From intern at womensnet.org.za Mon Sep 3 16:20:46 2007 From: intern at womensnet.org.za (intern@womensnet.org.za) Date: Mon Sep 3 16:21:18 2007 Subject: [Womensnet_News] ***New this week on Women'sNet*** Message-ID: <46DC345E.18998.18E0CBE@localhost> /\*/\*/\*/\ Take a byte out of gender injustice /\*/\*/\*/\ ****New this week on Women?sNet**** New items added to the Women?sNet website. To view all news items go to http://womensnet.newthisweek.shtml Last week, Women?sNet was part of WENT Africa in Durban, where we facilitated a Digital Story Telling workshop with 12 phenomenal women. We would like to say a special thank you to all the participants and APC Africa Women (AAW) for making the workshop such a great success. Check out the blog with comments and reflections from participants and facilitators at {http://went-07.livejournal.com" }http://went-07.livejournal.com/ To get your event/job or news listed on the website and in this email (at no cost) please email: women@womensnet.org.za or nicolle@womensnet.org.za *****************************NEWS********************************* To see all news Items, go to http://womensnet.org.za/news.shtml 09/03/2007 - UN envoy to Liberia stresses need to end violence against women Pambazuka News The United Nations envoy to Liberia has called for an end to violence against women, while stressing that security is paramount for everyone throughout the West African nation as it works to rebuild after a brutal 14- year civil war. Special Representative of the Secretary-General Alan Doss made his remarks yesterday as he handed over a new UN-built police station to the people of Kronowroken, Webbo District, in River Gee County, along Liberia?s border with C?te d?Ivoire. ..................................................................... 09/03/2007 - Wiki-based guide on software information Tectonic ITerating, the wiki-based software guide for open source and commercial software, has announced the availability of a free Semantic Web service providing up-to-date information about more than 17 000 software products. The site aims to keep users up-to-date on information about new products, new versions and patch distributions for commercial, open source and hosted software. Users can subscribe to specific products or product categories and create an automated information feed. ..................................................................... 09/03/2007 - Women Are Half of All Bloggers - But Media Aren't Noticing WENT Africa If you get your news from, well, the news media, you can be forgiven if you didn't know that nearly 800 women gathered in Chicago last weekend for the third annual convention of BlogHer, an online community of more than 13,000 blogging women diverse in age, ethnicity and political persuasion. According to a search of the Nexis news database, only three Chicago newspapers covered the conference, as if this national assemblage of women writers and videographers were simply a local story. Not one national network or cable news broadcast deigned to mention it. ..................................................................... 09/03/2007 - SA Government's OSS plans revealed Tectonic Doctor Daniel Mashao, the chief technology officer at Sita (the South African State Information Technology Agency), announced the launch of the government-wide free and open source programme at the GovTech conference. While many welcomed the February announcement of government's intention to adopt and promote open source software, the subsequent months saw disillusionment within the open source community that very little had actually happened. ..................................................................... 09/03/2007 - New Report Shows Hope, Dire Conditions in Afghanistan Feminist Majority Foundation The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and the United Nations Refugee Agency released a report today assessing the status of economic and social rights in Afghanistan. The second of its kind, the report consolidates interviews with over 11,000 people, many of whom are former refugees, internally displaced persons, members of "vulnerable groups," and residents in remote rural areas. ..................................................................... 09/03/2007 - New book: Gender and literature during the South African transition GWS Africa Remembering the Nation, Dismembering Women? explores the ways in which the imaginative reconstruction of post-apartheid South Africa as 'rainbow nation' has been produced from images of women that dismember their bodies and disremember their historical presence. From Krotoa-Eva and Sarah Bartmann to Nongqawuse and Winnie Mandela, Samuelson tackles the figurations of some of the most controversial and significant women in the making of modern South Africa. Drawing on feminist, postcolonial and post-structuralist theory and close textual readings of literary and cultural texts produced during the first decade of democracy, her analysis offers a provocative critique of the formation of nationalist and feminist collectivities. ..................................................................... 09/03/2007 - HIV rates lower than feared Irin News Reliable statistics on HIV/AIDS have been hard to come by in Liberia, slowly recovering from years of conflict, but two recently released surveys indicate a much lower HIV/AIDS prevalence rate than was previously thought. "This is a reliable survey, involving 7,000 households across the country, where individual blood samples were collected and tested for HIV, and this exercise is the first in 25 years," said Edward Liberty, head of the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS). Respondents sampled were in the age range of 15 to 49. ..................................................................... 09/03/2007 - Audio/Video Edition of NGO-in-a-Box Updated Tactical Tech The Audio/Video edition of NGO-in-a-Box is a collection of Free and Open Source Software tools, guides and tutorials for multimedia production and distribution. We've just updated the edition with some new tools, revised the versions of the software, added the ability to browse the content by tags and also included some new categories. ..................................................................... 