CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Deadline for Submission
31 December, 2001

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The Association for Women's Rights in Development presents
The 9th International Forum on WOMEN'S RIGHTS and DEVELOPMENT:
RE-INVENTING GLOBALIZATION

October 3-6, 2002
Guadalajara, Mexico
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How can we re-invent globalization to further the rights of all women?

The 9th international AWID Forum, 3-6 October, 2002 in Guadalajara, Mexico
will take an innovative approach to this central question. We'll go beyond
the all too familiar critique of globalization to examine what we really
see as alternatives and how we translate these alternative visions into
realities.

The AWID Forum is more than just a conference. It is a unique opportunity
for the global women's movement to assess their successes and failures and
forge new strategies. At the Forum we will ask ourselves how we can work
more effectively, what new strategies are needed and are really good
practices. This is why the Forum so unique and necessary for the ongoing
struggle for women's rights, empowerment and social justice.

Mark your calendar for 3-6 October, 2002, be sure to register early and
start making arrangements to attend.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

The Call for Participation is an invitation to development practitioners,
researchers, human rights specialists, activists, policy makers,
representatives from multilateral and bilateral agencies, students and
business people to submit their proposals for the AWID Forum. The AWID
International Planning Committee comprised of renowned feminists is
soliciting proposals from around the world that can effectively tackle some
of the toughest questions emerging from this new global order.

Participation options include workshops, creative sessions, debates, poster
sessions and skills-building sessions.

AWID invites submissions in the following five cross-cutting sub-thematic
areas

- Women's Rights and the New Global Order
- Women's Rights and Economic Change
- Feminist Organizational Development
- Young Women and Leadership
- Gender Equality and New Technologies

For a full version of the Call for Participation, including submission
guidelines, please see our website at http://www.awid.org or send us an
e-mail at [email protected]. Remember that the deadline to submit presentation
proposals is December 31st, 2001.

WHAT IS AWID?

The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an
international membership organization that has been connecting and
mobilizing people and organizations since 1982. A dynamic network of over
1200 institutions and individuals around the world, AWID members are
researchers, academics, students, educators, activists, business people,
policy-makers, development practitioners, funders, and more, who are
committed to issues at the cutting edge of the global women's movement.

AWID is best known for its International Forum - our flagship event held
every three years. Each Forum has been bigger, more dynamic and more
international than the one before. In fact, it is now the largest
recurring event in women's rights and development outside the UN system. In
Washington, D.C. in 1999, the 8th AWID Forum had more than 1,300
participants from over 100 countries, with over half from the global South.

REGISTRATION

Use our easy online registration form to ensure your participation in this
dynamic event! The registration fees include access to all forum sessions,
program materials, forum receptions and some meals. AWID member rates are
$240 US early registration by July 1, 2002; $280 US after July 1,
2002. For non-member rates, student rates and more details, please check
out the AWID website at http://www.awid.org.

Also available in Spanish and French

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