A Mural of Mentors and Ancestors
1 Hr
This is an activity in which the participants create a visual tribute to the ancestors and mentors who have helped shaped them as activists and feminists, and in which they reflect together on leadership and facilitation qualities needed for feminist movement building.
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Active Listening
45min-1hr
Conflicts are exacerbated by poor communication. Active listening skills help people learn how to listen and ask questions to clarify their understanding of another person’s ideas, feelings and points of view. It is a mutual process that helps people express themselves more clearly, listen more attentively and avoid misunderstandings that lead to conflict.
Amigos, adversarios y fuerzas: Un análisis FODA
3 Hrs
El análisis FODA le permite a un grupo evaluar los factores internos y externos que pueden obstaculizar o facilitar su estrategia de incidencia, con el fin de afinar sus metas, objetivos y actividades.
Análisis de Poder para la Elaboración de Estrategias
1.5- 2 Hr
Esta actividad utiliza el análisis de poder presentado en la herramienta “Entendiendo el Poder Sobre”, para facilitar al grupo su aplicación a problemáticas específicas de su contexto en torno a las cuales está organizado, tanto para entender las dinámicas de poder a las que se enfrenta, como para pensar en estrategias para el cambio.
Aperturas y Cierres
20 Min
La forma en que abrimos y cerramos un taller o un encuentro es crucial para la construcción de espacios seguros, creativos y de apoyo mutuo, así como para construir relaciones permanentes de solidaridad y acción. El contenido presentado a continuación es un muestrario de posibilidades que van desde introducciones, aperturas y cierres muy cortos y básicos, hasta procesos más complejos y envolventes.
Breathing for Wellbeing and Calm
5min-1 Hr
The health of body, mind and heart is continuously affected by trauma, violence, stress, fear, diet, environment, daily news, and the challenges of life.The following simple exercises are offered for use at times when we feel stressed, distressed, overwhelmed or scattered. These tools are for all of us, whether we are survivors of trauma, activists confronting injustice and oppression, caregivers working with others or persons overwhelmed and stressed by daily life.
Checklist for Choosing an Issue
2-3 Hr
Through problem analysis, groups identify a variety of causes of a problem that can potentially be solved through political action. These are called “issues”, which is used as an easy description of the specific aspects of a problem that action and advocacy addresses. For example, the problem of gender violence needs to be broken down into narrower pieces such as domestic violence, workplace harassment, rape, etc. so we can focus our solutions.
Checklist for Planning Citizen Mobilization
Mobilizing community members is a vital part of advancing our agendas and rights and in holding decision-makers accountable. This checklist helps an organization think through the type, timing, capacity and focus of its citizen mobilization given its goals and context.
Communication and ICTs for Feminist Movement Building
Varies
Activists around the world use information and communications technologies (ICTs) as part of movements for transformative change. The following resources will help you think about your communications strategy from a movement building perspective so you are more impactful, creative and safer.
Comprendiendo el “Poder Sobre”: Introducción al Análisis de Poder
1- 2.5 Hrs
Esta actividad explora diferentes formas de poder: formal (visible), oculto (poder no formal que influye en la esfera formal de la toma de decisiones) e invisible, y cómo éstas se ejercen para tener y mantener poder sobre los demás. Las participantes aprenderán sobre la complejidad del poder y la necesidad de tener estrategias para contrarrestar exitosamente el “poder sobre”. Esta actividad establece un marco para el Análisis de Poder para la Elaboración de Estrategias.
Comunicación y TICs para el Fortalecimiento de Movimientos desde una Perspectiva Feminista
Varía
Los y las activistas de todo el mundo usan tecnologías de información y comunicación (TICs) como parte de sus movimientos para alcanzar cambios transformadores. Los siguientes recursos te ayudarán a pensar sobre la estrategia de comunicación en el fortalecimiento de movimientos para que puedas tener más impacto, ser más creativa y estar más segura.
Contextual Analysis
3-4 Hr
This activity can be used for many purposes: informing strategy, mapping power dynamics in our social and political landscape, and laying groundwork for risk assessment and planning.
Creating A Safe Space
1 Hr+
To create a safe space, collectively defined by participants in which they can bring their ‘full selves’, ensure mutual learning is possible and risk is mitigated.
Dealing with Gender Dynamics and Stereotypes in Conflicts: Analysis and Approaches
3 Hr+
Understanding how sexism and patriarchy works deeply on our psyches and affects the way we see and deal with conflicts is crucial to addressing them effectively. It helps us develop both our power and capacity as individuals and as groups to respond to them productively. This understanding also helps us tap into the kinds of self-care we need personally and the solidarity and support that we need in our organizations and movements to deal with conflicts and transform them.
Dealing with Threats, Risks, and Safety
Throughout the world, women activists are on the frontline of defending and advancing human rights and, as such, face the direct backlash and violence associated both with challenging misogyny and advancing struggles for social justice. Certain contexts and political moments are more dangerous than others. Being able to analyze these contexts and threats, assess risks and develop protection plans are important skills both for survival and empowerment. Women activists highlight a variety of tools and steps for dealing with danger and risk. These often include: a) contextual analysis, b) identification of threatening incidents, c) threat analysis and risk assessment and d) development of a protection plan for personal, family and community security.
Dealing with Threats, Risks, and Safety Session 2: Identification and Analysis of Security Incidents
This is a process to identify and analyze incidents where women’s security has been threatened. It enables a group to gather important information to help assess potential risks to them, their work and organizations.
Dealing with Threats, Risks, and Safety Session 3: Threat Risk Analysis and Risk Assessment
This session is designed to help activists and organizations identify and analyze the nature of threats in order to assess risk and inform protection plans.
Dealing with Threats, Risks, and Safety Session 4: Developing a Protection and Security Plan
3-4 Hr+
The creation of protection and security plans for either individuals or organizations.
Definiendo el Poder y sus Fuentes
1Hr 15min
Esta actividad está diseñada para presentar el concepto de poder a través de explorar las ideas que las personas tienen sobre el mismo, generando una definición común y comenzando a pensar en diferentes tipos y fuentes de poder. Ésta es una manera rápida de comenzar a explorar las opiniones que tienen las participantes en torno al poder.
Defining Power and its Sources
60–75 min
This activity is designed to introduce the concept of power by exploring people’s existing ideas of power, generating a common definition and beginning to think about different kinds and sources of power. This is a quick way to begin to explore participants’ views of power