09/03/2007 - UN uses text messaging to alert Iraqi refugees on new food aid Huridocs-tech The United Nations is using text messaging on mobile phones to alert more than 33,000 vulnerable Iraqi refugees in the Syrian capital, Damascus, of the launch of the first food distribution programme for them tomorrow. ?We have found text messages to mobile phones are one of the most effective ways of communicating with the refugees who often do not have a stable address but either they or someone close to them in their immediate community has a mobile phone,? UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis told a news briefing in Geneva today. ..................................................................... 09/03/2007 - Philippines: Population Conference Leads to New Legislation Feminist Majoriy Foundation At least 10 Filipina women die everyday while giving birth, United Nations Population Fund Country Representative Suneeta Mukherjee told participations of the Second National Multi-Sectoral Policy Conference on Population and Human Development. Mukherjee stated that, of the approximately 3 million pregnancies each year, half are unintended or unplanned, and one out of three of these unplanned pregnancies end in abortion. She suggested that the Philippines craft a clear national policy on population, rather than keep the current policy of relying on local governmental units to address the issue. "What we want is informed choice and responsible parenthood," she said. ..................................................................... 09/03/2007 - Government to outsource ICT jobs Highway Africa News Agency The Seychelles' public sector ICT workforce will shrink considerably as a result of the current restructuring being undertaken by the government. In a recent interview the minister responsible for Information and Communication Technology, Jacquelin Dugasse said his ministry intends to outsource most projects to the private sector. "This is an opportune moment for our young professionals to apply their trade in the private sector or even set up their own businesses," says Dugasse. ..................................................................... 09/03/2007 - At the heart of change: the role of communication in sustainable development PANOS Development efforts are not fulfilling the promises made in the Millennium Development Goals, to reduce poverty and improve poor people?s lives. Why not? One fundamental reason is that policymakers and development experts do not recognise the essential role that information and communication play in development. In this landmark publication, Panos London sets out what we believe should be the role of communication in long-term, sustainable development. ..................................................................... 09/03/2007 - Low participation of women in minerals, energy Government Communication and Information System Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has expressed her dissatisfaction at the low entry levels of women into the minerals and energy sector. She emphasised that the entry and participation of women in procurement opportunities and ownership within the minerals and energy sector remained important. "I think all of us are not satisfied with the entry of women in the mainstream economy across all sectors. "So we now have to do our bit within the industry that we are in," she said, citing the ceramic industry as one of the industries where the department should ensure the participation of women. ..................................................................... 09/03/2007 - Africa must develop aggressive ICT policies Highway Africa News Agency If Malawi is to speed up its integration into the global village, then it must develop more aggressive policies on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), an expert has said. The expert, Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, chief executive officer of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO), was speaking after a meeting with senior staff of the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) on Tuesday. ..................................................................... 09/03/2007 - Gayness ?worse than divorce and euthanasia? ? study Behind the Mask While most South Africans view homosexuality as more acceptable than prostitution or abortion, they still regard it as worse than mercy killing or divorce. And many do not want to live next door to gay, drug addicted or heavy drinking neighbours. This is according to a nationwide public opinion survey of values by market research company Markinor and the University of Stellenbosch?s Centre for International and Comparative Politics. ..................................................................... 09/03/2007 - Instant messaging now in Afrikaans Tectonic The open source instant messaging (IM) program Pidgin is now available in Afrikaans, thanks to the efforts of Translate.org.za. The translation was carried out by Translate.org.za, winner of the 2006 ICT Achiever's Award for the top NGO to bridge the digital divide. According to Dwayne Bailey, director of Translate.org.za, it is his company's belief that computer programs are tools that should be adapted to users ? not the other way around. ********************Job and Study Opportunities******************** To see all Job and Study opportunities, go to: http://womensnet.org.za/jobandstudyopportunities.shtml Communications Intern New York City | Center for Reproductive Rights | Deadline: Until position filled The Center's Communications department is looking for an enthusiastic and highly organised undergraduate intern to help us track media coverage of reproductive rights issues, distribute and manage our publications requests, update our website, and perform other communications and administrative- related tasks as needed. S/he will have the opportunity to contribute to our media outreach