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AWID Resource Net Announcements: Wednesday 9 March 2011

Wednesday 9 March 2011 To contribute to Resource Net, please write to contribute@awid.org. Please allow at least two days for us to consider your request. Items that arrive too late to be included in the newsletter, will be posted to www.awid.org In this Issue Announcements Events Calls for Participation New Resources Quick Links to AWID's Website Announcements Events Calls for Participation  New Resources   Appeals and Urgent Actions Subscribe to Resource-Net Announcements Follow us on Facebook & Twitter   ANNOUNCEMENT   Launch of improved www.awid.org!   To mark International Women's Day, AWID is pleased to announce the launch of a range of new developments to our website - www.awid.org.   The new design and structure of the website will make it easier for you to find the latest news and analysis on women's rights around the world, and to share them with others. There is a new section with ways for you to get involved along with more accessible information on AWID's strategic initiatives and our latest publications which you can download in pdf. or read online. You can also become an AWID member or renew your membership online. Read more   CEDAW Committee Outcomes Statement to CSW 55   February 22, 2011 This statement is by Ms. Silvia Pimentel, Chair Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. "I have the honour to present to the fifty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women the main outcomes of the forty-sixth, forty-seventh and forty-eighth sessions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Pursuant to its mandate under article 20 of the Convention, the Committee considered the reports of 20 States parties and adopted concluding observations in this regard..." Read more International Women's Day, 8th March 2011: A message from the World March of Women   "We have started 2011 with hope and revolution in our hearts and minds, as we support the struggle for self-determination and participatory democracy in northern Africa and the Arab world. The peoples of Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Syria have demonstrated that mass uprisings of women and men do have the power to topple governments and dictatorships. Women's voices and actions are crucial to the construction of people power, and on International Women's Day we commit ourselves to struggle alongside our sisters to ensure their active participation in their country's transition processes..." Read more    NETRIGHT: Statement for International Women's Day on "Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women"   "The theme for this year's International Women's day, "Equal access to education, training and science and technology:  a pathway to decent work for women", is most appropriate, focusing as it does on one of the most critical issues facing our world and country. There has been significant progress in women and girls' access to educational opportunities. Current gender parity at the primary level stands at 1:1 in some places in the country. However educational enrolment remains lower for females at the higher levels of the educational ladder..."   Read more    Women voice their concerns about REDD+   March 7, 2011   "Women's groups, civil society organizations and activists have come together to call out for alternatives to the proposed policies and incentives under the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhance carbon stocks (REDD+). In a statement, individuals and groups, including indigenous peoples assert that REDD + is still a covert way of allowing greater destruction to the world's remaining forests and communities, especially women..."   Read more    DAWN Statement on the Launch of UN Women   CSW 55, New York, February 2011 "Women's movements and women's rights advocates have reason to cheer and celebrate the launching of the UN Women. In the entire history of the United Nations, it is the only entity that was primarily created in response to the worldwide clamor and mobilization of women's movements! Nevertheless, the timing of the launch cannot be more challenging. The world remains gripped by a longdrawn global economic crisis and the United Nations has been told to be more efficient in is operations..." Read more EVENTS   Central America Women's Network (CAWN): 20th Anniversary Event   March 31, 2011  6:30-8:30pm London, UK   Join CAWN to celebrate 20 years of promoting women's rights and gender equality in solidarity with women in Central America!   Read more   Central America Women's Network (CAWN): Speaker Tour 2011   March 29 - April 12, 2011 UK    Evelyn Cuellar and Mercedes Lainez are women's rights activists from CAWN's partner organisation in Honduras, CEM-H. They will be touring the U.K. and meeting CAWN supporters, NGOs, the media, students, academics and other women's organisations to raise awareness and discuss the situation of women's rights in Honduras and the Central America region, the struggle to promote and defend women's rights, the role of Feminists in Resistance and the successes and challenges of CEM-H's work.   Read more    University of East Anglia: Short Course: Gender and Development    June 20- July 1, 2011 University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK   Build your knowledge about gender and gender analysis for development practice and organisational change. Dr Penny Plowman, an experienced gender and development practitioner who specialises in organisational analysis,  is running the short course 'Gender and Development' at International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK in June 2011. Dr Plowman uses participatory methodology and action learning to explore the theory and practice of change and gender as an organisational value. The course is designed for development practitioners seeking to build knowledge about gender and to improve practice in gender analysis for programme deliver and for leaders responsible for building enabling organisational cultures.   Read more    6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention   July 17-20, 2011 Rome, Italy    The world's largest open scientific conference on HIV/AIDS - the 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011) will be held in Rome Italy in July 2011. The event will be organized by the IAS, in partnership with Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italian National Institute of Health), which is the leading technical and scientific body of the Italian National Health Service. Held every two years, the conference attracts about 5,000 delegates from all over the world.   Read more     CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION Call for Participation: Global Survey: Building women's global meaningful participation in the High Level Meeting (HLM) on HIV and AIDS   The High Level Meeting on AIDS that takes place in June this year will review achievements made against the commitments of the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS Declaration of Commitment of 2001, and the Political Declaration of 2006, and will determine the priority agenda for work on HIV and AIDS over the next five years, in particular as we work towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The ATHENA Network and the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) are running a virtual survey in order to ensure the broadest possible engagement and representation of women (and girls wherever possible) in the processes leading up to the HLM - especially women living with and affected by HIV, and other key populations of women who often lack platforms for priority issues to be raised and heard. Deadline for survey submissions: March 13, 2011.   Read more    Call for Nominations: Candidates and Proposed Selection Criteria for the Mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants At the 17th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in June 2011 the President of the Council is to appoint an independent human rights expert to serve as the next Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants. Amnesty International, the Jesuit Refugee Service and Migrant Forum in Asia call on governments, NGOs and others, including relevant professional networks, to use the checklist (see attached) to identify eligible candidates for nomination. The organizations urge governments to call publicly for candidates, e.g. through media advertisement, and consult civil society nationally before nominating candidates. Deadline for nominations: March 14, 2011.    Read more Call for Applications: Cartier Women's Initiative Award The Cartier Women's Initiative Award is an international business plan competition created in 2006 by Cartier, the Women's Forum, McKinsey & Company and INSEAD business school to identify, support and encourage projects by women entrepreneurs. Deadline for applications: March 15, 2011. Read more Call for Submissions: The African Women's Journal In kick starting the year 2011, The African Women's Journal, the African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) signature publication- will focus on thefirst priority theme of the African Women's Decade (2010-2020): Health, Maternal Mortality and HIV&AIDS. The Journal will specifically focus on the theme: Addressing Women's Specific Health Needs & Challenges in Africa during the African Women's Decade (2010-2020). Deadline for abstracts: March 15, 2011. Read more Call for Applications: The Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press 2011 Samir Kassir has paid with his life in his fight for democracy and Lebanon's sovereignty, and he remains an example for his entire profession. By organising this competition, the European Union salutes, through the name of Samir Kassir, the efforts and courage of all the journalists in the region who, sometimes by risking their lives, are committed to human rights, the rule of law and democracy. Deadline for applications: March 30, 2011.    