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Project News & Upcoming Events: 2008
2008: January February March July
January 2008
Public Health Watch - Request for Proposals: Ensuring HIV and reproductive health services for “doubly marginalized” HIV-positive women
Public Health Watch (PHW), a project of the Public Health Program of the Open Society Institute, is seeking grant proposals to support organizations engaged in advocacy efforts to promote access to HIV and reproductive health services for women who face multiple layers of stigma and discrimination, focusing on women injecting drug users, female sex workers, and HIV-positive pregnant women. The project to be funded should encompass communitybased research and advocacy based on the findings of this research.
PHW will give grants of up to $25,000 to organizations to further their work in helping to redress issues around access to HIV and reproductive health services among women injecting drug users, female sex workers, or HIV-positive pregnant women. The project should focus on community-based research and advocacy based on the findings of this research. Organizations with prior experience working with HIV-positive communities and engaged in work with marginalized groups are encouraged to apply.
This call is only open to proposals from Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Botswana,
Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Kenya, and Uganda.
The deadline for the receipt of proposals is January 18, 2008.
For more information, download the PHW Request for Proposals, or contact:
Helena Choi
Project Officer, Public Health Watch
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019
Tel: +1-212-548-0351
Fax: +1-646-557-2594
Email: hchoi@sorosny.org
EASSI: 2008 Young Women Leadership Programme (Nine-month internship programme)
EASSI is an eleven year old sub-regional support initiative for women that boasts of having a hand in the implementation of Government commitments to women and girls’ advancement. This program targets women from the ages of 18 to 35 from any of the eight countries of the sub-region, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda. Every year we target four women. In 2008, we specifically seek women from Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania.
EASSI works on policy advocacy on governments to foster women's empowerment and gender equality. Through its work it aims to narrow the gap between policy rhetoric and policy implementation. Placing the advancement of women at the centre of all of its efforts, EASSI focuses its activities on four strategic areas: (1) Monitoring the Beijing Platforms for Action as a key focal area, (2) reducing feminized poverty, (3) increasing the role of women in peace building and conflict resolution, (4) achieving gender equality in democratic governance by increasing the numbers of women in power and decision-making, and recognizing that HIV/AIDS cuts across all areas and working with partners to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS among women and girls. To pursue these goals, EASSI works with like minded partners to advocate and lobby for laws and policies to eliminate gender discrimination and promote gender equality in all areas. It works to strengthen the capacity and voice of women's rights advocates. Its programme strategies are through, Research and documentation, Advocacy, Networking, information sharing, and Capacity Building
The young women’s internship programme provides opportunities for learning, interacting and traveling. Its objective is to develop and enhance young women’s skills in leadership, lobbying and advocacy, programme management, report writing and analysis, research and documentation, information management, developing resourceful data bases, website maintenance and resource centre management.
The programme also provides opportunity to the interns to gain hands on experiences in working within a women's organisation. They have the chance to bring their own perspectives into the work of EASSI and to shape the internship programme. The programme will also shape their approach to feminism and issues at regional and global level that impact on women.
At the end of the internship programme, each intern is expected to produce a research report on an area of their choice but related to the work that EASSI does, based on their experience at EASSI.
EASSI will provide suitable accommodation and a monthly stipend for each intern. They will also be entitled to two weeks leave. The deadline for submission is Monday 14 January 2008 at 1200pm GMT.
For more information, download the EASSI Internship Programme Advert, or contact:
Contact:
Marren Akatsa-Bukachi
Executive Director-EASSI
P O Box 24965
Kampala, Uganda
East Africa
Email: eassi@eassi.org
February 2008
Eastern Africa Sub Regional African Women’s Leadership Institute (AWLI), 3 - 17 February 2008, Mombasa, Kenya
Akina Mama wa Afrika will be holding the Eastern Africa Sub Regional African Women’s Leadership Institute (AWLI) aims to strengthen the personal and organisational capacities of young African women to influence policy and decision-making through training and networking. It serves as a networking, training and information dissemination forum for young women aged between 25-45 working on women and gender issues. Since it was established in 1997, the AWLI and its related programmes, has a network of over 3000 Alumni from all over Africa, UK and Europe.
