Subject: [fem-women2000 247] TRAINING WORKSHOP ON CEDAW (fwd)
From: lalamaziwa <lalamazi@jca.apc.org>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 14:38:23 +0900 (JST)
Seq: 247
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 16:53:16 -0700 From: iwtc <iwtc@iwtc.org> To: iwtc-womensglobalnet@igc.topica.com Subject: TRAINING WORKSHOP ON CEDAW ANNOUNCING TRAINING OF TRAINERS WORKSHOPS ON CEDAW (Convention On the Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women) At the Beijing + 5 United Nations General Assembly' Special Session, (June 5- 9, 2000) Participants who are coming to the meeting in New York are invited to register for an intensive training of trainers workshop where experts and resource people from three organizations (listed below), will share methodologies and strategies for training within your communities on CEDAW and its Optional Protocol, with a special focus on economic, social and cultural rights. Resource people will include CEDAW experts. The objective of the workshop is to train women who are committed to training others in their communities, about one of the most important legal andpolitical tools for advocacy and action available to us for promoting the human rights of women. Videos and manuals prepared especially for this purpose will be used in the training. The workshops will be held for 2 days: One day in English and one day in Spanish. Registration is open to one of the two days to: -Representatives of non governmental organizations, and - Members of government delegations to Beijing plus Five Admission is free, but enrollment is limited. Register now! Participants at the workshop will receive, free of charge, a kit including a video tape containing 8 dramas and a manual for facilitators. (English, French and Spanish). Participants will be asked to commit time to share their acquired knowledge and materials with others in their country. Location of workshops: Austrian Mission to the UN, 45th and 1st Ave, New York, NY 10017, USA. Agenda and date will be confirmed after the 15th of May. Individuals and organizations interested may request registration, including reasons for wanting to participate, to any one of the three organizations listed below. 1. People痴 Decade for Human Rights Education (PDHRE). New York, USA Tel: (1-212) 749-3156. Fax: (1-212) 666-6325. E mail: pdhre@igc.org . 2. Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women痴 Rights (CLADEM). Lima, Peru. Tel: (51-1) 463-9237: Fax: (51-1) 463-5898. E mail: <cladem@amauta.rcp.net.pe> 3. Instituto de Genero, Derecho y Desarrollo (INSGENAR). Rosario, Argentina. Tel/ Fax: (54-341) 425-2242. E mail: <insgenar@tau.wamani.apc.org> IWTC Women's GlobalNet is a production of: International Women's Tribune Centre 777 United Nations Plaza 3rd Floor New York, NY 10017, USA Tel: (1-212) 687-8633 Fax: (1-212) 661-2704 Email: <iwtc@iwtc.org> You can subscribe to this list at any time by sending a blank message to iwtc-womensglobalnet-subscribe@igc.topica.com You can unsubscribe to this list at any time by sending a blank message to iwtc-womensglobalnet-unsubscribe@igc.topica.com WOMEN, INK. For quality, cutting-edge publications on women and development by, for and about women worldwide, see Women, Ink's catalogue at our web site: <http://www.womenink.org>. Or contact Women, Ink. at 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA. Tel: Yasna Uberoi (1-212) 687-8633 ext 212 or Mary Wong (1-212) 687-8633 ext 204. Fax: (1-212) 661-2704. Women, Ink.'s Booklink is an increasingly popular service of Women, ink. that keeps you up to date with new titles in the collection, tells you about best sellers, and provides other information of relevance to all those working in the field of women and development. If you have e-mail, send a message to: wink@womenink.org and put "Subscribe Booklink" in the subject line. In the body of the message, please include your name, organization (if any) and country. you can also sign up on our web-site at <http://www.womenink.org> Women, Ink. is a project of the International Women's Tribune Centre ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics _________________________________________________________________________ fem-Women2000@jca.apc.org for Women 2000, UN Special Session on Beijing+5 Searcheable Archive http://www.jca.apc.org/fem/news/women2000/index.shtml visit fem-net HomePage for other mailing lists http://www.jca.apc.org/fem