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Building a Fundraising and Social Media Platform for Indigenous Causes

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Building a Fundraising and Social Media Platform for Indigenous Causes

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The Idea is to develop an app to centralize fundraising for Indigenous People and to spread awareness on their issues

First, How the fundraising aspect works is:

The app uses the resources you can give, your advocacy, location to come up with a list of fundraising campaigns and volunteer opportunities that suit your needs.

Second, The app spreads awareness by:

Having Information pages on the different indigenous groups and their issues

These pages are geared towards people who don’t know anything about Indigenous People

So There are also forums where you can ask questions and events, discussions, where you can interact with people in these communities and really immerse yourself in learning more about them.

I would say the need for this app arose from:

The fact that Indigenous People are one of the most marginalized groups in the Philippines

So Advocacy promotion and awareness are scarce.

Compared to other causes, these people need the functionality of the app and the marketing it can provide.

The app aims to spread more awareness on Indigenous causes and empower bystanders to become volunteers and allies.

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Over the last five years of Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency in the Philippines, more and more human rights defenders, activists, trade unionists, peasants, indigenous peoples, journalists, and progressive lawyers have been harassed, criminalized, disappeared, and killed by state forces with impunity. At the same time, the Duterte administration has adopted a more aggressive and systematic approach to discredit the liberals and the left. Many prominent public officials, avid Duterte supporters, and paid trolls have disseminated disinformation narratives claiming that human rights defenders are supporters of criminals and terrorists and vehicles of foreign destabilizers.

It is in this context that we at Focus on the Global South – Philippines together with Active Vista aim to co-organize the End Impunity Film and Media Lab. This project aims to develop grassroots and civil society organizations’ capacity for storytelling and media production and support their efforts in developing a communication strategy. Participants representing farmers, fisherfolk, and indigenous women and youth will go through a series of political discussions, workshops, mentorship, and guided production of a media output of their choice (can either be an advocacy video, video documentation, photo documentation, or photo essay). The hope is that by the end of the project, participants will be able to utilize the skills they gained and the outputs they produced to support their communication strategy.

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Las mujeres del sur de Honduras carecen de recursos (semillas, herramientas, insumos) para producir la tierra, pero el prinicipal obstaculo es el control de la tierra que aunque sus maridos posean pequeñas parcelas ellas no tiene poder para controlar el recurso.
Por esa razon promovemos la utonomia productiva para que sean capaces de decicir en tres sentidos: Decidir sobre la tierra, decidir sobre los productos que brinda la tierra y decidir sobre el dinero de sus cosechas. Para ello se promueven que ellas sean las jefas de hogar beneficiadas para establecer parcelas de 2 mil mts2 , estableciendo con sus parejas permisos de usufructo para que ellas puedan decidir que cultivos sembrar, en que tiempo y establecer sus propios canales de comercialización. Se complementa con formación a los hombres para visibilizar el aporte de las mujeres a la economía familiar y a las mujeres para ejercer su liderazgo a nivel comunitario y familiar.

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Andrea Wolf Institute is a part of the Women’s Movement in North and East Syria. Since the beginning of the Revolution in 2012, people are building a Self-Administration, inspired by the paradigm of Democratic Confederalism. Democratic Confederalism is based on the main pillars of women’s liberation, direct democracy and ecology. A self-administration by the people means not relying on the State, but organizing all aspects of life from the grassroots. In this sense, in terms of decision-making, we have communes that reach the families and all houses in the villages and councils that act on a wider scale. In other areas, like health, justice, education and such there are commissions formed by civil society people that look after that the real needs are being met. In terms of economy, people’s cooperatives are also part of the Self-Administration. Women’s liberation is a crucial part: in every city and bigger villages women are socially organized as Kongra Star (Kurdish for ‘Star Congress’, ‘star’ symbolizes women’s strength).

In the sense of taking the organizing of all aspects in life back in the hands of society, Jineolojî proposes a new perspective to science and knowledge. Popular education, research on women’s history, building practical knowledge, organizing autonomously as women, gathering experiences that are the base of social transformation. Jinwar, the women’s village, is a practical example of putting jineolojî in practice. As we wrote on a separate post, all aspects of life in Jinwar are communally organized.

