MFAN Partner Events: Women Thrive - May Gender Roundtable, 5/3; GHTC and Research!America - Saving Lives and Creating Impact (updated flier), 4/27

From: Mary Deering [mailto:mdeering@modernizeaid.net]
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To: Mary Deering
Subject: MFAN Partner Events: Women Thrive - May Gender Roundtable, 5/3; GHTC and Research!America - Saving Lives and Creating Impact (updated flier), 4/27

Dear Colleague:

Please join us for Women Thrive Worldwide’s May Gender Roundtable event:

All Development is Local: Making U.S. Assistance Work for Women

Thursday, May 3rd
3:30 - 5pm
Bread for the World
425 3rd Street, SW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20024

Featuring:

  • Ritu Sharma, Co-Founder and President, Women Thrive Worldwide
  • Littleton Tazewell, Senior Advisor for Implementation & Procurement Reform, US Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Jill Miller, Deputy Director, Civil Society Development Division, IREX
  • Sharon Williams, Director, Gender Practice, Development & Training Services, Inc. (dTs)
  • Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe, Executive Director, Karen Women Action Group (KWAG)

USAID is undertaking an historic set of reforms to implement its development programs through a wider and more varied set of contractors and grantees, with a particular focus on working with local in-country partners. As part of this effort, USAID is investing in building the capacity of local civil society and the private sector to improve aid effectiveness and sustainability.

The May Gender Roundtable will take a closer look at USAID’s strategies and its impact on women-led local groups from the perspective of both USAID and women’s civil society. We hope you will join us for this important discussion.

Light Refreshments will be served.

If you have not done so already, please RSVP here if you plan to attend the event on May 3rd.  We look forward to seeing you then!

Best,

Women Thrive Worldwide

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

The Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC)

and Research!America invite you to:

 

Saving lives and creating impact:

Why investing in global health research works

 

 

Friday, April 27, 2012
12:00–1:30 p.m.

Barbara Jordan Conference Center, Kaiser Family Foundation
1330 G Street, NW, Washington, DC

 

 

Lunch will be provided.

 

 

The US Government has long played a role in research and development (R&D) for new global health products that have transformed communities in the poorest countries in the world and saved the lives of millions. From the eradication of smallpox to the development of game-changing HIV drugs, American efforts have been central to many global health success stories throughout history. As infectious diseases continue to impact millions of people each year, the US Government has maintained this commitment and its position as the pre-eminent funder of global health R&D in the world.

 

In this constrained fiscal environment, new evidence on the benefits of global health R&D and the cost-effectiveness of past funding is critical. In addition, new actors are increasingly engaging in global health R&D, forming a key partnership across the public, philanthropic, and private sectors. Join us for the launch of a new report from the GHTC and Policy Cures that addresses these issues by analyzing the impact of past US Government investments, and reviewing the role of ongoing US investments in global health R&D. A high-level panel representing the US Government, private industry, and philanthropic sector will discuss key issues in global health R&D in light of the report’s findings.

 

Speakers:

 

Mr. Eric Easom, Program Leader, Neglected Diseases, Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Dr. Javier Guzman, Director of Research, Policy Cures

 

Dr. Lee Hall, Chief of the Parasitology and International Programs Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease

 

Ms. Heather Ignatius, Senior Manager, Policy, Global Alliance for TB Drug Development

 

Moderator:

 

Mr. Don Joseph, CEO, BIO Ventures for Global Health

 

 

To RSVP, please contact Nick Taylor at info@ghtcoalition.org or 202.822.0033.  

 

 

 

 

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Mary Deering

Outreach Associate

MFAN|Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network

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

T: 202.688.1107 | C: 202-509-1040

www.modernizeaid.net

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WNCAC Event [This Friday] 27 April: Understanding the Lifelong Influence of Men's Childhood Experiences of Violence

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Our Next Meeting

Understanding the Lifelong Influence of Men's Childhood Experiences of Violence

Date: 27 April 2012
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Gary Baker and Ravi Karkara will present on the topic of children, youth, and the role of masculinity. Karkara will introduce the event by exploring the 'Lifecycle Approach' to engaging children and youth. The presentation will cover the manner in which engaging young people as positive agents of change can promote a lifetime of sustained societal involvement. Baker will complement Karkara's presentation with his latest report, 'The Lifelong Influence of Men's Childhood Experiences of Violence,' that explores the influence of masculinity on post-conflict settings. The report highlights the implications of including men's participation within processes focused on women's empowerment. Often, programming mypically focused on women runs the risk of systematically disempowering men. Baker will shed light on how to avoid male disempowerment and how incorporating a gender neutral approach can reinforce and sustain women's empowerment initiatives.Together, the speakers will explore the interplay between children, youth, masculinity, and conflict to further inform best practice programming for children and youth in post-conflict settings. 

Speaker: Gary Baker

Marc Gary Baker, PhD, is International Director and founder of Instituto Promundo, a Brazilian NGO in Rio de Janeiro with offices in Washington, DC, that works nationally and globally to engage men and boys in gender equality and violence prevention, including in post-conflict settings. He is co-chair and co-founder of MenEngage, a global alliance of more than 400 NGOs and UN agencies working to engage men and boys in gender equality and a member of the UN Secretary General's Men's Leaders Network, part of the UNite to End Violence Against Women Campaign.

Speaker: Ravi Karkara

Ravi Karkara is a trained Social Worker with commitment to advancing human rights, Gender Equality and Social Justice with right holders. He worked on women’s empowerment and leadership in local governance in South Asia and ever since he has been advocating for role and responsibility of boys and men in gender equality. He has worked with several organizations on gender equality with a specific focus on boys and men in gender equality such as include UNICEF, UN-WOMEN, UNDP and Save the Children. He is an advisory group member of Plan International’s on their Flagship Publication “Because I am a Girl” on Boys for Gender Equality. As a former Regional Programme Manager of Save the Children Sweden for South and Central Asia, he was instrumental in establishing the South Asia MenEngage Alliance Network.

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Impact Evaluation of Private Sector Participation in Education

Innovative approaches are being developed to improve the quality of education. One such approach involves non-state organizations in the setting-up and operation of state-funded schools. Typically such schools have more decision-making power than conventional public schools. Such autonomous schools are expected to have a positive impact on academic preformance and the numbers of pupils staying on in education. But since programmes are likely to be controversial and receive more scrutiny than other educaiton programmes, it is therefore imperative that they be subject to rigorous impact evaluation. This paper gives a high-level overview of how impact evaluation can be used in the particular context of government-funded, privately-provided schools. It also illustrates how more general impact evaluation can support evidence-based policy making. 

To view the full report, click here.


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Resources: Education and Conflict

A List of resources related to Education and Conflict have been made available on IBE UNESCO's webpage.

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About WNCAC

The Washington Network on Children and Armed Conflict (WNCAC) is an informal network initiated in July 2004 by Search for Common Ground and the Displaced Children and Orphans Fund of USAID with the broad aim of improving the protection of children affected by armed conflict. Topics addressed include such issues and areas of practice as child protection; education; psychosocial interventions in emergencies; child soldiers; separated children; humanitarian relief; post-conflict development; conflict resolution; and peace building.

The Network for Youth in Transition is a free online evidence-based resource focused on youth and transition issues. It includes funding opportunities, evaluations, innovative youth programs, reports, videos, and members from over 100 countries.


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4/26 Sex and World Peace: How the Treatment of Women Affects Development and Security

Sex and World Peace: How the Treatment of Women Affects Development and Security
When: Thurs, Apr 26 | 12:00pm-2:00pm
Where: 5th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center

Do abnormal sex ratios favoring males and inequitable realities in family law - among other gendered aggressions - have adverse effects on state security?  How do we tackle persistent gender inequalities in order to advance development efforts? 

