AWID Resource Net Announcements: Wednesday 16 February 2011


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Wednesday 16 February 2011 

 

 

 


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ANNOUNCEMENTS

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AWID celebrates the power of the people in Egypt

Following over two weeks of mass protests across the country, Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak finally succumbed to the will of the people and resigned after 30 years in power. AWID celebrates with the men and women of Egypt who have shown the world that when people come together for a common goal, the unimaginable can become possible.

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Europe Received Strong Claim to Support Egyptian Pro-democracy Movement.

If supporting dictatorial regimes like Tunisia and Egypt has been seen as the way to maintain Europe's security, current events demonstrate the fragility of such strategies, warned three major civil society networks in a letter to Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

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UNSCR 1960 and the Need for Focus on Full Implementation of UNSCR 1325: Open Letter to Member States of the Security Council Re: Res 1960

"...In October 2010 the world observed the 10th anniversary of UNSCR 1325 on Women and Peace and Security. An unprecedented number of member-states spoke in the Security Council, the majority declaring their commitment to ensuring the equal and effective participation of women in decision making for the prevention and resolution of wars and violence. Civil society also strongly reaffirmed its determination to realize in the coming years the enormous potential of that resolution in this regard...."

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Violence is Not our Culture: Statement: End Violent Religious Intolerance, Uphold Human Rights for All

On January 26th, 2010, the Global Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women in the name of 'Culture' issued its statement condemning violent religious intolerance, in reaction to the recent attacks against and between religious groups in various countries across the world. The campaign called for states to...

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 Statement: Governments must pay more attention to people's voices

 

The following statement has been issued by a group of United Nations independent human rights experts*

 

"GENEVA (3 February 2011) Recent events in several countries are an expression of the frustration felt by many individuals whose voices have been neglected or ignored by their own Governments. Over the past several weeks, men and women in many countries, including Belarus, Egypt and Tunisia, have expressed grievances related to, among others, lack of employment opportunities and infringements on the right to an adequate standard of living, including the rights to food and housing, which have been exacerbated by the increasing cost of food and other basic commodities..."

  

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EVENTS

 

 
AWID at the 55th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Please click on the link below to view the parallel events AWID is taking part in at the 55th CSW, taking place from 22 February to 04 March 2011. 

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Gender and Macroeconomic Issues course

In January 2010, UNDP Asia-PacificRegional Centre (APRC), with support from the Government of Japan through theUNDP-Japan Partnership Fund, has initiated a new capacity development projecton gender and macroeconomic issues.

July 3 - 16 2011

National Women's Education Centre (NWEC), Saitama, Japan

 

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Haitian Women's Fight Against Rape Event Series  

 

Meet MADRE's new Executive Director Yifat Susskind and Haitian women's human rights leaders, and learn about their work to end the epidemic of rape in Haiti.

 

February 22, 2011
12pm-1:30 pm & 6pm-8pm
New York, NY, USA

 

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BBC World Debate on Gay Rights in Africa  

 

On behalf of BBC World News and Broad Daylight Films I have pleasure in inviting you to join the audience for a televised debate on Gay Rights in Africa, to take place on Sunday 27 February from 1pm to 4pm in Randburg, Johannesburg.

 

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Awid example imageThe Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL): Economics Workshop: Applying a Human Rights Perspective to Macroeconomic Policy 

 

March 2, 2011

4-8pm

UN Plaza, NYC

USA 

 

Please join CWGL for a strategic workshop on the use of human rights as a moral framework in macroeconomic policy and as a concrete legal tool to hold governments and other actors accountable to guarantee social and economic rights. The workshop aims to provide women's rights organizations with an introduction to methodology that allows us to evaluate macroeconomic policy by utilizing social and economic human rights.

 

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The Center for International Human Rights, City University of New York: Human Rights Seminar Series 

 

March 10, 2011

April 7, 2011 

 

The Center for International Human Rights, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The Ph.D./M.A. Program in Political Science, and The Global Studies Collective present this year's seminar series, the purpose of which is to study how monitoring mechanisms are utilized to assess compliance with international human rights norms and standards.