Read more     Call for Submissions: Iranian Progressive Youth (IPY): Essay Contest 2011: "Prospect of Change in Iran"   "Prospect of Change in Iran". Share your ideas and prospects concerning the possibilities of change in Iran. The top three essays will be published in accredited journal(s) and will also receive a cash prize. Deadline for submissions: April 10, 2011.   Read more    Call For Applications: Sexuality Leadership Development Fellowship   July 17 - 30, 2011 Lagos, Nigeria   The SLDF addresses contemporary sexuality issues and emerging best practice in policy and programming for sexual well-being in Africa. The curriculum will focus on sexuality, sexual health and rights, sexual diversity, pleasure, HIV/AIDS and vulnerabilities, gender and violence against women. Deadline for applications: April 30, 2011. Read more    NEW RESOURCES A New Resource: UN WomenWatch: International Women's Day: Looking Back  "International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political...International Women's Day first emerged from the activities of labour movements at the turn of the twentieth century in North America and across Europe..." Read more New Publications: International Land Coalition (ILC): Securing Women's Access to Land Over the last three years, the International Land Coalition (ILC) has carried out a project entitled "Securing Women's Access to Land: Linking Research and Action" in Eastern and Southern Africa with support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The project has generated reports for each action-oriented research project, synthesis reports and policy briefs, the first set of which are now available for download. More research reports and policy briefs will be uploaded in the coming weeks.   Read more A New Report: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL): "Summaries of Jurisprudence: Gender-based Violence"   This compilation of international standards provides a solid jurisprudential research body and it presents a wider panorama of women's reality in very different contexts revealing the indisputable persistence of gender-based violence in the world, in spite of the advances in the normative field. The selected cases are some of the most paradigmatic ones among those which, to date, have motivated some type of response from human rights protection systems (Inter-American Comission and Inter-American Court of Human Rights; European Court, CEDAW and the some of the International Tribunals).   Read more A New Publication: Civicus: "Report on the Challenges faced by Women in Civil Society in Africa"   Women in civil society in Africa are particularly prone to intimidation and harassment says released today (March 8, 2011) by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation. CIVICUS calls on African governments, regional bodies, the international community and civil society to do much more to protect women human rights defenders on the continent.   Read more    A New Resource: Inter-agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crises: Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings   The 2010 Inter-agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings is an update of the 1999 Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations: An Inter-agency Field Manual, the authoritative guidance on reproductive health interventions in humanitarian settings. The 2010 version provides additional guidance on how to implement the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health, a minimum standard of care in humanitarian response. It also splits the original chapter on HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) into two separate chapters to accommodate new guidance on HIV programming. Read more   A New Resource: Solutions' Special Issue: Women Shaping Our World   Even as women around the world struggle for equality and basic rights, they may be our most promising chance for change. The current issue of Solutions explores how women from Washington DC to Rwanda to Egypt are challenging their societies and pushing for their rights.   Read more    A New Resource/Article: "A woman leading change in Yemen" Journalist Alice Hackman, who recently returned to London after two years as reporter and Features Editor for The Yemen Times in Sana'a examines the role that female activists, particularly Tawakkul Karman, are playing in Yemen's protests, highlighting the importance of women's activism in Yemen's uncertain future. Read more  APPEALS AND URGENT ACTIONS Take Action: Nobel Women's Initiative: Urge Governments to Support Special Mandate on Iran "Join us in standing in solidarity with the women human rights defenders in Iran by supporting their campaign for a Human Rights Council resolution establishing a UN special mandate on Iran. On 17 March 2011, a resolution will be tabled at the 16th session of the Human Rights Council to establish a UN special mandate with an independent rapporteur for Iran..." Read more Take Action: Front Line: Morocco: Physical assault of human rights defender Ms Buthaina Amina Elmakoudi  On 26 February 2011, human rights defender Ms Buthaina Amina Elmakoudi was physically assaulted while taking part in a peaceful protest in Agadir, Morocco. Buthaina Amina Elmakoudi is the director of the Agadir section of the Association against AIDS, and has also worked with the Democratic League of Women's Rights, Moroccan Association for Human Rights, and the Moroccan Forum for Truth and Justice. Read more Take Action: Call for adoption of ESCR Guidelines in the African Charter   This letter is urging the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights to adopt the Principles and Guidelines on the Interpretation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights at its next ordinary session in Banjul, The Gambia, in April 2011...Add the name of your organization to the list of signatories by 22 March. Read more   AWID Membership Change doesn't just happen. We collectively make it happen. By becoming a member of AWID, you are joining a movement that seeks to advance the rights of women around the world as you connect with other individuals and organizations that are committed to building our collective voice, power and influence in achieving full equality of women and human rights of all people.   Find out more Resource-Net is brought to you by The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). AWID is an international, multi-generational, feminist, creative, future-orientated membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. AWID's mission is to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women's rights advocates, organizations and movements internationally to effectively advance the rights of women.   You are free to replicate AWID's information in other formats, and use it in your work, provided you give credit to AWID. To contribute to Resource-Net write to contribute@awid.org. 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AWID Resource-Net Jobs: Monday 31 January 2011

Monday 31 January 2011 To contribute to Resource Net "Jobs", please write to contribute@awid.org. Please allow at least three days for us to consider your request. Items that arrive too late to be included in the newsletter, will be posted to www.awid.org. In this Issue Forum & Events Coordinator Quick Links to AWID's Website Forum & Events Coordinator Director, Strategic Partnerships, Advocacy, Civil Society, Communications and Resource Mobilization Division Director, Policy Division Programme Specialist Research Coordinator positions Post-Doctoral Position Sexual Diversity Coordinator HIV and AIDS Programme Associate Project Manager - MIS Implementation Regional Director, East Africa Regional Director, Asia Program Coordinator Director of Development Monitoring and Evaluation Officer Executive Director Content Producer, Global Online Exhibition Development Director Call for Writers: Women and Peacebuilding in the Middle East Subscribe to Resource-Net Jobs Follow us on Facebook & Twitter   AWID RESOURCE-NET JOBS Forum & Events Coordinator / The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) / Toronto, Canada / Closing date: February 6, 2011. AWID is currently seeking an experienced events professional to play a leadership role in our Forum & Events team. Read more Director, Strategic Partnerships, Advocacy, Civil Society, Communications and Resource Mobilization Division / UN Women / New York, NY, USA / Closing date: February 15, 2011. The Director is responsible for developing the vision, strategy, managing the implementation of strategic plans, monitoring and overseeing progress and measuring and evaluating results. Read more Director, Policy Division / UN Women / New York, NY, USA / Closing date: February 15, 2011. The Director of Policy is responsible for providing direction and leadership in the Policy Division in the formulation of all policies. Read more Programme Specialist / UN Women / Chisinau, Moldova / Closing date: February 11, 2011. Programme Specialist will support timely and synergetic implementation of the UN Women WEE (Women's Economic Empowerment) programme. Read more Research Coordinator positions / Femin Ijtihad / Various locations / Closing date: February 20, 2011. Femin Ijtihad is seeking Research Coordinators. Read more Post-Doctoral Position / The Center on Violence Against Women & Children (VAWC) at Rutgers University / New Brunswick, NJ, USA. The person hired for this post-doctoral position will work on two of VAWC's major research projects. Read more Sexual Diversity Coordinator / The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) / Johannesburg, South