Minority Rights Group International said on Tuesday that it was deeply concerned about the attack on a mosque by Buddhist mobs in Dambulla, in north Central Sri Lanka, and the subsequent decision by the country’s government to relocate the mosque.
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Appeals and Urgent Actions
Action Alert: One Million Voices for Honduran Women
In just a matter of days, Honduras could become the only state in the world to punish the use or sale of emergency contraception with a jail term. But we have the power to stop this.
Colombia: Threats against Monica Roa and Women’s Link Worldwide
Plea for support of women's right to choose in Colombia
Calls for Participation
Call for Submissions: Photo Competition: "What's the Point of the Revolution if I Cannot Dance?"
"What's the point of the revolution if I cannot dance?" This phrase, inspired by a quote from the 19th century Russian feminist Emma Goldman, takes on a full meaning for women who aspire to freely control their own bodies. This is the reason that the Mediterranean Women's Fund decided to make the theme of the 2012 competition the bodies of women in motion in the Mediterranean basin. Deadline for submissions: May 30, 2012.
Call for Participation/Endorsement: Global Governance of the Internet must be Democratised!
Joint statement by civil society organisations for the UN CSTD meeting on 'Enhanced Cooperation on Public Policy Issues Pertaining to the Internet' to take place in Geneva on May 18th, 2012. Please participate/support and endorse the statement.
Call for Proposals: Four Country Studies for the Project "Asymmetric Demography and Global Financial Governance: In search of growth and common interests in the post-crisis world”
CEDES and IDRC are launching a competitive Call for Proposals for research teams to conduct four country studies. The selected teams will undertake policy-oriented research on the linkages between the demographic transition and financial constraints in four systemically important developing countries. The country studies are part of a global research project on Asymmetric Demography and Global Financial Governance.Deadline for proposal/expressions of interest: June 30, 2012.
Jobs
Director, Gender, Population and Development
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). Washington, DC, USA.
Technical Specialist, Gender-based Violence
UNFPA. Cote d'Ivoire.
Closing date: June 4, 2012.