The idea of Democratic Confederalism is not only organizing people’s sovereignty but also defending it against the systems of domination, such as patriarchy, capitalism and colonization. And simultaneously defending the structures that are being built from the attacks of the occupying State, the Turkish State, and the Syrian regime, as well as from other occupying and genocidal forces, like Daesh.

The elements of Democratic Confederalism can be found in many different places of the world. What we find interesting about Democratic Confederalism is that is gives us a key on how to integrate the different parts of the struggle to a common strategy. Internationalism, for example, is another important element of it, because what Democratic Confederalism actually means is to unite struggles and articulate them altogether in building alternatives.

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Democratic confederalism – construction and resistance!

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Consumidores urbanos se unen a productores del MST para consumir alimentos de la agroecologia, y actuar en solidaridad con las comunidades locales, incluso en la iniciativa de Cozinas Solidarias, del MTST.

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Calling to Build a Global Pact of Solidarityfor the Rights of Migrant and Refugee Peoples

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Calling to Build a Global Pact of Solidarityfor the Rights of Migrant and Refugee Peoples

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We have seen Europe’s migration policy of exclusion and death being constructed year after year.

We no longer accept the Pacts that dehumanise populations and systematically exclude migrants and refugees –while at the same time relying and benefitting from their their work without rights.

We reach out globally, to all those who believe that to Migrate or Seek Asylum is not a Crime –It is a Human Right.Let us build together, this Global Pact of Solidarity

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PPT on Human Rights of Migrant and Refugee Peoples

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CALL FOR A GLOBAL PACT OF SOLIDARITY FOR MIGRANT AND REFUGEE PEOPLES

This new Global Pact of Solidarity that we promote requires for its implementation the unitary and international effort of movements, organizations, collectives and social forces, and will be built from below, from our families, territories, communities and alliances. Therefore, we call on all people and organizations that confront the Global Pact for the Control of Migration of the States, to support and join this Alternative Pact of Solidarity and unity whose central axis is the defense of the full rights of migrants and refugees around the world.

Programme in Spanish

In promoting this discussion the Transnational Migrants Platform, Europe (TMP-E) and its supporters are organising a series of online events during the week 10-18 December which will provide opportunities to reflect on the current situation and also raise voices in protest against the worst of Europe's measures. With its campaign to challenge the implementation of the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum at the centre of plans for campaigning in 2021, TMP-E is working with organisations and individuals building grassroot community solidarity with migrant and refugee people across the region.
UK (London): The London PPT steering group is organising an online solidarity meeting as its contribution to the Europe-wide effort to mark IMD. It will take place on Tuesday 15th December, starting at 6.30 pm GMT. More information

France (Paris): Du 18/12/20 au 20/12/20
Several organisations mobilised around the defence of the fundamental rights of migrants have launched a joint reflection to create a link between the initiatives that will be carried out on the occasion of International Migrants Day.

We propose to build a #CommonProgramme that would bring together the different events that will be organised to show beyond our differences, the commitment that we all have to induce a change of direction in terms of migration policies.

The hope is that this programme will reflect the diversity of movements committed to migrants' rights and that it can lead to a great mobilisation with Act IV of the March of Undocumented Migrants, scheduled for Webinaires of December 18.

RV 18h Place de l'Opéra, puis marche vers le parvis de l'hôtel de ville de Paris pour tout le WE
Le 18 décembre, une grande manifestation partira à 18h d'Opéra, pour rejoindre la place de l'hôtel de Ville. La Cimade Ile-de-France y participera sous la forme d'un cortège, comme le 17/10. Nous vous y attendons nombreux et nombreuses

More information on the program More information on the march

Italy (Palermo): "La tutela del diritto alla vita e alla salute non può variare in funzione della nazionalità e della provenienza". Ong, associazioni, studiosi e ricercatori sottoscrivono il documento con le proposte per rendere il sistema di accoglienza sicuro e dignitoso. More information Streaming presentation

Spain (Bilbao): Pastori Filigrana y Mikel Betelu hablan de las respuestas y propuestas que desde el sindicalismo se pueden ofrecer a las trabajadoras y trabajadores migrantes. 15 diciembre, martes 19:00. More information

