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Job Opportunity: AWID Production Associate (Bilingual In English/French)

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The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). Toronto, Canada.Closing date: June 2, 2013.Overview:The Association for Women's…Continue

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Job opportunity: AWID Manager for Women Human Rights Defenders Program

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AWID Job Opportunity: Executive Assistant

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Job Opportunity: AWID Production Associate (Bilingual In English/French)

The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). Toronto, Canada.Closing date: June 2, 2013.Overview:The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international feminist organization working to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women's rights advocates, organizations and movements internationally. The Production Associate is a full-time position responsible for coordinating the high quality production…See More

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Job opportunity: AWID Manager for Women Human Rights Defenders Program

Location: Mexico (preferred, but flexible)Closing date: Sunday, February 24, 2013The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international feminist organization working to be a driving force within the global community of feminist and women’s rights activists, organizations and movements, strengthening our collective voice, influencing and transforming structures of power and decision-making and advancing human rights, gender justice and environmental sustainability…See More

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Job Opportunity: FRIDA General Coordinator

Closing Date: February 25th 2013Do you believe young feminists have the power to change the world? FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund is in search of a young talented leader to take it to the next stage of its organizational growth. Overview: FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund is a young feminist-led initiative that funds and strengthens the participation and leadership of young feminist activists globally.FRIDA was created to bring new…See More

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AWID Job Opportunity: Executive Assistant

The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). Toronto, Canada.Closing date: February 3, 2013.Overview:The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international feminist organization working to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women's rights advocates, organizations and movements internationally. The Executive Assistant (EA) supports the Executive Director’s (ED) work to ensure the…See More

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AWID Friday File in Recognition of the first International Day Of The Girl-Child

This October 11, United Nation Member States, international organisations, and civil society celebrated the very first International Day of the Girl Child. The landmark resolution declaring the day of the girl-child was passed in December 2011 by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly following a…See More

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Kathleen McGarvey liked Ani Colekessian's discussion Job Announcement: AWID Women Human Rights Defenders Program Associate

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Job Announcement: AWID Women Human Rights Defenders Program Associate

The Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID). Location: Anywhere globally (preferred: Toronto, Mexico City or Cape Town).Closing date: July 22, 2012.Job Details:The Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) is an international membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. In keeping with AWID’s mission, the Women Human Rights Defenders Strategic…See More

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Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs): As a student of political studies at Queen's university (Canada), I became increasingly familiar with the theoretical frameworks related to conflict and peace, with especial focus on gender. Upon graduation, I began work with the Women's Resource Center NGOs in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, where I gained first hand knowledge of peace processes and women's involvement/exclusion from security and peace issues. With this understanding, I pursued an MA in Gender and Peacebuilding at the United Nations mandated University for Peace (Costa Rica) and have continued to pursue my efforts in the field of gender at the headquarters of the UN-INSTRAW as part of UN-WOMEN (Dominican Republic), AWID (Association for Women's Rights in Development) in Toronto, Canada and WILPF Toronto (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise: Caucasus / Post-Soviet Region (Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh),
Latin America and Caribbean (Dominican Republic, Haiti)

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?: Toronto, Canada

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?: Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)

How many years professional experience do you have ?: 3-5

What is your personal or organizational website?: http://www.awid.org

Which Languages do you speak Proficiently? (note we can not list all languages, only some major world languages or ones related to conflict regions): French, German, Spanish

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?: Conflict Resolution, DDR, Gender, Human Rights, Peacekeeping, Security

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?: Advocacy, Communication, Research

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?: women's human rights

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications: Colekessian, Ani. (2010) "Reintegrating Gender: A gendered analysis of the Nepali rehabilitation process" Dominican Republic: UN-INSTRAW. Available from http://www.un-instraw.org/peace-and-security/news/new-publication-o...

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Victory For Youth At CPD: What Does It Mean?

Posted on June 22, 2012 at 12:04pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

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On April 27, during its 45^th Session, the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) adopted a landmark Resolution on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescents and youth.

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Call for Registration: AWID YFA E-learning series "Interrogating Movements"

Posted on November 15, 2011 at 12:25pm 5 Comments 1 Like

The Young Feminist Wire is announcing its FINAL call for registration for the last TWO sessions of 2011 in its e-learning series ‘Interrogating Movements’.

In response to rising social unrest all over the world, more discussions are happening in online spaces such as Twitter and the blogosphere on effective organizing practices and how to build movements that lead to social change. The Young Feminist Wire launched a series of e-learning sessions in the summer of 2011 to provide a…

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At 11:37am on May 13, 2011, Johnnie Special One Jackson said…: hi saw yer posts. I coordinate the big idea steering lobby group in UK feminism at the moment, lobbying with some senior feminist policy advisers, and would be willing to speak on it in Istanbul from a Marxist-Feminist perspective (re domestic violence , wont go into detail in public). J

At 5:16pm on August 28, 2010, Pastor Samuel Muderhwa M said…: Dear Ani
I would like to greet you and be your friend, please and perhaps you may know how to assist us in what we are doing in the area.

Samuel

At 4:24pm on March 22, 2010, Clayton Rodrigues said…: Hello Ami,

I could see his profile and you study MA in Peace
UN-INSTRAW in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,
I would like to know more about the course ...

Let's keep contact!

[PEACE],

Clayton Rodrigues

At 8:44am on March 15, 2010, Edong'a N. said…: Welcome to the network Ani.

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