Events related to Gender Equality and Effectiveness in the Field
For more information, contact Nasserie Carew
Events
June 24-30, 2007: Training on Making Governance Gender Responsive
Making Governance Gender Responsive (MGGR) is a generic course that can be adapted and modified to suit the needs of the different countries in Asia-Pacific. Specifically the participants are expected to:
- Enhance their understanding of Gender and Development (GAD) and governance concepts.
- Gain appreciation of gender-related and governance issues and concerns.
- Identify gender biases in governance
- Acquire skills in identifying and analyzing gender biases and concerns through case examples of strategies and practices to address gender biases.
- Identify gender biases in the participant’s sphere of influence - A Change Management Approach
- Formulate Action Plans: Institutional and Individual.
The initial MGGR Training module was developed by CAPWIP with the funding support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through its Asia-Pacific Gender Equality Network (APGEN) and the Regional Governance Programme for Asia and the Pacific (UNDP-PARAGON).
This is the seventh (7th) time that the course is being offered by CAPWIP, having successfully conducted six (6) previous trainings held in February, June and October 2004, and in January and February 2007.
For more information, visit www.capwip.org.
2007 International Women's Day Events:
MARCH 8: Global Dinner honoring the Dominican Republic
Hosted by:
World Vision
Global Dinner honoring the Dominican Republic's grand traditions, music, and history. Celebrating New York's very own Sister City - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Learn more about being a sister to a child in need by helping vulnerable girls and children in the Dominican Republic through child sponsorship.
Details:
March 8, 6:00pm Reception, 7:00pm Program and Tasting of Dominican Food, 81 Greene Street, NY, NY (Cross streets: Spring and Broome)
Space is extremely limited. To reserve your seat, please call Diane at 212.736.2997 x241
MARCH 8: Women Make Things Happen
Hosted by: The One Shared World Campaign and AED
An online celebration of women everywhere whose grit, ingenuity and integrity are an inspiration and a force for change.
MARCH 8 ERBIL, IRAQ
MARCH 11 SULEYMANIYAH, IRAQ: International Kurdish Women’s Conference for Peace and Equality
Hosted by:
Global Operations/Giving Children Hope
Kurdistan Regional Government, Ministry of State for women Affairs (KRG)
Kurdish National Congress North America (KNCNA)
Kurdish Human Right Watch(KHRW)
Global Operations and Developments (GO&D)
Kurdish American Education Society (KAES)
ASUDA Organization
Women Law Network in Kurdistan Region -Iraq
Voice of Kurdish- American (VOKRADIO.COM)
The conference will address both quantitative and qualitative aspects of Kurdish women’s role in politics, science and art. The conference will look into establishing channels of cooperation between women’s organizations in Northern America, Europe and Kurdistan for the purpose of advancing and enhancing women’s role in building democracy and civil society in Kurdistan. General conference questions can be directed to: Womenconference@vokradio.com
MARCH 8, NEW YORK: 2nd Annual New York Community Observance of International Women's Day
Hosted by:
The Hunger Project
AWE—Anglican Women's Empowerment
Bard Program on Globalization and International Affairs
Center for Women's Global Leadership
Division for the Advancement of Women at the United Nations
EngenderHealth
Friends of the Orphans
MADRE
Muslim Women's Institute for Research and Development-MWIRD
The Sister Fund
St. Bartholomew's Church
UNIFEM/USA
La Voz del Hudson Valley
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
Women's eNews
Zonta Club of New York
The New York International Women's Day event will feature: Eve Ensler, playwright/performer/activist and award-winning author of The Vagina Monologues; Yolanda B. Jimenez, Commissioner of the Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence; and Rt. Rev. Catherine S. Roskam, Episcopal Bishop Suffragan (with more speakers to come!) as well as musical performances. Reception to follow.
Details:
March 8, 2007, 7:00-8:30pm, St. Bartholomew's Church (Park Ave. between 50th and 51st Streets), followed by a reception.
MARCH 8: World Premiere: Abstaining from Reality: U.S. Restrictions on HIV Prevention
Hosted by: Population Action International
This world premiere is co-sponsored by PAI, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the U.K. All Party Parliamentary Groups on AIDS and Development and Population and Reproductive Health. It features PAI’s latest documentary, Abstaining from Reality: U.S. Restrictions on HIV Prevention, which examines the disconnect between the abstinence-only approach to HIV prevention promoted by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the reality of women’s lives.
Details:
March 8, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.; Jubilee Room, Parliament, London, England. By invitation only.
MARCH 5-13: Discussions and training on Gender issues
Hosted by: IREX
IREX alumni will be involved in a series of gender-oriented discussions and trainings in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan in honor of International Women’s Day. Discussions will center on women’s rights and issues such as leadership and domestic violence. In Chisinau, IREX alumni will meet with Parliament member Eva Gudumac to discuss the role of women in Moldovan society. In Samara, Open World Program alumna Irina Kosareva will conduct a seminar on domestic violence issues alumni. Local government officials will be invited to the event to discuss how the community can help victims of domestic violence.
For your information, contact Wendy Amin.
MARCH 8: The Changing Role of Women in the Family, in the Workplace, and in the World Community
Hosted by:
Wagner Women's Caucus
International Women’s Day has been celebrated around the world since the early 1900’s. It is a day to reflect on the progress women have made toward equality worldwide, but it is also a day to recognize that women are not equal, especially worldwide. Women are still sufferers of domestic violence in their homes, women are still hitting the “glass ceiling” in the workplace, and women are still victims of human trafficking. Women can vote and hold high ranking positions, but are women equal? What stereotypes are women facing in their homes, at work and worldwide that prevent equality? How can we continue the advancement of the Women’s Movement to combat the pervasive issues women face in the 21st Century?
Details:
March 8, 2007, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University The Puck Building, 2nd Fl. Conference Room, 295 Lafayette Street
