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Passports to Progress
ICRW's 35th Anniversary Discussion Series

Join ICRW Oct. 19 at The National Press Club for a conversation on how building the capacity of women to earn a living can drive global economic growth.

“Women: An Emerging Market”
A Conversation on Women’s Economic Advancement

 

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Moderator:
Katty Kay, Anchor, BBC World News
 
Panelists:
Nemat (Minouche) Shafik, Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
 
Gayle Smith, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director at the National Security Council
 
Anju Malhotra, Vice President, Research, Innovation and Impact, ICRW

 
When:
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011
6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Reception at 6 p.m. Hour-long panel discussion begins at 7 p.m., followed by dessert.
 
Where:
The National Press Club
529 14th Street NW, 13th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20045
 
Tickets are $50 each and include admission to the event, hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and dessert.

Parking is available at PMI Parking Garage located at 1325 G Street, NW.

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For more information, contact Ciara Masterson at 202.742.1239
 or cmasterson@icrw.org

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Norway's new strategic plan on Women, Peace and Security

This new strategic plan on women, peace and security is intended to put Norway in a better position to enhance women’s influence and participation and strengthen the protection of women during armed conflicts.  Norway was one of the first countries to develop a national plan for implementing SCR 1325. As a result of Norway’s efforts four additional resolutions have been adopted.  This new strategic plan highlights areas to be given particular  priority and provides a framework for improving reporting and accountability. The main objective of the plan is to strengthen the participation of women in peace and security efforts.

http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/UD/Vedlegg/FN/Kvinner_likestilling/sr1325_strategic_planE880E_web.pdf

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GENDER EQUALITY: Why involving men is crucial


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GENDER EQUALITY: Why involving men is crucial

NAIROBI/KAMPALA, 3 October 2011 (IRIN) - The involvement of men is key to the success of the gender-equality movement, but changing long-held social structures and convincing men of the importance of equal opportunities for women will not happen overnight, experts say.

"Men giving up their superior position is akin to acting out of the normative or prescribed way and [means men can be] ridiculed for acting differently - not like men," Maria Magezi, programme officer with the NGO, Akina Mama wa Afrika, told IRIN in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. "This also means that men will feel as if some kind of power is being taken away from them and the normal thing is to fight to restore their position and power."

A new report by the NGO, Plan International, says gender equality cannot be achieved unless men and boys are convinced of the importance of equal opportunities for women and girls.

"Policies alone can't do it - we need to start looking for ways to engage boys and men so that they start to see the value in equal opportunities for girls," said Edith Wanjohi, gender advisor for Plan's regional office in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

According to Plan, when it comes to gender equality, men generally fall into three categories: those who acknowledge that women and girls deserve equal rights but fear that boys will lose out if girls are allowed to enjoy these rights; those who do not believe in equal rights - the largest group; and those who believe in equality and put these beliefs into action - the smallest group.

A Plan survey of more than 4,000 adolescent children in India, Rwanda and the United Kingdom found that boys were often conditioned to have negative attitudes towards women. Some 65 percent of respondents from Rwanda and India totally or partially agreed with the statement that "a woman should tolerate violence in order to keep her family together". More than 60 percent of children interviewed in India agreed that "if resources are scarce it is better to educate a boy instead of a girl".

Include men in programming

"The cost of not working with boys and young men is that programmes and policies [working] with young women and girls will continue to come up against the barrier of male power and expectations, structures and beliefs that benefit men over women," the authors state. "The price that will be paid is simple: the continuing disempowerment of girls and young women down the generations – and the restriction of boys and young men to traditional 'male' roles."

As a result of the women-centred approach of gender programmes over the years, men have largely been sidelined in the discussion and have often felt alienated by the sometimes confrontational approach taken by gender activism.

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If a boy sees his father treating his sisters and mother with respect, he will pick up on it; if he sees his father beating his mother up, there's a much higher chance that he too will be abusive
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"At international gender meetings - from Beijing to the UN - the vast majority of participants are women... we are preaching to the converted; not involving those who have the power to change things means you can't achieve the change you want," said Gezahegn Kebede, Plan's regional director.

