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GWI members from
Finnish Federation of Graduate Women and Association Congolaise des Femmes
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— Graduate Women
International news —
Graduate
Women International (GWI) calls for abstracts for the GWI 32nd
Triennial Conference, Cape Town
Abstracts are
invited for the Graduate Women International (GWI) 32nd Triennial Conference
taking place 24-25 August 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa. The programme, under the theme ‘At the crossroads of education,
gender and human rights’, will focus discussion on four key strands: a) Managing
complexity in education b) New technologies and their impact on secondary,
tertiary and continuing education c) Human rights and education – from teenager
to adult in education and active life, and d) Access to education for girls and
women. The event offers exciting opportunities to engage on these critical
issues and for international networking. Upload abstracts for seminars and
workshops here. Early bird rates are still
available!
— GWI member news
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GWI member
events at the 60th Commission on the Status of Women in New
York
In a side event at the 60th Commission on the Status
of Women the traditional Helvi Sipilä seminar, the Finnish Federation of Graduate Women (FFGW) and Jolie Massay
from the Association Congolaise des Femmes Diplomées des Universités
(ACOFDU) co-presented on Women, Peace and Security. According to Päivi Kannisto,
Chief of the Peace and Security Unit of UN Women, women’s integral participation
and representation in decision-making enhances the quality of peace and security
work and outcomes – not to mention that it is also a human right. Jolie Massay,
from the Congolese Federation of University Women, hopes that in the future all
girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be given free schooling in order
to facilitate their meaningful participation in peace processes. For a full
report, please see here.
— Advocacy
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Gender
Equality Training Resource available from UN Women Training Centre eLearning
Campus
The UN Women Training Centre eLearning Campus is a global
innovative online platform for training for gender equality. It is open to
everybody interested in using training or learning as a means to advance gender
equality, women’s empowerment and women’s rights. The site intends to deliver
high quality training for gender equality by offering a diverse range of
self-paced, moderated, blended and face-to-face courses, tools and services.
Visit the eLearning Campus here. GWI advocates for access to lifelong quality education
for all women and girls. Read our manifestos here.
— Call for
applications—
Call for
applicants for the 10th and 11th Ewha Global Empowerment
Programme
The Ewha Global Empowerment Programme (EGEP) is running
two sessions, 10th EGEP 10-24 July 2016 and 11th EGEP 6-22
January 2017, under the theme of ‘Transnational Feminism and Women’s Activism’.
It is a two week residential educational programme aiming to promote education
for women and gender equality in Asia and Africa by empowering women working in
non-governmental public sectors and by nourishing the next generation of women
leaders. Please visit the Asian Centre for Women’s Studies or email egep@ewha.ac.kr for more information.
— Give the gift of
membership —
Give the gift of membership! Do you know a graduate woman who
would like to join the leading women’s international organisation that works to
empower girls and women through access to lifelong, quality education and
training? Give the gift of membership to join a global community of some
20,000 members in 80 countries, either as a GWI independent member or national
member of one of our National Federations and Associations (NFAs).
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