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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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A Call to All the Women of Japan and the World: Follow in the Footsteps of Fukushima's Women! "It's about time we break the silence!"
September 22, as Prime Minister Noda declared he would "raise Japan's safety of nuclear power generation to the highest level in the world" at the U.N. meeting on nuclear safety in New York, women demonstrated outside the United Nations protesting, "How dare you talk about nuclear safety when you cannot even protect the children of Fukushima! Do not let the suffering of Fukushima's people go to waste. Stop the world's nuclear power plants!" On the flight home, we said to each other, "We should follow in the footsteps of the Fukushima women and gather women from across the nation to stage a sit-in!"
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Letter Demanding Withdrawal of Minustah from Haiti
October 4, 2011
"It is surprising and humiliating to certify that 'Haiti is a threat to world peace and security', as the UN Security Council does, year after year, in order to ratify the presence there of a military-police mission said to be for the purposes of stabilization: the MINUSTAH. It is a statement that hides the impunity of the major powers and the hypocrisy that allows them to intervene militarily, politically, and economically in Haiti, drawing as well on the services of others..."
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Asian Rural Women's Coalition (ARWC): Press Release on Rural Women's Day: Honouring 100 women to mark 100 years of Women's Resistance
"October 15 marks the day of the International Rural Women's Day. It is also the eve of World Food Day. This highlights the critical roles rural women play in improving food security, enhancing agricultural and rural development, and eradicating rural poverty..."
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Morocco: Abortion In 'Extreme Cases' Should Be Legal: Minister
Morocco's government wants to change the law to allow abortion in cases of rape and incest, a minister said Friday, in a country where up to 1,000 illegal terminations are said to take place daily.
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| EVENTS |
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UN Women: Virtual Dialogue No.2: "Gender and Aid Effectiveness"
October 24-November 11, 2011
The Virtual Dialogue No.2 on "Gender and Aid Effectiveness" will build on the issues discussed during the Virtual Dialogue No.1. A session will specifically discuss the anticipated outcome from the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4) and its implications for financing for gender equality positions.
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Second International Conference on Human Rights Education
November 14-16, 2011
Durban, South Africa
In recognition of its position as the premier university of African scholarship and its commitment to social and economic transformation the Faculty of Law at the University of KwaZulu-Natal has been selected to host the 2nd International Conference on Human Rights Education. The inaugural conference was hosted by the University of Western Sydney in 2010. The overall theme of this year's conference is "Celebrating Diversity and Achieving Social Justice through Human Rights Education".
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South Asia Social Forum Bangladesh
November 18-22, 2011
Dhaka, Bangladesh
The main theme for the South Asia Social Forum 2011 Bangladesh was set "Democracy for Social Transformation in South Asia: Participation, Equity, Justice and Peace". This
theme is to highlight and oppose the neo-liberal, hegemonic and authoritarian "poverty reduction" development policy and paradigm. The forum is intended to focus on this structural concern with a clear transformational agenda. However, there are various urgent and immediate economic, political and cultural concerns of the people, especially poor, women and marginalized communities, would be addressed in the forum.
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| CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION |
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Call for Participation: FIMI-IIWF: Questionnaire: Indigenous Women Empowerment and Leadership Strengthening: Protagonists of Transformation
The International Indigenous Women's Forum (known as FIMI according to its Spanish acronym) is a network of indigenous women leaders that is joined to local, national and regional organizations in Asia, Africa and America. FIMI has identified the importance to visualize the leadership role of indigenous women activists and promoters of indigenous people's individual and collective human rights through the systematization of experiences and good practices at global level. Deadline to complete the questionnaire: November 15, 2011.
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Call for Proposals: Open Society Foundations: Addressing the Situation of Women and Girls with Disabilities in Post-Conflict Countries
The Open Society Foundations' International Women's Program and the Disability Rights Initiative are pleased to announce a call for proposals addressing the situation of women and girls with disabilities in the following post-conflict countries: Nepal, Palestine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Colombia. Only proposals from these countries will be considered for support. Deadline for proposals: December 5, 2011.
Read moreCall for Proposals: UN Women Fund for Gender Equality: Arab States Region
UN Women's Fund for Gender Equality, a grantmaking fund initiated by Spain and dedicated to advancing women's rights and gender equality, announced its second Call for Proposals, inviting women's organizations and government agencies to apply for grants to support women's political and economic empowerment. In recognition of the recent developments in the Arab States region, which have created additional opportunities for supporting efforts to improve the life conditions of women and girls, the first phase of the Fund's 2011-2012 call will immediately focus on proposals that seek to empower women and their communities in this region. The online application process will be open October 24 - November 4, 2011.
