MENA WHRDs Forum Online CoP Meeting

Event tie

MENA WHRDs Forum

Objectives

This CoP meeting was the first for the MENA WHRDs formed CoP convening online to tailor the workshops in the upcoming MENA WHRDs Forum. This meeting was dedicated to introduce the Forum to the CoP members, its themes and format for the CoP and to discuss their expectations and needs.

Activity civic goals

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Narrative summary

This CoP meeting was the first for the MENA WHRDs formed CoP convening online to tailor the workshops in the upcoming MENA WHRDs Forum. This meeting was dedicated to introduce the Forum, its themes and format for the CoP and to discuss their expectations and needs. The Forum will tackle 4 main thematic areas: (1) celebrate to maintain, (2) protection and wellbeing, (3) innovative advocacy and cooperation, (4) online GBV and harassment/Digital Security. The format and the needs for each area are being crafted with a group of prominent WHRDs and women rights activists in the form of a community of practice (CoP). The CoP convenes every couple of weeks in an online meeting for 90-120 minutes to dig deeper into one of these thematic areas and identify the needs so we can meet them. These CoP discussions are facilitated by experts/trainers on the set themes in order to extract the needs and tailor the corresponding session in the Forum accordingly.