Deadline: 15-May-23
Are you a young woman, a young woman advocate, a young feminist who wants to ground your work on feminist values and principles? Do you believe in sexual health and reproductive justice? If yes, look no further as Zamara Foundation are looking for you to join our second cohort of ZaFLI.
ZaFLi is for all the young women ages 18-29 who aspires to ground their work on intersectional feminist theory and framework. Zamara Foundation believes in feminist leadership and transformational leadership for young women and girls in all their diversities. The need for intersectional feminist and transformational leadership development is critical to ensuring young feminists continue leading in their communities and bringing about change. When young women and girls are aware of and have political consciousness and a solid understanding and analysis of power, oppression, and inequalities, they will start making linkages, thinking critically about their circumstances, and building their collective power and developing strategies to change them. ZaFLI is a moment for collective and individual reflection, introspection and growth.
The convening intends to equip young women with ways of employing an intersectional framework and understanding systems of power and how they perpetuate inequalities. Also, they will understand the intersecting patterns between different power structures that show how women’s social identities overlap in creating experiences of discrimination based on gender, class, sexuality, and ethnicity. They hope to build a constituency of feminist, young women who use intersectionality in their work and become bold, audacious sexual and reproductive justice advocates in Kenya. Through these interactions and engagements, they hope to build sisterhood and solidarity.
Objectives
- To build a constituency of bold, audacious sexual and reproductive justice advocates in Kenya.
- To understand intersectionality as a framework to challenge discrimination and oppression.
- To deepen an understanding of feminism and feminist principles
- Understanding regional and national laws and frameworks that can be used in the work of gender equality in Kenya.
- Deepen knowledge and skills on feminist transformational leadership for girls to recognise their leadership and capacities as change-makers in their communities.
Goal
- To build political consciousness of young women and girls to recognise their power within, power with, power to and intersectional ways of challenging inequalities and oppression to achieve gender equality and justice.
Target
- ZaFLI targets 25 young women and young feminists aged 18 to 29 from Nairobi, Kilifi and Kwale counties. They are looking for:
- Young women and young feminists passionate about women’s rights especially sexual and reproductive health and rights.
- Young women and young feminists willing to understand intersectionality and reproductive justice and employ this lens in their work.
- Young women and young feminists who are able to dedicate 7 days of their time to learn and are willing to share the learnings within their communities.
Details
- When: 5th to 9th June 2023
- Where: Nairobi, Kenya
For more information, visit Zamara Foundation.
