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Contents of Upcoming Events:
| Current Listed Events in the USA (CA, DC, NY), France, Greece, Sultanate of Oman, South Africa and India. |
See below for more details.
September 3 - 5, 2008 Paris France
61st Annual Conference for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
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September 30, 2008 Athens Greece
Symposium on the Global Sexually Explicity Imagery
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October 3 - 6, 2008 San Francisco, CA USA
Radical Women Conference: The Persistent Power of Socialist Feminism
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October 9, 2008 Washington, DC USA
International Women's Media Foundation: Courage in Journalism Awards
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October 16, 2008 Los Angeles, CA USA
International Women's Media Foundation: Courage in Journalism Awards
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October 21, 2008 New York, NY USA
International Women's Media Foundation: Courage in Journalism Awards
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October 20 -21, 2008 Muscat Sultanate of Oman
Globalization and Media in the Middle East
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November 10 - 12, 2008 Cape Town, South Africa
Feminist Tech Exchange
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December 2, 2008 Hyderabad India
3rd GigaNet Annual Symposium
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more information on events:
September 3 - 5, 2008 Paris France
61st Annual Conference for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
The 61st Annual Conference for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), will be held in Paris at UNESCO Headquarters from Wednesday, 3 September to Friday, 5 September 2008. This is the first time it will take place outside the UN Headquarters in New York. To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this year's Conference is entitled "Reaffirming Human Rights for All: The Universal Declaration at 60" and is being organized in partnership with the NGO/DPI Executive Committee, UNESCO, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Government of France.
The Conference aims to highlight effective ways in which civil society, in partnership with other actors, can contribute to the advancement of human rights at the international, regional, national and local levels, generate greater awareness of human rights issues and strengthen commitments to address them among diverse stakeholders worldwide. In addition to representatives of NGOs, civil society organizations, grassroots constituencies, the UN System and Member States, representatives of the media, academia, the private sector and other institutions will also be present. The Conference will provide various opportunities to engage participants in sharing experiences and articulating perspectives on how to enhance their activities in the protection and promotion of human rights including roundtable panel discussions and break-out sessions, interactive dialogue, workshops, caucuses and other activities. Background documents and information on the programme will be available on the Conference website.
NGOs associated with DPI, in consultative status with ECOSOC, accredited to UNESCO and/or that work with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights are invited to register for the Conference. NGO's may extend this invitation to members and staff of your organizations, including youth and grassroots representatives. Please note that NGO's must limit the number of participants from any one organization to no more than three persons.
All participants, including those who already have UN or UNESCO grounds passes, are required to register for the Conference. The registration will be available online at www.un.org/dpi/ngosection beginning on Monday, 9 June 2008; the deadline for registration is 1 August 2008 to ensure timely receipt of your confirmation letter and a special invitation to all events.
The DPI/NGO Relations cannot assist NGO representatives in obtaining visas for France and cannot fax confirmation letters to French embassies. Arrangements for travel, visa, and accommodations, as well as all expenses related to participation in the Conference, must be provided for entirely by the participants or their sponsoring organization.
Please check the website at www.un.org/dpi/ngosection for updated information on the Conference.
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September 30, 2008 Athens Greece
Symposium on the Global Sexually Explicity Imagery
The symposium is intended as a forum that will explore the ways in which the sexually explicit imagery is socialised through technological, political economic, cultural and other processes. The symposium aims at bringing together scholars working on the broader field of pornography in order to explore, analyse and articulate the need to review and revisit academic, political and cultural understandings of pornography and analyse law and policy based responses to its changing nature, as a global media industry, a form of cultural product with global reach and power to shape meaning and values, as well as an actor affecting public policy. The symposium aims to facilitate the possibility for collaborative research agendas and policy analysis and intervention and is organised within the framework of the British Academy funded project, managed by Katharine Sarikakis (University of Leeds) and Liza Tsaliki (University of Athens).
There are limited places for this symposium.
Symposium fees: 80 Euros.
The symposium is organised by the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Centre for International Communications Research at the Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds, UK. Contacts: Dr. Katharine Sarikakis, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds (k.sarikakis@leeds.ac.uk ), and Dr Liza Tsaliki, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (etsaliki@media.uoa.gr).
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October 3 - 6, 2008 San Francisco, CA USA
Radical Women Conference: The Persistent Power of Socialist Feminism
Activists and scholars to gather at milestone international women’s conference
“The Persistent Power of Socialist Feminism” is the theme of Radical Women’s 41st anniversary conference to be held at San Francisco’s historic Women’s Building, October 3-6, 2008. The major goal of the three-day public event is to produce a concrete education and action plan to focus and strengthen the U.S. feminist movement—one that can win survival issues, such as 24 hour childcare, nationalized healthcare and full reproductive rights.
