Please feel free to use additional pages to respond to the questions.

1. Contact information

Name:
Address:
Telephone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Occupation:
Employer & Address:

2. Organization & participation in public life

What is the organization/NGO to which you belong?

When did you begin working with this organization/NGO?

What does this NGO do?

What role do you play in it?

Have you ever worked on an issue related to women's rights?

What was the issue?

What did you do on it?

Are you working on an issue now?

What issue?

3.Women's rights and human rights

What are the three biggest problems facing women in your country?

What are the main causes of these problems?

What do you think should be done to solve these problems?

Do you think women's rights are violated in your country? If so, which ones?

What are human rights?

What does it mean to say "women's rights are human rights?

What is your understanding of advocacy?

What is empowerment? What is necessary for a person to become empowered?

4. Training and Experience

What is the highest level of education you have achieved? In what field?

Where did you graduate from? Date of degree?

Have you ever been a trainer? Please explain.

Have you ever participated in courses or workshops on women or gender?

For each training, please describe:

Type of Training? (Course, workshop, etc.)
Who organized it?
How long was it?
When?
Topics covered?

5. Participation in NWP Women's Human Rights Training

Please write an essay (1 page) explaining why you want to participate in the Women's Human Rights Training and how do you expect to use the training.

Criteria for Participation in the Women's Human Rights Project

1. Strong motivation/interest in working in the public arena to promote and defend women's rights.
2. Hold a university degree (in law or some other discipline).
3. Openness and willingness to learn new ideas and skills.
4. Awareness of the limitations of the legal system.
5. Active participation in an NGO.
6. Commitment to work at the national/local level.
7. Willingness and ability to participate in the full program over eighteen months.
8. Willingness and ability to plan and carry out a women's human rights advocacy strategy between training sessions.
9. Ability to work with others without personal attacks and judgments.
10. Must have sufficient command of English.

May 20, 1998
Application forms returned to OSI national foundations

May 25, 1998
Application forms to be received by NWP from national foundations

June 5, 1998
Participants selected

June 11, 1998
NWP informs participants and national foundations

July 22-27, 1998
First training for cluster A in Kiev, Ukraine

July 30-Aug. 4
First training for cluster B in Sofia, Bulgaria

Women's Program Coordinators at Soros National Foundations For countries participating in HR Training (clusters A and B)

Albania

Valdete Sala
Program Director
Open Society Foundation for Albania
Rruga "Mihla Duri", Nr.15
Tirana
Phone: +355 (42) 34 621
Fax: +355 (42) 35 855
E-mail: [email protected]

Bulgaria

Tatyana Kmetova
East East Program Coordinator
Open Society Fund - Sofia
1 Balsha Str., bl. 9
Ivan Vazov District
1408 Sofia
Phone: +359 (2) 919 329
Fax: +359 (2) 951 63 48
E-mail: [email protected]

Croatia

Marina Skuric-Prodanovic
Civil Society Programme Director
Open Society Institute - Croatia
Hebrangova 21
10000 Zagreb
Phone: +385 (1) 455 56-80, 681, 682
Fax: +385 (1) 4856 459
E-mail: [email protected]

Czech Republic

Lucie Ryntova
Open Society Fund - Prague
Staromestske namesti 22
Prague 1 11001
Phone: +420 (2) 24 22 74 56
Fax: +420 (2) 24 22 7451
E-mail: [email protected]

Georgia

Maia Saneblidze
NGO-AID Program Coordinator
Open Society Georgia Foundation
18. I Abashidze St.
380079 Tibilisi
Phone: +995 (32) 93 89 99, 22 23 46
Fax: +995 (32) 29 10 52
E-mail: [email protected]

Kazakstan

Nazilya Birzhanova
Program Coordinator
Soros Foundation Kazakstan
117-20, Furmanova str.
480091 Almaty
Phone: (7 3272) 503-811
Fax: (7 3272) 503 814
E-mail: [email protected]

Kyrgyzstan

Anna Galikeeva
Program Coordinator
Soros Foundation - Kyrgyzstan
Abdumomunov str. 205
720301 Bishkek
Phone: (3312) 22-18-94, 996 3312
Fax: (3312) 62-15-65, 996 3312
E-mail: [email protected]

Macedonia

Slavica Indzevska
Program Coordinator
Open Society Institute-Macedonia
Ruzveltova 34 POB 378
91000 Skopje
Phone: +389 (91) 134 568
Fax: +389 (91) 136 514
E-mail: [email protected]

Ukraine

Natalia Karbowska
Program Coordinator
International Renaissance Foundation-Kiev
46 Artema Str.
Kiev 254053
Phone: +380 (44) 211 3561
Fax: +380 (44) 216 0106
E-mail: [email protected]

Uzbekistan

Nargiza Turgunova
Program Coordinator
Open Society Institute - Uzbekistan
41 Ivleva Str.
Tashkent 700000
Phone/fax: +7312 (406) 854, 556 160, 548 243
Fax: +7312 40-68-54
E-mail: [email protected]

Director of Human Rights Advocacy Training,
Women, Law & Development International

Emelina Quintillan

The URL for this page is: http://www.friends-partners.org/~ccsi/announce/wmnhr2.htm
Last updated: May 7, 1998

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