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 CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO A CONSULTATION ON

USAID’S CONTRIBUTION TO AN INTERAGENCY, MULTI-YEAR STRATEGY TO ADDRESS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

WITH

Carla Koppell SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, USAID AND

Kay Freeman DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, USAID

Friday, May 18, 2012 3:00pm to 4:00pm

National Press Club 529 14th Street, NW

7th Floor Washington, DC

Metro Center Stop. Paid public parking available nearby.

R.S.V.P. required by May 17 to USAID_RSVP3@usaid.gov

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INVITE: Consultation on USAID Implementation of U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace & Security

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Gender in Peacebuilding Design, Monitoring and Evaluation

Gender in Peacebuilding Design, Monitoring and Evaluation

Gender sensitive programming is, generally, a mandatory requirement of most international development activities, including peacebuilding. For example, USAID’s office of Conflict Management and Mitigation requires all projects demonstrate a unique gender element. More than a donor-mandated exercise in project equity, the increasing emphasis on gender is forcing peacebuilders to critically reflect on how our projects interact with local actors and context on a micro-level, and is challenging our assumptions on what it means to ‘do good peace work’.

But what does it mean to build gender into the design, monitoring and evaluation of peacebuilding projects?

Hot Resource! Gender Mainstreaming Strategies in Decent Work Promotion: Programming Tools: GEMS Toolkit by the International Labour Organization

Design

Gender can easily be incorporated into the initial assessments and analyses of project design, such as the context and conflict assessments. A common donor suggestion is to examine the distinct ways in which the conflict and environment affects men and women differently.

Hot Tip! The International Labour Organization defines gender analysis as a systematic approach to examining factors related to gender. It involves a deliberate effort to identify and understand the different roles, relationships, situations, resources, benefits, constraints, needs and interests of men and women in a given socio-cultural context.1

Hot Resource! Gender Analysis Tools by the Canadian International Development Agency

Practically speaking, this could mean do women participate to the same extent as men in local decision making processes? Are women appropriately represented in the ongoing peace process? In what ways, if any, has the conflict increased or decreased the security of men and women?

Hot Tip! The focus of the project or program will guide you towards the right gender analysis questions.

Or, at a more basic level, how has the relationship between the sexes changed as a result of the conflict? “Has the scope of action of women and of men—in the home, community, region, at the national level—diminished or increased?”2

There are a range of tools available for such an exercise. You might adapt a traditional analytical model to specifically examine gender and there are also tools developed specific to gender analysis.

Answering these questions will help you better understand how your project might affect men and women in different and distinct ways, and allows you to plan for greater gender equity in the project cycle.

Gender Indicators in Peacebuilding

Hot Resource! Guide to Gender Sensitive Indicators by the Canadian International Development Agency

Gender sensitive indicators track gender-related changes in society over time. “Their usefulness lies in their ability to point to changes in the status and roles of women and men over time, and therefore to measure whether gender equity is being achieved.”3 It is important, as in any other project, that your indicators be multi-dimensional and focused on the clearly developed objectives and goal.

Hot Tip! Indicators may not tell you everything, particularly if you have not developed a robust system of indicators that utilize both qualitative and quantitative measures and at the strategic levels of society in the project seeks to affect.

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) was kind enough to develop a wholeguide to gender sensitive indicators, and many of these can be adapted to your peacebuilding projects if not immediately relevant.

Hot Resource! Check out Presentation 4 in this American Evaluation Association Conference 2010 presentation by CARE on indicators for women’s empowerment disaggregated by type of human agency.

But, of course, we cannot forget good principles of indicator design. First and foremost, indicators must pass tests of reliability, feasibility and utility in decision making. And second, the indicators must be measurable!

Hot Resource! Designing for Results: Integrating Monitoring & Evaluation in Conflict Transformation Activities, Chapter 4, by Cheyanne Church and Mark Rogers

Gender in Evaluation

The role of gender in evaluation is a more difficult category to address. Not every project will explicitly seek to address gender or women’s dynamics—simply disaggregating certain data sets by gender is gender sensitivity, but does not necessarily mean that the project sought to address the unique ways in which women experience conflict (or whatever the ‘problem’ at hand is) differently.

