Training

CEPAL - Measurement of violence against women through statistical surveys - Online course - 3rd October to 26 November 2011 | BRIDGE team

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:30:01 +0000

Advanced course on health sector reforms and financing - Royal Tropical Institute - 20 August to 2 September 2011 | BRIDGE team

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:32:27 +0000

Integrating Gender Sensitivity into the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Curriculum Towards Sustainable Development | BRIDGE team

Thu, 05 May 2011 20:44:32 +0000

Cecile B. Gutierrez, Maria Clara B. Ignacio and Glenda L. Galabin, 2010 16-page PDF "The Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) believes that gender sensitive education has value for all members of society and is extremely necessary for creating a learning environment...[This paper] illustrates what initiatives and activities were undertaken to capacitate the network of GAD Focal Persons in TESDA to implement the mainstreaming in the TVET institutions. The TESDA Women’s Center (TWC)... is the lead training institution that is responsible in sustaining the integration of GAD components into the existing technology-based training programs. This paper is derived from an ongoing project of the TWC, in collaboration with the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW)...under the umbrella project of the Gender-Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation (GREAT) of Women Project...funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)." http://twc.tesda.gov.ph/

Women's Human Rights Education Institutes - CEDAW for Change - One Week Intensive Institute - Monday May 16- Friday May 20, 2011 | BRIDGE team

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:21:25 +0000

Disability, Equality and Human RightsA Training Manual for Development and Humanitarian Organisations | BRIDGE team

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:00:53 +0000

this one is already bookmarked CHECK IF ALREADY IN SIYANDA BEFORE SUMMARISING (I WAS UNABLE TO CHECK)

Disability, Equality, and Human Rights A Training Manual for Development and Humanitarian Organisations | BRIDGE team

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:47:54 +0000

2003 An Oxfam Publication in association with Action on Disability and Development (ADD) secion: 9.4 Gender and disability P.235-

Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women | Women's Learning Partnership | BRIDGE team

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:23:56 +0000

link to pdf http://www.awid.org/eng/content/download/51420/571576/file/engltcmanual.pdf also available in arabic

CEDAW South Asia » Strengthening Application of CEDAW in South Asia | BRIDGE team

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:34:15 +0000

Partners for Law in Development (PLD) is organising a five day, residential South Asia Training of Trainers on CEDAW.

Fellowship Programme in South Asia “Understanding Masculinities: Culture, Politics & Social Change”- deadline for applications 18 November 2010 | BRIDGE team

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:01:18 +0000

Starting from Scratch: The challenges of including youth in rebuilding southern Sudan | BRIDGE team

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:21:25 +0000

In June 2010, the Women’s Refugee Commission undertook a field mission to Southern Sudan as part of its Displaced Youth Initiative, a global research and advocacy project focused on strengthening educational and skillstraining programs for young women and men in displaced settings. The mission established that access to education and skills-building opportunities remains minimal across Southern Sudan. But training programs that achieved the best results: provide a realistic overview of what to expect from the course; admit students of all educational backgrounds and accommodate lower literacy levels; and establish a relationship with current and prospective employers in order to link graduates to jobs and gather feedback on the training. Sectors with potential high labor demand for Southern Sudanese youth include agriculture, automechanics, carpentry and the service/hospitality sector.

Call for Applications: Online Training Program in Web 2.0, Citizen Journalism and Empowerment for Emerging Grassroots Women Leaders - Deadline for Applications: 10 September 2010 | BRIDGE team

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:53:07 +0000

Call for Applications: Residential Training Program on Gender, Feminism and Movement Building and their Link to Human Rights in the South Asian Context - Deadline for Applications: September 10, 2010 | BRIDGE team

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:51:26 +0000

DAWN - Building Capacities and Sustaining Movements of Young Feminists in the Economic South - APPLY BY 15 SEPTEMBER | BRIDGE team

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:50:28 +0000

INTRAC Gender Analysis and Planning - 15 to 17 September 2010 - Oxford | BRIDGE team

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:47:47 +0000

Gender Training – Toronto | Gender Equality | BRIDGE team

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:12:58 +0000

This course provides a comprehensive overview of a wide range of topics and tools over 5 days.

Training: IDS - MA in Gender and Development, UK | Eldis

info@eldis.org — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:25:30 +0000

World: Online Master’s in International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid 2012 | Relief Web

Wed, 30 May 2012 13:43:51 +0000

Organisation: Proyecto Kalú

Country: World

Registration deadline: 05 Jun 2012

Training date: 05 Jun 2012 to 31 May 2013

MORE INFO: http://proyectokalu.com/masters-degree-in-international-cooperation-and-...

DURATION: 644 hours (one year)

PRICE:

Regular Fee: 1.300 Euros
Reduced Fee with “Bursary 60″ and 10% one-off payment: 468 Eur
Reduced Fee with “Bursary 30″ and 10% one-off payment: 819 Eur
See bursary conditions at http://proyectokalu.com/payments-scholarships/scholarships/

CONTENTS:

LET’S TALK ABOUT SOLIDARITY AND COOPERATION

* Wealth, poverty and inequality
* Approaches to under-development
* Cooperation strategies
* Voluntary work

FILM FORUM: THE GENOCIDE IN RWANDA

THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

* Concepts of Development
* What are the Millennium Development Goals?
* The World Bank and the Poverty-Reduction Strategies
* Governance and Development

DISASTERS AND RISK MANAGEMENT

* Natural disasters as global phenomena
* The reduction of risk as a necessary approach
* Types of disaster:
      o natural
      o anthropogenic
* Learning to Manage Disasters

PROJECT MANAGEMENT I: LOGICAL FRAMEWORK APPROACH

* The Project Cycle
* The Logical Framework Approach
* Indicators and external factors
* The European Union Project Cycle Management Manual and other manuals

PROJECT MANAGEMENT II: PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION

* Accountability
* Needs Assessment
* Formulating preliminary plans:
      o Concept notes and
      o Synthesis documents
* Monitoring the emergency project by means of Reports
* Monitoring long term projects by means of AOPs and Reports
* Coordination
      o Coordination of Activities
      o Coordination among Institutions
* Fundraising
* Methodological Documents

PROJECT MANAGEMENT III: MISSIONS AND OFFICES IN THE FIELD

* Administration and budgeting
      o Administrative regulations of an international donnor
      o European Union Humanitarian Aid project contract management regulations - ECHO FPA
* Human Resources
* Staff security in field operations and conflict zones
* Logistics

SECTORS OF HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION, THE SPHERE PROJECT AND THE UNHCR EMERGENCY MANUAL

* Food Security, Nutrition and Livelihoods
* Public Health
* Water and Sanitation
* Design of temporary shelter and Refugee Camps. The Sphere Project and the UNHCR Manual for Emergency Situations.
* Humanitarian Protection
* Advocacy
* Education in emergencies.

THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK

* Origin of current humanitarianism and international legal framework for humanitarian action
* International human rights law
* International Humanitarian Law
* Legislation on refugees and internally displaced people, and Disaster response legislation

FILM FORUM: THE ORIGINS OF CURRENT HUMANITARIANISM, THE CREATION OF THE RED CROSS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

GENDER AND CROSS CUTTING APPROACHES

* Introduction to a gender-sensitive approach
* Gender in Projects and Programmes
* Environmental issues
* Rights based programming
* Childhood and Youth
* Disabilities
* Building local capacities

FILM FORUM: THE YUGOSLAV WARS

ETHICS IN HUMANITARIAN WORK AND IN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

* Humanitarian identity and basic humanitarian principles
* Evolution of humanitarian principles
* Codes of Conduct
* Other initiatives to improve humanitarian programme quality

Normes religieuses à l'épreuve des mutations de genre | Gender Campus

Les enseignements religieux ont placé les définitions de "féminin" et "masculin" et lescatégories de "sexe" au cœur des conceptions normatives des relations humaines et des comportements à prescrire. L’étroite relation du genre avec la représentation des origines humaines, de la filiation, de la génération, de la nature, de l’altérité et des sexualités, en fait un pivot civilisationnel majeur et un axe privilégié d’une pensée du devoir, de l’agir, du licite et de l’illicite.

Les normes religieuses de genre prennent à la fois la forme de pouvoir discursif et de représentations et celle d’une discipline des corps. Elles ne sont pas forcément perçues comme des contraintes, elles sont aussi portées par l’aspiration des individus ou de groupe d’individus à se conformer à une règle de vie. Malgré l’apparente immobilité qu’elles confèrent aux principes de féminin et de masculin, les normes religieuses de genre n’en évoluent pas moins et sont confrontées aux mutations de genre. Ont ainsi été remises en cause les conceptions d’un ordre divin ou naturel, d’un "ordre symbolique" ou encore d’une "anthropologie des sexes". Les normativités religieuses sont confrontées à des revendications égalitaires, à des modes de transgression et de subjectivation, notamment des femmes ou des sexualités minorisées au sein d’un univers de sens androcentré et hétéronormé. Les capacités d’agir (agency) des individu-e-s contribuent également à faire émerger une pluralité de normes alternatives.

Ce colloque, organisé par le programme Genre religion laïcités du GSRL, Groupe Sociétés Religions Laïcités (EPHE/CNRS) dirigé par Florence Rochefort, vise à interroger les capacités de résistance aux changements des mondes religieux autant que leur potentiel d’adaptation à des modèles alternatifs ou concurrentiels, dans des contextes de sécularisation, de laïcisation ou de dé-sécularisation.

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Fiction(s) du masculin. Discours et représentations des masculinités dans les littératures occidentales | Gender Campus

Les questions d’identités de genre, les incertitudes sur le genre, les représentations de l’homosexualité masculine, sont particulièrement présentes, explicitement, dans la littérature des 20e et 21e siècles au fur et à mesure d’évolutions sociales et de la thématisation de ces questions dans le débat public. Mais outre ces représentations contemporaines ou récentes, on s’intéressera donc aussi aux hiérarchies internes du masculin et à leur fictionnalisation au cours de l’histoire dans leur rapport à l’autorité : rapports de domination, élaboration des modèles dominants et leurs représentations, stratégies narratives, positions auctoriales et notamment représentations non-conventionnelles du masculin à l’intérieur même de genres littéraires ou dans le contexte de canons promouvant en apparence des modèles figés.

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Was hat die Finanzkrise mit Gender zu tun? // La crise financière a-t-elle à voir avec le genre? | Gender Campus

Diskutantinnen/Discutantes:

Mascha Madörin, lic. rer. pol.
Expertin für feministische Ökonomie, Münchenstein

Krista Nadakavukaren, Prof. Dr. iur.
SNF-Förderprofessorin für Völkerrecht, Juristische Fakultät der Universität Basel, Expertin für internationales Wirtschaftsrecht

16.00 Aperitif in angenehmer Atmosphäre
16.00 Apéritif convivial

organisiert von: FRI, Schweizerisches Institut für feministische Rechtswissenschaft und Gender Law
organisé par: FRI, institut suisse d'études juridiques féministes et gender law

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»Doktorieren ‐ aber wie?« | Gender Campus

Forschungsdekanat der Philosophisch‐Historischen Fakultät, Universität Basel

Das Forschungsdekanat führt auch in diesem Jahr wieder die Informationsveranstaltung »Doktorieren ‐ aber wie?« in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Ressort Nachwuchsförderung und der Studienberatung durch. Im Anschluss an die Plenumsvorträge von Alexander Honold (Forschungsdekan), Markus Diem (Studienberatung) und Agnes Hess (Nachwuchsförderung) haben die fakultären Doktoratsprogramme in vier parallel laufenden Veranstaltungen die Gelegenheit sich vorzustellen. Danach offeriert die Fakultät einen Apéro.

Im Rahmen dieser Informationsveranstaltung wird sich auch das Graduiertenkolleg der Geschlechterforschung, welches im September 2012 in die vierte Runde startet, vorstellen und es werden die verschiedenen Möglichkeiten einer Promotion im Fach Geschlechterforschung diskutiert. Dazu herzlich einladen möchten wir Master‐ und LizenziatsabsolventInnen sowie fortgeschrittenen MA‐Studierende.

(Zitat, Website Zentrum Gender Studies, Universität Basel).

