From shuyer at wigsat.org Fri Jul 2 18:29:12 2010 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 18:29:12 -0400 Subject: [Wigsat-l] [UNIFEM Currents] - Special Issue - UNIFEM Welcomes the Creation of UN Women Message-ID: <51E6C9D5-A452-4B6B-9428-427C3B4EAE1C@wigsat.org> You are receiving this newsletter because you asked to be kept informed about UNIFEM. Subscription details below. Please do not reply to this e-mail. For your convenience, the names of contact persons, if any, have been included in the text of the newsletter. UNIFEM Welcomes the Creation of UN Women ? the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Contents: Message from UNIFEM Executive Director In?s Alberdi Statement by the Secretary-General on the Creation of UN Women Joint Statement by DAW, INSTRAW, OSAGI and UNIFEM UN General Assembly Resolution on the Creation of UN Women Questions & Answers [ PDF: English | espa?ol | fran?ais ] Dear Friends and Partners, Today is a historic day. This afternoon, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously decided to establish UN Women, the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of a strong UN organization that will be a champion to promote and advance the rights of women and girls worldwide has been a goal we have been advocating for many years, and I know that you will join me in celebrating and embracing this momentous achievement. As you will know, UN Women will merge UNIFEM with its three existing sister UN entities working on gender issues ? the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI), and the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW). For many years, we have effectively worked with national, regional and global partners to generate a stronger public policy response to previously under-recognized women's rights issues, such as ending violence against women, increasing women's political participation, and prioritizing women's leadership in forging peace and security. At the same time, we have faced serious challenges in our efforts to support countries to implement commitments to gender equality, in part because of inadequate funding and because there was no single recognized driver to lead the UN response for gender equality support. This is why we wholeheartedly joined UN Member States and women?s rights advocates in the call to strengthen the UN system to render even stronger support to the advancement of gender equality. Today marks a great new beginning, not an end. The kind of work that UNIFEM has supported will continue as we merge into an institution that will be more robust and coherent, better positioned and resourced than the sum of its constituent parts. I count on all of you to continue to be with us on this exciting journey. Your support throughout the years and your tireless engagement on behalf of the world?s women has made this success possible. UN Women will become fully operational on 1 January 2011. It is important to note that until then we will continue to be fully operational as part of the new entity. Agreements made with UNIFEM, whether in the context of partnerships, programmes or funding arrangements, will then be transferred to and honoured by UN Women. Over the past decades, there have been many achievements in advancing the women?s rights and gender equality agenda, yet much still needs to be done. We now know that we will be stronger in pursuing our joint efforts for women and girls globally. Let?s seize this moment, and the momentum, and work with renewed energy and enthusiasm. In?s Alberdi UNIFEM Executive Director Statement by the Secretary-General on the Creation of UN Women I welcome today?s vote by the 64th General Assembly to merge the four gender entities of the United Nations into UN Women ? the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. I am grateful to Member States for having taken this major step forward for the world?s women and girls. I thank Ambassador Tiina Intelmann of Estonia and Ambassador Ghazi Jomaa of Tunisia for their determination and skill in guiding the negotiations to this positive outcome. Today?s action does more than consolidate United Nations offices, it consolidates United Nations strengths. UN Women will significantly boost UN efforts to promote gender equality, expand opportunity, and tackle discrimination around the globe. It is also an important step in our wider effort to strengthen UN system-wide coherence to meet the challenges of the 21st century. UN Women is a recognition of a simple truth: Equality for women and girls is not only a basic human right, it is a social and economic imperative. Where women are educated and empowered, economies are more productive and strong. Where women are fully represented, societies are more peaceful and stable. That is why I have made gender equality and the empowerment of women one of my top priorities ? from working to end the scourge of violence against women, to appointing more women to senior positions, to efforts to reduce maternal mortality rates. Our challenge now is to make UN Women fully operational. I will continue my outreach with Member States and civil society in seeking a dynamic Under-Secretary-General to lead UN Women. I commend the leadership and staff of DAW, INSTRAW, OSAGI and UNIFEM for their commitment to the cause of gender equality; I will count on their support as we enter a new era in the UN?s work for women. Once again, I salute the General Assembly for its action. Women of the world look to the United Nations for leadership ? and Member States have delivered. Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary-General ? return to top Joint Statement by DAW, INSTRAW, OSAGI and UNIFEM [ PDF ] We enthusiastically welcome the unanimous decision by the General Assembly to establish the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, to be known as UN Women. UN Women will be a dynamic and strong champion for women and girls around the world, providing them with a powerful voice at the global, regional and local levels. Its establishment will boost the United Nations? ability to support and work with Member States in accelerating progress towards achieving the goals of gender equality and the empowerment of women, expanding opportunity and tackling discrimination against women and girls. UN Women will work with the entire UN system, and will forge effective partnerships with all stakeholders, including with civil society and women?s organizations. We are committed to jointly implementing our mandate and functions as UN Women, with renewed vigour to meet oncoming challenges and help fulfil the rights and expectations of the world?s women and girls that this opportunity affords. We are confident that Member States will provide UN Women with the robust resource base necessary for the effective fulfilment of its mandate. We look forward to the appointment of the Under-Secretary-General to head UN Women and lead this work. ? return to top UN General Assembly Resolution on the Creation of UN Women The following is a reproduction of the section of UN General Assembly resolution on system-wide coherence (A/64/L.56) relating to the creation of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. Strengthening the institutional arrangements for support of gender equality and the empowerment of women Establishment of the entity 49. [The UN General Assembly] Decides to establish, by the present resolution, as a composite entity, a United Nations entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women, to be known as UN Women, by consolidating and transferring to the entity the existing mandates and functions of the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, and the Division for the Advancement of Women of the Secretariat, as well as those of the United Nations Development Fund for Women and the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, to function both as a secretariat and to carry out operational activities at the country level, to be operational by 1 January 2011; 50. Also decides to establish an Executive Board as the governing body of the entity to provide intergovernmental support to and supervision of its operational activities; General principles 51. Decides that: (a) The Charter of the United Nations, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, including its 12 critical areas, the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly and applicable United Nations instruments, standards and resolutions that support, address and contribute to gender equality and the empowerment and the advancement of women will provide a framework for the work of the entity; (b) Based on the principle of universality, the entity will provide, through its normative support functions and operational activities, guidance and technical support to all Member States, across all levels of development and in all regions, at their request, on gender equality, the empowerment and rights of women and gender mainstreaming; (c) The entity will operate on the basis of principles agreed to through the process of the comprehensive policy review in its operational activities, in particular responding to the needs of and priorities determined by Member States, upon their request; (d) The entity will work in consultation with the respective national machineries for women and/or the focal points designated by the Member States; (e) Data used by the entity must be verifiable, accurate, reliable and disaggregated by age and sex, including information provided by national official sources; 52. Also decides that the establishment of the entity and the conduct of its work should lead to more effective coordination, coherence and gender mainstreaming across the United Nations system; 53. Further decides that the mandate and functions of the entity shall consist of the consolidation of the mandates and functions of the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women, the United Nations Development Fund for Women and the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, with the additional role of leading, coordinating and promoting the accountability of the United Nations system in its work on gender equality and women?s empowerment, and that any new mandates will be subject to approval by intergovernmental process; 54. Recognizes that civil society organizations, in particular women?s organizations, play a vital role in promoting women?s rights, gender equality and the empowerment of women; 55. Requests the head of the entity to continue the existing practice of effective consultation with civil society organizations, and encourages their meaningful contribution to the work of the entity; 56. Notes that the entity will operate as part of the resident coordinator system, within the United Nations country team, leading and coordinating the work of the country team on gender equality and women?s empowerment, under the overall leadership of the United Nations resident coordinator; Governance of the entity 57. Decides: (a) That the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Commission on the Status of Women will constitute the multi-tiered intergovernmental governance structure for the normative support functions of and will provide normative policy guidance to the entity; (b) That the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Executive Board of the entity will constitute the multi-tiered intergovernmental governance structure for the operational activities of the entity and will provide operational policy guidance to it; 58. Emphasizes that support of gender mainstreaming across the United Nations system will be an integral part of the work of the entity; 59. Decides that the Executive Board will carry out functions as outlined in annex I to General Assembly resolution 48/162 of 20 December 1993, taking into account the provisions of the present resolution; 60. Also decides that the Executive Board will consist of 41 members, as follows: (a) Ten from the Group of African States; (b) Ten from the Group of Asian States; (c) Four from the Group of Eastern European States; (d) Six from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States; (e) Five from the Group of Western European and Other States; (f) Six from contributing countries; 61. Further decides that the six seats allocated to contributing countries will be distributed as follows: (a) Four seats to be allocated to four of the largest providers of voluntary core contributions to the entity, to be selected by and from among the top ten such contributors; (b) Two seats to be allocated to two developing countries, not members of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Cooperation and Development, that provide voluntary core contributions to the entity, to be selected from among the top ten such providers by those developing countries, due consideration