Diciembre del 2006
FELIZ NAVIDAD Y VENTUROSO AÑO NUEVO 2007
Equidad de Género desea a todas / os sus seguidores una LINDA NAVIDAD en compañia de todos los suyos y un VENTUROSO AÑO NUEVO 2007.
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INSTRAW - MEDIADOS DIC. 06
INSTRAW News / Noticias del INSTRAW / Nouvelles de INSTRAW E-Boletín Mediados de diciembre de 2006
TRADUCCION INFORMAL
Contenido 1. NOTICIAS 2. EVENTOS 3. NUEVAS PUBLICACIONES/PONENCIAS/ARTICULOS/SITIOS WEB 4. CONVOCATORIA PARA PRESENTAR PONENCIAS/PROPUESTAS 5. OPORTUNIDADES DE FINANCIACION 6. OPORTUNIDADES DE EMPLEO
1. NOTICIAS **Informe del Grupo de Expertos de Alto Nivel del Secretario General sobre la coherencia en todo el sistema de las Naciones Unidas – Igualdad de género (Report of the Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on System-Wide Coherence – Gender Equality)** El Grupo de expertos de alto nivel recomendó, entre otras medidas, la consolidación de tres de las organizaciones de género existentes de las Naciones Unidas, La Oficina de la Asesora Especial en Cuestiones de Género y Adelanto de la Mujer (OSAGI), la División para el Adelanto de la Mujer (DAW) y UNIFEM, en una sola entidad de género. Para leer el informe complete, visite: http://www.un.org/events/panel/resources/pdfs/HLP-SWC-FinalReport.pdf http://www.unifem.org/news_events/currents/issue200612.php#unreform
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2. EVENTOS **Transformando la democracia: Visiones y estrategias (Transforming democracy: Feminist visions and strategies) **. Los Terceros Diálogos Feministas se celebrarán del 17 al 19 de enero 2007 en Nairobi, Kenya, justo antes del próximo Foro Social Mundial. Esta reunión de dos días y medio reunirá aproximadamente a 250 mujeres de todo el mundo para profundizar en los diálogos intensivos sobre las perspectivas y estrategias feministas al abordar el fundamentalismo, el militarismo, y la globalización neo liberal. Para más información y para inscribirse, visite: http://feministdialogue.isiswomen.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 http://www.feministdialogues.isiswomen.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=40 E-mail: anishasusanna@gmail.com
**Curso de capacitación sobre análisis de género y planificación (Training course on Gender Analysis and Planning)** La organización internacional Centro de Capacitación e Investigación (International NGO Training and Research Centre - INTRAC) anuncia este curso que se celebrará del 17 al 19 de enero 2007 en Londres, Reino Unido. El objetivo del curso es capacitar a los planificadores del desarrollo y las organizaciones no gubernamentales en la incorporación de la perspectiva de género en su trabajo. Los participantes analizarán, planificarán y pondrán en funcionamiento la perspectiva de género de manera efectiva en la práctica del desarrollo. Para la descripción completa del curso, costo, formulario de solicitud, visite: http://www.intrac.org/training.php?id=59
**CEDAW** El Comité para la eliminación de la discriminación contra la mujer – CEDAW (The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women) celebrará su trigésima séptima sesión desde el 15 de enero al 2 de febrero 2007, en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York, N.Y. Se examinará el informe inicial de Tajikistán, así como los informes periódicos de Austria, Azerbaiján, Colombia, Grecia, India, Kazajstán, Maldivas, Namibia, Países Bajos, Nicaragua, Perú, Polonia, Surinam y Vietnam. Para más información, visite: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/37sess.htm
**El género en las políticas sobre la paz y la seguridad de la Unión Europea (Gender in the European Union’s Peace and Security Policy) **. En los primeros seis meses del 2007 Alemania celebrará la elección de la presidencia de la Unión Europea. El año 2007 es también el Año Europeo de Igualdad de Oportunidades para Todos. Ambos eventos son el marco para una conferencia europea de redes que se celebrará del 4 al 6 de mayo 2007 en Berlín, Alemania, sobre “El género en las políticas sobre la paz y la seguridad de la Unión Europea”. El objetivo de esta conferencia es reforzar una red europea de actores y expertos que están trabajando para la aplicación de la Resolución 1325 de las Naciones Unidas; sensibilizar sobre los distintos efectos en las mujeres y los hombres de las políticas sobre la paz y la seguridad de la Unión Europea; e introducir la perspectiva de género en las políticas europeas sobre la paz y la seguridad. Para más información visite: http://www.un1325.de/akt-mai07-plan-en.html
**Integración del Aspecto de Género en las Instituciones del Mercado Laboral (Gender Mainstreaming in Labour Market Institutions) **. Durante los próximo siete meses KARAT patrocinará un proyecto que se ejecutará conjuntamente con SPI Alemania y SPI Polonia. El proyecto consistirá de una serie de talleres sobre la integración del aspecto de género dirigido a los empleados de las instituciones gubernamentales que trabajan en el campo del mercado laboral (principalmente oficinas de Recursos Humanos). Mientras que este proyecto se enfocará solamente en Polonia, le permitirá a KARAT desarrollar capacidades (metodologías, el contacto con las organizaciones de la Unión Europea (UE) que trabajan en ese campo) respecto a la cooperación con las instituciones gubernamentales relacionadas al mercado laboral dentro del contexto de las políticas de integración del aspecto de género de la EU y espera que en el futuro podrá llevar a cabo el proyecto en otros países. Para más información sobre este proyecto, escriba a Ola Solik a: aleksandra.solik@gmail.com http://www.spiconsult.de http://www.spiconsult.pl
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3. NUEVAS PUBLICACIONES/PONENCIAS/ARTICULOS **Catálogo - Libros, Recursos de capacitación sobre mujer y desarrollo (Catalogue – Books, Training Resources on Women and Development) **. “Women Ink“, un proyecto de la organización “International Women's Tribune Centre”, ha publicado su último catálogo de libros y recursos para la capacitación sobre mujer y desarrollo. El catálogo ofrece más de 70 libros nuevos de organizaciones de mujeres, de universidades activas en el campo de mujer y desarrollo y de editoras de todo el mundo, así como una serie de publicaciones del Sur global. La colección se recomienda particularmente para académicos, activistas y profesionales del desarrollo, y ofrece también categorías tales como la cultura y la religión, el conflicto y los procesos de paz, la violencia contra la mujer y el empoderamiento y la promoción de movimientos. Para más información: http://ww.womenink.org o contacte a: joey@womenink.org
**Actualización del Inventario: Mujeres y Niñas Afganas Cinco Años Después (Taking Stock Update: Afghan Women and Girls Five Years On) **. Este estudio publicado por “WOMANKIND Worldwide” esté ahora disponible en Pashtu y en Dari. Visite los siguientes vínculos para cada versión en pdf: http://www.womankind.org.uk/upload/Taking%20Stock%20Afghan%20Women%20and%20Girls%20Five%20Years%20On.pdf http://www.womankind.org.uk/upload/Taking_Stock_5_Years_On_Oct2006_pashtu_FINAL.pdf http://www.womankind.org.uk/upload/Taking_Stock_5_Years_On_Oct2006_dari_FINAL.pdf http://www.womankind.org.uk
**En el Camino a la Unión Europea (UE): Supervisando la Igualdad de Oportunidades para Mujeres y Hombres en Sureste de Europa (On the Road to the EU: Monitoring Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in South Eastern Europe)**. Este es un Informe patrocinado por la Red para el Programa de la Mujer del Instituto Sociedad Abierta (Network Women’s Program of the Open Society Institute - OSI). Se ha publicado el lnforme ya que algunos países del Sureste de Europa se preparan para unirse a la UE o están empezando a hacer negociaciones de ingreso. El Informe ofrece un importante estimado de cómo la región está cumpliendo con los estándares de la Unión Europea sobre la igualdad de género. Aunque muchos países del Sureste de Europa en los últimos tres años han progresado en llevar las leyes nacionales sobre la igualdad de género de acuerdo con la UE, todavía falta mucho por lograr. El informe completo y las fichas informativas que abordan la situación específica de las mujeres romaníes en el Sureste de Europa están disponibles en la siguiente dirección: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/women/articles_publications/publications/onroad_20060503
**Serie de Estudios Académicos (Academic Paper Series)** La organizacién “International Women’s Rights Action Watch-Asia Pacific - IWRAW AP), informa sobre su último estudio académico, El Derecho de la Mujer a la Nacionalidad y al Cambio (Women’s Right to Nationality and Change) (Estudio No. 9), publicado en el 2006. Este estudio examina los derechos de las mujeres bajo las leyes de la nacionalidad y de la ciudadanía en la región de Asia y del Pacífico. La Serie de boletines de IWRAW Asia Pacífico – pone a la disposición las discusiones emergentes y los debates relacionados a las áreas de trabajo de la organización. Para ver los Estudios Académicos, desde el No. 1 al No. 8, visite: http://www.iwraw-ap.org/aboutus/occasional_papers.htm#09
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4. CONVOCATORIA PARA PRESENTAR PONENCIAS/PROPUESTAS **Centro para los derechos del Hombre y la Prevención de la Violencia (Center for Men’s Rights and Prevention of Violence)**. Esta ONG para asuntos masculinos-femeninos en Serbia promueve una participación más activa de los hombres en cuanto a los principios de igualdad de género contra todas las formas de violencia en Serbia, especialmente de la violencia doméstica. Todos los estudios disponibles sobre la frecuencia de la violencia doméstica en Serbia y en el mundo señalan un porcentaje más alto de víctimas femeninas, así como el hecho que los perpetradores son masculinos en la mayoría de los casos. El trabajo se enfocará en la promoción de los principios de igualdad de género en el trabajo con la juventud y con los perpetradores masculinos de la violencia doméstica. Para más información contacte el Centro en la siguiente dirección: E-mail: muski.centar@yahoo.com.
**El Género en la Sociedad de la Información: Temas emergentes (Gender in the Information Society: Emerging issues) ** Esta publicación, editada por Anita Gurumurthy, Parminder Jeet Singh, Anu Mundkur y Mridula Swamy fue publicada por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), Programa de Información sobre el Desarrollo para el Asia y el Pacífico (Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme - APDIP). Es una colección de 13 documentos preparados para un seminario de la pre-Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Información (WSIS, en inglés) que se celebró del 18 al 19 de abril 2006 en Bangalore, India. La publicación se prepare conjuntamente con UNIFEM y “IT for Change”. Esta selección de documentos ofrece un conjunto valioso de información en áreas que pocas veces han sido centrales del diálogo sobre las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación para el desarrollo (ICT4D, en ingles). Para más información, visite: http://www.apdip.net/news/genderis
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5. OPORTUNIDADES DE FINANCIACION **Programa de Becas para el Liderazgo de las Mujeres (Women’s Leadership Scholarship Programme - WLS)**. El Programa WLS (anteriormente Becas para el Liderazgo Nativo (Native Leadership Scholarship) crea oportunidades educativas para mujeres líderes de la base, organizadoras y activistas del sur global y/o de grupos indígenas. El Programa WLS invierte en el liderazgo de las mujeres dándole apoyo a la educación a nivel de Bachiller universitario en el área de los derechos humanos, desarrollo sustentable y salud pública. Las becas ayudan a los beneficiarios a cubrir los costos de matrícula, honorarios, libros, suministros educativos, hospedaje, manutención, y viajes de ida y vuelta desde el país de origen y a la institutción académica. Fecha límite para someter solicitudes: 23 de marzo 2007. Para más información disponible en ingles, español y francés, visite: www.nativeleaders.org/index.html
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6. OPORTUNIDADES DE EMPLEO **Vacante relacionadas al tema de género *(Gender-related vacancies)**. La organización DevNetJobs.org informa de la siguiente vacante relacionada al tema de género: Gerente del Programa de Salud Reproductiva ARC Internacional Malakal, Sudán del Sur - Fecha límite para someter solicitudes: 17 de diciembre 2006 La información sobre el procedimiento para hacer la solicitud se encuentra en la hoja con la descripción del puesto o en la siguiente dirección: http://www.DevNetJobs.org - “Outreach Coordinator DevNetJobs.org”
**Asociado de Investigación en el tema de la Raza, el Género y Políticas Públicas (Race, Gender and Public Policy Research Associate)**. El Instituto Hubert H. Humphrey de Asuntos Públicos tiene una vacante para un Asociado de Investigación en el Programa post-doctoral sobre “La raza, el género y Políticas Públicas. El Instituto Hubert H. Humphrey de Asuntos Públicos ofrece este puesto Profesional, a tiempo completo, por 12 meses. La fecha límite para someter candidatura es el 30 de marzo 2007 para comenzar el 1ro. de septiembre de 2007. Para más información sobre salario, responsabilidades, calificaciones esenciales o preferidas, procedimiento para someter la candidatura visite: http://www.hhh.umn.edu/employment/wilkins_postdoctoral_research_assoc.html
**Especialistas en el tema de Género (Gender Specialists)** La Corporación CARANA localizada en Arlington, Estado de Virginia, Estados Unidos, busca de manera continua a especialistas en el tema de género para posiciones a corto y a largo plazo en distintas partes del mundo. Los candidatos calificados deberán tener habilidades técnicas y experiencia en los asuntos de género en distintos proyectos de desarrollo, amplio conocimiento de los reglamentos de las agencias donantes internacionales, por lo menos 5 años de experiencia previa en el área internacional, excelentes conocimientos del ingles y fluidez en otros idiomas. Para someter la solicitud de empleo, envíe su Curriculum Vitae en inglés a: consultant@carana.com, indicando “Gender Specialist” en la línea del Asunto de su correo electrónico. Solicitamos que no se hagan llamadas telefónicas.