If your project is specifically seeking to address the unique ways in which women experience a situation differently from men, then obviously the evaluation will examine the extent to which you were successful against the stated goal and objectives.

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When Women Lead Africa - A Roundtable Discussion

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Featuring: 

Hafsat Abiola-Costello, Eva Muraya, and Kah Walla

We are delighted to welcome Hafsat Abiola, Eva Muraya and Kah Walla to Vital Voices for a panel discussion on the unique contributions of women’s leadership, changes in public perceptions of women leaders, and the opportunities and challenges for a new model of leadership in Africa.  

Monday, May 21, 2012

5:30PM – 7:30PM

Location:

Vital Voices Global Partnership

1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036

Watch live via Ustream

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Please email sarahewing@vitalvoices.org

by Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Hafsat Abiola-Costella is a Nigerian human rights, civil rights and democracy activist and founder of Kuridat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), an organization established in 1997 to build the capacity of women-led organizations and to develop and implement initiatives dedicated to the advancement of women. KIND was created to honor Hafsat’s mother, Kudirat Abiola, a leading democracy activist killed by soldiers after her husband and elected Nigerian President, Cheif Mashood Abiola, was arrested and later assisinated during the period of military rule in Nigeria. The organization’s programs focus on providing political and human rights education training and mentoring for women political leaders and young women aspiring to enter public service. Since 2002, KIND has built a women’s political leadership network of over 5,000 in Nigeria. This incredible story is featured in Vital Voices’ documentary play, SEVEN. Hafsat’s civil rights activism stretches beyond her country’s borders. She helped found the State of the World Forums Emerging Leaders Program and Global Youth Connect, was appointed a Fetzer Fellow and is a member of the Vital Voices Africa Advisory Council. Currently, Hafsat is the Special Advisor, Millennium Development Goals to the Governor at Ogun State, Nigeria.

Eva Muraya is the Founder and CEO of Brand Strategy and Design (EA) Ltd. She holds over 20 years of marketing experience, having managed the regional brand development programs for companies such as FedEx, The Standard Group, Block Hotels, and Xerox. She is best known for her award winning regional branded merchandise business, Color Creations Ltd, which was the first advertising and branding business awarded ISO 9001:2000 certification in East and Central Africa. Currently the Chairperson, Eva Muraya co-founded the Kenya Association of Women Business Owners (KAWBO), a forum for leading businesswomen in Kenya to network, engage on issues affecting their businesses and acquire requisite skills for business growth. KAWBO is also the Kenya Hub for the Africa Businesswomen's Network (ABWN), a partnership between local African businesswomen's associations, Vital Voices and the ExxonMobil Foundation. Currently, Eva is the Chairperson of the Zawadi Africa Education Program, designed to provide scholarships to academically gifted African girls from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue higher education in the United States. Eva’s business leadership has earned her a variety of awards and prestigious appointments, including the Eve Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, MSK Warrior award, Goldman Sachs Fortune Global Leaders Award 2008, and The International Alliance for Women (TIAW) World of Difference 100 Award. Eva has also participated in many Vital Voices programs including, the 2006 Vital Voices/U.S State Department/Fortune Global Mentoring Program, Leveling the Playing Field, and was a Vital Voices/Gates Leadership and Advocacy Fund grantee for her project to engage businesswomen in economic policy advocacy. Eva is also an active member of the La Pietra Coalition.

