Re: WSF African Women's Forum & Assembly Prep-Meeting:
Sara Longwe
Dear SASF Comrades,
Firstly, congratulations to comrade Gershom Kabaso for the update regarding registration of SASFROC for the Dakar-WSF. Nonetheless, I want a clarification whether the registration of SASFROC entails securing space for discussion or exhibition space or SASFROC tent or all of the above. I'm saying this because we need a base where delegates from SASF-constituency can congregate or display their advocacy stuff or use as meeting point throughout the WSF session.
Secondly, I'd like to share an update on an impromptu African Women's meeting that I attended held in Dakar, 20-22 December 2010, co-organized by ASFC/AAWORD:
OBJECTIVE: To strategize on the African Women's Forum to be held on 7th February and Women's Assembly on 9th February 2011 during the WSF period (6-11 February 2011).
FORMAT: Seminar: Day-One; held a dialogues between local women's steering committee and regional representatives from Kenya, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia; Day 2: Consultation with Senegalese CSOs/CBOs and their partners.
OUTCOME: Agreed:
Mobilization of African women delegates to WSF to attend 12 thematic roundtables on 7th February(i.e. 1) Women: Agriculture & Food Sovereignty, 2) Women: Health and Nutrition, 3) Women: Education, Sciences and Technologies including ICTs, 4) Women: Environment & Climate Change, 5) Women: Violence against Women and Girls, 6) Women: Human Rights, Democratic Governance and Citizenship, 7) Women: Employment and Decent Work [esp. invisibility of women in trade unionism and adverse effects of sex-work], 8) Women: Youth Engagement, Commitment & Leadership, 9) Women: Media, Art and Cultures, 10) Women: Diaspora and Migration, 11) Women; Access to/Control of Resources and Entrepreneurships, 12) Women: Peace & Security).
Provide each axis/theme with guidelines including being asked each axis to come-up with examples of African feminism that were practiced by our fore-grandmothers to resist patriarchy since all issues would include discussions on how to achieve meaningful gender equality and empowerment of women;
WSF-Extended should be used in order to engage with some of the numerous women that will not be able to be in Dakar for the 8th edition of the WSF, 6-11 February 2011. Delegates were urged to identify women in remote areas that should be video-linked with groups in Dakar.
Programme would comprise: debates, films to celebrate a variety of women’s livelihoods; music by female artists, poems, cultural events, video-links, women’s tribunals, ending with a colourful celebratory march within the university grounds.
Declarations from each Axis/theme of the African Women’s Forum and other self-organized events will be presented to the Women’s Assembly on 9th February 2011.
Plan of Action to be finalized thru a list-serve comprising of the local Women's Steering Committee and representatives of women's organizations in the region
Power to solidarity!
Sara
--Dear Cdes,This email serves to inform you that ZAMSOF on behalf of SASFROC is applying solidarity funds to ASF and WSF secretariat. The support is meant for small grassroots groupings from SADC countries.The funds may allow atleast two delegates from each SASFROC countries i.e Zimbambwe, Malawi, Zambia,Mozambiquoe, South Africa, Lesotho,Bostwana, Angola, Namibia and aomng other countries.To this effect, we request each countries to supply us with flight rates from your respectful countries so as to come up with comprehensive budget ,this information is needed by 28th December 2010.Again, ACTION AID INTERNATIONAL has committed itself to support delegates from in-country social movements and its partners who will be travelling to Dakar- Senegal 2011 for World Social forum. If in your country there is an office for ACTION AID INT'L, please you are being encouraged to discuss with them about travel sponsorship to 2011 WSF.....May, i take this opportunity to inform comrades that ZAMSOF has registered SASFROC at WSF. Besides, WSF registration has been extended up to 15th Jannuary 2011.Wishing you all happy Christmas and Prosperous 2011.But remember Social activists never closes, lets keep in touch comrades at all costs.Aluta !!Gershom KabasoZAMSOF/SASFROC CordinatorPhone:+ 260 977 46 72 86
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