E-Gender April 2009

April 2009 E-Gender

Contents

A) EVENTS/CAMPAIGNS/PRESS RELEASES

B) PRIZES/AWARDS/FUNDING

C) CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS/ARTICLES

D) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/CONFERENCES

E) JOB OPPORTUNITIES

F) RESOURCES/MATERIALS/PUBLICATIONS

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A) EVENTS/CAMPAIGNS/PRESS RELEASES

1) IWDA CELEBRATES CHANGES TO AUSAID FAMILY PLANNING GUIDELINES: Mar 11 – IWDA welcomes changes to AusAID’s Family Planning Guidelines. IWDA Executive Director, Jane Sloane, said today that these changes would save lives and ensure that women were supported with information and services to reduce the incidence of maternal deaths.

http://www.iwda.org.au/au/2009/03/11/family-planning-guidelines/

2) INCLUSION – WORLD DEVELOPMENT AND DISABILITY PUBLIC FORUM: One Just World is hosting a free public forum on April 7th 2009, from 6pm-7:30pm, to be held at the BMW Edge, Federation Square in Melbourne. Guest speakers at the forum will discuss issues facing people with disabilities in the developing world and will tackle the question: what do we need to do to make sure people with a disability aren’t marginalised any longer? For more information and to R.S.V.P. please visit:

http://onejustworld.com.au/main/melbourne-after-work-forum/

3) FEAST@HOME/WORK: Throughout April, IWDA invites you to host your own feast to support women in developing countries and celebrate International Women’s Day. Just invite your friends to share a meal at home, or enjoy food with co-workers, and ask guests to donate the money they would usually spend on ‘eating out’ to IWDA. Food security – access to affordable, sufficient, safe and nutritious food – is critical to human well being, and that over 60% of the world’s most chronically hungry are women and girls. This is a fun and easy way to contribute to our work in this area. Please see our website for more information.

http://www.iwda.org.au/au/feasthome-feastwork/

4) “TIME HAS COME FOR A NEW U.N. WOMEN’S AGENCY“: UNITED NATIONS, Mar 3 – After being blind for years to the needs and rights of women, the United Nations is finally well on its way to create a “fully-resourced” women’s agency, says Stephen Lewis, the former U.N. Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45955

5) AUSTRALIA STRENGTHENS WOMEN’S RIGHTS: Mar 4 – Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, and the Minister for the Status of Women, Tanya Plibersek, were pleased to welcome the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The Protocol will strengthen the rights of Australian women and provide a further measure to protect them against discrimination.

http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/www/ministers/robertmc.nsf/Page/MediaReleases_2009_FirstQuarter_4March-AustraliaStrengthensWomensRights

6) FEMINIST ORGANISING AGAINST THE GAZA CONFLICT: Mar 6 – Throughout the seemingly intractable Israel-Palestine conflict, civil society has been active in responding to crises and advocating for peace and justice. AWID interviewed Eilat Maoz of the Coalition of Women for Peace, an Israeli organisation that works for peace in Israel and Palestine.

http://awid.org/eng/Issues-and-Analysis/Issues-and-Analysis/Feminist-organizing-against-the-Gaza-conflict

7) WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN AN ECONOMIC CRISIS: Mar 6 – Jane Gabriel caught up with Dr. Yakin Erturk, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, on her first officially mandated visit to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).

www.opendemocracy.net/article/csw-2009/womens-rights-in-economic-crisis
“WOMEN NEED A BIGGER VOICE AT THE G20 SUMMIT”: UNITED NATIONS, Mar 12 – Activists are calling for an economic bailout plan for women and demanding that their voices be heard at the decision-making table ahead of the G20 summit of the world’s biggest economies in London on Apr. 2.

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46084

9) WOMEN BETTER, BUT FAR FROM EQUAL: ROME, Mar 18 – Denying women access to political and economic power is a “strategic waste”, says Saadia Zahidi, head of the Women Leaders and Gender Parity Programme at the World Economic Forum (WEF) and co-author of the WEF’s Global Gender Gap (GGG).

