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CONSULT ON WOMEN AND LAND RIGHTS The Consult for Women and Land Rights (CWLR) is a global forum of local national and international NGO’s and Networks, lobbying and advocating for policies, law reform, programs and administrative mechanisms to increase resource base for including land rights of the poor, disadvantaged and vulnerable women. CWLR was set up in 2004 as an informal nongovernmental, independent non registered forum to impact the outcome from Beijing +10. Since then it has lobbied for women and rights at 20 local, national events and international events like NAM summit, MDG summit and ICARRD.
RESPONSE OF MEMBERS ON SATHI AS SECRETARIAT MORE ABOUT CWLR...
1. Awareness on Women’s Land Rights - Alliance building on the issue - Sensitization on Land Law and policy - Workshops on various themes and capacity - Engaging activists to document experiences and collating position papers. - Information dissemination - Engaging activists to document experiences and collating position papers. - Information dissemination 2. Protection and Promotion of Women’s Land and Resource Rights - Research on areas of reform on Land Law and Policy - Pilots on Women’s Resource Rights Agenda : with partners of CWLR - Women groups owned Information centres for information on land, resources and legal and programmatic information that helps women to increase access and control over land and housing rights with increased awareness on land rights and obligations of the Government. 3. Lobby and Advocacy on:
- Women’s Land and
Resource Rights and Co-ownership of Family Land 4. Networking and Collaboration for:
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Enhanced members
capacity by learning through experience sharing - Lobbying and advocating for women’s resource rights. - Networking with groups active and interested in the issue
General Assembly The General Assembly is the main policy making organ consisting of all signedup members. It will convene once a year at the Annual General meeting (AGM) when CWLR raises funds jointly for an AJM. The AGM among others formulates, reviews and revises policies and the constitution of the forum Executive
Committee The Secretariat This is the co-ordinating and implementing body of CWLR’s activities and policy objectives as formulated by the executive committee. Sathi All for Partnerships was entrusted as the secretariat until July 2006 as mandated by CWLR members at the National Workshop In Allahabad in May 2004 and reinforced at the international consultation organised at UNDP hall in November 2005. The secretariat currently consists of the Convenor assisted by two program associates and one administrative assistant and two volunteers. The secretariat works in close collaboration with the executive committee at present all CWLR members work as honorary members. At present CWLR secretariat is based in Delhi India. CWLR hopes that each country member will begin similar country consult groups and link its representatives to work together for learning and joint advocacy.
The Consult for Women and Land Rights members operates through the secretariat that is responsible for firming a program of action for developing a program on women and resource rights by: 1. Building alliances with CWLR members 2. Organising and carrying out state-level meetings and one national-level workshop in collaboration with other NGOs as part of the Consult on Women and Land Rights. 3. Organising civil society and NGO interface with the governmen 4. Developing pilot initiatives on women and resource rights 5. Strengthening the consult for women and land rights with state level chapters and learning from International exchange programs Each CWLR member will work within their state/ country chapters to invove local poor and maginalise women to commit to work on their right to land and natural resources at field level. They will raise their own funding for this work. Members of CWLR will raise funds for some joint activities.
MEMBERSHIPMembership to Consult for Women and Land Rights is open to national and international non-governmental organization, community based organizations, individual committed to its objectives and mission. There organization currently has (55) organizational members and (27) individual members. How to become a Member of CWLR...1. Organizational Membership: An organization shall qualify to become a member of Consult for Women and Land Rights (CWLR) if it fulfils the following criteria: - Clearly mandated to work on women’s empowerment - Has among its objectives land, housing, livelihood and related issues
- Is willing to share
information on its objectives, activities and - Is able to pay membership fees to the CWLR. (not mandatory) - Can commit time in the fulfilment of its objectives to an activity related to land rights and resource rights and partner with CWLR in one way or another with regard to that activity.
- Is willing to raise human
and financial resources for joint and 2. Individuals: Individuals shall qualify to become members of CWLR if: - They show interest in the gender equity in housing, land and livelihood issues - Are willing to pay membership fees. (not mandatory) - Possess some basic understanding of the issues. - Can commit some time to activities of Consult for Women and Land Rights (CWLR) whenever called upon. Procedure for Application... For membership, request for an application form from the Secretariat and fill in the relevant information and attach the organizational /individual profile, which details the mandate, objectives, activities, districts of operation, and interest in land and resource right issues. Attach a reference letter from one of the members of Consult for Women and Land Rights (CWLR) and get the form signed by another CWLR member and submit it to Consult for Women and Land Rights Secretariat. Submit the Application to Consult for Women and Land Rights Secretariat along with the membership fee. The Executive Committee will examine the applications. The new members will be communicated to in writing and then can be listed as members of the CWLR. In the case membership is denied on the basis of non-fulfillment of criteria or proof of the applicant being anti women, the membership fee will be returned. Membership Fees (for maintaining communication between members)...
