Secretary-General’s in-depth study on violence against women

Event Map: August 2005 – July 2006

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Non-governmental organizations on the Task Force have created the following calendar of upcoming events that may act as opportunities to promote the Secretary-General’s study on violence against women and solicit input from civil society.  This calendar includes previously-planned events at the regional and international levels at which there will be a significant number of individuals and organizations present from civil society whose work focuses on issues related to gender-based violence. These venues are considered important opportunities for such persons and groups to provide crucial information and recommendations for the study.  For each of these events, possibilities for engagement with the study will be explored on a case by case basis, depending upon the nature of the event.  Possibilities include panel discussions, workshops, and distribution of the NGO input form which members of the Task Force and Advisory Committee may help to implement.  This calendar is not meant to be a complete picture of possibilities for NGO engagement; NGOs are encouraged to promote the study and solicit relevant feedback from their networks as much as possible. It will be updated as additional information becomes available.

Date	Location	Event	Sponsoring Organization	Task Force/Advisory Committee Participants	Possibilities for SG Study engagement	Website
1 –12 Aug 2005	Heidelberg, Germany	Health and Human Rights Training Course	Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health at the University of Heidelberg
9 Aug 2005	New York, USA	11^th Annual Commemoration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples	UN Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and others			http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/news/ news_internationalday2005-1.htm
10-12 Aug 2005	Santiago, Chile	Pre-Conferencia Santiago +5 Contra El Racismo, La Xenofobia, La Discriminación y La Intolerencia				http://www.santiagomascinco.cl/
12 – 16 Aug 2005	Jerusalem, Israel	Women in Black International Conference for Ending Occupation, War and Violence	Women in Black			http://www.coalitionofwomen.org
15 – 26 Aug 2005	Turin, Italy	Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Poverty Reduction, Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform	World Bank			http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/wbi/wbicatalogue.nsf/ vewExternalEvents/F975F063F106259585256FD40073001E?OpenDocument
18 - 20 Aug 2005	Nairobi, Kenya	The 2005 Women’s International Grassroots Peace Congress	International Peace Initiatives			http://www.ipeacei.org
27-30 Aug 2005	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	The Global Consultation on the Ratification and Use of the Optional Protocol to CEDAW	International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW Pacific)	IWRAW		http://www.iwraw-ap.org/announcements.htm
29 – 31 Aug 2005	Brazil	International Conference on Multidimensional Poverty	UNDP			http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/md%2Dpoverty/
5 – 6 Sept 2005	Amman, Jordan	Conference on Globalization, International Finance and Democracy in the Arab World	Arab Thought Forum (ATF), IDPM of The University of Manchester, UK, and The Business School of the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK			http://www.jordanpostbox.net/2005/atf2.htm
5 - 9 Sept 2005	Pretoria, South Africa	Gender Equality in Africa	Good Governance Program, University of Pretoria			http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ggp/gen_equality_pro.html
5 – 9 Sept 2005	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Women’s Human Rights: The Research/Policy Nexus	UNESCO			http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8190& URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
5 – 23 Sept 2005	Accra, Ghana	West Africa Peacebuilding Institute (WAPI)	West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)			www.wanep.org/wapi
7-9 Sept 2005	Helsinki, Finland	The Helsinki Conference: Mobilising Political Will	Government of Finland	AI		http://www.helsinkiconference.fi