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46175

10) AKIMBO: STANDING STRONG FOR A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO A JUST AND HEALTHY LIFE: We are pleased to announce the launch of the International Women’s Health Coalition’s (IWHC’s) new blog. Akimbo is an open forum for exchanging ideas about what can secure the health and rights of women and girls around the globe. Akimbo will provide daily updates and commentary on policies and news that effect women’s health and rights worldwide.

http://blog.iwhc.org/

11) GENDER WIRE NEWSLETTER: is a new, free weekly newsletter provided by Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) covering information from the perspective of women and girls. Topics and issues include financial crisis, climate change, conflicts, corruption, food insecurity, education, health and elections. Sign up now at:

http://www.ipsnews.net/_newsletter/genderwire.asp

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B) PRIZES/AWARDS/FUNDING

1) DRAWING COMPETITION FOR CHILDREN ON GENDER EQUALITY: For the third year in a row, the European Commission (EC) launched an international drawing competition on gender equality. This competition will call on the children in developing countries, to express their vision of gender equality through a drawing. The jury will be composed of children from the 27 EU Member states and a prize equivalent to €1,000 for each region will be awarded to the winners. The exhibition will be inaugurated in Autumn 2009 at the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Competition closes 15th May, 2009.

http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/what/gender/drawing-competition_en.htm

2) PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION, PORTRAYING GENDER: The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) Photographic Competition 2009 has been launched and this year’s theme is ‘portraying gender’. Photographers are invited to submit photos that portray women or men in ways that offer new perceptions about their roles and responsibilities. Such photos challenge conventional understandings of ‘femininity’ and ‘masculinity’ and help break the mould of the male-female ‘divide’. Entries close 1st May, 2009.

http://www.waccglobal.org/component/content/article/1552:wacc-annual-photographic-competition-launched.html

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C) CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS/ARTICLES

1) CALL FOR PROPOSALS: CLOSING THE GAP ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL LAWS, POLICIES AND ACTION PLANS THAT ADDRESS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women is accepting applications for its 14th grant cycle (2009) from government authorities at the national and local levels, civil society organisations and networks – including non-governmental, women’s and community-based organisations, coalitions and operational research institutions – and UN Country Teams in partnership with governments and civil society organisations. Applications should be centred on supporting implementation of national and local policies, laws and action plans on ending violence against women. The deadline for submissions is 17th April, 2009. http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/violence_against_women/trust_fund_guidelines.php

2) CALL FOR PAPERS: WHY GENDER?: The two-day international conference taking place on 9th – 10th October, 2009, entitled “Why Gender?” aims to bring together both Finnish and international scholars from a number of different disciplines to participate in intellectual discussion regarding future directions gender theory could take. The conference organisers would like to see more theoretical work on gender, this most elusive of social divisions, which combines the insights made within women’s studies, men’s studies, feminist studies, queer studies, and the anthropological study of gender. Deadline for paper abstracts is April 15th, 2009. Please visit the website below for further information.

http://research.jyu.fi/strategicpractices/Seminar2009.html

3) CALL FOR PAPERS: FEMINISTS THEORISE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY: Feminist scholarship in the field of international political economy has broken new ground, defining the economic and political role of social reproduction, documenting and challenging omissions of women’s work from national accounting systems, conceptualising and campaigning for gendered budgets, and tracing women’s activism to transform the complex gendered power dynamics of globalisation. This special issue seeks to employ post-colonial feminist theorising and feminist theorisations of difference as central axes in analyses of international political economy. Submissions that address the gendered regimes of capitalist production and consumption, systems of exchange, and struggles for emancipation and equality are invited. The deadline for submissions is May 1st, 2009.

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/page/signs/call.html?cookieSet=1

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D) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/CONFERENCES

1) CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: ACTION A34: GENDER AND WELL-BEING: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN WORK, FAMILY AND PUBLIC POLICIES: The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action 34 is organising the Summer School on “Quantitative and qualitative methods and their relative merits in research on gender and well-being” to be held in the facilities of Porto Conte Ricerche, in NW-Sardinia from the afternoon of June 8th to the morning of June 13th, 2009. The Action will discuss relevant methodologies and concepts, compare practices of living and the perceptions of the quality of life, and assess social indicators and measures of the contribution to well-being by women in the family, the market and the state. Deadline for applications is 15th April, 2009.

http://w3.cost.esf.org/index.php?id=320

2) WIDE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2009: June 18-20, University of Basel, Switzerland: Care work, paid and unpaid, is a reality for most women all over the world, and care is a field characterised by enormous asymmetries between women and men. The WIDE (Women in Development Europe) Annual Conference 2009 will provide space to learn and discuss paid and unpaid care work and the current debate in detail. The conference will highlight the dynamics of care from different perspectives: North, East and South. We will try to link care economy to other spheres of the economy, particularly to the global financial crisis, as well as to ongoing debates on development and welfare, in which gender equality and social justice are at stake. Please visit the website for details on registration.

