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Rhonda Douglas, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, Canada/UK/USA
This presentation will focus on the methodology and findings of a 2010 report undertaken by WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing) -- a longitudinal analysis of the impact of the global economic crisis on three categories of urban informal workers: home-based producers, street vendors, and waste pickers in 14 cities in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Guida C. Man, York University, Canada; Alexandra Dobrowolsky, Saint Mary's University, Canada; Christina Gabriel, Carleton University, Canada; Audrey Macklin, University of Toronto, Canada; Valerie Preston, York University, Canada; Marshia Akbar, York University, Canada; Roxana Ng, OISE, University of Toronto, Canada
This session will examine the inequalities and restrictions experienced by immigrant women in the context of globalization, especially with respect to pervasive neoliberal immigration discourses and practices, and will explore how diverse immigrant women's ideas/actions challenge various forms of exclusion and contest processes which seek to position them as either "objects" or "subjects" of neoliberalization.
Rina Arseneault, Centre Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canada; Debbie Gallant, Actions Femmes Île-du-Prince-Édouard, Canada; Catherine Fenwick, Association régionale de la Côte-Ouest de Terre-Neuve, Canada; Louise d'Entremont, Société Femmes Équité Atlantique, Canada
Cette session porte sur une expérience inspirante de concertation intergénérationnelle/mentorat entre femmes de régions rurales des provinces du Canada Atlantique. Tour d'horizon de solutions à des obstacles que vivent les filles et jeunes femmes (16-30 ans) et les femmes mûres (50 ans) acadiennes et francophones.
Natasha Collishaw, Canada; Shabnam Tashakour;
The workshop will invite dialogue and reflection on the challenges that face everyone who is actively contributing to the cause of equality of women and men. Discussion will explore two main concepts: overcoming oppression through the acquisition of self-knowledge and redefining power and expressing it in the form of capacity building.
Sana Sohail, Chanan Development Association and Youth Peer Education Network, Pakistan
This session will look at how women's sexuality and HIV/AIDs are taboo stigmas in Pakistani society, creating an environment of repression that hinders women from accessing information and health services regarding sexual and reproductive health. This lack increases their vulnerability to high risk sexual behaviors, unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions, STIs, and HIV/AIDS.
Elizabeth Conlon, SUNY Plattsburgh, USA; Sean Burke, SUNY Plattsburgh, USA; Njeri Kang'ethe, SUNY Plattsburgh, Kenya/USA; Donna Kelly, SUNY Plattsburgh, USA; Denise Savage, SUNY Plattsburgh, USA; Kay Branagan, Gender & Women's Studies Dept., SUNY Plattsburgh, USA
This panel is based on the premise that feminist activism on college campus provides an invaluable opportunity for students to relate feminist theory to gender issues on campus.
Caroline Caron, Université d’Ottawa, Canada; Maria-Hélèna Pacelli, Université d’Ottawa, Canada; Hanieh Ziaei, Canada; Valérie Plante, Fondation filles d’action, Canada
Ce panel traite sous des angles multiples de la résistance et de la citoyenneté des filles et des jeunes femmes d'aujourd'hui dans le contexte de la globalisation. Il réunit cinq interventions de jeunes féministes francophones, dont une performance exécutée par un groupe de militantes féministes.
From multiple angles, this panel will look at the resistance and citizenship of girls and young women today within the context of globalization. The session features five young francophone feminists and a performance by a group of feminist activists.
Cette session sera interprétée en français et anglais. / This session will be interpreted in French and English.
Sarah Scanlon, Sexual Assault Centre London, Canada
By examining womyn's role as activists and cultural jammers - resisting and re-creating mainstream messages - this session will highlight the work being done to create a shift in social consciousness and explore the potential of womyn's cultural production for feminist action. Form and content will reflect current sub-cultural strategies taken up within third wave feminism and those brought forward by others.
Jacqueline Shahzadi, University of Phoenix, USA
This session will look at the unique advantages women are finding through the higher education that is now accessible online. Women now comprise the majority of students worldwide and in online institutions. Women with limited ability to travel or with primary childcare responsibilities are among those for whom online education has opened opportunities for higher education with astonishing rapidity.
