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Brief account of the 3rd International Feminists Dialogue/Bref Reportage sur la 3eme Edition Internationale du Dialogue des Feministes.


During the World Social Forum (WSF WSF World Social Forum
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) 2007, as the world endeavored to 'make another world possible', over 250 women attending the 3rd International Feminist Dialogues (FD) engaged in intensive discourse on feminist perspectives and strategies in addressing fundamentalisms, militarism and neo-liberal globalization globalization

Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation
. Indeed, participants attending the FD reflected on critical ways in which feminist visions and actions are transforming democracy through attention to the structural political, economic and cultural underpinningsof patriarchal oppression. They also critically analyzed strategies through which women who have engaged in political processes--nationally, regionally and internationally, have continually given women greater voice and power in decision making as well as in changing democracy itself. Many diverse stories, strategies and visions that informed this analysis of democracy by transnational feminists were shared by women from different countries.

Evidently, it emerged that the contradictions and complexities of the workings of democracy are enormous in all regions, particularly when looked at through the lens of the militarism, fundamentalism and neoliberal ne·o·lib·er·al·ism  
n.
A political movement beginning in the 1960s that blends traditional liberal concerns for social justice with an emphasis on economic growth.



ne
 globalization. Feminists working autonomously and in social justice movements need a sophisticated analysis as well as great courage to meet these challenges and overcome gender bias and oppression. Each region faces these challenges from different angles. For example participants spoke of widespread communal level political conflict in South Asia. In Latin America the emphasis was on organized crime where whole territories are dominated by drug dealers. In Africa it was clear that wars are rampant, and are linked to military expansionism ex·pan·sion·ism  
n.
A nation's practice or policy of territorial or economic expansion.



ex·pansion·ist adj. & n.
 and corruption. In Europe, key issues included strong xenophobic xen·o·phobe  
n.
A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.



xen
 attitudes and increasing urban based violence among excluded and marginalized youth.

The growth of fundamentalisms (be they Christian, Muslim, Hindi or neoliberal) emerged as a strong point in all regions. One important point made was the ways in which women's dress and bodies were used by both religious and political conservatives to symbolize 'culture' in reactionary and 'ethnicentric' ways. Another dilemma raised by participants was how women themselves would collude col·lude  
intr.v. col·lud·ed, col·lud·ing, col·ludes
To act together secretly to achieve a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose; conspire.
 in the violence against women in the name of culture and ethnicity.

All in all, the FD 2007 was far more than an event. It represented years of collective analysis and work, and specifically for the 2007 event an intense one year period of preparation, building on the earlier FDs and shaped by the interactions and engagements of many.

Day-to-day events

Debates on Day I began with proposals for democracy and citizenship by CG members based on a concept note "Feminist Perspective on Radical Democracy" which was prepared collectively by the FD Coordinating Group. The Concept brought together a range of feminist perspectives on re-conceptualizing the state, citizenship and democracy in the context of the processes of globalization and militarization mil·i·ta·rize  
tr.v. mil·i·ta·rized, mil·i·ta·riz·ing, mil·i·ta·riz·es
1. To equip or train for war.

2. To imbue with militarism.

3. To adopt for use by or in the military.
 and in the context of the growing strength of political forces representing all forms of fundamentalism and extremism coupled with patriarchy, misogyny misogyny /mi·sog·y·ny/ (mi-soj´i-ne) hatred of women.

mi·sog·y·ny
n.
Hatred of women.



mi·sog
, xenophobia Xenophobia


Boxer Rebellion

Chinese rising aimed at ousting foreign interlopers (1900). [Chinese Hist.
 and homophobia.

On Day 2, in small groups, the challenges of re-defining democracies, rights and citizenship was discussed through the following lens:

* Our struggles for economic security and our search for alternatives to neo-liberal economic structures;

* The challenges we pose to systems of exclusion, discrimination and intolerance;

* Our struggles against violence, wars and militarism confronting resurgent re·sur·gent  
adj.
1. Experiencing or tending to bring about renewal or revival.

2. Sweeping or surging back again.

Adj. 1.
 nationalisms and assertions ethnic identity;

* Claiming spaces and leadership.

