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  • Oxfam Intersections Session Feedback
    Friday, January 22, 2010 - 15:11
    Facilitator: J. Francis, Centre for Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation, University of Venda Sessions Facilitated: a) Participation: the main ingredient for good development? b) Integrating HIV and food security Participants and the Facilitation Approach(es) Twenty-six people representing...
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  • Feedback from Intersections – 26-28 OCT 2009
    Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 10:30
    MAJOR LEARNINGS: Surprised to learn that many in the field still share stereotypical views about cultures and communities – guess a lot more work with practitioners is needed! New and innovative use of media PROGRAMME STRUCTURE: Felt interactive sessions were too short – another 30mins...
    Julie Todd
  • Session Theme Feedback: Do You Speak Youth?
    Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 10:30
    DO YOU SPEAK YOUTH Report on the session by Laura Washington from Project Empower. Doing HIV prevention with youth is a crucial element in overall HIV prevention work. We are not having as much success as we should have with preventing new infections: statistics are not showing a significant...
    Laura Washington
  • Session Theme Feedback: Inclusion / Exclusion: Who is out if men are in?
    Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 10:30
    Session Theme Feedback: Inclusion / Exclusion: Who is out if men are in?
    Facilitator’s impressions and major learnings emerging through the discussions Overview We started the session by hearing some of the ideas, insights, revelations and contentions aired at the initial OA dialogue on Working with Men, in July. I had lifted about 20 direct quotes from that...
    Rebecca Freeth
  • Session Theme Feedback: Leaders are people too: leadership for change
    Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 10:30
    Session Theme Feedback: Leaders are people too: leadership for change
    Purpose: To challenge current understandings of program sustainability and encourage discussion around alternative ways of looking at the issue. While a significant amount of the event’s program is dedicated to some of the material aspects of sustainability, the significant question: ‘...
    Rebecca Freeth
  • Sessions Feedback
    Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 10:30
    Sessions Feedback
    25th – 27th October 2009 Report Submitted by: Sally-Jean Shackleton This report covers 3 areas of my participation: 1. As a panellist for the session: Fitting THEM in- working with sexual minorities (facilitated by Navin Vasudev) 2. As a facilitator of the session: Cellphones for Advocacy...
    Sally Shackleton

Blog posts

  • Reporting at Intersections
    Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 09:14
    When I agreed to be a rapporteur I didn’t anticipate that it would be challenging. Besides, how difficult could it be to just report what I had heard? This was certainly not the case. At the outset it was fascinating to learn how partners were working with rights in their contexts and. It was...
  • Akona’s First Experience as a Rappoteur
    Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 17:57
    This was my first experience to be involved in such challenging duty. I am used to be in conferences as a participants having to articulates and be involved in discussions. In saying that for me, this was a new experience having to document or capture discussions let alone of such big event....
  • My Personal Experience as a Rapporteur at the Oxfam Learning and Sharing Event
    Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 17:46
    Rapparteur: Dumisani Malwane Organisation: Maputaland Development and Information Centre (MDIC) First time rapparteuring for a conference of this magnitude whereby one interacts with people from different disciplines, backgrounds, organisations and countries is always scarring, intimidative...
  • Weaving Threads
    Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 17:42
    Coming to this event was quite a journey; I left home before sunrise on Sunday morning to get to the Port Elizabeth airport and finally arrived in Pietermaritzburg around midday. While in motion for all those hours, I kept wondering what it would be like to enter a space and process that was both...
  • Interview with Kerry Farrance
    Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 16:52
    Interview with Kerry Farrance, Oxfam Australia, Melbourne, Day 2 of Intersections Which sessions have you attended today? When is it welfare and when is it development Don’t flat line your baseline Policy Update for community health workers. General Impression of the sessions?...

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