Susan Wadien, UNPAC, Canada; Changemakers participant
In this workshop, participants of Change Makers - a mentorship program of UNPAC that equips and empower women to create change within their communities - will share examples, reflections, and strategies on creating relevant learning experiences for community to confidently take their place as leaders in their communities.
Dr. Linda Christiansen-Ruffman, Saint Mary’s University, CRIAW-NS, Canada; Kaarina Kailo, Oulu University, Finland; Barbara Alice Mann, University of Toledo, Native American Alliance of Ohio, USA; Erella Shadmi, Haifa Feminist Center, Israel; Angela Miles, Univesity of Toronto OISE, Canada; Bernedette Muthien, Engender, South Africa; Genevieve Vaughan, International Feminists for a Gift Economy, Italy/USA; Angela Dolmetsch, Columbia;
This session looks at how gift-giving an economic mode - practiced in many Indigenous communities as well as in the non indigenous 'domestic sphere' - constitutes a deep alternative to patriarchal capitalism. Although the unilateral gift has been considered impossible, it is necessary for mothering as children cannot give back an equivalent of what they receive.
Akiko Shimizu, University of Tokyo, Japan; Yuri Horie, Ritsumeikan University, Japan; Iseri Makiko, University of Tokyo, Japan; Kawasaka Kazuyoshi, University of Tokyo, Japan
This session investigates how femininity and female sexualities are both regulated and explored beyond the scope of the regulation in contemporary Japan. The goal is to illuminate the hitherto underestimated achievements and future possibilities of queer femininity in negotiation with the still heteronormative and nationalistic socio-cultural structures of Japan.
Ineke Buskens, Gender Research in Africa/Arab Countries into ICTs for Empowerment and Research for the Future, South Africa; Anne Webb, Gender Research in Africa/Arab Counties into ICTs for Empowerment, Canada; Gisele Yitamben, Gender Research in Africa/Arab Counties into ICTs for Empowerment, Cameroon; Arwa Oweis, Gender Research in Africa/Arab Counties into ICTs for Empowerment, Jordan; Oum Kalthoum Ben Hassine, Gender Research in Africa/Arab Counties into ICTs for Empowerment, Tunisia; Susan Bakesha, Gender Research in Africa/Arab Counties into ICTs for Empowerment and Development Alternatives, Uganda
This panel will reflect on pivotal elements and connections in working together toward excellence in our research into ICTs for women’s empowerment and social change. Five panelists will speak about layers of discovery and complexity experienced in their path to becoming an international research network contributing to policy change locally, regionally, and nationally.
Donna Gray (Moderator), City of Ottawa, Canada; Suzanne Doerge, City for All Women Initiative, Canada; Valerie Collicott, Women's Initiatives for a Safer Environment, Canada; Clara Freire, City of Ottawa, Canada; Lois Emburg, City of Ottawa, Canada
This presentation will discuss the 'Equity and Inclusion Lens' created in partnership between the City of Ottawa and a feminist community-based organization called the City for all Women Initiative / Une ville pour toutes les femmes (CAWI-IVTF), along with other partners. It looks at the challenges of creating and implementing the lens and its impact.
Dr. Dolana Mogadime, Brock University, Canada; Dr. Audrey Kobayashi, Queens University, Canada; Michelle Own, University of Winnipeg, Canada; Doreen Fumia, Ryerson University, Canada
In this session, women from the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) share insight about the need for radical transformation of CAUT’s governing structures which formerly privileged one form of oppression (that of gender) over others.
Alexandra Hyland, Havergal College, Canada; Ann Peel, Havergal College, Canada; Kaylan Schwarz, Havergal College, Canada
This session looks at efforts by the Institute at Havergal to help students develop knowledge and skills to engage effectively in our rapidly evolving world. Capitalizing on the strengths of women and girls, Havergal focuses on relationship-based community development partnerships. Students approach the world from a people-first perspective and commit to the ups and downs of partnership.