Spain (Almería): Solo con la conciencia y la unidad de [email protected] [email protected] del campo y del manipulado sera posible conseguir dignidad frente a esta patronal explotadora. Hay que sumar fuerzas el Domingo dia 20 salimos a las calles de El Ejido. Llego la hora! More information

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We are all Migrants and Refugees. Let us build a Global Pact of Solidarity - PPT on Human Rights of Migrant and Refugee Peoples

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CALL FOR A GLOBAL PACT OF SOLIDARITY FOR MIGRANT AND REFUGEE PEOPLES SIGN-ON to the call HERE FULL STATEMENT CALL EN, ES, FR, IT FLYER (EN, ES, FR) GET INVOLVED MATERIALS SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN CO-CONVENORS AND LIST OF SIGN ON FINAL COMMUNIQUE EN, ES, FR This new Global Pact of Solidarity that we promote requires for its implementation the [...]

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Trabajando en el campo

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En ce me concerne, avec mon association, nous avons l'habitude de se rapprocher des femmes pour echanger avec elles et transformer les idées en projet et ensuite proposer aux décideurs. Approche participative est la meilleure

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Commoning and Recommoning
To establish democratic autonomous collective control of land and resources. This also includes projects of rewilding of damaged ecosystems, organised as community land trusts. This involves active decommodification of the land.

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Pushing towards lifting patents on Covid medicines, vaccines and equipment

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Pushing towards lifting patents on Covid medicines, vaccines and equipment

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With this campaign we raise awareness to the blockade of the Eurpean union towards a proposal from South Africa and India for a TRIPS waiver (lifting patents on Covid medicines, vaccines and equipment).

We take a new approach to this campaign by mobilizing grassroots and activists. We developed trainings that we will hold in several Austrian cities to exchange on forms of organizing and action.

In our organization we experiment with new ways of conducting campaings. We want to bring topics that seem to be on abstract political levels closer to the people and bring forward their own efficacy.

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At world March of Women we have been having discussions centered on Power analysis.
The agenda  was to empower women on the power they have to transform the society using the different spheres available.
1. we conducted a three days training where we discussed the forms of power , that is hidden , visible and invisible.
2. we analyzed the different categories that we all fall in and how beneficial each category is to us in the different spheres
3. We carried out a power analysis on the potato trade, since its a common form of trade in the said area the women.
4 we also analyzed the status of where we are as women , on aspects such as political, economic and social . we then focused on what key things will contribute to women moving forward to ensure they thrive in these communities.
5. We ended by each and every woman highlighting the different communities, groups, organizations, themes, spaces and aspects they represent and set goals and timelines in ensuring they use the different techniques taught and analysis on that to be done on a a later date. women also got to share their stories and some of the things they do.

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As Andrea Wolf Institute we are part of the jineolojî works (in Kurdish ‘science of women’, an approach to science alternative to patriarchal methods) in North and East Syria, and as such we participate in the projects and daily life of Jinwar. Jinwar, the women’s village, is located in the core of North and East Syria. It is a communal living space of women sharing their lives, working and organizing together that started back in late 2016.

Jinwar was built in the course of the revolutionary changes in North and East Syria. In a situation of war and crisis the aim was to develop an alternative rooted in the communal values and self-administration. Relying on Kurdish Women’s Movement experiences and people’s self-organization in North and East Syria. It integrates the values of the Women’s Revolution that started in 2012: women’s liberation, cooperative economy, free education, sustainable approach to health care, recovering local knowledges, assembly and council self-organizing, gathering different cultural backgrounds, ecological and sustainable approach in food, energy and all aspects, human relations based on ecological and comradeship values.