Africa. OSISA seeks a sexual diversity Coordinator to work within its HIV and AIDS Programme based in Johannesburg. Read more HIV and AIDS Programme Associate / The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) / Johannesburg, South Africa / Closing date: February 8, 2011. This position supports HIV and AIDS programming across ten countries in Southern Africa. Read more Project Manager - MIS Implementation / Oxfam Canada / Ottawa, ON, Canada / Closing date: February 7, 2011. Oxfam requires the services of a contract Project Manager for 12 months to manage the completion of the MIS (Management Information System) Implementation Project. Read more Regional Director, East Africa / Ipas / Chapel Hill, NC, USA. The Regional Director, East Africa provides vision and strategic leadership in the development and expansion of Ipas's regional program and partnerships in Africa. Read more Regional Director, Asia / Ipas / Chapel Hill, NC, USA. The Regional Director provides vision and strategic leadership in the development and expansion of Ipas's regional program and partnerships in Asia. Read more Program Coordinator / MADRE / New York, NY, USA. MADRE is seeking a committed women's human rights activist to coordinate its programs and partnerships with its sister organizations. Read more Director of Development / The Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) / Washington, DC, USA / Closing date: February 11, 2011. The Director of Development is responsible for planning and implementing all fundraising activities to support and grow CHANGE's work. Read more Monitoring and Evaluation Officer / Women for Women International / Washington, DC, USA / Closing date: February 28, 2011. The M&E Officer will function as part of a global team that implements the organization's monitoring and evaluation efforts. Read more Executive Director / The Alliance for Children's Entitlement to Social Security (ACESS) / Cape Town, South Africa / Closing date: February 11, 2011. The Alliance for Children's Entitlement to Social Security seeks to appoint a new Executive Director to be based at its offices in Cape Town. Read more Content Producer, Global Online Exhibition / The International Museum of Women (IMOW) / San Francisco, CA, USA. IMOW seeks an innovative, experienced and team-oriented media professional to serve as Producer for its next major online exhibition on Global Motherhood/Maternal Health. Read more Development Director / The International Museum of Women (IMOW) / San Francisco, CA, USA. IMOW seeks a dynamic, organized and passionate Development Director to spearhead its fundraising and external relations. Read more Call for Writers: Women and Peacebuilding in the Middle East / Gender Across Borders. Gender Across Borders is running a series on Women and Peacebuilding in the Middle East and is soliciting articles that explore a range of perspectives regarding the roles women can and should play in bringing peace to the Middle East. Read more Awid Membership Change doesn't just happen. We collectively make it happen. By becoming a member of AWID, you are joining a movement that seeks to advance the rights of women around the world as you connect with other individuals and organizations that are committed to building our collective voice, power and influence in achieving full equality of women and human rights of all people.   Find out more Resource-Net is brought to you by The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). AWID is an international, multi-generational, feminist, creative, future-oriented membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. AWID's mission is to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women's rights advocates, organizations and movements internationally to effectively advance the rights of women. You are free to replicate AWID's information in other formats, and use it in your work, provided you give credit to the Association. 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AWID Resource-Net Friday File: January 28, 2011

Friday, January 28, 2011 Quick Links to AWID's Website Media Advocacy and the Arts Hold Promise for Women's Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina Subscribe to Resource-Net Friday File Follow us on Facebook & Twitter   AWID FRIDAY FILE    Media Advocacy and the Arts Hold Promise for Women's Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina   Women's rights activist Vedrana Frasto speaks with AWID about the importance of challenging conventional representations to women's rights struggles in Bosnia and Herzegovina.   By Lejla Medanhodzic and Masum Momaya   Read more AWID Membership Change doesn't just happen. We collectively make it happen. By becoming a member of AWID, you are joining a movement that seeks to advance the rights of women around the world as you connect with other individuals and organizations that are committed to building our collective voice, power and influence in achieving full equality of women and human rights of all people.   Find out more Resource-Net is brought to you by The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). AWID is an international, multi-generational, feminist, creative, future-orientated membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. AWID's mission is to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women's rights advocates, organizations and movements internationally to effectively advance the rights of women. You are free to replicate AWID's information in other formats, and use it in your work, provided you give credit to the Association. To contribute to Resource-Net write to contribute@awid.org. Please do not send attachments to this email address.

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AWID Resource Net Announcements: Wednesday 26 January 2011

Wednesday 26 January 2011 To contribute to Resource Net, please write to contribute@awid.org. Please allow at least two days for us to consider your request. Items that arrive too late to be included in the newsletter, will be posted to www.awid.org In this Issue Announcements Events Calls for Participation New Resources Appeals and Urgent Actions Quick Links to AWID's Website Announcements Events Calls for Participation  New Resources   Appeals and Urgent Actions Subscribe to Resource-Net Announcements Follow us on Facebook & Twitter   ANNOUNCEMENTS   Statement to the First Regular Session of the Executive Board, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Speech delivered by Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, at the opening of the First Regular Session of the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), 24 January 2011. Read more Press Release: ECWR condemns the excessive use of force against peaceful demonstrators in Cairo January 26, 2011 Cairo "The Egyptian Center for Women's Rights (ECWR) condemns the security forces' use of excessive force against demonstrators in all of the governorates in Egypt yesterday evening, January 25th, and early this morning, January 26th. These demonstrators included wide sectors of Egyptian society: youth, children, men and women, Muslims and Copts. They all joined together to demand their economic and civil rights in a non-violent way..." Read more   GEAR Campaign Statement at First UN Women Board Meeting   January 24, 2011   GEAR Campaign representative delivered the following statement to the Executive Board of UN Women.      Read more   Press Release: UN: Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, as she concludes her visit to India  January 21, 2011 New Delhi "From 10 to 21 January 2011, I carried out a fact-finding mission to assess the situation of human rights defenders in India, and traveled to New Delhi, Bhubaneshwar (Orissa), Kolkata (West Bengal), Guwahati (Assam), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Jammu and Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir)..." Read more    Interactive AIDS Civil Society Hearing confirmed to April 8th   The President of the UN General Assembly will organize an informal interactive civil society hearing as part of the preparatory process for the high-level meeting. The date is confirmed to April 8th.   Read more   Canada: Advocacy for Equal Rights of Aboriginal Women   "Canadian Aboriginal woman lawyer, leader and advocate, Sharon McIvor announced today [December 22, 2010] that she will file a complaint against Canada at the United Nations. 'Canada continues to discriminate against Aboriginal women and their descendants in the determination of eligibility for registration as an Indian. Versions of the Indian Act, going back to the 19th century, have given preference to male Indians as transmitters of status, and to descendants of male Indians. Despite amendments made to the Indian Act when the Charter came into effect in 1985, Aboriginal women are still not treated equally as transmitters of status, and many thousands of descendants of Aboriginal women are denied status as a result.' " Read more    CREA's Count Me In! conference website is now up and running!   Visit CRE's new website at www.countmeinconference.org to learn all about the Count Me In! South Asia conference on violence against marginalised women.The Count Me In! conference is part of CREA's Count Me In! initiative that demonstrates the commitment to addressing the marginalisation and exclusion of sex workers, lesbians, single and disabled women, and trans people.   Read more    EVENTS    INTRAC Training: Gender Analysis and Planning     September 28-20, 2011 Oxford, UK Development planners and NGOs are increasingly committed to incorporating a gender perspective into their programmes. However, many face challenges in its practical and systematic application to their work. This course will enable you to effectively and systematically analyse contexts and plan development and humanitarian programmes from a gender equality perspective.      