Presented by / Présenté par / Presentación de : United Nations Development Programme Gender Team
Edita Tahiri, Regional Women’s Lobby for Peace, Security and Justice, Kosovo; Suki Beavers, United Nations Development Programme, Canada; Evette Fatima Sarmento de Oliveira, Timor Leste; Valnora Edwin, Sierra Leone; Honorable Betty Achan Ogwaro, Government of Southern Sudan, Sudan
Cette discussion veut sensibiliser les participantes aux enjeux liés au financement équitable selon les sexes après un conflit. Le panel va explorer des stratégies et identifier des leaders qui pourront promouvoir une approche plus concertée en faveur de l'égalité dans les domaines de la planification et du financement post-conflit dans les interventions actuelles et futures.
The discussion will build awareness around the issues related to gender-responsive post-conflict financing. The panel will seek to explore strategies and identify leaders to promote a more concerted gender-responsive approach to post-conflict planning and financing in current and future interventions.
La discusión tiene el propósito de sensibilizar al público respecto de temas relacionados con el financiamiento de programas postconflicto con perspectiva de género. Las panelistas buscarán analizar estrategias e identificar líderes, para promover un enfoque concertado de género en la planeación y el financiamiento de programas postconflicto, en intervenciones militares tanto actuales, como futuras.
This session will be interpreted in French, English, and Spanish. / Cette session sera interprétée en français, anglais et espagnol. / Esta sesión se interpretará en Francés, Inglés y Español.
Torill Nustad, Womens Front of Norway, Norway; Aurora Javate de Dios, Miriam College in the Phillippines, Phillippines; Representative of The Houseworkers Union of New York, The International Trade Union Congress, USA
In Ph 10 % of the workers are abroad and today the majority who leaves are women. Many of them work as housekeepers. What is the situation for houseworkers today? How are they protected - what are their rights as workers and citizens? How can we regulate work in private homes? What are the trade unions doing to organice and protect these workers? What effects have houseworkers on the struggle for womens emancipation?
July Lee, G(irls)20 Summit Ambassadors, USA; Leah Stuart-Sheppard, G(irls)20 Summit Ambassadors, Canada; Anna Malinovskaya, G(irls)20 Summit Ambassadors, Russian Federation
The G(irls)20 Ambassadors will discuss how the G(irls)20 Summit empowered them to become real change agents in their communities, and will present ideas on how other girls and women can use this model and the tools it provided to empower their communities.
Amy G. Mazur, Washington State University, USA; Dorothy McBride, Florida Atlantic University, USA
This workshop aims to bring practitioners and researchers together to discuss the extent to which the emerging theory of state feminism - the potential for alliances between women's policy agencies and women's movements to make the state more representative - can travel to countries outside the West.
Virginie Mesana, University of Ottawa, Canada; Cécile Fesquet, Maison d’amitié; Anabel Paulos, University of Ottawa, Canada
Ce panel explore les mécanismes d’oppression des femmes immigrantes accueillies en maisons d’hébergement pour femmes (et enfants) victimes de violence conjugale, en se penchant sur les discours académiques et les outils conceptuels d'une démarche intersectionnelle et de pratiques d'intervention sociale.
Liezel van Schalkwyk, Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust, South Africa; Emily Wilson, Oxfam Canada, Canada;
This session presents Participatory Video (PV) as a methodology that uses video to facilitate dialogue, debate, and social transformation. Participants will be introduced to the methodology by learning some PV activities, hearing about PV experiences of women from Southern Africa, and discussing how PV may contribute to their own practice.
Elaine Stevenson, Alyssa Stevenson Eating Disorder Memorial Trust, Canada
This is a presentation about the journey of a mother desperately seeking eating disorder treatment for her child in Manitoba. What starts as a personal journey quickly evolves into a very public campaign of advocacy, public awareness, education, and prevention for Manitobans and Canadians suffering from eating disorders and their families.
Colette Parent, Université d'Ottawa, Canada; Joane Martel, Université Laval, Canada; Dr. Christine Gervais, University of Ottawa, Canada; Sylvie Frigon, Université d'Ottawa, Canada;
Ce panel a pour objectif d’exposer trois questionnements actuels sur la question des femmes justiciables en criminologie, de discuter des défis qui confrontent la criminologie féministe dans ce domaine et de chercher des solutions qui favorisent l'empowerment de ces groupes de femmes.
