Rosemary Seymour Awards
In 1974 Rosemary Seymour, a Waikato sociologist, initiated a newsletter and a network of women interested in women’s studies, that evolved into the Women’s Studies Association (NZ). In 1985 this fund was established in her memory. Donations are always welcome.
In 2012 the fund will enable us to make two awards of $750 each, one for which only Māori women may apply, while the second is open to all women.
Applications should include:
- Name
- For Māori applicants: iwi and hapū, or geographic region;
- Postal address;
- Title and aim of project;
- Institutional affiliation or organisational involvement (if any);
- Purpose/Justification;
- Literature relevant to this project;
- Research strategies;
- Relationship between the project and the Aims of the Association (below);
- How the award will be used (give some indication of the budget for the study and the way in which the grant would contribute to the completion of the project);
- Any other sources of funding for this project? (If 'Yes', please indicate these sources);
- Please indicate if you are enrolled as a student and your course (e.g. B.Sc., M.A., PhD) and year of study.
Applications should be sent by email attachment, by 15 December 2012 (extended deadline), to:
See also the New Horizons
for Women Trust website for information about its awards.
Aims of the Women’s Studies Association (NZ)
The WSA (NZ) is a feminist organisation formed to promote radical social change through the medium of women’s studies. We believe that a feminist perspective necessarily acknowledges oppression on the grounds of race, sexuality, class and disability as well as gender. We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa. This means that we have a particular responsibility to address their oppression among our work and activities.
The principles of the Association are:
- To undertake, promote and disseminate research about women by women from a feminist perspective
- To inform and educate women about women in culturally appropriate ways
- To encourage the preservation of existing material about women in culturally appropriate ways
- To facilitate the establishment of women’s studies courses with a feminist perspective
- To undertake and promote the publication of material about women
- To organise and participate in activities, conferences, seminars and displays in furtherance of the aims of the Association.