3/13 How Women Leaders Promote Effective Development

From: wfpg@memberclicks-mail.net [mailto:wfpg@memberclicks-mail.net] On Behalf Of Women's Foreign Policy Group
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 5:31 PM
To: Michelle Paison
Subject: 3/13 How Women Leaders Promote Effective Development

Dear Michelle,

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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AIYD & the Women's Refugee Commission | New Resource and Save the Date: Tapping the Potential of Displaced Youth | 03.30.12

From: Sladen, Sarah [mailto:ssladen@INTERACTION.ORG]
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:50 AM
To: Sladen, Sarah
Subject: AIYD & the Women's Refugee Commission | New Resource and Save the Date: Tapping the Potential of Displaced Youth | 03.30.12

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Save the Date:

The Alliance for International Youth Development & The Women's Refugee Commission

Invites you to

Tapping the Potential of Displaced Youth: Guidance for Non-formal Education and Livelihoods Development Policy and Practice

Report Launch and Panel Discussion

Friday, March 30, 2012 | 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

InterAction |1400 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20010 | Suite 210 | Conference Room C


Mark your calendars and join AIYD and our member the Women’s Refugee Commission for a co-hosted report launch and panel discussion to mark a new report that synthesizes findings and recommendations from a multi-year, multi-country research and advocacy initiative, “Tapping the Potential of Displaced Youth” (2008-2011). The report provides practical guidance for policy makers, practitioners and donors on what works to meet the needs of displaced youth ages 15-24 for non-formal education and safe, dignified livelihoods.

A growing need for non-formal education and livelihood skills-building opportunities for displaced youth calls for the humanitarian community and partners in government, civil society and business to come together to address service gaps; identify and remove barriers to access and create entry points in programs; and contribute to a global, practice-based learning agenda on what works for displaced youth through program monitoring and evaluation. The panel discussion will follow after a short presentation of the report, and will bring together AIYD members and others in the humanitarian assistance and development community to explore this topic in greater depth. Please be sure to save the date! A formal invitation will follow.

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Sarah Sladen | Manager for International Youth Development

InterAction | A United Voice for Global Change

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Invitation: Women's Economic Opportunity 2012 Release

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

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Vital Voices Global Partnership and the Economist Intelligence Unit

Cordially invite you to attend

The 2012 Women’s Economic Opportunity Index Release 

Engaging Women in the Workforce – An Economic and Business Imperative


Featuring:

Alyse Nelson, President and CEO, Vital Voices Global Partnership

Sandra Taylor, Senior Director, La Pietra Coalition

Leo Abruzzese, Director of Global Forecasting, Economist Intelligence Unit

Kah Walla, Presidential Candidate, Cameroon

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Location:

Vital Voices Global Partnership

1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Suite 300

Washington, DC 20036


To RSVP, please email YabaHaffar@vitalvoices.org

 

A study by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Women’s Economic Opportunity 2012 presents this year’s global economic landscape facing women and analyzes laws, practices and attitudes that affect women workers and entrepreneurs, and points to key steps to improve opportunities and economic performance worldwide. The study was commissioned and funded by Vital Voices Global Partnership, the La Pietra Coalition, ExxonMobil, the New Zealand Aid Programme, the New Zealand government’s international development initiative, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

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3/8 Event: The Arab Spring & Women: Comparing Democracies in the U.S. & Abroad

The Arab Spring and Women: Comparing Democracies in the U.S. and Abroad

March 8, 2012

Sewall-Belmont House & Museum

144 Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002-5608

The Arab Spring will significantly alter the political playing field in the Middle East and North Africa. But will women benefit from it? Is democracy traditionally beneficial to women? What lessons have American women learned and how is the democratic process treating them? These and other cultural comparisons will be addressed at this International Women’s Day program.

Panelists

Barrie Freeman, Director, North Africa, National Democratic Institute
Celinda Lake, President, Lake Research Partners
Moderator: Stephenie Foster, Consultant and Professional Lecturer at American University

Program will begin at 6:30pm, refreshments and networking to follow

Click here to register, members log in to receive a discount

Special thank you to Kraft Foods, Women’s History Month Underwriter

Gender Salon this Wednesday: LGBT Rights

Please join us this Wednesday, February 15th at noon in the Board Room for a joint discussion with the Gender and Conflict Communities of Practice on LGBT Rights: Opportunities for and Challenges to IREX Programming. 

Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is widespread in many countries and is often underreported. Gay men in Iran are imprisoned, undergo corporal punishment, and have even been executed.  In South Africa and other countries, lesbians can be targets of “corrective rape.” Attempts at pride parades in cities like Moscow and elsewhere can be met with violence, which can be condoned by authorities. In the U.S., overall hate crimes are declining except against LGBT individuals.

President Obama and Secretary Clinton recently articulated the first-ever U.S. Government strategy to direct all federal agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons. Jesse Bernstein, Program Officer at DRL in charge of LGBT programming, confirmed that this is a priority for the administration.

What role can IREX play in supporting LGBT rights internationally?  We have a modest record thus far in addressing LGBT issues in our programming, and new opportunities will continue to emerge as governments and advocacy organizations continue to prioritize and call attention to these issues.  This Salon can serve as a venue to enliven this discussion within the IREX community, and identify the possibilities, along with the challenges associated with LGBT rights–focused programming.  We can also discuss ways to better serve LGBT individuals through our current programs.

On Wednesday we will watch a portion of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s groundbreaking recent speech to the United Nations in Geneva calling for the acknowledgement of LGBT rights as inalienable human rights.  We will discuss the implications of Secretary Clinton’s speech for LGBT rights in the context of IREX’s work, and tie in some of the key themes raised during a recent conference attended by several IREX employees at American University on Engaging Marginalized Populations in Post-Conflict Peace Building. 

If you would like to view Secretary Clinton’s full speech before Wednesday you can access it here: http://lgbtweekly.com/2011/12/06/hillary-clinton-%E2%80%9Cfree-and-equal-in-dignity-and-rights%E2%80%9D/

In addition to the video, here are some suggested readings that you may want to look at before Wednesday, as they will inform our discussion:

An Atlantic article “The Challenge of Promoting Gay Rights in Africa”, written in response to Secretary Clinton’s speech, accessible here:  http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/12/the-challenge-of-promoting-gay-rights-in-africa/249749/

In the Human Rights Watch report entitled “Together Apart: Organizing Around Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Worldwide,” please read the Introduction (pg. 1-6). It is accessible via this link: http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/lgbt0509web.pdf

Also take a look at the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report entitled “Discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity.” Accessible here: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/19session/A.HRC.19.41_English.pdf

We look forward to having a productive and lively discussion on Wednesday.

Michelle L. Paison • Development Coordinator •  Development Division •  International Research & Exchanges Board

2121 K St, NW Suite 700, Washington, DC 20037 | 202.628.8188 x174 | mpaison@irex.org  | Make a Better World: www.irex.org/donate

Mini-Series: Women, War & Peace

Women, War & Peace is a five-part PBS mini-series challenging the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain. The documentary series places women at the center of an urgent dialogue about conflict and security and reframes our understanding of modern warfare.

Featuring narrators Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton, Geena Davis, and Alfre Woodard, the series reveals how the post-Cold War proliferation of small arms has changed the landscape of war, with women becoming primary targets and suffering unprecedented casualties. Simultaneously, they are emerging as necessary partners in brokering lasting peace and as leaders in forging new international laws governing conflict.

This event features a panel discussion with the series co-creators.

The full series is available for viewing on the PBS website. Women, War & Peace was funded in part by the International Women's Program of the Open Society Foundations.

Save the Date - International Women´s Day celebration. PAHO HQ. Friday 9 of March, 2012. 10.30 AM

From: Gomez, Mr. Oswaldo (WDC) [mailto:gomezo@paho.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 1:17 PM
Subject: Save the Date - International Women´s Day celebration. PAHO HQ. Friday 9 of March, 2012. 10.30 AM

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DON’T MISS IT, SAVE THE DATE!

Gender Equality => Healthy Women, Healthy Children!

Join the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Organization of American States/Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) to award the Best Practices that Incorporate a Gender Equality Perspective in Health (2012)

WHAT: Celebration of International Women’s Day

WHEN:  Friday 9 of March, 2012.  10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.

WHERE: PAHO HQ. Room A.  525 23rd St, N.W.