**Especialista en Programas (Program Officer) ** La organización “Planned Parenthood Federation of America-International” tiene una vacante para un Especialista en Programas para América Latina y el Caribe, con base en Miami, Florida. Para obtener los detalles sobre las responsabilidades principales, antecedentes académicos requeridos, experiencia, visite: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-involved/jobs-volunteer/jobDetails.asp?jid=590 E-mail: laro@ppfa.org
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INSTRAW - DECEMBER 06
INSTRAW News / Noticias del INSTRAW / Nouvelles de INSTRAW E-Newsletter Mid-December 2006
Table of Contents
1. NEWS 2. EVENTS 3. NEW PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS/ARTICLES/WEBSITES 4. CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS 5. GRANT/FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES 6. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
1. NEWS **Report of the Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on System-Wide Coherence – Gender Equality** The High-Level Panel recommended, among other measures, the consolidation of three of the UN's existing gender institutions — Office of the Special Advisor on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women (OSAGI), Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), and UNIFEM, into a single gender entity. To read the complete report, please visit: http://www.un.org/events/panel/resources/pdfs/HLP-SWC-FinalReport.pdf http://www.unifem.org/news_events/currents/issue200612.php#unreform
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2. EVENTS "Transforming democracy: Feminist visions and strategies". The Third Feminist Dialogues will be held from 17-19 January 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya just prior to the next World Social Forum. This two and a half day meeting will bring together around 250 women from different parts of the globe to deepen the intensive dialogues on feminist perspectives and strategies in addressing fundamentalisms, militarism and neo-liberal globalisation. For more information and to register, please go to: http://feministdialogue.isiswomen.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 http://www.feministdialogues.isiswomen.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=40 E-mail: anishasusanna@gmail.com
**Training course on Gender Analysis and Planning** The International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC) announces this course to be held on 17-19 January 2007, London, United Kingdom. The objective of the course is to train development planners and NGOs in the incorporation of a gender perspective into their work. Participants will analyse, plan, and operationalise a gender perspective into effective development practice. For full description of the course, fee, application form, please visit: http://www.intrac.org/training.php?id=59
**CEDAW** The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will hold its thirty-seventh session from 15 January to 2 February 2007, at United Nations Headquarters, New York, N.Y. The initial report from Tajikistan will be examined, as well as periodical reports from Austria, Azerbaijan, Colombia, Greece, India, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Namibia, The Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, Poland, Suriname and Vietnam. For more information, please visit: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/37sess.htm
**Gender in the European Union’s Peace and Security Policy**. In the first half of 2007 Germany is holding the presidency of the European Union. The year 2007 is also the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All. Both of these events are the setting for a European networking conference to be held 4-6 May 2007, Berlin, Germany, on Gender and the European Union’s peace and security policy. The objective of this conference is to build a European network of actors and experts who are working for the implementation of the UN Resolution 1325; raise awareness on the different effects of the European Union’s peace and security policy on women and men; and introduce a gender perspective into the European peace and security policy. For more information: http://www.un1325.de/akt-mai07-plan-en.html
**Gender Mainstreaming in Labour Market Institutions**. For the next seven months Karat will be hosting a project which will be implemented in partnership with SPI Germany and SPI Poland. The project will consist of a number of workshops on gender mainstreaming addressed to employees of public institutions working in the field of labour market (mainly employment offices). While this project will focus on Poland only, it will allow Karat to develop capacity (methodology, contact with EU organization working in the filed) related to cooperation with public institutions related to labour market in the context of the EU gender mainstreaming policy and hopefully in the future we will be able to conduct project involving other countries. For more information about this project write to Ola Solik at aleksandra.solik@gmail.com http://www.spiconsult.de http://www.spiconsult.pl
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3. NEW PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS/ARTICLES AND/OR WEBSITES **Catalogue – Books, Training Resources on Women and Development**. Women Ink, a project of the International Women's Tribune Centre, has released its latest catalogue of books and training resources on women and development. The catalogue features more than 70 new books from women's organisations, mainstream universities and small publishing houses from around the world, as well as a number of publications from the global South. The collection comes highly recommended for academics, activists and development practitioners and features categories such as culture & religion, conflict & peace processes, violence against women, and empowerment & movement building. Further information: http://ww.womenink.org or contact joey@womenink.org
**Taking Stock Update: Afghan Women and Girls Five Years On**. This research paper published by WOMANKIND Worldwide is now also available in Pashtu and Dari. Following are the links to each version in pdf: http://www.womankind.org.uk/upload/Taking%20Stock%20Afghan%20Women%20and%20Girls%20Five%20Years%20On.pdf http://www.womankind.org.uk/upload/Taking_Stock_5_Years_On_Oct2006_pashtu_FINAL.pdf http://www.womankind.org.uk/upload/Taking_Stock_5_Years_On_Oct2006_dari_FINAL.pdf http://www.womankind.org.uk
**On the Road to the EU: Monitoring Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in South Eastern Europe.** This is a Report a report sponsored by the Network Women’s Program of the Open Society Institute (OSI). Published as some of the countries in South Eastern Europe are set to join the EU or begin accession negotiations, the report provides a much-needed assessment of how the region is complying with EU standards on gender equality. Although many countries in South Eastern Europe over the past three years have made progress in bringing national laws on gender equality into line with the EU, much remains to be done. The complete report and Fact Sheets addressing the specific situation of Romani women in South East Europe are available for download at the following website: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/women/articles_publications/publications/onroad_20060503
**Academic Paper Series** The International Women’s Rights Action Watch-Asia Pacific (IWRAW AP), informs its newest Academic Paper, Women’s Right to Nationality and Change (Paper No. 9), published in 2006. This paper examines women’s rights under nationality and citizenship laws in the Asia and Pacific region. The IWRAW Asia Pacific Occasional Papers Series makes available emerging discussions and debates related to the organisation's areas of work. To view Academic Papers No. 1 through No. 8, please visit: http://www.iwraw-ap.org/aboutus/occasional_papers.htm#09
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4. CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS/PARTICIPATION **Center for Men’s Rights and Prevention of Violence**. This Male-Female Serbia NGO promotes more active involvement of men in gender equality principles against all forms of violence in Serbia, especially domestic violence. All existing studies on domestic violence prevalence, both in Serbia and worldwide, underline higher percentage of female victims, as well as the fact that perpetrators are males, in most cases. The work will be focused on the promotion of gender equality principles in direct work with youth as well as with male perpetrators of domestic violence. For additional information, contact the Center at: E-mail: muski.centar@yahoo.com.
**Gender in the information Society: Emerging issues** This publication, edited by Anita Gurumurthy, Parminder Jeet Singh, Anu Mundkur and Mridula Swamy was released by the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP). It is a collection of 13 papers developed for a pre-World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) seminar, held on 18-19 April 2005, Bangalore, India. The publication was produced in partnership with UNIFEM and IT for Change. This selection of papers makes available a valuable body of information in areas that have rarely been central to the dialogue on information and communications technology for development (ICT4D). For more information, please visit: http://www.apdip.net/news/genderis
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5. GRANT/FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES **Women’s Leadership Scholarship Programme (WLS)**. The WLS Programme (formerly the Native Leadership Scholarship) creates educational opportunities for women who are grassroots leaders, organisers and activists from the global south and/or from indigenous groups. WLS invests in women's leadership by supporting non-doctoral graduate education in human rights, sustainable development, and public health. The awards help the recipients meet the costs of tuition, fees, books, educational supplies, housing, maintenance, and travel to and from the home country and the educational institution. Application deadline: 23 March 2007. More information is available in English, Spanish and French at www.nativeleaders.org/index.html
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6. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES **Gender-related vacancies**. Following are the following positions for gender-related jobs published by DevNetJobs.org. 1) Specialist in Gender and Development DevTech Systems, Inc. Location: Rosslyn, Virginia, USA - Last Date: December 20, 2006
2) Gender Based Violence Program Coordinator International Rescue Committee Location: DR Congo - Last Date: December 15, 2006
3) Senior Outreach Worker Eaves Housing For Women Limited Location: UK - Last Date: December 20, 2006
4) Reproductive Health Program Manager ARC International Location: Malakal, South Sudan - Last Date: December 27, 2006
You will find the application details in the job description itself or at the website http://www.DevNetJobs.org - Outreach Coordinator DevNetJobs.org
**Race, Gender and Public Policy Research Associate**. The Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs has an opening for a Postdoctoral Program in “Race, Gender and Public Policy Research Associate”. The Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs has a full time, 12-month term Professional Non-faculty position. Deadline for application: 30 March 2007 for 1st. September 2007 start date. For more information on salary benefits, responsibilities, essential and preferred qualifications, application procedure, please visit: http://www.hhh.umn.edu/employment/wilkins_postdoctoral_research_assoc.html
**Gender Specialists** CARANA Corporation, located in Arlington, VA, is continuously seeking gender specialists for short and long-term assignments throughout the world. Qualified candidates will have strong technical skills and experience addressing gender issues throughout various economic development projects, in-depth knowledge of international donor agency regulations, at least 5 years prior international work experience, excellent English language skills and fluency in other languages. Please send detailed Curriculum Vitae in English to consultant@carana.com, and indicate “Gender Specialist” in the email subject line. No phone calls, please.