In addition, an important event on this second day was the presentation of the report on the African Feminist Forum (AFF AFF Affectionate
AFF Affirmative
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AFF American FactFinder (US Census data retrieval system)
AFF Accelerated Free Fall (type of skydiving training) 
) and the launching of the Charter of Feminists Principles for African Feminists. The report reflected on the role of AFF in re-energizing the African feminist movement and highlighted pressing issues for African feminists today, including citizenship, democracy, sexual and reproductive rights and HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome .

And on Day 3, the focus was on feminist organizing and feminist contributions to democratizing their own and other social movements, recognizing and building leadership, surpassing fragmentation and reflecting new forms of organizing and networking. The concluding panel brought together feminist visions for the future and addressed the role of building alternative democracies within that vision as well as focus on new feminist strategies to advance the radicalization The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter.
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 of democratic thinking and process within broader social movements including at the World Social Forum (WSF).

A strategic meeting was held to discuss how FD participants would actively contribute to the WSF 2007 processes, particularly in ensuring that there was the promised 50% participation of women in all key spaces. Other activities planned for by the FD participants during the WSF 2007 included: the women's rally, a controversy panel, and a multigenerational mul·ti·gen·er·a·tion·al  
adj.
Of or relating to several generations: multigenerational family traditions. 
 dialogue at the Youth Forum Tent.

In conclusion, the FD 2007 provided an opportunity for feminists to interact and network. The rigorous discussions and proactive participation by all the FD participants, coupled with professionalism by the Facilitator who ensured the smooth flow of the programme and a team of volunteer rapporteurs who provided concise reporting for the meeting, resulted in significant deliberations and outcomes for the FD 2007.

Source: Article adapted from the Draft Report of the 3rd Feminist Dialogues.

Members of the FD Coordinating Group

As an open space for interactive dialogues between self-defined feminists from women's organisations as well as those working in mixed organisations, the FD is organized by a Coordinating Group made up of 12 international, regional and national feminist networks and organisations. These are: African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), Articulation Feminista Marcosur (AFM (Atomic Force Microscope) A device used to image materials at the atomic level. AFMs are used to solve processing and materials problems in electronics, telecom, biology and other high-tech industries. ), Akina Mama wa Afrika (AmWA), Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights The effort to secure equal rights for women and to remove gender discrimination from laws, institutions, and behavioral patterns.

The women's rights movement began in the nineteenth century with the demand by some women reformers for the right to vote, known as suffrage, and
 (CLADEM), Development Alternative For Women in A New Era (DAWN), INFORM, Isis International Manila; National Network of Autonomous Women's Groups, India; Red Latinoamericana y Caribena de Jovenes por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproducivos (REDLAC), Red de Educacion Popular entre Mujeres de America Latin y el Caribe (REPEM), Women in Development Europe WIDE (Women in Development Europe) is a European network of development NGOs, gender specialists and human rights activists. It monitors and influences international economic and development policy and practice from a feminist perspective.  (WIDE) and Women Living under Muslim Laws (WLUML WLUML Women Living Under Muslim Laws ).

Pendant le Forum Social Mondial Mondial can refer to:
  • Mondial (amusement ride manufacturer), a Dutch manufacturer of amusement rides.
  • Mondial (motorcyle manufacturer), an Italian motorcycle manufacturer.
 (FSM See finite state machine.

1. (mathematics, algorithm, theory) FSM - Finite State Machine.
2. (networking) FSM - FDDI Switching Module.

(3Com implements this device on its LAN switches).
) 2007, au moment ou le monde n. 1. The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty.
Le beau monde
fashionable society. See Beau monde.
Demi monde
See Demimonde.
 s'efforcait de "rendre un autre monde possible", plus de 250 femmes qui prenaient part a la 3eme Edition Internationale des Dialogues Feministes (DF) se sont engagees dans un debat intensif sur les perspectives et les strategies feministes pour faire face aux fondamentalismes, au militarisme et a la mondialisation neoliberale. En effet, les participantes qui ont participe au DF ont mene une reflexion sur les voies critiques par lesquelles les visions et les actions feministes sont en train de transformer la democratie a travers le fait d'accorder l'attention aux bases de la structure politique, economique et culturelle de l'oppression patriarcale. Elles ont egalement fait des analyses critiques des strategies a travers lesquelles les femmes qui se sont engages dans les processus politiques--aux niveaux national, regional et international, ont continuellement donne aux femmes plus de voix et de pouvoir dans la prise de decisions de meme que dans le changement de la democratie elle-meme. Beaucoup beau·coup   also boo·coo or boo·koo Chiefly Southern U.S.
adj.
Many; much: beaucoup money.

n. pl.
 d'histoires, strategies et visions diverses qui ont guide cette analyse de la democratie par des feministes transnationales ont ete partagees par les femmes en provenance des differents pays.