efforts. Interested candidates should be available 15-20 hours per week starting in September and lasting until mid-December (flexible schedule within office hours). Please note that this position is unpaid. ..................................................................... Secretary-General Johannesburg | CIVICUS | Deadline: 1 October 2007 CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation is an international alliance of members and partners which constitute an influential network of organisations at the local, national, regional and international levels. CIVICUS seeks a new Secretary-General in Johannesburg. ..................................................................... HIV Counselor Washington, DC | Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC) | Deadline: Until position filled To mobilise the African newcomer community for intensive HIV health education using individual, group and outreach/information referral intervention strategies and provide HIV education in order to promote HIV prevention and risk reduction in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, particularly among male African refugees and immigrants. ..................................................................... Executive Director Johannesburg | African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC) | Deadline: 21 September 2007 The African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC) is a globally recognized leader in the field of corporate responsibility, whose main role is to ensure that business has a place in Africa's development by building sustainable and economically viable communities. AICC is seeking an experienced and visionary leader with a Masters degree and at least 10 years experience in management, preferably with the civil society sector, or in a similar field. The incumbent should have substantial knowledge in corporate citizenship, social responsibility, and governance-related issues and must be conscious of Africa's development aspirations and priorities. ..................................................................... African Monitor - Vacancies Cape Town | African Monitor | Deadline: 3 September 2007 African Monitor is an independent African body which acts as a catalyst to monitor development funding commitments, delivery and impact on the grassroots and to bring strong additional African voices to the development agenda. We envision a continent rapidly achieving its development potential, whose people live dignified lives in a just society where basic needs are met, human rights upheld and good governance entrenched. ***********************Calendar of Events***************************** To see all the listings for the calendar, go to: {http://womensnet.org.za/calendar.shtml" }http://womensnet.org.za/calendar.shtml 10/10/2007 - 10/11/2007 HST Conference to strengthen health system in Southern Africa, Conference, South Africa Promising to be a major event on the national health calendar, the 2007 Health Systems Trust's national conference is set to focus on the pertinent issue of strengthening the health system in Southern Africa. This event is set to attract advocates of change who are leaders and experts in this sector, and who have the capacity to bring about major transformation in the field of health that has an influence on the lives of millions in the region. 'HST seeks to mobilise action to respond to the urgency and importance of strengthening health systems, considering the critical elements such as human resources capacity, the impact of the HIV and AIDS epidemic and the continued devastating effects of tuberculosis on health and our health systems," said Dr Lilian Dudley, Chief Executive Officer of Health Systems Trust. 10/01/2007 - 10/03/2007 08th international conference on language and development, Conference, South Africa SANGONeT The University of South Africa ? in association with the Trustees of the Language and Development Conference Series ? invite applications from governments, academics, researchers, NGOs, and activists to participate in the 8th International Conference on Language and Development from 1 to 3 October 2007. ..................................................................... 09/05/2007 - 09/07/2007 60th Annual DPI/NGO Conference, Conference, South Africa The 60th Annual DPI/NGO Conference will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 5 to 7 September 2007. More than 2,000 representatives of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) from over 80 countries are expected to attend roundtables, panels and workshops during the 3-day event. The Conference will review the scientific evidence on climate change, including its consequences on indigenous peoples, water security, land use and the politics of energy. ..................................................................... 09/03/2007 - 09/03/2007 Nordic Research School in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies PhD course, Other The aim of the course is to explore the intersections of feminist and cultural studies and expand on feminist cultural studies as a particular approach to cultural phenomena, grounded in a dynamic set of theories, methodologies and topics. During the course, we shall address the interlocutions between feminist and cultural studies. Focus will be put on recent concerns and in particular the crises in and for the critical project of feminist/cultural studies in the wake of all the ?posts: post-structuralism, post-socialism, post- colonialism, post-feminism and even post-humanism. ..................................................................... 