FW:Global Conference on Women/Girls & AIDS

Global Conference on Women & AIDS

For immediate use 22 May 2007

 

Media Advisory

 

FIRST EVER GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN & AIDS

 

What: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S SUMMIT:

 

Women's Leadership making a Difference on HIV and AIDS

 

When: Nairobi, KENYA - July 4-7, 2007

 

Organisers: World YWCA

 

Media are invited to cover the first ever international conference on women and AIDS, which will takes place in Nairobi, Kenya on July 4-7, 2007.

The conference seeks to mobilise urgent responses to rising HIV infection rates among women and girls in every region of the world. Up to 80% of new infections occur in girls and young women. Hosted by the World YWCA, the International Women's Summit on Women's Leadership and HIV and AIDS, will bring together over 1500 people, ranging from high level policy makers, celebrities and global leaders to community health workers and AIDS activists.

 

The Summit seeks to address the impact of AIDS on women and girls, exploring issues such as poverty, violence against women, children's rights and access to decision-making and resources.

 

Confirmed speakers include:

Dr. Mabel Bianco - International Women's Caucus.

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Dr. Margaret Chan - General Director , WHO. ·

 

Prof. Yakin Erturk - UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women. ·

 

Dr. Helene Gayle - CEO, Care International. ·

 

Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro - General Secretary, World YWCA

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Prof. Wangari Maathai - Nobel Peace Laureate 2004

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Hon. Charity Ngilu - Minister for Health, Kenya

 

Moni Pen - Positive Women of Hope, Cambodia ·

 

Dr Peter Piot - Executive Director, UNAIDS ·

 

Hon. Mary Robinson - former President of Ireland and founder/President of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative ·

 

Dr. Alice Welbourn - Past Chair, International Community of Women Living with HIV and AIDS

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Eng. Mónica Zetzsche - President, World YWCA

 

Media are invited to apply for accreditation to cover the Summit either in Nairobi or remotely.

 

A range of opportunities exist for media involvement in the event including:

 

Media conferences and briefings

 

Possibilities for one-on-one interviews with speakers

 

Field visit to HIV programmes in Nairobi ·

 

Media designated seating area within plenary room

 

Designated photo opportunity ·

 

Daily news updates distributed electronically to registered media ·

 

Embargoed speeches and speaker biographies available in advance to registered media ·

 

Publication quality photography and broadcast quality video footage can be made available

 

This event is organised by the World YWCA, one of the largest women's organisations in the world, which has made AIDS a global priority for its work with over 25 million women and girls in 125 countries.

 

The Summit is co-convened with the International Community of Women Living with HIV and AIDS, and has the support of the UNAIDS Global Coalition on Women and AIDS and UNFPA.

 

Apply for media accreditation today at http://www.worldywca.org

For more information: Kaburo Kobia, Director of Communications, World YWCA T: +41-22-9296030

 

EMAIL to: kaburo.kobia@worldywca.org  kaburo.kobia@worldywca.org

Call for Papers: Transnational Lives: Feminist Perspectives on Citizenship, Home and Belonging

Transnational Lives: Feminist Perspectives on
Citizenship, Home and Belonging
November 23-26, 2007

Symposium of the IGU Commission on Gender and Geography

CALL FOR PAPERS

Objectives
Over the past two decades, feminist geographers from all over the world have gathered

regularly in different parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America to take part in IGU

sponsored symposiums on gender and geography. We have benefited from the fruitful

discussions and learned much from each other’s experiences during these meetings. We are

happy to announce that the Symposium on Transnational Lives: Feminist Perspectives on

Citizenship, Home and Belonging will be held at the Department of Geography, National

Taiwan University during 23-26 November, 2007.
A transnational framework encourages a broad spectrum of research topics and embraces a

wide range of perspectives, however, it is on the level of peoples’ lived experience that

much recent, innovative and provocative research is being carried out. The time has come to

establish a new paradigm within which various aspects of transmigration can fit together,

resulting in a broader, more “holistic” view of transnational lives. This symposium tries

to push for a theoretical and comprehensive approach to explore the many facets associated

with transmigration in the global era. We hope to address the extent to which social

identities are disrupted and recast, or reinforced over national boundaries and further

bring to light issues regarding belonging and citizenship.
With this in mind, the main themes of the symposium will focus on citizenship, home and

belonging, but are not limited to these three. The symposium will provide a platform to

rethink existing notions of transnational space from the perspectives of women and gender

that is contextualized in a wide range of societies.

Suggested Thematic topics:
++Gender and Mobility
++Gender and identity formation
++Gendered transnational space
++Gender roles in the transnational family
Abstract Submission
Please submit your abstract(s) in less than 500 words each in WORD or PDF format using the

following template, before June 31st, 2007. You will be notified if your proposed paper

will be accepted shortly. Please send your abstract(s) to:
Nora Chiang at: nora@ntu.edu.tw
Tovi Fenster at: tobiws@post.tau.ac.il

Provisional Program
Nov. 23 7:00 p.m. Welcoming reception by the Geography Department, NTU
Nov. 24 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
4:00 p.m. – Visit to Fembooks (Women’s bookstore) and a women’s pub
Nov. 25 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
4:00 p.m. – Visit to Homemakers’ Union.
Nov. 26 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Free Fieldtrip to the Chung Shan Conference Hall designed

by a Chinese female architect; followed by lunch and Chinese tea, and visit the rustic

landscape in Yangmingshan National Park. Participants can experience a relaxing open air

hot spring bath in the local area.

Organizing Committee
Nora Chiang
Department of Geography
National Taiwan University

Sue-Ching Jou
Department of Geography
National Taiwan University

Michelle Huang
Department of Geography
National Taiwan University

Tovi Fenster
Department of Geography
Tel-Aviv University

Sabina Sun
Graduate Institute of Fine Arts
National Taiwan University of Arts

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Submission of Abstracts

TITLE: the title should accurately, clearly, and concisely reflect the emphasis and content

of the presentation.

AUTHOR NAMES: use first names, initials, and surnames. Do not use only initials with

surnames (e.g., M. R. Jackson). Do not include professional or official titles or academic

degrees. At least one author must be designated with an asterisk as the presented author.

AUTHOR ADDRESS: the affiliation should be the institution where the work was conducted.
KEYWORDS: give three to five keywords of the presentation.

ABSTRACT: the abstract should briefly state the problem or purpose of the presentation,

summarize the principal findings, and point out major conclusions.