**Program Officer** The Planned Parenthood Federation of America-International has an opening for a Program Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean to be based in Miami, Florida. To obtain details on primary responsibilities, required educational background, and experience, please visit: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-involved/jobs-volunteer/jobDetails.asp?jid=590 E-mail: laro@ppfa.org
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INSTRAW - DIC. 06
INSTRAW News / Noticias del INSTRAW / Nouvelles de INSTRAW E-BoletÃn Diciembre de 2006
TRADUCCION INFORMAL
Contenido
1. NOTICIAS 2. EVENTOS 3. NUEVAS PUBLICACIONES/PONENCIAS/ARTICULOS/SITIOS WEB 4. CONVOCATORIA PARA PRESENTAR PONENCIAS/PROPUESTAS 5. OPORTUNIDADES DE FINANCIACION 6. OPORTUNIDADES DE EMPLEO
1. NOTICIAS **Lobby Europeo de Mujeres – Observatorios nacionales para combatir la violencia contra la mujer en el ámbito nacional y su vÃnculo al ámbito europeo (European Women's Lobby - National Observatories to Combat Violence Against Women at the National Level & Linked to the European Level)** En la actualidad el Centro de PolÃticas sobre la Violencia y su Observatorio Europeo están trabajando en el desarrollo de observatorios nacionales para combatir la violencia contra la mujer para supervisar las polÃticas sobre la violencia contra la mujer en el ámbito nacional y para vincularlas al ámbito europeo. Su objetivo es ofrecer una voz crÃtica independiente a las ONG que trabajan en el área de la violencia contra la mujer, en el desempeño de los compromisos gubernamentales, y para señalar las brechas en las polÃticas y en la oferta de servicios que necesitan ser abordados. Para más información sobre su estructura, su misión, marco de referencia de sus principios y modalidades prácticas, visite: http://www.womenlobby.org/site/1abstract.asp?DocID=647&v1ID=&RevID=&namePage=&pageParent=&DocID_sousmenu=
**Dieciséis DÃas de Activismo Contra la Violencia Basada en el Género – El LÃbano (16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence – Lebanon)** Por segundo año consecutivo, “KAFA (Basta Ya!) de la Violencia y la Explotación†participó en la campaña internacional “16 DÃas de Activismo contra la Violencia de Género†con su caravana “Exhibición de Testigos Silenciosos†enfocada en la violencia doméstica y en cómo los crÃmenes contra las mujeres y los llamados “crÃmenes por honor†encuentran justificación no solo en el ámbito de la comunidad sino también en la legislación. El objetivo del proyecto es sensibilizar y promover la adopción de una ley sobre violencia doméstica en El LÃbano. Como parte de su campaña de sensibilización, KAFA lanzó una grabación que reúne todos Códigos sobre la Situación de la Persona en El LÃbano y los Códigos Civiles sobre el tema de la violencia doméstica contra las mujeres y los niños. Para más información, visite: www.kafa.org.lb http://www.kafa.org.lb/advoc1.html http://www.kafa.org.lb/aware.html http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=539
**Fondo Fiduciario de las Naciones Unidas para Erradicar la Violencia contra las Mujeres (UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women) ** El Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para Erradicar la Violencia contra las Mujeres, establecido hace diez años por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, podrÃa desembolsar $3.5 millones este año – casi el doble de la cantidad disponible en el 2005 y casi cuatro veces más que en el 2004. Este Fondo administrado por UNIFEM ha probado ser un mecanismo efectivo para enfrentar la pandemia de la violencia, su efecto sobre las mujeres en cada uno y en todos los paÃses del mundo. Ochenta y nueve estados han adoptado cláusulas legislativas que abordan la violencia doméstica, incluyendo 60 estados con leyes especÃficas sobre la violencia doméstica. http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/violence_against_women/trust_fund.php
**Consejo para la Igualdad Social de Mujeres y Hombres (Council for Women’s and Men’s Social Equality)** El 26 de septiembre 2006, un Consejo para la Igualdad Social de Mujeres y Hombres (NÅ‘k és Férfiak Társadalmi EgyenlÅ‘sége Tanács) fue establecido con el auspicio del Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales y Laborales. La creación de esta nueva institución y la continuación de su trabajo tienen una importante función ya que asegurar la igualdad entre mujeres y hombres es una de las principales agendas polÃticas de la Unión Europea. Las polÃticas sobre la igualdad de género obligan a los Estados Miembros a dar pasos concretos para crear la igualdad de género entre las personas de toda condición, incluyendo en las áreas de la educación, la salud, el trabajo y la seguridad social. Press release of the Ministry, 26 de septiembre 2006. Hungary National VAW Monitor http://www.stopvaw.org/Council_for_Women_s_and_Men_s_Social_Equality_Established.html
**Segundo Congreso Internacional sobre el Feminismo Islámico (Second International Congress of Islamic Feminism) **. La Segunda Conferencia Internacional sobre el Feminismo Islámico, celebrada del 3 al 5 de noviembre 2006 en Barcelona, España, se enfocó sobre los problemas con la Shari’ah (Ley Islámica) y las leyes familiares discriminatorias que están en vigor en muchos paÃses musulmanes. Como resultado de la conferencia se creó un “Observatorio para el Islam y el Género†(“Observatory of Islam and Genderâ€) con sede en Barcelona. Este Observatorio intenta consolidar el trabajo de dos conferencias internacionales sobre el feminismo, como terreno común entre intelectuales y organizaciones feministas en el mundo islámico, y para promover el Feminismo Islámico en España. Para más información sobre las conclusiones de esta conferencia, visite: http://www.feminismeislamic.org/eng/ http://www.feminismeislamic.org/eng/
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2. EVENTOS **Tercer Curso Regional de Capacitación sobre Género, CiudadanÃa y Gobernabilidad Participativa para la Región de Medio Oriente y del Norte de Ãfrica (Third Regional Training Course on Gender, Citizenship and Participatory Governance for the Middle East and North Africa Region)** Este curso lo organizan conjuntamente el Instituto Real Tropical (KIT- Royal Tropical Institute) y el Colectivo para la Investigación y la Capacitación en la Acción para el Desarrollo (Collective for Research and Training on Development Action - CRTD.A) en El LÃbano, y tendrá lugar del 16 al 24 de abril 2007 en Beirut, El LÃbano. Este curso, concebido para la región del Medio Oriente y el Norte de Ãfrica, tiene por objeto ofrecer un análisis de la gobernabilidad, la ciudadanÃa y de instituciones relacionadas y familiarizar a los participantes con estrategias que aseguren que la igualdad de género tenga prioridad en la agenda de la gobernabilidad. Para informarse sobre la fecha lÃmite para inscribirse, el programa, el contenido del curso, criterio para la admisión, procedimiento para someter la solicitud de participación, costo de la matrÃcula, y ayuda financiera, visite: http://www.kit.nl/smartsite.shtml?id=2725 http://www.kit.nl/smartsite.shtml?id=4356 http://www.crtd.org/ E-mail: gcg@crtd.org
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3. NUEVAS PUBLICACIONES/PONENCIAS/ARTICULOS **Contrainforme – Convención Interamericana para Prevenir, Sancionar y Erradicar la Violencia contra la Mujer** El CLADEM -Comité de América Latina y el Caribe para la defensa de los derechos de la Mujer en Argentina, quiere realizar un aporte a esta jornada de lucha del movimiento de mujeres, con la difusión del CONTRAINFORME de la Convención Interamericana para Prevenir, Sancionar y Erradicar la Violencia contra la Mujer. 25 de Noviembre -DÃa Internacional de lucha contra la Violencia hacia las mujeres- No a la Trata/Patagonia CiberFem. El lugar de la Sociedad Civil, especialmente el de las organizaciones de mujeres, es fundamental en la elaboración de Informes Sombra o Contrainformes paralelos al oficial ya que permite al Comité conocer e indagar cuestiones que no aparecen en el informe oficial. Ponemos a disposición de todas este documento a fin de que se constituya en una herramienta más para exigir el cumplimiento de nuestros derechos. Las invitamos a visualizar el Contrainforme en: http://www.cladem.org/espanol/nacionales/argentina/CONTRAINFORMEBELEMDOPARAArgentina.doc . También pueden solicitar que se remita el Contrainforme en forma personal.
**Integrar la Pobreza y el Género en los Programas de Salud – Módulo sobre la Violencia Basada en el Género (Integrating Poverty and Gender into Health Programmes - Module on Gender-Based Violence)**. La Organización Mundial de la Salud (The World Health Organization - WHO) ha publicado esta Publicación de Recursos para los profesionales en el campo de la salud. Este módulo está diseñado para mejorar la sensibilidad, el conocimiento y las habilidades de los profesionales de la salud sobre la violencia basada en el género. También se espera que esta publicación sea de utilidad como un documento de referencia para los responsables de polÃticas y los gerentes de programas o conjuntamente con la capacitación en el trabajo. Para más información, visite: http://www.wpro.who.int/publications/PUB_9290611944.htm
**Informe sobre la Brecha Global de Género, 2006 (The Global Gender Gap Report 2006)**. Este Informe cubre todos los paÃses actuales de la Unión Europea asà como a los candidatos, 20 de América Latina y el Caribe, más de 20 del Ãfrica subsahariana y 10 del mundo árabe. En conjunto, las 115 economÃas cubren más de un 90% de la población mundial. El informe mide el tamaño de la brecha de género en cuatro áreas crÃticas de la desigualdad entre los hombres y las mujeres. 1. Participación económica y oportunidad – efecto sobre los salarios, niveles de participación y el acceso a empleos de alta pericia, 2. Logros académicos – efecto sobre el acceso a la educación básica y a la educación avanzada.; 3. Empoderamiento polÃtico – efecto sobre la representación en las estructuras de toma de decisiones; 4. La salud y la supervivencia – efecto sobre la esperanza de vida y la relación del sexo. Para bajar el informe, visite: http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Gender%20Gap/index.htm http://www.weforum.org
**Mujeres IndÃgenas de las Américas – Segunda Edición (Indigenous Women of the Americas – Second Edition) **. Derechos y Democracia (Rights & Democracy), en asociación con Enlace – la Red Continental de Mujeres IndÃgenas – y las Mujeres Nativas de Québec, han preparado este manual de información para realzar el trabajo de las mujeres que actúan en los ámbitos local, nacional e internacional para asegurar que sus derechos sean respetados. El manual propone posibles caminos de acción para permitir a estas mujeres que saquen pleno provecho de los foros internacionales y de los mecanismos disponibles. Esta herramienta está disponible en inglés, francés y español. http://www.dd-rd.ca/site/publications/index.php?lang=en&subsection=catalogue&id=1374
**Buenas Prácticas para Proteger a las Mujeres Trabajadoras Emigrantes (Good Practices To Protect Women Migrant Workers) ** Esta publicación de UNIFEM es el resultado de la Reunión gubernamental de Alto Nivel sobre las Buenas Prácticas para Proteger a las Mujeres Trabajadoras Emigrantes, que se celebró en Bangkok, en Diciembre de 2005. El informe examina los éxitos y los retos que se enfrentan al proteger a las trabajadoras domésticas emigrantes en términos administrativos, reglamentos y leyes. El informe contiene datos sobre el desarrollo de las buenas prácticas en paÃses especÃficos, tales como Bahrein, Brunei, Jordania, Malasia, Singapur y Tailandia. Finalmente, funcionarios gubernamentales de alto rango que participaron en la reunión aprobaron una serie de recomendaciones referentes a la gestión, servicios sociales y de apoyo y de coordinación relativas a la migración. http://www.unifem-eseasia.org/projects/migrant/Docs/GdPracticesReportWebPubV1.pdf
**Empoderando a las Mujeres Trabajadoras Emigrantes en Asia (Empowering Women Migrant Workers in Asia) **. “Este manual de información preparado por UNIFEM relata sobre la lucha, la elasticidad y las prácticas creativas de las mujeres trabajadoras emigrantes y de sus grupos de apoyo. El manual hace énfasis sobre cómo la prevención de la discriminación y el abuso de las mujeres trabajadoras emigrantes deben ser abordadas para asegurar la igualdad de género y sus derechos humanos básicos y la promoción del desarrollo sostenible y la buena gobernabilidad. Finalmente refuerza el compromiso a la acción colaboradora entre el gobierno y las partes interesadas de la sociedad civil dentro y a través de los paÃses y regiones, en maneras que protejan y empoderen de manera significativa a las mujeres trabajadoras emigrantes.†http://www.unifem-eseasia.org/projects/migrant/mig_pub.htm
**Manual para Combatir el Tráfico de Personas (Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons) ** (Programa Global contra el Tráfico de Seres Humanos – Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra las Drogas y el Delito, Viena, Austria – 2006) Este Manual presenta una selección de herramientas conceptuales, legislativos y organizativos para usarse en distintas partes del mundo. El Manual se basa en la premisa que el problema del tráfico de personas, en el ámbito nacional o local, solamente puede ser abordado de manera efectiva en base a las estrategias generales basadas en los derechos humanos que toman en consideración la naturaleza transnacional del problema, las muchas actividades criminales asociadas, la participación de grupos criminales organizados y el profundo dolor, temor y daño sufrido por las vÃctimas…†Disponible en lÃnea en versión PDF [250p.] en la siguiente dirección: http://www.unodc.org/pdf/crime/human_trafficking/trafficking_toolkit_oct06.pdf
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4. CONVOCATORIA PARA PRESENTAR PONENCIAS/PROPUESTAS **Sexto Curso de Liderazgo sobre Género, Sexualidad y Salud (6th Leadership Course on Gender, Sexuality & Health)** El Consorcio del Sureste de Asia para el Género, la Sexualidad y la Salud anuncia la convocatoria para presentar solicitudes al Sexto Curso de Liderazgo sobre Género, la Sexualidad y la Salud en el Sureste de Asia y China (2007). Este curso tiene por objeto ofrecer a los participantes conocimientos especÃficos dentro del contexto y conocimientos sensibles al género de la sexualidad y la salud sexual en el Sureste de Asia y de la China. Para más información sobre el contenido del curso, objetivos, requisitos para participar, cuotas y becas, formulario de inscripción, visite: http://ww.seaconsortium.org E-mail: progassist@seaconsortium.org
