrán asistir a la CSW y, en la medida que nos sea posible, amplificar sus voces en los espacios relevantes.
A continuación encontrarán información sobre las diferentes maneras en que pueden interactuar con AWID en relación con la CSW:
¡Participa en una toma del poder artística!
Nos complace anunciar que Nayani Thiyagarajah —afiliada de AWID— asistirá a la CSW este año y estará a cargo de la cuenta de Instagram de AWID. Nayani estará presente y disponible en Nueva York, para conectarse con otrxs afiliadxs, y posiblemente coordinar una presentación en nuestra cuenta de Instagram; también explorará la posibilidad de incluir a algunxs afiliadxs de AWID en un cortometraje sobre el tema «Lo personal es político», una historia de la participación de Nayani en la CSW de este año.
Nayani Thiyagarajah
¿Quién es Nayani?
Nayani Thiyagarajah es una realizadora, productora y escritora que se dedica a crear historias para la pantalla grande. Nayani es hija de la diáspora tamil, vive en Toronto y ha trabajado por más de diez años en las artes y la cultura. Su primer largometraje independiente Shadeism: Digging Deeper (2015) tuvo su estreno mundial en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Zanzíbar 2015, donde ganó un premio especial del jurado. Nayani realizó recientemente la película [RE]FRAME en asociación con la productora Camaro West, una compañía de producción con sede en Atlanta y Toronto, que se enfoca en reformular las historias de las personas negras, indígenas y otras personas de color a través de narraciones para la pantalla grande.
Hablando más seriamente, habría que señalar que Nayani se ríe de una manera extraña, es muy torpe, y su cabeza está siempre en las nubes. Nayani se siente extremadamente bendecida de poder crear historias para el cine, de ganarse la vida jugando a inventar historias y por encima de todo, Nayani cree en el amor.
(La misma Nayani nos envío estas líneas para su biografía)
¿Te interesaría conocer a Nayani y tener la posibilidad de ser incluidx en su película?
Envíanos un email dirigido a membership@awid.org con la línea de asunto «CSW: toma del poder artística»
Antes del 13 de marzo de 2017
Incluye tu nombre completo y tu país.
¿No puedes asistir? ¡Hazlo saber!
Si no puedes asistir a la CSW61 debido a una prohibición de viaje, ya sea impuesta por el gobierno de Trump o por tu propio gobierno, por favor comparte tu historia con nosotrxs.
Envíanos mensajes que quieres que sean escuchados en los espacios de las Naciones Unidas en lo que respecta al financiamiento, el impacto del restablecimiento de la Ley Mordaza Global y la necesidad de luchar en contra de todos los tipos de fundamentalismos religiosos. Puedes enviar tus mensajes en los siguientes formatos:
Video: Que no dure más de dos minutos y por favor envíalo a través de una carpeta de intercambio de archivos (por ejemplo, dropbox, google drive, etc.)
Audio: Que no dure más de dos minutos y por favor envíalo a través de una carpeta de intercambio de archivos (por ejemplo, dropbox, google drive, etc.)
Imagen: puedes enviarnos una foto o un cartel con tu mensaje.
Texto: Que no sea más largo de 200 palabras y por favor envíalo a través de un mail o en un documento Word.
Comparte tu mensaje con nosotrxs
Envíanos un email dirigido a membership@awid.org con la línea de asunto «CSW: ¡Hazlo saber!»
Antes del 15 de marzo de 2017
Reúnete con otrxs afiliadxs en la CSW61
Algunxs afiliadxs de AWID nos han dicho que les parece muy importante poder conectarse con otrxs afiliadxs en la CSW. En un espacio de incidencia tan grande, es útil conectarse con otrxs activistas que trabajan en temas similares, o que provienen del mismo país o región. Al reconocer la importancia de estas conexiones para la construcción de movimientos.
¿Te gustaría reunirte con otrxs afiliadxs de AWID mientras estás en Nueva York?
Envíanos un email dirigido a membership@awid.org con la línea de asunto «CSW: AWID Afiliadxs»
NOTE: Por favor envíanos tu nombre completo, país de origen y déjanos saber si te parece bien que compartamos tu dirección de mail con otrxs afiliadxs interesadxs en reunirse en la CSW.
Toma una fotografía
Si asistes a la CSW, nos gustaría ver lo que sucede a través de tus ojos. Puedes capturar un momento que, en tu opinión, hable de la energía en el espacio del evento, ya sea dentro o fuera de la sede. Tenemos pensado publicar algunas de tus «imágenes» en nuestros canales de redes sociales y compartirlas en awid.org.
Puedes enviarnos fotografías:
a color o en blanco y negro
un título (si lo deseas) y
una leyenda (de 100 palabras como máximo) sobre la historia que cuenta esa imagen.
Incluye además:
tu nombre completo
país de origen
infórmanos si podemos publicar en parte o por completo la información que nos hayas compartido.
Envía tus imágenes
Envíanos un email dirigido a membership@awid.org con la línea de asunto «CSW: fotografías»
Durante toda la duración de la CSW o poco después de haber concluido, hasta el martes 28 de marzo.