Bloggers Without Borders: Ethics of Responsible Travel Blogging. Jessica Taylor, USA; Conor Falvey, Canada
This session looks at the responsibilities that come with blogging - an incredibly powerful tool - especially within the context of travel blogging in developing countries. Transnational bloggers in developing countries must think critically about audience and how the subject of their blogging can impact their writing, preventing the reinforcement of systemic power relations and oppression.
Women in Information Society: Overcoming the Barriers. Natallia P. Khaziayeva, Women’s Business & Art Cooperation, Belarus
This paper explores why it is very important for women to have the most current information in various areas of life, and what barriers women face in searching for the information. The paper outlines alternative ways for women to obtain an informal education and uses “Women’s Business & Art Cooperation” real-life projects as examples to demonstrate several successful strategies.
New Cancer Memoirs and Body Politics. Maureen McNeil, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
This presentation looks at new forms of body politics and at the writing of the self that is associated with cancer, all in the context of recent developments in biotechnology and the internet.
Purdah : A religious practice or an instrument of exclusion, seclusion and isolation of women in a typical Islamic setting of No . Hauwau Evelyn Yusuf, Kaduna State University, Nigeria
The paper presents the intricacies of the use of religion and cultural practices in the continuous seclusion and isolation of women in typical Islamic setting of Northern Nigeria. It argued that purdah which has become an accepted practice in Northern Nigeria has not been accorded a pride of place in the Quran.
Ceilings and Cycles in Academe: A Mother-Daughter Story. Sandra Acker, University of Toronto, Canada; Dorie Millerson, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Canada
This paper shares a life-long conversation between a mother (near retirement) and a daughter (beginning a career) in academic life. Probing issues faced as women academics, each uses personal narrative and research literature to identify continuities and changes in the gendered and generational experience of academe.
Feminine Heroism in Academia: A Myth to Live By?
This panel will offer personal stories of postmodern individual feminine hero's journey, framed in the mythology of their respective cultural heritages - Senegal, Bangladesh, Ireland, Italy, and Jamaica - to find a singular lesson and a "myth to live by" to offer collective wisdom for other women in academia committed to equality and social justice in teacher education.
Women of Colour in the Academy: The South Asian 'Corner'. Rukhsana Ahmed, University of Ottawa, Canada; Peruvemba S. Jaya, University of Ottawa, Canada;
Using a communicative approach, this presentation focuses on a conversation between the authors about their experiences as two colleagues who are women of colour in a department of communication, situating themselves in a space and location built upon strengths, similarities, and differences.
L'éducation et la transmission des modèles de genre : comment offrir une éducation exempte de représentations sexistes/sexuelles. Véronique Grenier, Université d'Ottawa, Canada
Cette présentation exposera les conclusions d'une thèse de maîtrise sur les politiques éducatives au Québec et en Ontario visant à contrer les stéréotypes sexistes/sexuels dans les manuels scolaires. On vérifiera l'efficacité de l'éducation dans les processus d'émancipation des femmes.
Anne R. Breneman, Hampton University, USA; EunJung Choi, University of Maryland University College, USA; Chinwe Lucy Marchie, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria; Rebecca Mbuh, Anglia Ruskins University, Singapore; Christiana O. Ogbog, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria; Etsuko Yonezawa, International Parents and Infants Cross Cultural Group, Japan;
Presenters in this session will discuss the ways they and others are meeting the economic, political, and vocational challenges facing women around the world every day. This is a multiple panel with six presenters hailing from and actively engaged in the struggle to break ground on three different continents.
Impacts of the Crisis in the Niger Delta Region on Women. Ogwezzy Oluwatosin Omobolanle, Minority and Indegenous Rights Advocacy of Nigeria, Nigeria
This panel looks at how conflicts with oil companies and the Nigerian government result in women in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria being subjected to violence such as rape, physical brutality, maiming, murder, and property destruction. Niger Delta women suffer unimaginable human rights abuses for which redress is unattainable.
