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INSTRAW News / Noticias del INSTRAW / Nouvelles de INSTRAW E-Newsletter Mid June 2007 Table of Contents 1. NEWS 2. EVENTS 3. NEW PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS/ARTICLES/WEBSITES 4. CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS 5. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 1. NEWS **Religion and Women’s Human Rights**. The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) and the National Council of German Women’s Organizations (the German coordination for EWL) held a seminar on women and religions on 18 May 2007 in Potsdam, Germany. The aim of the seminar was to have a dialogue about the role of religions in Europe and in particular their influence on women’s rights and life. Other issues that were discussed during the seminar were the integration of migrants, late abortion and childcare. For more information please visit: http://www.womenlobby.org/site/hp.asp?langue=EN Link to the EWL position paper Religion and Women’s Human Rights. European Women’s Lobby - Lobby européen des femmes E-mail: struthers@womenlobby.org ** Women in Parliament – Finland**. In recent parliamentary elections in Finland the number of women in parliament increased significantly from 75 to 84 among the 200 members. It makes 42 % and thus Finland is the third country after Rwanda and Sweden in the statistics on the proportion of women in the parliaments of Inter Parliamentary Union. Of a total of 20 members in Finland’s Parliament, 12 are women and 8 are men, making it the cabinet with the highest proportion of women in the world. Source of information: NEWW-Polska http://www.neww.org.pl/en.php/news/news/1.html?&nw=3687&re=2 -------------------------<<<>>>------------------------- 2. EVENTS **Grassroots Academy in Latin America and the Caribbean**. Grassroots women leaders from rural and urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean will meet in this event from 1-4 August 2007 in Lima, Peru. The objective of the meeting is to network, share their experiences, knowledge and skills on political issues such as: securing rights and access to land, economic empowerment, sustainable agriculture, community organizing and mobilization methods, and making cities safer for women. Participation in this event is limited and by invitation only. For more information, please visit: http://www.huairou.org/knowledge/events/2007_lagwia.html#english **Gender Learning and ICT**. This Symposium, which will be held on 23-25 August 2007 in Helsingborg, Sweden, is being organized by the research network Gender and Equity in the field of Learning and IT – GLIT. It is open to all researchers, doctoral students and others who are interested in the intersecting research areas of Gender, Learning and IT. For more information, please access the link below: http://www.upc.umu.se/pdf/Invitation_Symposium_on_Gender.pdf E-mail: Sara.Goodman@genus.lu.se **Female Labor Migration in Globalizing Asia: Translocal/Transnational Identities and Agencies**. This workshop is jointly organized by the Asia Research Institute and Asian Metacentre for Population and Sustainable Development Analysis, National University of Singapore, and will be held on 13-14 September 2007 in Singapore. The workshop aims to explore the mutual interactions of global and local discourses and practices on female migration and labor in Asia, particularly in Southeast Asia and China. For more information please visit: http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/events_categorydetails.asp?categoryid=6&eventid=613 E-mail: arisss@nus.edu.sg, ariamg@nus.edu.sg – Contact: Ms SUNDARAY Shamala, Dr GAETANO Arianne **Mapping Global Inequality - University of California – University of California (UC) Atlas**. This UC Atlas Project Global Inequality Conference will be held on 13-14 December, 2007 at the University of California, Santa Cruz, California. The aim of the conference is to expand the debate on the implications of globalization for poverty and inequality to other areas such as health inequalities, migration, the digital divide and globalization as well as a broader perspective on material inequality. For more information on the conference topics, workshops, keynote speakers, submission of papers and the deadline for their presentation, please visit: http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/flyer.html E-mail: bencrow@ucsc.edu, Ben Crow, Sociology Department, University of California Santa Cruz -------------------------<<<>>>------------------------- 3. NEW PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS/ARTICLES AND/OR WEBSITES **Equal Rights, Equal Voices--Migrant Women in the European Union**. This publication is the result of a public seminar organized by the European Women’s Lobby entitled “Equal Rights, Equal Voices – Migrant women in the European Union” which was held on 20-21 January 2007, Brussels, Belgium. This seminar brought together for the first time migrant women leaders and activists from all EU Member States. For more information, please visit: http://www.stopvaw.org/New_Publication_Equal_Rights_Equal_Voices--Migrant_Women_in_the_European_Union.html **Responding to Domestic Violence: A Handbook for the Uganda Police Force**. The Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP) and the Uganda Police