Economic Empowerment
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Date: 30th June
Location: London House of Lords
You are invited to participate in a conference Organised by PAX – Peace for the African Great Lakes and supported by Universal Peace Federation The conference will be held in:
Room 4A: The House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW Thursday 30th June 2011 from 16:30hrs-19:30hrs (Please allow 30mins to your journey for security checks).
Rwandans from all backgrounds will be discussing human rights and freedom of expression issues, which they believe that inhibit peace and true reconciliation that is essential to building everlasting stability in Rwanda and Great Lakes Region.
To participate in this event, make a booking by email, giving your full name and address at:
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United Nations Association London & South East Region
and
The Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom
cordially invite you to the official launch of
Make Every Woman Count
Founder and Director - Rainatou Sow
Hosted by SOAS
Centre for Gender Studies
Tuesday 19th July - 6.30 - 8.30 pm
Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS University
Thornhaugh St Russell Square
London WC1H OXG
Also to Celebrate WILPF Voices of African Women Campaign First Year
Achievements of the African Women’s Decade (2010-2020), we will also
discuss the MDGs & UN WOMEN
Chair: Professor Nadje Al-Ali – Chair of the SOAS Centre for Gender Studies
Sally Spear -------------------------- Vice-chair of the Women’s Advisory Council of the UN
Roger Hallam ----------------------------United Nations Association SE Region
Marie-Claire Faray ----------- Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom
Rainatou Sow ------------------ Founder & Director of Make Every Woman Count
Speakers to be followed by a reception
RSVP to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to confirm your attendance
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Make Every Woman Count promotes the empowerment & rights of women & girls in Africa. MEWC is a project that aims to raise the awareness of the African Women's Decade (AWD) by providing timely and accurate information, and resources related to African women and girls. The MEWC website aims to be a comprehensive resource to document the situation of women in Africa and highlight the African Women’s Decade.
United Nations Association-UK for over sixty years UNA-UK has been promoting internationalism and the ideals of the UN Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Today its aims can be expressed as "for a strong, credible and effective United Nations".
The VoAW is a UK-WILPF campaign including African and British women. They campaign and lobby for the participation of African women in conflict prevention and nation building processes, for the protection of women's human rights and the demilitarization of the continent. The campaign has been underway since 2008 and has inspired and empwered many women.
www.makeeverywomancount.org www.una.org.uk www.wilpf.org
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Source: esf
Date: 21-25 June
Location: Scandic Linköping Vast, Sweden
This conference will examine the nexus of religion, gender, identity, human rights and politics with a particular focus on Europe in a context of globalisation. It will fill a gap in current literature on religion, politics and society, which tends to ignore or treat as secondary the gendered dimensions of these developments.
Source: Timebank
Date: 25th June
Location: Wolverhampton
Africans and friends of Africa all over the UK will once again come together to take part in our exciting event titled “Ms Africa West Midlands- Celebrating African Women’s achievements.” This event will take place at the prestigious Wulfrun Hall, North Street, Wolverhampton on Saturday, 25th June 2011 as part of the refugee week commemoration.
The event aims to empower, advance and support asylum seeking and refugee women of African ancestry as well as all other African women in the Diaspora. This day of Presentations, Music, Dances, Sport, glamour, song, drama and exotic African cuisine will provide the opportunity for members of the public, local community groups, agencies and refugee community organisations to come together and celebrate and encourage the contribution of refugee women to our society.
The day will begin with a football tournament with four local African football teams playing for a trophy. This will be followed by a talent and fashion show whose rationale is to have its participants and winners actively promote and get involved in advancing the cause of African women. Ultimately, it is the intelligence, talent and courage of these women that takes precedence over everything else. The elected “Ms Africa West Midlands” shall be able to act as a culture ambassador, disseminate knowledge about African women and be a “bridge builder” between African women and other agencies and the wider public. In this capacity, she would liaise with other organizations to raise awareness of the barriers that African women face here in the UK.
The event will be culminated with a celebration of African women’s contribution to the British society. Awards will be presented to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of African women have overcome great cultural and social barriers to become exemplary role models within their communities. The African Women Achievement Award applauds and celebrates professional and personal achievements of not only women who have succeeded in their communities but also women who are taking positive steps like best new student, best volunteer, best mother, best new worker and many more.
Organisation:
African Women of Substance
Contact name and email address:
Karyne Tazi - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Source: Democracy that delivers
Date: 20-21 June
Location: Washington D.C.
The major theme of the conference is democracy that delivers. CIPE believes that the institutions of democracy are key in securing and enforcing the fundamental rights of women and providing them with mechanisms for full economic, political, and civic participation. Women play a fundamentally important role in building democracies that deliver, taking charge in creating prosperous and equal societies. CIPE views this role through the prism of linkages between political and economic empowerment, where civil society organizations – especially women’s business associations – remove barriers and empower women to participate fully in society and shape their own countries.
Events
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