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Problems cannot be solved by the same thinking that created them, new knowledge generating systems are needed. The Grassroots Women's International Academy (GWIA) is about increasing the power of community groups. Spain. Kenia. Germany. Nigeria. Canada. United States.
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Problems cannot be solved by the same thinking that created them, new knowledge generating systems are needed
The Grassroots Women's International Academy (GWIA) is about increasing the power of community groups
Spain Kenia Germany Nigeria Canada United States So far 11 GWIA’s were held
Women are at the center of communities, they hold the wisdom of communities
GWIA provides a structure for direct communication and exchange between different grassroots cultures
The GWIA format includes opportunities for peer learning as well as for up scaling of grassroots practices
GWIA is a format to ensure that the innovators of solutions from the ground, also be the ones articulating, naming, claiming and transferring their knowledge
GWIA acts as an assessment- centre and clearing place for informal learning
Learning in the context of exchanges is self guided and self controlled and does not follow a predefined outcome or agenda
An important part of GWIA focuses on building partnerships with mainstream actors