Category Archives: Femin Ijtihad

My impatience waits for me

F.I. is like a bright light in my life. The women I work with are so intelligent and passionate. None of us are being paid for what we do. But we do it with professional ethic, combined with passion and intelligence, respect for each other, critical analyses of scholarship, open-mindedness to variety… Its a constant inspiration, for me. Really it is. And I value every single person, every small contribution. You Small pieces make up the whole that we are.

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Unrelated Poem.

Maybe you expect that by 23,

my impatience will mature

and not see that instead

my patience has sunk down to my feet Continue reading →

UN Women: Virtual Dialogue on Aid Effectiveness

Between 15.11.2010 – 03.12.2010 UN-WOMEN is holding a Virtual Dialogue where members can use their online space to share information/ ideas/ practices, reflect and debate on how to better integrate a gender perspective into the financing for the development process, as well as on how to promote gender-sensitive development projects around the world. Various individuals, agencies and organisations are coming together to participate and collaborate on this unique project. The dialogue will form the basis for a UN publication which will include the input from everyone, including Femin Ijtihad members.

Preliminary tasks:

  1. Sign up online here: http://un-instraw.org/aegp/en/sign-me-up. Be sure to provide details about your role with Femin Ijtihad as well as other background details so you can be properly referenced in the report.
  2. Have a look at the website to get a better idea about the project, the organisation the the aims: http://un-instraw.org/aegp/.
  3. Read and start thinking about the topics in the Preparatory Working Paper:http://un-instraw.org/aegp/en/preparatory-working-paper.
  4. Browse through the articles in the ‘Library’ section: http://un-instraw.org/aegp/en/library.
  5. Use the links to find out more: http://un-instraw.org/aegp/en/links/4-links.
  6. Look at the forum to familiarise yourself with the rules, last week’s key themes and the arguments presented/ publications posted by others: http://un-instraw.org/aegp/en/forum.

Written and Organized by Nishma Jethwa, U.K. Research Coordinator, Femin Ijtihad