Calls for Participation

The Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Young & Wise Centre are calling for applications to participate in a training on Young People's Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Poverty Reduction in Ghana. Deadline for applying: December 15, 2008.

Ownership and handling of capital is still to a large degree a male business. Changes are being made all over the industrialized world, both concerning legislation and informal practices, but developments are very uneven across societies.

UNIFEM seeks an expert international organization to initially accompany the Safe Cities pilot initiative. The purpose of this sub-contract is to ensure quality technical assistance and other capacity development supports accompany the various project cities involved in the programme. Deadline: January 15, 2008.

May 25-29, 2009
Dubrovnik, Croatia

This year the organizers are looking for papers and presentations that address the ways in which we feminists and scholars reflect on the significance of spirituality, religiosity and secular thinking in our lives.

The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices seeks youth-produced media works on human rights issues for its second annual "Youth Producing Change" program to screen in our New York, London, Boston and San Francisco film festivals in 2009-10. Deadline for submissions: December 10, 2008.

The project takes into consideration cultural, political and religious differences that exist in each of those countries and between them. The goal is to explore the diversity and richness of this region and to coordinate efforts, despite the differences, in the favour of collective objectives. Please note: Terms of Reference are only in French and Arabic. Deadline for Submissions is November 24, 2008.

Khamasin Journal is a new journal of the American University in Cairo’s Department of Political Science. Khamasin invites paper submissions for consideration to the Spring 2009 edition of the journal. All topics (including gender related) are welcome from the Social Sciences and Humanities.

The Canadian Law and Society Association invites papers and panel proposals from scholars working in the area of gender, sexuality and law.

More than 375,000 individuals have given their names to UNIFEM to be counted in the Say NO to Violence against Women campaign helping to break the silence and give voice to women and girls who have experienced violence. The 25 November challenge? To deliver one million names to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 25 November.

A special anniversary publication is now in the making to celebrate and learn the lessons of the 25 years of WGNRR. Be part of this network project!