Keynotes and panelists from Central America, China, Australia and the U.S. will demonstrate the capacity to unite across national, race, age, and sexuality lines; discuss the impact of women of color and immigrants on the revival of the labor movement and the need for on-going grassroots mobilizations that are independent of the Republican and Democratic parties; specify ways to expand multi-racial organizing; and help build the leadership of youth and queers.
Skills training workshops will teach media relations, banner and leaflet design, public speaking, campus organizing, and starting an RW branch, among other topics. Issues workshops will range from reinstating affirmative action and recognizing females’ stake in antiwar actions, to connecting radical youth with rebel elders, fighting fascism, and studying Marxist feminist theory. A book signing party for recently published Viva La Raza: A History of Chicano Identity and Resistance, by Radical Women leaders Yolanda Alaniz and Megan Cornish, will be part of conference activities.
Bay Area RW Organizer, Nancy Reiko Kato, whose branch is hosting the conference, notes that Radical Women is one of a handful of women’s groups founded in the 1960s that is alive and well today. “RW is unique,” she says, “in its financial and ideological independence from government officials and corporations. We have expanded into an international organization because of our anti-capitalist, multi-issue, pro-worker program and dedicated active membership. We invite everyone to the conference who wants to end misogyny and advance the rights and living conditions of all people.”
Registration is $15 per day; students and low income $7.50 per day. Register at www.RadicalWomen.org. For more information, phone 206-722-6057.
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October 9, 2008 Washington, DC USA
International Women's Media Foundation: Courage in Journalism Awards
To honor the courage of women who report the news under difficult and dangerous circumstances and highlight the importance of freedom of the press around the world.
At 6 p.m. in the Gilbert H. Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographical Society, in Washington, DC.
Please visit www.iwmf.org/network/courage or contact Mindy Cohen at Evergreen Partners at 800-549-3199 or email mcohen [at] evergreenpr.com.
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October 16, 2008 Los Angeles, CA USA
International Women's Media Foundation: Courage in Journalism Awards
To honor the courage of women who report the news under difficult and dangerous circumstances and highlight the importance of freedom of the press around the world.
At 6:30 p.m. in the Crystal Ballroom in The Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles. Mistress of Ceremonies: Christiane Amanpour.
Please visit www.iwmf.org/network/courage or contact Mindy Cohen at Evergreen Partners at 800-549-3199 or email mcohen [at] evergreenpr.com.
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October 21, 2008 New York, NY USA
International Women's Media Foundation: Courage in Journalism Awards
To honor the courage of women who report the news under difficult and dangerous circumstances and highlight the importance of freedom of the press around the world.
At noon in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. Mistress of Ceremonies: Judy Woodruff.
Please visit www.iwmf.org/network/courage or contact Mindy Cohen at Evergreen Partners at 800-549-3199 or email mcohen [at] evergreenpr.com.
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October 20 -21, 2008 Muscat Sultanate of Oman
Globalization and Media in the Middle East
Global Communication Association Conference
In Cooperation with Sultan Qaboos University, Bayan University College, Mazoon University College, and Purdue University Calumet, USA
Interested communication researchers, scholars, and graduates are invited to submit paper and panel proposals for inclusion in the 2008 Global Communication Association (GCA) Conference related to Globalization and Media in the Middle East. Authors are invited to submit papers and panel proposals that:
· Discuss the impact of new communication technologies on the cultural and national identity of the Middle East.
· Critically analyze the future of journalism profession and journalism practices in the Middle East.
· Discuss and analyze the existing and merging legal and policy issues pertaining to development and the communication technologies—particularly the Internet.
· Present studies that assess the role of mass media in international relations.
· Explore the impact of negative stereotyping on Arabs, Muslims and the Middle East in general.
· Discuss and analyze globalization, media, cultural diversity and religion in the Middle East
· Examine trends in mass communication theories and media research in the Middle East.
· Discuss wars, regional conflicts, crisis communication, and the role of regional and international media.
· Explore the evolving patterns of teaching, learning, and education in the Middle East.
Proposals:
Please submit a brief abstract (approximately 500 words) of the Arabic language papers, including your complete contact information and affiliation, to Dr. Obaid Al-Shaqsi, Dean of Bayan College, Oman, (woshail@hotmail.com) no later than July 15, 2008. The English language papers should be submitted to Dr. Yahya R. Kamalipour, Purdue University Calumet (ykamalip@purude.edu). Panel proposals must include theme, abstract, title of each paper, a brief description of each paper (200 words), complete contact information, and email address of each presenter. Complete paper and panel submission deadline is August 15, 2008.
Optional Pre- and Post-Conference Cultural Activities and Tours!
