ARROW: Events at the AWID Forum

November 14-17, 2008

At the AWID Forum ARROW will have an info booth, will be hosting a book launch and a talk show.

1. ARROW Info-Booth

When: Days 1-4 of the AWID Forum, 14-17 November 2008
Where: Ballroom, Cape Town International Conference Centre

Visit ARROW and learn more about their work, pick up their latest publications and those of their partners', and sign up for their information services!

2. Book Launch

When: Day 1, 14 November 2008, Friday, 7-9 p.m.
Where: Fountains Hotel, Suites & Conference Centre, 1 St. Georges Mall, Cape Town, South Africa (10-min walk away from CITCC, the AWID venue; Tel: +27 21 443 1100; Website)

ARROW, APCASO, CSBR/WWHR - New Ways, IWRAW Asia Pacific, and WHRAP South Asia celebrate the launch of five new exciting publications:

• Surfacing: Selected Papers on Religious Fundamentalisms and Their Impact on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ARROW, 2008)
• HIV Advocacy from the Ground Up: A Toolkit for Strengthening Local Responses (APCASO, 2008)
• Our Rights Are Not Optional: A Resource Guide to the Optional Protocol to CEDAW (IWRAW Asia Pacific, 2nd ed., 2008)
• Deconstructing Sexuality in the Middle East: Challenges and Discourses (Edited by Pinar Ilkkaracan, WWHR – New Ways & CSBR, 2008)
• Advocating Accountability: Status Report on Maternal Health and Young People's SRHR in South Asia (WHRAP South Asia & ARROW, 2008)

3.Building Strong Partnerships for Improved SRHR in Asia: A´WHRAP/Naripokkho/ARROW Talk Show

When: Day 4, 17 November 2008, Monday, 11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
Where: CTICC, room to be announced.

How can we build better linkages and do more effective strategising across various levels of activisms? This "talk show" session brings together three "guests" from a grassroots organisation, a national level NGO, and a senior level policy maker, to discuss and debate the challenges and opportunities for building stronger linkages between advocacy at the grassroots and advocacy at public-policy levels.

For further information, please download the pdf file

Source: Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW)