Organising institution |
 War Resisters' International, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Delivering institution |
War Resisters' International, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Date of commencement/
establishment |
2000 | |
Name |
Non-Violence and Social Empowerment | |
Substantive focus |
human rights defenders
conscientious objection to military service | |
Target group |
NGO activists | |
In-service training or
pre-service training |
No | |
Content |
This international conference on self-empowerment for peace activists focuses on the rights of peace activists and non-violent action. According to the Conference, non-violent social empowerment is about people's discovering and exercising their own power - against oppression and exclusion, for participation, peace, and human rights. The conference aims to test assumptions about non-violent social empowerment and produce materials to reflect and deepen the discussion. The conference begins by looking at ways by which people transform their experience into a source of motivation by exercising personal power and then moves on to non-violent means of organization, by examining issues about the social base of a movement and how movements use the power they have. | |
Language |
English
Spanish (Español) | |
Geographical focus |
International | |
HR incorporated in curriculum |
No | |
Methodology used |
Group discussion. | |
Delivered by |
Members of War Resisters International. | |
Number of participants |
Participation from outside Asia is limited to forty-five participants; forty participants will be invited from India and the rest of Asia. | |
Application procedure |
A selection process is involved to ensure representation by region, gender, and different types of campaigns. | |
Cost of tuition |
Tuition fee is 200 U.S. dollars for participants from Western Europe, the United States and Canada, and Australia and 100 U.S. dollars for participants from Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. | |
Additional information |
The conference was hosted by Swadhina, an Indian women's organization and section of War Resisters International, working in the Gandhian tradition of self-reliant local development. | |
Was the program evaluated |
Information not available | |
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