http://www.wide-network.ch/en/activities/wide_conference_2009/index.php

3) WOMEN’S LIVELIHOODS FOR A DIGNIFIED LIFE ADVANCE WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHT TO LIVELIHOODS: JOIN A GLOBAL NETWORK: Programme on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (PWESCR), in partnership with several organisations worldwide, initiated a Global Network on Women’s Right to livelihoods. In order to develop an inclusive concept of the right to livelihoods from a gender perspective, the Network is compiling a database on woman’s stories from around the world on livelihoods. We invite you to join the Network and to participate now by sharing your thoughts on issues of livelihoods. For more information please follow the links at: http://www.pwescr.org/

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E) JOB OPPORTUNITIES

1) CONSULTANT: ROADMAP FOR INTEGRATING WOMEN, GIRLS AND GENDER EQUALITY INTO NATIONAL AIDS RESPONSES: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is seeking a consultant to formulate a user-friendly, brief and accessible “roadmap” document providing a ‘how to’ process for helping national actors: conduct an assessment of their current national AIDS response; identify gaps; and develop an action plan to accelerate national efforts to address women’s and girls’ vulnerability to HIV and to mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS on them. Closing date is 9th April, 2009.

http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?job_id=9501.

2) WOMEN AND POPULATION INTERN, WASHINGTON D.C., USA: United Nation Foundation’s (UNF) Women and Population Team works together with the United Nations and other partners to promote gender equality and empower women and girls, with particular focus on reproductive and sexual health and rights. The Women and Population Intern will support the work of UNF’s Women and Population team in Washington D.C. Closing date is 10th April, 2009.

http://www.unfoundation.org/about-unf/internships/women-and-population-intern.html

3) FUNDRAISING OFFICER: EVENTS, CORPORATES & APPEALS, BRIGHTON, UK: Maternity Worldwide is recruiting a Fundraising Officer who will have a role of supporting the implementation of fundraising strategies, with a focus on coordinating key supporter activities and fundraising events, including managing media appeals, obtaining corporate funding, and increasing revenue from these income streams. Closing date is 14th April, 2009.

http://www.maternityworldwide.org/pages/vacancies.html

4) GENDER BASED VIOLENCE PROGRAM MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: The Gender Based Violence (GBV) Manager for Ouham Pende, based in Bocaranga, will oversee the development of GBV projects in the area and ensure that they are designed and implemented in accordance with the country strategic plan, International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) program framework, the IRC GBV Global Strategy and accepted national and international standards. S/he will liaise with relevant local authorities, including local health staff, and represent IRC’s GBV activities at the local level. S/he will identify gaps in services and take necessary steps to address those gaps. S/he will provide vision, oversight, and support to the Ouham Pendé-based GBV staff, with an emphasis on capacity-building. Please apply via the website below before 17th April, 2009.

http://tbe.taleo.net/NA2/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=IRC&cws=1&rid=5118

5) DIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA: The Global Fund for Women, an internationally renowned non-profit grant-making foundation that advances women’s human rights worldwide, seeks a Director of Major Gifts to join its development team. This position will be responsible for crafting and guiding the organisation’s major gift strategy to ensure that all major gifts efforts align with programmatic and fundraising goals.

http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/about-gfw/jobs/director-of-major-gifts.html

6) COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT, NEW YORK, USA: International Women’s Health Coalition’s (IWHC) Communications Program works in partnership with IWHC’s regional and international policy program staff, development team, U.S. foreign policy consultants, and international colleagues to advance understanding and support of women’s and young people’s sexual and reproductive rights and health. The Communications Assistant provides critical administrative and substantive support to the Program, helping to write, edit and produce articles, speeches, blogs, and publications by staff, partners and other allies; engage in media outreach; maintain our multilingual websites; organise educational events; and help develop and disseminate persuasive, evidence-based materials and messages to policymakers and opinion leaders; global and grassroots health, feminist, and human rights activists; financial and political supporters; the media; and the general public. http://www.iwhc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3372&Itemid=522#communications

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F) RESOURCES/MATERIALS/PUBLICATIONS