**Las Mujeres, el Género y la Producción Cultural del Conocimiento (Women, Gender and the Cultural Production of Knowledge)** Esta Conferencia la organiza la Federación Internacional de Investigación sobre la Historia de las Mujeres, y tendrá lugar del 8 al 12 de agosto 2007 en SofÃa, Bulgaria. La conferencia se enfocará en los aspectos escritos y orales (visuales también) de la cultura (desde un punto de vista antropológico: artefacto de la cultura como lugar significativo). Se aceptarán contribuciones interdisciplinarias (de campos distintos como la historia y estudios literarios, estudios culturales, historia del arte, estudio de los medios de comunicación, la antropologÃa, historia de la filosofÃa, historiografÃa) relacionados a los aspectos históricos de la producción, significado y recepción de la cultura - todo desde una perspectiva de género. Para más información sobre este evento, visite: http://www.ifrwh-bulgaria2007.org/ http://www.nordkalender.org/nikk_en/arrangement.html?id=3011&back=index.html E-mail: m.dobreva@cic-pco.com
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5. OPORTUNIDADES DE FINANCIACION **Premios de Investigación sobre Género, Sexualidad y Salud – 2007 (2007 Research Awards on Gender, Sexuality, and Health) ** El Consorcio para el Sureste de Asia para el Género, la Sexualidad y la Salud (Consorcio) hace su primera convocatoria para inscripción en el Programa de Premios de Investigación para Jóvenes Académicos en el Sureste de Asia y la China. El Programa Premios de Investigación 2007 ofrece pequeñas becas para la investigación, dos talleres con tutorÃa y tutorÃa a distancia para investigadores que hayan sido aceptados en el programa cada año. El objetivo principal del programa es mejorar la calidad de la investigación sobre género, sexualidad y salud sexual en la región del Sureste de Asia y en la China. Para más información sobre este Programa, objetivos, componentes del programa, directrices para participar, visite: http://ww.seaconsortium.org E-mail: progassist@seaconsortium.org
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6. OPORTUNIDADES DE EMPLEO **Director(a) Ejecutivo, Mujer y Población – Fundación de las Naciones Unidas (Executive Director, Women & Population - UN Foundation) **. Desde su inicio en el 1998, la Fundación de las Naciones Unidas ha trabajado para dar apoyo a las necesidades de niñas adolescentes en el mundo en vÃas de desarrollo a través de su Programa Mujer y Población. Como resultado de una evolución en su orientación estratégica de organización de financiación a organización de apoyo, la Fundación busca un(a) defensor(a) de orientación empresaria, altamente efectivo(a) para dirigir su Programa sobre Mujer y Población. Para más información sobre las responsabilidades, destrezas, habilidades, del puesto y la compensación, beneficios, procedimiento para presentar la solicitud, envÃe su Curriculum Vitae en versión Microsoft Word a Donna Svei, “Executive Search Consultantâ€, a: donnasvei@cox.net. Incluya su dirección electrónica en su CV e incluya “UNF Women & Population ED" en la lÃnea de la referencia. http://www.unfoundation.org
**Asociado en Género (Gender Associate) **. IntraHealth International, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, busca un Asociado en Género en base temporera, por 20 horas a la semana. Para obtener información sobre las responsabilidades, calificaciones para ocupar el puesto, visite: http://www.intrah.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=201&Itemid=122
E-mail: jobs@intrahealth.org.
**Asociado de Programas (Programme Associate) ** El Fondo de Desarrollo de las Naciones Unidas para la Mujer (UNIFEM – Asia-PacÃfico y el Programa Regional para la Situación árabe para Empoderar a las Mujeres Trabajadoras Emigrantes en Asia) busca un Asociado de Programas para trabajar bajo la supervisión del Gerente Regional de Programas para el Empoderamiento de las Mujeres Trabajadoras Emigrantes en Asia de UNIFEM Asia-PacÃfico y Estados Ãrabes, con Bangkok, Tailandia como base. Este anuncio de vacante se publicó el 4 de diciembre de 2006 y tiene como fecha lÃmite el 18 de diciembre 2006. Para más información sobre las responsabilidades, calificaciones, visite: http://www.unescap.org/jobs/PDF/UNIFEM/TOR-ProgrammeOfficer.pdf E-mail: rachel.conejos@unifem.org
**Profesor de Derechos Humanos Aplicados y Director del Centro de Derechos Humanos Aplicados –Referencia de Puesto Vacante: AA06392 (Professor of Applied Human Rights and Director of the Centre for Applied Human Rights - Vacancy reference: AA06392)** La Universidad York establecerá un nuevo Centro Interdisciplinario para los Derechos Humanos Aplicados y busca asignar un Profesor fundador quien fungirá como el primer Director del Centro. La fecha lÃmite para presentar las solicitudes es a las 12 del medio dÃa del 15 de enero 2007. Para más información, visite: http://www.york.ac.uk/univ/mis/cfm/vacancies/vac_detail.cfm?vacno=AA06392&mode=standard http://www.york.ac.uk E-Mail: mk533@york.ac.uk
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INSTRAW MID NOVEMBER 06
INSTRAW News / Noticias del INSTRAW / Nouvelles de INSTRAW E-Newsletter Mid-November 2006
Table of Contents
1. NEWS 2. EVENTS 3. NEW PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS/ARTICLES/WEBSITES 4. CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS 5. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
1. NEWS **Regional Initiative for Women’s Equality in Labour** (Iniciativa Regional para la Igualdad de las Mujeres en el Ámbito Laboral) **. This project is coordinated by ALTERVIDA, a non-governmental organization of Paraguay, in cooperation with the Women and Habitat Network (Red Mujer y Hábitat) of Latin America. The Center for Cooperation and Services for the South Cone-Argentina (Centro de Intercambio y Servicios Cono Sur Argentina – CISCSA) the coordinating body for the Women and Habitat Network will provide support together with colleagues of Women and Habitat-Colombia, the Association for Popular Housing (Asociación para la Vivienda Popular-AVP), and from Peru, the Center for the Peruvian Woman Flora Tristán. For more information, please visit: http://www.redmujer.org.ar/notas/noti410.htm
**Pacific Women’s Bureau (PWB) Strategic Plan - 2006–2009**. This Strategic Plan maps out the direction of the PWB for the 2006–2009 period. It is centered on clear objectives and outputs designed to produce tangible results, thus demonstrating to SPC member governments, partners and donors how the PWB is contributing to the advancement of women in the Pacific region, consistent with the Pacific Plan and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). http://www.spc.int/women/PWB_strategic_plan.html
**Seminar on Women's Rights Awareness** The Social Harmony and Development Organization (SHADO), has been working on several programs, amongst which is the Women’s Rights Awareness Program that has been held during the past in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan, and surrounding villages. International organizations such as Seekers International-UK and WDP-Germany have provided financial assistance for the realization of this SHADO Program, with the objective of bringing positive change in the male and female community concerning women’s rights awareness. SHADO - http://www.shado.org.pk/shado_programs.html http://www.shado.org.pk/shado_programs.html
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2. EVENTS **Vital Voices Pan-African Leadership Summit & Initiative for Women and Girls** The Vital Voices Global Partnership, together with African and international partners, will launch a new initiative at a week-long Pan-African Leadership Summit for Women and Girls, on 13-19 January, 2007, in Cape Town, South Africa. The Initiative will recognize the critical role that African women and girls can and must play in moving the continent forward socially, politically and economically. For information on: Program content, visits to local organizations, and other relevant details, please visit: http://www.vitalvoices.org/
**Women's Human Rights: Building a Peaceful World in an Era of Globalization** This is Human Rights Education International Institute will be offered by the Center for Women's Studies in Education of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada from 22 May to 29 June 29, 2007. The Institute has the objective of bringing feminist perspectives and an activist orientation to the inextricably related issues of peace, human rights and life-sustaining development. Participants will gain an understanding of the global economic, ecological, legal, cultural and political contexts of this work, as well as of the groundbreaking work that is currently being done and has been done over decades by women and men around the world. Application due date for guaranteed consideration is February 15, 2007. Early Bird Special Tuition until December 1, 2006. For more information and to apply, please visit: http://www1.oise.utoronto.ca/cwse/humanrights_07.htm E-mail to humanrights@oise.utoronto.ca
**International Feminist Summit –“Women of Ideas: Feminist Thinking for a New Era”**. This feminist event, to be held on 17-20 July 2007 in Townsville, Australia, has the objective of uniting women to denounce the escalating violence and oppression that mark the 21st Century, who rage against the continued exclusion and silencing of women throughout the world, and who are convinced that a strong feminist response is essential for the creation of a fairer future. For more information on the venue, arrangements for participants, subsidies, please visit: http://www.feministagenda.org.au/Summit/summitIndex.html E-mail: bettymc@feministagenda.org.au
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3. NEW PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS/ARTICLES AND/OR WEBSITES **Promoting Gender Equality in New Aid Modalities and Partnerships** This discussion paper produced by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), identifies an initial set of considerations to ensure that gender equality is central to the aid effectiveness agenda. The paper argues that women will only benefit from the new aid architecture if gender equality is recognised as a key component of poverty reduction and national development, and if women are fully represented in decision-making. The report is available on line at: http://www.idrc.ca/uploads/user-S/11429447581PromotingGenderEqualityInNewAidModalities_eng.pdf
**Achieving women's economic and social rights: strategies and lessons from experience** This report, written by A. Symington, S. Gokal and T. Principe, and produced by the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID), is a collaborative effort from over 50 activists working in diverse settings all over the world, who provided answers to an investigative process about the most useful strategies used in their efforts to improve economic and social rights for women. The report reflects on some of the challenges as well as the strengths of using these different approaches and highlights what we can draw as lessons for our own advocacy work. Available online at: http://www.awid.org/publications/ESCR%20Report.pdf
**Indigenous Women of the Americas** Systemic discrimination against Canada’s aboriginal women is among the many human rights issues addressed in a new information kit designed by Rights & Democracy, Quebec Native Women and The Continental Network of Indigenous Women (ENLACE). This publication is the second in a series of interactive information kits designed to both encourage native women to share their struggles and stories while presenting the various international legal options available to them in their efforts to address human rights violations. http://www.dd-rd.ca/site/publications/index.php?lang=en&subsection=catalogue&id=1374
**20 Key francophone resources on gender: an annotated bibliography** In October 2006, BRIDGE published a list of twenty websites in French which provide a variety of information on gender. These include sites from southern and northern based organisations and multilateral organisations who are involved in gender equality work and advocating for women's rights. A short summary is given in both English and French, describing the ownership and content of each site. While all sites are in French, some of them also provide pages in English and/or other languages like Arabic and Spanish. These resources are listed in alphabetical order in each of the 3 categories, southern, northern based and multilateral. http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/bibliographies.htm
**The Status of Women and Girls in Hong Kong**. This study provides a comprehensive literature review and analysis of research, published between 1999 and 2004, that pertains to females in Hong Kong. It reviews 16 topic areas including violence, leadership, aging, social welfare and poverty, self-perceptions, and work place roles. To improve the lives of these women a better understanding of their plight is needed. http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/disp/DocDisplay.cfm?Doc=DOC23088&Resource=f1gender
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4. CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS/PARTICIPATION **16th Annual Conference on Feminist Economics** The International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) announces its 16th Annual Conference that will be held from 29 June to 1st July, 2007, in Bangkok, Thailand. The conference is being hosted by Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok.. Panel proposals and individual paper submissions are invited on any aspect of feminist inquiry into economic issues. For complete information on the submission of proposals, deadline for the presentation of papers, travel funds, please visit: http://www.iaffe.org/downloads/CallforPapers__Thailand.pdf http://www.iaffe.org E-mail: jen.crawford@yahoo.ca - Jen Crawford http://www.iaffe.org/conferences/annual/index.php