09/04/2007 - 10/14/2007 On-line discussion: Women, political participation and decision-making in Africa, Online Event, You are invited to participate in the online discussion on the theme "Women, political participation and decision-making in Africa", which is being organized by the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women/Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Economic Commission for Africa in cooperation with the E-Network of National Gender Equality Machineries in Africa. ..................................................................... If you would like to subscribe to the Women?sNet newsletter - Intersections, please send a message to: women@womensnet.org.za or nicolle@womensnet.org.za Want to know more about gender and women in South Africa? Visit: http://www.womensnet.org.za http://www.genderstats.org.za -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.sn.apc.org/pipermail/womensnet_news/attachments/20070903/7bf6b575/attachment-0001.html From intern at womensnet.org.za Mon Sep 17 16:04:48 2007 From: intern at womensnet.org.za (intern@womensnet.org.za) Date: Mon Sep 17 16:05:24 2007 Subject: [Womensnet_News] ***New this week on Women'sNet*** Message-ID: <46EEA5A0.20452.18A4C42@localhost> ****New this week on Women?sNet**** New items added to the Women?sNet website. To view all news items go to http://womensnet.newthisweek.shtml Last week, Women?sNet facilitated a mini-Digital Story Telling workshop at Highway Africa, using Windows Movie Maker. Participants created their own movies about their experience at Highway Africa using only images, music and titles. The workshop was a great success! If you would like more information on the mini-workshop, please contact Nicolle Beeby at nicolle@womensnet.org.za . Women?sNet would like to welcome its new director Sally-Jean Shackleton. All the best Sally. We would also like to thank Natasha for everything and wish her well with her endeavours! To get your event/job or news listed on the website and in this email (at no cost) please email: women@womensnet.org.za or nicolle@womensnet.org.za *****************************NEWS********************************* To see all news Items, go to http://womensnet.org.za/news.shtml 09/17/2007 - Tradition as a force against HIV/AIDS Irin News Circumstance, rather than planning, has placed the battle against HIV/AIDS firmly in the hands of Swaziland's 355 chiefdoms. The decentralisation strategy has evolved from government's failure to command the fight against the disease, or even deliver healthcare at its urban hospitals, and much less so in rural areas, where four out of five Swazis live. According to UN estimates, 33.4 percent of Swaziland's roughly one million people between the ages of 15 and 49 are HIV positive - the world's highest prevalence rate. ..................................................................... 09/17/2007 - Call to address sexual violence in the east Irin News The international community must take urgent action to eliminate rampant sexual violence in war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Stephen Lewis, former UN special envoy for AIDS in Africa, has said. "The contagion of sexual violence on the African continent is blood-chilling, and nowhere more so than in the eastern DRC," Lewis said at a press conference in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on 13 September. "Despite this, there seems to be unwillingness among the international community to take action." ..................................................................... 09/17/2007 - Text messaging delivers news Highway Africa News Agency Print newspapers must re-strategise if they wish to keep up with new information and communication technologies (ICTs) since their emergence is enabling citizens to access news long before media houses publish their newspapers. Tanzanian blogger Ndesanjo Macha said this while delivering a talk on 'From Rock Painting to Mental Acrobatics' during the Digital Citizen Indaba (DCI) on Blogging held during the Highway Africa conference in Grahamstown, South Africa. According to Macha who also doubles as editor for Global Voices, the future is with mobile phones, which, he added, are already in the hands of many citizens. ..................................................................... 09/17/2007 - Empowering Women through ICT WOUGHNET Working with the International Taskforce on Women and ICTs through the secretariat, the Center for Women and ICTs at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (CWIT) Policy Dialogue International is launching a microsite and campaign focused on Empowering Women through ICT with a global focus. While the gender gap in ICT usage has vanished in many countries such as US and Canada, there are still many countries in Europe including the UK, Italy, and Spain where the gender gap in ICT usage is still wide. In developing countries, including IT superpower India, women continue to experience low Internet access rates due to disparities in education, economic opportunities, and gender bias. ..................................................................... 09/17/2007 - Possible revenue streams for African Bloggers Highway Africa News Agency African Bloggers can only make more profits by developing new revenue streams that can generate income. "A serious blogger who is interested in making business can click to 'Linked In' site that is basically for business people, it has got a bandwidth of 178.51 MB, 2453 regular visits and 1 675 unique visits," says Ramon Thomas, specialist in translating global online trends into meaningful insights in South Africa. He said Bloggers can become experts through five steps that include reading one or two books per week and between 70 and 80 per year for new knowledge. ..................................................................... 09/17/2007 - FOSSFA calls for use of open hardware Tectonic In conjunction with Software Freedom Day, the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) has made a call for governments to purchase hardware that will not limit its choice of what software to run. The foundation, which promotes the use of free software and open source methods within Africa, said that during all the debates about FLOSS (free, libre and open source software) it was often forgotten that in many cases the hardware was locked into some proprietary operating system. The use of non-restricted hardware would benefit both governments and citizens, it argued. ..................................................................... 