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Project News & Upcoming Events: 2001
2001: April May July August September October November
April 2001
8th International Conference of Women and AIDS in Africa
The Society of Women and AIDS in Africa, Uganda (SWAA-Uganda) will be hosting the 8th International Conference of Women and AIDS in Africa, 2nd - 6th April 2001, Kampala, Uganda. The theme of the meeting is "Children affected and infected with HIV/AIDS: the strategies to cope". This will be an interactive meeting for women to share experiences as they cope with the epidemic of AIDS in Africa. The deadline for submission of abstracts is December 15th, 2000.
Contact person:
Dr. Margaret Muganwa
SWAA Secretariat
P.O. Box 27721, Kampala, Uganda.
Tel: 256-41-530221/541560
Fax: 256-41-531807
Email: swaa_uganda@hotmail.com
URL: SWAA-Uganda or SWAA-Uganda
Peace Review Journal: Call for papers
Peace Review Journal, an international and multidisciplinary journal of peace, social justice and human rights, is seeking papers for a special issue on Social Justice Movements and the Internet.
The Internet has been hailed as a new and potentially radical force for social change movements. It seems to offer the ability to connect, share information, communicate, publish, and organize more cheaply and quickly than ever before. But is the Net really a significant force for progressive political practice? How are social justice movements using the Net and with what results?
Writers Deadline: April 1, 2001. Click here for details on the Call for papers.
Second Africa Telehealth Conference: "The Role of Low-Cost Technology for Improved Access to Public Health Care Programs Throughout Africa"
Postponed to March 2002, click here for details.
The Africa Telehealth Conference Uganda Branch in cooperation with UNICEF Uganda is pleased to announce that the Second Africa Telehealth Conference entitled "The Role of Low-Cost Technology for Improved Access to Public Health Care Programs Throughout Africa" will be held in Kampala Uganda in April 10 - 14, 2001.
The goal of the conference is to characterize how telecommunication resources, computer-based information systems and appropriate health information infrastructures can be utilized to advance the general health conditions of African society, through improvements to quality, access, and management of health systems on the continent.
The conference will discuss current problems and trends in the utilization of computer-based telecommunications technologies in the health sector. The "Africa Telehealth Project", which has been involved in the organization and design of this project for over 24 months, will act on the findings from this conference to develop and design a Telemedicine Centre of Excellence in Kampala, Uganda.
Contact person:
Ivan Semakula Lwanga
Conference Co-ordinator
P.O. Box 25482, Kampala, Uganda
Tel: 256-41-532600 / 256-77-480-470
Fax: 256-41-532600
E-mail: icslwanga@yahoo.com URL: http://www.delphi.com/peaceportal
May 2001
infoDev: E-readiness call for proposals
The Information for Development (infoDev) Program has issued a Call for Proposals for grants to fund assessments of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Infrastructure and E-readiness in developing and transition countries. This initiative will build upon earlier efforts by infoDev (such as the Y2K initiative) to help developing countries evaluate their information infrastructures. Click here for more information. The deadline for submitting proposals is May 2001.
July 2001
Calling the Circle Uganda - Return Visit
In January 2001, the Women's International Network - California Women's Agenda (WIN-CAWA) hosted "Calling the Circle: Uganda", bringing together seven women representing Ugandan NGOs - including members from ACFODE and FOWODE - and US representatives of WIN in San Francisco, California. The vision of "Calling the Circle: Uganda" is to build a "virtual grassroots network" via the internet between Uganda and US women for joint advocacy and grassroots democracy. More information about the Uganda Circle is available at http://www.win-cawa.org/uganda/ and highlights of the January visit are available at http://www.videodocument.org/uganda/
In a return visit, a delegation of eight women leaders from California are meeting with women leaders throughout Uganda during July 2001. Their purposes are to:
- "fine-tune" the mechanisms they designed together in January for global communication and collaboration
- strengthen and develop partnerships between WIN and their US sisters organizations and Ugandan women's organizations, and
- leverage the power of technology for local advocacy and democracy building.
