NEW PUBLICATION: Reflections on Women in the Arab Spring

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Subject: NEW PUBLICATION: Reflections on Women in the Arab Spring

In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2012, the Middle East Program has compiled a cross-section of women’s voices from around the world to address the topic of how women have fared in the Arab Spring.

To access the publication visit our website here.

You can find it on the Middle East Program Facebook page here.

And the PDF is also attached.

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International Women's Day Web Premiere: "From Fear to Freedom"

Women's Learning Partnership

This Thursday, March 8, 2012,
to commemorate International Women's Day, 
Women's Learning Partnership will launch the web premiere of our new documentary on the global effort to
eradicate gender-based violence.

 

From Fear to Freedom:  
Ending Violence Against Women

 

On March 8, 2012, click here to watch the film
or visit www.learningparntership.org.


               

Worldwide, at least one in three women are victims of violence. It is the most pervasive human rights violation on earth -- present in every country, every culture, every religion, every class.

 

But around the globe, women are joining forces and speaking out, advocating for new laws, and developing successful strategies to eradicate gender-based violence. The challenges are many. But the mission is clear: bring an end to the culture of violence and forge a new path to a culture of peace and human rights for all.


In WLP’s new film, leading experts and activists from across the globe discuss the root causes of gender-based violence, share strategies to combat it, and provide inspiring accounts of the important milestones already achieved through the international women’s movement. 

 

Film runs 35 minutes 

 

Film participants in order of appearance: 


MAHNAZ AFKHAMI

Founder & President

Women’s Learning Partnership

THORAYA OBAID

Former Undersecretary General of the UN

and Executive Director, UN Population Fund

GULNARA KARAKULOVA

Director

Shymkent Women’s Resource Center

YAKIN ERTÜRK

Former UN Special Rapporteur

on Violence Against Women

FRANCES KISSLING

Former President

Catholics for Choice

KARIMA BENNOUNE

Professor of Law

Rutgers University

SINDI MÉDAR-GOULD

Global Senior Training Advisor

Women’s Learning Partnership

JACQUELINE PITANGUY

Founder & Executive Director

CEPIA

WAJEEHA AL-BAHARNA

Founder - Bahrain Women Association

BETTY YEOH

Program Manager

All Women’s Action Society

ZAINAH ANWAR

Project Director

Musawah

ASMA KHADER

General Coordinator

Sisterhood Is Global Institute/Jordan

LINA ABOU-HABIB

Executive Director

Collective for Research & Training on

Development–Action

LASHAWN JEFFERSON

Program Officer

Ford Foundation

MARY ROBINSON

Former President of Ireland &

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

RABEEA HADI

National Coordinator, Gender and Violence Against Women

Aurat Foundation

CHIBOGU OBINWA

Senior Program Officer

BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights

HAFSAT ABIOLA-COSTELLO

Founder

Kudirat Initiative for Nigerian Democracy

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3/13 How Women Leaders Promote Effective Development

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From: Women's Foreign Policy Group <programs@wfpg.org>
Date: February 28, 2012 5:31:27 PM EST
To: Joyce Warner <jwarner@irex.org>
Subject: 3/13 How Women Leaders Promote Effective Development
Reply-To: "programs@wfpg.org" <programs@wfpg.org>

Dear Joyce,

As a member of the Women’s Foreign Policy Group, you are invited to attend the launch of Creative Associates International's Center for Women's Leadership in International Development, featuring a panel discussion on Creative Ways: How Women Leaders Promote Effective Development. The panel will be held on March 13, 2012 from 3 to 5 p.m. at The National Press Club.

Seating is limited, so if you are interested in attending please RSVP by Monday, March 5, 2012 to RSVP@creativeDC.com. For further details on the discussion, please see the invitation below.

We hope to see you there!