Born in 1928, Marceline worked as an actress, a screenwriter, and a director.
She directed The Birch-Tree Meadow in 2003, starring Anouk Aimee, as well as several other documentaries. She was also a holocaust survivor. She was just fifteen when she and her father were both arrested and sent to Nazi concentration camps. The three kilometres between her father in Auschwitz and herself in Birkenau were an insurmountable distance, which she writes about in one of her seminal novels “But You Did Not Come Back.”
In talking about her work, she once said: "All I can say is that everything I can write, everything I can unveil — it's my task to do it.”
مجموعتنا، منظمتنا و\أو حركتنا غير مسجلة. هل علينا تعبئة الاستطلاع؟
نعم! نريد أن نسمع منكم/ن عن تجربتكم/ن بالتمويل.
Overview
This bibliography intends to contribute to the desire for learning and engagement identified by activists in the Middle East and North Africa region when reflecting on the aftermath of fast unfolding transitions in the region. Such transitions, while specific to the context of MENA, are not unique in their occurrences around the world. Experiences and practices of feminists from around the world engaged in similar, even if not identical, struggles towards the democratization of their countries with a gendered lens and a feminist politics constitute an important knowledge bank that activists can draw upon, learn from, and engage with. This resource mapping aims to fill the gap realized in various convenings and conversations of a lack of information sharing and knowledge bridging among feminists across the regions that experienced similar uprisings; particularly along south-south and east-south lines.
This publication represents a research mapping of key resources, publications and materials on transitions to democracy and women’s rights in different countries of the world that have undergone such processes, such as: Indonesia, Chile, South Africa, Nepal, Mexico, Argentina, Poland, Ukraine, as well as within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It provides bibliographic information and short summaries of resources which succinctly identify the contextual changes and challenges facing women in those particular transitional moments, as well as clearly delineates the ways in which women’s rights activists sought to confront those challenges and what lessons were learned.
We hope that this collection of ideas, research, analysis and experiences provides the kind of rich ingredients needed to create new recipes for confronting old and new challenges. By sharing these texts, our goal is to make links across borders, expand possibilities and knowledge, and invite debate, reflection, and inspiration for women’s rights organizations and activists in the MENA region. While every moment and space has its own unique flavor and history, highlighting connections to similar challenges and aspirations allows us all to bring things in conversation with one another, imagine a new vantage point into a problem, and increase our sense of belonging and purpose and thus our capacity to stay strong in the face of the seemingly impossible. It is the collective strength of a movement that gives it the power to create change. The goal with this publication is not that one specific text will necessarily help illuminate new solutions, but that the combined knowledge and analysis from a variety of sources will provide readers with an opportunity to expand their horizons and foster connections. In our small way, we hope to contribute to furthering the democratization of knowledge, and supporting women’s rights movements in the MENA to continue building an inclusive transition process that will result in advancements of social justice and gender equality.
As part of AWID’s Feminist Realities journey, we invite you to explore our newly launched Feminist Film Club: a collection of short and feature films selected by feminist curators and storytellers from around the world, including Jess X. Snow (Asia/Pacific), Gabrielle Tesfaye (Africa/African Diaspora), and Esra Ozban (South West Asia, North Africa). Alejandra Laprea is curating the Latin & Central American program, which we’ll launch in September during AWID’s Crear, Résister, Transform: A Festival for Feminist Movements. In the meantime, look out for announcements on special films screenings and conversations with filmmakers!
Dilma Ferreira Silva was a leading Amazonian rights activist who fought for decades for the rights of people affected by dams.
She herself was among the 32,000 people displaced by the Tucuruí, a mega-hydroelectric power plant, built in Brazil during the 1964-1985 military dictatorship.
In 2005 Dilma was invited to join the Movement of Dam-Affected Peoples in Brazil (MAB), and in 2006 she formed the women’s collective, eventually becoming regional coordinator of the movement.
In speaking about her activism, her colleagues commented:
“She stood out very fast because she was always very fearless in the struggle.”
Dilma lived in the rural settlement of Salvador Allende,50 kilometers from Tucuruí, and dedicated her life to better protect communities and the land affected by the construction of mega projects. She was especially concerned with the gendered impacts of such projects and advocated for women’s rights.
At a national MAB meeting in 2011, Dilma spoke to women affected by the dams, saying:
“We are the real Marias, warriors, fighters who are there, facing the challenge of daily struggle”.
In the following years, Dilma organized grassroots MAD groups and worked with the community to form farming cooperatives that created a better distribution of food for the community. They improved the commercialization of fishing, and developed a cistern project for safe drinking water. She was also an advocate for farmers whose lands were being coveted by ‘grileiros’ (land grabbers).
On 22nd March 2019, at the age of 48, Dilma, her husband and their friend were all brutally murdered. The three killings came as part of a wave of violence in the Amazon against the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra (translates as ‘landless workers’ movement’), environmental and indigenous activists.
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