WHAT:
Practical, on-line workshops
2x two-hour zoom session
Price is for both sessions - Zoom link will be sent once payment is made

WHEN:
Wednesday 2nd June 12:00pm - 2:00pm NZST
Thursday 3rd June 12:00pm - 2:00pm NZST

WHY:

Social Inclusion is about embracing diversity, ensuring that all people feel recognised and accepted, and are free from prejudice and discrimination. In the international development sector, we place great importance on these principles and values that underline our work, but we also need to consider how these values play out internally within the New Zealand sector, and within our organisations.

Our bi-cultural foundations, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and the evolving Māori-Crown partnership, are fundamental to understanding social inclusion in the New Zealand context and a guiding principle for our work in the Pacific. Just a week after the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, this two-day workshop will open a dialogue in order for our organisations to mirror the inclusion practices we promote overseas.

WHO:

Lana Woolf (Day 1)
Lana is one of the founding Co-Directors of Edge Effect. Lana straddles management, strategist and practitioner roles, that are informed by 25 years experience working on women’s rights, disability, Indigenous and LGBTIQ+ inclusion and participation programs and projects. Lana’s focus within Edge Effect is on the Linking, Learning and Leading program, which houses the 42Degrees Library and Edge Effect’s training program.

Ireen Rahiman-Manual (Day 2)
Ireen is an international development specialist. She has designed and led the development of many multi-country programmes across many sectors and with many partners and actors in development. Ireen is an advisor for the Auckland Council's Ethnic People's Panel and is also the Co-Chair for the Climate Change Action Group for the Council. She has actively advocated for diversity inclusion at many fronts and advises organisations on best practices on enhancing and embracing inclusion strategies

WHAT
DAY 1 - Wednesday 2nd June 12:00pm - 2:00pm NZST

The workshop will focus on connecting the dots between pre-emergency marginalisation and how it impacts experiences and choices of people with diverse SOGIESC (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics) in both international development and humanitarian contexts. We will deep dive into case study activities that explore examples of underlying discriminations in four key thematic areas.

DAY 2 - Thursday 3rd June 12:00pm - 2:00pm NZST

The workshop will focus on discussing the strengths, gaps and challenges we are seeing in the development sector in terms of social diversity and inclusion, and that of equity. Whether inward or outward focused, we have to focus on key elements in enhancing development and harmonising partnerships. Some of these elements include our obligations to the Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the concerns around racism in development, and how can we overcome and dismantle these in our practices, and having the difficult conversation and staff recruitment with cultural safety in mind.