- Ordinary member
: Rs 50,( $1.00 USD) For applying for membership contact : Consult for Women and Land Rights E-18 Anand Lok, Mayur Vihar Phase I, New Delhi 110091, India Tel: +91-11-30229014 / + 91 9810536717 E-mail: sathiallforpartnerships@gmail.com CWLR@yahoogroups.com
CWLR Member List11 July 2006 CWLR is an ever growing forum and this is reflected by its constantly increasing membership base which has grown to a total of 87 members over a period of two years. Its diverse membership base spans over Africa, Asia, America and Europe and covers ten countries. Its members include prominent thinkers and activists in their organisational and individual capacities who are committed to its vision and mission. While all CWLR members automatically become members of its General Assembly, the Executive Committee has only nine members and is developing to become a decision executing authority. CWLR looks forward to bringing together all its General Assembly members in one of the first meetings of its kind. Till then all members need to work in their own capacities and in their own spheres to help in making CWLR’s vision a reality. CWLR’s Secretariat is the body which co-ordinates and implements its activities and policy objectives. Sathi All For Partnerships was entrusted as the Secretariat until July 2006 as mandated by CWLR members at the National Workshop in Allahabad in May 2004 and reinforced at the international consultation organised at UNDP hall in November 2005. The Secretariat works in close collaboration with the executive committee and is based in Delhi, India. CWLR hopes that each country member will begin similar country consult groups and link its representatives to work together for learning and joint advocacy.
AFRICA1. Abbey Sabina Zeiwa Uganda land Allice Uganda 256-41-540048 ula@africaonline.co.ugutonline.co.ug 2. Joy Ngwakwe Centre for Advancement of Developmental Rights Snite24, Zuna Complex, 202 RoadE close, Fesiac Town, Nigeria 0234-5454554 3. Mohamed Moukhyer Ahfad University for Women PO Box- 167 Omdurman, Sudan 24987579111 4. Agnes Kallay Campbell Action Aid International the Gambia Action Aid the Gambia 450 Kawifing the Gambia 220 9851714 agnes.Kalleycampbell@actionaid.org 5. Niasse Ibrahima 64 Rune amil Gas Kalrad B.p.405 Kaolack (Senegal) 2219419726 6. Badarra Jobe Njawara Agricultural Training Centre Njawara Village North Bank Division The Gambia, West Africa 220-9907937 7. Gashhumbar Aamascene Rural Environment & Development Organization (Redo) Land Rwanda P.O. Box 7067 Kigali- Rwanda Central Africa 00250-08408910 8. Al Hassan CISSE Action Aid Saui Coeur -III B.P 45780 Dakar , Senegal 9. Nellie Agingu-Lester Individual P.O. Box 411798 Craighall 2024 South Africa 27-83-303-5294 10. Dr. Akinyi Nzioki The Centre For Land, Economy & Rights of Women (CLEAR) P.O. Box 48974 Nairobi Kenya 254-20-4450461 AMERICA (North and South) 1. Renee Giovarelli 2625 11th Avenue Seattle, WA 1-206-860-3628 Canada1. Jane Birkbeck Thompson River University Kamloops BC,Canada 9840778187 2. Anne George University of British Columbia Room 9-387,3333 University Way , Prince George, British Columbia, Canada 250-960-5157 3. Lewis William Canada 1-06-96-7939 ASIA Bangladesh1. Muhammed Kamaluddin Association of Realisation of Basic Need ARBAN,PO-2242 1,Pallabi,Dhaka,Bangla Desh 880-2-8122250 2. Khuku Chakraborty Action aid,Bangla Desh House-08,Road-136 Gubhan-2,Dhaka-1212 Bangla Desh 88028811359 Sri Lanka1. Shanthi Sachithanandam VILUTHU, Centre for Human Resource Development 3, Torrington Avenue Columbo 094-11-2585190 India1. Amit Shukla Centre for New Social and democratic Initiative 5/204, Gomati Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India 9335671875 2. Anita Soni Individual M-26, Flat no. 403 Lado Sarai, New Delhi, India 9811360937 3. Arvind Khare, Gramoniti Sansthan, Post Mahoba, Langhanpura Uttar Pardesh, India 9415145179, 05281-254241 4. Bhadresh Rawal PRAYAS, Organisation for Sustainable Development 60 Maruti Nagar, Meghapur road Anjar, Kutch, Gujarat, India 02836-246493,02836-572637 9426328691 5. Devika Biswas Gender livelihood and Resource Forum Plot no.330-331, Barnatoli Kandru, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India 9835059324
