Recent and upcoming meeting.Forum on Latinas and Domestic Violence: El Pasado, El Presente y Mirando Hacia El Futuro August 14-15, 2003 Albuquerque, New Mexico “Albuquerque” redirects here. For other uses, see Albuquerque (disambiguation). Albuquerque (pronounced [ˈæl.bə.kɚ.kiː], Spanish: [al.βu. , USA The National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence (Alianza) invites Latinas from the U.S. and others interested in ending domestic violence to attend this forum dedicated to analyzing Latinas' experience of domestic violence and sharing initiatives to treat and prevent violence against women. * For more information, visit Alianza's website http://www.dvalianza.org/ / Curso Andino para Mujeres Jovenes Lideres sobre Democracia y Gerencia Politica August 17-24, 2003 Quito, Ecuador The 1st Andean Course on Democracy and Political Participation for Young Women Leaders is being organized by the Inter-American Development Bank's Program to Support Women's Leadership and Representation (PROLID), the Inter-American Institute for Social Development (INDES), the Organization of American States Organization of American States (OAS), international organization, created Apr. 30, 1948, at Bogotá, Colombia, by agreement of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, (OAS OAS See: Option adjusted spread ), and UNIFEM UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women (Andean Region). * For more information, contact Vivian Roza, PROLID, e-mail: vivianro@iadb.org Seminar "Los derechos economicos, sociales y culturales de las mujeres en el contexto de la globalizacion: un desafio ciudadano" September 2-3, 2003 Santiago, Chile Chile's feminist organization La Morada is organizing the seminar "Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Women in the Context of Globalization: A Civic Challenge." Experts on this issue from several countries will examine the opportunities and challenges to human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, in the current international context and will discuss how these rights can strengthen democracy as well as gender equity. * For more information, contact La Morada, e-mail: ciudadania@lamorada.cl Segunda Reunion Tecnica sobre Estadistica e Indicadores de Genero: Incorporacion de una Perspectiva de Genero en la Medicion de la Pobreza September 23-25, 2003 La Paz, Bolivia The title of the 2nd Technical Meeting, "Gender Indicators and Statistics: Incorporating a Gender Perspective in the Measurement of Poverty," succinctly sums up the focus and objective of this meeting. Experts from national statistics institutes and women's departments from countries belonging to the Statistical Conference of the Americas Conference of the Americas can refer to
* For more information, visit ECLAC's website http://www.eclac.cl Cuarto Congreso de la Federacion Latinoamericana y del Caribe de las Instituciones de Bioetica (FELAIBE) September 24-27, 2003 San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (IPA: [saŋ hwaŋ]) (from the Spanish San Juan Bautista, "Saint John the Baptist") is the capital and largest municipality on Puerto Rico. "Bioethics and Civil Society" is the focus of the 4th Congress of the Latin American and Caribbean Federation of Bioethics Institutions. FELAIBE invites all those who are interested to attend this meeting for reflection and debate on the influence of the bioethics movement in civil society. * For more information, visit the event's website at http://cprsweb.rcm.upr.edu/felaibe/infgeneral.htm XVII FIGO FIGO Fédération Internationale de Gynécologie Obstétrique (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics November 2-7, 2003 Santiago, Chile Organized by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, usually just FIGO as the acronym of its French name Fédération Internationale de Gynécologie et d'Obstétrique (FIGO), participants at this event will examine a range of issues affecting women's health. The congress also will include a forum of civil society organizations on humanization Humanization Fusing the constant and variable framework region of one or more human immunoglobulins with the binding region of an animal immunoglobulin, done to reduce human reaction against the fusion antibody. Mentioned in: Alemtuzumab of birth and violence against women, among other topics. * For more information, visit the event's website at http://www.figo2003.com 1st Americas Social Forum, "Another America is Possible" March 8-13, 2004 Quito, Ecuador This first hemispheric forum follows the style of regional events adopted by the first three editions of World Social Forum (WSF WSF World Social Forum WSF Web Services Framework WSF Women's Sports Foundation WSF World Squash Federation WSF Washington State Ferry WSF Wake Shield Facility (space laboratory) WSF Water-Soluble Fraction ) in Porto Alegre, Brazil (2001-2003). The 1st Americas Social Forum will tackle in greater depth the regional impact of neoliberal ne·o·lib·er·al·ism n. A political movement beginning in the 1960s that blends traditional liberal concerns for social justice with an emphasis on economic growth. ne globalization and generate an opportunity for critical thinking, for sharing diverse experiences of resistance and for the creation of alternatives rooted in the history of the different regions. * For more information, visit the event's website at http://www.forosocialamericas.org |
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