Valerie Hudson will present her new book, Sex and World Peace, where she argues that the security of women is a vital factor in the security of the state and the incidence of conflict. Jeni Klugman will draw on the World Bank's 2012 World Development Report to explain how ‘missing women’ and similar demographic trends impact efforts to improve development.  Richard Cincotta will discuss his analysis of gender impacts on development and security for the U.S. intelligence community.   

Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.

LOCATION: 

5th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center

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Events

Sustaining the gains in malaria: a focus on pregnant women
When: Tues, Apr 24 | 10:00am-11:30am
Where: City View Room, 7th floor
1957 E St, NW

This event brings together stakeholders to discuss how to continue -- and even accelerate -- gains in malaria control and achieve elimination goals through improved interventions for pregnant women. RSVP.

Dynamics of Gender and Conflict in Mindanao
When: Thurs, Apr 26
Where: The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Washington, DC

Panelists will discuss findings from a newly-released field study of Mindanao that documented challenges and opportunities in engaging women and men in local and national peacebuilding, drawing on The Asia Foundation's long experience working in the Philippines on conflict prevention, mitigation, and resolution. This panel will feature key speakers on this topic who have been integrally involved with this work. RSVP to Kate Bollinger at kbollinger@asiafound-dc.org

Iraqi Women Leaders in Engineering and Applied Sciences
When: Thurs, Apr 26 | 12:00pm-1:00pm
Where: 6th Floor Moynihan Board Room
Woodrow Wilson Center

The Iraqi women leaders will share their experiences as engineers and scientists, working and teaching in Iraq, with stabilizing, rebuilding, and providing for the long-term development of their country. More info.

Sex and World Peace: How the Treatment of Women Affects Development and Security
When: Thurs, Apr 26 | 12:00pm-2:00pm
Where: 5th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center

Valerie Hudson will present her new book, Sex and World Peace, where she argues that the security of women is a vital factor in the security of the state and the incidence of conflict. Jeni Klugman will draw on the World Bank's 2012 World Development Report to explain how ‘missing women’ and similar demographic trends impact efforts to improve development.  Richard Cincotta will discuss his analysis of gender impacts on development and security for the U.S. intelligence community. More info.

Promoting Gender Equality in National Responses to HIV/AIDS
When: Fri, Apr 27 | 10:00am-12:00pm
Where: ICRW, Suite 500 North
1120 20th St NW

Gender-responsive programming is a critical element of reaching HIV and AIDS development targets that address gender norms such as gender-based violence, stigma and access to HIV prevention and treatment. This interactive seminar will present both global and country gender priorities through two presentations, and will elicit discussion and feedback on next steps for implementing gender responsive programs in-country: what is needed and what are the next steps? More info.

18th Annual National Women's Issues Conference
When: Fri-Sat, Apr 27-28
Where: The Walter E. Washington Convention Center
801 Mt Vernon Place NW

The Women’s Leadership Forum and the Women for Obama Finance Committee present the 18th Annual National Women’s Issues Conference with special guest President Barack Obama. RSVP. For more info, email mkarmel@womenforchange.org.

The Impact and Value of Investing in Female Entrepreneurs
When: Mon, Apr 30 | 12:00pm-2:00pm
Where: 1801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW


On the occasion of the four-year anniversary of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women initiative, WFPG invites you to attend a luncheon to honor of Dina Habib Powell and highlight the program’s achievements in promoting women’s leadership and economic empowerment through investing in women entrepreneurs. For more info, call
(202) 429-2692 or email
programs@wfpg.org
. RSVP.

A Celebration of Women Diplomats
When: Thurs, May 3 | 6:00pm-8:00pm
Where: Home of WFPG Member Geraldine Kunstadter
1035 Fifth Avenue, Apt. 15C
New York, New York

An evening reception and program to celebrate and highlight the achievements of women diplomats. $40 for WFPG members, $60 for non members. Register.
 

