<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Excerpts from:  </DIV> <DIV>AWID Resource Net Announcements / Issue 157 Wednesday, 16 April 2003 </DIV> <DIV>apologies for cross- posting</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-------------------</DIV> <DIV>1) Upcoming conference: "Borders, babies, and bombs: A Gendered Reframing of Security" / The National Council for Research on Women (NCRW) 2003 Annual Conference / 29-31 May 2003 / Mills College, Oakland, California, U.S.A. / For program details, please see: <A href="http://www.ncrw.org">www.ncrw.org</A> or contact: <A href="mailto:ncrw@ncrw.org">ncrw@ncrw.org</A> The National Council for Research on Women (NCRW) 2003 Annual Conference In Collaboration with The Women's Leadership Institute, Mills College present: "Borders, babies, and bombs: A Gendered Reframing of Security"   In the name of ensuring security, civil liberties have been curtailed, national borders tightened, and militarization is on the rise.  At a critical moment of escalating military conflict and deepening economic disparities---as well as shortly before the US presidential primary season--- there is an overwhelming urgency for voices of concern and dissent, for alternate visions and strategies. The Conference will provide the forum for these voices and visions, and reframe the focus of security from the safety of territory and states to human security - the safety of individuals, their freedom from fear, and social, economic, and physical well-being - and incorporate the experiences and concerns of women and girls, their families and communities. Join researchers, activists, policy analysts, educators, and funders to assess global and national issues, such as militarization; the economics of war; civil and human rights; cultures of violence; reproductive health and HIV/AIDS; the erosion of Title IX; the attack on reproductive right, local applications of international treaties; and immigration and citizenship. Sessions include: -Militarization, the Economics of War, and Cultures of Violence -Immigration, Citizenship, and Identity -Challenges to Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS -Women Mobilizing through Information Technology -Gender and Islam -Globalization and Corporate Citizenship -Making Global Policies and Conventions Local -Shaping Women's Studies in the 21st century -Girls and Education for Democracy and Global Awareness -The War on Women, Sexuality, and Diversity -Achieving Human Security, Building Coalitions, Demanding Becky Colesworthy National Council for Research on Women 11 Hanover Square, 20th Floor New York, NY  10005 Phone: 212 785-7335, extension 10 Fax: 212 785-7350 <A href="http://www.ncrw.org">www.ncrw.org</A> _____________________________________________________________________ 5) Call for papers: "Gendering International Relations" / British International Studies Association (BISA) annual conference / 15-17 December 2003 / University of Birmingham, UK / Submission deadline: 25 April 2003 / Please send panel proposals to both Bice Maiguashca at: <A href="mailto:B.Maiguashca@exeter.ac.uk">B.Maiguashca@exeter.ac.uk</A> and Catherine Eschle at: <A href="mailto:catherine.eschle@strath.ac.uk">catherine.eschle@strath.ac.uk</A> BISA is seeking paper proposals, for the following themed panels: Panel 1: Gender, Power and Intersectionality Panel 2: Feminism, Knowledge and Method Panel 3: Feminism, Postmodernism and Postcolonial Theory Panel 4: Feminism, Violence and War To submit a paper proposal for one of these panels, you will need to supply the following information: - the paper title - a short abstract of the paper - contact information - whether or not you are a BISA member You may also propose an additional panel on a gender theme. Such proposals require the following information: - the panel title - a short abstract of the panel theme - the names of all participants - provisional paper titles - contact information, including email addresses, for all participants - whether or not the participants are BISA members 8) New publication: "Feminist Under Fire: Exchanges Across War Zones" / Between the Lines, Toronto / May 2003 / For more information, please see: <A href="http://www.btlbooks.com">www.btlbooks.com</A> or contact: <A href="mailto:btlbooks@web.ca">btlbooks@web.ca</A> "FEMINIST UNDER FIRE: Excahanges Across War Zones" edited by Wenona Giles, Malathi de Alwis, Edith Klein and Neluka Silva with Maja Korac, Djurdja Knezevic and Zarana Papic Women's Studies/International Politics/Human Rights This wide-ranging anthology centres on the themes of women in conflict zones. Diverse authors compare the social, political, and economic situations of women during the civil wars in Sri Lanka and the former Yugoslavia. A range of perspectives offers the reader an opportunity to grasp the international dimensions of these issues. War is an ambivalent process for women. While on the one hand they suffer acutely from its violence, on the other, those living in traditional patriarchal societies may find that war is a time of release from the constricting hierarchies of peace-time existence. Different kinds of wars permit different kinds of female participation. Women are seldom simply victimized or empowered by war: their experiences are more complicated. Wenona Giles is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies at York University, Toronto. All the contributors are members of the "Women in Conflict Zones Network." _____________________________________________________________________ 13) "Women and men working in equal partnership for the future of Iraq" / Action plan designed by UK based Iraqi women organizations, UK women organizations with UNIFEM UK / K.U.L.U. / For more information, please contact: <A href="mailto:kulu@kulu.dk">kulu@kulu.dk</A> Purpose of meeting was to talk about how to ensure the inclusion of women in post conflict reconstruction Iraq. Summary of agreed points: 1. If Iraq is to have a chance of progress with stability, gender considerations need to be mainstreamed into the entire reconstruction processes. 2. We are not talking about the addition of a few token women as a luxury bolt-on extra and the possible hapless appointment of Minister for women with neither power nor resources (as happened in Afghanistan). 3. There has been much discussion on how to achieve proportionality of various religious and ethnic groups in the road map for post-conflict Iraq. 4. Any interim administrations set up to develop and govern the future Iraq should include at least 40% women and at least 40% men. 5. This would be in line with UN Resolution 1325 passed in October 2000 stating the importance of inclusion of women and mainstreaming gender into all aspects of post-conflict reconstruction and peace- operations. 6. This will include a gender-balanced team drawing up a new constitution (as in South Africa). We want to see a new secular constitution that does not discriminate against women. 7. It will include appointments of women to transitional and interim governments, ministries and committees dealing with systems of local and national governance, judiciary, policing, etc as well as in democracy- building and welfare and education issues. 8. We want to see a real change for the better in the daily life of women as well as for men in Iraq. 9. Women's human rights must be the order of the day, overriding the wretched phrases 'traditional values' and 'custom of the region' 10. Any new legal code should repeal Sharia laws and introduce a secular legal system which does not discriminate against women. 11. Gender must necessarily be built into core activities from the start, rather than the hapless bolt-on, often insincere and certainly unconvincing efforts we have seen in post-conflict situations the past. Those present agreed to carry out the following actions: 1. Draw up a list starting with minimum 35 names and mini descriptions of Iraqi women who would be qualified to serve on interim administrations at national, regional and local levels.   2. Invite other organizations of Iraqi women (and men)to make a coalition.  The coalition with campaign/advocate/lobby in support of inclusion of women and mainstreaming gender considerations throughout all reconstruction and governance processes and activities. Reach out to include groups from both sides of the arguments in favour and against the War. K.U.L.U.- WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT Borgergade 14, 2. th. DK - 1300 Copenhagen K DENMARK Tel. + 45 - 3315 7870 Fax: + 45 - 3332 5330 E-mail: <A href="mailto:kulu@kulu.dk">kulu@kulu.dk</A> Website: <A href="http://www.kulu.dk">www.kulu.dk</A> ---------------------------------------- THE AWID RESOURCE NET is brought to you by The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). 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