Deadline: 30-Jun-24
The Heinrich Böll Stiftung Southeast Asia Regional Office would like to issue a call for proposals/abstracts for regional civil society organizations and/or individuals to conduct a scoping research on the feminist landscape/feminist networking in Southeast Asia.
The Heinrich Böll Stiftung is a German Green Foundation, which is part of the worldwide Green movement. They are an international policy network and support civic educational and awareness building activities worldwide. Their main tenets are ecology and sustainability, democracy and human rights, self-determination and justice. They place particular emphasis on gender democracy, meaning social emancipation and equal rights for all genders. To achieve their goals, they seek partnerships with others who share their values.
Through their work in Southeast Asia, they in particular aim to support strong and independent feminist organizations and networking campaigning for women’s rights and gender democracy across the region. They aim to form coalitions with numerous stakeholders from various locations in order to strengthen international advocacy efforts to reduce violence against women, girls and LGBTIQ+ and other forms of discrimination based on gender.
Aims
- The purpose of this scoping research project is for better understand the contextual nuances of feminisms across Southeast Asia and their variations by country, including challenges, needs and risks. Accordingly, the following aspects should be included into the abstract submitted:
- Identification of feminist movements and organizations within Southeast Asia (country wise, regional).
- Exploration of the challenges encountered by these movements and organizations.
- Assessment of the specific support needs they require.
Scope
- The scoping research should investigate the state of feminist movements in Southeast Asia, provide a comprehensive perspective on all genders and/or gender groups and their main focus of interest, including cultural, political, labor, health issues and more. They intend to commission a series of papers submitted by different researchers with different contents or a focus on different core areas, which will together form an input to their overall programming. They moreover are considering a public event to take place at the end of the project.
Eligibility Criteria
- They encourage academics, researchers, and activists based in Southeast Asia to participate in the call. Representatives of all genders are encouraged to submit their applications.
Requirements
- Basic research and report writing experience
- Excellent English proficiency
- Good communication skills
- Ability and readiness to work together with their Program Coordinator and editor provided by hbs.
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