Women’s Empowerment in the Coastal Livelihood Development and Environmental Protection in Xuan Thuy Ramsar, Vietnam. Than Thi Hien, Centre for Marinelife Conservation and Community Development, Vietnam
This presentation will highlight the situation and roles of women in Xuan Thuy Ramsar - highly recognized biodiversity coastal wetlands of Red River Delta, Vietnam, where local communities are dependent on coastal resources for their livelihood. It will look at these women's challenges and make recommendations for gender equity improvement for sustainable coastal livelihoods development in Vietnam.
Gender Perspectives on Climate Variability: Food Security and Health in Uganda. Beatrice Mirembe Mukasa, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda
This session looks at an IDRC-funded research project in Uganda which necessitated a diagnostic study in the cattle corridor to inform the project proposal development. Analysis of study findings from a gender perspective examined differentials in resilience of agriculture-based livelihoods due to the effects of climate variability on food and health security.
Asta Beate Haaland, Network North Against Prostitution and Violence Against Women, Norway; Marit Smuk Solbakk, Network North Against Prostitution and Violence against Women, Norway; Hanne Helth, 8th of March Initiative, Denmark; Diane Matte, Concertation des luttes contre l’exploitation sexuelle, Canada; Lee Lakeman, Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter, Canada; Ane Stoe, The Feminist Group Ottar, Norway
Calling for change in prostitution policies globally, this workshop brings together Scandinavian and Canadian feminists to discuss how to address sex buyers, demand penalization of the buying of sexual services to minimize exploitation of persons in prostitution, and mobilize civil society (including men) in this struggle - all to strengthen transnational cooperation.
Doris Buttignol, Brasseurs de Cages, France; Carole Menduni, Brasseurs de Cages, France;
Cette création collective internationale de femmes à travers le faire ensemble exploite les technologies du textile et du multimédia, en assemblant des autoportraits sur tissu à une information sur le site Internet du projet. Cette installation propose d'expérimenter le voyage de la couverture de façon sensorielle.
Mary Eberts, University of Saskatchewan, Canada; Shelagh Day, Women's Court of Canada, Canada; Natasha Bakht, University of Ottawa, Canada; Diana Majury, Carleton University, Canada
This is a panel about The Women's Court of Canada, an innovative project bringing together academics, activists, and litigators to literally rewrite the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms equality jurisprudence, 'reconsider' leading equality decisions, and render alternative decisions as a means of articulating fresh conceptions of substantive equality. Two artistic presentations will be offered in association with this session.
Nicki Mosley, Outward Bound, Canada
This interactive session looks at the Women of Courage (WOC) – an innovative and ground breaking therapeutic program for empowering women survivors of violence. Fundamental components of the workshop include understanding the healing process and impacts and how a program can ripple through a home and community.
Marisa Canuto, Femmes et villes international, Canada; Karine Chayer, Action des femmes handicapées (Montréal), Canada; Isabelle Boisvert, Action des femmes handicapées (Montréal), Canada; Nicole Brisebois, Le Centre des aînées de Gatineau, Canada; Fanie St-Michel, Conscience urbaine, Canada
Ce panel illustrera la création par "Femmes et villes international" de lieux plus sécuritaires et inclusifs. Diffusion de compétences, d'outils, de connaissances et d'un soutien aux groupes de femmes. Programme «Créer des communautés plus sécuritaires pour les femmes marginalisées et toute la communauté».
Isabelle Meawasige, Grandmother's Lodge, Canada
Participants will gain insight into Indigenous Women's teachings - ancient and sacred knowledge of Aboriginal women's ways. This ancient knowledge is applicable today and can help humanity during these changing times. The session will look at how these teachings were lost and are now being remembered, suggesting "the time is now for women's ways".
Lila Kathleen DeMarsh Pavey, Stepping Stones International, Botswana
This session proposes that by empowering family role models in sub-Saharan Africa - Aunties and Uncles - to take a lead in changing negative cultural patterns like sexual abuse, incest, and rape, then new lines of communication serve to bridge the generational gap, communities are mobilized, and safety nets within the family are created for the girl child.