Opportunities 

Michele Manatt Endowed Fellowship

Deadline: June 1

The fellowship is available for second year graduate students at the Elliott School of International Affairs. In order to be considered for this fellowship, students must show a firm commitment to studying women's/girls' issues in developing countries. This can be demonstrated through focused coursework and research interests. More info.

Program Associate
Who: Women's Learning Partnership
Where: Bethesda, MD, USA

The Program Associate is based at the WLP liaison office in Bethesda, Maryland. The position will support two key areas of WLP’s work: (1) partner programs and evaluation, and (2) expansion of WLP’s web-based programs and constituencies. More info.

Vice President of Programs
Who: Global Fund for Women
Where: San Francisco, CA, USA

The Global Fund for Women seeks a visionary and creative Vice President(VP) of Programs to lead its programmatic and grantmaking efforts. More info.

Director, Public Policy
Who: Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
Where: Washington, DC, USA

The Director of Public Policy serves as a key member of CHANGE’s staff overseeing the organization’s public policy program, tracking political trends in U.S. international policy and funding on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and working closely with CHANGE staff in planning, implementing and evaluating education and advocacy efforts with U.S. policy makers in Congress, the Administration, and the general public. More info.

 

Resources

Community-based Access to Injectable Contraception: Radical Common Sense
This new advocacy video by FHI360 covers the research and programmatic evidence on the provision of injectable contraception by community health workers and the latest efforts to implement CBA2I programs throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
Watch video
.

Rising to the Top? A Report on Women’s Leadership in Asia
Asia Society urged renewed efforts by governments in Asia and their international partners to respond to a significant and persistent gender gap in Asia. The report was issued at the third annual
Asia Society Women Leaders of New Asia summit in Shanghai (PDF).

What the Women Say: The End of the Beginning: Tunisia’s Revolution and Fighting for the Future
Tunisia marked the first anniversary of its largely peaceful revolution on January 14 2012. It has been a momentous year since spontaneous public uprisings involving women and men, old and young, rural and urban, led to the demise of a dictatorship. In October 2011, the first free and fair parliamentary elections in decades took place (
PDF).

Conference Summary: Global Conference on Women in Agriculture
The
First Global Conference on Women in Agriculture (GCWA), was held on March 13-15 in New Delhi, India (see presentation).

The response to Gender-Based Violence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Health Services offer an effective way to respond to GBV, yet a systemic approach is still often missing. This website provides tools for professionals working in the region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Find tools to start activities, training programs and building up an efficient referral system.
Access website.

 

Book Notes

Intimate Migrations: Gender, Family, and Illegality Among Transnational Mexicans
By Deborah A. Boehm
A study of Mexicans with ties to both a small, rural community in San Luis Potosi and several U.S. Western states

American Muslim Women, Religious Authority, and Activism: More Than a Prayer
By Juliane Hammer
Analyzes the writings of such scholars, activists, and authors as Amina Wadud, Leila Ahmed, and Asma Barlas

Muscular Nationalism: Gender, Violence, and Empire in India and Ireland, 1914-2004
By Sikata Banerjee
Compares how women negotiate a masculinist nationalism in two countries shaped by British colonial rule

Somebody's Children: The Politics of Transracial and Transnational Adoption
By Laura Briggs
Traces the experiences of those who have lost their children to adoption, with a focus on black and American Indian women and indigenous and poor women in Latin America

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"Representatives from 11 countries across Asia developed national plans to increase women’s role in politics during a two-day regional conference in Mongolia. They concluded the event by drafting strategies for their respective countries that include ways to reform their current electoral and political processes to enhance gender equality. The GGP is very proud that our associate director, Ariana Rabindranath, gave a presentation at the conference, on pathways women take to get into politics in Asia (see presentation)." Read full post.

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Named a Woodrow Wilson Women's Studies Fellow for her dissertation, Punctuated Silence: Variation in the International Response to Wartime Sexual Abuse. Created in 1974, the WW Women's Studies Fellowship supports the final year of dissertation writing for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences whose work addresses topics of women and gender in interdisciplinary and original ways. Read more.

