What is Meant by Partnership?
as voiced by participants in the session ‘Women and Men in Partnership’ conducted during the programme, “From Gender Sensitivity To Genuine Partnership: the WSCF AP Journey”
Partnership is......
- working relationship between women and men
- cooperation with participation of women and men
- no gender bias to attain goal
- harmonic relationship
- empowerment of women and men
- common effort toward a goal versus individual effort
- listening (communication)
- dialogue
- equal rights and responsibility
- accountable for each other
- understanding
- appreciation of each other
- equal benefit
- mutual growth
- interdependence
- friendship
- trust
- mutual respect
- mutual support
- covenant
- agreement
- acceptance
- organic unity and community
- knowing and sharing
Women & Men Partnership
- working together equally according to God will
- knowing/understanding women issues
- responding and do action for women issues
- help each other
- equality between women and men members on different SCM levels
- SCM addressing women issues in the larger society
- solidarity in identifying women issues
- how women and men together work towards justice
- building of community of women and men that is equal
