OVERVIEW

What: Feminist Working Group Meeting 2020

When: 11-13 May, 2020 (exact time to be confirmed)

Where: Zoom online platform

Age: 18-35 years

Registration Deadline:  5 May, 2020

Outline

Every year, IUSY Feminist Working Group brings together young activists of IUSY member organisations from all seven regions to engage in a dialogue on common struggles and obstacles, and work together to come up with strategies to enact political and social change.

In the past three years IUSY Feminist Working Group has had enriching experiences and opportunities to meet. We have implemented two social media campaigns on “Stories of Women*”(2017, 2018) and theWomen*Resist video campaign. In 2019, we have published the toolkit “The struggle for equality. A toolkit for the feminist fight” together with the participants of international activity supported by the European Youth Foundation.

Because our regular annual working group cannot take place at the moment due to COVID-19, we are organising our Feminist Working Group 2020 online. We want to give our participants the opportunity to share how they are doing in this situation and what is happening in their realities from the feminist perspective.

What can you expect?

We will get together for 3 days (about 2 hours per day) in an informal and formal settings. This means we will have a space to talk, to share, to support and to act.

More details on the programme will come soon and all registered participants will be informed of the technicalities and the content of the meeting.

The meeting will be held online on the Zoom platform. It will be in English and without any participation fee. Time of the meeting will be specified as soon as possible taking into account the different time zones.

It is important to remember that our events are safe spaces and that we are mindful and respectful towards each other.

With best regards,

Johanna Ortega        Ana Pirtskhalava            Caterina Cerroni

IUSY President     IUSY Secretary General           Feminist WG coordinator                                                                                                                                    

Who can apply

This activity is aimed towards the activists of IUSY member organisations. Please note that it is required that the participants stay for the whole duration of the activity and also to contribute to the working group after the meeting.

Participants should:

• Belong to IUSY member organisation
• Be aged 18-35
• Have been active/working/studying in the field of feminism/feminist movement
• Be willing to continue to work and be active in the field of gender and feminism
• Availability to contribute to IUSY activities in future

How to apply

To apply you must complete the following form by 5 May 2020.

Contact information

Should you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact the coordinator of the project at the IUSY Secretariat:

Gohar Ghandilyan

IUSY Project Manager

EMAIL: gohar.ghandilyan@iusy.org

Phone: +43 699 135 32 960

We are looking forward to receiving your registration and meeting you online!