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DPI NAC RWN Coordinator
participates in the International Women's Day activities in
Dominica
Coordinator of
the DPI NAC RWN and Executive Director of the DPI NAC
National Assembly (NA) in Dominica, the Dominica
Association of Persons with Disabilities (DAPD),
Nathalie Murphy was featured alongside representatives from
the Dominica Department of Gender Affairs and the
Dominica National Council of Women on Kairi FM 93.1 to
discuss issues affecting women, including women with
disabilities ahead of the International Women's Day that was
celebrated on Monday, March 8, 2010. Mrs. Murphy
joined representatives from the aforementioned institutions
on International Women's Day to speak to students in
Secondary Schools in Dominica regarding women's issues. |
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DPI NAC RWN Coordinator
accepts invitation from UNIFEM and CAFRA St. Lucia
Disabled Peoples' International North
America and the Caribbean Regional Women's Network
Coordinating Committee (DPI NAC RWN CC) Coordinator,
Nathalie Murphy accepted an
invitation from the United Nations Development Fund for
Women (UNIFEM) Caribbean Region Office and the Caribbean Association for Feminist Research (CAFRA)
St. Lucia to attend a regional meeting on the
United Nations Secretary-General's campaign: "UNiTE
to End Violence against Women" from October
19-20, 2009 at the Bay Garden Resort in Castries, St.
Lucia, W.I. Here is the
agenda for the meeting. |
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DPI NAC Regional Women's
Network Coordinating Committee sit down to plan
strategically
As part of its
Governance and Democracy Capacity Building Project 2009,
the Disabled Peoples' International North America and the
Caribbean Executive included a strategic planning meeting
for the Disabled Peoples' International North America and
the Caribbean Region Women's Network Coordinating Committee
(DPI NAC RWN CC) from June 18-19, 2009 at the Accra Beach
Resort in Christ Church, Barbados, W.I.
The strategic
planning meeting was funded by the Commonwealth
Foundation and the United Nations Development Fund
for Women (UNIFEM) Caribbean Region Office, and
facilitated by Norma Shorey-Bryan of Catalyst Consultants
in Barbados, W.I.
As the
MS Word version of the
report shows, the DPI NAC RWN CC strategic planning
meeting was adjusted from June 18-19, 2009 to June 18 & 20,
2009 so that the RWN CC could participate in the
NGO management workshop of DPI NAC Regional Council.
However, the time allotted for the meeting was only able to
produce a draft strategic plan.
UNIFEM Caribbean Region Office accepted another proposal
from the DPI NAC Office to provide funding for the
consultant to work with the RWN CC via teleconference to
complete the strategic plan. UNIFEM already
granted the funds to complete the plan.
Click
here to read a PDF copy of the DPI NAC RWN 5-Year Strategic Plan spanning
2010-2015! |
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DPI NAC re-launches the Regional Women's Network!
When the disability consumer self-help movement began in our region,
women with disabilities were an integral part of its formation.
The issues addressed in the initial stages were gender-related, and
as the movement developed issues specific to women with disabilities
emerged. Many national assemblies established disabled women's
groups and focused their attention on issues such as domestic
violence, family life, reproductive health and economic
independence.
Through numerous regional meetings and training programs, women with
disabilities were empowered, and many now hold leadership positions
with their organizations.
The disabled women's movement within the region became inactive for
some time mainly because of the absence of a functioning regional
secretariat.
This has changed with the establishment of a regional office and our
region has become pro-active again. The opportunity was taken
in Antigua in January 2004 during a capacity building conference to
begin the process of revitalizing our regional women's network.
In April 2005, the first meeting of a steering committee was held
with ongoing meetings taking place via telephone.
The modus operandi drafted by the steering committee was adopted
with some minor changes prior to the launching of the Network.
The steering committee was dissolved at the Disabled Peoples'
International North America and the Caribbean (DPI NAC) Regional
Assembly 2006, and the following women with disabilities were
elected to the DPI NAC Regional Women's Network (RWN) Coordinating
Committee:
from left to right
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Nathalie Rolle-Murphy, Coordinator, Dominica,
nj_murphy@hotmail.com -
Kirsten Williams,
Floor Member, Grenada,
larna25@hotmail.com (has since resigned for personal
reasons)
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Barbara McKoy, Assistant Coordinator,
Jamaica,
barbara.jmckoy@cwjamaica.com
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Nioma Edmund, Floor Member, St. Lucia,
felecite79@hotmail.com
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Frances Oliveirre, Treasurer, Trinidad and
Tobago,
rts88@yahoo.com
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Tiffany Ward, Secretary, Guyana,
tiffanyw2005@yahoo.com
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To read more on women's topics, please click on
DPI Women's Resources. |
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