The STAR Network Approach

Participants in the programs of World Learning STAR Network are women of all ages, religions and ethnic groups. They come from both rural and urban backgrounds and represent diverse political parties who share common beliefs in inter-ethnic cooperation. These planners and decision-makers work for democratic change and women's equitable participation.



Feminist Summer School in Yugoslavia, 1998.

STAR Network links grassroots action with national and regional strategies that support change. STAR Network's connections with international program and funding networks were essential in giving safety, program credibility and resources during the post-war period.

World Learning STAR Network is now guided by a regional advisory board of women from each locale in the region. These women bring experience as leaders in NGOs, businesses, parliaments, trade unions and local government. Advisory board working groups on economic and political issues generate a rich regional program of cross-border exchanges, issue campaigns, and technical assistance. Country-specific programs in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia complement the regional STAR Network program. STAR Network combines capacity building with public policy advocacy, training and mentoring women in leadership to make strategic use of:

research to document the problem;
media to educate the public and policy makers;
resource mobilization to adequately finance the initiative; and
political processes and planning to ensure that goals become policies which actually benefit women and girls in their communities.

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