Baku, Azerbaijan
11-12 May, 2006
The purpose of the meeting was to reach an overview
of the present situation of the REWIND NET and
to create a strategy for the future.
Participants:
• Maja Stajčić, INDOK - AŽIN, Beograd (Serbia)
• Aleksandra Kovačević, ŽINEC - Anima, Kotor (Montenegro)
• Veronika Mitro, DIcens - Ženske studije i istraživanja,
Novi Sad (Vojvodina, Serbia)
• Đurđa Knežević, Ženska infoteka, Zagreb (Croatia),
coordinator of REWIND NET
• Kaja Ocvirek - Krušić, Ženska infoteka, Zagreb
(Croatia)
• Selve Ringmaa, Open Estonoa Fondation, Women’s
Program Coordinator, Tallinn, (Estonia)
• Gulnara Mamedova, Women’s NET Program in Azerbaijan,
Baku (Azerbaijan)
• Yelena Kasumova, Azerbaijan Gender Information
Center, Baku (Azerbaijan)
• Galina Petriashvili, Gender Media Caucasus –
journalist's association, Tbilisi (Georgia)
• Rovshan Akperov (rakbarov@gmail.com),
Program CISCO in Azerbaijan
Proceeding:
Thursday, May 11
morning - arrival of participants
afternoon session
Gulnara Mamedova and Đurđa Knežević welcomed
the participants and introduced guest speakers
from the region.
Galina Petriashvili presented the journalists'
association Gender Media Caucasus. The Association
has been founded on 2003 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
They have a website with an electronic journal
(www.gmc.ge) and
they are also editing a women's journal. In the
previous period they worked on the media monitoring
concerning women in the election process.
Rovshan Akperov presented the CiscoNetworking
Academy Program as well as CISCO Learning Institute
Gender Initiative. CISCO promoted greater participation
of women in Information Technology worldwide thorugh
the Cisco Networking Academy Program (http://gender.ciscolearning.org).
The idea they presented was to connect the REWIND
NET with CISCO gender initiative.
evening session
Welcome dinner and an informal meeting of the
participants with the representatives of women’s
NGOs in Azerbaijan in the restaurant Irshad.
Friday, May 12
morning session
Đurđa Knežević introduced the present situation
of the REWIND NET. Since 2001 women infodocu centers
have been established in 15 countries/region.
In most of the countries OSI does not have programs
anymore and today in 2006 there are only 6 centers
active in the frame of REWIND NET. It is important
to develop strategies for activating the centers
and to recover the REWIND NET.
Kaja Ocvirek - Krušić informed the participants
about the South East subregional meeting which
took place in Zagreb in January 2006. The participating
centers agreed to establish a subregional network
with subregional center in Novi Sad, coordinated
by Veronika Mitro, DIcens of Women’s Studies and
Research. Subregional network will focus on a
joint website, media monitoring, and forming of
an on-line library in the future.
Veronika Mitro informed the participants about
a meeting she and Maja Stajčić had with Zorana
Šijački, director of the Office for gender equality
in Novi Sad. The proposal will be written for
the founding of the subregional center in cooperation
with the Office for gender equality.
Presentations of the national centers:
Each center gave an overview of its regular activities
as well as some additional activities and results
they achieved in the previous period. Information
on the national centers are available at the website
and just the additional information are stated
in this report:
Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan Gender Information Center
(www.gender-az.org),
presented by Yelena Kasumova – 7 books have been
published, 2 researches conducted (Women’s NGOs
in Azerbaijan and Veiled Women in Azerbaijan:
Gender, Islam and Modernity)
Serbia – INDOK AŽIN (www.awin.org.yu),
Beograd, presented by Maja Stajčić – INDOK participated
in WACC Global Media Monitoring as Serbia representative,
INDOK participates in the Process of developing
National Action Plan for Women in field ‘representation
of women in the media’.
Croatia – Ženska infoteka (www.zinfo.hr),
Zagreb, presented by Kaja Ocvirek – Krušić – Ženska
infoteka published a book 'Gender Transformations'
by Sylvia Walby, new numbers of the magazine «Bread&Roses»
and organised a conference «Women and Politics
- on Women's Attempt to Reastablish the Dialogue
between Eastern Europe and the Third World».
Montenegro – Anima, Kotor (www.zinecanima.cg.yu),
presented by Aleksandra Kovačević – the center
organizes friday night movies, had published 2
journals ZINEC and 2 Pressjek and started with
e-magazine Anima, developed a mailing list Yolanda's
dialogues and took part in different activities
with other NGOs. They conducted 2 researches in
2005- GMMP and survey with journalist and editors
and published results –“ Feminoskop medija”.
Estonia – Open Estonia Foundation (www.oef.org.ee),
prezented by Selve Ringmaa, Women’s program Coordinator
– Women’s program is not successful at getting
government’s support; now they have funds for
the media monitoring (women in politics); Documentary
programme about single parents;
Vojvodina – DIcens, Women’s Studies and Research,
Novi Sad (www.dicens.org.yu)
– DIcens participates in the Process of developing
National Action Plan for Women in field ‘representation
of women in media’, supports Center for Gender
Studies at University of Novi Sad, first institutionalized
gender studies programe in the region.
Afternoon session
Problems:
Main problems of the REWIND NET:
- electronic communication does not function properly
- updating of the country reports on the REWIND
NET website
- motivation of the centers to participate in
the REWIND NET activities
- promotion of the REWIND NET
Conclusions, strategies and plans:
1. It is important to continue with the data
collection, archiving, mapping of women's organizations
and with the exchange of experiences at the REWIND
NET level.
2. REWIND NET does not have funds for 2006. Coordination
is volontary at the moment and fundraising has
to be undertaken for the REWIND NET acitivities.
3. To write a thank-you letter and an offer for
a cooperation to CISCO in the name of the REWIND
NET
4. To find out a good activity for the year 2007
– A Year of Equal Oportunities
5. A joint project - Women in politics
6. Ideas for the possible common ground: images
of man and woman in politics, economics, education...
7. Database of the gender sensitive journalists
as a resource
8. To make a list of the trainings needed and
trainings each center can offer
9. New REWIND NET mailing list
10. 3 subregional centers are to be established:
South East, South Caucasus and Central Asia, Nord
East
till September 1, 2006 participating
centers will animate potentional members and delegate
coordinator for subregion and provide REWIND NET
with complete list of the members of subregionalNETs
11. Every three month each Infocentre
has to write a report on its activities and send
it to Infoteka (to be published on the website),
first report till September 15th (Short
presentation of the members of the subregional
centers, name of the coordinator of the Subregional
NET)
12. Potential activities of subregionalNET:
- To found Subregional portal
- To organize trainings
- To participate in the trainings
- To exchange the trainers
- To undertake common researches and campaignes
- Visibility of the network
- Sustainability