 

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Women's Worlds 2011 Conference 

 

July 3-7, 2011

Ottawa, Canada

 

The theme of Women's Worlds 2011 is Inclusions, exclusions, and seclusions: Living in a globalized world. Why? Where globalization and women are concerned, provocative questions abound: Does globalization include, exclude, and/or seclude women? As global hierarchies realign, how are gender roles and identities evolving? How are social identifications like power, privilege, citizenship, and nation affected?

 

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CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION

 

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Conference: Religion, Gender and Human Rights: Challenges for Multicultural and Democratic Societies

This multi-disciplinary conference will examine the nexus of religion, gender, identity, human rights and politics.

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Call for Papers: Second Emory Conference on Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding 

 

The Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding initiative of Emory University seeks submissions of presentations for its International Conference on Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding to be held at Emory University's Emory Conference Center Hotel on June 17-19, 2011. Deadline for papers: March 5, 2011.  

 

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Call for Applications: EASSI: 2011 Young Women's Leadership Training Programme

 

Since the year 2000, EASSI has been running the Young Women's Leadership Programme, an internship programme that targets young women aged 18-35.  The programme provides opportunities for learning, interacting and networking with women's organizations, with the aim of empowering and preparing the young women to support the women's movement. Deadline for applications: March 30, 2011. 


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Call for Contributions: Calcutta Research Group: RefugeeWatchOnline 

 

RefugeeWatchOnline is a public forum. Invited are contributions from refugee rights activists, lawyers, researchers and institutions working on issues on forced displacement to send in their contributions for any of the following sections.

 

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Call for Papers: The Africa Media & Democracy Conference: "Media & Democracy towards sustainable stability"

The Africa Media & Democracy Conference invites papers for its annual Africa Media and Democracy Conference, to be held from 17th -19th August 2011, Accra - Ghana. The theme for the Conference is: Media & Democracy towards sustainable stability. Deadline for abstract submissions: April 22, 2011.
 

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Call for Nominations: Taiwan Foundation for Democracy: 2011 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award

 

Each year, the Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award is awarded to one individual or organization that has made significant contributions to the advancement of democracy or human rights in Asia through peaceful means. Deadline for nominations: June 30, 2011.

 

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A New website - Muslim Marriage Contract website

The website is designed for a UK audience, to provide much-needed information about laws, practices and classical jurisprudence about Muslim marriage contracts.

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A New Resource: Religion, Rights and Gender at the Crossroads

This IDS Bulletin questions what the intersection of global, local and national politics means for policy and practice in the realm of religion and gender.

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A New Publication: UNIFEM "Pakistan Floods 2010 - Rapid Gender Needs Assessment of Flood-Affected Communities"  
Following the floods in the Summer of 2010 that have affected the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Pakistan, UNIFEM is working to ensure that gender concerns are fully integrated into relief and recovery operations. In particular, UNIFEM focuses on supporting assessments of the conditions and needs of women and girls in affected areas, and on preventing, monitoring and addressing gender-based violence among vulnerable populations. 

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A New Resource: Women's Learning Partnership: "Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women"

 Leading to Choices is based on a conceptualization of leadership as horizontal, inclusive, and participatory. In this model, leadership is viewed as a process that leads to greater choices for all by fostering communication among individuals who learn from each other, create a shared vision, and reach a common goal forged by consensus. The handbook responds to the need for leaders who aspire to create egalitarian, democratic, and pluralistic societies based on collaborative decision-making, coalition-building, and gender equality.

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A New Resource: Transitional Justice Institute: Women and Peace Agreement Dataset

This dataset was produced to support analysis of whether and how Resolution 1325 has impacted on the drafting of peace agreements. The dataset provides information on explicit references to women and gender in peace agreements from 1990 to 2010.

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A New Resource: Gender Action Link: "IFIs and Sexual and
Reproductive Rights"

The seventh Gender Action Link IFIs and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) highlights the lack of gender integration in IFI SRH investments and provides resources for SRH advocacy among civil society organizations. Although IFIs continue to promote SRH as a matter of policy, the Link reveals that SRH rights are rarely acknowledged or fulfilled through IFI investments.