Read more   CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION Call for Submissions: Human Rights Committee: Draft General Comment on Freedom of Expression At its 100th session, held in Geneva in October 2010, the Human Rights Committee (the Committee) completed its first reading of draft General Comment No. 34, on Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the Covenant). Article 19 safeguards the right to freedom of opinion and expression. Now that the first reading has been completed the Committee is inviting comments on the draft from all interested parties. Deadline for submissions: January 30, 2011. Read more Call for Papers: Gender & Development: Citizenship   The November 2011 issue of the international journal Gender & Development, (published for Oxfam GB by Routledge/Taylor and Francis) will focus on Citizenship. Development and feminist policymakers and practitioners, and academic researchers, are all invited to share insights from research and experience of Citizenship-focused development/humanitarian work in particular country contexts, which has direct relevance to development policy and practice. Deadline for proposed paper idea: February 21, 2011. Read more Call for Applications: ADH Genève: Advanced Training Course on Monitoring Economic, Social and Cultural Rights This advanced course will provide experienced human rights advocates, staff of NGOs and national human rights institutions, representatives of governments, and staff of UN bodies and other international organizations, as well as members of the academia, with in-depth knowledge on monitoring aspects related to economic, social and cultural rights (ESC rights), and comprehensive knowledge on how to enhance their work on monitoring ESC rights. Deadline for applications: 15 February for applicants requiring visas for Switzerland and all scholarship requests. 18 March for self-funded applicants not requiring visa for Switzerland.   Read more Reminder: Call for Nominations: International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF): 2011 Courage in Journalism and Lifetime Achievement Award The International Women's Media Foundation is seeking nominations for the 2011 Courage in Journalism and Lifetime Achievement awards. For more than two decades, the Courage in Journalism Awards have honored the courage of women journalists who have demonstrated extraordinary strength of character in pursuing their profession under difficult or dangerous circumstances, such as government oppression, kidnapping, threats against family and friends and other intimidating obstacles. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a woman journalist who has a pioneering spirit and whose determination has paved the way for future generations of women in the media. Deadline for nominations: March 4, 2011.   Read more   Call for Nominations: Women's Link Worldwide: Gender Justice Uncovered Award 2011   In every country, regardless of its political system, culture or religion, what judges and courts say has a tremendous influence on people's day-to-day lives. With your participation we continue to uncover the most sexist and discriminatory court decisions or statements and highlight those that advance gender equality. The Gender Justice Uncovered 2010 Awards seek to identify the best and worst decisions or statements related to gender made in English, Spanish or Portuguese within a judicial process. Deadline to nominate: April 4, 2011. Deadline to vote: April 25, 2011.   Read more Call for Papers: Australian National University: "Honour Killing Across Culture and Time"   Honour-motivated violence is a trans-historical and cross-cultural phenomenon, yet it has recently become a metonym for Islamic and anti-modern cultures. How can inter-disciplinary conversations unpack this association to produce innovative ways of thinking about and acting against violence justified through claims of honour? This conference (December 8-9, 2011) will explore honour killings across periods, places, political contexts, legal regimes and religions. Deadline for abstracts: August 1, 2011.  Read more   NEW RESOURCES A New Resource: CSW 55 Documentation   The 55th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will be held from February 22 - March 4, 2011. The CSW 55 documents include background information and NGO statements, and are available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.   Read more A New Publication: Huairou Commission: "Our Spaces: Grassroots Women Formalize Their Leadership and Access to Essential Services" This publication documents the work of Huairou Commission members claiming space. This is analyzed from a women's empowerment perspective as a strategy for grassroots women's community organizing. In this book, authored by Ayse Yonder and Marnie Tamaki, the Huairou Commission documents "a dozen community centers from around the world as practical examples of implementation strategies to meet the Millennium Development Goals." Read more  A New Publication: Human Rights Watch (HRW): "World Report 2011"   The Human rights Watch 21st annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide. It reflects extensive investigative work undertaken in 2010 by Human Rights Watch staff, usually in close partnership with domestic human rights activists.    Read more   A New Resource: Global Fund for Women (GFW): Militarism Facts and Impacts on Women & Girls "Militarism is the combination of beliefs and practices that promotes a culture of fear and a continuum of violence. It is sustained through institutions, investments and structures based on the premise that the world is dangerous and armed force is the way to resolve conflicts..." Read more APPEALS AND URGENT ACTIONS Urgent Action: Murder of Women's Human Rights Defenders in Mexico: Immediated Solidarity Requested   January 20, 2011   "To the Ambassador of Mexico in the Philippines: As advocates for women's human rights, community health rights, and an end to sexual and gender violence, we, the undersigned members and allies of the Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) denounce the ongoing brutal killings and gendered violence directed at the women's rights advocates living in the communities of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Over the past month, we have been appalled and simultaneously enraged to hear from Mexican based members and allies of WGNRR about the two recent assassinations of human rights defenders tirelessly working to end violence against women, Susana Chávez and Marisela Escobedo Ortiz (mother of another murder victim, Rubi Marisol Frayre Escobedo)....Please sign the petition."   Read more    Take Action: Pro Feminism of Russia calls for signatures for a petition opposing the discriminatory statements of the Russian Orthodox Church   Recently we have witnessed a number of statements made by high-ranking representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), which affect women's dignity, rights and freedoms and justify discrimination and violence against them.   Read more   AWID Membership Change doesn't just happen. We collectively make it happen. By becoming a member of AWID, you are joining a movement that seeks to advance the rights of women around the world as you connect with other individuals and organizations that are committed to building our collective voice, power and influence in achieving full equality of women and human rights of all people.   Find out more Resource-Net is brought to you by The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). AWID is an international, multi-generational, feminist, creative, future-orientated membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. AWID's mission is to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women's rights advocates, organizations and movements internationally to effectively advance the rights of women.   You are free to replicate AWID's information in other formats, and use it in your work, provided you give credit to AWID. To contribute to Resource-Net write to contribute@awid.org. 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AWID Resource-Net Jobs: Monday 24 January 2011

Monday 24 January 2011 To contribute to Resource Net "Jobs", please write to contribute@awid.org. Please allow at least three days for us to consider your request. Items that arrive too late to be included in the newsletter, will be posted to www.awid.org. In this Issue Forum & Events Coordinator Quick Links to AWID's Website Forum & Events Coordinator Programme Associate Gender and Technology Specialist Administrative Assistant Research Consultant - Women's Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence in West Africa Director of Communications Gender Specialist, Afghanistan Foreign Affairs Institutional Reform (FAIR) Human Rights and Gender (HRG) Coordinator Project Officer- SWTF 1325 Secretariat National Programme Monitoring and Reporting Specialist for CIS Sub Region Consultant: Team Leader (Evaluation Team) Program Officer - Advocacy, Latin America Regional Office Country Director Communications Officer Officer - International Advocacy Women's Protection and Empowerment Coordinator Subscribe to Resource-Net Jobs Follow us on Facebook & Twitter   AWID RESOURCE-NET JOBS Forum & Events Coordinator / The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) / Toronto, Canada / Closing date: February 6, 2011. AWID is currently seeking an experienced events professional to play a leadership role in our Forum & Events team. Read more Programme Associate / UN Women / Afghanistan / Closing date: February 3, 2011. The Programme Associate will be responsible for executing all project activities. Read more Gender and Technology Specialist / The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) / Washington, DC, USA. ICRW seeks a specialist in gender and technology for a part-time consultancy to work with a team to develop a white paper on women and technology interventions. Read more Administrative Assistant / The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) / Washington, DC, USA. ICRW currently seeks an administrative assistant to provide administrative and programmatic support to the vice president of the research innovation and impact (RI2) division. Read more Research Consultant - Women's Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence in West Africa / The International Rescue Committee (IRC) / Location: Global. The purpose of this consultancy is to carry out a qualitative study on women's perceptions of intimate partner violence in West Africa. Read more Director of Communications / The Center for Reproductive Rights / New York, NY, USA / Closing date: February 7, 2011. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly-skilled communications professional to create, lead and implement communications and marketing strategies. Read more Gender Specialist, Afghanistan Foreign Affairs Institutional Reform (FAIR) / Management Systems International (MSI) / Kabul, Afghanistan. The Gender Specialist will work with the objective coordinators to ensure integration of gender into program activities. Read more Human Rights and Gender (HRG) Coordinator / Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) / Kabul, Afghanistan / Closing date: January 28, 2011. The coordinator will start her/his duties as head of the Human Rights & Gender Unit. Read more Project Officer- SWTF 1325 Secretariat / UN Women / Nairobi, Kenya / Closing date: February 6, 2011. The Service Contract position will contribute to the realization of UN Women's Strategic Outcomes in Somalia. Read more National Programme Monitoring and Reporting Specialist for CIS Sub Region / UN WOMEN / Almaty, Kazakhstan / Closing date: February 1, 2011. The Specialist will be responsible for the management of a grants portfolio of approximately 3 grants per year from the Commonwealth of Independent States Sub Region. Read more Consultant: Team Leader (Evaluation Team) / UNDP / Nairobi, Kenya / Closing date: January 28, 2011. The overall goal of the midterm evaluation of the GGP in Kenya is to review progress made by the GGP III and its partners towards achieving the expected outcomes. Read more Program Officer - Advocacy, Latin America Regional Office / Planned Parenthood Federation of America / Miami, FL, USA. The Program Officer works autonomously with international partners in Latin America and Caribbean region to design, develop and oversee implementation of projects that advance sexual and reproductive rights. Read more Country Director / Helen Keller International (HKI) / Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire / Open until filled. HKI is seeking a Country Director to head operations based in Abidjan. Read more Communications Officer / International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR) / New York, NY, USA. IPPF/WHR is seeking a communications professional passionate about sexual and reproductive rights to implement IPPF WHR's comprehensive communications strategies. Read more Officer - International Advocacy / International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR) / New York, NY, USA. The advocacy team is seeking a professional with a high level knowledge of sexual and reproductive health and rights, particularly in the context of the international policy arena. Read more Women's Protection and Empowerment Coordinator / The International Rescue Committee (IRC) / Moroto, Uganda / Closing date: March 18, 2011. The Women's Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Coordinator is responsible for the strategic development and oversight of the IRC's WPE program in Uganda. Read more Awid Membership Change doesn't just happen. We collectively make it happen. By becoming a member of AWID, you are joining a movement that seeks to advance the rights of women around the world as you connect with other individuals and organizations that are committed to building our collective voice, power and influence in achieving full equality of women and human rights of all people.   Find out more Resource-Net is brought to you by The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). 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AWID Resource-Net Friday File: January 21, 2011

Friday, January 21, 2011 Quick Links to AWID's Website Paintball Guns and "Islamic" Decrees Police Chechnya's Women   Russian version Subscribe to Resource-Net Friday File Follow us on Facebook & Twitter   AWID FRIDAY FILE   Paintball Guns and "Islamic" Decrees Police Chechnya's Women    AWID speaks with a women's rights activist in Chechnya about the growing use of religious ideology to threaten, control and attack women there  By Lejla Medanhodzic and Masum Momaya                Read more       Read the Russian version of this interview here.   AWID Membership Change doesn't just happen. We collectively make it happen. By becoming a member of AWID, you are joining a movement that seeks to advance the rights of women around the world as you connect with other individuals and organizations that are committed to building our collective voice, power and influence in achieving full equality of women and human rights of all people.   Find out more Resource-Net is brought to you by The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). AWID is an international, multi-generational, feminist, creative, future-orientated membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. AWID's mission is to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women's rights advocates, organizations and movements internationally to effectively advance the rights of women. You are free to replicate AWID's information in other formats, and use it in your work, provided you give credit to the Association. To contribute to Resource-Net write to contribute@awid.org. Please do not send attachments to this email address.

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AWID Resource Net Announcements: Wednesday 19 January 2011

Wednesday 19 January 2011 To contribute to Resource Net, please write to contribute@awid.org. Please allow at least two days for us to consider your request. Items that arrive too late to be included in the newsletter, will be posted to www.awid.org In this Issue Announcements Events Calls for Participation New Resources Appeals and Urgent Actions Quick Links to AWID's Website Announcements Events Calls for Participation  New Resources   Appeals and Urgent Actions Subscribe to Resource-Net Announcements Follow us on Facebook & Twitter   ANNOUNCEMENTS   The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders: Press Release: Turkey: Twelve years of judicial harassment against Pinar Selek January 18, 2011 "The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), appeals for international mobilisation to call for the acquittal of Ms. Pinar Selek, a defender of women's rights and the rights of minorities..." Read more   International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF): Statement to Free Iryna Khalip   "The International Women's Media Foundation is calling on the government of Belarus to immediately release imprisoned journalists arrested for reporting the news, in the aftermath of the presidential election. In particular, we are alarmed at the formal charges filed against Iryna Khalip, a fellow IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner who has been accused of instigating mass riots and faces possibly 15 years in prison..."   Read more    Statement on Gender, Economic and Environmental Justice by African Women Activists "We are Young African women activists and feminists from various countries who gathered in Accra, Ghana on 20-23 November 2010 for the Regional Consultation and Training on Gender, Economic and Environmental Justice convened by Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) and Third World Network-Africa. Recognizing the challenges and uncertainties that the Africa region is facing in the context of systemic global crises, we affirm the central role of women in the resolution of these crises and the crucial need to address the gaps and fragmentation in the institutional and policy responses from Governments and global governance institutions..." Read more    European Disability Forum (EDF): Media Release: A Landmark Victory in Human Rights Battle as EU signs UN Convention on the Right of Persons with Disability   January 5, 2011 "The European Union has formally concluded the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 23 December 2010, becoming the first intergovernmental group to sign on to any human rights treaty. The European disability movement has been working hard to make sure the EU conclude the Convention by the end of 2010. The European Disability Forum welcomes this development, which is a significant landmark and will help improve the lives of 80 million persons with disabilities in Europe..."   Read more EVENTS    Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy       March 15, 2011 Geneva, Switzerland On March 15, 2011, as the United Nations Human Rights Council holds its main annual session, the 2011 Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy -- for the third consecutive year -- will assemble hundreds of courageous dissidents and human rights victims, activists, diplomats and student leaders, in an adjacent parallel forum, to shine a spotlight and call for action on urgent human rights situations that require global attention.   