Gendering documentation: A discussion with and about women human rights defenders
THE WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL COALITION, with co-sponsoring members, including:
Amnesty International, Association for Progressive Communication WRP, Association for Women’s Rights in Development, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Coalition of African Lesbians, Front Line Defenders, International Service for Human Rights, ISIS-WICCE Uganda, Nazra for Feminist Studies, Urgent Action Fund, Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights, World Organization Against Torture – OMCT/FIDH
Present
GENDERING DOCUMENTATION:
A Discussion With and About Women Human Rights Defenders
A Discussion With and About Women Human Rights Defenders
Friday, 18 March, 2016 - 12:30 PM,
Thai Cultural Center (310 E.44th St.), New York
Join us for a discussion featuring activists who are thinking critically and creatively about how women human rights defenders are sharing our narratives about our lives, our activism, and the challenges we face.
- AMAL ELMOHANDES (Egypt), Nazra for Feminist Studies
- CARRIE SHELVER (South Africa), Coalition of African Lesbians
- CYNTHIA ROTHSCHILD (USA), WHRD-IC, Moderator (with others)
“Documentation” – which can take many forms - is a politically motivated naming of women human rights defenders’ stories. Our discussion rests in the ideas that WHRDs work with bravery and resilience, and that documentation of our experiences of both abuses and activism is critically important. For many, documentation is a courageous act of resistance. Yet, our stories are often untold.
The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition has just launched its most recent publication: Gendering Documentation: A Manual for and About Women Human Rights Defenders. It is available as a pdf on the website of the WHRD-IC, www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org