** Call for Papers: Special Issue of Feminist Media Studies**. Feminist Media Studies is a unique intellectual space bringing together scholars, professionals and activists from around the world to engage with feminist issues and debates in media and communication. The theme for this Special Issue, Volume 7 Number 4, December 2007, is “Feminist Contributions to Cultural Policy”. Submissions must conform to Feminist Studies style guidelines, which may be found at the following website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14680777.asp For contributions to this Special Issue of Feminist Media Studies, please contact: beale@sfu.ca - Alison Beale, Guest Editor
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5. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES **Gender Mainstreaming Expert for the GMI project** The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Office in Cambodia is looking for one International Gender Mainstreaming Expert to assist the country office in participatory gender assessments and in preparing a country office Gender Mainstreaming Action Plan. The consultants should be available for a minimum of 3 months on a part-time basis over a period of one year. More information is provided in the TOR. http://www.undp.org/women Consolidated Replies: http://portal.undp.org/server/nis/4662234244527637 UNDP Women's Empowerment Website: E-mail: tara.lisa.persaud@undp.org - GenderNet Facilitator
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INSTRAW News / Noticias del INSTRAW / Nouvelles de INSTRAW E-Newsletter Mid October 2006
Table of Contents
1. NEWS 2. EVENTS 3. NEW PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS/ARTICLES/WEBSITES 4. CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS 5. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
1. NEWS **Campaign to End Gender-Based Violence Globally** The Women’s Edge Coalition, in partnership with Amnesty International USA and the Family Violence Prevention Fund, announces its new campaign to increase U.S. leadership to end gender-based violence globally. The campaign seeks to mobilize a wide cross-section of American society in support of stronger US policy to help end this gross violation of women’s human rights. For more information, please visit: http://www.womensedge.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=4 http://www.womensedge.org/index.php?option=com_kb&t=1&page=articles&articleid=6&Itemid=72
**Gender Budgeting as an Instrument for Managing Scientific Organisations to Promote Equal Opportunities for Women and Men – With the Example of Universities** This is the new project realized by four partners: Frauenakademie München e.V., Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut München, Department of Economics / Institute for Institutional and Heterodox Economics and Network East-West Women (NEWW) -Poland. It aims at the development of tools/instruments to implement gender budgeting as an important part of budget planning in science. For more details about project objectives and other information, contact: Zofia Lapniewska: zofia@neww.org.pl http://www.neww.org.pl/en.php/news/news/1.html?&nw=2789&re=4
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2. EVENTS **Strategic Conversation on Women's Leadership Development** During the week of 23 October 2006 The Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) will convene a Strategic Conversation on Women's Leadership Development with approximately 17 internationally known women's human rights leaders of all generations. As part of the week's program, CWGL, with the support of the Institute for Women’s Leadership, will host a panel featuring the participants in the leadership meeting. This event will present an opportunity for members of the university community and the public to hear an international perspective on women's human rights activism and leadership. For more information and to view list of participants please visit: http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/events.html http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/events/listparticipants.doc
**Seminar on the Empowerment and Integration of Immigrant Women in the EU** - This event is being organized by the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) with funds received from the European Programme on Integration and Migration (EPIM), launched by the Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation (NEF) in the Autumn 2005, in order to open a debate and encourage broader commitment to the development of constructive integration policies at the EU level and to engage the widest possible range of stakeholders in society in this process. For information on the project’s objectives please visit: http://www.womenlobby.org/site/1abstract.asp?DocID=1786&v1ID=&RevID=&namePage=&pageParent=&DocID_sousmenu= E-mail: (delorme@womenlobby.org) – Clarisse at the EWL Secretariat
**Gender and Peacebuilding** This is 5-day international training programme for Practitioners, Policy Makers, International and National Agency Staff and NGOs working in peacebuilding, conflict transformation and post-war recovery to be held 29 January to 2 February 2007 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The deadline to apply for this course is 27 November 2006. The aim of this course is to offer an introduction to gender studies, analysis of the complex relationships between gender and social constructions and between gender, race and class privileges. For more information on the programme, organizers, schedule, procedure for application, please visit: http://www.transcend.org/training/ To obtain an application form, please contact Alexandra Nerisanu, Training Coordinator at: alexandra@transcend.org TRANSCEND is a network of more than 200 of the world's leading practitioners and scholars in peacebuilding and development from over 60 countries around the world.
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3. NEW PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS/ARTICLES AND/OR WEBSITES **WHO’s Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence Against Women** This study, implemented by WHO in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), PATH, USA, research institutions and women's organizations in the participating countries, covers 15 sites and 10 countries. Report findings document the prevalence of intimate partner violence and its association with women's physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health. Data from the report show that Violence against women is widespread, demanding a public health response. For more information, please visit: http://www.who.int/gender/violence/who_multicountry_study/en/index.html http://www.who.int/gender/violence/who_multicountry_study/summary_report/en/index.html
**Training Manual on Trafficking in Human Beings (THB) in Peace Support Operations (PSOs)** The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute - (UNICRI) informs that the new edition of the Training Manual on Trafficking in Human Beings (THB) in Peace Support Operations (PSOs) has now been finalized. This Manual aims at improving information and awareness of the problem, as well as creating and bolstering anti-trafficking capacities in order to confront organised crime and criminal networks involved in THB in peace support mission areas. http://www.unicri.it/wwd/trafficking/peacekeeping/index.php For a free copy of the Manual, write us at the following e-mail address information@unicri.it
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4. CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS/PARTICIPATION **Second International Conference on Domestic Violence** The Women’s Rights Center and the Secretariat of the International Consortium for Domestic Violence announces this Call for Participation in the International Conference on Domestic Violence to be held 4-6 December 2006, Yerevan, Armenia. Participants to the conference will present the legislation and services on domestic violence of their respective countries and will have the opportunity to exchange their knowledge and experience in the field of combating domestic violence. For information on guidelines for participation, funding, procedures for application including application form, please address your inquiry to: workshop_dv@wrcorg.am. Please note that the deadline for submission of the Application form is 1 November 2006. E-mail: workshop_dv@wrcorg.am
**Women and Faith-Based Development: Mixing Morality and Money** This call for Abstracts is for the International Gender Studies Centre Workshop that will be held on 22 September 2007 at the Queen Elizabeth House, Dept of International Development, Oxford University, UK. This workshop is devoted to exploring the intersection between faith-based development organizations, donor recipients, and gender relations. Recent geo-political events have placed religious issues centre stage and have led faith based-organizations and issues to feature prominently in development debates. The deadline for submitting proposals is the end of November 2006, to the relevant panel coordinator or post to the following address: IGS/Conference-QEH, 3 Mansfield Rd, Oxford OX1 3TB, UK. http://wagnetresources.blogspot.com/2006/03/call-for-abstracts-women-and-faith.html
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5. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES **Coordinator at Brussels, Belgium** WIDE, a European network of development NGOs, gender specialists and human rights activists, seeks a Coordinator to coordinate and supervise the implementation of the WIDE Program, including the smooth running of the network as well as sound financial management of the organisation. Deadline for application: 26 October 2006. For information on the Profile, responsibilities, terms and conditions, application procedure, please visit: http://www.eurosur.org/wide/Structure/Job102006.htm http://www.eurosur.org/wide/home.htm
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INSTRAW News / Noticias del INSTRAW / Nouvelles de INSTRAW E-Boletín Mediados de octubre 2006
TRADUCCION INFORMAL
Contenido 1. NOTICIAS 2. EVENTOS 3. NUEVAS PUBLICACIONES/PONENCIAS/ARTICULOS/SITIOS WEB 4. CONVOCATORIA PARA PRESENTAR PONENCIAS/PROPUESTAS
1. NOTICIAS **Campaña para Erradicar la Violencia Basada en el Género en el Ambito Global (Campaign to End Gender-Based Violence Globally) ** La Coalición “Women’s Edge” en asociación con Amnesty International-USA y el Fondo para la Prevención de la Violencia Familiar anuncian su nueva campaña para promover el liderazgo de los Estados Unidos con el fin de erradicar la violencia basada en el género mundialmente. La campaña tiene como objetivo movilizar una amplia sección de la sociedad Americana en apoyo de una política estadounidense más fuerte para ayudar en la erradicación de esta grave violación de los derechos humanos de las mujeres. Para más información, visite: http://www.womensedge.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=4 http://www.womensedge.org/index.php?option=com_kb&t=1&page=articles&articleid=6&Itemid=72
**Presupuesto de Género como Instrumento para Administrar Organizaciones Científicas en la Promoción de Oportunidades Igualitarias para Mujeres y Hombres – Con el Ejemplo de las Universidades (Gender Budgeting as an Instrument for Managing Scientific Organisations to Promote Equal Opportunities for Women and Men – With the Example of Universities)** Este es el nuevo proyecto que realizan cuatro socios: Frauenakademie München e.V., Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut München, Departamento de Economía / Instituto para la Economía Heterodoxa y la Red Este-Oeste de Mujeres (Network East-West Women - NEWW) – de Polonia. Tiene como finalidad desarrollar medios/herramientas para aplicar el presupuesto de género como parte importante de la planificación de presupuestos en la ciencia. Para más información sobre el proyecto, los objetivos y otra información escriba a: Zofia Lapniewska: zofia@neww.org.pl http://www.neww.org.pl/en.php/news/news/1.html?&nw=2789&re=4
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2. EVENTOS **Seminario sobre el Empoderamiento e Integración de las Mujeres Inmigrantes en la Unión Europea (Seminar on the Empowerment and Integration of Immigrant Women in the EU)** - Este evento lo organiza la “European Women’s Lobby - EWL”) con fondos que recibió del Programa Europeo para la Integración y la Migración (European Programme on Integration and Migration-EPIM), lanzado por la Red de Fundaciones Europeas para la Cooperación Innovadora (Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation -NEF) en el Otoño del 2005, para abrir un debate y estimular un más amplio compromiso para el desarrollo de políticas de integración constructivas en la Unión Europea y para comprometer el mayor número posible de personas de la sociedad interesadas en este proceso. El evento se celebrará en enero y febrero del 2007. Para más información sobre los objetivos del proyecto, visite: http://www.womenlobby.org/site/1abstract.asp?DocID=1786&v1ID=&RevID=&namePage=&pageParent=&DocID_sousmenu= E-mail: (delorme@womenlobby.org) – Clarisse at the EWL Secretariat
**El Género y el Fortalecimiento de la Paz (Gender and Peacebuilding)** Este programa internacional de capacitación de 5 días para Profesionales, Formuladores de políticas, Personal Internacional y Nacional y ONG que trabajan en el área del fortalecimiento de la paz, transformación de conflictos y recuperación de post-guerra, se celebrará del 29 de enero al 2 de febrero de 2007 en Cluj-Napoca, Rumanía. La fecha límite para inscribirse en este curso es el 27 de noviembre, 2006. El objetivo del curso es ofrecer una introducción a los estudios de género, al análisis de las complejas relaciones entre el género y las construcciones sociales y entre el género, raza y privilegios de clases. Para más información sobre el programa, los organizadores, itinerario, procedimiento para inscribirse, visite: http://www.transcend.org/training/ Para obtener un formulario de solicitud de inscripción, contacte a: Alexandra Nerisanu, Coordinadora de Capacitación: alexandra@transcend.org TRANSCEND es una red de más de 200 profesionales y académicos dedicados al fortalecimiento de la paz y el desarrollo provenientes de más de 60 países de todo el mundo.