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Être fille ou garçon : regards croisés sur l’enfance et le genre au Nord et au Sud | Gender Campus

Les sciences humaines et sociales portent ces dernières années une attention nouvelle à l’enfance et aux enfants, en lien notamment avec la question des rapports sociaux de sexe. Des travaux se développent sur les différences entre filles et garçons en matière de santé, d’éducation, de violence et de droits, et sur la construction des identités sexuées chez les enfants. Ces recherches interrogent la part des institutions (école, famille, culture) dans la (re)production des normes et des rôles sexués ; elles questionnent les logiques de genre dans les politiques et les pratiques sociales de l’enfance, dans les rapports d’autorité ou encore dans la « culture enfantine ». Elles s’intéressent aussi aux enfants en tant qu’acteurs et actrices des dynamiques à l’œuvre. Alors même que les questions en jeu sont fondamentales pour comprendre les sociétés contemporaines et leur devenir, les rapports sociaux de sexe et de génération restent moins souvent et moins largement abordés dans les domaines de l’enfance que dans ceux des adultes.

À travers des regards croisés sur la construction sociale de l’enfance au Nord et au Sud, cette rencontre scientifique associant le Ceped et le Pôle Suds de l’Ined veut explorer la diversité des questions et des méthodes autour du thème « Enfance et genre ».

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Cosmopolitisme et Féminisme en 2012 | Gender Campus

Eternal Tour et le Forum International Féministe (F.I.F)
Depuis sa fondation en 2007, l’association Eternal Tour, en tant que festival itinérant suivi d’une publication, questionne l’altérité et cherche à l’expérimenter, pour en saisir les contours, les limites et les enjeux. Ce projet réunit des chercheuses et chercheurs en sciences sociales, ainsi que des artistes et des musiciens. En Juin 2012 Eternal Tour sera à Genève et conciliera son approche cosmopolite à la thématique du féminisme pour créer le Forum International Féministe (F.I.F). Le F.I.F est organisé en collaboration avec le Programme sur Genre, Globalisation et Changements (PGGC) de l’IHEID (The Graduate Institute, Genève) et l’unité des Etudes Genres de la Faculté des Lettres de l’Université de Genève. Le F.I.F se veut polyglotte et cosmopolite, et mettra l’accent sur différentes parties du monde pour rassembler les approches et perspectives de la recherche et des approches féministes au niveau global.

Quatre axes thématiques ont été privilégiés pour structurer notre appel à contribution et amener une réflexion diversifiée: 1. Les contours d’un féminisme international, 2. Le rapport entre le féminisme et la fiction, 3. L’absence de neutralité de l’espace et sa dimension genrée et 4. Les relations entre les femmes et le droit.

Comité scientifique et organisation
Donatella Bernardi, Artiste, professeure au Royal Institute of Art de Stockholm Michaela Büschi, Juriste, assistante de recherche à l’Académie des droits humains de Genève, doctorante IHEID Noémie Étienne, Docteure en histoire de l’Université de Genève et Paris I, enseignante à l’Université de Genève Yasmina Foehr, Professeure et responsable de l’unité des Etudes Genres de la Faculté des Lettres de l’Université de Genève Fenneke Reysoo, Directrice scientifique du Programme sur Genre, Globalisation et Changements, IHEID Christine Verschuur, Responsable du Pôle Genre et Développement de l'IHEID, enseignante à IHEID Coordinatrice: Boutheyna Bouslama, artiste, assistante à la HEAD, Genève

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Genre et éthique | Gender Campus

Ce colloque vise à mettre en lumière les enjeux de genre du débat éthique et de ses fondements normatifs. Il entend faire valoir le potentiel critique et heuristique des études de genre dans la réflexion éthique sur la vie, la relation à autrui, la morale, le droit, les savoirs, la liberté, l’écologie... Il a également pour objectif de faire connaître et d’analyser diverses propositions féministes internationales sur l’éthique, notamment en philosophie morale.

Trois thématiques permettront d’aborder l’articulation entre genre et éthique :

Genre, éthique et discours normatifs.
Procréation et parentalité : enjeux éthiques et genre.
Approches féministes en psychologie et philosophie morales

Vous trouverez en fichier attaché le programme de cette manifestation.

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Méthodologie des études genre appliquée aux sources antiques | Gender Campus

Programme:

9.00: Claude-Emmanuelle Centlivres Challet (UNIL):

Introduction théorique à l'évolution des courants de pensée et des outils méthodologiques, et aux écueils d'une approche genre des sources antiques

10.00: Violaine Sebillotte Cuchet (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne):

Démonstration pratique d'approche et d'analyse des sources grecques

11.00: pause

11.30: Thomas Späth (UNIBE):
Démonstration pratique d'approche et d'analyse des sources romaines: "Récit du genre et performance narrative dans l'historiographie romaine"

12.30: pause de midi, repas en commun

14.00: table ronde:
Présentation par les doctorant·e·s de leur travail ou/et de leurs problèmes spécifiques

Informations: claudeemmanuelle.centlivreschallet@unil.ch Inscription: http://goo.gl/CYmey

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Gender and Organizational Change | Gender Campus

How can organizations become gender responsive and transformative? Analyze success stories (and the barriers!), and go deeper by looking at gender as part of an organizational change management strategy rather than a stand-alone item on the agenda. (Details: cf. "Further Information").

Application form available by:
http://app-gender.itcilo.org/index.php?mod=activity_iscription&act=detail&id=107
Deadline for application: May 4th, 2012

We are pleased to inform you that we may offer a 25% discount on the tuition fees if your institution is sending at least 3 participants for this training activity

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Gender perspectives in research for development (R4D) | Gender Campus

In the development discourse gender issues have always played an important role. The World Bank has devoted its latest World Development Report to the topic, shedding light on the progress made in recent years and the challenges to be met in the future. Gender has been recognised as a researchable issue to improve the quality of results in several fields of science. Urban sanitation and communal development cannot be adequately planned if the specific needs of women are left out. Direct links between the health and economic independence of mothers and the cognitive development of their children have been confirmed. The topic of women’s land rights is another well-established strand of research. This conference will highlight selected fields of research in science and engineering where, in recent years, the gender issue has been (re)discovered to provide sound scientific results.

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Genre et Jeux vidéos | Gender Campus

Nés dans les années 1960, les jeux vidéo ont, en quelques décennies, accédé au rang de phénomène économique et culturel majeur. Le succès de ces productions auprès des adolescent-e-s a suscité et suscite encore de nombreux débats profanes, essentiellement centrés sur les thèmes de l’addiction, de la violence, de la déconnexion du réel, du conditionnement des imaginaires.

La recherche sur les jeux vidéo a montré, en interrogeant notamment la réalité des pratiques ludiques et les représentations à l’œuvre dans les jeux, les limites de ce paradigme du risque.

Par ailleurs, alors même que le genre (gender) constitue le cadre anthropologique des phénomènes de subjectivation et d’objectivation propres au jeu vidéo, on constate, en France tout au moins, que cette façon d’envisager les choses reste quasiment impensée par les scientifiques.

Il s’agira dans ce colloque d’interroger, dans une perspective de genre, les jeux eux-mêmes (analyses de contenus, études de mythes et sagas, réflexion sur les catégories vidéo-ludiques…), leurs modes de production (technique, esthétique, économique…), leurs modes de réception (pratiques et pratiquant-e-s, usages ludiques et détournés, discours sur…), leurs relations aux autres produits culturels (cinéma, littérature, arts plastiques…).

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Gender Arrangements in the Post-Welfare State | Gender Campus

Feminist research posits to analyse social policy from the vantage point of «women’s welfare» and their needs and interests. In the light of recent theoretical, social and political developments this has become a complex endeavour, however. On the one hand, from an intersectional perspective in gender theory the assumption of shared needs and interests of all women seems inadequate. On the other hand, as a consequence of the transformations of Western welfare states in the past two decades the political concern for the welfare of individuals has been superseded by the concern for the economic welfare of nation states. Paradigms such as social investment or activation have reduced social politics to an appendix of labour market and economic policy and treat citizens mainly as human capital factors and potential workers. The recasting of the work-welfare relation also affects gender arrangements. In the context of social investment policy, which promotes the «universal breadwinner» or «adult worker»-model respectively, gender equality appears as a modernising force by tapping the potential of women for the workforce. However, the enforcement of an adult worker-model, is not accompanied by the redistribution of care work. Thus, women still carry the main burden of unpaid work.

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Arrangements en matière de genre dans l’Etat post-providence | Gender Campus

Une recherche de politique sociale sensible au genre devrait mettre au centre la question du bien-être social des femmes et se focaliser sur les besoins et les intérêts de celles-ci. Répondre à ce postulat féministe classique est devenu plus difficile. D’une part, compte tenu des évolutions théoriques dans la recherche sur les genres (mot-clé: intersectionnalité), il ne semble plus indiqué de considérer les femmes a priori comme une catégorie homogène aux intérêts partagés. D’autre part, les bouleversements socio-politiques de ces deux dernières décennies ont eu pour conséquence que le bien-être des individus est passé au deuxième plan par rapport au bien-être économique de l’Etat. Sous le signe de l’activation et des investissements sociaux, la politique sociale est devenue une annexe de la politique économique et du marché du travail dans la concurrence internationale, et les citoyennes et citoyens sont tout d’abord considérés comme porteurs de capital humain et comme main-d’œuvre potentielle. Le réajustement du rapport entre travail (rémunéré) et bien-être social ne se fait pas sans conséquences pour les rapports entre les genres. Ainsi, la politique de l’investissement social prône le modèle de la couverture du minimum vital par l’activité lucrative pour toutes et tous. Dans ce contexte, l’égalité des genres apparaît comme moteur de modernisation en exploitant le potentiel de main-d’œuvre des femmes. Or, du fait qu’un modèle «adult worker» est imposé sans nouvelle répartition correspondante du travail de care, les femmes restent destinées à fournir l’essentiel du travail socialement indispensable, mais non rémunéré.

Langues : allemand, français, anglais (Keynotes avec traduction)

Inscription : Envoyer la carte par courrier, fax ou courriel à admin@svsp.ch. Inscription et paiement possible également sur place.

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Genre et négociation | Gender Campus

Organisation de la journée d’études: Stéphane Péquignot (EPHE), Marie-Karine Schaub (UPEC/CRHEC)
Organisation du séminaire: Dejanirah Couto, Sylvio de Franceschi, Stéphane Péquignot et Jean-Claude Waquet (EPHE)

Les négociatrices ont-elles des pratiques différentes de celles des négociateurs?
En construisant cette interrogation sur la longue durée du Moyen Âge et de l’époque moderne, et en croisant les échelles d’analyse, cette journée d’étude se propose de poursuivre les réflexions sur les pratiques et les conceptions de la négociation entamées depuis plusieurs années dans le cadre du séminaire "Histoire de la négociation". Dans le sillage des journées précédentes, où l’on a examiné la négociation dans ses dimensions politique, sociale, linguistique ou discursive, et où l’on a étudié des types de relations entre des formes très variées de pouvoirs, qu’ils soient politiques, religieux ou économiques, cette séance portera sur la question du genre dans les négociations.
L’historiographie récente a déjà amplement montré le rôle des princesses et des reines dans l’histoire des relations internationales au Moyen Âge et, plus encore, à l’époque moderne, dans les processus de paix et plus généralement dans les négociations politiques et diplomatiques. Par ailleurs, dans le cadre de l’histoire des femmes et de la construction des identités de genre, de multiples travaux ont réévalué depuis longtemps le rôle et l’importance des femmes dans les sphères politiques, religieuses, culturelles, artistiques et économiques. Néanmoins, leurs capacités à négocier dans les différents domaines d’actions auxquels elles avaient accès semblent devoir être encore interrogées.
En étudiant les pratiques et les représentations des femmes négociatrices, leurs compétences, leurs moyens, leurs discours et les résultats auxquelles elles sont parvenues dans les espaces politiques, diplomatiques, commerciaux, religieux ou juridico-familiaux, il s’agira donc d’examiner l’hypothèse d’une pratique spécifiquement féminine de la négociation.

