4th European Feminist Research Conference
Body, gender, subjectivity: Crossing disciplinary and institutional borders

Date: September 28 to October 1, 2000
Organisation:
The Association of Institutions for Feminist Education and Research in Europe (AOIFE), and the European Thematic Network of Women's Studies
Venue: Bologna, Italy
Conference Organising Committee
(For abstracts submission and conference information):
Head of Organising Committee: Annamaria Tagliavini
Secretary: Giovanna Gozzi
Biblioteca del Centro di Documentazione delle Donne
Via Galliera 8
40121 Bologna, ITALY
tel. + 39 051239788
fax +39 051263460
email : 4thfem@orlando.women.it

22nd Annual Conference of ILGA-Europe: "Accepting Diversity"
Date: October 4 - 8, 2000
Venue: Hotel Parc in Bucharest, Romania

The conference will focus primarily on the interrelationships between lesbian / gay rights, human rights, European institutions, and EU enlargement.

For more information, visit the following websites:
http://www.steff.suite.dk/ilgaeur.htm
http://www.accept.ong.ro

Contact:
ILGA-Europe: ieboard@egroups.com
ACCEPT: accept@fx.ro
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Global Summit of Women 2000: Africa

Date: October 5 to 7, 2000, 9.00-6.00PM
Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa

This is the seventh conference in a series organised by the Global Summit of Women for the past ten years. The 2000 Summit will be the first held in Africa. About 400 women leaders on average attend this exciting event.

This year's Summit will focus on women's economic empowerment, especially as it relates to their becoming proactive players in the global economy. We intend to showcase women's leadership globally, as well as share best practices.

Contact info:
Irene Natividad
Global Summit of Women
1211 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 504, Washington DC, USA
Phone: 202-835-3713
Fax: 202-466-6195
globsummit@aol.com
http://www.globewomen.com

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Gender Perspective: a Need for Human Development
First International Symposium on Gender and Health

Date: 25 to 28 October 2000
Organised by: Cuban Society of Family Medicine
Venue: Teatro Heredia Santiago de Cuba

At the dawn of the 21-century the world is deeply involved with the processes of adjustment originated by globalisation. Neoliberalism is the cause of much of the internationally experienced social disadjustment. The region of the Americas has been affected by these processes, as have other areas of the third world. Gendered poverty, lack of protection for children and adolescents, and individual health concerns of persons whose basic needs are not quite met are amongst the realities we have to face in the new millennium.
Male and female gender are conditions constructed by each society. Because of this they can change and become the object of political formulations. It is known that the social construction of gender and different approaches to development influence greatly the state of health of a population. Due to this, it is necessary to incorporate gender into any analysis of health conditions, research on epidemics, policymaking, design of health programmes, the organisation and administration of health services and the establishment of norms for serving the public. This is a necessity if we want to avoid the reproduction of roles that accentuate differences between the sexes and undermine women at the different stages of her vital cycle.

Objectives of the meeting:
* Share the Cuban experience in municipal development from a gender perspective.
* Share the experience of the countries of the region in terms of development, equity and welfare.
* Discuss the main challenges faced by health systems in order to incorporate the gender perspective into policymaking and the development of strategies that favour holistic and integrated human development.
* Find out the experiences of international organisations and encourage o-operation to face the problems of women, children and adolescents in the new millennium.

Themes:
* Including the gender perspective in local development: experiences and impacts.
* The contribution of the gender perspective to the general improvement of the attention of reproductive health.
* Health policies for the welfare of women, children and adolescents.
* Formulation and development of health strategies from a gender perspective

Modalities of submissions:
Lectures, Round tables, Workshops, Posters.

Registration fee: (USD)
Professionals: 100, Students: 50, General Public: 40

For more information contact:
Dr. Clarivel Presno Labrador: President Cuban Association of Family Medicine
Eduardo Vergara Fabian: Treasurer Cuban Association of Family Medicine.

Fax (537) 33-5920 or (537) 66-2075
E-mail: Cpresno@infomed.sld.cu ;
Socumefa@cenapem.sld.cu ;
Canafa@infomed.sld.cu

Translated from Spanish into English by Liz Lange and Rachel Stewart

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'Gender on the Net' - a guide on gender resources in the Web produced by Liz Levey - has turned into a larger volume called 'Wired for Information: Putting the Internet to Good Use in Africa'. The first edition can be found at: http://www.piac.org/wired .
For a print version contact the author at: l.levey@fordfound.org

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KARAT Coalition
A Network of Women's NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe (international co-ordinator: Kinga Lohmann)

Karat coalition is a network of women's NGOs from thirteen countries of Central and Eastern Europe, some of those organisations participated in the NGO Forum (in Huairou) of the IV UN Conference on Women. The mission of the coalition focuses on working towards promotion and achievement of real gender equality through publicising the "Platform for action" - a final document of the IV World Conference on Women in Beijing (1995) - in Central and Eastern Europe, and promoting the problems of women from the region on international forums. The members of the Karat Coalition monitor the implementation of the ‚Platform' and the national plans for action.