being given to geographical balance; 62. Decides that the above allocations should be in accordance with the list provided by the Secretary-General of the average annual voluntary contributions of Member States in the previous three calendar years to the core budget of the entity or, for the interim period, to the United Nations Development Fund for Women, for which statistical data are available; 63. Also decides that a Member State can be selected from only one category at any one time; 64. Further decides that the Economic and Social Council will elect members to the Executive Board for a term of three years, in accordance with established practice, and requests the Council to carry out the first elections not later than 31 December 2010; 65. Decides that the Executive Board shall report annually on its programme and activities to the General Assembly, through the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session; 66. Also decides to include the Executive Board of the entity in the joint meeting of the executive boards of the United Nations Development Programme/the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations Children?s Fund and the World Food Programme in order to promote effective coordination and coherence among operational activities on gender mainstreaming and the empowerment of women; 67. Emphasizes the need to establish concrete results-based reporting mechanisms, as well as the need for consistency, coordination and coherence between the normative and operational aspects of the work of the entity and in that regard requests: (a) The Commission on the Status of Women and the Executive Board to work closely together to provide coherent guidance and direction in their respective areas; (b) The Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2010 to establish appropriate and concrete linkages between the Commission and the Executive Board to ensure consistency between the overall policy guidance set by the Commission and the operational strategies and operational activities approved by the Executive Board; (c) The head of the entity to submit to the Commission an annual report on the normative aspects of the entity?s work and on its implementation of the policy guidance provided by the Commission; (d) The head of the entity to submit an annual report on operational activities for the consideration of the Executive Board, and to report on those activities to the Economic and Social Council at its operational activities segment; (e) That the Economic and Social Council in turn submit its report to the General Assembly; Administration and human resources 68. Decides that the entity shall provide support to intergovernmental policy and normative processes and all its programmes of operational activities to support Member States, upon their request; 69. Also decides: (a) That the entity shall be headed by an Under-Secretary-General, to be appointed by the Secretary-General, in consultation with Member States, for a term of four years, with the possibility of renewal for one term, in accordance with the relevant provisions of Article 101 of the Charter of the United Nations, the position to be financed from the regular budget; (b) That the Under-Secretary-General/head of the entity shall report to the Secretary-General and shall be a full member of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination; 70. Encourages the Secretary-General to appoint the Under-Secretary-General/head of the entity to the Policy Committee, the Senior Management Group and other relevant internal United Nations decision-making mechanisms; 71. Decides that the entity should be accountable to Member States in accordance with applicable rules and standards; 72. Also decides that the Under-Secretary-General/head of the entity shall appoint and administer the staff of the entity, including for its operational activities, in accordance with the United Nations Staff Regulations and Rules and that the Secretary-General shall delegate to the Under-Secretary-General/head of the entity formal authority in personnel matters, while ensuring that the entity shall be subject to the oversight bodies; 73. Further decides that the composition and selection of staff of the entity shall be in accordance with the provisions of Article 101 of the Charter of the United Nations, with due regard to geographical representation and gender balance; 74. Requests the Under-Secretary-General/head of the entity to establish appropriate mechanisms to assist and support the realization of all the strategic objectives and actions agreed upon in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, as well as the national and international commitments stipulated in the outcome document of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly; Financing 75. Decides that the resources required to service the normative intergovernmental processes shall be funded from the regular budget and approved by the General Assembly; the resources required to service the operational intergovernmental processes and operational activities at all levels shall be funded from voluntary contributions and approved by the Executive Board; 76. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly for its approval during the main part of its sixty-fifth session a report containing a revised proposal for the use of regular budget resources approved for the biennium 2010?2011 for the normative support functions of the new entity, in accordance with all relevant United Nations rules and procedures, including a detailed organizational chart of the entity and options for administrative arrangements for the regular budget of the entity; 77. Requests the Under-Secretary-General to submit a report to the Executive Board, including the organizational chart referred to in paragraph 76 above, together with a revised draft strategic plan and proposal for the use of voluntary resources for the support budget for the biennium 2010?2011; 78. Decides that the structure of the entity as set out in the organizational chart will reflect the universal coverage of the entity; 79. Also decides that the operational activities of the entity shall have financial regulations and rules similar to those of other operational United Nations funds and programmes, and consistent with the United Nations Financial Regulations and Rules, and, in that regard, requests the Under-Secretary-General/head of entity to present