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E-Newsletter
Mid-September 2006
Table of Contents
1. NEWS
2. EVENTS
3. NEW PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS/ARTICLES/WEBSITES
4. CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
5. GRANT/FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
1. NEWS
**China-Russia Women's Culture Week** The All-China Women's Federation
(ACWF) informs that the third China-Russia Women's Culture Week is to
be
held on 19-25 October 2006 in Beijing, Shanghai and Suzhou. A forum
will
be organized for Chinese and Russian women to exchange views on women's
development and discuss relations between women and politics, economics
and society. This Culture Week is organized under the framework of the
Women's Committee of the China-Russia Friendship Committee for Peace
and
Development. The first such culture week was held in 2002 in Beijing
and
Shanghai, the second in Moscow and St.Petersburg in 2004.
http://www.chinaview.cn
http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/28/content_5150298.htm
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2. EVENTS
**Gender, Health, and Poverty E-learning Course**. This 80-hour
e-learning course is offered by the World Bank Institute (WBI) of the
World Bank from 18 October to 28 November 2006. This learning program
provides a framework for analyzing cross-sectoral linkages in
development interventions, focusing on the central role of gender,
particularly as it affects improving health outcomes for the poor. This
course will increase capacity of participants for promoting gender,
health, and poverty issues in national poverty reduction strategies and
programs and assist countries in achieving related MDGs. For more
information on audience and target countries, please visit:
http://info.worldbank.org/etools/wbi_learning/activity.cfm?sch_id=HNP07-01-026
E-mail: jhindriks@worldbank.org
**How Do We Want to Raise Our Children? ** This 3-day international
conference organized by Centers International will be held 17-20
November 2006, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Its objective is to discuss
the results obtained from the year-long campaign that has offered an
opportunity to reflect on how grassroots women's groups can support the
development of children. The conference will extract common values and
common issues of parenting throughout very diverse geographical, social
and cultural settings. For information on the campaign goals,
participating groups, guidelines and preliminary conference programme,
please visit: http://www.mine.cc/bratislava.html
E-mail:jaeckel@mine.cc
**Gender Equality Under Finland’s President** Karat News reports that
experts in gender equality policy will gather to debate the theme of
men
and gender equality in Helsinki on 5-6 October 2006. A major objective
is to strengthen men's involvement in the discussion by asking how men
relate to gender equality issues. A further aim is to reinforce this
theme as a separate theme in the gender equality policies of member
states. The event is organized by European Commission and the Ministry
of Social Affairs and Health. Among the participants will be officials
of the member states and the Commission, as well as representatives of
the social partners and non-governmental organizations. For more
information please visit:
http://www.stm.fi/Resource.phx/eng/subjt/inter/eu2006/meneq/men1.htx
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3. NEW PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS/ARTICLES/WEBSITES
**The Division of Reproductive Health (DRH) at the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) has created the Reproductive Health
Assessment Toolkit for Conflict-Affected Women (publicly available in
November 2006) through the financial support of USAID and the Andrew
Mellon Foundation through the CDC Foundation. The Toolkit provides
tools
for field staff with limited survey skills to collect data on the
reproductive health needs and outcomes of women affected by conflict.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.apha.org/meetings/continuing_ed.ht
E-mail: slaswell@cdc.gov
**The UN Secretary General's Study on Violence against Women** The
United Nations Secretary-General has released a study that will be
presented at the UN General Assembly on 9 October 2006. The study is a
response to a 2003 UN General Assembly request for the
Secretary-General
to conduct an in-depth study on all forms of violence against women
(resolution 58/185). The study provides recommendations on the
national,
intergovernmental, and UN level, on the action steps governments should
take to end the impunity in which violence against women is
perpetrated.
