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INSTRAW News / Noticias del INSTRAW / Nouvelles de INSTRAW
E-Newsletter
January 2007
Table of Contents
1. NEWS
2. EVENTS
3. NEW PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS/ARTICLES/WEBSITES
4. CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
5. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
1. NEWS
**Manifesto for Gender Equality in Indian Media**. This Manifesto was
adopted at the EU-India Final Conference on Gender Equity in Media,
held
9-10 December 2006, New Delhi, India.
Its objective is to assist in creating a culture of equality within the
media, to offer women the opportunity to participate in
decision-making,
to make gender equality an issue that will assist in confronting social
barriers. To view the proposed steps in order to achieve these
objectives please visit the International Federation of Journalists
website at:
http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?Index=4479&Language=EN
**Mama Cash Campaign - 88 Days**. To kick off International Human
Rights
Day December 10th, Mama Cash, an international foundation that funds
women’s organisations and groups worldwide based in The Netherlands, is
initiating a global campaign via Internet and e-mail that will span 88
days, from 10 December 2006 to 8 March 2007, International Women’s Day.
The Campaign aims to raise funds for groups which are receiving
significantly less funding than they did 5 years ago, for women’s
initiatives, and for raising awareness on women’s rights. For more
information and to learn how to make a contribution, please visit:
88days.mamacash.org
http://www.mamacash.nl/site/en/news/pressreleases/index.php
**Safe Cities Regional Programme: Violence Against Women and Public
Policy**. On 14 December 2006 the “Safe Cities Regional Programme:
Violence Against Women and Public Policy” was launched in Rosario,
Argentina. This Programme is being carried out by the United Nations
Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM and coordinated by UNIFEM's Regional
Office for Brazil and the Southern Cone. The Network Women and Habitat
(Red Mujer y Hábitat) participates as main partner in the application
of
the Programme. Other networks such as the “Red de Educación Popular
entre Mujeres (REPEM)”, also participate in the Programme.
http://www.redmujer.org.ar/notas/noti420.htm
For more information on this Programme, please contact Nina Madsen at
UNIFEM.org: nina.madsen@unifem.org
**Asian Forum on Women in Disasters**. Sixty representatives of
government and non-government organisations and aid agencies involved
in
the tsunami relief and reconstruction efforts, from India, Indonesia,
Sri Lanka and Thailand gathered in Chennai, India, on 16-18 December,
2006. The objective of the meeting was to share the results of the
Survey of Women’s Human Rights Violations in the December 2004 tsunami
aftermath in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand and in the
aftermath of the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. To read the
Statement listing the human rights violations and the Guidelines for
Gender Sensitive Disaster Management for all actors involved in relief
and reconstruction, please visit:
http://www.apwld.org/asianforum_women_in_disasters.htm.
E-mail: cholpon@apwld.org
**Bill on Equal Rights & Opportunities for Women & Men**. The
Parliament
of Kazakhstan accepted on 8 November 2006 the submission of a Bill on
Equal Rights and Opportunities of Women and Men, as initiated by a
group
of deputies. The objective of the Bill is to guarantee gender equality
in socio-labour relations, education, science and other areas of public
and political life.
http://www.legislationline.org/news.php?tid=99&jid=1
**Asia Pacific NGO Consultation with the UN Special Rapporteur on
Violence Against Women**. Thirty-five women from 22 countries around
the
Asia-Pacific region, including Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh,
Burma, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, India, Iran, Indonesia, Japan,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines,
Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Russia, gathered on 11-12 September 2006,
in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on
Violence Against Women (UNSRVAW), Dr Yakin Erturk, on the topic of
“Culture and Violence Against Women in Asia Pacific”. For more
information on the theme and time schedule of the Consultation,
objectives, participants, organizers, please visit:
http://www.apwld.org/ngo_consultation_dr_yakin.htm#_ftn1
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2. EVENTS
**What Kind of Man are You? **. This is a multi-media campaign aiming
to
bring public attention to the growing incidence of HIV/AIDS among women
in India. The campaign addresses men using popular, entertaining
platforms like television, radio, printed materials, cinema/theatres,
and the internet to promote equality within marriage that - it is hoped
- will enable women to negotiate condom use and other measures to
protect themselves from HIV/AIDS and other infections. What are
intended
to be sensitive yet tough/masculine campaign messages have been
translated into 6 languages: Bengali, Hindi, English, Kannada, Tamil,
Telegu and Marathi. The campaign also includes a music video featuring
popular Indian actors.
Available online:
http://www.breakthrough.tv/campaign_detail.asp?cid=12&id=2
** Equal Rights, Equal Voices – Migrant Women in the European Union**
The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) will hold this public Seminar on 19
January 2007, in Brussels, Belgium, which will gather for the first
time
ever, migrant women leaders from across the European Union. This
Seminar
aims at giving a space to women to meet, organize themselves and speak
out in order to promote their rights at European level. For more
information please visit:
http://www.womenlobby.org/site/1abstract.asp?DocID=1839&v1ID=&RevID=&namePage=&pageParent=&DocID_sousmenu
E-mail: Clarisse Delorme, EWL Secretariat - delorme@womenlobby.org
**Partnering for Change: Movement Building in the 21st Century**. This
is one of the events to be held on 21 January, 2007, during the World
Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya. The Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP)
will present this interactive panel and dialogue with women’s rights
activists from Africa and the Middle East, to discuss strategies to
strengthen social movements, particularly women’s movements. The event
will include the premier of Against All Odds: Women Partnering for
Change in a Time of Crisis, a new 25-minute video released by Women’s
Learning Partnership that showcases the perspectives of activists from
around the world including Afghanistan, Brazil, Egypt, Iran, Morocco,
and Lebanon. For more information please visit:
http://learningpartnership.org/news/events/2007/wsfjan21panel
http://www.learningpartnership.org/news/events/2007/wsfjan21panel
**Security for Whom? **. Isha L'Isha and the Coalition of Women for
Peace are holding the Second Annual Alternative Conference, entitled
"Security for Whom?" on 23 January 2007, in Haifa, Israel. The
conference aims at bringing together policy makers and leading thinkers
to address the key issues that affect Israel's security. Speakers will
address the war's impact on Jewish and Palestinian women, the price
paid
in the name of "national security", and the future dangers that await
citizens of Israel and the region as a result of the continuation of
the
"Security" policy of the militaristic government in Israel.
E-mail: Ellen Avraham - ellenavraham@yahoo.com
**Fifty-First Session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women**.
The NGO Committee on the Status of Women New York invites to the events
that will take place during the 51st Session of the United Nations
Commission on the Status of Women. Pre-registration deadline is Monday,
5 February 2007. For complete information on please visit:
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/csw51/pdfs/
NGOCommitteeCSW51Registration_form_2007.pdf
**Seeds of Hope**. The Women’s Centre of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,
will
celebrate International Women’s Day 2007 – 8 March – by hosting an
interactive project that connects women support centres around the
world. The Seeds of Hope project involves: 1) creating gardens
throughout our city comprised of horticultural seeds donated from women
support centres and groups from around the world and, 2) creating a
booklet of International Women’s Day Stories. Participating countries
will be invited to share a brief description of the types of
celebrations that take place in their country and these descriptions
will be collated into a booklet that will be deposited at the garden
site centres, and displayed on the day of celebration. For more
information, please contact: E-mail: womenscentre@on.aibn.com, and
E-mail: kellyhilton74@hotmail.com - Kelly Milton, Project Coordinator
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3. NEW PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS/ARTICLES AND/OR WEBSITES
**Trade-finance linkages and gender: implications to Asian women**.
This
Journal has been elaborated by IGTN Asia and produced by International
Gender and Trade Network (IGTN). The journal addresses some of the
questions concerning the linkages between trade and finance and the
gender implications, with an emphasis on impacts for Asian women.
Available online at:
http://www.igtn.org/pdfs//459_Trade-Finance%20Linkages%20and%20Gender%20(IGTN-Asia%20Economic%20Literacy%20Packet%206).pdf
**Tools for the Promotion of Safe Cities from the Gender Perspective**
This Guide is a result of the experience gained from the Regional
Programme “Non-Violent Cities for Women- Safe Cities for All", carried
out in Rosario, Argentina and Lima, Peru by CISCSA (Centro de
Intercambio y Servicios Cono Sur Argentina) and the Center for Peruvian
Women Flora Tristán (Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán) in 2004
with the support of the United Nations Trust Fund to Eliminate Violence
Against Women. The Guide has been prepared in Spanish and English,
available online, and it is also being translated into Portuguese
http://www.redmujer.org.ar/articulos.htm
http://www.redmujer.org.ar/notas/noti415.htm
E-mail: cicsa@cisca.org.ar
**Improving women's lives: World Bank (WB) actions since Beijing**.
This
Report describes the role of the World Bank in the international effort
to promote gender equality and empower women. Looking ahead, the WB's
support to empower women and girls will emphasize three areas: 1)
supporting gender-relevant policy analysis, dialogue, and operational
work; 2) promoting greater gender equality through private sector
development; 3) working more closely with civil society and development
partners. The Report is available online at:
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGENDER/Resources/Beijing10Report.pdf
**Gender Guide to World Bank and IMF Policy-Based Lending** This Gender
Guide, prepared by Suzanna Dennis and Elaine Zuckerman, describes the
impact on people's lives, particularly on women, of World Bank and
International Monetary Fund (IMF) policy-based loans: loans to
developing countries that require governments to reform economic,
financial and trade policies. These “reforms”—also known as loan
conditionalities—generally bypass local democratic processes and
contribute to the feminization of poverty.
http://www.genderaction.org/images/GA%20Gender%20Guide%20to%20World%20Bank%20and%20IMF%20FINAL.pdf
**The Dutch Women's Thesaurus**. This Thesaurus has been created to
serve as a professional tool for students, researchers and librarians
to
describe and locate women's information in the collections of
libraries,
documentation centres and archives. The Thesaurus is a standardized
list
of about 2400 semantically and generically related terms with detailed
instructions for use. It can be seen as a reflection of developments
within women's movements and women's studies. For more information on
its content, subject groups, please visit:
http://www.iiav.nl/eng/iiav/publicaties/index_thesaurus.html
E-mail: info@iiav.nl
**Bridging the Gap: Empowerment Strategies for the New Female Arab
Leadership**. With this brochure Women without Borders tries to bridge
the gap through research-based activities making the female potential
in
the Arab region visible, and aim to overcome the digital gender divide
by providing access to information and ensuring freedom of expression
for the development of a more socially balanced and prosperous world.
http://www.women-without-borders.org/files/downloads/GAP_folder05fe.pdf
http://www.women-without-borders.org/publications/
**Researching Violence Against Women: A Practical Guide for Researchers
and Activists**.
This manual, written by Mary Ellsberg and Lori Heise from PATH, is a
co-publication of PATH and WHO, published in 2005. It draws on the
collective experiences and insights of many individuals, and in
particular from the implementation of the WHO Multi-country Study on
Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women in over 10
countries.
The manual has been developed in response to the growing need to
improve
the quality, quantity, and comparability of international data on
physical and sexual abuse. It outlines some of the methodological and
ethical challenges of conducting research on violence against women and
describes a range of innovative techniques that have been used to
address these challenges. Direct Link to 259-page Manual:
http://www.path.org/files/GBV_rvaw_complete.pdf
http://www.path.org/publications/pub.php?id=1175:
E-mail: dcinfo@path-dc.org
**Bringing Women into Governance** The Centre for Development and
Population Activities (CEDPA) announces its newest publication, which
provides case studies and highlights successful strategies to bring
women into governance. It illustrates ways that organizations and
activists around the world can foster greater gender equity in civic
engagement, advocacy, voting and political leadership to improve the
quality of life for everyone. To download or purchase this publication,
please visit: http://www.cedpa.org
**New Website - Georgian Women NGOs Coalition**. The Georgian Women
NGOs
Coalition, committed to the improvement of women’s condition, announces
its website in Russian and English.
http://www.wcg.org.ge/
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4. CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS/PARTICIPATION
**Engaging Islam: Feminisms, Religiosities and Self-determination**
This
three day, Fall 2007 Institute will be held at the University of
Massachusetts, Boston. The Institute invites proposals that engage
Islam
as a force for understanding global politics, an impetus for political
and psychological self-determination, a stimulus for cultural
productions, and a foundation for identity. The conference will be
organized along three days, with six sessions tackling these broad
themes: 1) Defining Islamic Feminisms; 2) Social Movements; 3) Social
Transformations; 4) Identities; 5) Citizenship; 6) Resistance
For more information, please visit:
http://www.engagingislam.umb.edu/papers/index.html
http://www.engagingislam.umb.edu/details/index.html
**Call for Writers - Women & ICTs**. The Agenda Journal has been at the
forefront of feminist publishing in South Africa for almost 20 years -
Agenda Journal raises debate, questions, challenges and critiques
understandings of gender. Agenda announces its call for contributions
for the upcoming Agenda Journal on Women and ICTs to be published in
May
2007, with the objective of exploring how women can take advantage of
the ICT revolution and what women’s obstacles are to using ICTs. The
deadline for the presentation of contributions is 28 January 2007. To
learn about the contributions guidelines, the areas to be covered,
please visit: please visit:
http://www.agenda.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=72
Please submit abstracts to editor@agenda.org.za
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5. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
**Quality Assurance/M&E Manager, CORE - Uganda, Kampala, Uganda**
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) seeks a Quality
Assurance/M & E Manager to provide technical and managerial support to
its portfolio of quality assurance and monitoring and evaluation
activities within the CORE Uganda Project located in Kampala. For
complete information on responsibilities, experience required, please
visit:
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/hiv/rc/ItemDetail.do~1073024
http://www.icrw.org
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