Read more   CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION Call for Papers: Netherlands Association for Gender Studies and Feminist Anthropology (LOVA): "Ethnographies of Gender and Conflict"   After LOVA's successful international conference Ethnographies of Gender and Globalization in 2008, LOVA presents another opportunity for researchers to come together in the city of Amsterdam. From 6-8 July, LOVA's 2nd international conference: Ethnographies of Gender and Conflict will take place. Deadline for papers: February 1, 2011.    Read more Call for Contributions: UN: Good Practices to Prevent Violence Against Women The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is looking to receive more input from civil society and national human rights institutions regarding the report requested by Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/RES/14/12 which was adopted in June 2010 and entitled Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: ensuring due diligence in prevention. Deadline for contributions/input: February 4, 2011.   Read more Call for Applications: CREA's 5th Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute: Exploring Theory and Practice   CREA's Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute is an annual, week-long, residential course - begun in 2007 - that focuses on a conceptual study of sexuality. It examines the links between sexuality, rights, gender, and health and their interface with socio-cultural and legal issues. Participants critically analyze policy, research and program interventions using a rights-based approach. The Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute will be held in Istanbul, Turkey during June 18-26, 2011. Deadline for applications: February 15, 2011.   Read more   Call for Participation: Networking on World Bank's Gender World Development Report (WDR)   In 2012, the World Bank's World Development Report (WDR) will be devoted to gender for the first time. Yet, the draft outline of this flagship publication by the World Bank lacks a women's and human rights framework and almost exclusively focuses on economic empowerment as the sole means to achieve gender equality. As groups with a strong interest in gender, social justice and the World Bank, Washington DC-based Gender Action and London-based Bretton Woods Project are co-hosting a discussion forum to inform global civil society about the gender WDR and coordinate responses.   Read more Call for Submissions/Abstracts: Isis Center for Women & Development: International Conference: "Women & New Media in the Mediterranean Region " With the growing dominance of the Internet, blog, chat and mobile telephony, the great "big bang" of the new media has begun. Communication is rapidly changing and becoming mobile, interactive, personalized and multi-channel. This extraordinary  revolution is affecting the basic structure of Mediterranean societies, especially those in the south, and is raising various discussions and debates that profoundly impact women:  the rapid transformation of the boundaries between the public and the private spaces, the relationship between new technology, orality and women's literature, changes in the relationship between written and oral languages, the increasing use of mother tongues (mainly oral) in the field of education, and the challenges of new transmissions of women's knowledges. Deadline for abstracts: March 1, 2011. Read more   NEW RESOURCES A New Resource: Global Fund for Women (GFW): 20 Years After the Fall: How are Women Faring? (Transcript & Podcast)   This is a broad analysis of women's rights in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. You can read a partial transcript of a conversation featuring Betsy Hoody, GFW's Program Officer for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (ECIS), and Masum Momaya from the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) and/or listen to the podcast.   Read more   A New Resource: Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice:  "Gender Report Card on the International Criminal Court 2010" On 6 December 2010, the Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice launched the Gender Report Card on the International Criminal Court, 2010, during the 9th Session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties in New York. The launch, one of the first events to be co-hosted by UNIFEM as part of the new agency for women (UN Women), was attended by States Parties, UN officials, ICC officials and NGO members. Speakers included Margot Wallström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sexual Violence in Conflict; Joanne Sandler, Deputy Director of UNIFEM; and Brigid Inder, Executive Director of the Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice.    Read more   A New Resource: Women and Habitat Network Latin America: World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders - UCLG The Women and Habitat Network - Latin America, a Member Network of the Huairou Commission, participated in the World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders held by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) in November. The following is a summary of their experience their and their successes in bringing women's voices and gender equality issues into the Summit. Read more A New Publication: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Practice Paper: "Bringing Together Pleasure and Politics: Sexuality Workshops in Rural India" What are the linkages between sexuality and violence against women -beyond sexual violence? Do poor rural women want to talk about sex? What does it mean to take a political approach to sexuality? Should pleasure be a part of this politics? How can women's rights activists be persuaded to prioritize sexuality in their work? How do categories of caste, class, rural, educated, intersect with sexuality? These are some of the questions that Nirantar, a women's NGO working on gender and education in India, sought to answer. Read more A New Resource: WIDE Annual Conference 2010 Report: "Migration in the Context of Globalisation: Women's Human Rights at Risk?" Women from all corners of the globe including many representatives from European migrant women associations came together at the WIDE conference to share and reflect on this open question of migrant women's human rights at risk, compelling us to rethink, expose and denounce the architecture of policy-making in Europe (and globally), and to explore the links between decisions taken at a global level and the impact they have on the ground.   Read more  A New Resource: CIVICUS and IPS: Civil Society Gateway   CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation and the Inter Press Service (IPS) developed the Civil Society Gateway to facilitate the relationship between civil society and the media. It is an online civil society communication resource for journalists and the media. It is designed to help the media quickly and easily find sources for their stories within civil society on a variety of themes. Organisational profiles within the database are searchable by both thematic and regional focus.    Read more   New Resources: Hesperian: Disability Books/Titles "Among Hesperian's acclaimed health manuals are our series for people with disabilities. These guides provide families, communities, and health workers with clear, accessible information to help women and children who are blind, deaf, or physically or mentally disabled develop to the best of their abilities. Simply written and heavily illustrated, these books have been used around the world to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities - and for the communities in which they live..." Read more     APPEALS AND URGENT ACTIONS Take Action: World Pulse: Send your visions and recommendations for the new UN Women agency!   As the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women officially begins its work this month, World Pulse is asking women worldwide: What is YOUR vision and recommendation for UN Women? You are invited to raise your voice by writing a letter to UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet outlining your recommendation for how this new UN agency can truly affect change on the ground to promote gender equality and uphold the rights and needs of women both on a local and global scale.   Read more   Take Action: Front Line: Cambodia: New draft NGO law would severely restrict the work of human rights defenders    On 15 December 2010, a new draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Cambodia was publicly released. The provisions of the draft law are highly restrictive and, if passed, the law could have a severely detrimental impact upon the work of human rights defenders in Cambodia. Read more AWID Membership Change doesn't just happen. We collectively make it happen. By becoming a member of AWID, you are joining a movement that seeks to advance the rights of women around the world as you connect with other individuals and organizations that are committed to building our collective voice, power and influence in achieving full equality of women and human rights of all people.   Find out more Resource-Net is brought to you by The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). AWID is an international, multi-generational, feminist, creative, future-orientated membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. AWID's mission is to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women's rights advocates, organizations and movements internationally to effectively advance the rights of women.   You are free to replicate AWID's information in other formats, and use it in your work, provided you give credit to AWID. To contribute to Resource-Net write to contribute@awid.org. Please do not send attachments to this email address.