Bien evidemment, il a emerge que les contradictions et les complexites du fonctionnement de la democratie sont enormes dans toutes les regions, particulierement quand on les regarde a travers le militarisme, le fondamentalisme et la mondialisation neo-liberale. Les feministes qui travaillent de facon autonome et au sein des mouvements de justice sociale ont besoin d'une analyse sophistiquee de meme qu'un grand courage pour surmonter ces defis et les inegalites basees sur le genre et l'oppression. Chaque region fait face a ces defis de differentes manieres. Par exemple les participantes ont evoque le conflit politique sur le plan commun au Sud de l'Asie. En Amerique Latine, l'accent a ete mis sur le crime organise ou des territoires entiers sont domines par des trafiquants de drogue. En Affique il etait clair que les guerres sont repandues, et elles sont liees a l'expansionnisme militaire et a la corruption. En Europe, les questions cles incluaient les attitudes fortement xenophobes et la violence basee dans les villes de plus en plus menee par la jeunesse exclue et marginalisee.

La croissance des fondamentalismes (qu'ils soient Chretiens, Musulmans, Hindous ou neo-liberaux) est ressorti comme un point fort dans toutes les regions. L'un des points importants souleves fut les facons dont les habillements et les corps des femmes etaient utilises tant par des conservateurs religieux et politiques pour symboliser la << culture >> de manieres reactionnaires et << ethnocentriques >>. Un autre dilemme souleve par les participantes fut comment les femmes ellesmemes s'impliqueraient dans la violence contre les femmes au nom de la culture et de l'appartenance ethnique.

Grosso modo, les DF 2007 furent plus qu'un evenement. lls ont represente des annees d'analyse et de travail TRAVAIL. The act of child-bearing.
     2. A woman is said to be in her travail from the time the pains of child-bearing commence until her delivery. 5 Pick. 63; 6 Greenl. R. 460.
     3.
 collectifs, et specifiquement pour levenement de 2007 une periode d'une annee intensive de preparatifs, de construction a partir de l'edition precedente des DF et d'e prise de forme forme (form) pl. formes   [Fr.] form.

forme fruste  (froost) pl. formes frustes   an atypical, especially a mild or incomplete, form, as of a disease.
 par les interactions et les engagements de beaucoup de gens gens (jĕnz), ancient Roman kinship group. It was the counterpart of what is known in other societies as a patrilineal clan or sib, and the word has been used in social science as a generic term for such groupings. .

Evenements de chaque journee

La premiere journee, les debats ont commence par des propositions pour la democratie et de citoyennete par les membres du GC en se basant sur une note sur cadre intitulee << Perspective des Feministes sur la Democratie Radicale >> qui fut preparee collectivement par le Groupe de Coordination des DF. Le Concept a apporte une serie de perspectives feministes sur la re-conception de l'Etat, de la citoyennete et de la democratie dans le cadre des processus de mondialisation et de militarisation n. 1. militarization.

Noun 1. militarisation - act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"
militarization, mobilization, mobilisation
 et dans le cadre de la force croissante des forces politiques representant toutes les formes (language, music) Formes - An object-oriented language for music composition and synthesis, written in VLISP.

["Formes: Composition and Scheduling of Processes", X. Rodet & P. Cointe, Computer Music J 8(3):32-50 (Fall 1984)].
 de fondamentalisme et d'extremisme renforce par le patriarcat, la misogynie, la xenophobie et l'homophobie.

La deuxieme journee, il y a eu, en petits groupes, des debats sur les defis de la re-definition des democraties, des droits et de la citoyennete, a travers les perspectives ci-apres:

* Notre lutte pour la securite economiaue et notre recherche re·cher·ché  
adj.
1. Uncommon; rare.