Women's empowerment in Kerala

"On April 9, S. Gregory spoke on Kudumbashrees in Kerala, India: Women-Oriented Community Development”, co-sponsored by the Elliott School’s Culture in Global Affairs Seminar Series and its Global Gender Forum... His talk ranged widely from the history of gender inequality in India to the local context of Kerala, a progressive state in south India. He discussed the innovative and successful program of kudumbashrees, women’s neighborhood groups as empowering poor and marginalized women." Read more.


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Update from Washington, D.C.

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April 2012

 

The Asia Foundation is a non-profit, non-government organization committed to the development of a peaceful, prosperous and open Asia-Pacific region. We welcome your comments, which can be sent to info@asiafound-dc.org. Please feel free to forward this update to colleagues and friends.
 
In this issue: Philippines, Korea, Nepal, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Afghanistan.

Upcoming Events:

 

April 26- The Asia Foundation will host a panel discussion for its newly released report “Gender and Conflict in Mindanao.”

 

Featuring Panelists:

 

Leslie Dwyer, Assistant Professor Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University

 

Willy Torres, Program Officer for Conflict Programs, The Asia Foundation's Philippines Office

Steven Rood, Country Representative to the Philippines, The Asia Foundation and Senior Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Moderator:

 

Eileen Pennington, Deputy Director for Women’s Empowerment, The Asia Foundation

 

For more information, or to RSVP for this event, please contact Ms. Kate Bollinger at kbollinger@asiafound-dc.org. Learn more about the Asia Foundation’s women’s empowerment program here.

 

 

 

April 27- The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and the Asia Foundation will present a panel discussion on the "Economic and Political Prospects and Challenges in the Philippines." 

 

Featuring Panelists:


Steven Rood, Country Representative to the Philippines, The Asia Foundation and Senior Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies


John Nye, Professor of Economics, George Mason University

Bert Hofman, Chief Economist and former Resident Representative to the Philippines, World Bank 

 

Bert Hofman, Chief Economist, World Bank and former Resident Representative to the Philippines

 

Moderator:

 

Vikram Nehru , Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment

 

For more information, or to RSVP for this program, please contact Mr. Norris Thigpen at nthigpen@asiafound-dc.org. You can learn more about the Asia Foundation’s programs in the Philippines and the Foundation's economic development program.

Recent Events:

 

April 9- Mr. Thomas Parks, The Asia Foundation’s Regional Director for Governance and Conflict discussed how the Asia Foundation is engaging sub-national actors in conflict affected regions at a co-hosted roundtable discussion, with Dr. Robert Lamb, Director for Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation at CSIS moderating. In particular, Mr. Parks explained how the Asia Foundation has a sustained presence in many conflict-torn regions and described the Foundation’s approach to gathering reliable data through perception surveys to help formulate solutions.

March 27- The Asia Foundation’s President, Mr. David Arnold, hosted a reception for former and current  Luce Scholars. Luce Scholars from the class of 1975-1976 to the most current class of 2012-2013 attended. They had the opportunity to meet Mr. Arnold and connect with other Luce Scholars in the Washington area.

 

 

March 20- The Asia Foundation hosted a panel discussion for Mr. Scott Snyder’s new edited book The US-South Korea Alliance. Mr. Snyder, Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy, Council on Foreign Relations, along with book contributors Rear Admiral Michael McDevitt, Senior Fellow, Center for Naval Analyses Strategic Studies, and Dr. Balbina Hwang, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University, discussed future challenges to the expanding US-South Korea Alliance, the maritime relationship, and cooperation in international peacekeeping.

 

You can learn more about the Asia Foundation’s programs in Korea or purchase a copy of Mr. Snyder’s book.