Regards,

Women's Foreign Policy Group



 



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Asian Perspectives: Women

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From: The Asia Foundation - Washington <kbollinger@asiafound-dc.org>
Date: March 6, 2012 9:28:51 AM EST
To: Joyce Warner <jwarner@irex.org>
Subject: Asian Perspectives: Women

Ms. Joyce Warner
Director
Education Programs Division
International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)

The Asia Foundation

Invites you to

Asian Perspectives: Women's Changing Roles in Asia

Tuesday, March 13, 2012
9:30-11:00am

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Choate Room, First Floor
1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20036

To commemorate International Women's Day, The Asia Foundation is pleased to invite you to attend a panel discussion on "Women's Changing Roles in Asia." Four prominent experts from Asia will discuss critical issues facing women in Asia today: gender equality and local governance, women in conflict resolution, women’s entrepreneurship, and women and Islam.

Featured speakers will include:

Dr. Hetifah Syaifudian Siswanda, Member of Parliament in Indonesia

The Honorable Sapana Pradhan Malla, Member of Parliament in Nepal and Gender Advisor to the Prime Minister

Ms. Seng Takakneary, President of the Cambodian Women's Entrepreneurship Association

Mr. Shahabuddin Khan, Managing Director of the Imam Training Academy in Bangladesh (to be confirmed)


The Asia Foundation's Women's Empowerment Program develops women's leadership, increases women's rights and creates new political and economic opportunities for women across the Asia-Pacific region. The Asian Perspectives Series, now in its 13th year, provides insight into Asian views on issues of importance to U.S. policy-makers, business, and non-government leaders, and helps to broaden discussions for the Washington, D.C. policy community.

Breakfast will be served.

Click Here to RSVP for this Event

If you wish to send someone in your place, please contact Kate Bollinger at kbollinger@asiafound-dc.org or call 202-588-9420.

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NEW PUBLICATION: Reflections on Women in the Arab Spring

Click here to download:
International Women's Day 2012.pdf (260 KB)
(download)

From: mail@wilsoncenter.org [mailto:mail@wilsoncenter.org]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 11:13 AM
To: Randal Mason
Subject: NEW PUBLICATION: Reflections on Women in the Arab Spring

In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2012, the Middle East Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars has compiled a cross-section of women’s voices from around the world to address the topic of how women have fared in the Arab Spring.

To access the publication visit our website here.

You can find it on the Middle East Program Facebook page here.

And the PDF is also attached.

Thank you,

MEP


Middle East Program

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

One Woodrow Wilson Plaza

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

 

P: 202 691 4252

F: 202 691 4001

E: mep@wilsoncenter.org

MFAN Partner Events: Oxfam - Busan Plan for Gender Equality & Development, 3/7; CSIS Smart Global Health: GHI, Gender, & Integration, 3/13

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From: Sarah Tansey <stansey@modernizeaid.net>
Date: March 2, 2012 9:23:37 AM EST
To: Sarah Tansey <stansey@modernizeaid.net>
Subject: MFAN Partner Events: Oxfam - Busan Plan for Gender Equality & Development, 3/7; CSIS Smart Global Health: GHI, Gender, & Integration, 3/13

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Please join us for an informal, off-the-record discussion of the Busan Joint Action Plan for Gender Equality and Development

 

March 7, 2012 | Oxfam America | Washington, DC

4:30pm, Oxfam America, 1100 15th St NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005

 

Special Guests Include:
Kathryn Franko, US State Department
Roselynn Musa, African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)

 

Last November in Busan, South Korea, politicians and global development stakeholders agreed to new commitments to change the way they deliver aid. The Joint Action Plan for Gender Equality and Development, launched by Secretary Clinton at Busan, captures commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment made at Busan, and identifies actions to improve foreign assistance to achieve inclusive and sustainable development. The plan commits to accelerating a results-focused agenda that will promote greater gender equality and women’s empowerment, addressing the factors underlying women’s lower economic, political and social status. This requires accurate information, rigorous analysis, coordinated action, partnerships, improved capacity, investment and monitoring of gender equality commitments.

 

Since Busan, the US Government has been engaging global civil society on how to move forward with Joint Action Plan implementation. Please join us for a discussion on the content of the Joint Action Plan, as well as updates on progress towards implementation from two experts deeply involved in the process from both the USG and global civil society perspective.

 

Please RSVP to Amy Polglase at Oxfam apolglase@oxfamamerica.org.

 

Sincerely,

The Aid Effectiveness Team

 

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The Global Health Initiative, Gender, and Integration:

How GHI is Meeting the Broader Health Needs of Women & Girls

Tuesday, March 13, 2012
1:00pm – 3:00pm
CSIS 1800 K ST. NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
B1 Conference Room

Please RSVP to: http://SmartGlobalHealth.org/gender

Please join us for an event to explore how the GHI approach on gender is meeting the broader health needs of women and girls. The keynote address will be followed by a panel discussion on GHI implementation of gender programing at the country level, including access to essential health services and linkages between HIV/AIDS and family planning/reproductive health.

Lois Quam, Executive Director of the Global Health Initiative, will offer the keynote address. Featured panelists include Daniela Ligiero, Senior Gender Technical Advisor, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC); Tracy Carson, Senior Advisor for Policy at OGAC, and former PEPFAR coordinator in Tanzania; Tricia Petruney, Senior Technical Officer in Health & Development Sciences, FHI 360; and Roxana Rogers, Director, Office of HIV/AIDS in USAID’s Bureau of Global Health, and former Director of the Health Office, USAID South Africa.

J. Stephen Morrison, Director of the Global Health Policy Center at CSIS will offer introductory remarks and Janet Fleischman, Senior Advisor to the Global Health Policy Center, will moderate the discussion.

Please RSVP to: http://SmartGlobalHealth.org/gender

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MFAN|Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network

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

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Tajikistan: Poverty Encourages Early Marriages

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From: Susan Armitage
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 1:22 PM
To: EPD; Bulletin Board
Cc: Randal Mason; Kevin Sampson
Subject: Tajikistan: Poverty Encourages Early Marriages

A well-done article from EurasiaNet which highlights a problem many of the Youth Theater for Peace program participants have chosen to address in their theater performances, making a real impact on girls’ retention in school.

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Susan Armitage
Senior Program Officer
Education Programs Division
IREX (www.irex.org)
2121 K St. NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20037
Tel: 202-628-8188 x 185 | Fax: 202-628-8189
E-mail: sarmitage@irex.org | Skype: susie.armitage
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USAID's New Gender Policy

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USAID just released their new gender policy. 

http://www.womenthrive.org/images//genderequalitypolicy.pdf

Dana Duthie

Development Officer

IREX

2121 K Street, NW Ste. 700

Washington, DC 20037

Tel: (202) 628-8188  ext. 191

Make a Better World: www.irex.org/donate

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Invitation: Women at the Forefront of Change in the DRC

Invest in Women. Improve the World. Vital Voices Global Partnership

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Vital Voices Global Partnership

cordially invites you to a roundtable discussion

Women at the Forefront of Change in the DRC

featuring:

Chouchou Namegabe-Dubuisson & Annie Rashidi-Mulumba

Chouchou Namegabe Dubuisson is co-founder and Director of the South Kivu's Women's Media Association (“Association des Femmes des Médias du Sud Kivu” or “AFEM”), a voice for justice and accountability in the Congo. Through AFEM’s interviews and radio broadcasts, Chouchou turns the microphone into a potent weapon against the violations of women’s human rights. She has lifted the plight of Congolese women to an international stage, including The Hague International Court of Justice and the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  Her efforts have been widely acknowledged and honored. Chouchou is a recipient of the 2009 Vital Voices Global Leadership Award, and  the 2009 Knight International Journalism Award.

Annie Rashidi-Mulumba is the Director of the Congolese Female Lawyers Association, a nonprofit that seeks to improve the lives of sexually abused victims in Congo. She worked for seven years as Legal Officer to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, an Institution of the African Union (AU). Her fields of experience include, among others, issues of women’s rights, indigenous rights, freedom of expression, refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), human rights defenders, and prison monitoring. She is a consultant on human rights for the United Nations, focusing on refugees in West Africa, and the DRC lead delegate to the  Global Partnership to End Violence Against Women, an initiative of Vital Voices Global Partnership and the Avon Foundation.

Tuesday March 13th, 2012

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Location

Vital Voices Global Partnership

1625 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 3rd Floor

Washington, DC 20036

To RSVP

Please email sarahewing@vitalvoices.org

 by Monday, March 12, 2012

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