Session 2: Landing!

Introducing the
Training
W O M E N ’ S VO I C E A N D L E A D E R S H I P ( W V L ) P R O G R A M
INTERSECTIONALITY IN FEMINISM TRAINING FORUM
FA C I L I TATO R : S O L O M E N A K AW E E S I - K I M B U G W E
W E D N E S D AY 9 T H J U N E 2 0 2 1
V I RT U A L LY V I A Z O O M , FA C E B O O K L I V E A N D Y O U T U B E L I V E S T R E A M I N G

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 Session House
Rules

• Workshopping Ourselves – Need to positively engage and debate

• No Sacred Cows – Constructive input most welcome, Lets talk about it all!

• Unplug! - Cell Phones, Tablets & Notebooks off / In Silent Mode and Mute Microphones

• Lets Manage Disruptions - Breaks limited to official breaks only

• Share this Space - One speaker only at any one point in time

• Respect Each Other and the Space - Respect for one another's opinion even the most
divergent one!

• Keep Time! - Need to be on time all the time

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How We’ll Learn from Each Other

Comfort Perform

Challenge

Apathy Stress

Support

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 Our Training Schedule Today
Key
Concepts
Core
Feminist
Principles
Feminine
Transformative Intersectionality
Feminist of Feminism
Leadership
Leadership

Feminism Feminism
Values in Africa

Transformative
Feminism Intersectionality
Feminist
Decoded! Framework
Leadership
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 Session 3 Objectives:
Feminism Decoded
1. Decode key concepts, values and principles – Feminism,
Patriarchy and Power, Transformative Feminist Leadership, etc

2. Develop appreciation of key Feminist Principles and Values.

3. Develop grounding on Feminism and Power Analysis.

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 Session 4 Objectives:
Feminism in the African Context
1.Develop appreciation of the African Feminist
Principles and Values.

2.Contextualize feminism to the rights and lives of

African girls and women.

3.Deepen appreciation of African Feminism and the

Charter of Feminist Principles for African Feminists.
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 Session 5 Objectives:
Transformative Feminist Leadership
1. Contextualize feminism to the realities and work of WVL partners,
Women Leaders, Women’s Rights Organisations, Feminist Leaders and
Gender Practitioners in Kenya.

2. Develop grounding on how to infuse Feminist Leadership and its

practical application at individual, organisational and collective levels.

3. Reflect on what it means to work towards Feminism, Be a Feminist

Organisation, Espouse Feminist Principles/Values and Implement
Feminist Policies and Programmes.

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 Session 6 Objectives:
Intersectionality Framework
1.Deconstruct the relation between systems of oppression which
construct our multiple identities and our social locations in
hierarchies of power and privilege.

2.Define the intersections and interconnectedness of identities

(such as race, gender, sex, ethnicity, sexuality, class, ability, etc)
and explore how the various identities combine to create
different modes of discrimination and privilege.

3.Strategise how the Intersectionality Framework and Analysis

should inform WVL Partners and WROs moving foward.
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