PLS TAKE TIME TO NOMINATE DESRVING WOMEN FOR THIS AWARD. THE DEADLINE IS 15TH MAY 2007.
Dear Friends, I am writing to you as a Trustee of Chingari Trust, a young organisation set up with the Goldman Prize money won by two remarkable activists of Bhopal - Rashida Bee and Champadevi Shukla. This is to invite you to please nominate deserving women to the Chingari Award for Women Against Corporate Crimes, 2007. Please find the invitation to nominate below and attached to this mail is the Nomination Form [Nominations can be accepted only in this form, I am afraid]. The Award is meant for an individual woman. Hoping that you will extend your cooperation to Chingari Trust in this matter. Please also circulate this to your networks and friends. You can also send us suggestions of websites where these can be posted. Regards Madhumita Dutta 09444390240 ========================================================== *_INVITATION TO NOMINATE _** DESERVING CANDIDATES FOR * *CHINGARI AWARD FOR WOMEN AGAINST CORPORATE CRIMES, 2007* Chingari Trust, an organization set up by two remarkable women activists from Bhopal from their Goldman Prize money, *invites you to nominate *deserving candidates for this year's Chingari Award for Women Against Corporate Crimes. ** The Chingari Award is an award which will be given away by Chingari Trust annually from this year, to a woman activist who has taken up the cause of a community waging a battle against corporate criminal activity in India. The award consists of a citation, a trophy which would be a replica of the statue in front of the Dow-Carbide factory in Bhopal (of a mother fleeing the poisonous gas with one child in her arm, while the other clings to her receding figure) along with a Prize amount of Rs. 50,000/-. What makes this award unique is that it has been instituted by two members of the all-women survivor group "Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationary Karamchari Sangh", Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla, from the prize money they received for the Goldman Environment Prize 2004. Despite the fact that both gas affected women are sole bread earners of their family and face severe health problems, they chose to give away the entire sum of money given in their personal names, to set up the Chingari Trust. The award is one of the activities that the Trust has instituted, along with a livelihood project for women survivors of the disaster and subsequent chemical contamination, as well as a health care programme for children born with congenital defects to gas affected parents. The award has been instituted with the sole purpose of bringing to limelight the struggle of women who have pitted themselves against corporate crimes and whose lives are till now unsung and unnoticed. Chingari Trust believes that an award can inspire and give necessary impetus to a movement. Though the Trust has chosen to give the award to an individual rather than an organization, the guiding inspiration here is a people's movement. The award will be kept non-political, non-sectarian, and in keeping with secular ideology. It will salute the dedication, invincibility and tenacity of women who have not given up hope. This Award is expected to highlight the growing need for corporate accountability to be established in a variety of spheres, even as it reminds the world that we cannot afford to have more Bhopals in the name of development. The following criteria may be kept in mind while nominating potential prize winners for the Award: * A woman campaigning against corporate crimes [and/or government, incidentally] * A woman taking up the struggle in a remote part of the country, especially from rural India * a woman who put in a sustained struggle - at the time of nomination, there should be at least five years of struggle waged * A woman, who along with others, brought about changes in a company's behaviour or the lives of community due to the struggle waged in a democratic manner * a woman who is well-respected and supported by her community/collective * a woman who has conducted her work at great personal risk and hardship * a woman whose current work would be significantly impacted by receiving the Award * a woman whose work is not affiliated or associated with any political parties, which is non-sectarian and secular * a woman who could provide significant inspiration to others around the country A Jury of extremely eminent women will select the winner each year, by first shortlisting the number of potential winners to three from all the nominations received and then visiting these three women and their work personally. The process for submitting nominations for the award is now open and we invite you to send in the duly filled in nomination forms(attached), before *_May 15^th 2007_* to: Electronic form: [EMAIL PROTECTED] < http://compose/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> As hard copy: Chingari Trust, #44, Sant Kanwar Ram Nagar, Berasia Road , Bhopal.462018. Phone: 0755-2747500. We request you to please send us the form filled in English or Hindi only and to kindly use your own resources to get forms in other languages to be translated into English or Hindi. If you have translated the filled in form from any other language, we would appreciate receiving the original form too, though we do not have the capacities to get the nomination translated