Economic Empowerment

Source: Pambazuka
Date: 24 February - 25 February 2011
Location: South Africa, Pretoria
Sonke's Policy, Advocacy and Research Unit and the WHO's Department of Women, Gender and Health invites applications for a 2-day training on Engaging men and boys to achieve gender equality and health equity, taking place from 24-25 February 2011 in Pretoria.

World Health Organisation and Sonke Gender Justice Network: A Training for Engaging Men and Boys in Achieving Gender Equality and Health Equity

Sonke's Policy, Advocacy and Research Unit and the WHO's Department of Women, Gender and Health invites applications for a 2-day training on Engaging men and boys to achieve gender equality and health equity, taking place from 24-25 February 2011 in Pretoria.

This training is intended to build the capacity of people working on issues related to gender and health, particularly health managers in national departments and ministries of health, and staff in the UN, donor agencies, and in national and international NGOs/ civil society organisations. The training will showcase a new module developed by Sonke and WHO, designed to build participants' capacity to develop, implement and monitor evidence informed policies and programmes intended to: (1) increase men's participation in achieving gender equality, (2) strengthen men's support for their partners use of health services, and (3) increase their own use of health services.

The broad outline of the 2 day module includes:

· Introduction to the Training Module

· Global overview of men's health outcomes and links to women's health

· What methods and approaches work when engaging men for gender equality and health equity

· Principles to guide programmes and policies aimed at involving men and boys in achieving gender equality and health equity

· Strategies for developing and ensuring implementation of policy approaches to men, gender and health

Duration: 2 days - 24-25 February 2011 in Pretoria.

Training Fee: R2000 per delegate for local and national NGOs/R3000 for international NGOs, government and donors. Bursaries are available based on a letter of motivation.

Contact: Kindly email your confirmation to attend the training to Lauren Fok at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | 084 582 0422

Deadline: 18 February 2011

Event type: Training

Event venue: Pretoria

Event start date: 24/02/2011

Event end date: 25/02/2011

• South Africa

Source: UN WOMEN
Date: 25 November 2010
Location: International
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is celebrated worldwide every year on 25 November. To mark the day, activists, governments, international organizations and NGOs organize activities designated to raise public awareness on the issue.

Women's activists marked 25 November as a day against violence since 1981. This date came from the brutal assassination in 1960, of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic, on orders of Dominican ruler Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961). On 20 December 1993, the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (A/RES/48/104).

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Source: UN WOMEN
Date: 25 November 2010 – 10 December 2010
Location: International
In June 1991, the Centre for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL), with participants of the first Women’s Global Institute on Women, Violence and Human Rights, called for a global campaign — 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence.

Participants chose the dates 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and 10 December, International Human Rights Day, in order to emphasize that violence against women is a violation of human rights. This 16-day period also highlights other significant dates including 29 November, International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, 1 December, World AIDS Day, and 6 December, which marks the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, when 14 women engineering students were gunned down for being feminists.

Each year, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence focuses on a particular theme. Since its inception, the campaign has grown exponentially and, in 2005, activities took place in some 130 countries, involving different levels and sectors of government, international and local NGOs, and United Nations entities.

In recent years, entities of the United Nations system, including various funds and agencies, and United Nations country offices, have participated in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence in various ways.

 For more details, visit the event web page.

Source: UN WOMEN
Date: 29.11.10 – 10.12.10
Location: Mexico – Cancun
The international community will gather in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010 for the next round of negotiations at the Conference of Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

UNIFEM (part of UN Women) and its partners stress that the response set out in a new climate agreement must be gender-sensitive. Women must also be equal actors and benefactors in the climate change agenda in order to successfully mitigate and cope with climate change. To ensure women’s concerns and interests are identified, valued and included, UNIFEM and other Global Gender and Climate Alliance members are working to raise awareness on multiple gender dimensions of climate change as well as provide briefings and technical support to Parties at the conference.

Gender-related UN Side Events at COP16

Inclusion of Social Dimensions in Climate Change Policies and Programmes, 6 December (18:30–20:00), Room Aguila, Cancun Messe