Programme de la journée

9h45-10h10: "Introduction", par Stéphane Péquignot (EPHE) et Marie-Karine Schaub (UPEC-CREHC)
10h10-11h20: "Fifteenth Century Tuscan Women Following Their Husbands Across The Sea", par Maria Elisa Soldani (Barcelone, CSIC- Institució Milà i Fontanals)
11h20-12h30: "Mariage, fraude et négociation en Aragon au XVIe siècle: une expérience particulière des rapports de genre", par Martine Charageat (Université Bordeaux III – Michel de Montaigne)
14h00-15h10: "Catherine de Médicis, régente, mère et négociatrice", par Matthieu Gellard (Université de Paris-Sorbonne)
15h10-16h20: "Religieuses et négociatrices: le pouvoir des femmes dans la sphère religieuse dans la Rome des papes, XVIe-XVIIe siècles. ", par Alissia Lirosi (Université de Rome III)
16h30-17h40: "Je ne me donne pas les airs de décider d’affaires auxquelles les femmes ne doivent rien entendre": La marquise de Pompadour en tant que négociatrice dans les affaires étrangères, par Eva Pollmann-Dade (Institut Historique Allemand, Paris)

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7th International Gender and Language Association Conference | Gender Campus

IGALA 7 (7th International Gender and Language Association Conference) invites submissions for oral presentations, posters, organized round tables (aka panels), and workshops on all scientific approaches and disciplines to analyzing and interpreting the relationships among language, gender and sexuality. With the theme Resignifying Gender and Sexuality in Language and Discourse, IGALA 7 aims to bring together scholars from diverse fields of knowledge as well as geographical regions who are interested in broadening and deepening our understanding of the complex relationships among language, gender and sexuality.

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Immer beweGENDER..Transformationen (in) der Geschlechterforschung | Gender Campus

Zweitägige Konferenz anlässlich der Gründung von GeStiK -- Gender Sttudiies in Kölln unter Beteiligung der Fakultäten der Universität zu Köln, weiterer Kölner Hochschulen sowie Vertreter_innen des Landes NRW aus Wissenschaft, Politik und Kultur. Die Veranstaltung ist der Beginn eines interdisziplinären und interdiskursiven Dialogs zu aktuellen Herausforderungen der Geschlechterforschung.

Die Anmeldung zur Tagung erfolgt online über unsere Homepage (s.u.).
Ein ausführliches Programm, sowie Hinweise zur Kinderbetreuung der Tagung finden Sie ebenfalls auf unserer Homepage.

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Director | Visitor submission

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:48:15 +0000

Dear Madam, Greetings from HST India. We are a resisted non profit voluntary organization working for the welfare of the the rural women and children. We have been rendering our service to the target group since 2000. On 8th of march we are going to celebrate world women s day for our women self help group members. Hence we may request you to kindly extend you possible support to this programme. The generous individuals, organization and benefactors may contact to our e-mail address for further clarification. Thanking you, Yours sincerely M.Shankar Director India. E-Mail: hst_intn@yahoo.co.in

Coordinator | Visitor submission

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:21:10 +0000

Round of debate on the problem of women in Haiti. The participants will be women cete round women's organization leaders and some mixed organizations as slogna: "Male-Female Solidarity for a Just Society

Global Program Coordinator | Visitor submission

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:50:49 +0000

Building Coastal Community Resilience: Integrating Population, Health and Environment June 4 -22, 2012 Offered by the Coastal Resources Center, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, USA and Conservation International Washington DC, USA Course Description This is a three-week intensive course for professionals working with the economy, environment or the population/health of coastal communities. It promotes advanced thinking, the sharing of lessons learned from practical experience and the exploration of creative ideas from around the world. It is designed to meet individual learning needs and provide the opportunity to receive feedback from peers and international experts. It offers a rare opportunity for reflection, learning, networking and access to leading thinkers and practitioners in coastal management, population and health and the nexus of all three. The course is unique in that it builds technical and management skills and knowledge, while also providing professional skills development and offering individual post-course coaching. Knowledge building sessions: • Identify impacts of climate change and assess vulnerability of coastal-dependent livelihoods such as fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, forestry, salt production and shoreline construction. • Integrate population, health and environment with ecosystem based management to build community resilience to the effects of climate change. • Use a systemic approach to understanding environmental and social interactions. • Explore food security as an aspect of public health. • Employ effective microfinance. • Apply a gender lens for more effective programs. Professional skills-building sessions: • Leadership • Clear and persuasive communication • Group dynamics and teamwork • Creating effective networks and social capital • Meeting facilitation • Integrated program design Who will benefit from attending? Individuals will benefit from the course who are actively engaged in coastal development at national, regional or local levels and whose work requires cross-sectoral integration to adapt to global climate change. They come from a wide range of organizations: • Professionals in management of population, health and environment (PHE), natural resources, hazards, or fisheries. • University researchers and graduate students with extensive field experience • Staff from non-governmental organizations addressing community development and the coastal environment • Project managers in development organizations, donors or regional development banks • Business entrepreneurs engaged in coastal resource enterprise This course is most appropriate for those who have the following: 1) proficiency in English speaking and writing, 2) three to five years field experience, 3) are in a position to promote PHE policy, project design or implementation activities, 4) the means to partner with others for addressing PHE, 5) a commitment to integrating PHE in your work. Venue Participants stay together on the University of Rhode Island (URI) Kingston Campus and have access to a wide range of facilities. Classes take place at the URI Bay Campus conference facilities on beautiful Narragansett Bay. URI is a two hour drive from Boston, three hours from New York City and is accessible by train and bus service. It is a 45-minute drive from TF Green Airport, Providence, Rhode Island. Fees The course fee is US $7,000, which covers tuition, housing, field trips, reading materials, special events, post course coaching for six months and limited health and accident insurance (if needed). Fees do not cover personal expenses, meals (except class lunches) or travel to and from Rhode Island. Registration deadline is May 15, 2012, with a non-refundable fee of US $500. The Coastal Management Institute at the URI Coastal Resources Center is dedicated to building the next generation of coastal leaders. Our courses in the US and internationally have over 250 alumni from 70 countries. Courses include Integrated Coastal Management; Advanced Coastal Management; Leadership in Sustainable Fisheries Management; Large Marine Ecosystem Management; Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change; and this course, Coastal Population, Health and Environment: Adapting to Climate Change. For more information and to apply, please contact: Kimberly Kaine: kkaine@crc.uri.edu

11th International Meeting on Women and Health | Visitor submission

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:08:00 +0000

The 11RIFS (International Women's Health Meeting) target the advocates of women's health, the activist in the field, feminists, academics, financial institutions and other networks working on women's health. It creates a platform to exchange, to inform, to question and to act on policies and practices regarding women's health and human rights, especially the sexual and reproductive rights. 5 days of discussions with movements around the world on women's health, films, concerts, exhibitions, plenary sessions, workshops, events, Do-It-Yourself events for and by women.

