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Asia Pacific Regional Feminist Legal Theory and Practice (FLTP) Training 2019 in Malaysia

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Benefits

  • Objectives: The broad objectives of the training are:
    • To increase participants’ understanding of feminism and to enhance their skills in feminist analysis.
    • To gain feminist perspectives of the law and human rights.
    • To improve participants’ understanding and usage of international human rights law.
    • To hone participants’ abilities to use legal strategies to address women’s human rights violations.
    • To explore collaborative campaigns to advance women’s human rights in the region.
    • To build a network of feminist legal practitioners and activists.
  • Cost of the Training and Sponsorship:
    • APWLD will cover the costs of board and lodging for the 5-day training period.
    • In addition, APWLD will also cover the costs of
      • Economy Airfare
      • Visa Fee,
      • Airport tax,
      • Travel tax.
      • Participants should inform APWLD of additional travel-related expenses beforehand for approval or participant will not be reimbursed for those expenses.

Eligibilities

People can apply based on the following criteria:

  1. APWLD members as well as non-members from across Asia Pacific may apply.
  2. Lawyers, paralegal, activists, prosecutors, case workers, defence lawyers who engage with law or use law for issues of social justice may apply.
  3. Proficiency in English, as the medium of communication and learning material will be in English. Applicants who are not proficient in English must indicate in their application and might also be considered where other participants would agree to act as translators.

Participants will be selected based on the following considerations:

  • Balance in sub-regional representation from Asia-Pacific.
  • Combination of lawyers, activists, paralegals, case workers, prosecutors and academics engaging with the law for women’s human rights and social justice.
  • Preference given to individuals with institutional affiliations and/or recommendations from APWLD network.
  • The participant group size will be limited to 20.

Selected participants must:

  • Attend the training in its entirety.
  • Respond to emails in a timely way as that will be the main method of communicating regarding deadlines, registration, hotel and travel arrangements.
  • Produce a Personal Action Plan towards the end of the training covering the period (1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020) that demonstrates how they will utilise the training as part of a strategy to bring about changes in laws, policies or practices in their country.
  • Commit to respond to periodic follow up from APWLD after the training.
Eligible Regions: Asia Pacific

Application Process

  • How to Apply :
    • All applicants should submit a completed application form and send it along with their Curriculum Vitae
    • The recommending institution/organisation should certify that the person recommended has worked in women’s human rights and is committed to applying the core learning points from the training in their future work.
  • Email/fax completed application form to APWLD to the attention of:
    • Marion Cabrera
      Programme Officer, Feminist Law & Practice, APWLD [email protected]
    • For applications sent through email, please indicate in the subject line “Application for Regional FLTP Training 2019”

Application Deadline: March 18, 2019 (21 Days Remaining)

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