March 13- As part of its Asian Perspectives series, The Asia Foundation hosted an event on Women’s Changing Roles in Asia featuring three prominent speakers who discussed critical issues facing women in Asia. The Honorable Sapana Pradhan Malla, a Member of Parliament in Nepal and Gender Advisor to the Prime Minister, discussed conflict as a challenge and an opportunity for women as they take on new roles such as head of household. Ms. Seng Takakneary, President of the Cambodian Women’s Entrepreneurship Association, discussed the value of women’s business associations in Cambodia in providing women entrepreneurs access to markets, networks, and a voice to express their specific interests and needs in the public sphere. Dr. Hetifah Sjaifudian Siswanda, a Member of Parliament in Indonesia, highlighted that women remain underrepresented in many levels of government in Indonesia and also the need for gender analysis in sectors including health and education. Learn more about women’s changing roles in Asia at The Asia Foundation’s women’s empowerment web site.

Programs in the News:

 

Books for Asia Provides Librarian Training in Vietnam

 

The Asia Foundation has been promoting librarian training in conjunction with the National Library of Vietnam and Books for Asia. Over two days, 76 representatives from various Vietnamese libraries met together to gain training, enhance communication and operational skills, and learn about information technology and new resource mobilization techniques. Find out how the Asia Foundation’s Vietnam office is making an impact.

 

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Women PeaceMakers Program

Women PeaceMakers Program

Made possible by a grant from the Fred J. Hansen Foundation.

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The Women PeaceMakers Program documents the stories and best practices of international women leaders who are involved in human rights and peacemaking efforts in their home countries. Women on the frontlines of efforts to end violence and secure a just peace seldom record their experiences, activities and insights as generally there is no time, or, perhaps, no formal education that would help women record their work. The Women PeaceMakers Program offers an opportunity for women leaders who want to document, share and build upon their unique peacemaking stories.

 

In addition to documenting their stories, the women give presentations on their work both at the IPJ and in the San Diego community and have opportunities to exchange ideas and approaches to peacemaking and justice, increasing their capacity to participate in conflict resolution and peacebuilding efforts and in post-conflict decision-making. As one of the IPJ's flagship programs, the Women PeaceMakers Program seeks to project awardees as experts and advocates in gendered peacebuilding processes locally, regionally and internationally.

 

To read more about the program's content and qualifications for applicants, click here.

 

Applications for the 2012 residency are now available:

Women PeaceMakers and Peace Writers

Deadline for Women PeaceMakers: May 15.

Deadline for Peace Writers: June 15.

The 2012 residency is from September 10 to November 2 for Women PeaceMakers.

Peace Writers will be in residence from September 4 to November 21.

5/3 - All Development is Local: Making U.S. Assistance Work for Women

IREX’s own Jill Miller will be speaking at the next Women Thrive gender roundtable on May 3. See below for more details.


Randal

From: Seema Jalan, Women Thrive Worldwide [mailto:sjalan@womenthrive.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:41 PM
To: Randal Mason
Subject: MAY GENDER ROUNDTABLE and USAID CALL FOR PAPERS ON LOCAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

  

Dear Randal:

Please SAVE THE DATE for Women Thrive Worldwide’s May Roundtable event:

All Development is Local: Making U.S. Assistance Work for Women

Thursday, May 3rd
3:30 - 5pm
Bread for the World
425 3rd Street, SW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20024

Featuring:

  • Littleton Tazewell, Senior Advisor for Implementation & Procurement Reform, US Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Jill Miller, Deputy Director, Civil Society Development Division, IREX
  • Other speakers to be announced

USAID is undertaking an historic set of reforms to implement its development programs through a wider and more varied set of contractors and grantees, with a particular focus on working with local in-country partners. As part of this effort, USAID is investing in building the capacity of local civil society and the private sector to improve aid effectiveness and sustainability.

The May Gender Roundtable will take a closer look at USAID’s strategies and its impact on women-led local groups from the perspective of both USAID and women’s civil society. We hope you will join us for this important discussion.

Light Refreshments will be served.

Please RSVP here if you plan to attend the event on May 3rd.

