From intern at womensnet.org.za Mon Jul 21 17:15:34 2008 From: intern at womensnet.org.za (Kebarileng) Date: Mon Jul 21 17:12:19 2008 Subject: [Womensnet_News] **New this on Women'sNet** Message-ID: <4884A816.3050304@womensnet.org.za> /\*/\*/\*/\ 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.org.za/news.shtml We apologise for not submitting the newsletter last week, we were experiencing technical problems relating to our server. If you have any information you would like to add to the Women?sNet website or in this email, you can email Kebarileng at intern@womensnet.org.za 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 intern@womensnet.org.za *****************************NEWS********************************* To see all news Items, go to http://womensnet.org.za/news.shtml 07/21/2008 - Pregnant Women Still Struggle to Prevent HIV Plus News Larger numbers of pregnant women living with HIV in Swaziland can now access services to prevent mother-to-child transmission, but activists and health officials say more emphasis should have been placed on quality rather than quantity. ..................................................................... 07/21/2008 - Large HIV Vaccine Study will not go ahead Aids Map News The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced on 17 July, that it will not move ahead with the PAVE 100 study, which was intended to test a vaccine with similarities to the failed Merck Ad5-vectored HIV vaccine. ..................................................................... 07/21/2008 - Journalist Funds a Rewrite of Gender Rules Women?s Enews Ruth Ann Harnisch didn't take "no girls allowed" as an answer. After a journalism career, she decided to flex some muscle and tackle the issues affecting women that confronted her on the job. ..................................................................... 07/21/2008 - Genital shedding of HIV in women with undetectable viral load Aids Map News Antiretroviral treatment significantly reduced the frequency of genital shedding of HIV in women, according to a study conducted in Burkina Faso and published in the June edition of Sexually Transmitted Infections. ..................................................................... 07/21/2008 - Sex Trap Snares Girls Independent Online Cape Town teenagers are being tricked into prostitution by misleading advertisements offering huge salaries and incentive bonuses. ..................................................................... 07/21/2008 - Police Left a Rape Victim with the Rapist Dispatch online A HORRIFIED rape victim, locked in with her attacker who had passed out, pleaded with police officers she thought would rescue her. ..................................................................... 07/21/2008 - Poverty, Wars and Alcohol Perpetuate Domestic Violence IRIN News Armed conflict, poverty, alcohol abuse and cultural attitudes are responsible for the high incidence of domestic violence in Ugandan communities, according to a report presented to parliament by jurists. ..................................................................... 07/21/2008 - White House Defines Contraception as Abortion Women?s Enews Federal funding for family planning clinics could dry up under a proposal from the Bush administration. Pro-choice advocates attacked the proposal as an assault on women's health and for expanding the definition of abortion to include birth control. ..................................................................... ********************Job and Study Opportunities******************** To see all Job and Study opportunities, go to: http://womensnet.org.za/jobandstudyopportunities.shtml Program Officer Washington, DC, United States | National Endowment for Democracy (NED) | Deadline: Not specified National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is seeking to employ a qualified Program Officer. ..................................................................... Programme Manager Brighton, United Kingdom | The International HIV/AIDS Alliance | Deadline: 10 August 2008 The International HIV?AIDS Alliance has an opportunity for a Programme Manager in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in Asia and Eastern Europe (AEE) Team. ..................................................................... Resident Advisor Ndjamena, Chad | Internews Network | Deadline: Not specified Internews Network is seeking a Resident Advisor for its Gender Based Violence (GBV) program based in Chad. ..................................................................... Marketing and Fundraising Officer Bangkok, Thailand | Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC) | Deadline: 15 August 2008 Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific is seeking to employ a Marketing and Fundraising Officer. ..................................................................... Volunteer Johannesburg | Media Monitoring Project | Deadline: Not specified The Media Monitoring Project (MMP) is looking for a volunteer to assist the organisation in running some of its core functions. ..................................................................... Monitors/ field workers Johannesburg | Media Monitoring Project | Deadline: 30 July 2008 The Media Monitoring Project (MMP) seeks to employ part-time seasonal ?field workers? or monitors. These monitors will help contribute towards broader research projects, either on race or HIV. ..................................................................... Senior Gender Programme Officer Transkei | The Transkei Land Service Organisation (TRALSO) | Deadline: 25 July 2008 TRALSO invites applications for the position of Senior Gender Programme Officer. ..................................................................... MobileActive08 