09/17/2007 - UNICEF hails indigenous peoples' declaration BuaNews The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called for greater policies and programmes to tackle the poverty, discrimination and exclusion faced by indigenous children. This came as the organisation welcomed the UN General Assembly's adoption of a declaration outlining the rights of the world's estimated 370 million indigenous people. UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman praised UN states after approved the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, last week, following more than 20 years of debate. ..................................................................... 09/17/2007 - Who must tell Africa's story? Highway Africa News Agency The longest and loudest complaint by African leaders is that western media portray Africa as desperate and hopeless, the west has now responded. The complaints have been directed to the global media houses such as the CNN, BBC, AP, AFP and Reuters that have been accused of only covering civil wars, hunger, corruption and deprivation in Africa - according to them these are form the bulk of African content on the internet. ..................................................................... 09/17/2007 - Project launched to fight violence against women Irin News Jordanian officials have joined hands with the private sector to fight violence against women by launching a five-year project that will attempt to rectify misconceptions about this phenomenon and provide badly needed aid to victims, say women rights activists. Queen Rania, wife of king Abdullah, chaired a meeting for activists from the public and private sector this week to announce the launch of the US$1 million project, supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and was very clear about her desire to put up a strong fight against this phenomena. ..................................................................... 09/17/2007 - Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Mench? Tum finishes sixth in Guatemala?s Presidential election Feminist Majority Foundation Nobel Peace Laureate and human rights activist Rigoberta Mench? Tum lost her bid for Guatemala's presidency Sunday, finishing sixth in a field of 14 candidates. The country's first indigenous presidential candidate, Mench? Tum garnered three percent of the vote after a difficult campaign marked by inadequate funds, sexism, and discrimination based on her Mayan-Indian background. "I have the great honor of being able to open up this space," Mench? Tum told the Associated Press in March. "Things will never be the same here again." ********************Job and Study Opportunities******************** To see all Job and Study opportunities, go to: http://womensnet.org.za/jobandstudyopportunities.shtml Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) District Coordinator Gulu, Uganda | UNFPA | Deadline: 2 October 2007 The SGBV programming in humanitarian emergencies is multi-sectoral, involving multiple organisations and actors from the displaced and host communities, NGO and government implementing partners, UN agencies, and other national and international organisations to engage in comprehensive prevention and response initiatives. UNFPA is increasing its role in SGBV issues and plans to take on the overall coordination of the SGBV sub-Cluster in the context of humanitarian assistance. ..................................................................... Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) National Coordinator Kampala, Uganda | UNFPA | Deadline: 1 October 2007 The SGBV programming in humanitarian emergencies is multi-sectoral, involving multiple organisations and actors from the displaced and host communities, NGO and government implementing partners, UN agencies, and other national and international organisations to engage in comprehensive prevention and response initiatives. The job duties include staff/volunteer management, training and sensitization, liaison and coordination with other organizations, community mobilisation, and overall program development/strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation. ..................................................................... Individuals to Upload Website Content (Arabic and French) Online | Women's Learning Partnership | Deadline: As soon as possible Women's Learning Partnership (http://www.learningpartnership.org), a non- profit organization dedicated to women's leadership and empowerment, is looking for motivated individuals to upload content in Arabic and French on our websites. You will be responsible for transferring material from Word documents into our website content management tool, while preserving hyperlinks, formatting, styling, and location as defined in the English counterpart page. ..................................................................... Communications Officer Manila, the Philippines | The Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) | Deadline: till position filled The Communications Officer is responsible for developing and implementing the communications strategy and plan of the Network through content management and production, networking and outreach, and participation at meetings and events as representative of WGNRR. The Communications Officer is a member of the Policy Team of the WGNRR-Manila Office, and works closely with team members. ..................................................................... Office Manager/Bookkeepe Washington, DC, USA | Women's Edge Coalition | Deadline: till position filled Are you an experienced bookkeeper who likes to ensure that nothing drops through the cracks? We're looking for an office manager who can take care of our books, master administrative tasks, do a bit of HR, plus take on the miscellaneous issues that arise in the back office of a small organization. The Women?s Edge Coalition (Edge) is a successful, cutting-edge, results- oriented organization working to make U.S. foreign assistance and trade policy improve the lives of women in poverty around the world. ..................................................................... Financial