Plan recommends involving men in the policy-making, implementation and activism around gender equality.

"Though gender equality is being pushed for, to an extent there has been failure by the implementers or advocates of gender equality to actually transform the institutions where this happens, which means that work is being done on the surface in the name of gender equality but in actual sense the root causes - such as patriarchy - are not being tackled, which makes the struggle unfruitful and has led to many projects... to being women-only projects," said Akina Mama Wa Afrika's Magezi.

Plan's report notes that by excluding men from the gender agenda, young boys also feel alienated by the gender message; the report quotes a research project led by the Institute of Education in London, which quoted an example of a participant of the Girls Education Movement in South Africa, who "was working with school kids from 15 to 19 years and talking about the girl child. There was booing from the boys."

Back to basics

Real change must start at home. "If a boy sees his father treating his sisters and mother with respect, he will pick up on it; if he sees his father beating his mother up, there's a much higher chance that he too will be abusive," said Wanjohi.

She noted that schools, religious institutions and other key areas of society must also be involved in ensuring men and boys understand their role in improving the lives of women.

"Despite the positive developments towards attitudes regarding girls' education, gender roles back at home that put too much pressure on the girls makes the whole environment unfavourable to girls," Celestine Magero, a teacher at a Nairobi school, told IRIN. "When a girl gets back home, she has to do house chores before settling down to read. Girls from poor backgrounds miss many school days, for example, during their menstrual cycle, because they can hardly afford sanitary pads."

The report found that engaging men in women's rights programmes gave them much-needed momentum; Wanjohi said involving male cultural leaders in Kenya in efforts to end female genital mutilation had had positive effects.

Resistance

Changing long-held views will take time, as many men continue to resist change. "The role of a woman in the society is to be a man's helper. That is the way things are supposed to be when you look at it culturally and even from a religious point of view," said Julius Mueni, a Nairobi preacher. "It is not bad to give women opportunities but to say they should be equal to men is an impossible dream."

Mueni says given limited resources, his male children would always get priority.

And many women still adhere to antiquated notions of gender roles and pass these on to their children. "I train my male children to always act strong because that is what society expects from them and that is what I believe in," said Helen Omamo, a 37-year-old mother of four girls and two boys. "I can't send a boy child to the kitchen yet I have a girl child watching television.

"Equally I can't stomach my boy coming home crying that another boy has beaten him - let him retaliate," she added. "My children have learned to accept that. If you train a girl to be abrasive, then you are training somebody who cannot be married."

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Gender Updates

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October 6, 2011

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GENDER UPDATES

EVENTS 

Brown Bag Event: Exploring the Social Inclusion Approach

When: Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 12:30-2:00 PM

Where: The Centre for Development and Population Activities 1120 20th Street, Suite 720 South Building Washington, D.C.

Please join CEDPA in a discussion exploring the pros and cons of using a gender and social inclusion approach versus a solely gender approach for the advancement of women. In the past few years, CEDPA has been moving towards adopting a gender and social inclusion approach to empowering women and girls worldwide. CEDPA recognizes that while there are practical and strategic benefits of using a gender and social inclusion approach, there are also some conceptual complications accompanying the approach, and that adopting such an approach risks minimizing gender as a form of social exclusion. Please join us for a lively discussion on these different approaches.

Please RSVP by October 7 to rsvp@cedpa.org.

RESOURCES

The New eAtlas of Gender
World Bank

The new World Bank eAtlas of Gender, the latest in a suite of user-friendly, interactive electronic atlases, allows users to map and graph dozens of gender-related indicators-including wages and earnings, mean age at first marriage, maternal leave benefits, school enrollment rates, violence against women and more-over time and across countries. It allows users to see how a country fares on several dimensions of well-being and empowerment. Simply click on an indicator after a keyword search and a world map appears, showing the latest data for more than 200 economies.