2. Exquisite; choice.

3. Overrefined; forced.

4. Pretentious; overblown.
 d'a'lternatives aux structures economiques neoliberales;

* Les defis que nous posons aux systemes d'exclusion, de discrimination et d'intolerance;

* Nos luttes contre la violence, les guerres et les militarismes; la confrontation des nationalismes en recrudescence recrudescence /re·cru·des·cence/ (re?kroo-des´ens) recurrence of symptoms after temporary abatement.recrudes´cent

re·cru·des·cence
n.
 et des affirmations d'identite ethnique;

* Reclamation d'espaces et de direction.

En plus, un evenement important pendant cette deuxieme journee fut la presentation du rapport du Forum des Feministes Africaines (FFA FFA free fatty acids. ) et le lancement de la Charte de Principes Feministes pour les Feministes Africains. Le rapport reflechissait sur le role du FFA dans la re-dynamisation du mouvement feministe africain et mettait en relief les questions pressantes pour les feministes africains aujourd'hui, y compris la citoyennete, la democratie, les droits sexuels et reproductifs et le VIH/SIDA.

Et la 3eme journee, l'accent fut mis l'organisation des feministes et sur les contributions feministes pour democratiser leurs propres mouvements et d'autres mouvements sociaux, en reconnaissant et en construisant la direction, en depassant la fragmentation et en refletant les nouvelles formes d'organisation et de reseautage. Le panel qui a cloture The procedure by which debate is formally ended in a meeting or legislature so that a vote may be taken.

Cloture is a means of terminating a filibuster, which is a prolonged speech on the floor of the Senate designed to forestall legislative action.
 a rassemble les visions feministes pour l'avenir et s'est attaque au role de la construction de democraties alternatives au sein de cette vision de meme que l'accent sur de nouvelles strategies feministes pour promouvoir la radicalisation de la pense et du processus democratiques au sein de mouvements sociaux au sens plus large, y compris le Forum Social Mondial (FSM). Une reunion strategique fut tenue afin de discuter sur comment les participantes aux DF allaient contribuer activement aux processus du FSM 2007, particulierement en assurant qu'il y avait les 50% de participation promise pour les femmes dans tous les espaces cles. Les autres activites programmees par les participantes aux DF pendant le FSM 2007 incluaient: la marche des femmes, un panel pour les controverses, et un dialogue impliquant plusieurs generations a la Tente du Forum des Jeunes.

En conclusion, les DF 2007 ont donne une opportunite pour que les feministes soient en interaction et construisent des reseaux. Les debats rigoureux et la participation proactive de toutes les participantes aux DF, s'ajoutant au professionnalisme de la Facilitatrice qui a assure le deroulement en douceur dou·ceur  
n.
Money given as a tip, gratuity, or bribe.



[French, from Late Latin dulcor, sweetness, from Latin dulcis, sweet.]
 du programme et une equipe de rapporteurs benevoles qui ont fourni un reportage concis de la reunion, ont eu pour resultat des debats et des conclusions significatifs pour les DF 2007.

Source: Article adapte tire du projet de rapport de la 3eme Edition des Dialogues Feministes.

Les Membres du Groupe de Coordination des DF

En tant qu'un espace ouvert pour les dialogues interactifs entre les feministes autodeterminees en provenance des organisations feminines de meme que celles qui travaillent dans des organisations mixtes, les DF sont organises par un Groupe de Coordination constitue de 12 reseaux et organisations feministes internationaux, regionaux et nationaux, a savoir: le Reseau ré·seau or re·seau  
n. pl. réseaus or réseaux
1. A net or mesh foundation for lace.

2. Astronomy
 de Developpement et de Communication des Femmes Africaines (FEMNET), Articulacion Feminista Marcosur (AFM), Akina Mama wa Afrika (AmWA), le Comite de l'Amerique et des Caraibes pour la Defense des Droits de la Femme--Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights (CLADEM), Alternative de Developpement pour les Femmes dans la Nouvelle Ere--Development Alternative For Women in A New Era (DAWN), INFORM, Isis International Manille; Reseau Nation des Groupes Autonomes de Femmes-National Network of Autonomous Women's Groups, Inde; Red Latinoamericana y Caribena de Jovenes por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproducivos (REDLAC), Red de Educacion Popular entre Mujeres de America Latin y el Caribe (REPEM), Women in Development Europe (WIDE) and Women Living under Muslim Laws (WLUML).
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