[SN-ANNOUNCE] Announcement

[Gender Links]

TO ALL SANGONeT USERS

Dear friends

Partners in the SADC and Gender 2005 campaign invite you to join this
initiative to get Heads of State to agree to elevate the SADC Declaration on
Gender and Development to a Protocol for Accelerating Gender Equality in
SADC.

- A press release (http://www.genderlinks.org.za/article.php?a_id=329) tells
you more about the campaign. For more detailed information including fact
sheets and background papers go to
(http://www.genderlinks.org.za/page.php?p_id=265)
- To sign a petition that will be presented to Heads of State during their
meeting in Gaborone from 17-18 August go to
http://www.genderlinks.org.za/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8
- If you will be in Botswana, please join us for a civil society meeting on
Sunday 14 August from 8.30 to 16.30 on the proposed Protocol at the  Tlotlo
Conference Centre.
- If you will not be in Botswana, you can join us for an online conference
on different themes on Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 August as follows:

Monday, 15 August

08h30-09h30 Governance
10h00-11h00 Education
12h00-13h00 Constitutional and Legal Rights
14h00-15h00 Gender violence

Tuesday, 16 August

08h30-09h30 Health
09h30-10h30 HIV and AIDS
11h00-12h00 Media, Information, Education and Communication
12h00-13h00 Institutional Mechanisms

To join the discussion please click on this link
http://www.genderlinks.org.za/page.php?p_id=217#. Click on the Gender
Links Chat link above. This will take you to a Login page for the chat.

1. Log in
First time users:
If this is the first time you are going to chat, please register. Click on
the register button and then fill in your details and click on register.
After this step you will return to the login page. Put in your login and
password and click enter.

People who have used the chat before:
If you have used the chat before, log in by typing your login and password
that you have used previously and click on enter.
2. Click on the SADC and Gender 2005 campaign chatroom.
3. To start chatting, type in what you want to say in the white box at the
bottom of the screen and click on SAY, everyone will then see your comment.

See you in cyber space!
Kubi Rama
Deputy Director
Gender Links
Tel.: +27 11 622 2877
Fax: +27 11 622 4732
Cell: 0823788239
E-mail: kubi at genderlinks.org.za