Women, Peace and Security Calendar
2008

2008 Calendar Index

july

Feminist Leadership and Movement Building Advocacy Institute
September 22-26, 2008, Entebbe, Uganda
Application & Documentation Due July 28, 2008

The Feminist Leadership and Movement Building Advocacy Institute is a week-long workshop to strengthen feminist leadership, strategies and collective power of young African women for their voices and demands to be visible and impactful from the community to the highest levels of decision-making. The Institute will take place just after the African Feminist Forum. This process will mobilize pre-existing organizing resources of women and help young feminist leaders fulfill their potential in strengthening movements for social transformation led by young African women. The institute will also explore concrete strategies to strengthen links between movements to advance women's human rights more collectively.

For more information and for the application, please click here

Gender Equality Programming In Humanitarian Action
ECOSOC Side Event: Humanitarian Segment
Conference Room 6, United Nations, New York
July 16, 2008 8:30 – 9:45 am
Making a Difference by Improving Program Effectiveness: Gender Equality Programming in Humanitarian Action

Panel Members
Kathleen Cravero
Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery - UNDP
David Shearer
DSRSG/Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator, UNAMI - Iraq
Susan Eckey
Deputy Director General, Section for Humanitarian Affairs,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Rebecca Pearl
Coordinator, Global Gender and Climate Alliance

Women's Worlds 2008: 10th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Equality: No Utopia, New Frontiers: Dares and Advancements
July 3-9, 2008, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

undos de Mujeres / Women's Worlds 2008 is open to proposals in ALL fields and themes related to women, gender and sexuality in contemporary societies, as well as historical appraoches. The special emphas is on two central themes: violence and migrations, but these themes are by no means the only ones to be addressed at the conference. MMWW08 organizers would like to receive a wide variety of proposals in ALL fields of knowledge and working areas.

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: February 28th, 2008

For more information please, click HERE

5th Women Take Back the Night in South Korea!
July 4, 2008, 6:30pm, Naminsa madang, Seoul, South Korea (and many other cities in Korea)

Women Take Back the Night is an international event, with marches and rallies occurring around the world since 1976. In that year, in Belgium, women attending the International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women walked together holding candles to protest the ways in which violence permeates the lives of women worldwide.

In South Korea, we had a first national protest in 2004. At that time the consecutive murder incident against women was occurred. So through the catchphrase of “Under the moon light, Women Take Back the Night” we raised a question about sexual violence against women and the attitudes of mass media.

2008, this year, we will have 5th Women Take Back the Night. In this time we hope to make solidarity with Asia women. We invite you gladly.

If you want to be with us, please send your supportive message. And show your brave and wisdom. We will deliever your message in the event and share your support with women in South Korea. We will be waiting for your response. Thank you very much.

Contact information:
Niya (Korea University Girls Students Association Committee)
E-mail: murffy@hanmail.net

For more information, please click HERE

IMOW "Extraordinary Voices, Extraordinary Change" Speaker Series:
A Provocative Evening with the "Bravest Woman in Afghanistan" : Malalai Joya
July 16, International Museum of Women (I.M.O.W.), San Francisco, CA

Malalai Joya sprang to fame in 2003 at age 25 for speaking out against the ex-Mujahideen leaders who dominated Afghanistan's historic constitutional assembly, of which she was an elected delegate. She was called a "prostitute" and an "infidel" for having the courage to speak her mind.

In 2005, Joya was elected to Afghanistan's national parliament, where as the youngest person elected, and one of the most popular, she continued to press her case for democracy and women's rights. However, in May of 2007 she was suspended for challenging her fellow representatives. Her suspension, currently being appealed, triggered international protest.

For more information and to purchase tickets, please click HERE

Women Leaders for the World-Leadership Training Program
July 19-27, 2008, Santa Clara University , Santa Clara , CA, United States at 09:00-10:35
Global Women's Leadership Network Leavey Schoool of Business

The Women Leaders' for the World program is designed for global transformational leaders, those with a vision to generate a change in the world. The program offers rigorous learning and training with like-minded visionary leaders. One focus is generating breakthroughs to shift the results of a project beyond the imagined. Breakthroughs make it possible for a leader to strategize and innovate in ways she never thought possible. Breakthroughs invite the leader to engage in the practice of anticipating the world and perceiving it in a fresh perspective.

For more information, please click HERE

Engendering Leadership Through Research & Practice, Gender, Work & Organization
July 22-24, 2008, University of Western Australia (UWA) Business School, Perth, Western Australia

The overall aim of this international conference is to generate new thinking about gender and leadership by providing a creative forum for interaction between leadership scholars, researchers, practitioners and policy makers from across the world.

Registration will open early in February 2008. Abstracts of 500 words are due by February 15, 2008; papers of 3000-5000 words are due by May 30, 2008

For more information, please click HERE

Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Program
Session I: Early July – mid-September; application deadline: 1 December
Session II: Mid-January – mid-April; application deadline: 1 July
Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand

Rotary is accepting applications for a fellowship that teaches peace-making and conflict resolution to professionals committed to international understanding.
This three-month program provides an intensive English-language study opportunity and includes gender related topics (Women in Peacebuilding and Gender and Peacebuilding)

For more information, please click HERE

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