[APWW-Meet] IWTC WOMEN'S GLOBALNET #342

[annewalker@iwtc.org]

Welcome to the APWW-Meet
An announcement list of the Asia Pacific Women Watch network
working for the advancement of the status of women.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

IWTC WOMEN'S GLOBALNET #342
ACTIVITIES & INITIATIVES OF WOMEN WORLDWIDE

AWARDS, WORKSHOPS & FORUMS TO SUPPORT COURAGE, COMMUNITY & CAPACITY
AMONG
WOMEN
September 17, 2008
Joeyta Bose


1. ANNUAL AWARD FOR COURAGEOUS WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
2. WORKSHOP SUPPORTING WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ON HIV/AIDS IN ASIA
3. 11TH AWID INTERNATIONAL FORUM TO ADDRESS POWER OF MOVEMENTS
4. CONGRESS ON ISLAMIC FEMINISM TO LOOK AT MUSLIM WOMEN IN THE GLOBAL
ERA

1. ANNUAL AWARD FOR COURAGEOUS WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

Nomination deadline: October 1, 2008

The Ginetta Sagan Fund of Amnesty International USA is now accepting
applications for its 2009 award aimed at honoring women who are working
at
great personal risk to protect the liberty and lives of women in
countries
where human rights violations are widespread. This annual $10,000 award
supports and protects the recipient's capacity to continue her work and
brings increased international scrutiny to the crisis region or issue
for
which the recipient works. In previous year`s, the award has been
presented
to women activists from Zimbabwe, Mexico, Serbia and Montenegro,
Somalia,
Turkey, the Dominican Republic and Pakistan who have challenged
political
and/or military authority to work on critical and sensitive issues such
as
sexual violence against women and children, trafficking and female
genital
mutilation.
=20
Materials required for the application include a nomination form that
must
be downloaded from Amnesty's website; a nomination letter that makes a
case
for why the candidate should receive the award; two letters of
recommendations; and supporting materials, including press clippings,
radio
interviews, photographs that feature the nominee and her work.=20
=20
All materials must reach the selection committee by October 1, 2008. For
further information on the requirements or to download a nomination
form,
visit: www.amnestyusa.org/ginettasaganfund
=20
2. WORKSHOP SUPPORTING WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ON HIV/AIDS IN ASIA

Application deadline: October 1, 2008

Aimed at building leadership, advocacy and technical expertise of women
who
are working on the frontlines in the fight against AIDS in Asia, this
intensive, three-week workshop offers country-specific technical
knowledge
on the epidemic and its impact on various populations, and highlights
successful approaches to HIV prevention, voluntary counseling and
testing,
care and support, and access and adherence to antiretroviral treatment.
The
workshop will unfold between March 16 and April 3, 2009 and will cover
several key topics, including leadership, policy analysis and advocacy,
program management, financial management and fundraising, strategic
communications, gender and HIV/AIDS and cutting-edge approaches in
HIV/AIDS
prevention, care and treatment.
=20
Participation in this highly-participatory workshop is recommended for
early
to mid-career women from NGOs, government, the private sector and
political
institutions who work in HIV/AIDS programs at community, district, state
or
national levels. All program costs, including tuition, travel and per
diem
will be fully covered.
=20
More information about eligibility, workshop format and applications can
be
found at www.cedpa.org/section/training/aids_leadership =20

3. 11TH AWID INTERNATIONAL FORUM TO ADDRESS POWER OF MOVEMENTS

The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) International
Forum
on Women's Rights and Development brings together women's rights
activists
and leaders every three years to strategize, network, celebrate, and
learn
in an atmosphere that fosters deep discussions and sustained personal
and
professional growth. The three-day forum, which will be held from
November
14 to 17, 2007 in Cape Town, South Africa, will address the following
questions:

How do we build movements that allow us to be strong but flexible,
diverse
without being fragmented, adaptable without compromising our core
values,
strategic without being expedient?
What kind of collective power is possible in the 21st century?
What types of mobilizations work - and in what contexts?=20
What are the contradictions we need to confront in our movements in
order to
move forward?
How do we build solidarity across different movements?
What is the cost of simply letting things drift along the present path?
Participants will have the opportunity to empower themselves with new
tools
and resources, collectively re-politicize the development community,
strengthen alliances between women and engage in work and thinking that
is
truly transformative. Participation in the AWID Forum is open to anyone
who
works or has an interest in women's rights, international development,
and
social justice. AWID particularly welcomes women and men from the Global
South, young women and marginalized groups that have had difficulty
getting
their agenda heard on a global stage.
=20
Online registration is available at
www.awid.org/forum08/forum_registration.html or by contacting AWID at
forum08@awid.org or +1 416 594 3773 for a registration form. Online
registration will be open till October 20, 2008. Registrations after
this
date will be done onsite at the forum. Fees for AWID members have been
set
at $380; non-members, $470; and students/volunteers will be charged
$180.

4. CONGRESS ON ISLAMIC FEMINISM TO LOOK AT MUSLIM WOMEN IN THE GLOBAL
ERA

The Third International Congress on Muslim Women will meet in Barcelona
from
October 24 to 27, 2008 to examine the economic and political oppressions
faced by Muslim women in a globalized world. Speakers from Morocco,
Senegal,
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, India, Iran, Indonesia and Malaysia will address
the
relationship between global feminism and Islamic feminism; strategies
for
improving Muslim women's rights promoted by human rights associations on
a
national and international level; feminism and Islam; culture of war and
communal violence; masculinity and the involvement of men in Islamic
feminism; the Millennium Development Goals; the campaign against stoning
in
Iran; and the struggle for women's political participation in the
Arabian
Peninsula.
=20
Convened by the Catalonian Islamic Board, the meeting will include
participants such as Bouthaina Shaaban, Syria's Minister for Refugees
and
candidate for Nobel Peace Prize; Baroness Uddin, the first Muslim woman
becoming member of the House of Lords in Britain; Alike Siti Musdah
Mulia,
chairwoman of the largest Islamic social organization in Indonesia, with
more than 40 million members;  Subhashini Ali, president of the female
branch of the Communist Party of India with more than 10 million women
associates; and Muslim intellectuals like Amina Wadud and Penda Mbow.
=20
For more information, go to http://www.islamicfeminism.org/ or contact
info@feminismeislamic.org

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

IWTC Women's GlobalNet is a production of:
International Women's Tribune Centre
777 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017, USA
Tel:  (1-212) 687-8633
Fax: (1-212) 661-2704
Email: iwtc@iwtc.org
Web: http://www.iwtc.org
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
The APWW-Meet is a moderated list hosted by Isis International-Manila for
the APWW network. To unsubscribe, send an email to majordomo@isiswomen.org
and put the line "unsubscribe apww-meet" in the message body. To post
messages, send to apww-meet@isiswomen.org. For inquiries, send to
owner-apww-meet@isiswomen.org.