| About Us |
| Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) is a network of feminist scholars, researchers and activists from the economic South working for economic and gender justice and sustainable and democratic development. DAWN provides a forum for feminist research, analyses and advocacy on global issues (economic, social and political) affecting the livelihoods, living standards, rights and development prospects of women, especially poor and marginalized women, in regions of the South. Through research, analyses, advocacy and, more recently, training, DAWN seeks to support women's mobilization within civil society to challenge inequitable social, economic and political relations at global, regional and national levels, and to advance feminist alternatives. |
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| Gender, Economic and Ecological Justice (GEEJ) |
Justicia Económica, Ecológica y de Género en América del Sur
Read the presentation of Nicole Bidegain, DAWN
Executive Committee member, in the DAWN Panel, "*Gender, Economic and
Ecological Justice in a fierce new world: Perspectives of young women from
the economic South*" at the 12th AWID International Forum on Women and
Development on 22 April 2012.
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Viewpoint: Additionality or Bust!
Noelene Nabulivou, DAWN Executive Committee member, takes a critical
look at how Pacific governments and NGOs are increasingly asked to
demonstrate effectiveness, uptake and 'additionality' in their climate
change responses; and contends how dysfunctional globalised climate
response systems ignore addressing deep, complex and interlinked
crises of human rights, finance, fuel, food and ecology in what DAWN
calls this 'fierce new world'.
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| Announcement |
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17 May 2012 is International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
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| Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) |
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DAWN Welcomes Historic CPD Resolution on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Adolescents and Youth!
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| Political Ecology and Sustainability (PEAS) |
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Women and Feminists from the South Advocate on SRHR Toward Cairo+20
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Rio+20 The Future We Demand
Pacific Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and allies appeal to member states of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June 2012 for strong political leadership to avert the imminent disaster to our planet by urgently changing dominant development and political mindsets and moving quickly to real and transformative solutions.
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| In The News |
Joint Analysis of CPD45
Read the analysis of the negotiations and outcome document of the 45th Session on the Commission on Population and Development on the theme of "Youth and Adolescents" developed by the International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC), Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice (RESURJ), Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), and Amnesty International (AI).
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Interview by Inter Press Service with Gigi Francisco
The 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women is on now at the UN Headquarters (27 Feb to 9 Mar 2012). The priority theme is the empowerment of rural women & their roles in poverty & hunger eradication, development & current challenges. In this article, DAWN Global Coordinator Gigi Francisco responds with some cautionary notes on current utilitarian approaches to gender & development, & highlights key achievements & gaps in transformative work toward gender equality.
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2nd Asia Capacity Building Workshop on Human Rights and Economic Justice
In collaboration with the Center of Concern, the Agribusiness Action Initiative and the Asian Farmer's Association, DAWN convened 18 activists working in rural areas and the agricultural sector for the capacity building workshop A Bottom-Up Approach to Righting Financial Regulation held last 5-6 December 2011 in the Philippines.
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| DAWN Informs |
January 2012 Issue
DAWN Engaging in the Rio+20 Process
Measuring the Gender Dimensions of Well-Being, Rights and Justice
DAWN Statement on the CEDAW Committee
DAWN Training Institute: 4th Global Edition Photo Essay |
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