Call for applications are invited at 6th International Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD)

Call for applications are invited at 6th International Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD) from August 6 to 27, 2012 at Eugene, Oregon, USA.

MIUSA’s Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD) will bring together around 30 women leaders with disabilities from approximately 30 different countries to create new visions, strengthen leadership skills and build international networks of support for inclusive international development programming.

The three-week program comprise participation in seminars, workshops and discussions, conduct on-site visits, and participate in team-building activities, to explore challenges and exchange strategies for increasing leadership opportunities and participation of women and girls with disabilities in international development programs.

The WILD program will include interactive workshops, site visits and practical activities on significant issues for women with disabilities, including:

• National and International Policies and Legislation, including the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Disability Policy
• Educational rights and opportunities including specialized and inclusive schools, policy and legal rights, services and accommodations for accessibility
• Leadership for economic empowerment, including higher education, training models, supported employment, microenterprise, private sector partnerships, career mentorship, skill-building, employment policy, and career development.
• Health and family issues including parenting, health care, HIV/AIDS, reproductive health and violence prevention
• Using the media
• Coalition building
• Organizational development and sustainability, including funding resources and strategies, and fostering partnerships with community organizations and businesses
• Goals and action plans to promote collaborative relationships with other organizations for the inclusion of women and girls with disabilities in international development programs.
• Inclusive international development, including exchanging strategies for inclusion with representatives from U.S-based international development organizations and/or human rights organizations
• Cultural and team-building experiences
• Mentorship and networking

Those eligible to apply includes:

• Women leaders with disabilities throughout the world are from Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Middle East, Eurasia, Latin America and South Pacific as well as established leaders or professionals or emerging young leaders, ages 21 and above are also eligible to apply.
• Members in an organization led by and for people with disabilities or by and for women with particular attention to issues of women and girls with disabilities civil society organization committed to the inclusion of women and girls with disabilities
• Committed to and have the capacity for increasing leadership opportunities of women with disabilities in the community and/or country
• Committed to and have the capacity for increasing the participation of women and girls with disabilities in international development programs

MIUSA will provide:

• Roundtrip airplane tickets for participants to travel from home countries to Eugene, Oregon, USA
• Travel health insurance during the WILD program
• Food, lodging, program activities and accessible public transportation during the WILD program
• Disability-related accommodations, including sign language interpreters, funding for personal assistants and others

Application deadline: March 1, 2012

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