With this eAtlas, you can:

* Map dozens of World Bank indicators worldwide

* Compare and view two maps simultaneously

* Animate maps to show change over time

* View all data in ranking tables and charts alongside maps

* Export maps and data for use in presentations and more

* Import your own data.

PUBLICATIONS 

Use of hormonal Contraceptives and Risk of HIV-1 Transmission: a Prospective Cohort Study
The Lancent Infectious Diseases, October 4, 2011

Background Hormonal contraceptives are used widely but their effects on HIV-1 risk are unclear. We aimed to assess the association between hormonal contraceptive use and risk of HIV-1 acquisition by women and HIV-1 transmission from HIV-1-infected women to their male partners.

Interpretation Women should be counseled about potentially increased risk of HIV-1 acquisition and transmission with hormonal contraception, especially injectable methods, and about the importance of dual protection with condoms to decrease HIV-1 risk. Non-hormonal or low-dose hormonal contraceptive methods should be considered for women with or at-risk for HIV-1.

Editorial: Hormonal Contraception and HIV: an unanswered question
The Lancet Infectious Diseases Charles S Morrison a, Kavita Nanda a a Clinical Sciences, FHI 360, October 4, 2011

Most of the 16 million women currently living with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa, where 60% of HIV infections occur in women. A high proportion of women in this region also use hormonal contraception, especially injectable depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA). Since the first report of increased HIV acquisition in women taking oral contraceptives, whether hormonal contraception increases the risk of HIV acquisition remains a crucial unanswered question.

USAID communication to the field: USAID response to new findings on hormonal contraception and HIV acquisition in uninfected women and HIV transmission from infected women to male partners
Sent to USAID Missions by Scott Radloff, Director, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, August 5, 2011

Results from an unpublished new analysis1 presented at the 2011 International AIDS Society conference in Rome suggested that using certain methods of hormonal contraception (HC) (particularly injectable contraception) may double the risk of HIV acquisition in a previously uninfected woman, and may also double the risk that an HIV-infected woman will transmit HIV to a previously uninfected male sexual partner. In addition, HC appeared to be associated with higher levels of genital HIV viral load, which the investigators suggest may explain why HC appears to have increased HIV transmission from women to men.

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Gender News Clips

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October 7, 2011

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GENDER NEWS CLIPS

Global: Tawakul Karman, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee Win Nobel Peace Prize

The Washington Post, Friday, October 7, 2011

 

Three women were jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their contributions to the ongoing struggle for democracy in Yemen and to peace in Liberia.Yemeni opposition leader Tawakkul Karman, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee were hailed as deeply courageous and visionary leaders who have peacefully sparked reform in societies usually dominated by men.

Nigeria: Educate Your Children on Reproductive Health
Nigerian Tribune
, Friday, October 7, 2011

Executive Secretary, Primary Health care Development Board, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, has advised parents to take the primary responsibility of educating their children on reproductive health.

Global: Gender Equality Why Involving Men is Crucial
IRIN
, Monday, October 3, 2011

The involvement of men is key to the success of the gender-equality movement, but changing long-held social structures and convincing men of the importance of equal opportunities for women will not happen overnight, experts say.

Global: Women, Children Malnourished in Gender Violence-hit Families
The International News, Sunday, October 2, 2011

Research has proved that women and children are more malnourished in a household where any kind of physical and psychological gender based violence (GBV) is committed as compared to a household with no GBV.

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Event Oct 26: Corporations Supporting Women and Girls:

See below.

