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INSTRAW News / Noticias del INSTRAW / Nouvelles de INSTRAW E-Newsletter June 2002 Table of Contents UPDATES ON INSTRAW/GAINS ACTIVITIES RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND OTHER EVENTS CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS NEW PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS/ARTICLES GRANT AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES LINKS TO USEFUL INFORMATION SOURCES 1. UPDATES ON INSTRAW/GAINS ACTIVITIES **New Structure for INSTRAW Website** The INSTRAW website is undergoing some changes in both content and structure in order to facilitate navigation throughout the site and accessibility to information and resources. Users will be able to view the new site in early June. Please visit the redesigned website at http://www.un-instraw.org **Special Collection on Gender and ICTs** The Special Collection of Resources on Gender and ICTs continues to grow and currently includes some 150 publications in English, French and Spanish. http://www.un-instraw.org/projects/gender_and_ict/special_collection.html ----------------------------------------<<<>>>------------------------------ ---------- 2. RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES **Professional Management Training Programme** Each month a new four-week programme is offered by the International Training Centre for Women (ITW) in The Netherlands. Tailor-made programmes can also be arranged to meet the specific training needs of middle-management groups from one organization. http://www.euronet.nl/users/itw/pmt.html , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **Gender MBA** The International Training Centre for Women (ITW) in the Netherlands offers its Gender MBA programme for all women interested in upgrading their management skills. An international staff of professors from France, Germany, Indonesia and London (U.K.) offer a special programme for women seeking an international career. http://www.euronet.nl/users/itw/gendermba.html , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------<<<>>>------------------------------ ---------- 3. CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND OTHER EVENTS **International Perspectives: Global Voices for Gender Equity** The American Association of University Women is organizing this International Symposium to take place 15-17 November 2002 in Washington, D.C. (USA). At the symposium, papers will be presented on the following themes: Governance; Peace Education and Conflict Resolution; and Literacy and Education for People with Disabilities. International and domestic travel grants may be available. Deadline for registration is 21 October 2002. http://www.aauw.org/7000/ef/symposium.html , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **Implementation of Gender Mainstreaming in Europe: a Challenge for Political Education** This European Congress will be held on 6-8 September 2002 in Leipzig, Germany. The Congress aims to promote the implementation of gender mainstreaming through political education. http://www.bpb.de/gender/body_gender_kongress2.html , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **World Summit-Women in Film and Television** This Summit will be held 23-27 October 2002 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. It will focus on bringing together of a diversity of ideas, topics and perspectives on women in film and television. http://www.wiftjamaica.org , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **Asia and Pacific Women’s Electronic Network Training Workshop 2002** The Asia Women’s Resource Exchange (AWORC) will hold the fourth Workshop called WENT2002 on 8-15 August 2002 at the Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul, Korea. The training aims to build the capacities of women and their organizations to utilize new ICTs in social development work and policy advocacy. Training will be given on: Web and Database Management; Using ICTs for Social and Policy Advocacy; and Local Area Networking. Deadline for registration is 21 June 2002. http://www.aworc.org , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **Women’s Health and Rights in Africa** AMANITARE – African Partnership for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women and Girls, announces the forthcoming Conference to be held 4-7 February 2003 in Johannesburg, South Africa. A call for application will be posted in July 2002. http://www.amanitare.org , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **Young Men as Allies in the Promotion of Health and Gender Equity** This International Conference sponsored by Promundo and others, will be held in September 2002 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Participants will share experiences and discuss how to move forward in this area of gender relations which has been increasingly recognized as imperative in the promotion of health and gender equity. More information to be posted on the website soon. http://www.promundo.org.br , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------<<<>>>------------------------------ ---------- 4. CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS **Women and Communication** Isis International-Manila is coming out with the second issue for 2002 of its magazine Women in Action with the theme Women and Communication. Articles are invited on a wide range of topics, among them: access to communication as a human rights/development issue; women’s access and participation in ICT; and what is the Southern perspective and/or