Administrator Vacancy Durban | Agenda Feminist Media | Deadline: 25 September 2007 Agenda Feminist Media is an established not for profit organisation that uses print, broadcast and new media technologies to strengthen the capacity of women and men to challenge gender discrimination and inequality.We currently have a vacancy for a FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR / BOOKKEEPER to join us in November 2007. ..................................................................... Qualified Community Health Professionals - Vacancies Ilembe District, KwaZulu Natal | Medical Care Development International | Deadline: 30 September 2007 Medical Care Development International (MCDI) seeks qualified health professionals for its HIV, AIDS and Child Survival community projects in Ilembe District, KwaZulu Natal. Overall project goals are to build capacity among community-based health providers, including government health facility staff, community healthworkers, home-based carers, traditional healers, as well as members of the general community. ..................................................................... Africare - Health Communications Officer Vacancy Queenstown | Africare | Deadline: 1 October 2007 Africare?s Injongo Yethu Project provides support to communities and government services in response to HIV/AIDS, supported by the US Government's PEPFAR initiative. Based in Queenstown and Whittlesea in the Eastern Cape, the project focus is on communities the Lukhanji Local Municipality. Expansion of activity into Emalahleni, Nkonkobe and Makana Local Municipalities is anticipated, also managed from Queenstown. ***********************Calendar of Events***************************** To see all the listings for the calendar, go to: {http://womensnet.org.za/calendar.shtml" }http://womensnet.org.za/calendar.shtml 10/22/2007 - 11/16/2007 Siyakhula - Community Project Management Programme, Workshop, South Africa We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting our popular and practical Community Project Management programme in three different centres in South Africa in the months to come. The aim of the programme is to enable managers and officers working in government departments, national agencies and NPOs who work with communities and projects, to effectively participate in initiating, supporting and managing those projects to ensure a successful outcome. ..................................................................... 09/28/2007 - 10/02/2007 Writing for Radio Workshop, Training Course, South Africa Quo-Vadis Communications There are only a few places left before registration closes for the popular Quo Vadis Writing for Radio Workshop. Applications are treated on a first come first served basis, so should you still intend attending, it would be better to reserve a place immediately, without any further delay. The course, which is offered from 28 September in Johannesburg, is designed and led by experienced communicator and trainer, Theo Coggin. It has equipped a significant number of successful professionals in radio. ..................................................................... 10/15/2007 - 09/18/2007 4th National Toy Library Conference, Conference, South Africa After 3 successful National Conferences in Johannesburg, Stellenbosch and Tshwane, ALL-SA is excited to announce that the 4th National Toy Library Conference is coming back to Jo?burg. Our theme, ?Achieving Outcomes through Play?, supports outcomes in many areas including the National Curriculum. ..................................................................... If you would like to subscribe to the Women?sNet newsletter - Intersections, please send a message to: women@womensnet.org.za or nicolle@womensnet.org.za Want to know more about gender and women in South Africa? Visit: http://www.womensnet.org.za http://www.genderstats.org.za -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Lerato Legoabe the Girls?Net Project Manager recently visited Geneva, Switzerland where she was invited by the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), to participate as a panelist in a roundtable discussion on "ICT as an instrument for the empowerment of young women and girls.? The roundtable was part of the Global Forum on Youth and ICT for Development organised by the Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) from 24-26 September 2007. To get your event/job or news listed on the website and in this email (at no cost) please email: women@womensnet.org.za or nicolle@womensnet.org.za *****************************NEWS********************************* To see all news Items, go to http://womensnet.org.za/news.shtml 09/26/2007 - Two-thirds of women beaten and abused www.plusnews.org One in every three female Swazis has experienced some form of sexual violence before turning 18, and two out of three aged 18 to 24, according to the first national survey to chart the scope of sexual and other types of violence perpetrated against women and girls. From infancy to until they turned 24, nearly half (48.2 percent) of Swazi women experienced some form of sexual violence, according to the National Survey on Violence Experienced by Female Children and Youths in Swaziland, conducted by the government, UN agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). ..................................................................... 09/26/2007 - Alienating gays, lesbians will spark backfire Behind the Mask Ugandan moralist and pastor, Martin Ssempa, argued while being hosted on KFM's Hard Talk that it is untrue that gays and lesbians face discrimination when seeking HIV/Aids treatment, care and counselling at public and private health clinics. While I found this argument absolutely under-researched, it proved to me just how much our local HIV/Aids care organisations and leaders are failing to understand the links between hetero and homosexual HIV transmission. ..................................................................... 