Kah Walla, entrepreneur, political leader, and activist is recognized internationally for her expertise in management, and for her commitment to Africa, its development, its women and its youth. In 2011, Kah Walla was a presidential candidate in Cameroon and is known as one of Cameroon’s foremost political leaders and an example of a new generation of leadership throughout Africa. As an entrepreneur, Kah launched her consulting firm, STRATEGIES!, which designs programs to empower professional women and to advocate for women's entrepreneurship and political participation. For over 25 years, Kah has been an activist focused on good governance, the rights of women and youth and the rule of law. She has worked with the civil society in Cameroon and throughout Africa, developing policies and projects at international, national and local levels. Kah is an integral member of Vital Voices Global Leadership Network and has been instrumental in several Vital Voices programs, including Leveling the Playing Field, the Africa Businesswomen’s Network, and the Sandaga Market Women’s Project, where 900 women advocated together to improve conditions, eliminate double taxation and to level the playing field for women in the marketplace.  Kah Walla is also the Co-Chair of the Labor Policy and Practice working group of the La Pietra Coalition and received the 2011 Vital Voices Global Leadership in Public Life Award.

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INEE Bi-weekly Bulletin, 1 May 2012

TRAINING: Managing Gender-Based Violence Programmes in Emergencies

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1 May 2012 

Dear INEE Members,

 

Please find below the first INEE bulletin for the month of May 2012. This bulletin contains information and resources of interest and relevance to those working in the field of education in emergencies, chronic crises, and early reconstruction.


We encourage you to share with us any helpful resources and information that you encounter for inclusion in future updates and on the INEE website. Please forward your suggestions with related attachments and web links to bwb@ineesite.org.

 

We hope that you will find this bulletin interesting and useful. 

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In This Bulletin

CALL FOR SUBMISSION: Environmental Education and Awareness for Sustainable Development: Rio+20

CALL FOR REGISTRATION: 2012 Summer Leadership Institute: Equity, Inclusion & Excellence

CALL FOR APPLICATION: World Innovation Summit for Education Award 2012

PUBLICATION: Progress for Children: A Report Card on Adolescents

RESOURCE: Globalization and International Education

RESOURCE: UNESCO HIV and AIDS - Education Clearinghouse Newsletter March - April 2012

TRAINING: Managing Gender-Based Violence Programmes in Emergencies

TRAINING: Professional Certficate in Educational Planning

INEE BLOG HIGHLIGHT: Global Action Week Promotes Early Childhood Education

CALL FOR SUBMISSION: Environmental Education and Awareness for Sustainable Development: Rio+20

(Green Cross International and Green Cross Russia)

The Green Cross International (GCI) and the Green Cross Russia (GCR) are convening an International Conference on "Environmental Education and Awareness for Sustainable Development: Rio+20", which will be held in Moscow on 27-28 June 2012. One Seminar will be devoted to emergencies and environmental education. 

Specialists who are interested in contributing papers/reports for the above-mentioned Seminar on emergencies and/or interested in participating in the Conference can submit papers in English (they will be translated into Russian free-of-charge, and put on the Seminar's website: 

Oral translation into English will be available during the Conference.

 

For more information, please contact Vladimir Sakharov, sakharov@un.org and vsakharov@bluewin.ch

CALL FOR REGISTRATION: 2012 Summer Leadership Institute: Equity, Inclusion & Excellence Leading Inclusive Schools

(Summer Leadership Institute)

When: August 6-8, 2012 (9 & 10 for credit)

Where: Syracuse University, US

 

This interactive three-day school leadership institute will utilize the latest research, national presenters and key lessons from practice necessary to create equitable and excellent schools for all students. The institute places a particular focus on the inclusion of students with disabilities, special education, and issues of belonging and learning for all students.

 

Who: Practicing administrators and school leaders, including principals, special education directors, curriculum directors, superintendents, teacher leaders, and educational leadership students.

 

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CALL FOR APPLICATION: World Innovation Summit for Education Award 2012

(WISE Qatar)

The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) was inaugurated by Qatar Foundation in 2009 under the patronage of its Chairperson, Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. WISE is an international, multi-sectoral initiative which fosters innovation and best practices in education. The annual WISE Summit brings together more than 1,000 practitioners, thinkers and leaders who share our conviction that education is a passport to social inclusion and the best means of confronting the challenges of the future.

