Promoting Empowerment Through Awareness of Lesbian and Bisexual Women
| File:PETAL Belize logo.png | |
| Abbreviation | PETAL |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2011[1] |
| Founder | Simone Hill[1] |
| Type | NGO[2] |
| Purpose | [3] |
| Headquarters | 37 Zericote St., Belize City, Belize[citation needed] |
| Coordinates | 17°30′00″N 88°11′58″W / 17.500019980679156°N 88.19955110013723°WCoordinates: 17°30′00″N 88°11′58″W / 17.500019980679156°N 88.19955110013723°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
Area served | Belize |
President | Charrice Talbert[4] |
Vice President | Marla Simone Hill[4] |
Secretary | Gerrydean Stewart[4] |
Treasurer | Faith Cunningham[4] |
| 7 members[4] | |
| Website | www |
Promoting Empowerment Through Awareness of Lesbian and Bisexual Women, more commonly known as PETAL, are a Belize-based non-governmental organisation that advocate for and provide support services to LGBT women in Belize.
History[edit]
PETAL were established in 2011 by Marla Simone Hill, then Vice President of the United Belize Advocacy Movement, who had observed 'that very little advocacy was being done for the women in the LGBT community [of Belize].'[5] The following year, the organisation engaged the support of social activist Abigail McKay, and began Conversations, their hallmark programme, deemed 'a critical component of PETAL’s work.'[6][7][note 1] In 2015, they secured a six-month grant from the United Belize Advocacy Movement, and registered as a not-for-profit non-governmental organisation on 29 December 2015, with a pro tempore board consisting of Simone Hill, Ifáṣínà Efunyemi, Charrice Talbert, and Abigail McKay.[8][9] Their inaugural general meeting was held in December 2018, with an active membership of 'over 60 women.'[8]
Activities[edit]
PETAL aim 'to achieve social, economic and gender justice for all women in Belize[,] especially [lesbian and bisexual] women[,] through advocacy and empowerment.'[10] Their 'signature' programme is Consversations, 'a safe and brave space in which women sit together in a circle to learn, share, listen and support each other,' held since 2012.[11][6][12][13] Other notable programmes include an annual conference during International Women’s Day, a Valentine's Day gala, family programming during Mother's Day, monthly gender-based violence outreach, and various sensitisation and awareness workshops.[14] By 2019, PETAL has an active membership of 75 women across the country, and were serving 'more than 100 women and girls.'[15]
See also[edit]
Notes and references[edit]
Explanatory footnotes[edit]
- ↑ The first Conversation, convened by Simone and McKay in 2012, was a potluck where participants discussed domestic violence in same-sex partnerships (Jackson 2019, paras. 12-14).
Short citations[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 PETAL 2021, 'About' page, para. 1.
- ↑ PETAL 2021, 'About' page, para. 3.
- ↑ PETAL 2021, 'About' page, para. 4.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 PETAL 2021, 'About' page, sec. entitled 'Board of Directors'.
- ↑ PETAL 2021, 'About' page, sec. entitled 'Founder,' para. 1.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 PETAL 2021, 'About' page, first sec., para. 2, and sec. entitled 'Founder,' para. 1.
- ↑ Jackson 2019, paras. 12-14.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 PETAL 2021, 'About' page, first sec., para. 3.
- ↑ Jackson 2019, para. 15.
- ↑ PETAL 2021, 'About' page, sec. entitled 'Mission'.
- ↑ PETAL 2021, 'Projects' page, 'Conversations' sec., para. 1.
- ↑ UNIBAM 2013, para. 1.
- ↑ COC 2019, p. 2.
- ↑ PETAL 2021, 'Projects' page, paras. 5 to 6.
- ↑ Jackson 2019, para. 19.
Full citations[edit]
- "Home". Belize City: PETAL. 14 June 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - Jackson, Reagan (2 April 2019). "Belize group builds movement for lesbian and bisexual community". Seattle Globalist. Seattle WA. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - UNIBAM (30 November 2013). "The value of PETAL Belizean Lesbian and Bisexual Women Conversations". Blog. Belize City: United Belize Advocacy Movement. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - "Facilitating Unfiltered Conversations in Safe Spaces, for Lesbian and Bisexual Women in Belize". Lessons Learned no. 52. Amsterdam: COC. 2019. ISBN 9789067530439. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - "Petal's Place". 7 News. Belize City: Naturalight Productions. 10 August 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Unknown parameter
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