KARAT was created in February 1997 at a meeting in Warsaw. The coalition works towards a change of the socio-political position of women in the region strengthening the women's NG0s in the process of democratisation. One of the significant tasks is to work towards a strong participation of the region.

The activities are co-ordinated by a regional co-ordinator currently in Poland. Besides the international activities KARAT coalition does a strong national lobbying co-ordinated by the national co-ordinators.

Apart from the main project: "Central Eastern European preparatory process for the Beijing+5 and its follow-up", the Karat Coalition also runs smaller informational projects as a website. A discussion forum and a quarterly regional bulletin in English are in planning.

For more information see: http://www.karat.org
And contact the co-ordination: karat@waw.pdi.net
or the national groups: Albania: J_katro@hotmail.com
Bosnia & Herzegovina: zene2000@bih.net.ba
Bulgaria: wad@infotel.bg
Czech Republic: gender@ecn.cz.org or: michaela.tominova@ecn.cz
Hungary: Szabo_Erzsebet@e34.kibernet.hu or: IBIRO@TECH.ibs-b.hu
Macedonia: sozm@mt.net.mk or: tomkadilevska@usa.net
Moldova: saca@un.md
Poland: kingacom@waw.pdi.net or: federkob@waw.pdi.net
Romania: C.Preda@cepes.ro or: afr@opensys.ro
Russia: iciwf@glasnet.ru
Slovakia: aliancia.zien@internet.sk o:r jezerska@emerge.sk
Ukraine: olena@wicc.kiev.ua or: olena@training.winrock.kiev.ua
Yugoslavia: umbra@bits.net or: erikap56@yahoo.com

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Transeuropéennes - Women's Actions Across Borders

Following the conference organised by Transeuropéennes in Royaumont in December 1999 on the topic: "Women activists in conflicts : a democratic perspective for the Balkans", women activists from all countries of former Yugoslavia and Albania have met again, at the initiative of Transeuropéennes, the Open Society Institute Macedonia and thanks to the support of the Council of Europe and the French ministry of foreign affairs, in Mavrovo, Macedonia from 27th April to 1st may, 2000, discussing "how to face community pressure?".

This second meeting has resulted in the will to take action together and to reinforce the solidarity network that was already initiated in Royaumont. The following text, brought out at the end of the meeting, constitutes the basis for a common commitment.

Mavrovo declaration

In light of the fragmentation processes at work both within and between Balkan societies, as well as the various pressures that individuals are facing, and from a perspective of resistance, we resolve to take action in keeping with the following platform:

* acknowledging individual responsibility as the necessary step towards assuming the risks of facing our own reality and that of others,
* developing a network of solidarity to support one other in taking those risks,
* coming into the public sphere and into visibility,
* crossing both symbolic and territorial borders;

in order to attain the following common objectives:

* overcoming both visible and invisible community pressures, which are intimidating and which deny individual choices,
* releasing ourselves as individuals and opening up space for others,
* refraining from judging the experience of others, the fear and the pain of the other being unquestionable,
* building trust and recreating space for communication and movement;

we propose the following initiatives, drawing upon local and regional resources:

* border-crossing actions,
* peace and gender education within the NGOs networks of various countries,
* gender-sensitising of the electorate,
* educating women politicians for political action on the basis of the agreed charter,
* any and all other actions which are civil tools opposed to armed communities (and including writing, learning, meeting, travelling, raising awareness).

Mavrovo, Macedonia, 30th April 2000

Teodora Tabacki, Koraljka Dilic, Natasa Medjedovic, Biljana Zekovic, Zarana Papic, Biserka Momcinovic, Sonja Stanic, Nela Pamukovic, Brankica Grupkovic, Aïda Corovic, Tanja Ignjatovic, Jovanka Ivkovic, Radojka Tomasevic, Milica Panic, Zibija Sarenkapic, Borka Pavicevic, Nazmie Pacoli, Arlinda Zylali, Arbnore Shehu, Lepa Mladenovic, Anka Gogic-Mitic, Sabina Stopinsek, Eli Bojadzieska, Jadranka Milicevic, Jasna Zivkovic, Maria Savovska, Vjollca Krasniqi, Nazlije Bala, Slavica Indzevska

Contact:
Transeuropéennes / Réseaux pour la Culture en Europe
116, rue du Bac
75007 Paris - France
Tel: +33 (0)1 45 44 47 33
Fax: +33 (0)1 45 48 72 41
transeuropeennes@wanadoo.fr

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"Reclaiming Women's Spaces:
New Perspectives on Violence Against Women and Sheltering in South Africa" Zubeda Dangor, Joanne Fedler and Yoon Park

The Nisaa Institute for Women's Development - editorial group for LOLApress in Africa - has launched in June 2000 this pioneering book that explores the nature of gender violence in South Africa. The book brings together for the first time, the collective wisdom and wealth of experience, of activists, academics, experts, and survivors who have fought to end gender violence in South Africa. The book consists of 406 pages and is available from the Nisaa Institute for Women's Development at a cost of R110 (USD 17) per copy. To order a copy contact:

Harja Mohamed
Phone: 27 - (0)11 - 854 5804
Fax: 27 - (0)11 - 854 5718
email: nisaa@sangonet.org.za

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