Research Fellow | Visitor submission

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:10:47 +0000

Photo Contest: Deadline September 1, 2011 First prize: USD $3,000 "In Focus: Shifting Gender Perspectives" How are women and men in Latin America and the Caribbean challenging traditionally-held gender norms and stereotypes in the workplace? In which sectors have women been pushing the envelope and entering traditionally male-dominated fields? How have men entered non-traditional fields of employment? Send us your photographs that show the inspiring, changing roles of men and women in Latin America and the Caribbean that cause us to reconsider and question our commonly held views on gender both at home and at work in the region.

Prof. Dr. | Visitor submission

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:33:37 +0000

Call for Papers Querelles. Yearbook for Women's and Gender Studies invites contributions for Vol. 16(2011) Submission Deadline: August 31st 2011 Topic: Multi-directional Transfers. Internationalization of Gender Studies Edited by Doerte Segebart, Berlin, and Doris Wastl-Walter, Bern Internationality is one of the almost unquestioned qualities of modern academia, another “excellence criterion" next to innovation, visibility, interdisciplinarity, and equal opportunity. Internationalization can be just another criterion that must be met or it might increase the pressure that so many already feel. However, it is possible that it offers chances and risks that have yet to be sufficiently discussed. Gender research and those various institutions working in the field of gender studies are also involved in internationalization debates or processes. Although the internationalization of gender studies is an important step towards the discussion and application of feminist approaches and practices on local, regional, national, and/or global levels, its impacts remain under-researched. Vol. 16(2011) of the Yearbook is addressed to these problems. Contributions from all disciplines and all areas are welcome. Please find the complete call for papers at: http://www.querelles.de/index.php/qjb/pages/view/call2011en With this edition the Yearbook also implements another innovation: the conversion to an open access periodical. This process is financially supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. For further information about the topic, the Yearbook and to view the submission guidelines, please visit http://www.querelles.de or contact the editorial office anita.runge@fu-berlin.de

Training course; ITC-ILO: Employment-Intensive Investment for Sustainable Development-Turin, Italy, 16-20 May 2011 | Visitor submission

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:33:16 +0000

The above-mentioned training course is organised by the International Training Centre of the ILO in Turin (Italy), in collaboration with the International Labour Office (Geneva). The course will take place in Turin during the period 16-20 May 2011. A904111 "Employment-Intensive Investment for Sustainable Development" (ITC-ILO Turin, Italy; 16-20 May 2011) - First bilingual edition (English and French) - **************************************** The course objectives: to know better the features and operational aspects of the employment-intensive investment approaches supported by the ILO and other development partners; to have guidelines and tools for the elaboration of appropriate policies and programmes in participants' country... ... In order to: contribute towards the adoption and effective implementation of national policies favouring the optimum use of local labour and other resources in order to face economic crisis situations, reduce poverty reduction and promote sustainable development. The course structure: the course will be structured around 5 modules: Employment-intensive investment (EII) concepts and approaches; EII and the private sector; EII and local development; EII and national strategies; Promoting employment-intensive investment. Other information: This is the first bilingual edition of this course, in English and French, with a larger audience expected and thus richer exchange among participants. Parallel sessions and common sessions with simultaneous interpretation will be proposed. Participants must be fluent in one of the two languages; Women participation is strongly encouraged. The ITC-ILO will ensure, as much as possible, to compose a gender-balanced group of participants. The conditions of your participation and registration: The course cost is of 2000 €, including tuition fees and subsistence during the participants' stay in Turin (full board and lodging). The travel costs to/from Turin are not included in this price. A limited number of partial fellowships is available to selected applicants! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Detailed description: On line registration: the application form is available by clicking this link: A904111-On line registration. In case of need please write to sdti@itcilo.org. The deadline for application is 4 April 2011. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We hope that you or one of your colleagues will be part of the group. Your support in spreading the information regarding this course is also very much appreciated. Thank you for your attention. Best regards, Sophie Ouine (Ms.) Programme Assistant Social Dimension of Trade and Investment (SDTI) Programme

Call for Papers Querelles | Visitor submission

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:11:12 +0000

Call for Papers (please scroll down for english version) Beiträge für Querelles. Jahrbuch für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Bd. 16(2011) erbeten. Einreichungsschluss: 31. Mai 2011. Thema: Multidirektionale Transfers. Internationalität in der Geschlechterforschung Hg. von Dörte Segebart, Berlin, und Doris Wastl-Walter, Bern. Internationalität gilt neben Innovation, Sichtbarkeit, Interdisziplinarität und Gleichstellung als nahezu unhinterfragbares Qualitätsmerkmal moderner Wissenschaft, als wichtiges „Exzellenzkriterium“. Internationalisierung kann ein Kriterium neben anderen sein, das einfach erfüllt werden muss oder den Leistungsdruck unter dem viele stehen noch erhöht. Möglicherweise bietet es jedoch Chancen und Risiken, die bisher noch wenig thematisiert wurden. Auch die Geschlechterforschung und viele Gender Studies Institutionen sind in Internationalisierungsdebatten oder –prozesse involviert. Auch wenn die Internationalisierung der Geschlechterforschung ein wichtiger Schritt ist, um feministische Praktiken und Ansätze auf lokaler, regionaler, nationaler und/oder globaler Ebene anzuwenden oder zu diskutieren, bleibt ihre Auswirkung bisher weitgehend unerforscht. Der Band 16(2011) des Jahrbuchs Querelles ist der Diskussion dieser Fragen gewidmet. Beiträge aus allen Disziplinen und Regionen sind willkommen. Hier der vollständige Call for Papers: http://www.querelles.de/index.php/qjb/pages/view/call2011de Mit Band 16(2011) von Querelles ist eine weitere Neuerung verbunden: die Überführung des Jahrbuchs in ein elektronisches Open-Access-Periodikum. Diese Umstellung wird gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Weitere Informationen über das Thema, das Jahrbuch und über die Einreichungsrichtlinien finden Sie auf der Seite http://www.querelles.de. Bei Fragen wenden Sie sich bitte an die Redaktion anita.runge@fu-berlin.de Call for Papers Querelles. Yearbook for Women's and Gender Studies invites contributions for Vol. 16(2011) Submission Deadline: May 31st 2011 Topic: Multi-directional Transfers. Internationalization of Gender Studies Edited by Dörte Segebart, Berlin, and Doris Wastl-Walter, Bern Internationality is one of the almost unquestioned qualities of modern academia, another “excellence criterion" next to innovation, visibility, interdisciplinarity, and equal opportunity. Internationalization can be just another criterion that must be met or it might increase the pressure that so many already feel. However, it is possible that it offers chances and risks that have yet to be sufficiently discussed. Gender research and those various institutions working in the field of gender studies are also involved in internationalization debates or processes. Although the internationalization of gender studies is an important step towards the discussion and application of feminist approaches and practices on local, regional, national, and/or global levels, its impacts remain under-researched. Vol. 16(2011) of the Yearbook is addressed to these problems. Contributions from all disciplines and all areas are welcome. Please find the complete call for papers at: http://www.querelles.de/index.php/qjb/pages/view/call2011en With this edition the Yearbook also implements another innovation: the conversion to an open access periodical. This process is financially supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. For further information about the topic, the Yearbook and to view the submission guidelines, please visit http://www.querelles.de or contact the editorial office anita.runge@fu-berlin.de