6. Geetha Bhardwaj One World South Asia C-5 Qutab Institutional area New Delhi, India 9810548262 7. Govind Kelkar Individual 122,National Media Centre Gurgaon, India 98111556515 8. Jarjum Ete APWWS / CEDGE / IWRC 1/V, Vivek Vihar, Itanagar, India 0360-2215605,9436041424, 9436050156 9. Kaniz Fatima Muneez Action aid India 1/21, First floor, Vivek khand Gomati Nagar, Lucknow, India 0522-2393431 10. Kenyir Ringu Arunachal Pradesh Women Welfare Society 791, EPH Bldg. Bank Tinali, Itanagar, India 0360-2213312 9436050156 11. Kumkum Tripathi Individual 89A, Vijay Nagar, Kanpur Road Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India 9335908187 tripathy_kumkum@rediffmail.com 12. Mairaj Bano Varsi Sewa Sadan Anandidas, Kannauj Uttar Pradesh, India 9839723524, 05694-234456 13. Malika Virdi Maati, Pithoragarh Village, Sarmoli, Post Munsiari Pithoragarh Uttranchal, India 9411194041 14. Manju Aggrawal Individual 12/3,indira Nagar Lucknow, UttarPradesh, India 9839075427 15. Meera Velayudhan Centre for Environment and Social Concern R1, Sagar App. Bandakdev Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India 9824208407 16. Patricia Mukhim Indigenous Women Resource Centre, Nongthymmai, Shillong Meghalaya, India 9436303161, 0364 2534966 17. Praveer Peter Saheli Adhyayan Kendra, Sakrugarh, SahibGunj Jharkhand, India 9431152004,06436-224227 18. Preeti Oza Individual GRC, Block-1, Polytechnic Ambawadi, Ahemadabad, Gujarat, India 079-55128397 19. Rewa Chaubey Individual 2/99 B,Vikas Khand, Gomti Nagar Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India 9335231191 20. Sanjay Singh Parmath Samaj Savi Sansthan Mona House, Charkhi Road Orai , Jaloun, Uttar Pradesh, India 05162-254910 21. Saraswati Mahila Jagrity Kendra Ramnath Ram Kishnu Dharamshala, Near Railway Station Karwi, Chitrkoot, Uttar Pradesh, India 9415437726 c 23. Shivani Bhardwaj Sathi all for Partnerships E-18, Anandlok Society Mayur Vihar Phase-1 Delhi-110091 India 9810536717,22756014 sathiallforpartnerships@gmail.com 24. Shivani Chaudhry Housing and Land Rights Network B-28, Nizammudin East New Delhi, India 24358492 25. Sona Khan Individual A-2, Oberoi Swiss Apartments Sham Nath Marg, New Delhi, India 011-23982435 26. Sujata Madhok Individual 4/3,Shanti Niketan, New Delhi, India 011-24116266 27. Suman Jana Bhumi Adhikar Manch 304-A, Shakti Nagar, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh, India 9335277257 28. Vinay Bhardwaj Mahila Dakshita Samiti 968, Vikas Kunj Vikaspuri New Delhi – 110018, India 011-22412067, 9313341919 29. Vasavi Individual Journalist (Indigenous Women) HB Road, Tharpakna, Ranchi Jharkhand, India 0651-2544006,9431103047 30. Vishwanath S. Todkar Jameen Adhikar Aandolan Hasegaon, Tallukka - Kanum Dist: Osamanbad, Maharashtra, India 9422701094,02473-264202 Fax:02473264202 31. Mangala Daithankar Social Action for Association and Development A-4, Shanti Garden Anand Nagar, S9 Road Pune, Maharashtra India 020-24345243, 24380170 9822024349 32. Sameena Dalwai Individual 2/50,Gulmohar New MIG Colony, Bandra (E) Mumbai, India 022-26474900 33. Chetna M. Birje Individual 022-23436692 34. Prabhajot Kaur ICHRL 4th floor, CVOD Jain School 84, Samuel Street, Dongri Mumbai, India 9324626759 35. Priyanka Vegad Individual 203, Popular appt., 37 Tagore Road, Santacruz (West) Mumbai, India 26492767, 9869105715 36. Meenakshi Swaraj Janhit Kala Sansthan Ground Floor-3, Ashok Palace Exibition Road, Patna 9334119843,9431433122 