20037 Washington, D.C.

A light lunch will be served

  

   

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Communications Specialist
Gender, Diversity and Human Rights Office
Pan American Health Organization
Phone (202) 974-3463  Fax (202) 974-3663
gomezo@paho.org http://www.paho.org/gdr

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Gender and Development Seminar Series: Working with Boys to Achieve Gender Equality Across Generations

From: Ariana Childs Graham, Coalition for Adolescent Girls [mailto:ariana@cgpartners.org]
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 4:11 PM
To: Joyce Warner
Subject: Gender and Development Seminar Series: Working with Boys to Achieve Gender Equality Across Generations

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Dear Joyce,

I am delighted to share this announcement for an upcoming session of the Gender and Development Seminar Series co-hosted by the World Bank and Plan International USA.  Full details for this event are available below. If you have any questions about the series or would like to RSVP, please contact Mame Niasse mniasse@worldbank.org.

Best,
Ariana Childs Graham
Coordinator, Coalition for Adolescent Girls

Gender and Development Seminar Series: Working with Boys to Achieve Gender Equality Across Generations

Presenters

Ravi Karkara, Expert Advisor on Children and Youth, UNICEF
Sarah Hendriks, Global Gender Advisor, Plan International
Gary Baker, International Director Instituto Promundo-US, MenCare Campaign                                

Attitudes are hard to shift.  Gender roles and social norms are reproduced across generations. Change requires the involvement of girls and boys, men and women.  This seminar will examine approaches to working with boys and young men to break the cycle of inequality and violence that moves down the generations from father to son. The seminar will draw from research and case studies in the recently released report Because I am a Girl: The State of the World’s Girls 2011 - So, what about boys? The report is the fifth in a series of annual reports published by Plan International that examines the rights of girls throughout their childhood, adolescence and as young women. Speakers will take us through the lifecycle from boyhood to fatherhood and examine how to integrate boys and men in gender equality interventions. Discussants will then reflect on Bank operations, especially the ones focusing on men and boys and on how to take this agenda forward in the context of operationalizing the 2012 World Development Report on Gender and Development .

February 9, 2012, 
12:30 - 2:30 p.m.

World Bank Group
1818 H Street NW,  MC C2-131
Washington, DC

Discussants 
Fabian Koss, Youth Liaison, Office of External Relations, Inter-American Development Bank
Susan Opper, Senior Education Specialist, South Asia Region, World Bank

Chair
Jeni Klugman, Sector Director, PRMGE, World Bank

Light lunch will be served (First come, first served)

Please RSVP before February 8 with Mame Niasse (mniasse@worldbank.org)

The Coalition for Adolescent Girls was initiated in 2005 by the United Nations Foundation and the Nike Foundation, and has been joined by more than 30 leading international organizations, to bring fresh perspectives, diverse resources and concrete solutions to the challenges facing adolescent girls in the Global South. When girls are educated, healthy, and financially literate, they will play a key role in ending generations of poverty. The Coalition's supporters are committed to creating lasting change for communities in the Global South by driving investments to adolescent girls, leveraging existing initiatives, and mobilizing new allies on behalf of adolescent girls.

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Reminder: Gender CofP Meeting this Thursday, January 26th

Everyone’s invited to the next Gender Community of Practice meeting at 9:30 a.m. DC-time on Thursday, January 26th in the Board Room. We’ll do a brief overview of our accomplishments in 2011 and look ahead to priorities for this year. See the agenda below.

We’ll also provide bagels and coffee J

Thanks!

Gender CofP Meeting Agenda

 ·         Review of last year’s accomplishments

 ·         Priorities for 2012:

o   Field Trainings (now through June 30)

o   IREX Gender Framework

o   IREX Gender 2-Pager (due early February)

o   Gender Salons for 2012 (topics & frequency, field involvement)

o   Next gender training topic (M&E?)

o   Showing IREX’s impact with gender

o   LGBT Programming

o   Increasing overall field involvement in the Gender CofP

 ·         Other items

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Erin Murrock

Program Associate, IREX

2121 K Street, NW Suite 700

Washington, DC 20037

TEL:  (202) 628-8188 x142

FAX:  (202) 628-8189
E-MAIL:  emurrock@irex.org
Skype:  erin.murrock

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