NEWW's overarching goal is to support the formation of independent women's movements. Its primary objective is to increase the capability of women and women's NGOs to intervene effectively on policy regarding women's lives. NEWW's members have agreed to a set of common principles emphasizing the importance of women's full participation in all aspects of public life; their right to reproductive choice; and their rights to be free from discrimination, violence, racial and ethnic hatred, and censorship.
NEWW coordinates projects, ad hoc committees, training workshops, consultations, conferences, and informational exchanges that reflect the programmatic areas its members have identified. At present, the program areas are:
NEWW On-Line is an electronic communications network that links women's NGOs in the former Soviet Union, East and Central Europe, Western Europe and the United States in an effort to maximize informational exchange, develop technical and institutional building skills, coordinate research and activist projects, and influence policy decisions.
The East-East Legal Coalition (EELC) examines and monitors the legal impact of the post-communist transition on women's lives. Women's rights lawyers from fourteen countries in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe organized this legal reform, advocacy, and outreach network in an effort to articulate and enforce laws and policies that strengthen women's legislative status and sense of citizenship in their respective countries.
The On-Line Legal Resource Service (OLLRS) provides women's NGOs with electronic, informational resources on a variety of topics pertinent to rule of law in FSU and CEE, including feminist legal theory, media, labor issues and violence against women.
The Self-Defense Instructor Training Program provides Russian women self-defense instructors with advanced trainings to improve their physical demonstration skills, to organize self-defense workshops for women in cities and towns throughout Russia, and to empower women physically and psychologically.
The "Best of the Season" Electronic Bulletin, published both electronically and in hard copy, in English and Russian, summarizes the information and discussions on NEWW's electronic conferences and is distributed quarterly by On-Line participants and via Internet.
Trainings and Consultations -- NEWW provides trainings and consultations in e-mail (technical and resource oriented), NGO management (membership and constituency building), fundraising (proposal writing, locating domestic sources of funding, etc.), advocacy (how to use international activism in national work, working with government authorities), networking with other NGOs.
We invite students to participate in a one- or two-semester internship to assist in the implementation of NEWW's various projects. Responsibilities include:
Victoria Vrana
NEWW Please describe in cover letter:
1601 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 701 -- computer skills
Washington, D.C. 20009 -- foreign language skills
tel: (202) 265-3585 -- interest in women's issues
fax: (202) 265-3508 -- how you hope to benefit
E-mail: newwdc@igc.apc.org from this internship
INTERNSHIP APPLICATION
Full Name:
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Address:
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City/Country:
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Phone:
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Victoria Vrana
NEWW
1601 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 701
Wahington, D.C. 20009
Tel: (202) 265-3585
Fax: (202) 265-3508
E-mail:newwdc@igc.apc.org