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Call for Participation: The Women of the Americas Sustainability Initiative (WASI): Natural Building Institute, March 2012, Patagonia, Argentina
The Women of the Americas Sustainability Initiative (WASI) is a network of global women leaders from 15 countries across South, Central, and North America. Women will learn ecological design to take back to their communities to build schools, homes, community centers etc., with the continual support from WASI, and its team of design specialists. WASI is a once in a lifetime opportunity for the women and organizations who are participating! WASI will ignite a network of global women leaders who will affect lasting change in their communities. Scholarships are available.
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Call For Proposals: Arab Women, Media, And Sexuality Conference
The Centre for Women's Studies (University of York, UK) delighted to invite you to the "Arab Women, Media, and Sexuality" one-day conference at the University of York, to be held on the 26th of May 2012. The conference focuses on the interdisciplinary study of sexuality, media, and gender from an Arab perspective and the intersection between all three. It aims to provide grounds for discussion and analysis of these three disciplines and to encourage debate, research and networking in these fields. Deadline for proposal abstracts: November 30, 2011.
Last Call for Submissions: 10th International Filmmor Women's Film Festival on Wheels
The festival organizers invite submissions for all the movies which are directed /co-directed by women until 1st November 2011. 10th International Filmmor Women's Film Festival on Wheels is going to begin at the second week of March, 2012 in Istanbul and continue with tours in other cities.
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Call for Applications: Dignity International: 10th Annual Global Linking and Learning Programme on Human Rights in Development
For the 10th consecutive year, Dignity International is proud to organise our capacity building programme again, which will continue to empower human rights activists and development agency leaders, as well as leaders of civil society and grassroots community organisers. The learning enhances the skills, knowledge and spirit to uphold the principles of Human Rights and to bring Economic Social and Cultural rights to the ground. Deadline for applications extended to: October 23, 2011.
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Call for Applications: Equitas: 2012 International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP)
The International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP) is at the heart of Equitas' activities. Now in its 33rd year, this annual three-week education event brings together over 120 participants from approximately 60 countries. The IHRTP is an intermediate-level program. It provides a unique opportunity for human rights workers and educators to deepen their understanding of human rights and of the essential role of human rights education in effecting social change. Deadline for (international) applications: November 21, 2011.
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Call for Applications: Sida: Advanced International Training Programme 2012: "UN Security Council Resolution
1325: Women, Peace and Security"
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) offers, as part of its bilateral development assistance, Advanced International Training Programmes of strategic importance to the social and economic development in the participants' countries. The International Training Programmes are specially designed for persons qualified to participate in reform processes of strategic importance on different levels and holds a position in their home organisation with a mandate to run processes of change. Please note that this program targets only: Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Georgia, Liberia and South Sudan. Deadline for applications: January 30, 2012.
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| NEW RESOURCES |
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A New Resource: "60 Years of Oppression and Suppression in Thailand"
"This document brings together some of the evidence of the fearful tension that underlies the
power struggle between the Institution of Monarchy and the Parliament of the People, tension that must be faced with dispassionate reasoning by all sides if the governance of Thailand is to mature in the name of peace and sustainable development..."
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A New Resource: Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL): "Making Macroeconomics Work For US: A Feminist Perspective", Brief Number 1
Building on feminist economic analyses, the Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) is undertaking the production of periodic briefs - Nexus: Shaping Feminist Visions in the 21st Century - to enhance women's leadership for the realization of human rights. Brief Number 1 - "Making Macroeconomics Work For US: A Feminist Perspective" - highlights linkages between macroeconomics and human rights in order to better inform discussions about solutions to the current economic crisis in the United States.
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A New Resource/Article: "ICT Training Opens Windows of Opportunity for Rural Women"
"It's the century of the tablets and androids. But nearly50 percent of the world population live in rural areas, and they have very limited access to what the other half considers a basic necessity to work, learn or manage social relations: the computer. The digital divide faced by developing countries is closely linked to poverty, illiteracy and language barriers. The gap widens even further when we measure women's access to these technologies of information and communication technologies (ICTs)..."
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A New Resource: Social Watch: "The Basic Capabilities Index (BCI) 2011"
Social Watch, a network of citizen organizations monitoring social policies around the world, launched today (October 13, 2011) a Basic Capabilities Index (BCI) derived from well-being indicators which shows very slow progress in the last twenty years. This index contradicts the assessment of the World Bank, according to which extreme poverty would have halved around the world between 1980 and 2005. Read more
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| APPEALS AND URGENT ACTIONS |
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Urgent Action: Mesoamerican and International Feminist and Human Rights Organizations Demand Protection for Margarita González Carpio, Mexico
October 18, 2011
"We, the undersigned Mesoamerican and international feminist and human rights organizations, denounce the attempted rape and murder (feminicide) of Ms. Margarita González Carpio, a federal police officer in the Mexican state of Querétaro, by Mr. Salvador Cruz Neri, State Coordinator of the Federal Police in Querétaro. We demand that she be granted immediate precautionary protection measures and that her right to access justice for the violence she suffered be guaranteed..." Please send appeals to the Attorney General of the Republic, Attorney of Querétaro state, and copies to the Secretary of Public Safety.
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