The countries from which young women will be selected to participate in the 2008 Eastern Africa AWLI are: Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Somaliland, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania.
The deadline for the receipt of AWLI applications for this unique and exciting training programme is Thursday 20th December 2007.
For more information, download the AWLI Cover Letter and the AWLI Brochure, or contact:
Vivian Butamanya Ngonzi
Administrative Assistant
Email: amwa@amwa-ea.org
Rothamsted International: The African Fellows Programme 2008
The aim of the African Fellows Programme (AFP) is to support sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa by catalysing innovative solutions needed to achieve food security. Projects should aim to develop lasting partnerships and strategic alliances that will help in developing local scientific capacity relevant to sustainable agricultural production. The potential impact of the project will be taken into account during proposal assessment. African scientists will carry out research projects in a partner European research institute, or university, for periods normally of 6 to 8 months. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis in a two stage assessment process.
Research projects must
- focus on solving an agricultural problem or constraint
- demonstrate a clear path from research to application
- be of benefit to small-holder African farmers and the rural economy.
The programme CANNOT support field work in Africa and projects on food processing will NOT be funded. MSc and PhD studies are also outside the remit of the programme.
Pre-proposal concept notes are now invited for the seventh round of this Programme. Pre-proposals should be submitted by 17:00 hours (GMT) on Monday 11th February 2008, preferrably by email.
Applicants can obtain further details and guidelines from:
AFP Coordinator
Rothamsted International
Harpenden, Hertfordshire
AL5 2JQ
United Kingdom
Email: rothamsted.international@bbsrc.ac.uk
Web: http://www.rothamsted-international.org/HTML/Fellowships/AFP_main_page.html
Call for Nomination: 2008-2009 King Baudouin International Development Prize
The King Baudouin Foundation has the pleasure of inviting nominations of candidates for the 2008-2009 King Baudouin International Development Prize. The King Baudouin Prize rewards the work of persons or organizations which have made a substantial contribution to the development of countries in the southern hemisphere. Beyond its actual financial value the Prize sensitizes decision-makers and public opinion and provides its winners with international visibility and promotion.
The 2008-2009 Prize, worth 150,000 Euros, will be awarded in the spring of 2009 at the Royal Palace in Brussels.
The selection, entrusted to an independent jury, emphasizes the multiplier effect of the initiatives and the opportunities they give to the people they serve to take control of their own development. Previous Prize winners cover a broad spectrum of fields, from literacy to the education of rural communities, technology transfer, new forms of credit, fair trade, the decentralization of public administration and good governance.
To submit a candidate’s file, please complete the electronic form on our website (http://www.kbprize.org). Nominations must be received by February 1, 2008 and submitted by a nominator, i.e. a person or organisation distinct from the candidate.
To submit a candidate's file and/or for further information/inquiries, contact:
Web: http://www.kbprize.org
Tel: +32.2.549.0273
Email: info@kbprize.org
March 2008
The 22nd Prix Ars Electronica - International Competition for CyberArts is open for entries
From its very inception in 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica has been conceived as an open platform for various disciplines at the intersection of art, technology, science and society. More than 3,300 submissions in 2007 have further enhanced the Prix Ars Electronica’s reputation as an internationally representative competition honoring outstanding works in the cyberarts. The categories Digital Musics, Digital Communities and Hybrid Art are great indicators for this trend.
