Building Capacity for Grassroots Women’s Organisations
Objectives
- To provide training to leaders, volunteers and staff of grassroots women’s organisations
- To develop collaborative network
- To document the development of the local women’s movement in the past 10 years
Principal Investigator
- Dr Celia Chan, Department of Social Work and Social Administration
Collaborator
- Hong Kong Federation of Women’s Centres
Achievements
- Conducted 5 training workshops
- Organised 2 symposia with over 200 participants
- Conducted 2-day training workshops for the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
- Produced 5 training manuals
- Reviewed the development of Hong Kong’s feminist movement in the past 10 years
Impact
- Raised the awareness of the importance of capacity building (e.g., brand building, improving communication skills, fund raising, using the internet, mobilising strategies )
- Built connections between women’s organizations and other interested parties
- Increased the use of e-promotion among women’s groups
Event Highlights
Aug 4, 2012 |
Workshop on NGO Advocacy: Internet as New Advocacy Tool |
Aug 21, 2012 |
Workshop on NGO Evidence-based Advocacy: Social Research |
Oct 7, 2012 |
Seminar on Advocacy Strategies and Approaches |
Jan 31, 2013 |
Workshop on Organization & Mobilization Skills |
Mar 23, 2013 |
Symposium on Third Wave Feminist Movement in Hong Kong |
Jun 14, 2013 |
NGO Capacity Building Workshop: From Ideas to Brand |
Oct 26 – 27, 2013 |
Using CEDAW To Advocate Women’s Rights: A Workshop on CEDAW Shadow Report Writing |
ExCEL3 Coordinator: Ms Michele Wong
PowerPoint Presentation 1
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