For Details and Updates, Visit www.globalcomassociation.com
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November 10 - 12, 2008 Cape Town, South Africa
Feminist Tech Exchange
What does technology have to do with feminism? How can we, as women's rights activists, use tools better and combine digital and traditional communication strategies to strengthen our advocacies and activism? Join us at the first Feminist Tech Exchange this November, and be part of a growing movement that strategically integrates information and communication technologies (ICT) with the human rights of women.
What is the FTX?
The Feminist Tech Exchange, also known as the FTX, is an event preceeding the AWID Forum 2008 that will bring together more than 100 advocates and activists from Asia Pacific, Africa, Latin America, Europe and North America working on women's rights, feminism and communication rights. It is a three-day exchange where we will discuss issues, build skills and share our knowledge and experiences on ICT and how they can strengthen our advocacies and activism.
After the exchange, FTX participants will directly put knowledge and skills learnt into action at the AWID Forum, by engaging in the strategic use of ICT for movement building through content creation, skills sharing and conversations.
What is it trying to do?
The FTX aims to:
* build the skills of feminist and women's rights movements in the creative and strategic use of ICT
* provide a space for open discussions on the connections between ICT issues and women's rights agenda, as well as on feminist politics and practices of technology.
* create partnerships between advocates working on women's rights and feminism with those working in the field of ICT to sustain movement-building;
* develop a community of trainers who can continue to support knowledge and skills building, even after the exchange
What are the skills exchanged at the FTX?
There will be five ICT capacity building tracks at the FTX. They will run at the same time, so participants will be following one specific track during the three days. There will also be discussions of technology issues and skills exchange sessions open to all participants during the FTX, where you can initiate topics for conversation or share your know-how.
The ICT capacity building tracks are:
Track 1: Digital storytelling for transformation
Digital storytelling is a way of using pictures, images, video, text and audio to tell stories in one's own voice. This hands-on approach combines new digital media skills for women tell their own stories. Digital stories are emerging as a very powerful medium for spreading advocacy messages that are grounded in women's realities.
Track 2: Social networking technologies for activism
Social networking technologies has a special role to play in strategies for activism or for building campaigns. Technologies like blogs, social bookmarking sites, online communities, tagging and so on can be powerful mediums to build communities, get people actively engaged with your message and to take action. This track will look at how we can strategically and creatively adapt these platforms and tools to build movements and advocacy campaigns.
Track 3: Wireless and mobile technologies for advocacy
Wireless and mobile technologies can transform the communication possibilities for communities that have been traditionally cut off from the wired telecoms networks that control people's access to telephones, faxes and the internet. This track will look at how community wireless and mobile networks offer cheap and accessible communication for your advocacy strategies.
Track 4: Audio for action
Community radio is a local, accessible and potentially powerful way of getting your message out. Podcasting is a simple way to produce audio content (digital media files) that can be distributed over the internet. This track will explore how participants can use audio formats for the internet or for community radio.
Track 5: Video for justice
This track focuses on video as a compelling medium to document violations of rights, record living testimonies and narrate diverse perspectives. The track also looks at how publishing and dissemination of video can be strengthened through ICT.
Who can attend?
The FTX is open to all, especially to support participation from:
* Women's rights and feminist advocates interested in connecting their advocacies with communication rights issues;
* Women's rights and feminist advocates interested in building their capacity in ICT for the purposes of movement building;
* Women web managers, developers, ICT trainers, exchange-supporters, and those who perform ICT-based work for their organisations; and
* Researchers working in communications rights and knowledge networking who are interested in women's rights and feminist issues.
Websites for more information:
APC WNSP: http://www.apcwomen.org
AWID: http://www.awid.org
Women'sNet: http://www.womensnet.org.za/
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December 2, 2008 Hyderabad India
3rd GigaNet Annual Symposium
The 3rd GigaNet Annual Symposium will be held in Hyderabad, India, on 2 December 2008, the day prior to the UN Internet Governance Forum.
The GigaNet Annual Symposium is an opportunity to showcase some of the best current research on Internet Governance from around the world and provides a venue for scholars to discuss and debate these crucial issues.
Previous GigaNet Symposia have been held in Athens, Greece, in 2006 and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2007, in conjuction with the annual meetings of the UN IGF.
The GigaNet Program Committee encourages all scholars in the field to submit proposals on their current Internet Governance related research. Deadline for submissions is 15 July 2008.
Hyderabad International Conference Center (HICC)
Call for Papers
The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is a scholarly community that promotes the development of Internet governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study and facilitates informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and governments, international organizations, the private sector, and civil society.
The Symposium will be at the same location as the IGF and registration with the UN as an IGF participant may be necessary to gain entry to the building.
The URL of the Symposium CFP is: http://tinyurl.com/ynsuuf
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