For the AWID International Forum on Women’s Rights and Development in Cape Town. The info:
Call to all bloggers. Please pass this on.
On November 14-17th 2008 AWID International Forum on Women’s Rights and Development will take place in Cape Town, South Africa
www.awid.org/forum08
I am organizing a proposal for AWID that brings bloggers from different backgrounds together to sit on a panel that addresses the issues of blogging as a movement.
to address questions like:
Who is blogging?
Who is the audience?
Does it give a voice those who otherwise are silenced?
Within the last 10 years, how has blogging changed the mainstream?
Has it become mainstream?
How has it affected the different movements of women?
What are its dangers?
Is it inclusive?
In the context of a social movement, what progress has been made?
What “feminist” debates have come up over and over?
Is blogging joining efforts for development or diffusing them?
And many, many more questions to be covered.
I am seeking 4 bloggers with different perspectives and geographic locations.
Applicants must:
-maintain an updated blog
-be working in or interested in a movement dedicated to women’s issues or development
-be committed to being in Cape Town, South Africa November 14-17, 2008 (funding is available through AWID)
-email a submission containing:
1. information about yourself
2. why you are interested in attending AWID
3. what questions you want to address in the panel
4. blogs you have maintained and/or contributed to
5. anything else interesting to know
please email your submissions to automaticseaweed@gmail.com by Jan. 5th with subject line: Blogger panel submission + (your name)
About the organizer:
I am an American women with an Egyptian and Hungarian background. I currently reside in Cairo, Egypt, and maintain www.texasandegypt.blogspot.com . I have been a guest contributor to www.feministe.us/blog. I am interested in the ways identity, gender, and women’s issues both apply and do not apply to broader movements.