WOUGNET Update Newsletter - December 2001 ****************************************** Here is a list of what's new at the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) website - http://www.wougnet.org For comments or queries, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To subscribe/unsubscribe to the WOUGNET Update Newsletter, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following command in the subject or body of your message: subscribe/unsubscribe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHAT'S NEW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. WOMEN ORGANISATIONS IN UGANDA = Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI) EASSI organised a three day Sub-regional Conference on women and land rights in Kampala, Uganda, from 29th-31st October, 2001. The conference was a follow-up to a recently concluded research on women and land in five countries of Eastern Africa. The major outcome of the conference is the action plan, drawn at country and sub-regional levels. http://www.wougnet.org/Profiles/eassi.html#Land_WS = Isis-Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange On August 23rd, 2001, Isis-WICCE launched two research reports. "Women's Experiences of Armed Conflict Situations in Uganda: The case of Gulu District 1986-1999" and "Medical Interventional Study of War Affected Gulu District, Uganda" are essentially two parts of the same report. Copies are available in the Isis-WICCE resource centre at US$5 each and are now available online. http://www.wougnet.org/Profiles/isis.html#WomenWar 2. WOMEN & AGRICULTURE = Report of Training for the Forum for Kalongo Parish Women Association (FOKAPAWA) on Project Planning, Management/Leadership and Finance Management skills. September 24-28, 2001. The TeleFood cassava project in Kalongo parish is considered as the "green gold" in the area, reflecting the only hope in "Food for the future" since other crops have since withered due to the onslaught of the poor weather conditions. The challenge for FOKAPAWA is to look for market in order to go further. The purpose of this workshop was to train leaders of the group members of FOKAPAWA in managerial and leadership skills and spread the message to all others. http://www.wougnet.org/agriculture.html#FOKAPAWAtrain 3. WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT = Seventh Parliament of Uganda The 7th Parliament of Uganda has 74 women members of parliament (MPs): 13 County Representatives, 56 District Women Representatives, and 5 Special Interests Representatives. http://www.wougnet.org/parliament.html#7parliament = East African Legislative Assembly On November 30, 2001, the heads of state for Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania launched the East African Legislative Assembly. In the Assembly, Uganda will be represented by nine members, including four women. http://www.wougnet.org/parliament.html#EALA 4. LINKS AND RESOURCES a) African & International Women Organisations = Bhutan Women and Children Organisation (BWCO) Bhutan Women and Children Organisation (BWCO) as an independent, non-profit, non-partisan, politically un-aligned and grassroots non-governmental organisation was established on November 23, 1990 in exile by the Bhutanese women to organise themselves for the protection, promotion and defence of women's and child rights, and advancement and empowerment of women in Bhutan. http://www.wougnet.org/Links/africa_int.html#BWCO = Centre d'Espoir pour Filles et Femmes (C.E.F.F. - O.N.G.) Based in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, CEFF's goal is to advocate the girls' and women's rights in promoting their formal education and vocational training as well as to help them to find sustainable solutions through loans. The goal is to make them self-sufficient - to be economically independent. (In French) http://www.wougnet.org/Links/africa_int.html#CEFF = Legal Aid and Consultancy Centre (LACC) - Nepal The Legal Aid and Consultancy Centre (LACC) as an independent non-profit, non-partisan and non-governmental legal resource organisation was established in 1987 by a group of lawyers for the protection and promotion of the rights and interests of women and children in Nepal. As a pioneer legal resource organisation, it is dedicated for the advancement and empowerment of women, their dignity, uplifting of their socio-legal status and protection of child rights. http://www.wougnet.org/Links/africa_int.html#LACC b) Education Links and Resources = Opportunities for Study and Training of African Women Students The Institute for Education of Women in Africa and the Diaspora (IEWAD) is pleased to offer the second edition of the 2001-2002 Opportunities for Study and Training of African Women Students/Scholars resource guide. The guide is available in PDF format from: http://www.wougnet.org/Links/educlinks.html#GRANTS c) General Links and Resources = Internet Living Swahili Dictionary The Internet Living Swahili Dictionary is designed to fill a need in African Studies and East African education.Using the Internet, the project draws on the minds of speakers and scholars of Swahili all over the world. An important aspect of this project is to produce a "living" on-line dictionary that can be updated constantly and available instantaneously from any internet connection in the world. The Kamusi Project Internet Living Swahili Dictionary is under the auspices of the Council on African Studies at the Yale University Center for International and Area Studies. http://www.wougnet.org/links.html#ILSD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EVENTS & NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May 2002 = Coady International Institute: Certificate in Managing NGO Resource Centres. May 13 - June 07, 2002 The Certificate in Managing NGO Resource Centres will provide participants with the opportunity to gain or improve skills in managing information, as well as to analyse the dynamics of indigenous knowledge, appropriate media, information sharing and networking. During the program participants will develop an action plan for their resource centre's contribution to the community-based development, information and education strategies of their organization. http://www.wougnet.org/projectnews.html#CI0102 July 2002 = Women's Worlds 2002 Congress Call for Abstracts: Gendering Pleasure The Women's Worlds 2002 Congress is inviting abstracts on the theme: Gendering Pleasure. Possible topics include: - The Pleasures and significance of reading poetry, novels, etc - The pleasure and significance of closeness/touch/the body/sex - The pleasure of motherhood/parenting - Other pleasures from a historical/sociological/anthropological, religious or literary perspective http://www.wougnet.org/projectnews.html#WW2002_GP = Call for Proposals: Second Know How Conference We call on women's media, Internet managers, information and advocacy organizations -as well as researchers- to submit proposals for the Second Know How Conference, to be held at the Makerere University campus, Kampala, Uganda, 21-26 July 2002. Your proposal should address the Conference's mission, which is: "To build and consolidate powerful relationships between participating organizations, in order to create new programs to make information on the position of women, and for women, highly accessible and visible." http://www.wougnet.org/projectnews.html#CFP_KnowHow To list your event/news on the WOUGNET website, send details about the event/news including contact information to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************** The Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) website and mailing lists are hosted by Kabissa - Space for Change in Africa ******************************************************** This is GainsNet, the mailing list of the UN-INSTRAW-GAINS Network Members. To reply to the GainsNet group, click on "reply all" To reply to an individual, click on "reply" To unsubscribe from GainsNet, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line