The aim of the competition is to continually keep the Prix Ars Electronica updated in line with leading-edge developments in the dynamic field of cyberarts. This year, six Golden Nicas, twelve Awards of Distinction and approximately 70 Honorary Mentions as well as a Media.Art.Research Award are presented to participants. The 2008 winners will receive a total of 115,000 euros in prize money. The 2008 categories are:
- Computer Animation / Film / VFX
- Digital Musics
- Interactive Art
- Hybrid Art
- Digital Communities
- Media.Art.Research Award
- u19 - freestyle computing
For more details about all the categories, visit http://prixars.aec.at or contact info@prixars.aec.at.
July 2008
10th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Mundos de Mujeres / Women´s Worlds 2008 (MMWW08), University Complutense of Madrid (UCM-Main Campus at Moncloa), Spain, July 3-9, 2008
Women´s Worlds is the most important congress on academic research on gender and women and feminist social movements. It is a major international event with a main goal: to continue the fight against social injustice and gender inequalities. Feminist researchers, specialists, activists and internationally known public figures will use this opportunity to reflect on important contemporary issues that affect women in specific ways. The University Complutense of Madrid (UCM) was elected in Seoul (WW05) to be the home for the 2008 congress edition. Thus, Madrid, the UCM, will welcome thousands of people from around the Globe and from more than a hundred countries for the 10th edition of the International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women.
Ever since the congress first edition in Haifa, Israel, in 1981, it has reunited over 40.000 people from around the World. Every three years Women´s Worlds goes to a new country and a different continent: the Netherlands, Ireland, United States, Costa Rica, Australia, Norway, Uganda and South Korea, congregating more and more participants in every edition and having a greater social and academic impact. We are proud to be the organizers of the 2008 edition. The UCM organizers of the 10th edition of WW want to encourage a large participation and fair representation of the Spanish speaking people in the World. We also want to honour the congress long international trajectory.
Mundos de Mujeres / Women´s Worlds 2008 will have a great repercussion in the history of our country. It will be one of the most important events of the year with a great impact beyond our society. The butterfly is the symbol for MMWW08; it is the symbol of our contribution to honour the achievements of so many brave women and to express our committment to continue fighting for freedom of all women and further expanding feminist agendas in the World. The motto for MMWW08 is 'Equality: No Utopia'.
The theme for MMWW08 is 'New Frontiers: Dares and Advancements'. Mundos de Mujeres / Women´s Worlds 2008 is open to proposals in ALL fields and themes related to women and gender in contemporary societies as well as historically. However, we have established some thematic guidelines to facilitate classification of proposals for the congress final program. We are placing a special emphasis on two central themes: violence and migrations but these themes are by no means the only ones to be addressed. MMWW08 organizers will like to receive a wide variety of proposals in ALL fields of knowledge and working areas.
The experience of dislocation whether physical or conceptual / symbolic affects women in specific ways. We have chosen three concepts to encompass the general theme of the congress: frontiers, dares and advancements, in order to address a wide range of themes, issues and disciplines that ought to be taken into account for a better understanding of the present World. On the one hand, the congress theme refers to physical dislocations as having to do with migration, illegal traffic of women for sexual exploitation and slavery, cheap labour, racism, xenophobia and all forms of physical violence against women and those who are "in transit". On the other hand, it refers to imaginary and conceptual forms of dislocations and frontiers as having to do with survival mechanisms that women in extreme situations develop, many forms of conceptual dislocation and imaginary borders, "other worlds", the Internet and scientific revolutions that we are experiencing in the 21st century, new venues and ties among people who are fighting for gender equality and social justice around the World, new time/space frames, new feminist theoretical proposals, etc.
MMWW08 will be the ground for a deep and constructive analysis and an optimistic outlook at all the issues that affect women and feminist enterprises today.
For more information, contact:
Contact:
Mundos de Mujeres / Women´s Worlds
Av. Juan de Herrera s/n
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
28040-Madrid
Spain
Tel: +34 91 3941027/ +34 91 1171
Fax: +34 91 3941171
Email: mainoffice@mmww08.org
Website: http://www.mmww08.org
Congress General Coordinator
Teresa Langle de Paz
Email: tlangledepaz@rect.ucm.es
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