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IInd INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS: WOMEN WORK HEALTH
RIO DE JANEIRO, 1999
GENDER EQUITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE:
CHALLENGES OF THE NEW SOCIAL TIMES
HOTEL GLORIA, September 19- 22, 1999
In 1996 the Centro de Analisys y Programas Sanitarios /CAPS, through the
"Program on Women,
Health, and Quality of Life", held the 1st International Congress on Women,
Work, and Health in
Barcelona. Participants in the event included researchers (both women and men)
representing 35
countries from the various continents. Studies were presented by organizations
devoted to research
in "health and work" as well as those focusing specifically on the issue of
"women's .health". This
diversity made possible a broad discussion of issues and approaches, fueling the
debate on different
forms of risk factors and differences in disease processes for female and male
workers. The 2nd
International Congress on Women, Work, and Health is intended to make further
progress with this
discussion process. The fact that it will be held in Latin America aims to give
greater visibility to
this continent's specific problems and respective approaches, as well as to
foster an exchange of
current views and experiences with the Northern countries.
OBJECTIVES
To give visibility to the production of knowledge in this area, identifying
recent studies, trends, and
gaps in the different disciplines approaching the theme and updating indicators
and methodologies.
To make progress in incorporating the gender focus into studies and health care
for workers both
male and female, based on a multi- and interdisciplinary focus and integration
between the scientific
community land social movements.
To identify gains and setbacks in the relationship between work, health, and
gender, dealing with the
differences and similarities between local and global contexts.
To foster a comparison of realities experienced by working women from the
various regions of the
planet.
To define action strategies, reviewing and updating proposals from the Consensus
Document drafted
in Barcelona.
PARTICIPANTS:
In keeping with the philosophy of wide participation by different segments of
society and with a
pluralistic perspective, the 2nd Congress will be open to professionals from
various health fields,
such as psychologists, physicians, nurses, sociologists, ergonomists,
toxicologists, epidemiologists,
and others, as well as trade union leaders and representatives from feminist
groups.
THEMES:
* Health, Work, and Subjectivity.
* Domestic Work and Health
* The Environmental Issue and Quality of Life
* Trade Union Action: Work, Health, and Gender
* Production of Knowledge: Methodologies, Interdisciplinarity, and Gender
* Restructuring Production: Increasingly Precarious Labor Conditions,
Unemployment, and
Impacts on Health
* Work, Sexuality, and Reproductive Health
* Health and the Sexual Division of Labor
* Gender, Work, and Health: Differences between Northern and Southern
Countries
* Violence, Work, and Health
* The Feminist Movement Work, and Health
* Workers' Health Surveillance from a Gender Perspective
* Public Policies for Health and Labor
* Child Labor, Gender, and Health
* Rural Labor, Gender, and Health
* Work, Health, and the Struggle for Citizens' Rights
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING COMMITTEES
Membership in the National and International Consulting Committees is in keeping
with the multi
disciplinary and multi sectorial philosophy of the Congress, with confirmed
collaboration by 40
representatives from the various regions of Brazil and 40 representatives from
various countries of the
Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania.
PLANNED FORMAT
Round tables, working groups, lectures, coordinated papers, posters, video
showings, free spaces.
YOU WILL SOON BE RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS ON SUBMITTING AND SELECTION
OF COORDINATED PAPERS, POSTERS, AND VIDEOS, WHICH MUST BE POSTMARKED
NO LATER THAN JAN. 10, 1999.
STEERING COMMITTEE
C6ssia Maria Cadoto and Maria Izabel Baltar (National Feminist Network on Health
and
reproductive Rights); Eleonora Menicucci (UNIFESP); Estela Aquino, (UFBA);
Jussara Brito
(Fiocruz); Lucila Scavone (UNESP); Magda de Almeida Neves (UFMG); Margarida
Barreto
(School of Medicine, Santa Cosa); P6ricles Silveira da Costa (Abrosco); Unions:
Ednalva Lima,
National commitee for Women Works (CUT/CGT); Nair Goulart e Ivonete Silva, Forca
Sindical
PROMOTED BY:
Oswoldo Cruz Foudation (Fiocruz), Brazilian Association of Pos-Graduation ire
Public Health
(Abrasco), Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP.) and the National Feminist
Network on Health
and Reproductive Rights.
Secretary/Information:
JZ Congressos
R. Conde de Iraja 260, 2o andar
22271-020 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil
Tel: (55 21) 286 2846; Fax: (55 21) 537 -9134; E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "STEFANIE S. RIXECKER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: (Fwd) The Heifer Project
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FYI...Stefanie
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From: "Laura M. Sandage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: The Heifer Project
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi!
The Heifer Project has recently launched their website. I thought some of
your ECOFEM subscribers might find it of interest. Since this includes the
launch message for the site, I wanted to ask your permission before I post
it, or if you find it appropriate, perhaps pass the message along.
Thanks!
Laura.
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Sometimes it proves difficult to find the ideal gift for someone
who has everything, but one organization has solved this
common dilemma: Why not help someone who has "everything"
share the gift of hope with someone who has "nothing?" Heifer
Project International (HPI) offers a unique opportunity for sharing
and giving through its newly launched Web site, located at:
http://www.heifer.org
Founded in 1944, Heifer Project International has helped more
than 4 million poor families in 115 countries to become self-reliant
through the gift of food- and income-producing animals. Through
the gift of livestock and training, a family can obtain milk, eggs,
wool or other income-producing benefits to feed, clothe, and
educate their children.
At the HPI site http://www.heifer.org visitors may access the
online gift catalog. Developed with Cold Fusion technology, the
attractive and user-friendly catalog highlights the ways HPI
realizes its mission of ending poverty and hunger. Here, visitors
may purchase an animal (or a share of an animal) for an
impoverished family in honor of a friend or family member;
honorees will receive either a gift card or email announcement
(determined by the giver) that explains the direct impact this
gift will have in helping to reduce hunger in the U.S. and abroad.
Shoppers can find a range of gift donations from which to choose --
from a trio of rabbits ($20) to a heifer ($500). Or you can buy a
share of an animal for $10. The catalog's feature product, the
Gift Ark, provides a spectrum of animals, two by two, to people
in need worldwide priced at $5,000; the Gift Ark is the ultimate
way for an individual, business or civic organization to help build
a menagerie that will help hungry families for years to come.
Through its "living loan" of livestock, HPI promotes self-reliance,
which builds self-esteem and helps families lift themselves out
of poverty. Not only are families trained in the proper care and
maintenance of these animals, but they are also required to
"pass on the gift" by giving one or more of their animal's offspring
to another family in need.
Heifer Project International currently supports more than 300
projects in 38 countries, including the United States, that create
environmentally-friendly small-scale farm enterprises to improve
nutrition and supplement income. Local involvement and
management of its projects are stressed, empowering
communities to solve their own problems and equipping the
next generation to successfully face challenges.
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Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker
Division of Environmental Management & Design
Lincoln University, Canterbury
PO Box 56
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax: 64-03-325-3841
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