7 – 9 Sept 2005	New York, USA	DPI/NGO Conference: Our Challenge: Voices for Peace, Partnership & Renewal	UN DPI	CWGL		http://unngodpiconference.org/
12 Sept – 7 Oct 2005	Washington DC. USA	Women Lead in the Fight Against AIDS	CEDPA			http://www.cedpa.org/training/wim.html
21-23 Sept 2005	Bern, Switzerland	International symposium, Due Diligence: The Responsibility of the State for the Human Rights of Women	Amnesty International (Swiss Section), Human Rights Switzerland (MERS), World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Bern	AI		http://www.izfg.unibe.ch/duediligence
21-25 Sept 2005	New Delhi, India	10th International Women and Health Meeting 2005	The Communication Initiative			http://www.10iwhmindia.org/
26 – 30 Sept 2005	Nairobi, Kenya	Gender in Health and Development	African Media and Research Foundation (AMREF)			http://www.amref.org/index.asp?PageID=184
Late Sept/early Oct 2005	Canada	Third Annual Symposium on Women, Peace and Security	Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security (CCWPS)
30 Sept – 1 Oct 2005	Mumbai, India	Engendering Health and Human Rights	The International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO) and The Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT)			http://www.cehat.org/ifhhro2.html
9-12 Oct 2005	São Paulo, Brazil	10º Encuentro Feminista Latinoamericano y del Caribe	Comisión Organizadora			http://www.10feminista.org.br/feministas_es/index.htm
10 Oct – 4 Nov 2005	Lund, Sweden	Regional Programme on Human Rights of Women 2000	Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)			http://www.rwi.lu.se/pdf/coop/osshuwo05/info.pdf
16 – 21 Oct 2005	Stellenbosch, South Africa	12^th Priorities in Reproductive Health & HIV Conference (16 – 18 Oct Third South African Gender Based Violence Conference and 18 – 21 Oct Priorities in Reproductive Health and HIV Conference)	Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit (RHRU), SAGBVHI			http://www.rhru.co.za/site/PrioritiesConference/Priorities.htm
20 Oct 2005	Stockholm, Sweden	Security on Whose Terms? If Men and Women Were Equal…	Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation			www.iktk.se
23 – 29 Oct 2005	Philippines	Training course “Making Governance Gender Responsive (MGGR)”	Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)			http://www.capwip.org/training/mggr.htm
27-30 Oct 2005	Bangkok, Thailand	AWID Forum: How Does Change Happen?	AWID	CWGL, IGLHRC, Madre, Amnesty Int’l, CRR, Equality Now	panel	http://www.awid.org/forum/about_the_forum.htm
1-5 Nov 2005	Mar del Plata, Argentina	III Summit of the Peoples of America				http://www.summit-americas.org/NextSummit_eng.htm
16 – 18 Nov 2005	Tunis	World Summit on the Information Society	Government of Tunis			http://www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/index.php?lang=en
16 – 19 Nov 2005	Tangiers, Morocco	Women and Migration Conference				http://www.mmsh.univ-aix.fr/lames/Tanger2005_call2%20(1).pdf
17 – 21 Nov 2005	Malaysia	3^rd Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health				http://www.3apcrsh.org/index.htm
21 – 25 Nov 2005	Maseru, Lesotho	Speaking Across Boundaries: Gender, Generation, and Social Justice in an Urbanising World	Institute of Southern African Studies, National University of Lesotho			http://www.comminit.com/events_calendar/2005-events/events-3686.html
25 Nov – 10 Dec 2005	Worldwide	16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign	CWGL		Announcement, request for input	http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/home.html
1 – 4 Dec 2005	Novi Travnik, Bosnia	International Conference “Peaceful Dimensions Against Gender Violence”	The Kolo: WCCC			http://www.socialrights.org/spip/article1156.html
27 – 30 Nov 2005	New Delhi, India	The IV International Congress of Women, Work and Health (WWH 2005)	Society for Working Life and Arbetslivsinstitutet			http://www.swl-delhi.org/wwh
3-18 March 2006	Accra, Ghana	Global Summit on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine, & Indigenous Knowledge	UNAIDS			http://www.africa-first.com/gsaidsstmik2006/default.aspx
14 – 16 May 2006	Pennsylvania, USA	Beijing +10, The North American Regional Conference on Gender and Policy	Pennsylvania State University			http://www.womensstudies.psu.edu/events/beijing.htm