FOURTH WORLD CONGRESS ON WOMEN'S MENTAL HEALTH | Visitor submission

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 02:58:07 +0000

We warmly invite you to the 4th World Congress on Women’s Mental Health, to be held 16 –19 March 2011 in Madrid, Spain. Building on the success of the three previous Congresses held in Berlin (2000), Washington (2004), and Melbourne, Australia (2008), this multidisciplinary Congress is expected to attract in excess of 1,000 mental health professionals, researchers, educators, healthcare workers, administrators, policy makers, academics, consumers, careers and field workers from across the globe. The International Association for Women’s Mental Health will present an innovative program focusing on the psychosocial, biological and clinical sciences of women’s mental health from individual, family, society, community and global perspectives. Through a series of keynote lectures, symposia, plenaries, paper sessions, posters and workshops, we will explore the psychosocial, economic and cultural contexts of women’s mental health as well as the genetic, cellular, neural, hormonal, pharmacologic and other basic science aspects. Clinicians of all disciplines including psychiatry, psychology, obstetrics, gynecology, family healthcare, social work, nursing and community health will contribute their knowledge on best practices and innovative developments to improve women’s mental health across the lifespan. Social issues such as war, violence, poverty, famine, discrimination, social roles, aging, education, work and relationships, vital to understanding women’s mental health, will be examined from international perspectives. The program will be complemented by an extensive trade exhibition featuring the latest developments, publications and innovations in the field. We look forward to seeing you at the 4th World Congress on Women’s Mental Health in Madrid in March 2011. Susan G. Kornstein, MD President of IAWMH Anita Riecher-Rössler, MD Scientific Program Chair and President elect of IAWMH Dolores Crespo, MD Local Committee Chair Programas de Psiquiatría y Relaciones Institucionales. Dirección General de Hospitales. Consejería de Sanidad. Comunidad de Madrid. Spain. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Transcultural Aspects of Mental Health in Women Margarita Alegria, Ph.D. Professor, Harvard Medical School and Director, Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge, Massac husetts, USA Perinatal Mental Health Prabha S. Chandra, MD, FRCPsych Professor of Psychiatry and Consultant, Perinatal Psychiatry Service National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Bangalore, India New Findings in Eating Disorders Marina Díaz-Marsá Coordinator of Eating Disorders Unit and Coordinator of Early Intervention in First Episode Psychosis Unit at Hospital Clínico San Carlos. Madrid Professor of Psychiatry of Complutense University, Madrid, Spain Member of CIBERSAM ( Group of Spanish Research in Mental Health) Interpersonal Violence Claudia Garcia-Moreno, M.D., M.Sc Coordinator,, Rights, Sexual Health and Adolescence Department of Reproductive Health and Research World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland Cult of the Body: A New Source of Mental Health Problems for Women of Latin America Silvia Lucia Gaviria, MD Board Member, Section on Women’s Mental Health, WPA Head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University CES Medellin, Colombia. The Mental Health of Women Caregivers Professor Helen Herrman MD (Melb), MBBS, FRANZCP, FPH, FAFPHM Professor of Psychiatry Orygen Youth Health Research Centre Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne. Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre in Mental Health, Melbourne Secretary for Publications, World Psychiatric Association Australia Effect of Gender and Menopausal Status in the Treatment of Depression Susan G. Kornstein, MD President, IAWMH Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics/Gynecology Executive Director, Institute for Women's Health Executive Director, Mood Disorders Institute Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia, USA Child Sexual Abuse: Implications for Mental Health and Approaches to Prevention Harriet L. MacMillan, MD, MSc, FRCPC Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, and Pediatrics David R. (Dan) Offord Chair in Child Studies Offord Centre for Child Studies McMaster University Canada A New Biological Explanation for Sadness in Early Postpartum Jeffrey H. Meyer M.D, Ph.D., F.R.C.P.(C) Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Pharmacology Canada Research Chair in Neurochemistry of Major Depressive Disorder Head, Neurochemical Imaging in Mood Disorders, Toronto PET Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Toronto, Ontario, Canada Effects of Wars and Insurgencies on Women's Mental Health Professor Unaiza Niaz,MD,DPM,FRCPsych, Board Member, IAWMH Director,The Psychiatric Clinic & Stress Research Centre,Karachi, Visiting Professor University of Health Sciences,Lahore, President,Pakistan Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Chair,Section on WMH,WPA Pakistan Adolescent Girls' Knowledge (gaps) in Sexual Health Olayinka Omigbodun, MBBS, MPH, FWACP, FMCPsych Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan & Head, Department of Child & Adolescent, University College Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria President, International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP) Estrogen and Womens' Mental Health Prof. Dr. med. Anita Riecher-Rössler Vice President, IAWMH Head of the Psychiatric University Outpatient Department, Psychiatric University Clinics Basel, Switzerland Gender Sensitive Mental Health Services and the Protection of the Rights of Women with Mental Illness Marta B. Rondon, MD Secretary, IAWMH Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cayetano Heredia University Founder, Peruvian Association for Women's Mental Health Lima, Peru Psychological Resilience and Women's Mental Health Donna E Stewart, MD, FRCPC Immediate Past President, IAWMH University Professor, Chair of Women's Health, University Health Network and University of Toronto Senior Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute Toronto, Ontario, Canada Up-to-date Information on the Psychiatric Sequelae of Abortion Nada L Stotland, MD, MPH Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics/Gynecology Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois USA Effects of Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy on Child Development and Health Pathik D. Wadhwa, MD, PhD. Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Epidemiology Director, Behavioral Perinatology/ Development, Health and Disease Research Program University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine Irvine, California, USA Sex Differences in Drug Abuse Cora Lee Wetherington, PhD Women & Sex/Gender Differences Research Coordinator National Institute on Drug Abuse Bethesda, Maryland, USA TOPICS REPRODUCTION AND WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH Puberty Sexuality and sexual dysfunction Menstrual cycle PMDD Contraception Abortion Infertility/Assisted fertilisation Maternal mental health Pregnancy and birth Pregnancy loss Caesarean sections Midwifery Infanticide Postpartum disorders Menopause Hormone therapy Older Mothers WOMEN AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS Epidemiology Screening and Assessment Mood disorders Anxiety disorders ADH Psychosis Dementia Substance abuse Eating disorders Suicide TREATMENT ISSUES FOR WOMEN WITH MENTAL ILLNESS Psychopharmacology Psychotherapies New treatments Complementary and Alternative ETIOLOGY AND PREVENTION OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN WOMEN Genetics Brain differences Stress Well-being Resilience PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MEDICAL ILLNESS IN WOMEN Consultation Gynaecologic cancer Breast cancer Cardiovascular disease Autoimmune diseases Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome HIV/AIDS Smoking WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS Child & Adolescent Mental Health Aging & Elderly Women Indigenous and First Nation Women Immigrants & Refugees Lesbian Mental Health POLITICAL AND SOCIOCULTURAL ASPECTS OF WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH Ethical challenges Diversity issues International women’s mental health Ethnic / cultural / religious challenges Poverty Trauma, violence, abuse, discrimination War and natural disasters Women's career development Feminism Women and leadership Global Warming