Dr. Barbara Orser, University of Ottawa, Canada; Zouera Youssoufou, International Finance Corporation, World Bank, USA; Julie Weeks, Womenable, USA; Astrid Pregel, Feminomics Inc., Canada; Elizabeth Vazquez, WEConnect International, USA
This workshop will inform participants about small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) program and policy opportunities and response strategies to stimulate women's entrepreneurship. Strategies to advocate for SME policy change to further support women business growth will be discussed.
Kerline Joseph, Voix Sans Frontières/Voice Without Borders, Canada; Paulette Flore Dongmo Kahou;
Cette étude vise à déterminer les possibilités réelles de développement des femmes en Haïti principalement après le 12 janvier 2010, tout en questionnant sur la place que peuvent et doivent prendre celles-ci dans la reconstruction de leur pays. Cette analyse est supportée par la théorie de la construction sociale, pour une meilleure compréhension de la condition des femmes haïtiennes avant et après le séisme.
This study aims to identify real development possibilities for Haitian women, namely after 12 January 2010, by examining the role they can and must play in the reconstruction of their country. Supporting this analysis is the theory of social construction for a better understanding of Haitian women’s situation before and after the earthquake.
Cette session sera interprétée en français et anglais. / This session will be interpreted in French and English.
Ane Stoe, The Feminist Group Ottar, Norway; Marit Smuk Solbakk, Network North Against Prostitution and Violence against Women, Norway; Hanne Helth, 8th of March Initiative, Denmark; Asta Beate Haaland, Network North Against Prostitution and Violence Against Women, Norway
This presentation about how a seemingly hopeless struggle against the male privilege of having the 'right' to sexual services was successful thanks to women's collective organising is intended to inspire feminist struggles around the world. Discussion is based on the anthology, "The Struggle for penalising the sex buyers in Scandinavia" (2010).
Colleen Anne Dell, University of Saskatchewan, Canada; Sheila Grantham, Carleton University, Canada; Jennifer Kilty, University of Ottawa, Canada; Cynthia Stirbys, University of Ottawa, Canada
This presentation examines the roles of stigma and identity in the healing journeys of criminalized First Nations women in treatment for drug abuse across Canada, and discusses the value and empowering impacts of using video and song as a research methodology.
Dawn Hemingway, Women North Network/Northern FIRE: The Centre for Women’s Health Research at the University of Northern BC, Canada; Christina McLennan, Women North Network/Northern FIRE: The Centre for Women’s Health Research at the University of Northern BC, Canada
This session looks at how the Women North Network (WNN) grew out of the Northern FIRE Centre for Women's Health Research at UNBC. Primarily an online network of women, women-serving organizations, academic, and community-based researchers, activists, and advocates, WNN shares information and works collectively toward social and political change in northern British Columbia, Canada.
Ann Holmes, WIGSAT - Women, technology, society, Canada; Lori Smith, Toronto Workforce Innovation Group, Canada
This session is an invitation to discuss ways to attract and retain women in information and communication technologies (ICT). A regional initiative for Women and ICT in Canada is mapping activities in education, entrepreneurship, and the workforce seeks to share its work and link with other initiatives in Canada and abroad.
Amy Lightfoot, Le Jardin Cooperative Daycare, Canada; Adrienne Blair, Le Jardin Cooperative Daycare, Canada
This session delves into child care and examines a high quality, cost-effective alternative to traditional child care. The co-operative child care model allows for meaningful involvement in children's daily lives, even as careers continue. This presentation will examine benefits and challenges, and offer advice to participants interested in this model.
Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, The University of Denver Latino, USA; Debora Ortega, The University of Denver Latino, USA
Primarily concerned with the Body and Body Images, this presentation focuses on the economy of the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer) body and asks "What does "our" LGBT media say about bodies and body images? Are we creating a new level of our own oppression and violence?"
Phyllis Holman Weisbard, University of Wisconsin System, USA; Emilie Zaslow, Pace University, USA; Karen Alexander, Films for the Feminist Classroom, USA; Deanna Utroske, Films for the Feminist Classroom, USA
This panel will introduce the online, open-access periodical Films for the Feminist Classroom and will feature discussion of the role of women’s media production, in particular film, in the academy as well as importance of supporting women’s global media. Panellists include a filmmaker, a librarian, a teacher, and a publisher.