Isis-WICCE’s 2001 Exchange Programme Institute
Isis-WICCE’s Exchange Programme Institute offers women activists, working in the area of armed conflict and peace issues, an opportunity to spend time working on the themes, and to develop skills in using the human rights framework while working on these issues.
The theme for Isis-WICCE's 2001 Institute is "Documenting Women's Experiences of Armed Conflict: A Tool for Advocacy, Social Justice and Women’s Empowerment to Ensure respect for Human Rights and Sustainable Peace". We are presently focusing on developing the skills of women to document the experiences of women in situations of armed conflict and the violation of their rights in such situation. We also aim to develop advocacy skills to enable women to fully participate in peace processes and the development of sustainable peace. Click here for more information about the 2001 programme and an application form.
All applications, along with relevant additional information should reach Isis-WICCE by July 15th 2001.
Contact Person
The Exchange Programme Coordinator,
Isis-WICCE,
Plot 32, Bukoto Street, Kamwokya
P.O. Box 4934, Kampala, Uganda.
Tel: 256 41 543 953
Fax: 256-41-543954
E-mail: isis@starcom.co.ug
Lungujja Women's Association (L.W.A) hosts two Norwegian students
In June 2001, Hege Elisabeth Sotberg and Ingrid Spjeldnæs posted a message on WOUGNET: "We are two Norwegian female students from the University of Trondheim (NTNU) who are about to start working on our final report in psychology. .... We are looking for a development project directed towards women in Kampala or nearby". This posting was followed by an invitation from the Lungujja Women's Association to participate in their projects, and in July 2001, the two students arrived in Kampala for a 10-week visit.
Since their arrival, the students have participated in the L.W.A weekly meetings, been invited to visit L.W.A members' homes, conducted interviews for input in their dissertaion for a Master's program in Psychology, visited other women organisations including the Uganda Women's Network (UWONET), Isis-Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE) as well as the Department of Women Studies at Makerere University. They have also been able to tour the country - visiting places like Entebbe, Jinja and Murchion Falls National Park, as well as participate in cultural activities. For more information about this project, contact:
Contact Person
Florence Kaddu,
Lungujja Women's Association
E-mail: flokaddu@yahoo.com
URL: L.W.A Profile
August 2001
NAWOU: Call for Application for Official Representatives to the UN Economic and Social Council
The National Association of Women Organisations in Uganda (NAWOU) is an indigenous umbrella for women organisations with a mission "To promote a coordinated network of member organisations for efficient use of resources in order to improve on the status and conditions of women in Uganda".
The National Executive Committee is pleased to announce that NAWOU was granted SPECIAL Consultative Status by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations at its May 2001 session.
We are soliciting applications from capable individuals and recommendations of people, who are interested in representing NAWOU in establishing constructive consultative relations with the United Nations. The designation of representatives will be done on a yearly basis with possible extension.
If you are interested or know individuals who could apply for this endeavour, please submit your credentials to our offices no later than 31st August 2001. Click here for the full text of the Call for Application including information about the requirements, and terms and conditions for this post.
Contact Person
The Secretary General NAWOU,
P.O. Box 1663, Kampala, Uganda.
Tel: 256-41-258463/257730
Fax: 256-41-345293
E-mail: nawou@uol.co.ug / napakawo@africaonline.co.ug / womengo@uol.co.ug
Isis-WICCE launches two research reports on Women and War
On August 23rd, 2001, Isis-WICCE launched two research reports. "Women’s Experiences of Armed Conflict Situations in Uganda: The case of Gulu District 1986-1999" and "Medical Interventional Study of War Affected Gulu District, Uganda" are essentially two parts of the same report. Part One recounts one of the longest civil conflicts in the history of Uganda and examines its effects on individuals especially women and girls, families and communities. The outcome of the findings of the earlier documentation necessitated an intervention as a way of scientifically analysing the consequences of war especially to women and girls. Part Two details a plethora of war related physical, mental and psychological malformations in just one of the over 30 Internally Displaced Peoples’ Camps of Gulu (Awer camp), that were serious to warrant specialised attention.