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3. NUEVAS PUBLICACIONES/PONENCIAS/ARTICULOS **Estudio Multi-País de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) sobre la Salud de las Mujeres y la Violencia Doméstica contra las Mujeres (WHO’s Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence Against Women)** Este estudio, puesto en ejecución por la OMS en colaboración con la Escuela de Londres de Higiene y Medicina Tropical (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - LSHTM), PATH, USA, instituciones de investigación y organizaciones femeninas en los países participantes, cubre 15 localidades y 10 países. Los resultados del informe documentan sobre la frecuencia de la violencia íntima entre parejas y su relación a la salud física, mental, sexual y reproductiva de las mujeres. Los datos del informe demuestran que la violencia contra las mujeres es extendida, y que exige una respuesta de salud pública. Para más información visite: http://www.who.int/gender/violence/who_multicountry_study/en/index.html http://www.who.int/gender/violence/who_multicountry_study/summary_report/en/index.html
**Manual de Capacitación sobre el Tráfico de Seres Humanos (Training Manual on Trafficking in Human Beings - THB) en Operaciones de Apoyo para la Paz** El Instituto Interregional de las Naciones Unidas para Investigaciones sobre la Delincuencia y la Justicia (The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute -UNICRI) informa que la nueva edición del Manual de Capacitación sobre el Tráfico de Seres Humanos en Operaciones de Apoyo a la Paz ha sido finalizado. Este Manual tiene como objetivo mejorar la información y la sensibilidad ante el problema, así como crear y reforzar las capacidades contra el tráfico para enfrentar al crimen organizado y a las redes criminales involucradas en el Tráfico de Seres Humanos en áreas donde se encuentren misiones de apoyo para la paz. http://www.unicri.it/wwd/trafficking/peacekeeping/index.php Para solicitar una copia gratis del Manual, escríbanos a la siguiente dirección electrónica: information@unicri.it
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4. CONVOCATORIA PARA PRESENTAR PONENCIAS/PROPUESTAS **Segunda Conferencia Internacional sobre la Violencia Doméstica (Second International Conference on Domestic Violence) ** El Centro para los Derechos de las Mujeres y el Secretariado del Consorcio Internacional para la Violencia Doméstica anuncian esta convocatoria para participar en la Conferencia Internacional sobre la Violencia Doméstica que se celebrará del 4 al 6 de diciembre, 2006, en Yerevan, Armenia. Los participantes en la conferencia presentarán la legislación y los servicios sobre violencia doméstica de sus respectivos países y tendrán la oportunidad de intercambiar sus conocimientos y experiencia en el campo del combate contra la violencia doméstica. Para información sobre el procedimiento para someter la solicitud para participar y el formulario de solicitud, el financiamiento disponible, dirija su solicitud a: workshop_dv@wrcorg.am. La fecha límite para presentar el formulario de solicitud para participar es el 1ro. de noviembre, 2006. E-mail: workshop_dv@wrcorg.am
**Las Mujeres y el Desarrollo Basado en la Fe: Mezclando la Mora y el Dinero (Women and Faith-Based Development: Mixing Morality and Money) ** Esta convocatoria para la presentación de resúmenes es para el Taller del Centro Internacional de Estudios de Género (International Gender Studies Centre Workshop) que se celebrará el 22 de septiembre de 2007 en la “Queen Elizabeth House”, Departamento para el Desarrollo Internacional, Universidad de Oxford, Reino Unido. Este taller está dedicado al examen de la intersección entre las organizaciones de desarrollo basadas en la fe, los favorecidos con donaciones y las relaciones de género. Recientes eventos geopolíticos han colocado los asuntos religiosos en un lugar de relevancia y han hecho que las organizaciones basadas en la fe y temas afines se destaquen de manera prominente en los debates sobre el desarrollo. La fecha para someter las propuestas es a finales de noviembre 2006, dirigiéndolas al coordinador del panel a la siguiente dirección: IGS/Conference-QEH, 3 Mansfield Rd, Oxford OX1 3TB, UK. http://wagnetresources.blogspot.com/2006/03/call-for-abstracts-women-and-faith.html
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INSTRAW - NOV. 06
INSTRAW News / Noticias del INSTRAW / Nouvelles de INSTRAW E-Newsletter November 2006
Table of Contents
1. NEWS 2. EVENTS 3. NEW PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS/ARTICLES/WEBSITES 4. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
1. NEWS **Campaign to End Gender-Based Violence Globally**. The Women’s Edge Coalition, in partnership with Amnesty International USA and the Family Violence Prevention Fund, announces its new campaign to increase U.S. leadership to end gender-based violence globally. The campaign seeks to mobilize a wide cross-section of American society in support of stronger US policy to help end this gross violation of women’s human rights. For more information, please visit: http://www.womensedge.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=283&Itemid=1
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2. EVENTS **Gender Budgeting as an Instrument for Managing Scientific Organisations to Promote Equal Opportunities for Women and Men With the Example of Universities** This is the new project realized by tour partners: Frauenakademie M=FCnchen e.V., ozialwissenschaftliches Institut M=FCnchen, Department of Economics / Institute for Institutional and Heterodox Economics and Network East-West Women (NEWW) -Poland. The project aims at the development of tools/instruments to implement gender budgeting as an important part of budget planning in science. http://www.neww.org.pl/en.php/news/news/1.html?&nw=3D2789&re=3D4 E-mail: zofia@neww.org.pl - Zofia Lapniewska
**Professional Management Training**. This 4-week programme is being offered by the International Training Centre for Women (ITW), starting on the first Monday of every month in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. For details on course description, content, application procedure, fees, fellowships, please visit: http://www.euronet.nl/users/itw/ E-mail: itw@euronet.nl – Attn. Dr. Elsje Dijkgraaff, Director-International Training Centre for Women
**Women from Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations**. This 5-day Capacity Building Workshop is organized by UNFPA-KEGME and will be held on 6-10 November 2006, Hammamet, Tunisia. The Workshop will focus on Post Conflict Recovery, Conflict Management, Leadership, and Communication Skills from a gender perspective, with related issues such as Media, Advocacy, construction of gender roles, etc. For information on participants, facilitators, workshop agenda, organisers, enquiries, please visit: http://www.kegme.org.gr http://www.unfpa.org/ E-mail: alazaris@hol.gr E-mail: hadi@unfpa.org
**Briefing – Women Leaders Speak on Peace and Stability**. The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), the International Women's Media Foundation and the Center for Women Policy Studies invite to a briefing to be held on Wednesday, 15 November 2006 at 4:43 pm at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C. This briefing will be conducted by women on the frontlines of peace and stability efforts in conflict-affected countries including Sudan and Nepal. http://www.cedpa.org/content/news/detail/1032 RSVP: rsvp@cedpa.org
**The Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute**. This is an annual week-long residential training program designed by CREA for women, is to be held in March 2007, New Delhi, India. A similar course is currently being planned to be held for the first time in the United States of America. The objective of the course is to advance an affirmative notion of human rights work that encompasses the complete range of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights and explore the central role of human rights in social movements. The deadline for application is 1st December 2006. For information on course content, requirements to participate, costs, faculty, please visit: CREA - http://www.creaworld.org/ http://www.creaworld.org/newleaders.html#rightsinstitute
**2007 Global Summit of Women**. This Summit of women in business and government to accelerate women's economic growth worldwide will be hosted in 2007 by Germany, and is scheduled to be held on 14-16 June, Berlin, Germany. The theme of the 2007 Summit is: “The Global Marketplace: Opportunities and Challenges”. The Summit focuses on accelerating women’s economic development through the effective use of technology, and maximizing the benefit of cross-border business alliances. For more information about the 2007 Summit, log on to http://www.globewomen.com http://www.globewomen.com/summit/2004/2004_About_GSW/About%20the%20Summit.html http://www.globewomen.com/summit/2007/Summit.main.07.htm
**Affinity Groups for the European Feminist Forum** The European Feminist Forum (EFF) aims to engage all interested in a broad forum on key issues for feminists across Europe, however they wish to define Europe. In the next months the outcomes of affinity group discussions and activities will shape the face-to-face meeting of the European Feminist Forum planned to take place in a Central European country September 2007. For more information on the organization of the affinity groups, topics to be discussed, or any aspect of the EFF process, please visit: http://www.iiav.nl EFF Organising Group EFF@iiav.nl
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3. NEW PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS/ARTICLES AND/OR WEBSITES **Achieving Women's Economic and Social Rights: Strategies and Lessons from Experience** In 2005, the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) asked over 50 activists working in diverse settings all over the world what strategies they found most useful in their efforts to improve economic and social rights for women, what were the greatest challenges they were encountering in their work, and if the economic, social and cultural rights framework actually fulfill its promise in presenting them with a new and more effective approach to their work. This report synthesises and analyses some important examples and lessons that emerged through this investigative process. For more information, please visit: http://www.awid.org/go.php?pg=escr_report
**Gender aspects in post-conflict situations: A guide for OSCE staff** This reference guide prepared by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), highlights the importance of gender issues and promotes integrating a gender perspective into field work. It is meant to assist staff members of OSCE field operations and decision-makers in helping post-conflict populations to recover, rebuild and realize the type of society where gender awareness and inclusiveness foster peace and prosperity. For the Table of Contents and to order in print please visit; http://www.osce.org/secretariat/item_11_14003.html E-mail: Beatrix.attinger-colijn@osce.org - Senior Gender Adviser
**Sexuality and Social Change: Making the Connection** This report calls for more policy emphasis on and research into the ways in which gender and sexuality are shaped in different social and cultural settings, and on the complex interactions between sexuality, health and issues of social justice. This report incorporates recommendations and priorities identified by the Ford Foundation through a year-long, worldwide consultative process. View the report at: http://www.fordfound.org/publications/recent_articles/docs/FF2006SexBK.PDF
**3rd International Women’s Peace Conference**. This international conference is sponsored by Peacemakers Incorporated, and is scheduled to be held 10-15 July 2007 in Dallas, Texas, USA. Peacemakers Incorporated is a Texas non-profit organization founded and incorporated in March, 1987 to sponsor international women’s conferences on peace. This conference will focus on the "Essentials of Peace". For complete information on the Call for Presenters, conference format, registration procedures, please visit: http://www.womenspeaceconference.org/ http://www.womenspeaceconference.org/information.htm
**Women and Men in Norway**. This publication, prepared by Jan Erik Kristiansen and Toil Sandiness and updated in June 2006, is a brief and easy to read presentation of statistics on how women and men live in Norway today. Using data from Statistics Norway the current situation and historical development in important areas of society is portrayed. To view the publication, please visit: http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/02/10/ola_kari_en/
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4. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES **United Nations Vacancies** The United Nations publishes the latest list of vacancies at the senior levels. The system provides instructions on application procedures. Please follow them. Kindly be aware that online applications are strongly encouraged to enable the UN to place your resume into a permanent database. It is most important that you observe the deadlines for applications. The website provides also information on vacant post in the UN common system. For requirements, eligibility and application deadlines, please visit the United Nations website at UN Human Resources ‘Galaxy’ e-Staffing System at: https://jobs.un.org https://jobs.un.org/Galaxy/Release3/vacancy/vacancy.aspx In addition, to find more information on vacancies in the UN common system, please visit the following websites for instructions on how to apply (if you are not able to open directly, please type the corresponding website):
International Atomic Energy Agency : http://www.iaea.org/About/Jobs/index.html
Inter-American Development Bank: http://www.iadb.org/hrd/800x600i.asp?go=jobs
Food and Agriculture Organization: http://www.fao.org/VA/Employ.htm High Commissioner for Human Rights: http://www.ohchr.org/english/about/vacancies/index.htm
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Job Opportunities http://www.unaids.org/EN/about+unaids/human+resources/unaids+professional+vacancies.asp
United Nations Development Programme Job Shop http://www.undp.org/women
United Nations Population Fund: http://www.unfpa.org/about/employment/index.htm
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Employment homepage http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index.html
World Food Programme http://www.wfp.org/contact_wfp/vacancies/index.asp?section=8&sub_section=5
International Civil Service Commission: http://icsc.un.org/resources/?query=vacancies
United Nations Development Group: http://www.undg.org/search.cfm?by=keywords&q=vacancies&country=§ion=1
For external applicants who do not have access to Internet facilities, you can either complete a UN Personal History Form (P.11) available at UN offices and/or forward a detailed summary that should contain:
• date of birth • nationality • educational qualifications • a summary of professional skills and/or expertise • a summary of relevant work experience • publications written, and • languages spoken
The summary should be forwarded to the Staffing Support Section, Office of the Human Resources Management, Room S-2475, United Nations, New York, 10017. Fax no. 212-963 3134, email address: staffing@un.org. Please indicate the vacancy announcement number on the envelope or the fax, and on the application. Should you require additional information, kindly contact OHRM directly.