analysis on women and communication. Deadline for submissions is 30 June 2002. http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=7547 , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] **Art Contest for International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls** The National Network against Violence Against Women [Red Nacional contra la Violencia hacia las Mujeres] and MujerArte invite submissions of artwork. Guidelines can be accessed online. Deadline for submission is 15 September 2002. http://www.laneta.apc.org/cgi-bin/WebX?230@@.ee6ead3 , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **Student Writing Competition on the Law and Gender-Based Discrimination in the CEE Region** The Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI) invites essays on the theme “The role of the Rule of Law in Addressing Gender-Based Discrimination in the Emerging Democracies of Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union”. Strong emphasis is placed on the author’s own ideas about the selected topic. Winners will be announced on 15 September 2002. Deadline for submissions is 1 July 2002. http://www.abanet.org/ceeli/alumni.html , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------<<<>>>------------------------------ ---------- 5. NEW PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS AND/OR ARTICLES **Gender Dimensions of Financing for Development Conference** Issue No. 9 of Commonwealth Gender Briefs (Feb 2002) focuses on the gender dimensions of this Conference held from 18 to 22 March 2002 in Mexico. http://www.thecommonwealth.org/docs/gender/briefingpaper.doc , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **Siyanda Update** A monthly newsletter featuring the latest gender mainstreaming resources available on the Siyanda website. http://www.siyanda.org/subscribe.htm , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **Domestic Violence Online Conference** The final report of this conference which took place on 14-20 March 2002 is available online. http://www.projectharmony.ge/DV/onlineconference.html , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **The Aftermath: Women in Post-conflict Transformation** Published by Zed Books, M. Turshen and S. Meintjes, Eds. Part of this book reflects on how transitions from war to peace and from authoritarian to democratic regimes can be used as opportunities for real social transformation. Later the relation of the state to society in the aftermath, searching for a vision of the transformed society is considered. ISBN 1-84277-067-5. http://www.zedbooks.demon.co.uk , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **The Violence of Development: The Political Economy of Gender** Published by Zed Books, K. Kapadia, Ed. This book investigates the contemporary situation of women in India by focusing on four broad domains: cultural, social, political and economic. ISBN 1-84277-207-4 http://www.zedbooks.demon.co.uk , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **Women Speaking Peace** Published by Zed Books, U. Butalia, Ed. This book reflects the range of women’s experiences in conflict Kashmir. ISBN 1-84277-208-2. http://www.zedbooks.demon.co.uk , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **Thinking Differently: A Reader in European Women’s Studies** Published by Zed Books, G. Griffin and R. Braidotti, Eds. ISBN 1-84277-003-9 http://www.zedbooks.demon.co.uk , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------<<<>>>------------------------------ ---------- 6. GRANT AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES **International Policy Fellowships 2003** The Central European University Center for Policy Studies (CPS) invites proposals for the 2003 International Policy Fellowship programme in Budapest. Among the 2003 Fellowship Issue Areas is Gender Policy: Intra-Enterprise level Gender Inequalities in Post-Socialist Societies. All initial queries and proposals must entered online through the website. Deadline for applications is 1 August 2002. http://www.osi.hu/ipf , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------<<<>>>------------------------------ ---------- 7. LINKS TO USEFUL INFORMATION SOURCES **Women and ICTs for Political Action** [original title – Femmes et PoliTIC] A website devoted to the utilization of ICTs by women’s organizations for political action. http://netfemmes.cdeacf.ca/politic/ , E-mail: cdeacf.ca **Gender Evaluation Methodology (GEM)** GEM is a guide to integrating a gender analysis into evaluations of initiatives that use ICTs for social change. It provides a means for determining whether ICTs are really improving women’s lives and gender relations, as well as promoting positive change at the individual, institutional, and community levels. http://www.apcwomen.org/gem/ **Gender and ICTs** The International Development Research Center (Canada) hosts this site which includes definitions of gender concepts and an annotated bibliography on Gender and ICTs. http://www.idrc.ca/pan/gender/ , E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------<<<>>>------------------------------ ---------- This is INSTRAW News / Noticias del INSTRAW / Nouvelles de INSTRAW , the eNewsletter of UN-INSTRAW-GAINS. For submissions, questions or comments send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "INSTRAW News" in the subject line. To subscribe to INSTRAW News / Noticias del INSTRAW / Nouvelles de INSTRAW, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "subscribe" in the subject line. 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