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Y We Rise is calling for applications from interested participants! The criterion for participation is as follows: 1. Age-young women from 18-25 years. 2. A motivation statement of not more than 1 page elaborating why you think you should be considered to be part of this workshop. 3. A Complete Application form (attached). Note that the application form must highlight some of the gender issues that you think confront young women in Botswana today and you think this workshop must address. 4. Email the soft copies of both the application form and the motivation statement to [email protected] not later that the date indicated below. For any further questions, contact: +267 72629244. 5. Adherence to the deadline: 30th May 2014.
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Young Women Rise (Y We Rise) is a platform that is dedicated to reaching out to young
women in Botswana in addressing issues of gender. We realize that empowerment alone
cannot happen in isolation; hence there is a need for self-understanding by young
women in order to promote active participation in our society. We need to define who
we are. We must define what is good for us and most importantly make our voices
heard! Y We Rise conducts workshops on a wide array of gender issues for different
interested groups.
It is from this backdrop that Y We Rise will be conducting its first Gender awareness
workshop on Gender and Knowledge Management for 20 young women at the
University of Botswana on the 28th of June, 2014. We realize that knowledge
management is a very important aspect in every young woman’s life in as far as gender
dynamics are concerned. The decisions that we make are determined by how much we
know about our society and ourselves.
Our areas of interest for this workshop are around the following topics (but participants
are required to come up with other topics that they need addressed).
• Understanding the term “Gender”: Clearing the misconceptions.
• Exploring what young women think it means to be a woman; their limits and possibilities.
• Dissecting Gendered attitudes towards women in the community (school, workplace,
media, etc) and how to deal with them.
• Defining yourself as a young woman: Who am I?
THE CALL
Y We Rise is calling for applications from interested participants! The criterion for
participation is as follows:
1. Age-young women from 18-25 years.
2. A motivation statement of not more than 1 page elaborating why you think you
should be considered to be part of this workshop.
3. A Complete Application form (attached). Note that the application form must
highlight some of the gender issues that you think confront young women in
Botswana today and you think this workshop must address.
4. Email the soft copies of both the application form and the motivation statement to
[email protected] not later that the date indicated below. For any further
questions, contact: +267 72629244.
5. Adherence to the deadline: 30th May 2014.
APPLICATION FORM
(Please fill out the form electronically)
Surname: ---------------------------------------------------------
First Name(s): ------------------------------------------------
Date of Birth: -------------------------------------
ID Number: ------------------------------------
Level of education attained/Current level of study:
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Organization/Affiliation:----------------------------------------------------------------
If working (Designation/Job Title): ------------------------------------------------------
Contact details: (Mobile Number------------------------------------------------
Email: -----------------------------------------------------------------
Physical address---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Besides it being educational, note that it is important that this workshop meets
and addresses your needs or issues of concern as a young woman (Gender
issues). Please highlight some of the gender issues that you think confront young
women today in Botswana, and you think this workshop must hinge on (address).
You can list them on the space provided below.
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Email the completed application form together with the motivational statement (both soft copies) to [email protected] by the 31st of May.
For any further inquiries, call +267 72629244.