Call for Papers | Visitor submission

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:28:04 +0000

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. G&D is essential reading for all concerned with gender-fair development. We are currently read in over 90 countries, and our content is published as a journal, both on-line and in print. We also publish our content on our free access website: please visit www.genderanddevelopment.org 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. This issue focuses on development initiatives and activism focusing on the gender aspects of Citizenship – the relationship between people and the state. • For women all over the world, the status of independent citizen, with political, social and economic equality with men, has been hard-won. In many countries, struggles continue to ensure states treat women equally with men, in law, policy and practice. • Particular challenges face both women and men, boys and girls, in so-called ‘failed’ or ‘fragile’ states: survival in the face of violence, insecurity, and lack of the most basic resources. • Denial of women’s equal rights may be used as a reason to intervene and seek regime change in supposedly independent sovereign states, and controversies rage about this. • Another set of challenges comes from global economic change. Unregulated market forces leave the state little power to protect citizens, and millions of women and men migrant workers are living as aliens in states where they have no citizenship, and no recourse when their rights are violated by employers. How do these facts affect women’s ability to realise their rights and entitlements as citizens, and what does this mean for poverty and development? What is the role of development and women’s organisations in supporting active citizens and effective states? We'd envisage articles focusing on international development projects, including advocacy, information and community development, aiming to address the following: • Working on women’s citizenship rights in a context of failing states • What do citizenship and legal equality mean for women in countries where custom and customary law still dictate their realities? How can development organisations help? • When citizenship is mediated/shaped by religion and religious institutions: what are the implications for women, their dependents, and gender equality? What can we do? • Researching gender and citizenship: key emerging research questions, most interesting and/or innovative research methods, research gaps • Getting women’s citizenship rights high on the agendas of development organisations – what are the links between citizenship, national development, and poverty alleviation? Lessons from different organisations and how gender advocates have done this • Citizenship and migrant workers: how can they realise their rights? Are there special challenges for women workers? • Gender, citizenship and identity – what happens to women’s citizenship rights when other kinds of rights come into focus? • Gender, citizenship and reform agendas This issue is to be jointly edited by Lina Abou-Habib, Director of the Collective for Research and Training on Development – Action (Lebanon), and incoming President of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID); Jo Rowlands, of Oxfam GB; and Caroline Sweetman, Editor of Gender & Development. Please send a paragraph outlining your proposed idea to csweetman@oxfam.org.uk, as soon as possible, and before the commissioning deadline: 21 February 2011. If we are able to offer space for your contribution, we will write to you by 1 March to say so. Commissioned articles will need to be completed for a deadline of 15 May 2011. Please note G&D has an editorial policy of publishing in clear, jargon-free English, in order to be of use to the widest possible readership. G&D particularly welcomes contributions from first-time writers with first-hand experience to share. For more information about the journal including full guidelines for contributors, please visit www.genderanddevelopment.org

Gender and development in southern Africa - ACTSA AGM and Conference, Saturday 30 October | Visitor submission

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:41:02 +0000

Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) will be holding its Annual General Meeting and Conference on Saturday 30th October at Unite the Union, Holborn. The afternoon conference on ‘Gender and Development in Southern Africa’ will be addressed by Stephen Lewis. Stephen Lewis is a former UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF and was the Canadian Ambassador to the UN. Stephen has been one of the leading advocates for the establishment of the UN Women’s Agency. He is also outspoken on violence against women in DRC and Zimbabwe. He is currently the co-director of AIDS Free World. For more information about Stephen click here. The conference begins at 2pm and is free to attend. I do hope you will be able to join us on the day. Action for Southern Africa is the successor organisation to the Anti Apartheid Movement, we campaign for justice, rights and development in solidarity with the people of southern Africa.

The Test of Poverty | Visitor submission

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:02:55 +0000

The Test of Poverty follows two women living in extreme poverty in West Bengal, India, as they participate in Trickle Up's program and work to change the effects that generations of poverty have had on their families' lives. The film shows that addressing the needs of the ultra-poor -those living on less than $1.25 day- involves more than just providing them with capital, and must be viewed through a wider lens. The film also captures the powerful effects that increased self?confidence and empowerment that come from participating in Trickle Up's program have in helping women break the vicious cycle of extreme poverty. Have a look at Trickle Up’s newly designed website to learn more about the challenges that Trickle Up is helping solve and how you can get involved. trickleup.org