BEWC Activities 2010

BEWC 2nd Strategic Meeting Vienna July 2010

He main activity of BEWC 2010 was the organisation of the 2nd Strategic meeting in Vienna, from 1-2 July 2010. This BEWC strategic meeting was hosted by AFRA, co-organized by the Renner Institute Vienna with the financial support of filia-diefrauenstiftung.

The aimed of this meeting was to develop the organisational structure and governance, as well as the BEWC working 2010-2015 agenda. This working agenda will be presented for adoption at the next BEWC General Assembly 2011.

The participants includes Beatrice Achaleke (BEWC president, Austria), Yvette Jarvis (BEWC vice-president, Greece), Rita Naloop (representing Hellen Felter, BEWC Treasurer, Tiye International, the Netherlands), Salome Mbugua (BEWC Board Member, Akidwa, Ireland), Suzanne Diku (BEWC Board member, Rome Black Women Association, Italy) and Omotola Kaebe (BEWC member, Tola’s Teaching Institute, Germany).
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BEWC Activities 2008-2009

Since September 2009 BEWC Members receive twice per months a news letter containing news from BEWC members, relevant information and calls for proposals etc from EU related institutions, other international and civil society organisations.
Publications; the “Report of the Vienna Congress”, Vienna 2007 and “Voices of Black European Women I”, Vienna 2009 published by AFRA – International Center of Blackwomen’s Perspectives have greatly contributed and the visibility of the BEWC and Black Women in general Women at European and international level. The first book outlines processes and outcome of the First Black European Women’s Congress, Vienna 2007 while the second features and addresses different topics of daily life and political form the perspective of 22 Black European Women.
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