Public Policy & Community Outreach
THE HEALING ROOM: A NIGHT OF POETRY SHARING -16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM 2021
PUBLIC EVENT (Face to Face)
WAND UWI Open Campus and The Frenetic Arts present "The Healing Room: A Night of Poetry Sharing" on Friday November 26, 2021 at 7 pm AST.
The event is in this year's recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Children (#IDEVAW 2021) and the 16 Days of Activism.
Poetry/Spoken Word will cover the following themes:
• Sharing experiences - Addressing and recognizing incidents of trauma and it's impact.
• Wounded erotic - reclaiming desire, eroticism and sexuality after trauma
• Speaking a safer world into being - Challenging ourselves to see and speak the world we want to live in.
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RECLAIMING SEXUAL PLEASURE AFTER SEXUAL TRAUMA
ONLINE PUBLIC FORUM
WAND UWI Open Campus and UWIHARP Cave Hill Campus are partnering to host an online conversation called "Reclaiming Sexual Pleasure After Sexual Trauma" on November 17, 2021 at 6 pm AST. Expert panelists include Katrina Ifill, Brenda Roach and Latoya Lane.
We will talk look at the impact of sexual violence and how it affects sexual intimacy, relationships and desire. We will share how to grow beyond trauma and embrace wholesome sexual pleasure.
The conversation will be moderated by Kelly Ann Knight and chaired by Taitu Heron. See Full Video
FEMINISM AND CAPACITY BUILDING OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS IN THE CARIBBEAN.
ONLINE DISCUSSION
A conversation in collaboration with IGDS Cave Hill with Taitu Heron, Head of the Women and Development Unit (WAND), UWI Open Campus, moderated by Dr Daniele Bobb, Lecturer, IGDS UWI Cave Hill.
LAUNCH OF PINK PARLIAMENT'S 2022
ONLINE EVENT
Join Pink Parliament and WAND @uwi.open.campus on Monday October 11, 2021 at 6 pm for the launch of Pink Parliament's 2022 programme.
Speakers include our very own Pink Parliamentarians of the class of 2021, Regina Sealy, Reneice Bonnett and Shauntae Price, as well as guest speakers, Kerry Ann Ifill of the Barbados Council for the Disabled and Dr Tonya Haynes of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI Cave Hill campus.
THIRD CROSS COUNTRY DIALOGUE WITH YOUTH AND WOMEN AND INCLUSIVE POLITICS
ONLINE DISCUSSION
Join us for our 3rd Cross Country Dialogue in with Pink Parliament on Tuesday August 17.
This time we will be talking with MP Elizabeth Kerekere (@elizabethkerekere ) of the New Zealand Parliament on Women and Inclusive Politics.
Dr Kerekere is an MP from the Green Party, an advocate for the human rights of youth, LGBTQ+ persons and indigenous people. She is also a long-standing artist and researcher in reproductive health, LGBTQ community wellbeing and youth mental health and violence prevention.
The conversation will be moderated by Naia Cuadra, Pink Parliamentarian, (@lens.aesthetics_ ) and will be chaired by Head of WAND, Taitu Heron (@kalimama246).
The conversation will be streamed on UWI Open Campus's FB page and YouTube channel. See Full Video
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FATHERING AND THE CONFLICTS OF MODERN MANHOOD IN THE CARIBBEAN
ONLINE -PUBLIC FORUM
Fathering and the Conflicts of Modern Manhood in the Caribbean
The Women and Development Unit (WAND) of the UWI Open Campus in collaboration with the Barbados Family Planning Association (BFPA) invite you to join us for our online public forum which honours and reflects on fathering across the Caribbean. The speakers are:
• Taitu Heron (Head, WAND UWI Open Campus)
• Anderson Langdon (Executive Director, BFPA)
• Fabian Sargeant (MENS Barbados)
• Richie Maitland (Human Rights Lawyer, Grenada)
• Muhammad Muwakil (Freetown Collective, Trinidad & Tobago)
The forum will be held on Zoom and will also be streamed live on UWI Open Campus’s Facebook and YouTube platforms See Full Video
The University of the West Indies
Global Campus
Bridgetown, St. Michael
Barbados