Presented by / Présenté par / Presentación de : Canadian Women's Foundation
Abigail Disney, Daphne Foundation, USA; Margot Franssen, Canadian Women’s Foundation and Women’s Funding Network, Women Moving Millions, Canada; Mary Tidlund, Mary A. Tidlund Charitable Foundation, Canada
Un dialogue avec des philanthropes de pointe qui utilisent leur pouvoir de leurs ressources - leur argent, leur temps et leur influence - pour investir dans d'autres femmes. Elles vont discuter de la campagne novatrice Women Moving Millions, une initiative qui rassemble des donatrices d'un million de dollars pour appuyer des femmes: la croissance du mouvement philanthropique des femmes et les avantages pour elles des investissements philanthropiques. Changez les femmes et vous changerez le monde. Laissez-vous inspirer et apprenez comment nous utilisons notre pouvoir pour transformer la philanthropie.
A dialogue with leading women philanthropists who are using the power of their resources - their money, time and influence - to invest in other women. They will discuss the groundbreaking Women Moving Millions campaign, an initiative of million dollar donors supporting women: the growth of women's philanthropy; and benefits of philanthropic investments in women. Change women and you change the world. Be inspired and learn how we are using our power to change the face of philanthropy.
Un diálogo entre mujeres filántropas que se sirven del poder de sus recursos -dinero, tiempo e influencia- para invertir en otras mujeres. Hablarán sobre la campaña Women Moving Millions, una iniciativa de donadores de un millón de dólares que patrocinan a las mujeres; hablarán también sobre el aumento de la filantropía entre las mujeres y los beneficios de estas inversiones. Cambia a las mujeres y cambiarás el mundo. Inspírate y aprende cómo podemos usar nuestros propios recursos para cambiar el rostro de la filantropía.
This session will be interpreted in French, English, and Spanish. / Cette session sera interprétée en français, anglais et espagnol. / Esta sesión se interpretará en Francés, Inglés y Español.
Nana Sissako-Traore, Groupe Pivot Droits et Citoyenneté des Femmes, Mali; Santa Petronilla Bocel Ibate, Unión Nacional de Mujeres Guatemaltecas, Guatemala; Saraswoti Rai (Gurung), Nepal Indigenous People Development Information Centre, Nepal; Doris Caceres Ramirez, Red Nacional de Promocion de la Mujer, Pérou
Ce panel fera valoir comment des organisations de femmes de partout s'investissent dans des alternatives économiques viables face à la mondialisation : construction de la démocratie locale, audit social ; regroupements au plan sous-régional pour mieux définir et appliquer des politiques favorisant les droits des femmes.
Sean Burke, SUNY Plattsburgh, USA; Elizabeth Conlon, SUNY Plattsburgh, USA; Susan Mody, SUNY Plattsburgh, USA; Donna Kelley, SUNY Plattsburgh, USA; Winnie Kaur, SUNY Plattsburgh, India/USA; Simona Sharoni, Gender & Women's Studies Dept, SUNY Plattsburgh, USA
This panel will examine diverse experiences as professors and teaching assistants in a range of Gender and Women's Studies courses.
Heather Menzies, Women's Health Project, Canada; Farhat Rehman, Canadian Council of Muslim Women, Canada; Bessa Whitmore, Carleton University, Canada; Judith Wouk, Women's Health Project; Ivana Felice, Women's Health Project
This presentation by the Women's Health Project will look at local response to the mass rapes of women in Bosnia and Somalia in the 1990s. Discussion will cover the relationship-building between different feminist organizations and the refugee women in Ottawa, survival needs of the local refugees, public outreach, and fundraising.