into English or Hindi. Only the three shortlisted candidates will be contacted by Chingari Trust. We appreciate your cooperation and support extended to Chingari Trust in this regard. regards Nitin Lata Waman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> NOMINATION OF CANDIDATE FOR CHINGARI AWARD FOR WOMEN AGAINST CORPORATE CRIMES Instituted by Women leading the fight for Justice in Bhopal and for 'No More Bhopals' Note: Please read the guidelines at the end of the form carefully before filling up the form. The selection process consists of screening and shortlisting from these nominations and a personal visit by an all-Women Jury to three shortlisted candidates for selection of final winner. Date of Nomination: 1. INFORMATION ON NOMINATOR OF CANDIDATE FOR AWARD 1. Full Name: 2. Full postal address: 3. Telephone number (incl. Mobile number): 4. Email address, if any: 5. How closely do you know the candidate? 1. For how many years have you known the candidate & her work? 2. How closely have you been involved in that work? 3. Are you involved in the same struggle yourself? 4. If yes, in what capacity? 2. INFORMATION ON CANDIDATE PROPOSED FOR CHINGARI AWARD 1. Personal Information Related To The Candidate: 1. Full name: 2. Full postal address: 3. Telephone number (landline / mobile / PP number, whichever is applicable): 4. Email address, if any: 5. Age of the candidate: 6. Religion & Community she was born in: 7. Education: 8. Source of income: 9. Family and other responsibilities: (please mention if the candidate has ever held a position in a locally elected body) 10. Support from the family: 11. Experience in other struggles: 12. Any previous awards, prizes etc., given to the Candidate: 2. Information related to the Struggle: 1. Describe the origin of the struggle: 2. What are the goals and objectives of the struggle? 3. How did the struggle grow? 4. What is the current status of the struggle? 5. What have been the successes achieved so far? 1. At the Community level 2. At the Corporate / Industry level 3. At the Government level 6. What are the problems (if any) that the struggle is facing? 7. Organisational issues: 1. Describe the decision making processes and structures 2. Describe how concerns of equity, inclusiveness etc., are addressed. 3. Describe the candidate's role & contribution to the Struggle: 1. What is the position of the candidate in the organization? 1. Currently 2. When she began working in the organization: 2. How long has the candidate been involved in this struggle? 3. What difference has she made to the organization and to the struggle? 4. What are the methods and strategies that can be ascribed specifically to the candidate? 5. How has the community responded to her work? 6. Has she had to face any personal risks, sufferings or hardships because of her involvement in the struggle? If yes, what are they? 3. WHY DO YOU THINK THIS CANDIDATE IS THE MOST-DESERVING FOR THIS AWARD? (not more than 300 words) 4. WHAT IMPACT WILL THE AWARD HAVE ON (a) THE STRUGGLE AND (b) THE CANDIDATE HERSELF? (not more than 500 words) Undertaking by the Nominator: I, the undersigned, have submitted the above Nomination and the information furnished by me here is truthful, accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge. Place Signature Date GUIDELINES FOR THE NOMINATOR * Please keep the nomination confidential and refrain from discussing this with others. * Please do not advise candidates that they have been nominated. * Please fill up the form with truthful, complete and accurate information. * Incomplete nominations may not be accepted. * Deadline for sending back filled nomination forms to Chingari Trust is May 15th, 2007. * Nomination forms should be sent in electronic form, with information filled into the above form, by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wherever possible and as signed hard copies to the Chingari Trust office address given below. * Nomination forms can be sent in Hindi and English. If there are any nomination forms filled in regional languages, the nominator may kindly get it translated into English or Hindi before sending to Chingari Trust address, along with the original nomination form filled up in the local language. The following criteria that would be applied to the Chingari Award for Women Against Corporate Crimes may be kept in mind while filling up the form. * A woman campaigning against corporate crimes [and/or government, incidentally] * A woman taking up the struggle in a remote part of the country, especially from rural India * a woman who put in a sustained struggle - at the time of nomination, there should be at least five years of struggle waged * A woman, who along with others, brought about changes in a company's behaviour or the lives of community due to the struggle waged in a democratic manner * a woman who is well-respected and supported by her community/collective * a woman who has conducted her work at great personal risk and hardship * a woman whose current work would be significantly impacted by receiving the Award * a woman whose work is not affiliated or associated with any political parties, which is non-sectarian and secular * a woman who could provide significant inspiration to others around the country CHINGARI TRUST, # 44, SANT KANWAR RAM NAGAR, BERASIA ROAD, BHOPAL 462018. 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