Also, we would like to call your attention to USAID’s LOCAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT (LCD) CALL FOR PAPERS:

 As part of Implementation and Procurement Reform under USAID Forward, USAID’s local capacity development team would like to know more about organizations' efforts and experiences towards developing the capacity of local civil society and private sector organizations.  This is an opportunity to tell USAID about your organization’s vision for LCD, the innovative approaches (specific tools and activities) needed to achieve that vision and lessons learned in this process. 

USAID’s team will review each submission and invite a limited number of organizations to present their models and approaches to USAID.  The collection will inform a Local Capacity Building Summit in June 2012 that will highlight USAID partners’ most successful and insightful efforts towards achieving LCD to the broader capacity development community.

The deadline for submission is May 14, 2012. Please visit the following link for full details and submission guidelines:
http://forward.usaid.gov/node/307

We look forward to seeing you on May 3rd.

Best,

Women Thrive Worldwide

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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World Bank event: Gender and Education Research Colloquium, Getting to Equal in Education: Addressing Gender and Multiple Sources of Disadvantage to Achieve Learning, on Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Thanks to Kristin for agreeing to go to this event.

Randal

From: April Mora [mailto:amora@basiced.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:49 AM
To: April Mora
Subject: World Bank event: Gender and Education Research Colloquium, Getting to Equal in Education: Addressing Gender and Multiple Sources of Disadvantage to Achieve Learning, on Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Dear BEC Members,

I wanted to share this invitation with you for a World Bank event on gender equality in education.  See the attached flyer for more information!

Best regards,

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From: oluskstover@worldbank.org [mailto:oluskstover@worldbank.org]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 4:39 PM
Subject: Friendly reminder: Please join us for the World Bank's Gender and Education Research Colloquium, Getting to Equal in Education: Addressing Gender and Multiple Sources of Disadvantage to Achieve Learning, on Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Dear Colleagues,

If you have not yet registered for this event please take a few minutes to register for the World Bank's Gender and Education Research Colloquium, Getting to Equal in Education: Addressing Gender and Multiple Sources of Disadvantage to Achieve Learning, on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. This is an important event for the World Bank, and for those of us committed to gender equality. While as a global community we have made remarkable progress toward achieving gender equality, there are many challenges that remain to ensure that girls and women have equal opportunities to lead healthy and satisfying lives.

As detailed in the attached invitation, the colloquium is an opportunity to bring together researchers, thinkers, and practitioners to discuss interventions that help address multiple sources of educational disadvantage, with a focus on gender. I hope that you will be able to join us for this important colloquium.

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Oni Lusk-Stover



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Human Development Network
The World Bank
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INVITATION: 4-18 Fostering the Next Generation: Evolving Models of Women’s Leadership in the Middle East

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To: Randal Mason
Subject: INVITATION: 4-18 Fostering the Next Generation: Evolving Models of Women’s Leadership in the Middle East

The Middle EastProgram of the Woodrow Wilson Center, ExxonMobil,
and the Centrefor Development and Population Activities 

invite you to aconference on

 

Fostering theNext Generation:

Evolving Models of Women’s Leadership inthe Middle East 

with

KeynoteSpeaker 

Moushira Khattab
PublicPolicy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Former Egyptian Ambassador
toSouth Africa and to the Czech and Slovak Republics; and Former Minister
ofFamily and Population, Egypt

andPanelists 

Hala Al Gergawi
Managing Editorfor AnaZahra.com with Abu Dhabi Media Company, UAE 

Aisha Abdullah Al-Kharusi
 Head of Corporate Social Responsibilityand Corporate Communications,
National Bank of Oman
 

Mawahib Shaibani
CEO, Gulf and the Middle East, Art ofLiving Foundation, UAE 

Moderator 

Haleh Esfandiari
Director, MiddleEast Program, Woodrow Wilson Center 

Wednesday, April18, 2012
9:30 a.m. – 11:00a.m.
6th Floor FlomAuditorium
Woodrow WilsonCenter

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