Deva-Marie Beck, Nightingale Initiative for Global Health, Canada; Dionne Sinclair, Nightingale Initiative for Global Health, Canada; Phalakshi Manjrekar, Nightingale Initiative for Global Health, India; Poonam Sharma, Nightingale Initiative for Global Health, Canada;
Using the television talk show format, this presentation breaks new intercultural and intergenerational ground. Savvy with new media and committed to women's needs, four nurses will facilitate a lively discussion among participants about how today's emerging multi-media opportunities provide effective new platforms to advocate for the causes we care about.
Dr. Ritu Verma, ICIMOD, Nepal; Chime Wangdi, Tarayana Foundation, Bhutan; Dr. Manohara Khadka, ICIMOD, Nepal; Dr. Ruchi Badola, Wildlife Institute of India, India; Anuradha Koirala
This panel looks at how women in the Himalayas - where forces of globalization are exacerbated by economic poverty, climate change, and disadvantaging gender power relations - are reacting and adapting to the increasing interconnectedness yet paradoxical disconnectedness of a globalized world. It shares critical learnings/strategies for empowerment and breaking new ground for gender-positive change.
Georgina Jolibois, Town of La Loche, Saskatchewan, Canada; Charlene Lafreniere, City of Thompson, Manitoba, Canada; Petrina Beals, Mokami Status of Women Centre, Canada; Noreen Careen, Labrador West Status of Women Council, Canada; Jane Stinson, Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, Canada
The session will illustrate the participatory action research from FemNorthNet, a project of the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. Women from four communities in Canada's North will convey challenges and possibilities for change in their communities to address the upheavals that result from economic boom and busts.
Marina Karides, Florida Atlantic University, USA; Shahin Gerami, San Jose State University, USA; Mechthild Hart, De Paul University, USA; Sarah Rogers, St John's University, USA; Elham Amini, Azad University , Iran; Roberta Villalon, St. John's University, USA; Berit Angelskår, University of Bergen, Israel/Palestine/Norway
Panellists will explore the various ways activist research methodologies have furthered gender justice struggles across the globe - from Morocco to Iran to the U.S./Mexico border. Nine transnational activist scholars will share their experiences of personally, politically, and academically becoming involved with the struggles of the communities with which they developed their activist research projects.
Our presentation will be in two parts: First, we will introduce the notion of "empathic action" and describe how its adoption as a philosophical approach to social action has the potential to drive social change. Secondly, by using the partnership between 60 million girls and the Stephen Lewis Foundation as a case study, we will discuss how we can increase the effectiveness of the funding/partner relationship and strategies that have proven successful in improving the effectiveness and increasing the impact of grassroots efforts to support girls’ and women’s empowerment.
Adeline Webber, Whitehorse Aboriginal Women's Circle, Canada
This workshop introduces the importance of sex and gender concepts into research and policies while re-establishing our sacred relationships through gender balancing.
Maria Kontos, Institute of Social Research, Germany; Glenda Tibe Bonifacio, University of Lethbridge, Canada; Evangelia Tastsoglou, Saint Mary’s University, International Sociological Association, Canada; Margaret Abraham, Hofstra University, International Sociological Association, USA
This panel includes four papers that discuss some ways to (re)focus, (re)frame, and expand the definitions of gender and migration in a globalized world. Panellists will emphasize the importance of developing conceptual frameworks centering on women's life experiences and border-crossing trajectories not conventionally thought of as migratory or related to migration.
Lee Lakeman, Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter, Canada; Diane Matte, Concertation des luttes contre l’exploitation sexuelle, Canada; Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, Native Women's Association of Canada, Canada; Cherry Smiley, Aboriginal Women's Action Network, Canada; Michelle Audette, Quebec Native Women’s Association, Canada; Young Sook Cho, South Korea; Indrani Sinha, India; Suzuyo Takazato, Japan; Clorinde Zephyr, Haiti; Malka Marcovich, France; Fouzia Assali, Morocco; Sigma Huda, Bangladesh; Mediatrice Barengaybo, South Africa; Jean Enriquez, Philippines; Cleone Santos, Brazil; Teresa Ulloa Ziáurriz, Mexico
Each day, at least 16 women will come to the table, amidst the talking “sheets”, in a facilitated feminist response to prostitution as we build a global women’s movement. Simultaneous translation in English, French Spanish for daily live discussion.