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7th International Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD) for Disabled woman

Deadline- January 13, 2013

7th International Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD) Revolutionizing the status of women with disabilities around the world under Mobility International USA(MIUSA) 2013.

WILD will bring together approximately 30 women leaders with disabilities from around the world to strengthen leadership capacity, create new visions, and build international networks of support for inclusive international development programming.

The WILD program will include interactive workshops, site visits and practical activities on priority issues for women and girls with disabilities which may include-

  • Strategies for implementing national and international policies and legislation, including the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Disability Policy
  • Educational rights and opportunities including higher education, specialized and inclusive schools, policy and legal rights, services and accommodations for accessibility
  • Health and family issues including parenting, women’s health, HIV/AIDS, reproductive health and violence prevention
  • Using the media
  • Strategies for leadership, including networking and coalition building
  • Organizational development and sustainability, including funding resources and strategies, and fostering partnerships with community organizations and businesses
  • 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, including living with a local host family
  • Goals and action planning sessions, including plans for the transfer of information from WILD to other women and girls with disabilities

MIUSA will provide–

  • Documentation to support applications for a B1/B2 U.S. visa
  • Roundtrip airplane tickets in economy class for participants to travel from home countries to Eugene, Oregon, USA
  • Travel health insurance during the WILD program
  • All main meals, lodging, program activities and accessible transportation during the WILD program
  • Spoken and sign language interpretation during formal program activities, workshops, discussion and site visits
  • Disability-related accommodations, including sign language interpreters, travel costs for personal assistants, etc

Eligibility & Criteria-

  • A woman with a disability
  • Citizen and/or resident of a country in Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Latin America, Middle East or South Pacific
  • At least 21 years of age
  • Proficient in English, French, Spanish or Sign Language with at least conversational American Sign Language (ASL)
  • Personal experience with disability, an understanding of issues, and a commitment to working for the rights of women and girls with disabilities
  • Membership 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; or civil society or other organizations committed to the inclusion of women and girls with disabilities
  • Commitment to and capacity for increasing leadership opportunities of women with disabilities in the community and/or country
  • Commitment to and capacity for increasing the participation of women and girls with disabilities in international development programs

Countries/Region- Afghanistan, Australia, Argentina, Armenia, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Antigua and Barbuda, Angola, Benin, Brazil, Bahrain, Botswana, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bolivia, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Chile, CARICOM, Colombia, Cambodia, Cyprus, Cuba, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of , Congo, Republic of, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Egypt, Ecuador, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Dominican Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Georgia, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Lesotho, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives,Myanmar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, North Korea, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Palestine, Philippines, Peru, Qatar, Rwanda, Russia, Sao Tome and Principe , Senegal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, South Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Saint Lucia,  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Turkey, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, The Bahamas,  Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, U.A.E., Venezuela, Yemen, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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