With regard to peacekeeping mission assignments, the Department for Peacekeeping Operations is committed to increasing the number of women working in peacekeeping missions, particularly at the senior and managerial levels. Striving to redress the current imbalance, the Department is looking at expanding its recruitment sources and at developing its gender network. All vacancies are advertised on the Galaxy system.
**Health Equity Specialist** (Vacancy Notice No: EIP/06/TA444). The World Health Organization (WHO), at its offices in Geneva, Switzerland, is searching for a Health Equity Specialist to conduct data analyses, capacity strengthening and policy development. Minimum qualifications include a post graduate degree at the doctoral level with an emphasis on quantitative methods and up to date training & knowledge of issues related to equity, poverty and strengthening health systems. The deadline for application is 15 November 2006. For more information on qualifications, experience, and details on the vacant post, please visit the following link: https://erecruit.who.int/e-jobs/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.cfm?o_c=1000&jobinfo_uid_c=6248&vaclng=en
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Género y Desarrollo - 17 items - DG.
Actualización de contenido - Género y Desarrollo en el Development Gateway ------------------------- 17 {totalItems} nuevos recursos en la página Género y Desarrollo del Development Gateway http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender
1. DECLARATION MOVEMENT CROSSES BORDERS - 59 Villages Abandon FGC in Kidira, Senegal 2. Tostan - Women's Health and Human Rights 3. Women Wake up 4. Pact Tanzania: From A Girl To A Complete Woman 5. Interview with Ms. Thoraya Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director: Questions and Answers on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting 6. UNFPA FAQs on FGM/C 7. Poverty, Gender and Human Trafficking: Rethinking Best Practices in Migration Management? 8. Poverty and Urban Unemployment Drop in Latin America, but Huge Social Challenges Persist 9. Panorama Social de América Latina 2006 10. The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology 11. "Progress of the World's Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty" 12. "Drug Supply is Our Biggest Problem." Interview with Dr. K. Sujatha Rao, DG, India's National AIDS Control Organization - Tehelka. 13. The reality of trade in the Americas: a gender perspective 14. Marriage and childbirth as factors in school exit: An analysis of DHS data from sub-Saharan Africa 15. Promoting gender equality in international trade relations 16. Addressing the differential impacts of trade on women and men 17. An overview of the relationship between trade and gender -------------------------
1. DECLARATION MOVEMENT CROSSES BORDERS - 59 Villages Abandon FGC in Kidira, Senegal http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084910 Kidira, Senegal. 59 villages celebrated another milestone in the movement to abandon harmful traditional practices in West Africa on March 12, 2006. These villages gathered in Senegal's far eastern city of Kidira, in the region of Tambacounda, for an... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2006
2. Tostan - Women's Health and Human Rights http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084916 Tostan works in over 400 villages in all ten regions of Senegal and in Guinea, reaching at least 25,000 participants directly. Since an important emphasis of the Tostan education program is the sharing of new knowledge with other community members,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2006
3. Women Wake up http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084940 Women Wake Up (WOWAP) is a Tanzanian non-governmental organisation (NGO) which is fighting against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in our country. Despite the fact it is forbidden in Tanzania since 1998 there are thousands of young women being... Contribuido por Carmen V. Caballero el 18 Dec , 2006
4. Pact Tanzania: From A Girl To A Complete Woman http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084936 "It is also important to note that even though FGM is currently illegal in many countries in Africa and the Middle East, this has not reduced the number of the girls that are mutilated every year. The governments of these countries have no way of... Contribuido por Carmen V. Caballero el 18 Dec , 2006
5. Interview with Ms. Thoraya Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director: Questions and Answers on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084924 In this interview, Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), discusses a number of issues relating to female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), including: its basis in cultural tradition, current... Contribuido por Maribeth Lovegrove el 18 Dec , 2006
6. UNFPA FAQs on FGM/C http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084945 Frequently Asked Questions on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Contribuido por Carmen V. Caballero el 18 Dec , 2006
7. Poverty, Gender and Human Trafficking: Rethinking Best Practices in Migration Management? http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084950 Publication: ?Poverty, Gender and Human Trafficking: Rethinking Best Practices in Migration Management? tries to unpack the interconnectedness between human trafficking and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, based on a critical analysis of migration... Contribuido por Victor K. Mugarura el 18 Dec , 2006
8. Poverty and Urban Unemployment Drop in Latin America, but Huge Social Challenges Persist http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084955 The synthesis of the Social Panorama of Latin America 2006, released by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on December 4th, looks at the way the main social indicators have behaved in the last few years... Contribuido por Carmen V. Caballero el 18 Dec , 2006
9. Panorama Social de América Latina 2006 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084964 El presente documento contiene la síntesis del Panorama social de América Latina 2006, preparado conjuntamente por la División de Desarrollo Social y la División de Estadística y Proyecciones Económicas de la CEPAL. La sección titulada ?Pueblos... Contribuido por Carmen V. Caballero el 18 Dec , 2006
10. The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084979 The Institute's website describes a two-fold mission: "to increase the impact of women on all aspects of technology and to increase the positive impact of technology on the world's women." It: * Offers workshops, publications and information aimed to... Contribuido por John Daly el 18 Dec , 2006
11. "Progress of the World's Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty" http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084980 In developing countries, informal employment comprises from 50 to 80 per cent of total non-agricultural employment. In nearly all developing countries (except for North Africa) the proportion of working women in informal employment is greater than... Contribuido por John Daly el 18 Dec , 2006
12. "Drug Supply is Our Biggest Problem." Interview with Dr. K. Sujatha Rao, DG, India's National AIDS Control Organization - Tehelka. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1085015 National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) Director General Dr. K. Sujatha Rao discusses the issues affecting the organization?s work in tackling the epidemic in India. 1] Can you comment on the different estimates of the number of HIV-positive people... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2006
13. The reality of trade in the Americas: a gender perspective http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1085020 This paper examines the reality of trade in the Americas. It examines the impact of trade and trade negotiations form a critical gender focused perspective. It gives an overview of the different regional trade agreements in the Americas and evaluates... Contribuido por Carmen V. Caballero el 18 Dec , 2006
14. Marriage and childbirth as factors in school exit: An analysis of DHS data from sub-Saharan Africa http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1085068 Population Council Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 219, by Cynthia B. Lloyd and Barbara S. Mensch. This paper explores the potential importance of marriage and childbirth as determinants of school-leaving in sub-Saharan Africa and... Contribuido por Debra Warn el 19 Dec , 2006
15. Promoting gender equality in international trade relations http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1085024 This report, produced by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Gender and Trade, looks at policy measures to promote gender equality in international trade relations and ensure a more equitable distribution of the benefits of trade. Concrete approaches are... Contribuido por Carmen V. Caballero el 18 Dec , 2006
16. Addressing the differential impacts of trade on women and men http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1085026 This conference report points to the lack of mechanisms that exist to hold the World Trade Organisation (WTO), governments and other international players to account for women's rights. As the WTO did not exist at the time of the Fourth World... Contribuido por Carmen V. Caballero el 18 Dec , 2006
17. An overview of the relationship between trade and gender http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1085022 The Key Issue Guide is based on the BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Trade. It is aimed at trade, development and gender in development (GAD) professionals who wish to know more about the relationship between trade and gender - that is, the... Contribuido por Carmen V. Caballero el 18 Dec , 2006
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1. Ending female genital mutilation - Experience in Africa and Europe ? outlook for Germany 2. Frequently Asked Questions on Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting 3. Culture, Community and Violence (Against Women) - Amnesty International 4. TANZANIA: FGM on the Decline According to a Study 5. Female Genital Mutilation: Legal, Cultural and Medical Issues - By Rosemarie Skaine, MacFarland Publishers. 6. EGYPT: Theologians Battle Female Circumcision 7. Healthy Tomorrow ( Stop Excision.net) 8. Lessons Learned: Providing Communication and Technical Assistance in FGM Programs ( PATH) 9. Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Laws and Policies Worldwide 10. The Fund for Grassroots Activism to End FGM 11. Positive Voices: Margaret Wambete's Healing Scars 12. Violence Against Women Fuels Spread of HIV/AIDS 13. Female Genital Mutilation Affects Births: Study Published in The Lancet. 14. WEETU 15. Federacion Española de Mujeres Empresarias 16. OMEGA 17. Enterprising Women 18. Culture, HIV and AIDS: An Annotated Bibliography 19. UNDP-APDIP Releases New Publication on Gender in the Information Society 20. BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack - Gender and Sexuality 21. Women and Wealth Project - Cambodia. 22. Investment in Proven Strategies Needed to End Violence against Women - Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM 23. UNIFEM Announces Grants in Support of Efforts to End Violence Against Women 24. ASEAN Ministers Share Best Practices in Advancing Women?s Rights in National Development Planning 25. ATHENA Network - Advancing Gender Equality and Human Rights in the Global Response to HIV/AIDS 26. ACPD's New Report: Towards Greater Integration of HIV/AIDS & Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights 27. Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World. 28. CARE?s Experiences Working with Communities toward Abandonment of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) 29. Hormonal Contraception Does Not Appear to Increase HIV Risk 30. Global Economic Prospects 2007: Managing the Next Wave of Globalization. The World Bank. 31. Meeting the Challenges of Secondary Education in Latin America and East Asia. The World Bank. 32. Villagers of Barubung in Aceh Build a Multipurpose Facility for Their Children 33. Speaking Out Against FGM/C in Egypt - Innocenti Research Centre Human Interest Story. 34. Rejecting FGM/C: A Better Life for the Daughters (UNICEF - Egypt) 35. How a Local Health Barber Gave Up on FGM/C ( UNICEF Programme in Egypt) 36. Female Genital Mutilation: How One Mother Came to Reject an Ancient Tradition - UNICEF Programme, Egypt. 37. UNICEF Calls for Commitment to End FGM/C in One Generation, November 24, 2005. 38. Medical Practitioners Publicly Reject the Practice of FGM/C in Nazlet Ebeid. 39. World Women Work 40. Centre for Women Entrepreneurship (CWE) 41. Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist 42. The State of the World's Children 2007: Women and Children - The Double Dividend of Gender Equality. UNICEF 43. Role of a Woman Leader in Cooperative Dairy Movement: Story of NDDB ? Women Empowering Women. -------------------------
1. Ending female genital mutilation - Experience in Africa and Europe ? outlook for Germany http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1083957 Around 140 million women and girls throughout the world have suffered the agony of female genital mutilation (FGM) or ?circumcision?, as it is sometimes called, and three million new operations are performed each year. As a result of migration, this... Contribuido por Laura Allen el 10 Dec , 2006
2. Frequently Asked Questions on Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084001 1] What is female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/FGC)? 2] What are the different types of FGM/FGC? 3] Which type is the most common? 4] Different terms are used to describe FGM/FGC. What do they mean? 5] What is deinfibulation? 6] What is... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
3. Culture, Community and Violence (Against Women) - Amnesty International http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084007 In every part of the world, women?s roles and positions in society are prescribed. One of the key aspects of every culture is the way it defines gender roles. Almost without exception women are assigned to roles which are subservient to those of men.... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
4. TANZANIA: FGM on the Decline According to a Study http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084018 DAR ES SALAAM , 4 Dec 2006 (IRIN) - The practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is on the decline in Tanzania, according to the results of a study by the country's Ministry of Health. Released on 1 December, the Tanzania Demographic Health Survey... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
5. Female Genital Mutilation: Legal, Cultural and Medical Issues - By Rosemarie Skaine, MacFarland Publishers. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084026 Overview: The practice of FGM is not limited to Africa. The World Health Organization finds it occurs in many parts of the world. Female genital mutilation (FGM) occurs in many parts of the world, but especially in Africa. It is a cultural practice... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
6. EGYPT: Theologians Battle Female Circumcision http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084035 By Amira El Ahl in Cairo, Der Spiegel, Published: December 6, 2006. In Cairo, a small revolution has been launched: A conference of high-ranking Muslim theologians has agreed that the practice of female genital mutilation is irreconcilable with... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
