[APWW-Meet] Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms

[Challenging Fundamentalisms <cf@awid.org>]

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Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms:            =20

Learning from experience

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I.   Call for Proposals of Case Studies=20

Are you confronting religious fundamentalisms or regressive
political-religious movements in your daily life and work?  Are you
witnessing important links between different types of fundamentalisms
(economic, national, social, cultural and religious) and seeing
similarities in how these work across religions and regions? Have you or
your organization been involved in actions to resist and challenge
religious fundamentalisms that you would like to share more widely with
women's rights advocates from around the world?=20

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As women's movements and organizations from different regions, we can
learn from each other and create new ways to cooperate and strengthen
our collective efforts.  We need to share strategic information on how
regressive politico-religious groups and movements work and grow and
affect women's rights, and how we can launch successful strategies to
resist, challenge and present viable alternatives in return.=20

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As part of it's initiative on "Resisting and Challenging Religious
Fundamentalisms" AWID is gathering insights into the contemporary
workings of religious fundamentalist movements and previously
undocumented strategies employed by women's rights activists to
successfully challenge them.  We intend to share the selected case
studies with AWID members and other women's rights activists and
advocates around the world.=20
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This is a call to acknowledge the diversity and wealth of information
within women's organizations and movements and to share our experience
and knowledge of the actions and strategies at our disposal. We are
seeking proposals for case studies from a variety of contexts and
regions of the world. Selected proposals will receive an honorarium of
$3000 USD upon completion of the full case study in order to assist in
and offset costs of documentation (expected length of the full case
study will be 15 to 20 pages long). Selected contributions will also be
highlighted at the 11th International AWID Forum on "The Power of
Movements" which will be held on 14th-17th November, 2008, in Cape Town,
South Africa. The authors of the selected case studies will be invited
to present their experiences in a session at the AWID Forum and the case
studies will also subsequently be published by AWID.

Acknowledging that safety may be a concern for some submitters, please
note that elements of the final case studies may be made confidential
and anonymous for dissemination (e.g., individual or organization names,
localities, etc.).  Whether or not anonymity is required, and to what
degree it is necessary, will be up to the submitter to determine.=20

II.   Submission Guidelines for Case Study Proposals

 Proposal submissions may be made in English, Spanish, French or Arabic.
They must be no longer than 1000 words (approximately two and a half
pages).

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All submissions must contain the information outlined in this section.

Contact person:=20

Country:=20

Organization name (if any):=20

Position in the organization (if relevant):=20

Contact information (e-mail and telephone):=20


Please briefly address all of the following points within 1000 words:=20

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1.   What is your understanding of "religious fundamentalisms"?

2.   Briefly describe the local context in which you/your organization
work, outline the issue/problem that was being presented by religious
fundamentalisms in that context, and summarize how it is/was affecting
women's human rights.

3.   Briefly describe the religious fundamentalists involved, including
the name of individual party/organization/group, their local presence
and strength, and any international links.

4.   Briefly describe the strategy that you or your organization
employed (or is currently employing) to resist or challenge religious
fundamentalisms. Why did you act? What was the provocation (if any)? How
was your resistance carried out? What allies did you have? What other
social movements or actors are challenging religious fundamentalisms in
your context? What were the intended or unintended consequences of your
strategy?

5.   Include in your conclusion responses to the following: What links
(if any) do you see between the different types of fundamentalisms and
the way they work across regions and religions? What are the root
causes, motivators and appeal, as you see them, of religious
fundamentalisms in your context? What can women's rights activists and
women's movements learn from your strategy?=20


III.   Submission Contact Information and Deadline

Proposals for case studies should be submitted to CF@awid.org by 13th
June, 2008 at the latest.  Any inquiries can also be directed to this
address.=20

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For more information on AWID's "Resisting and Challenging Religious
Fundamentalisms" initiative, please visit
www.awid.org/go.php?pg=3Dchallenge_fundamentalisms.

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