 

From: Sarah Tansey [mailto:stansey@modernizeaid.net]
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 12:49 PM
To: Sarah Tansey
Subject: MFAN Partner Events: 10/18; Women Thrive Worldwide - Corporations Supporting Women and Girls, 10/26

 

   
 

Join Us for a Special Event 

 

Gender Roundtable

Wednesday, October 26th
3:30-5:30pm
FHI 360 North Building
1875 Connecticut Avenue
The Board Room – Room 800

 

RSVP now

 

Dear Sarah ,

Women Thrive Worldwide invites you to an exciting Gender Roundtable event on October 26th:

Corporations Supporting Women and Girls:

Ethics, Efficiency, and Effectiveness

Featuring a distinguished panel of speakers:

  • Ritu Sharma, Co-Founder and President, Women Thrive Worldwide
  • Pradeep Ramamurthy, Deputy Counselor for Innovation, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Carol Grigsby, Senior Advisor, Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade (EGAT) Bureau, USAID
  • Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Company
  • Joan Libby Hawk, Special Advisor, Women's Empowerment Principles, UN Women and UN Global Compact

More international assistance than ever before is channeled to, through, and implemented in conjunction with corporations.  This expert panel will examine whether the private sector should subscribe to a set of standards or ethical guidelines for their engagement in women's and girls' global development, as private voluntary organizations do.  Or whether the private sector should be exempt when they are using their own funds.

Light refreshments will be served.

To RSVP for the event, please email Laura Tashjian at ltashjian@womenthrive.org.

Sincerely,

Seema Jalan
Director, Global Development Policy
Women Thrive Worldwide

*Please enter the FHI360 North Building at 1875 Connecticut Avenue and  take the elevator to the 8th floor. The Board Room/Room 800 is through  the double glass doors, adjacent to the set of stairs.

Women Thrive Worldwide
1825 Connecticut Ave NW • Suite 600 • Washington, D.C. 20009 • USA
(202) 884-8396 • thrive@womenthrive.orgwww.WomenThrive.org

 

 

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Africa: Non-Traditional Teaching Promoted for Girls

IPS, Tuesday, October 4, 2011

 

Making some simple, basic changes in education policy can result in many more girls attending school, experts said at a meeting here this week on Gender Equality in Education.

Africa: Contraceptive Used May Double Risk of H.I.V
The New York Times
, Monday, October 3, 2011

The most popular contraceptive for women in eastern and southern Africa, a hormone shot given every three months, appears to double the risk the women will become infected with H.I.V., according to a large study published Monday. And when it is used by H.I.V.-positive women, their male partners are twice as likely to become infected than if the women had used no contraception.

Global: The Freedom to Choose Your Pronoun
The New York Times
, Friday, September 30, 2011

Though Google created the "other" option for privacy reasons rather than as a transgender choice, young supporters of preferred gender pronouns (or P.G.P.'s as they are called) could not help but rejoice. Katy is one of a growing number of high school and college students who are questioning the gender roles society assigns individuals simply because they have been born male or female.

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GENDER
MATERNAL HEALTH
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MFAN Partner Event: ICRW - Solutions to End Child Marriage, 10/6

From: Sarah Tansey [mailto:stansey@modernizeaid.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:50 AM
To: Sarah Tansey
Subject: MFAN Partner Event: ICRW - Solutions to End Child Marriage, 10/6

Insight to Action: Solutions to End Child Marriage

There is increasing recognition that child marriage is a serious problem that violates girls’ human rights and hinders key development outcomes. The latest international estimates indicate that, worldwide, more than 60 million women aged 20-24 were married before they turned 18. As more resources and action are committed to addressing this issue, it becomes important to examine past efforts and how well they have worked.

  

In “Solutions to End Child Marriage,” ICRW summarizes a systematic review it conducted on child marriage prevention programs that have documented evaluations, and identifies 22 programs with viable solutions to delay or stop child marriage. At this Insight to Action seminar, the authors of the paper will discuss different strategies to prevent child marriage and which elements of each program are most successful. The speakers will explore the next steps in child marriage prevention programming, including how to find the correct balance between scale and sustainability and how to achieve the greatest impact.

This is a brown bag seminar, with drinks and light snacks provided. ICRW will be live-tweeting from the event using #childmarriage.

Please RSVP to Claire Viall at cviall@icrw.org or 202-742-1212.