Force have been working as partners for the past six years in the prevention of domestic violence. Together they have improved police response, developed standardized protocols for officers handling cases of domestic violence, and strengthened the capacity of police to effectively respond to the problem of domestic violence at the police stations. This handbook is the result of their collaboration. To see a copy of the handbook, go to: http://www.preventgbvafrica.org/Downloads/PoliceHandbook.CEDOVIP.pdf **Gender and Trade Action Guide: A training resource for development work**. The links between gender, trade and development are increasingly being recognised by policy-makers, non-governmental organisations and development agencies. This publication was developed out of a series of regional workshops and explores the different impacts of trade on women and men. It provides practical guidelines on how to use trade opportunities to further development, alleviate poverty and promote gender equality. It also suggests ways to get gender on to the international trade agenda. The book can be used by trainers or for self-study. Available online: http://www.thecommonwealth.org/news/165330/120607newbook.htm (Source: www.developmentgateway.org) **Web page: Women in National Parliaments, 2007**. Learn about the data compiled by the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) based on the information submitted by national parliaments on the participation rates of women in national parliaments around the world. It provides world and regional averages, broken down by total number of Members of Parliament for Upper and Lower Houses, further broken down by gender. Also available is a link to an archive of statistical data on women in National Parliaments. For more information, please visit: http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/world.htm -------------------------<<<>>>------------------------- 4. CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS/PARTICIPATION **Second Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI)-2007-2009**. The Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF), the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) and the Network of East-West Women (NEWW) announce a call for applications for the second WHRTI for 2007-2009. This two-year series of workshops bring together the same group of participants over the course of the training. The goal is to strengthen the ability of lawyers from Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltic States and the Caucasus to litigate cases concerning women’s human rights, at the national, regional and international levels through the development of feminist legal analysis and litigation skills, cross-border cooperation, and networking. The deadline for applications is 30 June 2007. For more information on the sessions, requirements for participants, please visit: http://www.neww.org.pl/en.php/news/news/1.html?&nw=3626&re=4 **Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)**. Invites short, personal reflective articles from activists, researchers and students for WLUML’s forthcoming newsletter to be published in July 2007. For information on the topics for the articles, guidelines and example of an article, please visit: http://www.wluml.org/english/newsfulltxt.shtml?cmd[157]=x-157-554030 Entries must be submitted by 3 July 2007 to e-mail: pubs@wluml.org. The subject line should read: REFLECTIONS **New York University (NYU) Center for European and Mediterranean Studies**. The Gender and Transition Workshop at NYU invites speakers to submit proposals for talks for the academic year 2007-2008. For more information on the topics to be covered, participants, please visit: http://www.neww.org.pl/pipermail/neww-members/2006-July/000031.html To present a talk for this workshop, please e-mail the co-moderators: Sonia Jaffe Robbins, sjr5@nyu.edu, and Nanette Funk, nanfunk@earthlink.net **International Conference on Gender Responsive Budgeting and Social Justice**. The Nordic/Baltic Network on Gender Responsive Budgeting calls for contributions for an international conference on gender responsive budgeting to be held on 10-11 January 2008, at Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania. The main theme of the conference will be the normative basis for gender budgeting. In addition to the plenary sessions, there will be separate sessions to launch the three proposed Nordic/Baltic working groups on tax, welfare benefits, and labour market issues. The date for the submission of abstracts is 15 October 2007. For more information please visit: http://www.oekonomi.uio.no/grb/Callfor.pdf http://www.oekonomi.uio.no/grb/ Abstracts of papers must be sent to: genderbud@econ.uio.no -------------------------<<<>>>------------------------- 5. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES **Technical Coordinator: Regional Programme on Gender Responsive Budget Initiatives**. UNIFEM seeks a professional to technically coordinate the programme “Strengthening democratic governance at local level: Gender Responsive Budgets Initiatives in Latin America." To learn about the responsibilities of the post, competencies, and required skills and experience please visit: http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?job_id=1962

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