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Appeals and Urgent Actions

Colombia: Joint Appeal for Monica Roa and Women's Link Worldwide

21 May 2012

Around 150 organizations and individuals from 40 countries signed on to the letter to Colombian authorities deploring the attacks against Monica Roa and Women’s Link Worldwide.

Mexico: Worker rights defender kidnapped, beaten and threatened

21 May 2012

On May 15 at approximately 1:00 pm, four masked men in a van kidnapped worker rights defender José Enrique Morales Montaño, a member of the Worker Support Centre (CAT) in Puebla, Mexico. 

MRG concerned about the attack and relocation of a mosque in Sri Lanka, calls on Sri Lankan government to take immediate action to protect religious freedoms

18 May 2012

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.

Calls for Participation

Announcing: “I am not Haraam” - a new blog celebrating the diverse lives of LGBTQ Muslims and their families

22 May 2012

Salaam/Peace!

Haraam is an Arabic word used in Islam to mean “forbidden”. This project has been started as a way for LGBTQ Muslims to stand up and proclaim that we will not allow our existence as LGBTQ Muslims to be erased any longer.

Call for Submissions: Photo Competition: "What's the Point of the Revolution if I Cannot Dance?"

16 May 2012

"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!

16 May 2012

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.

Jobs

Director, Gender, Population and Development

19 May 2012

The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). Washington, DC, USA.

Program Interns

19 May 2012

The Global Fund for Women. San Francisco, CA, USA.

Open until filled. 

Technical Specialist, Gender-based Violence

19 May 2012

UNFPA. Cote d'Ivoire.

Closing date: June 4, 2012. 

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