0612-2229345 37. D.Gabriele Pennurimai Jyakkam 37 Janaki Narayan Street SS Colony, Madural, India 0452-2605134, 2611292 38. Roma UPLRCC C/o Muna Mistri, purab Mohal Harsh Nagar, Roberts Ganj Sonbhadra, India 9868217276 39. Seemantinee Khot Paryay 1104, Woodland Avenue, 9422505356 Kothrud, Pune, India 40. Siddamma Women's Struggle Committee 4/10,Lalitha Garden Thiruvanmiyum, Chennai, India 9884080048 41. Kosha Trivedi Mahila Samakhya, Gujrat Ground Floor, Hostel Building Govt. Polytenic Campus Ambawadi, Ahemadabad 28302935 Fax: 26306762 42. Christina Samy SWATE Veerarakkiyam, Kirshna Rayapuram, Karvr, Tamilnadu 04324-250950, 9443150618 43. Mariamma J. Kalathil Individual Francis Xavier's, Kaloor, Ernakulam 0484-2348054 44. Ilina Sen Rupanter Resource Center A-20, Surya Apartment, Raipur,Chattisgarh-492001 0771-2422875 45. N. Suneja Joint Director Extension Ministry of Agriculture 25843409 46. B.N. Yugandhar Planning Commission Member 233156454 47. Sheela Negi Manushi Shop No. 12,NAC Market Manali - 175131 01902-252921 48. Kamayani CEHAT Sai Ashram, Aray Society Rd Vakola Santa Cruz, Mumbai 9820749204 49. P.Jayaram Lepra Society 1-2-121/A,Shastri Nagar, Nirmal, Dist-Adilbad Andhra Pradesh, India 9849096550 50. Reshmi Datta Kolkata Sainik Welfare Society Sheha Garden, Flat A-1K 28, Rai Bahadur Road Kolkata –53 9831108309 51. Neelavalli Initiatives 2107,13th Main Road. Anna Nagar Chennai-600040 044-26222806 52. Maya Devi Mata Deen Mahila Manch At & P.O.- Ramnagar Via.- Bochahan Distt.- Muzaffarpur Bihar, India 0621-2827241 53. Sikander Singh Pratibha Krishi & Gram Vikas Sewa Semat-14, Manglapuri Mamdi –Shahpur Muzaffar Nagar Uttar Pradesh – 251318 54. Jayant Verma Samvad Society for Advocacy& Development Seva Sadan Polipathar Narmada Road Jabal Pur-482008 0761-2668472 55. Pravat Kumar Pradhan. WOSCA (Women’s Organisation for Socio-Cultural Awareness). Mandus, Keonjhar-758074, Orissa. Phone: - 06766-253490. Fax: - 06766-256414 56. Prof. Ritu Dewan Centre for Women’s Studies (Gender Economics) Department of Economics, University of Mumbai, Vidyanangari, Mumbai – 400098. India. (O) 91-22-265226942 (o/f) 26528198 (R) 26048158 rdewan@economic.mu.ac.in / dewanritu@yahoo.com 57. Rajesh Upadhayay IGSSS (Indo Global Social Service Society) 28, Lodi Road Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110003 58. Raj Mani Rashtriya Jan Vikas Sansthan Village & Post – Leduka District – Jounpur (Uttar Pradesh) Pin: 222109 Mobile: 09450085584 59. Kim Kom Karoung MNP+PWN+ Hiruhunda Jaiskul. Leikai Imphal – 1 West P.O. Box-145 India 9856169436 60. Gratian Vas (IGSSS) Indo Global Social Service Society 28, Lodi Road Institutional Area New Delhi – 110003 24692192 / 3 Fax: 24626259 61. Manju Dung Dung Pragati Gramin Vikash Samiti East of Anurag Hospital West of Bailey Road Patna – 801503 06115-234259 / 235290 62. Aruna Dubey Tulsi Gramin Udyog Ashram, Chitrakut 23 Triveni Apartments A 6 Paschim Vihar New Delhi 30950966 Kyrghystan1. Aijamal Bakashova Rural Women NGO, Alga 35,Oidaubekovst, Djerkazar, YsykataChui Valley, 722177 Kyrghystan996 (312) 610136, 9969 (312) 610022 2. Svetlana Dubinina Adepte 35,Oidaubekovst, Ysykata Chui Valley, Kyrgyzstan996 (312) 610136 Nepal1. Jagat Basnet Community Self Reliance Centre Post Box -19790, Kathmandu, Nepal00977-4360486 2. Shashi Kala Dahal Individual Post Box-19790, Kathmandu, Nepal 00977-4360486 3. Raju P. Chapagui Forum For Protection of Public Interest Ana Nagar, Kathmandu 4. Kanchan Lama WOCAN/ SPD GPO8975 EPC 5181 Kathmandu, Nepal 977-1-5521501 Philippines1. Victoria Tauli-CORPYZ Asian Indigenous Women’s Network 1 Roman Ayson Road Baguio City Philippines 43-74-4447703
EUROPEUnited Kingdom1. Nitya Rao School of Development StudiesUniversity of East Anglia Norwich,UK 0044-1603-451999,592333
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