February
2012
Online Gender Campus of the ILO International Training Centre: Guided Reading Modality
Online, 6 February - 15 June 2012 (Fellowship Deadline: 3 February 2012)
The Online Gender Campus of the ILO International Training Centre is launching the 2012 edition of its Modular Self-Learning Gender Course.This course introduces participants to basic gender concepts and tools, providing them with essential instruments for gender mainstreaming.
This specific session of the course (6 February - 15 June 2012) will be available in "Guided Reading" modality. Guided Reading (self-learning study) provides access to the learning platform and to its information contents. It does not foresee individual tutoring or collaborative activities. The option requires approximately 5 hours per module. Guided readers receive a certificate of attendance upon the completion of all the modules.
For the latest on this edition of course, click here or download the course document.
If you are a national of an aid-receiving country, you may be eligible for financial assistance.
The deadline for submission of candidatures for fellowships to this specific edition of the course is 3 February 2012.
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International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
Worldwide, 6 February 2012
The International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation is observed each year to raise awareness about this practice. Female genital mutilation of any type has been recognized as a harmful practice and violation of the human rights of girls and women.
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CEDAW: 51st Session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Geneva, Switzerland, 13 February to 2 March 2012
Host / Sponsor: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will hold its 52st session 13 February - 2 March 2012
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56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
New York, USA, 27 February to 9 March 2012
Host / Sponsor: United Nations
The fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 27 February to 9 March 2012. Representatives from Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world will attend the session. There will be a number of activities, including interactive dialogues and panels, during the two-week session.
This following highlights key focus areas of CSW 2012.
- Priority Theme:
The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges
- Review Theme: Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women (agreed conclusions from the fifty-second session)
- Emerging Issue: Engaging young women and men, girls and boys, to advance gender equality
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