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On ne peut être libre qu'en étant conscient qu'on ne l'est pas. La liberté n'est pas seulement physique mais aussi morale

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On ne peut être libre qu'en étant conscient qu'on ne l'est pas. La liberté n'est pas seulement physique mais aussi morale

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Au Sénégal, nous avons plusieurs confréries religieuses qui participent à la gouvernance du pays et à la préservation de la paix dans le pays. Cependant, on peut être dans un pays de paix sans avoir de la liberté ou en voyant nos droits les plus absolus qui ne sont pas respectés. Le droit à tous d'accéder à l'éducation de base, à la protection sociale, aux ressources productives... Ne sont pas respectés pour les jeunes ruraux qui n'y ont pas accès. Pour changer cela, je pense qu'il faut que les jeunes accèdent eux même aux postes politiques décisionnels. Il faut que les jeunes ruraux s'accordent et élisent quelqu'un parmi eux pour les représenter à l'assemblée nationale et dans les mairies.
Vive le peuple libre ...

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Trabajo de educación popular feminista con la técnica de Arpilleras

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Trabajo de educación popular feminista con la técnica de Arpilleras

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En el MAB hemos construido con las mujeres afectadas el bordado de las Arpilleras. Es una técnica de bordado desarrollada en Chile por mujeres de la periferia para denunciar las violaciones de la dictadura.

En el MAB, construimos talleres con mujeres para debatir las cuestiones feministas y las violaciones que sufren en el modelo energético brasileño. Luego se reúnen en grupos de mujeres (4-5) para discutir sus problemas y estructurar una obra de teatro. Al hacerlo, las mujeres se dan cuenta de que sus problemas son comunes, de que conforman una arquitectura de violaciones. Al bordar se reconocen como sujetos de la historia, construyen una unidad, enfrentan el dolor de los conflictos en su subjetividad. Por otro lado, construyen herramientas de denuncia, incidencia y producción de memoria colectiva.

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Fortalecimiento de Capacidades de adolescentes y jóvenes para el desarrollo personal y comunitario.2021-2025.

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Fortalecimiento de Capacidades de adolescentes y jóvenes para el desarrollo personal y comunitario.2021-2025.

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Esta iniciativa nace de la necesidad de mejorar las capacidades de desarrollo personal y comunitario de adolescentes y jóvenes de zona periféricas y vulnerables del occidente de Nicaragua.

Con un sistema educativo con poca inversión y estándares bajos en calidad educativa, el proyecto busca fortalecer aptitudes de crecimiento emocional, cognitivo y habilidades practicas de resolución de problemas y liderazgo.

En proyecto consta de tres fases.

Fase Uno. Mejorar el accesos a recursos educativos y metodologías practicas de resolución de problemas, con el propósito de promover el crecimiento personal y habilidades útiles para un desarrollo proactivo y autodidacta en áreas educativas y comunitarias.

Fase Dos. Promoción del liderazgo Juvenil.
Desarrollar un programa capacitación que fomente el liderazgo en adolescentes y jóvenes desde, para sus comunidades y entornos socio-culturales, apoyando iniciativas de divulgación y sensibilización en problemáticas locales.

Fase Tres.Consolidación de Liderazgo y habilidades.
Esta fase busca centra la atención en habilidades y capacidades identificadas en las dos etapas anteriores. Por medio el acompañamiento y facilitación de recursos, promover la consolidación de habilidades y capacidades por medio de capacitación y practica en espacios de aprendizajes vivenciales. Facilitando herramientas y opciones para planes de vidas concretos de acuerdo a las metas propuestas por cada adolescente y joven

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Enhance resilience of Gaza urban women agripreneurs in Crisis 

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Enhance resilience of Gaza urban women agripreneurs in Crisis 

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GUPAP will use the following approach to reach 500 women agripreneurs from June 2021 -May 2022:
1-Conduct a participatory rapid needs assessment to better evaluate the exact needs for each enterprise, in addition to assessing potential survivors’ community-led responses in most vulnerable, remote and damaged agricultural communities of Gaza Strip.

2-Enhance resilience of damaged or affected women-led enterprises through Cash for Resilience mechanism. Each woman will receive an in-kind grant (for purchasing production inputs to restore their production capacity), this will be also an important entry point to enhance resilience of family farming livelihoods and resilience of local food system as well.

3-Enhance and support 25  Survivors’ Community-Led Responses in most vulnerable, remote and damaged agricultural communities in crisis, in cooperation with already existed Community Based Organizations and relevant local committees. GUPAP will use SCLR and Participatory Action & Learning in Crisis (PALC) approaches