Copies are available in the Isis-WICCE resource centre at US$5 each and will be online by end of September 2001. For futher information, contact:
Contact:
Isis-WICCE,
Plot 32, Bukoto Street, Kamwokya
P.O. Box 4934, Kampala, Uganda.
Tel: 256-41-543953
Fax: 256-41-543954
E-mail: isis@starcom.co.ug
September 2001
AUWMD - a finalist in 2001 Stockholm Challenge
The Association of Uganda Women Medical Doctors (AUWMD) is one of the finalists in the 2001 Stockholm Challenge under the category of 'Health and Quality of Life'. AUWMD's project titled Providing information electronically on reproductive health aims at disseminating information on reproductive health to women NGOs connected electronically so that they can use the information in their advocacy and other related activities.
Winners will be announced in the Stockholm City Hall on September 26, 2001. For more information about the challenge visit http://www.challenge.stockholm.se/
While attending the Stockholm Award events is free of charge for the finalists, everyone must pay for the travel expenses and hotel fees themselves. AUWMD is currently seeking financial support for the travel and accomodation expenses, and may be contacted at:
Contact Person
Dr. Joy Kyazike
P.O. Box 10035, Kampala, Uganda.
Tel: 256-41-251333
E-mail: auwmd@uol.co.ug
Profile: AUWMD
October 2001
I Virtual World Congress of Young Entrepreneurs and SMEs
The Young Entrepreneur Association of Zaragoza, Spain is organizing in collaboration with the European Union, The Spanish Kingdom, and the Government of Aragón the I Virtual World Congress of Young Entrepreneurs and SMEs that will be celebrated in October 2001. The objective is to create a community of business entities worldwide to participate in the development of the I World Congress of Entrepreneurs and SMEs.
The methodology of the Virtual Congress (October 2001 - March 2002) is based on the creation and running of debate workshops and workgroups centred on topics proposed by the Congress organiser or other collaborating organisation and which are of a topical and interesting nature for today's entrepreneurs and SMEs.
The Physical World Congress of Young Entrepreneurs and SMEs, to be held in 2002, will present the conclusions of the work carried out and achievements secured during the Virtual Congress.
For further information about the Congress, please contact:
Contact
Antonio Bustos
President of Organising Committee
I Virtual World Congress of Entrepreneurs
Pº Independencia nº 28, 6º, 4ª pta.
50004 Zaragoza, SPAIN
Ph\Fax: + 34 976 21 51 76
Email: info@visionglobal.org
Web: http://www.visionglobal.org
infoDev Conference Scholarship Fund (iCSF)
The infoDev Conference Scholarship Fund (iCSF) is now accepting applications for conferences taking place during the period November 2001-June 2002.
Organizers of conferences taking place before November may apply, but there is no guarantee that funding can be made available before the conference. Applications will be accepted until funds are exhausted.
The iCSF makes block grants to organizers of conferences that foster the utilization of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) for development. The purpose of the grant is to sponsor the conference participation of ICT professionals from developing countries. Other conference costs will not be covered. Individuals can not apply for iCSF grants.
For more information, guidelines and an application, visit the infoDev website http://www.infodev.org/icsf/.
November 2001
Visiting Scholarships at the Centre for African Studies
The Harry Oppenheimer Institute for African Studies funds an annual scholarship for Scholars who are working from within the African Continent beyond South Africa's boarders in the broad area of African Studies. Obtain conditions of the award and application guidelines.
Contact
Harry Oppenheimer Institute
3.07 Oppenheimer Institute
Tel: (021) 650 4034
Fax: (021) 689 7560
E-mail: ferozah@humanities.uct.ac.za
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