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Women,
Peace and Security Calendar
2008
2008 Calendar Index
October
WIDE Annual Conference
2008: ´Feminist Visions for a Just Europe´
09-11 October, 2008, The Hague, The Netherlands
This year´s conference will be hosted by WO=MEN, the Dutch
Gender Platform, and is expected to convene at least 200 delegates
representing the unique triangle of women living and working in
the ´West, East and South´. Its general aim is to examine
Europe´s role (and responsibilities) in the world, viewed
through the lens of women´s rights and gender justice.
´Feminist Visions for a Just Europe´is a three-day conference
designed to usher in a logical build-up in this collective feminist
exercise to foresee justice. Each day is structured to meet concrete
goals:
Day 1: Feminisms in Europe Today -Reflections
Day 2: Europe´s Role in the World through the Lens of Women´s
Rights and Gender Justice - Challenges and Opportunities
Day 3: Building a Feminist Future through a Just Europe - Strategies
and Alliances
For further enquiries and indications of interest (or confirmation)
in participating in the WIDE Annual Conference 2008, please write
to:
WIDE Annual Conference 2008
WO=MEN, Dutch Gender Platform
Email: wideconference2008@wo-men.nl
For more information on the Conference, please click HERE
IPT Specialisation Course women in armed conflict
October 12-24, 2008, Burg, Austria
Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR)
Deadline for application August 1, 2008
It is the overall objective of
this course to prepare experts who work already or plan to work
in (post) conflict zones for focusing on gender issues, either in
relation to the situation and role of women affected by armed conflict
or within the peacekeeping operation. The course aims at the focused
preparation of experts who want to become specialized in topics
such as the impact of war on women, gender analysis and the application
of gender (mainstreaming) in project management, women's contributions
to conflict resolution, DDR, humanitarian assistance, reconciliation
efforts, peace processes etc. as well as gender sensitive approaches
and their implementation in peace missions.
This course will offer the opportunity
of a recruitement interview with United Nations Volunteers (UNV).
The course fee is 1.260,- €
per two weeks including half-board accommodation. Scholarships are
available for applicants from non-OECD states.
For more information please contact Ms. Silvia Polster
Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR),
Rochusplatz 1, A-7461 Stadtschlaining/Austria
phone: +43-3355-2498
fax: +43-3355-2662
mail: ipt@aspr.ac.at
www.aspr.ac.at/ipt.htm
For more information, please click
here
To download application form, please click here
THe Third Global Congress of Women
in Politics and Governance: Focus on Gender and Governance
October 19-22, 2008, Dusit
Hotel, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
The overall purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for
women legislators, and women in decision-making and environment
organizations at all levels, in formulating gender-responsive legislation
and policies.
For more information, please click
HERE
The 2nd
New Arab Woman Forum
23 - 24 October, 2008
Intercontinental Phoenicia Hotel, Beirut - Lebanon
Following up on the overwhelming success of the first New Arab Woman
Forum that was held in Dubai on October 21-22, 2007 the second yearly
forum will take a closer look at the evolving role and position
of Arab women in the face of remaining challenges, and how these
challenges are being, or can be, overcome.
For this purpose, the forum is organized under two main and meaningful
headings, with the first day devoted entirely to the question of
women and leadership in politics, business and society generally,
and the second to the broader concept of the meaning of womanhood
and feminism in the Arab world in its various attributes, activities
and implications.
The New Arab Woman Forum is organized by Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Group
and Al Hasnaa Magazine the leading Arab women's magazine since it
was first published in 1909. As in the first forum, the 2008 forum
will bring together a distinguished group of speakers and participants
from both genders, but including first ladies, women ministers and
public officials, business leaders, social scientists, writers and
journalists, artists and actresses, heads of NGOs and other social
institutions, and other personalities and activists.
Ms. Rana Kassem
Project Coordinator
Tel: + 961-1-780200
Email: rana.kassem@iktissad.com
For more information, please click
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