09/26/2007 - Chiefs fight violence in the home Irin News Traditional leaders in Zimbabwe's Masvingo Province, in the southeast of the country, are partnering with gender activists in a bid to curb domestic violence. "Our partnership with traditional leaders started when we approached them [for help] in publicising the Domestic Violence Bill before it was signed into law ... early this year," said Mabel Sikhosana, Masvingo provincial coordinator of the Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCZ), an umbrella body for organisations fighting for the rights of women and girls. ..................................................................... 09/26/2007 - Mobile communications for rural homes Highway Africa News Agency Ericsson the world's leading telecommunications supplier has announced that it is partnering with The Earth Institute at Columbia University to provide connectivity to the Millennium Villages project. The partnership is designed to bring mobile communication and Internet services to approximately 400,000 people in 10 African countries where the project is being implemented. The Millennium Villages project is a community-led initiative whose aim is to lift rural African communities out of extreme poverty trapping hundreds of millions of people throughout the continent. ..................................................................... 09/26/2007 - Women Turn Up Gender-Equity Heat at Climate Talks Women's eNews Women's perspectives and experiences must be included in international negotiations over climate change if efforts to curb global warming are to succeed, participants said at a roundtable last week on the effects of climate change on women. Sixty government, United Nations and civil society representatives attended the meeting on Sept. 21, which aimed to influence discussions during Monday's gathering on climate change at the U.N. headquarters as part of the annual meeting of the general assembly. ..................................................................... 09/26/2007 - Businesses invest in AIDS fight Irin News The offices of CETA-Construction and Services in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, are more reminiscent of a health centre than of a company that builds houses, schools and roads. There are boxes of condoms on the reception desk and health-awareness posters hang in the corridors. According to Antonio Romeu Rodrigues, CETA's director general, the emphasis on health and prevention is justified. ..................................................................... 09/26/2007 - Israeli Women Should Be Allowed to Serve in All Combat Roles, Commission Will Recommend Feminist Majority Foundation A commission appointed by the Israeli army is set to recommend that previously all-male areas of the country?s defense forces be opened to women soldiers. The commission urges that "men and women be utilised equally according to the soldiers? pertinent criteria and personal qualities and not according to his or her sex," reports the Associated Press. The group will also advise that women in combat jobs be conscripted for the same amount of time as men; three years as opposed to the two they serve now. ..................................................................... 09/26/2007 - Kavango Girl Wins Global Prize All Africa The European Commission will hold a prize-giving ceremony at Europe House for the International Drawing Competition on Gender Equality, which was launched in March by European Commissioner Benita-Ferrero Waldner on the occasion of International Women's Day. This was announced in a press statement by the European Commission's Aude Guignard. According to Guignard, ten drawings from children aged between 8 and 10 were pre- selected and sent to Brussels. Out of these, Katja Majania, a pupil of Sikanduko Primary School in the Kavango Region, won first prize in the ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) region. ..................................................................... 09/26/2007 - Subcommittee Hearing on Stereotypes and Degrading Images in the Media Feminist Majority Foundation Following five months of meetings by the Women for Dignity and Diversity in the Media (WDDM) coalition, the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection will hold a hearing today titled From Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes and Degrading Images. Along with Rep. Bobby Rush, D-IL, WDDM has been working towards these Congressional Hearings since the Don Imus debacle regarding his derogatory statements, about the Rutgers University Women?s Basketball team. ..................................................................... 09/26/2007 - Circumcision not license for reckless behavior www.newtimes.co.rw Finally Rwanda has bowed to public health demands by acceding to circumcision as another form of fighting HIV/ Aids. This follows research findings in recent times that circumcision affords males a 60 per cent chance of surviving HIV infection. But this is what must be guarded against; circumcision is absolutely not a 100 per cent protection against contracting the HIV/Aids virus. In fact, it is no protection at all, but only another tool in fighting the spread of the virus. ..................................................................... 