 

Applications for the WISE Awards 2012 will be accepted from April 1 to May 31. They will be evaluated under the general theme of Transforming Education. One of the Awards will be for a project that has best delivered innovative financing of primary education. This reflects the support of Her Highness Sheikha Moza for the United Nations Millennium Development Goal 2 on achieving universal primary education and it is designed to stimulate innovative projects targeted at achieving MDG 2.

 

The winning projects will benefit from the recognition of leading experts as well as considerable international publicity. They will be celebrated at a Gala Dinner during WISE 2012, to be held November 13 to 15, 2012 in Doha. Each project will also receive a prize of $20,000 (US).

 

For further information on the process and regulations, please visit the WISE website www.wise-qatar.org.

PUBLICATION: Progress for Children: A Report Card on Adolescents

(UNICEF)

The report, for example, identifies sub-Saharan Africa as the most challenging place for an adolescent to live. The adolescent population of the region is still growing, and it is projected to have the greatest number of adolescents in the world by 2050. But only half the children in sub-Saharan Africa complete primary school and youth employment is low.

 

The full report is available here.

RESOURCE: Globalization and International Education

(Robin Shields)

Globalization and International Education introduces key international issues in education and considers the changes in education stemming from the rapid social, economic and cultural transformations associated with globalization. Grounded in a strong conceptual, theoretical framework, this accessible text will guide the reader through this evolving area.

For more information and to purchase this resource, click here

RESOURCE: UNESCO HIV and AIDS - Education Clearinghouse Newsletter March - April 2012

(UNESCO HIV and AIDS - Education Clearinghouse)

To coincide with the new UNESCO and GNP+ publication "Positive Learning", this issue focuses on resources related to young people living with HIV and how the education sector can best support their needs. Also included are resources on gender, girls, and tertiary education, recent policy and strategy documents, and practical guides for implementing responses to HIV and AIDS.

 

To access this resource, click here

TRAINING: Managing Gender-Based Violence Programmes in Emergencies: E-Learning Companion Guide

(UNFPA)

UNFPA has launched a companion guide to its free e-learning course for professionals who are working to address Gender Based Violence in humanitarian contexts.  

 

The e-learning course uses problems that practitioners currently face and case scenarios from real-life humanitarian contexts to guide learning. Integrated throughout the modules are videos, learning activities and quizzes that both engage the learner, and support participants' varying learning styles. The new companion guide not only covers all of the content in the e-learning, but also provides new case studies, sample tools, best practices, and activities. 

 

For more information, click here

TRAINING: Professional Certificate in Educational Planning

(ICPS)

When: 11 - 14 June, 2012

Where: London, UK

 

The International Centre for Parliamentary Studies is proud to announce the Professional Certificate in Education Planning taking place from the 11th - 14th June in London.The certificate is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute, the leading body that awards internationally recognised management and leadership qualifications. This course will provide participants with an insight into issues of securing and planning financing and delivery systems towards 'Education for All'. This programme challenges participants to examine aspects of the planning process, including financing and gender equality issues, and the possibilities emerging from educational improvement.

 

Participants will leave the week equipped to tackle the ongoing nature of planning and the process of self-examination, the confrontation of difficult choices and the establishment of priorities it encompasses.    

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INEE BLOG HIGHLIGHT

Global Action Week Promotes Early Childhood Education (UNICEF)    

Early childhood care and education - a cornerstone of every child's development - is one of the most neglected 'Education For All' goals, and is unlikely to be achieved by 2015. This year, during Global Action Week, from 22-28 April, advocates are calling on world leaders to ensure that early childhood care and education take place right from the start for every child. 

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EiE NEWS

29 March 2012 - Students from seven refugee camps in eastern Chad take national Sudanese secondary school-leaving exams  (RET)

During the morning of 19th March 2012, the Sudanese Consulate, the national Education Delegate from the Ouaddaï region, and the UNHCR Head of Sub-Office Farchana officially opened the formal secondary school-leaving examinations.

