The DAWN Training Institute (DTI) is a formal arena through which DAWN’s women share with younger Southern feminists the accumulated knowledge, analyses, debates and experiences of the network over the past years. It also provides DAWN a way to regenerate through the recruitment of graduates into the organisation’s global and regional work.
Since 2003, DAWN has held five DTIs, the first one in Bangalore, India (2003), the second in Montevideo, Uruguay (2005), the third in Cape Town, South Africa (2007), the fourth in Siem Reap, Cambodia (2011) and the fifth one in Negombo, Sri Lanka (2016). At these DTIs, each held over a period of three weeks, young feminists are exposed to theory, discussions and interactive processes related to feminism, feminist movements, women’s rights, and local and global strategies to achieve social justice. DAWN’s objectives for the institutes are to share the organisation’s experiences with the next generation of young activists, and contribute towards building a sustainable movement that sees the world from a feminist perspective.