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AWID Resource-Net Jobs: Monday 17 January 2011

Monday 17 January 2011 To contribute to Resource Net "Jobs", please write to contribute@awid.org. Please allow at least three days for us to consider your request. Items that arrive too late to be included in the newsletter, will be posted to www.awid.org. In this Issue Forum & Events Coordinator Quick Links to AWID's Website Forum & Events Coordinator Director of Programmes and External Relations - Kenya Senior Advisor Abortion and Family Planning Country Director - Nepal Country Coordinator Country Coordinator, HIV, Maternal- and Community health Gender Specialist Consultant: Information Systems Specialist Consultant: Fundraising Specialist Trust Fund Consultant Gender Based Violence Program Coordinator Report Writer, Gender and Social Movements Cutting Edge Pack Gender Based Violence Program Coordinator Research Assistant Program Manager, Violence against Women (VAW) Prevention Department HIV/GBV Program Officer Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant - Behavior Change Communication Subscribe to Resource-Net Jobs Follow us on Facebook & Twitter   AWID RESOURCE-NET JOBS  Forum & Events Coordinator / The Association  for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) /   Toronto, Canada / Closing date: February 6,   2011. AWID is currently seeking an experienced events professional to play a leadership role in our Forum & Events team. Read more Director of Programmes and External Relations - Kenya / Marie Stopes International (MSI) / Nairobi, Kenya / Closing date: January 28, 2011. MSI seeks a Director of Programmes and External Relations to develop high-level associations with key stakeholders, ensure effective management of donor-funded projects, and leverage additional large-scale funding. Read more Senior Advisor Abortion and Family Planning / Marie Stopes International (MSI) / London, UK / Closing date: January 28, 2011. The main purpose of this job is to ensure that MSI is clinically excellent in the provision of Abortion and Family Planning services. Read more Country Director - Nepal / Marie Stopes International (MSI) / Kathmandu, Nepal / Closing date: January 28, 2011. The Country Director is responsible for leading MSI Nepal and its affiliated local organisations to its next stage of development, ensuring continued service to the underserved. Read more Country Coordinator / International Centre for Reproductive Health - Mozambique / Maputo, Mozambique / Closing date: February 1, 2011. ICRH-Mozambique is recruiting a country coordinator who will be the driving force behind the development and expansion of the organisation. Read more Country Coordinator, HIV, Maternal- and Community health / SolidarMed / Chiure, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique (with frequent dislocations to Pemba). The purpose of the position is to direct the SolidarMed program in Mozambique; support policy dialogue, operational research and knowledge exchange; and oversee the institutional development of SolidarMed Mozambique. Read more Gender Specialist / UNDP / Pretoria, South Africa / Closing date: January 28, 2011. The Gender Specialist will undertake systematic analysis of gender policy and human rights; develop performance indicators and guidelines for effective compliance with UNDP policy on gender equality; and perform other tasks. Read more Consultant: Information Systems Specialist / UNDP / New York, NY, USA / Closing date: January 26, 2011. The UN Trust Fund is seeking the services of an Information Systems Specialist to oversee the design of the new web-based information system and provide web content services to meet the Fund needs. Read more Consultant: Fundraising Specialist / UNDP / New York, NY, USA/ Closing date: January 26, 2011. The Fundraising Specialist will design and implement a fundraising strategy; approach additional potential donors; organize an expert meeting in 1st half of 2011; build a database of potential donors; and perform other tasks. Read more Trust Fund Consultant / UNDP /New York, NY, USA / Closing date: January 26, 2011. The UN Trust Fund is seeking the services of a short-term consultant to screen incoming applications through an online system and make recommendations based on criteria set forth by the Fund. Read more Gender Based Violence Program Coordinator / The International Rescue Committee (IRC) / Ethiopia. The GBV Program Coordinator is responsible for providing overall leadership, guidance, coordination and technical support to IRC's GBV programs in the field. Read more Report Writer, Gender and Social Movements Cutting Edge Pack / BRIDGE / Closing date: January 31, 2011. BRIDGE is currently recruiting an overview report writer for the forthcoming Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Social Movements. Read more Gender Based Violence Program Coordinator / The International Rescue Committee (IRC) / Haiti. The GBV Program Coordinator is responsible for providing overall leadership, guidance, technical oversight to IRC's GBV programs. Read more Research Assistant / Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine / Liverpool, UK / Closing date: January 28, 2011. LSTM is seeking an individual with outstanding motivational and technical skills to work on a research grant from UNICEF. Read more Program Manager, Violence against Women (VAW) Prevention Department / Raising Voices / Kampala, Uganda / Closing date: February 1, 2011. The Program Manager will provide day-to-day supervision and support to VAW prevention staff; oversee all programs and activities of the VAW prevention department; contribute to the development of strategic directions; and perform other tasks. Read more HIV/GBV Program Officer / The American Refugee Committee (ARC) / South Sudan. This position will focus on management of the HIV/GBV prevention and response programs and teams in Magwi County. Read more Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant - Behavior Change Communication / The American Refugee Committee (ARC) / Washington, DC, USA. ARC seeks applications for a consultant to analyze data for a USAID-funded project. Read more Awid Membership Change doesn't just happen. We collectively make it happen. By becoming a member of AWID, you are joining a movement that seeks to advance the rights of women around the world as you connect with other individuals and organizations that are committed to building our collective voice, power and influence in achieving full equality of women and human rights of all people.   Find out more Resource-Net is brought to you by The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). AWID is an international, multi-generational, feminist, creative, future-oriented membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. AWID's mission is to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women's rights advocates, organizations and movements internationally to effectively advance the rights of women. 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AWID Resource-Net Friday File: January 14, 2011

Friday, January 14, 2011 Quick Links to AWID's Website Women's Rights in 2010: A Visual Overview Subscribe to Resource-Net Friday File Follow us on Facebook & Twitter   AWID FRIDAY FILE Women's Rights in 2010: A Visual Overview   2010 was an eventful year for women's rights. AWID presents a slideshow that captures key moments for women's rights throughout the year and across the globe.   By Massan D'Almeida, Gabriela De Cicco and Kathambi Kinoti. Watch the slide show here. AWID Membership Change doesn't just happen. We collectively make it happen. By becoming a member of AWID, you are joining a movement that seeks to advance the rights of women around the world as you connect with other individuals and organizations that are committed to building our collective voice, power and influence in achieving full equality of women and human rights of all people.   Find out more Resource-Net is brought to you by The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). AWID is an international, multi-generational, feminist, creative, future-orientated membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. AWID's mission is to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women's rights advocates, organizations and movements internationally to effectively advance the rights of women. You are free to replicate AWID's information in other formats, and use it in your work, provided you give credit to the Association. To contribute to Resource-Net write to contribute@awid.org. Please do not send attachments to this email address.

