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— Graduate Women
International news —
GWI President
Catherine Bell is visiting Ireland, hosted by the Irish Federation of University Women (IrFUW). During her stay
she has visited the four Irish Associations and took part in their events, in
addition to visits to universities and institutions that are about to join
IrFUW. Her first engagement was to speak at the IrFUW International Day event
at the Kildare St and University Club in Dublin on 21 May, and she was present
for the handover of the IrFUW presidency from Dr Marion Gibson to Mary
Morrissey. According to newsletter editor Ms Martina Mulrine, Irish members
were impressed by how the GWI President and her team in Geneva have modernised
GWI and strengthened its profile. On 25 May she spoke at the Galway Association
of Women Graduates Annual Lunch. She has also been hosted by University College
Dublin Women Graduates Association, Dublin University Women Graduates’
Association and Queen’s Women Graduates.
— GWI member news
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GWI’s
national federations and associations help to integrate graduate women
refugeesThe GWI national
member in Sweden, Swedish University Women (KAF) have a new initiative to
integrate graduate women called the Professional Key Project. Members of KAF
bring together women newly arrived in Sweden to share professional contacts,
skills upgrading opportunities and culturally relevant advice for job
searching. GWI has a long history of assisting graduate women who have been
displaced as a result of war, political upheaval or other serious emergencies. A
fund was established as the IFUW Emergency Fund in 1936, to help women who had been
deprived of the right to work or to live in their own countries. Now named the
Hegg Hoffet Fund after a particularly active Swiss fundraiser and activist for
the Fund, GWI’s member associations continue this tradition of helping women to
integrate into their host nations. Please see here for more information and to donate to the Hegg Hoffet
Fund.
— Advocacy
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GWI submits
written statement to the 32nd Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva is an inter-governmental
body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the
promotion and protection of human rights around the globe. It addresses
situations of human rights violations and makes recommendations on them. The
Council is made up of 47 United Nations Member States which are elected by the
UN General Assembly. The Council has the ability to discuss all thematic human
rights issues and situations that require its attention throughout the year. The
annual June session has a special focus on women. Read the GWI written statement
for the 32nd HRC session here.
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Call for
applications —
Call for
papers: The gender dimension of ‘Displacement’Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society invites
submissions for a special issue titled “Displacement,” slated for publication in
spring 2018. The current refugee crisis gives new urgency to questions of
gendered displacement; the United Nations’ most recent statistics place the number of registered Syrian
refugees at 4.7 million, 50.7 percent of whom are women and over half of whom
are children under eighteen. The deadline for submissions is 15 September 2016.
Manuscripts may be submitted electronically through Signs’ Editorial Manager
system at http://signs.edmgr.com.
— Give the gift of
education —
Join our GlobalGiving campaign and help us raise $50,000 to
support 50 women student teachers in 2016. GWI provides scholarships and
mentoring support to young women from rural areas of Uganda to become qualified
teachers and ambassadors for girls’ education. Donate now and help us train
women teachers to train 1000s of students. You can read more about GWI’s
project Teachers for Rural Futures here.
— Other events
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GWI
President Catherine Bell with outgoing IrFUW President Marion Gibson and
incoming President Mary Morrissey
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