To view the full report, please visit;
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/violenceagainstwomenstudydoc.pdf
**Bridging Gaps - From Good Intentions to Good Cooperation (Manual for
Effective Multi-Agency Cooperation in Tackling Domestic Violence)** The
Manual resulting from the WAVE (Women Against Violence Europe) Daphne
Project is now available for download. The aim of the project was to
develop guidelines and standards for good cooperation between state
agencies and women's NGOs by providing background information as well
as
concrete guidance and recommendations. The Manual is based on the
contributions of "bridging gaps" project partners from 11 European
countries and draws upon the work and experiences of many committed
experts and academics in the field. For more information, please visit:
http://www.wave-network.org/start.asp?showmenu=yes&fr=&b=11&ID=284
http://www.wave-network.org/cmsimages/doku/
homepage_bg_manual_fromgoodinterventionstogoodcooperation3.pdf
**Taking CEDAW Seriously** The report from the Conference organized by
the Women’s Human Rights Alliance in co-operation with the Irish Centre
for Human Rights, National University of Ireland Galway, and the Irish
Council for Civil Liberties is now available. The aim of the conference
was to promote, apply and enforce the United Nations Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, CEDAW. The
report includes text of the speeches, seminars, recommendations and
related notes. For information on the participants to the conference,
keynote speaker and to download the report, please visit:
http://www.whra.ie/file_download/26
http://www.whra.ie/News/23/taking-cedaw-seriously-conference-report
** Land Tenure Reform and Gender Equality** This Policy Brief 4 (RPB 4)
published by the United Nations Research Institute for Social
Development (UNRISD) examines the extent to which women’s interests are
reflected in the new generation of reforms to land tenure, including
land titling, and the new possibilities opened by democratic
transitions
that have placed inequalities in land distribution back on national
agendas. For more information please visit:
http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/
(httpPublications)/64FF792CAE6DF527C1257108003F59AA?OpenDocument&panel
=seriespapers
**Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers. A Revised Edition** The Women in
Parliament: Beyond Numbers Handbook produced by IDEA (International
Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance) is a new, updated
edition covering the ground of women’s access to the legislature in
three steps: It looks into the obstacles women confront when entering
Parliament – be they political, socio-economic or ideological and
psychological. It presents solutions to overcome these obstacles, such
as changing electoral systems and introducing quotas, and it details
strategies for women to influence politics once they are elected to
parliament, an institution which is traditionally male dominated. For
more information on this publication, table of contents, contributors,
please visit: http://www.idea.int/publications/wip2/index.cfm
The handbook includes case studies from Argentina, Burkina Faso,
Ecuador, France, Indonesia, Rwanda, South Africa and Sweden, as well as
regional overviews from the Arab World, Latin America, South Asia and a
case study on the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
**The Status of Women in Iraq, An Assessment of Iraq’s De Jure and De
Facto Compliance with International Legal Standards** This volume was
published in July 2005 by the Iraq Legal Development Project of the
American Bar Association. It was produced by a team with assistance
from
many Iraqi legal experts. This publication provides in one volume, a
great deal of factual information and background for those working on
issues relating to women In Iraq.
8/09/2006 The Assessment covers thematic categories: political
participation, civil society and women in decision making; violence
against women and the right to personal security; labor and economic
rights; family and marriage; nationality; health; and education.
English:
http://www.wluml.org/english/news/status-of-women-in-iraq-ABA-ILDP-2005-EN.pdf
Arabic:
http://www.wluml.org/arabic/news/status-of-women-in-iraq-ABA-ILDP-2005-AR.pdf
**Prevention Now.Net** This new website has been launched as part of
the
global campaign Prevention Now, to push for universal access to female
condoms as part of an accelerated and comprehensive response to prevent
the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections and to
reduce unintended pregnancies worldwide. To visit the website, please
visit:
http://www.preventionnow.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&It
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4. CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
**Past Debates, Present Possibilities, and Future Feminisms: A Women’s
and Gender Studies Conference Celebrating 30 Years of NWSA** The
National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) announces its Call for
Proposals for its 2007 Conference which is scheduled for 28 June-1 July
2007 in St. Charles, IL, a suburb of Chicago. NWSA invites submissions
that examine the conference theme and its related sub-themes as well as
proposals relevant to women’s and gender studies. The submission
deadline is 1 November 2006. For more information on featured speaker,
the Call for Proposals with information on Conference Overview,
registration, scholarships and travel grants, please visit:
http://www.nwsaconference.org/downloads/NWSACFP07.pdf
http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/nwsa/nwsa07/
http://www.nwsaconference.org
**Gender Research Methodologies in the Development Context**. Oxfam
Gender & Development Journal calls for articles for its July 2007 issue
which will look at the role that gender research methodologies can play
in the design and implementation of development policies and programmes
that are effective in promoting gender equality. Submissions are
requested from development practitioners, as well as researchers and
academics working in this field. For more information about Gender and
Development, including guidelines for
contributors, please visit:
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/issues/gender/gad/index.htm.
E-mail: jhoare@oxfam.org.uk - Joanna Hoare, Acting Editor - Gender and
Development Journal
Oxfam GB
**Past, Present, Future** From Women's Studies to Post-Gender Research”
In June 1982, Umeå University in Sweden organised the conference
"Kvinnouniversitetet: Vetenskap, patriarkat, makt" ("Women's
University:
Scholarship, Patriarchy, Power"). The conference was a milestone in the
development of women's and gender studies in the Nordic countries and
significant for building networks among young, female scholars in a
new,
expanding research field. The Centre for Women's Studies and the
National Graduate School of Gender Studies now invite you to the
conference "Past, Present, Future - From Women's Studies to Post-Gender
Research" celebrating the 25th anniversary of "Kvinnouniversitetet".
The
purpose of the conference is to build bridges between generations of
researchers in gender studies. The deadline for the presentation of
papers is 1 November 2006. Participation in the conference will be
restricted and priority will be given to Ph. D. students.
http://www.umu.se/kvf/aktuellt/ppf/ppfconf.html
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5. GRANT/FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
**Scholarship References – BRIDGE** This list has been compiled in
response to the large number of enquiries that the BRIDGE-hosted web
resource Siyanda www.siyanda.org receives from women who are looking
for
funding for study, research and training. This resource seeks to
address
this gap in knowledge by providing a compilation of a selection of
study
grants, scholarships and fellowships available around the world. The
scholarships cover a wide range of subjects: human rights, sexuality,
gender and development, through to politics and the life sciences.
Online databases of scholarships are also included in this resource.
http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk
Email: bridge@ids.ac.uk
http://www.siyanda.org
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