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AWID Resource Net Announcements: Wednesday 12 January 2011

Wednesday 12 January 2011 To contribute to Resource Net, please write to contribute@awid.org. Please allow at least two days for us to consider your request. Items that arrive too late to be included in the newsletter, will be posted to www.awid.org In this Issue Announcements Events Calls for Participation New Resources Appeals and Urgent Actions Quick Links to AWID's Website Announcements Events Calls for Participation  New Resources   Appeals and Urgent Actions Subscribe to Resource-Net Announcements Follow us on Facebook & Twitter   ANNOUNCEMENTS   "Our Bodies Are Still Trembling": Haitian Women Continue to Fight Against Rape January 10, 2011 "Today, MADRE, the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI) and the IWHR Clinic of CUNY School of Law released a report on sexual violence in Haiti one year after the earthquake, entitled Our Bodies Are Still Trembling: Haitian Women Continue to Fight Against Rape. The catastrophic January 12, 2010 earthquake took the lives of some 200,000 people and left approximately 1.5 million Haitians homeless..." Read more   Top Iranian Lawyer Unjustly Sentenced to 11 years in Prison January 9, 2011 The International Campaign for Human Rights in  Iran called the 11-year prison sentence of leading human rights lawyer  Nasrin Sotoudeh a "gross miscarriage of justice" and said that it should be  overturned by an appeals court. Sotoudeh was sentenced to 11 years in jail, and banned from practicing law  and traveling for 20 years. Read more Women call on the Security Council to include United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 Mandates in all Resolutions related to Women and Peace and Security January 11, 2011 "An open letter to members of the Security Council calling for maintaining the mandates of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on Women and Peace and Security in all subsequent resolutions on women, especially those calling for the prevention of sexual abuse and rape, was issued yesterday by more than 65 organizations and women from around the world..." Read more   UN Women's New Website January 1, 2011 "The United Nations made history today as UN Women, the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, has officially begun its work. This ambitious new organization consolidates and scales up UN actions to achieve gender equality, offering the promise of accelerated progress in realizing the rights of women worldwide..." Read more EVENTS    The Body and the State: How the State Controls an d  Protects the Body    February 10,11, and 12, 2011 John Tishman Auditorium 66 West 12th Street, NYC Join over 35 distinguished experts in discussing the body as an international human rights arena in which many forces, such as religion, science, media, and the market struggle for control over policies that control our bodies. Read more   CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION Call for Contributions: WOCAN: Mapping of Women Leaders and Organisations working in Food and Agriculture WOCAN is currently working on an exciting mapping project with OXFAM International to gather information on women leaders and women's organizations, as well as global and regional strategic advocacy processes. WOCAN and OXFAM International are seeking immediate input for the first phase of mapping. Deadline for input/contributions: January 25, 2011.    Read more Call for Applications: BRIDGE Gender and Social Movements Cutting Edge Pack BRIDGE is currently recruiting an overview report writer for the forthcoming Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Social Movements. The pack is one of the key outputs from a pioneering new Cutting Edge Programme, which offers an exciting and innovative approach to the synthesis and development of knowledge, thinking and good practice. Deadline for applications: January 31, 2011. Read more Call for Participation: Blogging on Development Policy The Communication Initiative (The CI) and the BBC World Service Trust (WST) invite entries for their first contest for blogging on development policy, soliciting persuasive critiques and encouraging discussion on development policy issues. CI Network members from around the world (as well as those who wish to become CI Network members) are requested to submit their opinion pieces to the collaborative blog at Communication, Media, and Development Policy. Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2011. Read more Call for Applications: Receive a Global Disability Rights Library The Global Disability Rights Library project announces a call for organizations to apply to receive a free digital Global Disability Rights Library (GDRL).  Applications are open to disabled people's organizations, universities, and agencies in developing countries.  Sixty organizations will receive the digital library to empower them to disseminate valuable disability rights knowledge and toolkits to their communities. Read more Call for Contributions/Input: "Violence Against Women and Girls: A Compendium of Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators" MEASURE Evaluation is inviting feedback on the use of the indicators in the Violence against women and Girls, A Compendium of Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators published by MEASURE Evaluation in 2007.  Read more Call for Applications: Advanced International Training Programme 2011: LGBT and Human Rights   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 holding a position in home organisation with mandate to run processes of change. Deadline for applications: April 8, 2011.   Read more NEW RESOURCES A New Publication: AWID: Brief 11 on "The Impact of the Crisis on Women: Main trends across regions" - in Arabic We are pleased to announce the launch in Arabic of Brief 11: "The Impact of the Crisis on Women: Main trends across regions", from our series The Impact of the Crisis on Women.   Read more A New Resource: DAWN: Gender Economic and Climate Justice This issue is dedicated to DAWN's ongoing work on Gender, Economic and Climate Justice (GEEJ), which focuses firmly on inter-linkages between the three issues - not merely the addition of gender to each as discrete themes. DAWN would like to see an end to all fragmented, siloized and purely marketbased approaches to development and justice. Read more A New Resource: UN Report: "Harmful Traditional Practices and Implementation of the Law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Afghanistan" Harmful traditional practices violating women's rights, including honour killings, child marriage and giving away girls to settle disputes, are pervasive in Afghanistan, says a United Nations report released today (January 5, 2011) that calls on the Government to implement a new law aimed at ending the scourge.   Read more   A New Report: Sexual orientation and gender identity In May 2009, the APF brought together member institutions to discuss the role of national human rights institutions in promoting implementation of the Yogyakarta Principles on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. The APF subsequently requested its Advisory Council of Jurists (ACJ) to undertake a reference on the issue and provide advice and recommendations on the question of the consistency or inconsistency with international human rights law of certain laws in the Asia Pacific region in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity. Read more   A New Resource: CEDAW: General Recommendation No. 28 on Core Obligations of State Parties   The CEDAW Committee makes recommendations on any issue affecting women to which it believes the States parties should devote more attention. "Through this general recommendation, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women ("the Committee") aims to clarify the scope and meaning of article 2 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ("the Convention"), which provides ways for States parties to implement domestically the substantive provisions of the Convention..." Read more A New Resource: DFID: Framework for Results: "Choices for Women: Planned pregnancies, safe births and healthy newborns"   "As Millennium Development Goal 5, to improve maternal health, is one of the most off-track, we have produced our Framework for Results, Choices for Women: Planned pregnancies, safe births and healthy newborns, outlining how we will double our efforts to 2015..." Read more A New Resource: Graduate Journal of Social Science: "Transgender Studies & Theories: Building Up the Field in a Nordic Context", Volume 7, Issue 2: December 2010    The GJSS is pleased to announce the publication of a special issue celebrating the first international conference on trans in the Nordic region. The 'Transgender Studies and Theories: Building up the Field in a Nordic Context' conference was a three day conference that took place at Linköping University, Sweden in November 2009 with the explicit aim of building a platform for knowledge and awareness about transgender studies and theories in a Nordic context. Participants came from all over Europe and beyond, bringing their knowledge and experiences to the table. This special issue therefore both contributes to the emergence of 'Nordic trans field/s', and also reflects work taking place in a broader international context.   Read more APPEALS AND URGENT ACTIONS Take Action: ICASO Action Alert: Comprehensive AIDS Review 2011   In December 2010 the United Nations General Assembly approved a Resolution (A/Res/65/180) that sets out the process for the 2011 comprehensive review of the progress in implementing the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. Please take into consideration the following decisions contained in the Resolution when planning your advocacy actions... Read more   Take Action: Front Line: Belarus: Widespread searches and judicial harassment of human rights defenders following Presidential Elections January 12, 2011 Numerous individual human rights defenders and organisations have been subjected to police and judicial harassment, ill-treatment, searches and raids carried out at their offices and homes, since the unrest which followed the Presidential Elections of 19 December 2010. Read more AWID Membership Change doesn't just happen. We collectively make it happen. 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