Johannesburg | SANGONeT | Deadline: Open SANGONeT and MobileActive.org invites people to participate in MobileActive08. ..................................................................... Office Manager / Administrator Transkei | The Transkei Land Service Organisation (TRALSO) | Deadline: 25 July 2008 TRALSO invites applications for the position of Senior the Office Manager/Administrator. ..................................................................... ***********************Calendar of Events***************************** To see all the listings for the calendar, go to: http://womensnet.org.za/calendar.shtml 08/10/2008 - 08/12/2008 Gender and Media Summit, Conference, South Africa Gender Links Gender Links (GL) in partnership with the Gender and Media Southern Africa (GEMSA) Network and the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), is hosting the third Gender and Media (GEM) Summit from 10-12 August 2008 in Johannesburg. ..................................................................... 08/03/2008 - 08/08/2008 International AIDS Conference, Conference, Mexico AIDS 2008 The International AIDS Society and its partners, invite you to the XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008) to be held from 3-8 August 2008 in Mexico. ..................................................................... 07/29/2008 - 07/29/2008 Gender and Xenophobia, Seminar, South Africa Gender Links, CSVR, Institute for Security Studies Gender Links, the South African Local Government Association in Gauteng, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, the Institute for Security Studies, as well as the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, will be hosting a seminar on Gender and Xenophobia on 29 July 2008 in Germiston. ..................................................................... If you would like to subscribe to the Women?sNet newsletter - /Intersections/ please send a message to: women@womensnet.org.za or intern@womensnet.org.za Want to know more about gender and women in South Africa? Visit: http://womensnet.org.za / http://genderstats.org.za From intern at womensnet.org.za Mon Jul 28 16:15:10 2008 From: intern at womensnet.org.za (Kebarileng) Date: Mon Jul 28 16:11:54 2008 Subject: [Womensnet_News] **New this week on Women'sNet** Message-ID: <488DD46E.4010501@womensnet.org.za> /\*/\*/\*/\ 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.org.za/news.shtml If you have any information you would like to add to the Women?sNet website or in this email, you can email Kebarileng at intern@womensnet.org.za 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 intern@womensnet.org.za *****************************NEWS********************************* To see all news Items, go to http://womensnet.org.za/news.shtml 07/28/2008 - Empowering Women Farmers in Nigeria Pambazuka News Opening new opportunities for women is a key to development, as well to strengthen efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. In Nigeria, where cultural attitudes and traditional beliefs often circumscribe women?s roles and hinder access to training and education, a women?s project is changing lives. ..................................................................... 07/28/2008 - Venezuela must Implement New Law on Violence Against Women Amnesty International In a new report published on Wednesday 16 July, Amnesty International urged the Venezuelan authorities to show the political will and provide the resources needed to ensure the new law on violence against women will not just exist on paper. ..................................................................... 07/28/2008 - JWG Outraged by Hate Speech Against Lesbians and Gays Joint Working Group The Joint Working Group (JWG) a network representing 24 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) organisations throughout South Africa was outraged by a column that appeared in the Sunday Sun on 20 July 2008 (Call me names, but gay is not ok) that is filled with hate speech against lesbian and gay people. ..................................................................... 07/28/2008 - First Women Lawyers Association Opens in Somalia UN News centre The first women lawyers association in Somalia has been established in the Somaliland region with the help of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). ..................................................................... 07/28/2008 - More Education Equals Less Teen Pregnancy and HIV Plus News Keeping Kenyan girls in school and ensuring they have access to HIV and sex education has a dramatic effect on lowering future levels of HIV, according to experts. ..................................................................... 07/28/2008 - PMTCT Services not Reaching Rural Women Plus News The government's campaign to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child is failing pregnant HIV-positive women in Kenya's remote rural areas. ..................................................................... 