Women, Peace and Security Calendar
2008

2008 Calendar Index

november

THE FUTURE OF ASIAN FEMINISMS CONFRONTING FUNDAMENTALISMS, CONFLICT AND NEOLIBERALISM
November 2-5, 2008, Bali, Indonesia
The Kartini Network for Women's/Gender Studies in Asia

Following the successful First Kartini Conference in Dalian, China, in 2004 this second Kartini conference will discuss the future of Asian feminisms assessing past experiences and charting new paths. One of the major foci will be successes or failures of legal campaigns in specific contexts.

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Coordination of Multi-Sectoral Response to Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Settings
November 3-14, 2008, Ghent, Belgium
International Centre for Reproductive Health and the United Nations Population Fund

This two-week intensive course is specifically designed to train qualified experts in gender-based violence (GBV) from various backgrounds in the coordination of multi-sectoral prevention of and response to GBV in humanitarian settings.

The organization of the course is a joint initiative of ICRH and UNFPA, supported by the Flemish Inter-University Council (VLIR), the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Sub-Working Group on Gender and Humanitarian Action and UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict.

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Mainstreaming Gender Equality: Concepts and Instruments
November 3-14, 2008, Turin, Italy
International Training Centre, Gender Coordination Unit

The course aims at promoting gender equality in the world of work, by introducing participants to gender concepts, and moreover by providing them with anadaptable set of conceptual and information tools tobring gender equality concerns into the mainstreamof labour-related development activities and in their everyday work, whether it be in a trade union,entrepreneurial, governmental or non-governmentalenvironment.

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The 11th AWID International Forum on Women's Rights and Development
November 14-17, 2008, Cape Town, South Africa
The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)

The International Forum on Women's Rights and Development is both a conference and a call to action. The AWID Forum brings together women's rights leaders and activists from around the world every three years to strategize, network, celebrate, and learn in a highly charged atmosphere that fosters deep discussions and sustained personal and professional growth.

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An Introduction to Gender Budgeting in Organizations and Institutions
November 17-21, 2008, Turin, Italy
International Training Centre, Gender Coordination Unit

Gender budget analysis helps governments and organizations understand the impact of policies, where adjustment can be made, and where resources need to be reallocated to address poverty and gender inequalities. Gender responsive budgeting is based on the analysis of the impact of expenditure and revenue on women and girls as compared to men and boys and provide a policy and planning document. Participants in this five-day workshop will analyze gender responsive budgeting as a strategic tool to boast gender equality mainstreaming in economic planning and financial management.

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Women, Peace and Conflict - One Day Conference
November 17,2008, Dublin, Ireland
Joint Consortium on Gender Based Violence

A one day conference exploring how United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 can address the impact of armed conflict on women and ensure that women are central to conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict resolution and peace-building.

Keynote speaker: Ms Mary Robinson, Director of the Ethical Globalisation Initiative and Special Advisor to the Joint Consortium on Gender Based Violence

Places for this event are limited. For more information and for the application, please click here

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