Full article in English and in French.

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INVITATION: 5-14 "Is the Arab Awakening Marginalizing Women?"

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The Middle East Program and the Council of Women World Leaders of the Woodrow Wilson Center

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Is the Arab Awakening Marginalizing Women?


 Monday, May 14, 2012
6th Floor Flom Auditorium


8:30 – 9:00am
Coffee
   
9:00 – 9:30am
Welcoming Remarks: Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center

Opening Remarks: Jane Harman, President, Director and CEO, Woodrow Wilson Center       

9:30 – 11:00am
PANEL 1

Fatima Sbaity-Kassem, Former Director, UN-ESCWA Centre for Women
“A Cup Half Full or Half Empty: Is a ‘Women’s Spring’ Inevitable in Transitions to Democracy?”

Lilia Labidi, Visiting Research Professor, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore; Former Minister of Women’s Affairs, Tunisia; and Former Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center
“Tunisia: Policies and Programs for Women during a Democratic Transition”

Moushira Khattab, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Former Egyptian Ambassador to South Africa and to the Czech and Slovak Republics; and Former Minister of Family and Population, Egypt
“Lost in Translation: The Case of Egyptian Women”

Moderator: Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center

11:00 – 11:15am
Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:45pm
PANEL 2

Rend Al-Rahim, Executive Director, Iraq Foundation; and Former Iraqi Ambassador to the United States
“Iraq: Frustrated Expectations”

Rola Dashti, Former member of Kuwaiti Parliament and Chairman, Kuwait Economic Society
“Arab Springs without Flowers”

Caryle Murphy, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
“Awakening Rains on Saudi Desert, Brings Green Shoots of Hope, Change”

Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Director, Women in Public Service Project Institute 2012, Wellesley College; and Director of International Human Rights Policy, Wellesley Centers for Women 
“The Way Ahead: Some Lessons from Other Post-Conflict Communities”

Moderator: Robin Wright, USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar

Read MEP’s latest publication on women in the Arab Spring: Reflections on Women in the Arab Spring



 
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Hi Randal,

I’m not sure if this was already seen or posted anywhere.  It’s coming up tomorrow if anyone is interested…

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The Middle East Institute Presents   

"Saudi Women in a Time of Change" 

A discussion and book signing with

 Nimah Nawwab

   Saudi Poet and Author  


moderated by

 

Thomas Lippman 
Middle East Institute 

  Thursday, April 26

12:00pm-1:00 pm

The Middle East Institute
1761 N Street, NW
  Washington, DC  
 

 

 

The Middle East Institute is pleased to host poet, writer and activist Nimah Nawwab for a conversation about Saudi women in an era of unprecedented change in the Middle East. Despite the many advances of the Arab Spring, the region continues to face mounting social, political, and economic challenges. In Nawwab's native Saudi Arabia, these challenges form the basis for her art and activism.  Through her poetry and writing,  Nawwab aims to build bridges of understanding between the Middle East and the Western world, and to provide insight into the realities of life for women in Saudi Arabia. Join us for an interactive discussion of the status of women in the region and the route to their political, economic, religious, and spiritual empowerment.  

Bio:   

Nimah Nawwab is a poet, writer, photographer, lecturer and activist in Saudi Arabia. Born to a scholarly Meccan family,  she has been dubbed a "voice for Arab women and youth." She often works with established and emerging filmmakers, musicians, calligraphers, and artists of various genres through mentorship projects.  As an activist, Ms. Nawwab has been involved with numerous women's issues, including the forced divorce petition and legal case, the Qatif gang rape, and the guardianship of women.  Ms. Nawwab has spoken at international events including the World Economic Forum, the Japan Expo, and the UN Pavilion, and has lectured at the Smithsonian, American University, Rice University, Ghalib Academy in India, and London University's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).  She is the author, most recently, of Canvas of the Soul: Mystic Poems from the Heartland of Arabia.

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