07/28/2008 - Wrong is Wrong Mamba online Jon Qwelane has again outraged the LGBT community with a recent column in which he equates homosexuality with bestiality. Titled Call me names, but gay is NOT okay. The article was published in the Sunday Sun on the weekend. ..................................................................... ********************Job and Study Opportunities******************** To see all Job and Study opportunities, go to: http://womensnet.org.za/jobandstudyopportunities.shtml Programme Coordinator South Africa | Ipas South Africa | Deadline: 31 July 2008 Ipas, an international NGO, with offices in South Africa seeks to employ a Programme Coordinator. Ipas has worked for three decades to increase women's ability to exercise their Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights, to expand women?s access to high quality reproductive health services, and to reduce deaths and injuries of women from unsafe abortion. ..................................................................... Manager - Partnership Programme Western Cape | University of Stellenbosch | Deadline: 8 August 2008 The University of Stellenbosch seeks to employ The Programme Manager to co-ordinate and be responsible for the successful implementation of an agreement between a European government and a new programme with Mathematics and Science Education as core element. ..................................................................... Fund Developer Johannesburg | Johannesburg Child Welfare Society (JCWS) | Deadline: 31 July 2008 Johannesburg Child Welfare Society (JCWS), a NGO that protects and promotes the rights of abandoned, abused, neglected and orphaned children and their families seeks to appoint a Fund Developer to be based in Johannebsurg. ..................................................................... Managing Director Tshwane | Yeast City Housing | Deadline: 1 August 2008 Yeast City Housing is currently recruiting a Managing Director to lead the organisation to its next stage of growth, working towards 1500 housing units, to implement its vision and strategy, and to ensure financial sustainability. ..................................................................... Chief Operations Officer Cape Town | The Historic Schools Restoration Project (HSRP) | Deadline: 1 August 2008 The Historic Schools Restoration Project (HSRP), an initiative which aims to turn a number of under-resourced historic schools in South Africa into centres of cultural and educational excellence, seeks to appoint a Chief Operations Officer to be based in Cape Town. ..................................................................... Project Coordinator Cape Town | Educo Africa | Deadline: 15 August 2008 Educo Africa invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position Project Coordinator to be based in Cape Town. ..................................................................... Executive Director New York, USA | The Women?s Environment and Development Organisation (WEDO) | Deadline: 31 August 2008 The Women?s Environment and Development Organisation (WEDO), an international organisation that advocates for gender equality and women?s human rights in global policy, seeks a new Executive Director. ..................................................................... Programme Coordinator South Africa | Ipas South Africa | Deadline: 31 July 2008 Ipas, an international NGO, with offices in South Africa seeks to employ a Programme Coordinator. ..................................................................... ***********************Calendar of Events***************************** To see all the listings for the calendar, go to: http://womensnet.org.za/calendar.shtml 08/01/2008 - 08/01/2008 Sakhisizwe Emotional Wellness Art Exhibition, Other, South Africa LifeLine Southern Africa and Constitutional Hill LifeLine Southern Africa and Constitution Hill is hosting the opening of an Art Exhibition in celebration of the organisations 40th anniversary. ..................................................................... 08/18/2008 - 08/19/2008 Innovation in Open and Distance Education, Conference, South Africa The National Association of Distance Education and Open Learning in South Africa The National Association of Distance Education and Open Learning in South Africa (NADEOSA) is hosting a two-day conference titled Innovation in Open and Distance Education from 18-19 August 2008 in Pretoria. ..................................................................... 10/13/2008 - 10/16/2008 Feminist Leadership, Advocacy and Movement Building Training, Training Course, India CREA CREA is hosting a four day training on Feminist Leadership, Advocacy and Movement Building program with the objective to strengthen feminist leadership, movement building and advocacy skills of young women in Central Asia. The training will take place ..................................................................... 08/11/2008 - 08/12/2008 Local Government Financing and Development in South Africa, Conference, South Africa Democracy Development Programme (DDP) Democracy Development Programme (DDP), a NGO formed to consolidate democracy through the promotion of citizen participation, a human rights culture and good governance in South Africa, is hosting a conference on Local Government Financing and Development in South Africa from 11-12 August 2008. ..................................................................... 08/04/2008 - 08/05/2008 Third National Anti-Corruption Summit, Conference, South Africa The National Anti-Corruption Forum (NACF) The National Anti-Corruption Forum (NACF) is hosting the Third National Anti-Corruption Summit from 4-5 August 2008 in Johannesburg. ..................................................................... 07/29/2008 - 07/29/2008 Gender and Xenophobia, Seminar, South Africa Gender Links, CSVR, Institute for Security Studies Gender Links, the South African Local Government Association in Gauteng, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, the Institute for Security Studies, as well as the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, will be hosting a seminar on Gender and Xenophobia on 29 July 2008 in Germiston. ..................................................................... If you would like to subscribe to the Women?sNet newsletter - /Intersections/ please send a message to: women@womensnet.org.za or intern@womensnet.org.za Want to know more about gender and women in South Africa? Visit: http://womensnet.org.za / http://genderstats.org.za