7. Healthy Tomorrow ( Stop Excision.net) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084043 Healthy Tomorrow is a humanitarian organization dedicated to the eradication of all forms of female genital cutting or FGC (aka excision and female genital mutilation or FGM). Our mobilization takes the form of speaking to groups and individuals,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
8. Lessons Learned: Providing Communication and Technical Assistance in FGM Programs ( PATH) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084053 By Carol Corso, Previous Director of Communication, PATH. " 1] FGM must be identified by the community, and by the women, in particular, as an issue on which they are interested in working. The issue and need can not be identified by "outsiders".... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
9. Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Laws and Policies Worldwide http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084061 Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Laws and Policies Worldwide - by Anika Rahman and Nahid Toubia, MD (St. Martin's Press). A joint project between the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP) and Rainbo, this report is a global review and... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
10. The Fund for Grassroots Activism to End FGM http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084076 The Fund for Grassroots Activism to End FGM (FGM Fund) was established by Equality Now in 2000. Groups in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Guinea-Conakry, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, The Sudan and Tanzania have received... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
11. Positive Voices: Margaret Wambete's Healing Scars http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084086 Positive Voices: Margaret Wambete's Healing Scars was originally published in Global Health Council?s magazine Global AIDSLink Issue 83 - contributed by: Jennifer Hyman, Editor. " A girlhood spent fiercely guarding her bodily integrity couldn't... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
12. Violence Against Women Fuels Spread of HIV/AIDS http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084101 Press release, 11/24/2004 - Amnesty International. " Significantly more young women than men are now being infected by HIV/AIDS as violence against women and girls fuels the spread of the virus. HIV/AIDS is a human rights catastrophe which... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
13. Female Genital Mutilation Affects Births: Study Published in The Lancet. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084110 The first comprehensive study of the effects of female genital mutilation on women and babies during childbirth has been published by leading medical journal, The Lancet. The study, which provides the first reliable evidence that female genital... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
14. WEETU http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1083991 The Women's Employment, Enterprise & Training Unit (WEETU) was set up as an independent voluntary agency in 1987 in Norwich and is a Company Limited by Guarantee (not-for-profit). WEETU is a Social Enterprise which is defined by the DTI as 'a... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 11 Dec , 2006
15. Federacion Española de Mujeres Empresarias http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1083973 Spanish Federation of Female Entrepreneurs, Business and Professional Women - Spain FEMENP offers a multitude of services to female entrepreneurs, business and professional women. These services include counseling for start-ups and financing,... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 11 Dec , 2006
16. OMEGA http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1083985 La Organización de Mujeres Empresarias y Gerencia Activa (OMEGA), es una Federación Profesional de ámbito nacional, que nace en diciembre de 1.989. OMEGA se constituye como centro de unión y comunicación para dar respuestas y alternativas al... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 11 Dec , 2006
17. Enterprising Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1083967 Enterprising Women is a dynamic community of women starting and growing businesses in the East of England. Led by Bev Hurley, Chief Executive of YTKO, the ?One Vision, One Voice? partnership won funding from the East of England Development Agency and... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 11 Dec , 2006
18. Culture, HIV and AIDS: An Annotated Bibliography http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1083932 Designing culturally appropriate programs for HIV and AIDS education can be extremely challenging. In an attempt to assist these efforts, UNESCO?s ?Culture, HIV and AIDS? project and the Social Sciences Research Council, have compiled the following... Contribuido por Jeanne Lawler el 08 Dec , 2006
19. UNDP-APDIP Releases New Publication on Gender in the Information Society http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1083793 This publication features a collection of 13 papers developed for a Pre-World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) seminar, Gender Perspectives on the Information Society: South Asia Pre-WSIS Seminar, on 18-19 April 2005 in Bangalore, India. This... Contribuido por Christine Apikul el 07 Dec , 2006
20. BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack - Gender and Sexuality http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1083844 Sexuality can bring misery through sexual violence, HIV/AIDS, maternal mortality, female genital mutilation, or marginalisation of those who break the rules, such as non-macho men, single women, widows who re-marry, sex workers, people with same-sex... Contribuido por Adrian Bannister el 07 Dec , 2006
21. Women and Wealth Project - Cambodia. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084138 Women living with HIV in Phnom Penh set up their own cooperative for income generation and vow to make their factory a ?model workplace environment? for people living with HIV in Cambodia. On 27 ? 29 November 2006 the Positive Women?s Sector of... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
22. Investment in Proven Strategies Needed to End Violence against Women - Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084147 Date: 22 November 2006. Occasion: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2006. Every year on 25 November, advocates around the world jointly raise their voices to denounce violence against women as what it is:... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
23. UNIFEM Announces Grants in Support of Efforts to End Violence Against Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084158 22 November 2006, Bangkok ? The United Nations Trust Fund to Eliminate Violence against Women will grant US$ 3.5 million to initiatives in developing countries that are addressing gender-based violence. This is the highest amount ever to be disbursed... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
24. ASEAN Ministers Share Best Practices in Advancing Women?s Rights in National Development Planning http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084167 United Nations, Bangkok, 15 November 2006 - Ministers and senior officials in charge of women empowerment and development from ASEAN countries will share experience and best practices at the ?ASEAN High-Level Meeting on Gender Mainstreaming in the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
25. ATHENA Network - Advancing Gender Equality and Human Rights in the Global Response to HIV/AIDS http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084179 As the world enters the third decade of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, women ? especially the young and the poor ? are increasingly affected. Because gender inequity fuels HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS fuels gender inequity, it is imperative that women and... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
26. ACPD's New Report: Towards Greater Integration of HIV/AIDS & Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084188 Action Canada for Population and Development (ACPD) has publsihed this paper, informed by a policy dialogue process that ACPD facilitated between September 2004 and May 2005 on the issue of greater integration of HIV/AIDS and sexual and reproductive... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 11 Dec , 2006
27. Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084254 Launch of the Arab Human Development Report 2005: Under the Patronage of The Government of Yemen, the UNDP?s Regional Bureau for Arab States launches its fourth annual Arab Human Development Report. The advancement of women is a pre-requisite for a... Contribuido por Laura Allen el 12 Dec , 2006
28. CARE?s Experiences Working with Communities toward Abandonment of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084323 Discussions during a 1998 regional health meeting for CARE staff working in East and North Africa created the momentum for CARE to begin the pilot work in the area of FGC abandonment. FGC was presented as a harmful traditional practice having a... Contribuido por Laura Allen el 13 Dec , 2006
29. Hormonal Contraception Does Not Appear to Increase HIV Risk http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084253 Using hormonal contraception does not appear to increase women's overall risk of infection with the AIDS virus, according to a large study commissioned by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of... Contribuido por David Hock el 12 Dec , 2006
30. Global Economic Prospects 2007: Managing the Next Wave of Globalization. The World Bank. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084653 WASHINGTON, DC, December 13, 2006 ? Globalization could spur faster growth in average incomes in the next 25 years than during 1980-2005, with developing countries playing a central role. However, unless managed carefully, it could be accompanied by... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 14 Dec , 2006
31. Meeting the Challenges of Secondary Education in Latin America and East Asia. The World Bank. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084665 Developing countries in Latin America and East Asia may be a world apart, but both regions are locked in a similar struggle to educate their young people, a new World Bank book says. While most children in each region get a basic education in primary... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 14 Dec , 2006
32. Villagers of Barubung in Aceh Build a Multipurpose Facility for Their Children http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084675 Barubung Villa, Aceh, December 14, 2006 - The sun is setting at the Taman Pendidikan Al-Qur?an (TPA, School for Koran Studies) in Barubang village in Aceh, but it has a different meaning from sunsets past. Earlier, a setting sun was like a call to... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 14 Dec , 2006
33. Speaking Out Against FGM/C in Egypt - Innocenti Research Centre Human Interest Story. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084687 "Mohamed Taha Naguib is a primary school teacher in the village of Zawyat Sultan in the Upper Egypt Governorate of Minya. Aged 37, he's married with two children, including an 8-year old daughter. Mohamed is also a volunteer with the Better Life... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 15 Dec , 2006
34. Rejecting FGM/C: A Better Life for the Daughters (UNICEF - Egypt) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084694 An interview by Tiziana Barrucci: Minya, June 2006: Looking in her eyes you can easily feel the horror she was going through that day. As Reda Hassan recounted the moment which unalterably changed her life, she stared with an empty look into space.... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 15 Dec , 2006
35. How a Local Health Barber Gave Up on FGM/C ( UNICEF Programme in Egypt) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084701 An interview by Tiziana Barrucci: Minya, June 2006: ?Promise me that you will write under my pictures that I stopped. I am not doing it any more and I want people to know?. We are in Minya in Upper Egypt. As I watched Hassan- a big man with lively... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 15 Dec , 2006
36. Female Genital Mutilation: How One Mother Came to Reject an Ancient Tradition - UNICEF Programme, Egypt. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084709 By Tiziana Barrucci: ?The women came to my home early in the morning. They got hold of me and forced me to lie down. My hands and legs were held firmly and I could hardly move. They then spread my legs and the daya (village midwife) started cutting.... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 15 Dec , 2006
37. UNICEF Calls for Commitment to End FGM/C in One Generation, November 24, 2005. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084718 Cairo, November 24, 2005 ? International experts, human rights activists, NGOs and young delegates gathered at the Cairo global launch of a UNICEF Digest ?Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Changing a harmful Social Convention?, exploring the social... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 15 Dec , 2006
38. Medical Practitioners Publicly Reject the Practice of FGM/C in Nazlet Ebeid. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084728 Cairo, 13 September, 2006: Health workers in the village of Nazlet Ebeid in the Governorate of Minya, Upper Egypt, have declared their opposition to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), a key step towards total elimination of the practice in... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 15 Dec , 2006
39. World Women Work http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084782 This is a small, non-profit organization that seeks to support environmental conservation through the education and empowerment of women and their families. Started in 1998, it is a U.S. 501 (c) 3 organization that buys and sells craft objects made... Contribuido por John Daly el 16 Dec , 2006
40. Centre for Women Entrepreneurship (CWE) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084758 Centre for Women Entrepreneurship (CWE) was created in 2002 under a project, financed by the Republic of Austria under the Assistance Programme for the Central and Eastern European countries of the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The project:... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 15 Dec , 2006
41. Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084608 ARD, Inc.(http://www.ardinc.com) has an immediate home office staff opening for a senior specialist in Monitoring and Evaluation. The M&E Specialist will participate in projects to conceptualize and develop M&E systems and implement them. This... Contribuido por Donna Read el 14 Dec , 2006
42. The State of the World's Children 2007: Women and Children - The Double Dividend of Gender Equality. UNICEF http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084442 The State of the World?s Children 2007 examines the discrimination and disempowerment women face throughout their lives ? and outlines what must be done to eliminate gender discrimination and empower women and girls. It looks at the status of women... Contribuido por Barbara Iuliano el 14 Dec , 2006
43. Role of a Woman Leader in Cooperative Dairy Movement: Story of NDDB ? Women Empowering Women. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1084564 This paper has been written by Professor V. Sapovadia and Dr Sarla Achuthan. A quote: "The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) began its operations (in India)with the mission of making dairying a vehicle to a better future for millions of... Contribuido por PROF. SAPOVADIA el 14 Dec , 2006
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