Speakers:

Anju Malhotra, Vice President, Research, Innovation and Impact

Ann Warner, Gender and Policy Specialist

Susan Lee-Rife, Consulting Social Demographer

When: Thursday, October 6, 12:30 p.m.- 2:00 p.m.

Where:

International Center for Research on Women

1120 20th Street NW, Suite 500 North

Washington, D.C. 20036

United States

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Sarah Tansey

Program Associate

MFAN|Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network

425 3rd Street SW | Suite 1200 | Washington, DC 20024

T: 202-688-1089 | F: 202-639-9401

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InterAction's Forum 2012: Call for Workshops

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Forum 2012
Call for Workshop Proposals

InterAction is issuing a call for workshop proposals for Forum 2012 to be held April 30-May 2, 2012 at the Gateway Marriot in Crystal City, VA.  Any interested parties may submit a proposal.  All proposals must be received at InterAction by November 15, 2011.

 

Guidelines for Submitting Proposals

 

Workshop Focus and Goal
Workshops should be tightly focused on a central topic, actively engage the audience, and provide participants with a substantial learning experience.  Topics should address current and relevant issues critical to the international development and humanitarian assistance arenas.  The most effective workshops have a clear objective and a means to achieve that objective. Please note that although the Forum tends to center on a few main themes, workshops tend to be diverse and topics for submission should not be limited to event themes.

 

Workshop proposals that promote a specific program or commercial product will not be accepted.  Workshops that showcase diversity in programming and perspective are requested.

Click here to see a list of workshops from last year’s forum!

Target Audience
It is important when developing a workshop to consider for whom the workshop would be most relevant.  Tailoring workshops toward a specific audience will help ensure that the content is highly relevant and practical to conference-goers.

 

Past participants have included:

· Staff from domestic and international NGOs, both large and small, including field and programmatic staff

· NGO staff who focus on fundraising and other financial issues

· Government employees; staff from the UN, World Bank, and IMF

· NGOs from the Global South

· Academia/students

· Research Institutions

· Donor agencies

· Leaders from the private sector

· Exhibitors who focus on international development and aid

 

The Workshop Proposal Worksheet will assist you in addressing the key elements in designing an effective workshop. Please submit your proposal worksheet to Laura Brogan at lbrogan@interaction.org by November 15.

 

Following the above guidelines does not guarantee a successful proposal.  Due to the high volume of submissions, not all proposals will be accepted for Forum 2012, and we reserve the right to request applicants with similar topics combine efforts. If your proposal is accepted, you will be contacted in January 2012.

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Gender News Clips

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September 28, 2011

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GENDER NEWS CLIPS

Kenya: Wangari Maathai, A 'Mighty Woman' Who Spoke Truth to Power

IPS, Monday, September 26, 2011

 

Last night, Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, died. Most people think of Ms. Maathai as an environmentalist, planting trees. In reality, her environmental activism was part of a holistic approach to empowering women, advocating for democracy, and protecting the earth.

Thailand: Fighting Cervical Cancer With Vinegar and Ingenuity
The New York Times,
Sunday, September 26, 2011

The procedure, known as VIA/cryo for visualization of the cervix with acetic acid (vinegar) and treatment with cryotherapy, can be done by a nurse, and only one visit is needed to detect and kill an incipient cancer.Thailand has gone further than any other nation in adopting it.

Saudi Arabia: Monarch Grants Women Right to Vote
The New York Times, Sunday, September 25, 2011

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Sunday granted women the right to vote and run in future municipal elections, the biggest change in a decade for women in a puritanical kingdom that practices strict separation of the sexes, including banning women from driving.

Ethiopia: Violence Against Women On the Rise
allAfrica
, Thursday, September 22, 2011

As Ethiopian women's rights organizations struggle to stay afloat following government legislation that prohibits them from receiving international funding, violence against women continues to rise, writes Billene Seyoum Woldeyes. But in the absence of social and institutional support, where can victims of gender-based violence turn to for help?

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