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September |
The Hague, Netherlands: 3 September 2005
Conference on the role of women in diaspora in peacebuilding and conflict resolution
The Multicultural Women Peacemakers Network (MWPN) is a forum for diverse groups of women from different backgrounds, nationalities, religions and cultures but all working for the common cause of peace building, gender justice and conflict resolution. In 2004, the MWPN and its partners made successful visits to Burundi and the Moluccas. The conference will highlight the trips these women made and the political, economical and social impact they made there. For more information, contact: + 31 70 3807102. |
Accra, Ghana: 5-23 September 2005
West Africa Peacebuilding Institute (WAPI) 2005
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) organizes WAPI, a three-week intensive training programme that aims to strengthen the capacity of civil society-based peacebuilding practitioners and institutions across the sub-region in order to promote the development of indigenous responses to conflict. Admission to WAPI is open to practitioners, students and policy makers interested in peacebuilding, human rights awareness and advocacy, development, arms control, humanitarian aid, social welfare, and gender. For more information, visit. |
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: 6-9 September 2005
Gender Democracy and Development: Popular Struggles for an Alternative World
The Gender Festival is organised by the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP) in Collaboration with the Feminist Activism Coalition (FemAct). This Festival is a collective capacity-building, skills-building and networking for civil society and development actors in and outside of Tanzania. The official languages of the conference will be English and Kiswahili. For more information, please
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UN headquarters, New York: 14-16 September 2005
2005 World Summit
The World Summit is expected to bring together more than 170 Heads of State and Government: the largest gathering of world leaders in history. The agenda is based on a set of proposals outlined in March by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in his report In Larger Freedom. The Summit will review the implementation of the Millennium Declaration and progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). For more information. |
Berne, Switzerland: 21-23 September 2005
International symposium: "Due Diligence and Violence Against Women"
This symposium at the University of Berne is open to academics, students, representatives from governmental and non-governmental organisations and politicians. It will serve as an information forum for the international legal concept of due diligence and launch an interdisciplinary debate focusing on four main topics: violence in the family, trafficking in women, violence in armed combat, and violence legitimized by arguments of "culture." For more details, visit. |
October |
UN Headquarters, New York: October (TBA)
Review of the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325
More information to come in the September/October Bulletin. |
Worldwide: October 2005
On-line course: Gender and militarism
This course offers 12 weeks of intensive online learning for peace activists, NGO and INGO workers, trainers, teachers, advisers and consultants, students, and women and men who would like to learn more about these issues. It offers an introduction to gender studies, and analysis of the complex relationships between gender and social constructions, and gender and militarism. The deadline to apply is 15 September 2005. For more information, visit or
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Stockholm, Sweden: 20 October 2005
Security on whose terms? If men and women were equal...
This seminar organised by the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation will discuss the report “Security on whose terms? If men and women were equal…” which focuses on threats and obstacles to women’s security in war and conflict affected areas. The aim is to inspire thoughts on how the security situation, and women’s ability to participate in society and peace processes, can be improved. Please RSVP to
Agneta Jacobson by 15 September 2005. For more information, visit. |
Bangkok, Thailand: 27-30 October 2005
AWID International Forum on Women's Rights and Development
Up to 2,000 activists, academics, policy makers, funders, students, researchers and practitioners working for women's rights and gender-sensitive development will discuss how change happens. Delegates to the forum will participate in four days of plenaries, interactive sessions, workshops, debates, and creative sessions geared to powerful thinking on gender equality and women's human rights. For more information, visit. |
Coimbra, Portugal: late October (TBC)
Women and girls in urban armed violence: A Case Study on Rio de Janeiro
A small and focused group of experts will examine methodological issues and explore lessons learned and good practices to inform an ongoing study in Rio de Janeiro. The project is a partnership between Viva Rio and the Peace Studies Group at the University of Coimbra. For more information, email
Jessica or
Tatiana. |
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