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NETWORK NEWS
Reclaiming Public Spaces for Women | Donate Now to Support a Global Network on Safer Cities
Earlier this year, the Huairou Commission facilitated a Global Day of Action: Concrete Actions for Safer Cities in over 58 other cities. Now, our network of women is raising money to continue to work together in their organizing efforts and build up their global coalition to make their communities safer. Can you help support our campaign by donating and sharing with your family, friends and networks?
By donating & sharing, you will help bring neighborhood activists from around the world together to learn from each other about how to combat violence in public spaces.
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Click the image above to donate today!
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What will my donation go towards?
A Peer-to-Peer Exchange of Safety Tools and Strategies. Costs include transportation for neighborhood activisits to visit one another's countries and learn from strategies on the ground, translation services, funding a community safety walk, food and lodging for the women while they work together, printing materials, and other items involved in bringing multiple grassroots groups together.
Donations will also help the Huairou Commission facilitate the Global Network on Safety to increase the visibility of grassroots groups and the accountability of local authorities.
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Women Transforming Cities | Congratulations to GROOTS Peru & WICI for Best Practices Awards in Improving Urban Life
Vancouver, Canada. Congratulations to GROOTS Peru and Women in Cities International for winning First Place Prizes in the Women Transforming Cities Best Practices Awards: Cities that Work for Women and Girls. Winners were announced at WTC's Annual Conference held on Thursday, May 30. First Place awards recognize outstanding achievement in designing cities for the advancement of women, and were given in 5 categories for good practices, policies and programs at the municipal level that illustrate success, encourage institutional change and improve urban life.
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Benedicta Elba Valeriano Almirante and Lucy Mej�a of the GROOTS Peru national network accept their nomination for the 2013 Women Transforming Cities award for their work on making Lima's streets safer for women. The judges were 'unanimous and very enthusiastic' about the GROOTS Peru project.
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GROOTS Peru took first place in the International category for their Holistic Perspective on Safer Cities for Women and Girls. They confront insecurity and violence, and advocate for the inclusion of women's needs and voices in political and financial processes at the local and national level. Their activities and tools include Sensitization Campaigns, Safety Audits and Walks, Community Watch Groups, Self-help and Support Groups, local roundtables, participatory budgeting, and leadership training. Their safety projects have directly impacted over 1,500 women in 4 years, and have also benefited communities across 5 districts in Lima, Peru.
In addition, HC member network Women in Cities International won another of the First Place Best Practices awards for the 'My City, My Safety!' project in the Education category. Through youth-led media projects, the project aimed to develop and strengthen the leadership skills of young women and girls and young men and boys to identify and respond to issues of gender-based violence in their communities. Their activities included workshops, Safety Audits, focus groups, leadership training, and use of media. They directly reached over 4,600 young people. They also created multi-dimensional partnerships with professionals, organisations and institutions.
The three independent judges for the Best Practices Award were Darlene Marzari, former Vancouver City Councilor and BC- MLA, Dr. Ellen Balka, interdisciplinary feminist academic at Simon Frazer University and
Click here to read about all the 2013 winners.
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Congratulations | Jagori Wins Award for Work on Reducing Violence and Improving Infrastructure
Congratulations are also in order for Delhi-based group Jagori, another member of our global Safer Cities coalition, for being awarded the Roland Berger Human Dignity Award, along with Asma Jahangir from Pakistan and the Afghan Women's Network. The award honors individuals and organizations that play an exemplary and successful role in respecting, promoting and protecting human rights and dignity. Jagori has set up an emergency hotline for victims of violence, and trained bus drivers on how to deal with incidences of sexual attacks. Jagori is also working with the city to improve the infrastructure, including lobbying for better street lighting. Congratulations, Jagori!
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Click here to read the press release.
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The Huairou Commission is a global membership and partnership coalition that empowers grassroots women's organizations to enhance their community development practice and to exercise collective political power at the global level.
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