09/26/2007 - Pro-Choice Ugandans Steer a Gradual Course Women's Enews Abortion has long been a no-go topic for local politicians in Uganda torn between health workers and the influential Christian church. But as the rest of Africa begins to shift its stance, pro-choice activists are carefully making their mark. ********************Job and Study Opportunities******************** To see all Job and Study opportunities, go to: http://womensnet.org.za/jobandstudyopportunities.shtml Legal Advisor Vacancy Yeoville | People Opposing Women Abuse | Deadline: 5 October 2007 PEOPLE OPPOSING WOMEN ABUSE (POWA) is a women?s rights organisation that aims to create space for us as women in all our diversity to enjoy our fundamental human rights in a free and safe environment. In order to attain our goals, we are developing our Legal Services and Advocacy team to become a more effective and efficient component of our organisation. We are currently seeking a highly skilled individual who will be able to fill the position of Legal Advisor. ..................................................................... Project Coordinator Vacancy | Pathfinder International | Deadline: until position filled Pathfinder International is implementing a termination of pregnancy (TOP) project in Cape Town and is seeking a Project Coordinator. ..................................................................... Librarian Vacancy Western Cape | University of the Western Cape | Deadline: 28 September 2007 Applications for the above contract post, starting as soon as possible, are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons to perform core library duties in a small resource centre. The successful candidate will be required to work for approximately 20 hours per week ? either 2.5 days, or 5 mornings per week. ..................................................................... International HIV/AIDS Alliance Vacancies Zimbabwe | International HIV/AIDS Alliance | Deadline: 28 September 2007 Our client, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance operates in 30 countries to reduce the spread of HIV and meet the challenges of AIDS. The Alliance supports community action on HIV/AIDS in developing countries through supporting community organizations. The Alliance is currently bidding for funds to set up a comprehensive programme in Zimbabwe, and if successful seeks to appoint the following staff: Chief of Party, Programme Director, Evaluation and Strategic Information Director and Finance and Administration Director. ..................................................................... Executive Director Nairobi, Kenya | FEMNET | Deadline: 15 October 2007 The Executive Director reports to the Executive Board and the Board of Trustees and is responsible and accountable to the Board for the overall staff, financial management and control and must be a strategic, regional and global thinker who will steer the objectives and vision of FEMNET with commitment and dedication. ..................................................................... Assistant Professor, Women's Studies and Feminist Research London, ON, Canada | University of Western Ontario | Deadline: 30 November 2007 The University of Western Ontario invites applications for a full-time, probationary (tenure track) appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in the Department of Women's Studies and Feminist Research, to begin July 1, 2008. Candidates must have a PhD completed, or in its final stages, in a feminist interdisciplinary area in the Social Sciences, with evidence of strong research potential and excellence in teaching, and the ability to teach in the Department's undergraduate and graduate programs. ..................................................................... Consultant: Gender in Politics Specialist Afghanistan | UNIFEM Afghanistan | Deadline: 4 October 2007 The Resource Centre is in the process of establishing a team of researchers to assist with providing policy and background briefings to parliamentarians which will be managed by the Gender in Politics Specialist. Press Officer Interns will also operate from the center under the supervision of the National Women in Leadership Programme Officer in coordination with the Gender and Politics Specialist. The Resource Centre will also have one administrative assistant who will provide translation, administrative and IT support. ***********************Calendar of Events***************************** To see all the listings for the calendar, go to: {http://womensnet.org.za/calendar.shtml" }http://womensnet.org.za/calendar.shtml 10/05/2007 - 10/06/2007 Changing Politics through Digital Networks, Conference, Italy SANGONeT The role of ICTs in the formation of new social and political actors and actions. The Department of Political Science and Sociology, University of Florence, in collaboration with the Social Informatics Research Unit based in the Department of Sociology, University of York, invite you to attend the above mentioned conference in Italy. ..................................................................... 09/26/2007 - 09/26/2007 Launch of the House of Movements Resource Centre & Jon Berndt?s Struggle Posters Book, Other, South Africa Opening of the House of Movements Resource Centre and launch of Jon Berndt's "From Weapon to Ornament" ..................................................................... 09/04/2007 - 10/14/2007 Women, Political Participation and Decision- Making in Africa, Online Event, SANGONeT The online discussion on ?Women, political participation and decision- making in Africa?, which is organised by the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women/Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Economic Commission for Africa in cooperation with the E-Network of National Gender Equality Machineries in Africa will run for six weeks from 4 September to 14 October 2007. ..................................................................... 10/16/2007 - 10/16/2007 How can we understand poverty and social exclusion, and how might we combat them? , Seminar, South Africa HSRC You are cordially invited to a lecture to be presented by Prof. Pete Alcock (Social Policy and Administration and Head of the School of Social Sciences, the University of Birmingham, England). ..................................................................... 09/26/2007 - 09/29/2007 GLMA 25th Annual Conference, Conference, Puerto Rico SANGONeT The Gay & Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) invites you to its 25th Annual Conference taking place at San Juan, Puerto Rico from 26-29 September 2007. ..................................................................... 09/17/2007 - 09/28/2007 IISD E-conference on Internet Governance and Sustainable Development, Conference, SANGONeT The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is hosting an e-conference. ..................................................................... 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