WOMEN'S SAFETY AWARDS 2004 - Women in Cities International

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	What are the Women's Safety Awards?			Criteria
	Awards			Submission Process
	Eligibility			Deadline
	Categories			Application form

	Winners 2004			Compendium of Good Practices

What are the Women's Safety Awards?

The Women's Safety Awards are designed to elicit and reward good practices and municipal policies relating to women's safety and the improvement of women's sense of safety. The focus of the Awards is institutional change at the municipal level, through showcasing 'good practices and policies' and disseminating information on 'what works'. Specifically, the Awards objectives are to:

elicit and disseminate information on practices relating to women's safety and municipal gender-based policies in crime prevention,
promote local initiatives that include significant elements relating to women's safety and the improvement of women's sense of safety, and
build capacity of local groups to develop projects and practices relating to women's safety and the improvement of women's sense of safety.

What is women's safety?

Women's safety focuses on prevention strategies and policies which aim to reduce violence and the risk of violence against women, including women's fear of crime, in public spaces. It does this by creating safer environments (social, physical and institutional) for women and girls, by promoting their participation in community life, by pursuing partnerships between local community organisations and local governments and by involving the full diversity of women and girls in local decision making processes.

Awards

Up to 10 Canadian and 10 international initiatives will be awarded. Winners will participate in traveling seminars which will showcase good practices and policies at conferences and meetings on crime prevention and women's safety. The prize includes travel, accommodation and registration to conferences for a delegation of up to two people for each award-winning good practice or policy.

Winners will receive extensive publicity. Good practices and policies will be announced at a press conference, results will be published on the Femmes et villes/Women in Cities International website (which is linked to other relevant websites) and information will be disseminated through list-servs and newsletters. A publication documenting results of the competition will also be produced and will be distributed to community groups, municipal governments and other relevant bodies.

A commemorative certificate especially designed for this event will be awarded to winners in all categories.

Eligibility

Women's groups, grassroots community organisations, municipal governments, youth organizations, business community groups, foundations, media, agencies and other groups.

Initiatives must include a significant element relating to women's safety and the improvement of women's sense of safety.

Initiatives must be past the initial planning stage, and some steps taken towards implementation

Initiatives must not be more than five years old, unless they are a revised version of an established intervention.

The term 'initiative' is used to indicate projects, activities and policies in all sizes of communities (from neighbourhood to metropolitan).

Criteria

The major criteria that will be used to select winners include:

RELEVANCE OF APPROACH:
Must demonstrate an analysis of problem(s) and development of appropriate interventions to tackle problems

LOCALLY BASED:
Must be implemented at the local level (neighborhood, community, municipal, regional)

PARTNERSHIPS:
Should be based on partnerships with other community groups such as municipalities, police, schools and/or others local bodies.

DIVERSITY:
Must take into consideration cultural context, diverse needs and perspectives of women

WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND PARTICIPATION:
Must demonstrate efforts towards the empowerment and active participation of women

OUTCOMES:
Must demonstrate clear, realistic objectives and links between outcomes (or desired
outcomes.)

Submission Process

Applications should be submitted in accordance with reporting format which is available on this website (.rtf or .doc). Please download and complete the form and submit your entry via email to concours@femmesetvilles.org .

If applicants are unable to send their entries through email, or wish to add supplemental materials, applications may also be mailed to:

Women's Safety Awards 2004
Femmes et villes international
465 St-Jean, suite 803
Montréal, Québec, Canada
H2Y 2R6

Mailed applications must be postmarked by March 15th, 2004 and should include a print and diskette copy of the application form in MS Word or Rich Text Format.

Applications can be submitted in English, French or Spanish.

Application must not exceed 12 pages in length (not including instructions). Fonts used may be of a minimum of 10 points and a maximum of 12 points in size.

Applicants are encouraged to include the following supporting materials: articles appearing in newspapers, professional journals, newsletters or other publications, videos, photographs or other graphic material, brochures or other promotional material.

Deadline

The deadline for submissions, initially March 1st, has been extended until March 15th, 2004

Selection Process

All submissions complying with the reporting format and meeting the criteria will be forwarded to an independent Jury Committee comprising of Canadian and International experts in the field.

For more information contact the Secretariat: