10° Conferencia Regional de la Mujer - Quito - Ecuador

Articulación Feminista Marcosur/Patagonia Ciber Fem        Hacia la 10º Conferencia Regional de la Mujer - CEPAL  Informativo electrónico Nº 2 - Mayo 2007   La X Conferencia de la Mujer que se llevará a cabo en Quito (6 al 9 de Agosto) tiene como temas centrales el trabajo no remunerado y la paridad. Es importante que sobre los mismos las organizaciones de mujeres y feministas puedan influir y/o incidir en sus respectivos gobiernos (Cancillerías e Instancias que Norman las Políticas de Igualdad) antes que se realice la Conferencia con la finalidad de contribuir a lograr consensos desde las voces de las mujeres feministas sobre estos temas. Les estamos enviando algunos insumos que pueden servir de guía para el trabajo que hay que realizar a nivel nacional y regional. Esperamos que las redes puedan transmitir a sus socias, afiliadas y demás compañeras esta información que puede servirles de ayuda. Estos insumos son sobre Trabajo no remunerado; en el próximo boletín, publicaremos lo relativo al tema Paridad. TRABAJO NO REMUNERADO Acuerdos Internacionales: 1. La CEDAW señala que los Estados Partes son responsables de asegurar el goce de los derechos en condiciones de igualdad y sin discriminación alguna. Los artículos 2 y 3 exigen que se deben tomar todas las medidas necesarias, incluida la prohibición de la discriminación por razón de sexo, para poner término a los actos discriminatorios que limiten el disfrute de los derechos, tanto en el sector público como privado. A abril del 2007 solo 20 países de América Latina y el Caribe habían firmado el Protocolo Facultativo de la CEDAW y 17 lo habían ratificado. Los 15 países restantes de la región no han firmado ni ratificado.(1) - La recomendación No 16 de la CEDAW exhorta a los Estados parte a que “reúnan datos estadísticos relacionados con las mujeres que trabajan sin remuneración, seguridad social ni prestaciones sociales en empresas de propiedad de un familiar, e incluyan esos datos en sus informes al Comité”. 2. Los Convenios de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo 3 (1919) y 103 (1952) sobre Protección de la maternidad; el 100 (1951) sobre Igualdad de remuneración; el 111 (1958) sobre Discriminación sobre el empleo y la ocupación; y el 156 (1981) relativo a la igualdad de oportunidades y de trato entre trabajadores y trabajadoras con responsabilidades familiares, establecen la obligación para los Estados miembros de adoptar políticas que posibiliten que los trabajadores con responsabilidades familiares, que desempeñen o deseen desempeñar un empleo, ejerzan su derecho sin ser objeto de discriminación y sin conflicto en la medida de lo posible, entre sus responsabilidades familiares y laborales. Asimismo establece la obligación para los países de adoptar medidas compatibles con las posibilidades nacionales, para permitir la libre elección de ocupación de las personas con responsabilidades familiares, facilitar su acceso a la formación profesional, permitir la integración y permanencia de estos trabajadores a la fuerza laboral, y su reintegración después de un tiempo motivada por dichas responsabilidades. Por último, establece claramente que la responsabilidad familiar no debe constituir per se, una causa para terminar la relación de trabajo. 3. La Plataforma de Acción de Beijing en su Objetivo Estratégico F.6 señala que los gobiernos deben adoptar políticas para asegurar la protección apropiada de las leyes laborales y los beneficios de la seguridad social a los empleos en jornada parcial y los empleos temporales, a los trabajadores estacionales y a los que trabajan en el hogar, para promover las perspectivas de carrera sobre la base de condiciones de trabajo que concilien las responsabilidades laborales con las familiares. - Elaborar políticas, entre otras cosas, en la esfera de la enseñanza, para modificar las aptitudes que refuerzan la división del trabajo sobre la base del género, con objeto de promover el concepto de las responsabilidades familiares compartidas en lo que respecta al trabajo doméstico, en particular en lo relativo a la atención de los niños y los ancianos. - Mejorar el desarrollo de las tecnologías que facilitan el trabajo profesional, así como el trabajo doméstico, y promover el acceso a esas tecnologías, estimular la autosuficiencia y las actividades generadoras de ingresos, transformar dentro del proceso productivo los papeles establecidos en función del género y dar a las mujeres la posibilidad de cambiar los trabajos mal remunerados por otros mejores. - Examinar las políticas y los programas, incluso las leyes sobre seguridad social y los regímenes fiscales, de conformidad con las prioridades y las políticas nacionales, para determinar cómo promover la igualdad de género y la flexibilidad en el modo en que las personas dividen su tiempo entre la educación y la formación, el empleo remunerado, las responsabilidades familiares, las actividades voluntarias y otras formas de trabajo, descanso y esparcimiento socialmente útiles, y en el modo que obtienen beneficios de esas actividades. (2) 4. Hace 15 años, “los gobiernos de América Latina y el Caribe reconociendo la fuerte presión que ejercen las mujeres sobre el trabajo no remunerado originado de las necesidades de los hogares, acordaron en el Programa de Acción Regional para las Mujeres, promover una distribución más equitativa de las responsabilidades familiares entre mujeres y hombres” (3) Argumentos y estrategias: - La división sexual del trabajo es el núcleo central para la desigualdad laboral entre hombres y mujeres. Se sostiene (pese a los compromisos asumidos por los Estados) de una manera patriarcal en el marco de una rígida división de tareas y responsabilidades que son reguladas por normas sociales históricas basadas en la discriminación. Esto siendo funcional al sistema económico de dominación hegemónico ya que garantiza la oferta de trabajo subsidiada por el trabajo de las mujeres. - Aunque el trabajo “doméstico remunerado” es considerado en la legislación de varios países de la Región, “las particularidades de este trabajo, vinculado a las de las demandas y reproducción social de los hogares y las familias, ha conducido a regularlo sin considerar ni reconocer derechos adquiridos a los que acceden la mayoría de los trabajadores asalariados que pertenecen a otras categorías. Esto deja en evidencia la particular vulnerabilidad que envuelve el trabajo de las mujeres más pobres de la región que ingresan al trabajo doméstico, cuya mayor explotación en términos de jornada de trabajo e ingresos se encuentra abiertamente legitimada en muchos de los Códigos de Trabajo” (4) - Aunque las mujeres contribuyen (reconocido por los Estados) decisivamente a la economía y luchan contra la pobreza ya sea a través del trabajo remunerado o no remunerado, como el trabajo doméstico, no se ha avanzado en legislar políticas de igualdad en el tema. - Las mujeres (inclusive con alta educación y profesionalización) ganan menos que los hombres, el desempleo femenino es mayor y la segmentación vertical del mercado de trabajo no ha tenido modificaciones sustanciales. - La desigualdad también se expresa en el sistema previsional que muestra una situación de desventaja para las mujeres que quedan fuera de éste o que simplemente no existen por estar inmersas en la economía informal. - Las mujeres como trabajadoras o intermediarias entre los distintos roles que ejercen en la salud, el cuidado de niños, la sobrevivencia cotidiana, las transferencias monetarias y su participación en los programas de lucha contra la pobreza son “una variable económica inexistente” y no se contabiliza el valor económico real de este trabajo. - Las políticas públicas han demostrado una inexistente y/o una ineficiente voluntad política para analizar el papel que juegan las mujeres en la reproducción social a través del trabajo no remunerado. - “La “economía del cuidado” alude a la distribución de los servicios del cuidado, incluyendo tanto su prestación como su recepción. Debido al sistema imperante, no es del todo correcto afirmar que son las familias las responsables del cuidado de la infancia o de los adultos mayores, por ejemplo, esto directamente les corresponde a las mujeres en tanto trabajadoras no remuneradas” (5) - La falta de oportunidades de empleo en igualdad de condiciones, los bajos salarios, la incorporación masiva de las mujeres al trabajo informal sin beneficios sociales ni protección social, son una de las mayores causas de la migración al interior de los países como al exterior de los mismos en condiciones de cada vez mayor exclusión social, pero que a su vez generan, remesas que contribuyen a la “reducción de la pobreza” de sus familias y de los países emisores en general. - Romper con la dicotomía del mundo público y privado porque impide ver cómo las decisiones del ámbito público tienen impacto decisivo sobre los aspectos más íntimos de las personas. “Las modificaciones en las aspiraciones de las mujeres quienes buscan cada vez mayor autonomía económica, física y política demandan un abordaje en las políticas que tomen en cuenta esta realidad como un fenómeno de largo alcance”. (6) - Es importante promover una ética sobre las responsabilidades compartidas tanto en los ámbitos públicos como privados con políticas que faciliten la vida laboral de mujeres y hombres en mejores condiciones de igualdad y oportunidades. Consecuentemente, esto debería favorecer la participación activa de los hombres en las actividades domésticas para de esta manera disminuir las responsabilidades de las mujeres en lo privado y democratizarlas. - El enfoque de género permite tener una visión crítica para transformar los roles impuestos a hombres y mujeres en el mercado de trabajo, junto a las instituciones que promueven mayores condiciones de equidad e igualdad en su ejercicio. - Como principio básico las políticas públicas en este tema, como señala la CEPAL, deben estar orientadas a: “conciliar el trabajo y las responsabilidades familiares, promoviendo decididamente la participación de los hombres en los trabajos domésticos y de cuidado, contribuyendo a una distribución del tiempo destinado a estas tareas del hogar y coadyuvando a la eliminación de los roles estereotipados asociados a la tradicional división sexual del trabajo, a la vez que faciliten una mayor y mejor inserción de las mujeres en el mercado laboral”. - Combatir las desigualdades y discriminaciones de género en el mercado laboral “requiere de profundos cambios culturales y políticos que coloquen a las mujeres como sujetas y actoras. La posibilidad que tienen los actores del mundo del trabajo de representarse, hace valer su voz y constituir instancias, mecanismos y procesos de diálogo social” (7), democrático y participativo para cambiar el estado actual de las mujeres en el mercado y en el mundo del trabajo. - No es posible diseñar políticas públicas que no contemplen la interdependencia, indivisibilidad e integridad de los derechos humanos de las mujeres. Se requieren estrategias de presión y exigibilidad ciudadana que generen no sólo voluntad política en los gobiernos de turno, sino de políticas de estado. La Décima Conferencia es un marco en el que también tenemos la oportunidad de denunciar los retrocesos que la región haya tenido en relación a los derechos de las mujeres, así como el permanente intento de violar los principios de la laicidad por parte de una cada vez mayor injerencia de la jerarquía de la iglesia católica en temas que tienen que ver con el Estado y las políticas públicas. NOTAS [1] Comité de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas. [2] Plataforma de Acción Mundial, Beijing, 1995. [3] CEPAL, 1995. [4] CEPAL, 2007 [5] Ibid [6] CEPAL, 2007. [7] OIT. Desafíos para la igualdad en el trabajo: Uruguay, Mayo, 2007.

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NEW! HIGHLIGHT: Drought and the Devastation of Darfur

Development Gateway Foundation dgCommunities: Gender and Development http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender?intcmp=911 May 24, 2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NEW HIGHLIGHT: Drought and the Devastation of Darfur 2. NEW dgSPECIAL COLLECTION: Global Warming 3. HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES 4. IFC-Financial Times Essay Competition: Through Sept. 30 5. NEW! DISCUSSION: Is Gender Being Factored into Climate Change Policy Decisions? 6. RESOURCE OF INTEREST 7. MEMBER DIRECTORY: Update Your Profile for Networking & Collaboration --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Member, Welcome to your newsletter from the Gender and Development dgCommunity of the Development Gateway. Anuradha Bhattacharjee Content Coordinator --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NEW! HIGHLIGHT: Drought and the Devastation of Darfur --------------------------------------------------------------------- A recent article in Time Magazine sounds a warning. "Darfur, a barren, mountainous land just below the Sahara in western Sudan, is the world's worst man-made disaster. In four years, according to the U.N., fighting has killed more than 200,000 people and made refugees of 2.5 million more. The conflict is typically characterized as genocide, waged by the Arab Janjaweed and their backers in the Sudanese government, against Darfur's black Africans. But what is often overlooked is that the roots of the conflict may have more to do with ecology than ethnicity. To live on the poor and arid soil of the Sahel - just south of the Sahara - is to be mired in an eternal fight for water, food and shelter. The few pockets of good land have been the focus of intermittent conflict for decades between nomads (who tend to be Arabs) and settled farmers (who are both Arab and African). That competition is intensifying. The Sahara is advancing steadily south, smothering soil with sand. Rainfall has been declining in the region for the past half-century, according to the National Center for Atmospheric Research. In Darfur there are too many people in a hot, poor, shrinking land, and it's not hard to start a fight in a place like that. The devastation of Darfur highlights the potentially catastrophic effects of climate change on societies across Africa. The U.N. estimates that the lives of as many as 90 million Africans--most of them in and around the Sahara--could be "at risk" on account of global warming. Many of Africa's armed conflicts can be explained as tinderboxes of climate change lit by the spark of ancient rivalry. In Somalia, nearly two decades of anarchy have been exacerbated by eight years of drought. 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Fights over food production, land use…" So Darfur is a test case - not just of the world's commitment to stop genocide but also of its ability to prevent future African resource wars." This highlight quotes Alex Perry's article , Time.com, April 26, 2007. " How to Prevent the Next Darfur". Photograph, courtesy IRIN/Nicholas Reader. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. NEW dgSPECIAL COLLECTION: Global Warming --------------------------------------------------------------------- Global warming and its role in climate change are emerging as major international issues for the development field today, affecting a wide spectrum of well-being from health to income generation. The 2007 G8 Summit of donor countries on June 6-8 in Germany will address the need for energy efficiency worldwide. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will focus on climate change at the UN General Assembly in September 2007. 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Call for Participations - Instraw

To UN-INSTRAW NEWS e-letter subscribers: On June 4th a four-week virtual discussion on “Integrating Gender in Security Sector Reform Assessments, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)” will commence. Experts from around the world are invited to participate and share their views in three areas: how to ensure that SSR assessments and M&E processes are gender sensitive, how to conduct gender audits of the security sector, and how to monitor and evaluate gender mainstreaming initiatives within the security sector. For this purpose, the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW), the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) are pleased to invite you to take part in this e-discussion. In the Concept Note appearing below you will find more detailed information. Please circulate this invitation to others who might be interested in participating. To confirm your participation simply send me an email at npopovic@un-instraw.org. We look forward to your participation and a fruitful discussion. Best wishes, Nicola Popovic (Moderator) Gender, Peace and Security Specialist United Nations INSTRAW United Kingdom Tel: 0044- 5602827290 Mobile: 0044- 7769809881Website: http://www.un-instraw.org *UN-INSTRAW, The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)*, invite to the:  *Virtual Discussion* *Integrating Gender in Security Sector Reform Assessments, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)* June 04th – 29th Organized by UN-INSTRAW, DCAF and OSCE-ODIHR *Concept Note* How can security sector reform assessments, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) processes successfully take gender issues into account? How can gender mainstreaming initiatives in the security sector be evaluated? As security sector reform (SSR) is increasingly recognised as a crucial part of development, peacebuilding and human rights work, it is essential that we develop the tools to successfully integrate gender into security sector reform processes. In response to a growing concern over the concrete impact of security sector reform processes, increasing attention has been devoted to assessment, monitoring and evaluation, including the development of specific indicators. The integration of gender issues into these strategic processes and methods will help to ensure that SSR is a participative process that takes into account the security needs of men, women, girls and boys. Assessment, monitoring and evaluation are also of critical importance to the field of gender mainstreaming. Drawing from experiences within both fields, a better understanding of how to practically integrate gender into SSR assessment and M&E practices can be gained. This e-discussion takes place within the context of, and will serve as an input to, the development of a tool for the UN-INSTRAW, DCAF and OSCE-ODIHR’s Toolkit on Gender and Security Sector Reform. This specific tool will look at how to integrate gender issues into SSR assessment, monitoring and evaluation - including the development of indicators. This virtual discussion aims to gather and share information on existing initiatives, materials, and methods, as well as identify research and capacity-building needs. The discussion will cover four core topics over a period of four weeks. 1.     Gender audits/assessments of the security sector Gender audits/assessments of security sector institutions, security policies or security-related budgets can be a first step in determining the need and focus of gender initiatives. They can be internally conducted or an part of oversight activities on the part of parliament or civil society organizations. What should be included in gender audits/assessments, taking into account policy, structure, programmes and projects, institutional culture and personnel capacities/behaviors/attitudes? How can we determine whether security sector institutions provide a healthy work environment for female and male staff? How can we assess the potential gender impact of security policies? Is it possible to conduct gender assessments of the Ministry of Defense, or other security budgets, considering the frequent lack of transparency? 2.     Integrating gender into SSR assessments The OECD-DAC, Clingendael and others have developed methodologies and guidelines on security sector reform assessments, identifying it as an essential activity in the development and implementation of SSR. How can gender issues be integrated into every step of the different SSR assessment processes and methodologies? How can female stakeholders and women’s organizations be included into assessment processes? What lessons learned exist? 3.     Integrating gender into SSR monitoring and evaluation One of the key challenges in SSR is to measure and evaluate if the reforms are achieving their objectives, for instance strengthening governance and oversight and enhancing the provision of security. How can gender issues be incorporated into these processes? What are the relevant gender sensitive indicators in respect to performance and impact of the reform process?   4.     Monitoring and evaluating gender mainstreaming initiatives in the security sector Initiatives to integrate gender and increase the participation of women at all levels of  security sector institutions needs coordination, evaluation and monitoring. How successful these initiatives are and how their impact can be measured through qualitative and quantitative indicators are key issues of this module. As gender mainstreaming initiatives are implemented within the security sector, how can we monitor and evaluate their effectiveness and impact? How can we keep track of how successful the gender mainstreaming process really is in the various security sector institutions? The virtual discussion will be held in English, conducted via e-mail and moderated by UN-INSTRAW.  Discussion archives, background materials and discussion results will be shared with participants. For more information or to sign up for the virtual discussion, please contact Nicola Popovic at UN-INSTRAW: npopovic@un-instraw.org.

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10 nuevos recursos en Developmente Gateway

Actualización de contenido - Género y Desarrollo en el Development Gateway ------------------------- 10 {totalItems} nuevos recursos en la página Género y Desarrollo del Development Gateway http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender -------------------------------------------------- 1. AllAfrica 2. Statement by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, on the Occasion of the International Day of Families 2007 3. Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2007 4. UNICEF and Government of Chad reach accord raising hopes for children in armed conflict 5. Visitors See Services Provided to Families Displaced by Conflict in Northern Uganda 6. Fourth Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights 7. INFO Project 8. Resources for HIV/AIDS & Sexual and Reproductive Health Integration 9. Community Learning Resource Centres in Siay District 10. NEF Community-Based Credit for Sudan--Capital to Rebuild Lives--More Needed ------------------------- 1. AllAfrica http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1101593 AllAfrica Global Media is a multi-media content service provider, systems technology developer and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide. Registered in Mauritius, with offices in Johannesburg, Dakar, Lagos and... Contribuido por Carmen V. Caballero el 16 May , 2007 2. Statement by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, on the Occasion of the International Day of Families 2007 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1101527 The focus of International Day of Families 2007 is on "Families and Persons with Disabilities". In her statement on International Day of Families 2007, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid notes that, "UNFPA has pledged its support to protect the reproductive rights... Contribuido por Maribeth Lovegrove el 15 May , 2007 3. Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2007 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1101525 "Girls are getting a raw deal. Despite having the same rights as their brothers, they face discrimination even before they are born. There are an estimated 100 million missing women because of the practice of female foeticide. As they grow up girls... Contribuido por Maribeth Lovegrove el 15 May , 2007 4. UNICEF and Government of Chad reach accord raising hopes for children in armed conflict http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1101408 UNICEF and the Government of Chad signed an accord this week to work to demobilize child soldiers throughout the country. The agreement was signed on 9 May by UNICEF Representative in Chad Stephen Adkisson and Chad’s Secretary of State for Foreign... Contribuido por Bernard Ochieng Oluma el 15 May , 2007 5. Visitors See Services Provided to Families Displaced by Conflict in Northern Uganda http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1101422 Two high-level visitors, one a Korean celebrity and the other a Japanese Parliamentarian, recently travelled here to observe firsthand the situation of children and women affected by conflict in northern Uganda and to participate in a ‘Child Health... Contribuido por Bernard Ochieng Oluma el 15 May , 2007 6. Fourth Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1101690 India will host the Fourth Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights The India Consortium is pleased to announce that the Fourth Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights will be held on October... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 16 May , 2007 7. INFO Project http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1101831 The INFO Project, based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Communication Programs, envisions a world of interconnected communities where shared reproductive health information improves and saves lives. Our mission is... Contribuido por Lisa Basalla el 17 May , 2007 8. Resources for HIV/AIDS & Sexual and Reproductive Health Integration http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1101828 The Integration resource enables health professionals and others interested in integration to search and browse a database of relevant, up-to-date articles and other resources on integration. A subject matter expert selects the materials to be... Contribuido por Lisa Basalla el 17 May , 2007 9. Community Learning Resource Centres in Siay District http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1101800 Ugunja Community Resource Centre, a local based non-governmental organisation in Western Kenya established Community Learning Resource Centres in the year 2004. This project was initiated to decentralize activities the organisation are involved... Contribuido por Bernard Ochieng Oluma el 17 May , 2007 10. NEF Community-Based Credit for Sudan--Capital to Rebuild Lives--More Needed http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1101732 Thirty years of drought, desertification, floods, and civil wars across Sudan have displaced millions of people, lost livelihoods and the means to replace them. Many of the displaced have settled in and around towns and cities throughout the country... Contribuido por Rabih Yazbeck el 17 May , 2007

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Boletin Instraw Mid May 07

INSTRAW News / Noticias del INSTRAW / Nouvelles de INSTRAW E-Newsletter Mid May 2007 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 **The Campaign: Human being – not for sale** The Council of Europe “Campaign to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings”, launched in 2006, aims to raise awareness among governments, parliamentarians, local and regional authorities, NGOs and civil society, of the extent of trafficking in human beings in Europe. The campaign also aims to promote the widest possible signature and ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings so that this instrument may enter into force rapidly. For more background information on this issue, other actions, the organization of past and future events, projects and plans that have emanated from the initiatives of the COE, please visit: http://www.coe.int/t/dg2/trafficking/campaign/Docs/Overview/Default_en.asp **Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation**. The Swedish Foundation “Kvinna till Kvinna” offers support to women who suffer the effects of war and armed conflicts and provides support to organizations working in post conflict rehabilitation. Kvina till Kvinna organized a three-day meeting Yerevan, Armenia with the objective of searching for strategies and exchange experiences on the subject of domestic violence. Representatives of NGOs from Armenia, Georgia, conflict zones of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions participated at the conference to discuss issues such as the legal and political aspects of domestic violence and the cooperation between shelters and crisis centers with law-enforcement bodies. For more information on this event, please visit: http://www.ginsc.net/members/news_details_en.php?id=3759&sub=region&stat=active **UN Reform: what does it mean for women's rights?**. Amongst the many issues that form part of the United Nations” reform process is the advancement of human rights. Women's rights and gender equality advocates have to ensure that accountability to women's human rights is an integral part of the Reform process. Learn more about women's rights and the UN Reform process and take action now for stronger and more responsive gender architecture at the UN. http://www.awid.org/ -------------------------<<<>>>------------------------- 2. EVENTS **WIDE Annual Conference 2007: New aid, expanding trade: What do women have to say? **. Registration is now open for the WIDE Annual Conference to be held from 14 to 17 June 2007, Madrid, Spain. For further information please contact Louisa Antolin at e-mail: annualconference@wide-network.org To download the registration form, please visit: http://62.149.193.10/wide/download/Registration_Form.doc?id=350 **Women's Leadership Making a Difference on HIV and AIDS**. This International Women’s Summit (IWS) is being convened by the World YWCA in partnership with the International Community of Women Living with HIV and AIDS (ICW) and other international organizations. The Summit will take place on 4-7 July 2007, Nairobi, Kenya, in conjunction with the World Council meeting. For more information on this event and to download Programme Brochure, IWs flyer and Registration Information please visit: http://www.worldywca.info/index.php/ywca/world_council_07/iws_women_s_summit **Third Regional Seminar on Data Collection as a Prerequisite for Effective Policies to Combat Violence Against Women**. This is Regional Seminar is the third event organized by the Council of Europe (CoE) under its 2007 Campaign to Combat (Domestic) Violence Against Women. The Seminar will be held on 5 July 2007, Lisbon, Portugal. http://www.coe.int/t/DC/CAMPAIGN/CALENDARS/calendar_Domestic_en.asp#Juin **4th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights - “Exploring New Frontiers in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights”**. This Conference will be held on 29-31 October 2007, in Hyderabad, India. The objective of this Conference is to enhance the understanding of rights-based programming on sexual and reproductive rights in the Asia-Pacific region, to develop newer discourses in addressing sexual and reproductive health needs for young people, and to engage multiple stakeholders in advocacy to highlight the importance of reproductive health in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. For more information, please visit: http://www.4apcrsh.org -------------------------<<<>>>------------------------- 3. NEW PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS/ARTICLES AND/OR WEBSITES **Mairin Iwanka Raya: Indigenous Women Stand against Violence**. The International Indigenous Women’s Forum (IIWF) prepared this companion report to the Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Women, in order to explore the many manifestations of violence against indigenous women and recommending strategies to combat it. It also aims to bridge persistent gaps between the global women's movement and the international Indigenous movement by proposing an Indigenous conception of gendered violence. For more information and to download the Report in pdf format please visit: http://indigenouswomensforum.org/intadvocacy/vaiwreport.html http://indigenouswomensforum.org/vaiwreport06.pdf **Website – International Indigenous Women’s Forum - IIWF/FIMI**. The International Indigenous Women's Forum announces the updating of its website both in English and Spanish. The website presents IIWF/FIMI's mission, the history of the organization as well as the history of the Indigenous Women's Movement. The website offers a section reporting on recent and ongoing programmes that focus on indigenous women’s rights, promotes collaboration between the Indigenous women's movement and the non-Indigenous global women's movement, and provides information on international advocacy programmes in which the IIWF/FIMI participates. http://indigenouswomensforum.org/ **Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) in Practice: a Training Manual**. This training manual produced by UNFPA/UNIFEM and authored by Debbie Budlender and Nisreen Alami is aimed at capacity building in the application of gender budget analysis. The manual seeks to build understanding of GRB as a tool for promoting gender equity, accountability to women's rights, and efficiency and transparency in budget policies and processes. To view the training manual and CD Rom of handouts and annexes: http://www.unifem.org/attachments/products/GRBinPractice_TrainingManual_eng.pdf **Targeting women: the forgotten victims of the conflict**. This Amnesty International (AI) report reveals the extent of sexual violence perpetrated against women and girls during the current conflict in Cote d'Ivoire, and points out that the attacks are vastly underestimated. Many women and girls are gang-raped or abducted, or forced into sexual slavery by fighters and to the knowledge of AI the perpetrators have not been brought to justice. AI makes recommendations aimed at eliminating sexual and gender violence, provision of assistance to victims, measures to end impunity and stopping the proliferation of weapons used to commit acts of violence and human rights violations. The report is available online at: http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engafr310012007 **GAPS report on involving men in the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security**. This Report produced by Womankind and prepared by Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS), an expert group of peace and development NGOs, academics and grassroots peacebuilders, and is based on a GAPS event hosted by the High Commission for Canada on 13 March 2007. The report focuses on involving men in the implementation of SCR 1325, and in making broader efforts to build sustainable peace. Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/fulltext/GAPS%20report.pdf **Women and Conflict: An Introductory Guide for Programming**. This guide, produced by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) describes the ways in which conflict and fragility may increase gender inequities and suggests programming approaches that address these issues while building on the strengths of women. The guide aims to both raise awareness among USAID Mission employees of issues surrounding women and conflict, and to assist USAID by integrating conflict and gender concerns. Available online at: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross -------------------------<<<>>>------------------------- 4. CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS/PARTICIPATION **Gender and Development**. This journal aims to share learning and insights from people who have experience in development work. The primary aim is to support development work which promotes gender equality and women's rights. The March 2008 issue will look at gender, development, and rural livelihoods, addressing issues focusing on rural development projects and their impact on women and gender. The deadline for submitting proposals is 29 May 2007 and commissioned articles should be completed by 28 August 2007. For more information, please visit: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/issues/gender/gad/index.htm **Gender and Transitional Justice**. The International Journal of Transitional Justice invites submissions for an upcoming thematic issue on 'Gender and Transitional Justice'. This issue will be jointly co-edited by Justice Navi Pillay of the International Criminal Court and will be published in November 2007. The deadline for submissions is 15 June 2007. Articles can be submitted online from the journal's home page: http://oxford-journals.msgfocus.com/c/15a7nlDFeZvSonT which also contains full submission guidelines and instructions. http://ijtj.oxfordjournals.org/ http://www.oxfordjournals.org/ijtj/about.html **Collected Volume on Women's Lives, Gender Relations and State Policy in Central and Eastern Europe under State Socialism**. Scholars working on gender and socialism in Central and Eastern Europe are invited to submit a 500-word abstract of an essay for a collected volume examining post-89 approaches to the study, research and analysis of women's lives and issues of gender under state socialism. The deadline for the submission is 15 June 2007. For information on the conditions for the submission of papers, application procedure, please visit: http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/CREES/archives/2007/05/cfp_womens_live.html **Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies**. The Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (JMEWS) invites graduate students to submit research papers for consideration as the JMEWS Bi-Annual Best Graduate Student Essay. The winning entry will be published in the Winter 2008 issue of JMEWS. The Journal is published three times a year by Indiana University Press. For information on Submission Guidelines, contributors’ style guide, contact information, please visit: http://inscribe.iupress.org/page/journal/submission.jsp?pageType=submission&journalCode=mew http://inscribe.iupress.org/loi/mew jmews@women.ucla.edu Submissions should be sent to the managing editor at: jmews@women.ucla.edu. **The Women's Fund for Peace and Human Rights**. This Award focuses on the global promotion of women's human rights and peace affecting the past, present, and future. The Yayori Award calls upon women activists, journalists, and artists (individuals or groups) who work at the grassroots level with socially marginalized peoples in order to create a 21st century free from war and discrimination against women. The deadline for Nominations is 30 June 2007. For more information please visit: http://www.wfphr.org/yayori/English/top.html **GenderIT Call for Writers**. This call for contributions is issued specifically for advocates, journalists, bloggers, researchers, and people from the Africa region and Arab world working in the field of gender, development and/or ICT policies. For information on requirements for participation, priority areas, the issues to be covered, deadline and indications for forwarding contributions please visit: http://www.witt-project.net/article400.html http://www.genderIT.org http://www.apcwomen.org **10th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women - New Frontiers: Dares and Advancements**. This international event will be held at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, on 3 - 9 July, 2008. Women's Worlds Congress 2008 is open to proposals in ALL fields and themes related to women, gender and sexuality in contemporary societies, as well as to the historical aspect. Some thematic guidelines have been established to facilitate the classification of proposals for the congress final program. The deadline for the presentation of contributions is 28 February 2008. For complete information on the presentation of proposals, please visit: http://www.mmww08.org/index.cfm?accion=inicio&nav_id=14&offset=1&pagina=&&idioma=eng http://www.mmww08.org/index.cfm?nav_id=14 http://www.mmww08.org/index.cfm?idioma=eng http://www.mmww08.org/index.cfm?nav_id=13 -------------------------<<<>>>------------------------- 5. GRANT/FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES **Yayori Award**. The Yayori Award (the Women's Human Rights Activities Award) is granted to women activists, journalists and artists (individuals or groups) who work at the grassroots level with socially marginalized peoples with the objective of creating a 21st century free from war and discrimination against women. For the submission of candidates, please find more information and nomination forms at: http://ww.wfphr.org/yayori/English/top.html -------------------------<<<>>>------------------------- 6. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES **Technical Officer - Grade: P4 - Vacancy Notice No: HQ/07/FCH/TA190**. The World Health Organization seeks a Technical officer for temporary appointment during an 11-month period to be assigned at Family and Community Health (FCH)/Gender, Women and Health (GWH) Department, with Geneva, Switzerland as duty station. The deadline for application is 19 May 2007. For information on the description of duties, required qualifications, salary, please visit WHO's e-Recruitment website at: http://ww.who.int/employment https://erecruit.who.int/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?o_c=1000&jobinfo_uid_c=16858&vaclng=en **Program Assistant – CIDA Internship**. AWID is seeking to hire a CIDA-sponsored intern to support two of our initiatives: Young Feminist Activism Program, and Feminist Responses to HIV and AIDS Initiative. The internship is an opportunity for a passionate young woman to gain exposure and professional experience working at progressive international women's rights organization. The scope of the intern's work will be international, and not local or regional in nature. For more information, please visit: http://www.awid.org/go.php?pg=cida_program_assistant **Gender Budgeting Expert**. Kvinnoforum is looking for a Spanish speaking gender budgeting expert for 4-6 short term assignments to Ecuador during a three year period. The deadline for the submission of CVs is 21 May 2007. Please contact: ulf.farnsveden@kvinnoforum.se http://www.qweb.kvinnoforum.se **Online Communications and Fundraising Coordinator**. MADRE seeks a technologically-minded and committed women’s rights activist to coordinate and improve the organization’s web-based communications and fundraising systems. For more information on responsibilities, required qualifications, experience, please visit: http://www.madre.org/about/onlinejobposting.html Please send a resume and cover letter to frontdeskapps_2007@yahoo.com -------------------------<<<>>>-------------------------

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