1) INCREASING FEMALE VOICES IN MINE-ACTION PLANNING AND PRIORITISATION, by Catherine Cecil and Kristen Rasmussen: The Community Strengthening and Gender Mainstreaming in Integrated Mine Action (CSGMIMA) Project focuses on one of the greatest challenges women face in mine affected areas of Cambodia: to be actively and meaningfully involved in the decision-making process in mine action. An article written by IWDA consultants on the CSGMIMA Project in Cambodia has recently been published in The Journal of ERW and Mine Action which highlights a pilot project aimed at ‘Increasing Female Voices in Mine-Action Planning and Prioritisation’.

http://www.iwda.org.au/au/2009/03/11/female-voices-article/

2) THE GENDER DIMENSIONS OF POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION: THE CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPMENT AID, by Marcia.E.Greenberg and Elaine Zuckerman: The chapter, concluding that few World Bank and other donor post-conflict reconstruction loans and grants identify or address gender discrimination issues, strongly recommends that donors keep their promises to promote gender equality to make peace work.

http://www.genderaction.org/images/GenderDimensionsPCR_2009.pdf

3) EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH LIVELIHOODS ORIENTATED AGRICULTURAL SERVICE PROVISION: A CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA: The paper considers the impact of livelihoods oriented agricultural service provision for smallholder farmers on gender relationships and food security. The paper contents that the democratisation and liberalisation of agricultural services towards participatory, bottom-up approaches, from the early 1990s has brought favourable gender gains to women.

http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/research-papers/2008/en_GB/rp2008-01/_files/78800518788022365/default/rp2008-01.pdf

4) THE EQUAL SHARING OF RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN, INCLUDING CAREGIVING IN THE CONTEXT OF HIV/AIDS: THE 53RD SESSION OF THE CSW: Association for Women’s Rights in Development’s (AWID) Fernanda Hopenhaym gives an overview of this year’s Commission on the Status of Women, which took place in New York the first two weeks of March.

http://awid.org/eng/Issues-and-Analysis/Issues-and-Analysis/The-Equal-Sharing-of-Responsibilities-between-Women-and-Men-including-Caregiving-in-the-Context-of-HIV-AIDS-The-53rd-Session-of-the-CSW

5) GROUNDBREAKERS: USING THE STRENGTH OF WOMEN TO REBUILD THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: Davos, Jan 28 2009 – Ernst & Young released a report during the World Economic Forum that highlights the significant and proven contributions women make toward business and economic growth. The report builds a powerful case for the advancement of women around the world as an overlooked and untapped way to meet the challenges of our global economy.

http://www.wheretowork.com/news/news.asp?id=1250&articleid=830

6) LIBERIA BREAKS NEW GROUND FOR WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY: For the first time in a post-conflict country, national governmental institutions, the United Nations, and civil society organisations have worked together to build an inclusive policy document for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. On International Women’s Day 2009, the Government of the Republic of Liberia, headed by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, launched its national action plan on women, peace and security.

http://www.un-instraw.org/en/media-centre/press-releases/liberia-breaks-new-ground-for-women-peace-and-sec.html

7) NEW PUBLICATION: AFRICAN WOMEN AND ICTs INVESTIGATING TECHNOLOGY, GENDER AND EMPOWERMENT: The authors of this study explore the ways in which women in Africa utilise Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to facilitate their empowerment; whether through the mobile village phone business, through internet use, or through new career and ICT employment opportunities. Based on the outcome of an extensive research project, this timely book features chapters based on original primary field research undertaken by academics and activists who have investigated situations within their own communities and countries. The discussion includes such issues as the notion of ICTs for empowerment and as agents of change, ICTs in the fight against gender-based violence, and how ICTs could be used to reconceptualise public and private spaces.

http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-135944-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

UTILISING TEMPORARY SPECIAL MEASURES TO PROMOTE GENDER BALANCE IN PACIFIC LEGISLATURES: A GUIDE TO OPTIONS: This new publication is designed as a reference for governments, members of Pacific legislatures, political parties, women candidates and civil society advocates who want to understand the possible options for temporary special measures that could be introduced in the Pacific. It also draws on a range of international resources, but focuses specifically on options for Pacific Islands Forum member countries, taking into account the unique local context of each of the 14 countries examined.

http://www.undppc.org.fj/pages.cfm/publications/democratic-governance-reports

9) GENDER AND FOOD SECURITY: In celebration of World Women’s Day, the food security editor has put together a list of recently published gender and food security documents that explore a range of issues and perspectives.

http://www.eldis.org/go/topics/resource-guides/food-security/food-security-list

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