a proposal for financial regulations, for consideration and adoption by the Executive Board, and to promulgate the financial rules; 80. Stresses the need to ensure adequate funding for the entity, invites Member States, when legislative and budgetary provisions allow, to provide core, multi-year, predictable, stable and sustainable voluntary contributions to the entity, and decides that reporting on funding should be transparent and easily accessible to Member States, including through the creation of an online registry that contains such financial information; Transitional arrangements 81. Decides, with reference to paragraph 49 above, that a transition period will start upon the date of the adoption of the present resolution and continue until 31 December 2010; 82. Also decides that all the activities, including training programmes and research, of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women and the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women will continue in accordance with the operational arrangements established before the date of the adoption of the present resolution until replaced by new arrangements; 83. Further decides to transfer the existing mandates, functions, assets, including facilities and infrastructure, and liabilities, including contractual obligations, of the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women, the United Nations Development Fund for Women and the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women to the entity upon the adoption of the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to address all staffing issues in accordance with United Nations Staff Regulations and Rules; 84. Decides that the process of consolidation of the institutional and operational arrangements, partnerships and brands of the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women, the United Nations Development Fund for Women and the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women will start from the date of the adoption of the present resolution and continue under the leadership and authority of the Under-Secretary-General, once appointed; 85. Requests the Secretary-General to appoint the Under-Secretary-General by the beginning of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly in order to oversee the transitional arrangements of the entity before its operationalization, and decides that the position of the Under-Secretary-General will be funded from existing temporary assistance funds pending the submission of the report on the revised regular budget required to be submitted to the Assembly at its sixty-fifth session; 86. Decides to dissolve the United Nations Development Fund for Women as of the date of the adoption of the present resolution; 87. Requests the Economic and Social Council to dissolve the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women as of the date of the adoption of the pertinent resolution; 88. Decides that any expansion of the capacity of the entity should be orderly, based on a proposal by the head of the entity to the Executive Board, building on the field presence and infrastructure of the United Nations Development Fund for Women and the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women; Review of implementation 89. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a progress report on the implementation of the part entitled ?Strengthening the institutional arrangements for support of gender equality and the empowerment of women? of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth and sixty-seventh sessions; 90. Decides to review the work of the entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women at its sixty-eighth session, and requests the Secretary-General to present a comprehensive report in that regard to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. ? return to top Questions & Answers Why does the United Nations need a new entity on women?s rights and gender equality? The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ? or UN Women ? was established by the UN Member States so that the UN would be better able to help Member States accelerate progress towards their goals on gender equality and the empowerment of women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It will merge and build on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system which focus exclusively on gender equality and women?s empowerment: Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI) United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) The main roles of UN Women are: To support inter-governmental bodies, such as the Commission on the Status of Women, in their formulation of policies, global standards and norms To help Member States to implement these standards, standing ready to provide suitable technical and financial support to those countries that request it and to forge effective partnerships with civil society To enable member states to hold the UN system accountable for its own commitments on gender equality, including regular monitoring of system-wide progress. UN Women will be operational by January 2011. What will UN Women do at the global, regional and country levels? UN Women will be the lead driver and lead voice advocating for gender equality and women?s empowerment globally. It will support Member States to advance gender equality, in line with national priorities and international norms and policies. It will build effective partnerships with civil society and mobilize support, both political and financial, for the achievement of international goals for women. UN Women will provide substantive support to UN bodies on all aspects of gender equality issues. It will work with UN partners at the regional and country levels to ensure that demand for technical expertise from national partners and regional organizations are met. It will undertake global, regional and national advocacy efforts to ensure that under-recognized and under-resourced issues receive the requisite attention. At the country level it will provide technical and financial support to national partners, helping them develop the ability to address their priority challenges. UN Women will also support UN Country Teams to strengthen and coordinate action on gender equality. What is the budget for UN Women and how will it be funded? UN Women will be funded largely by both voluntary contributions and the regular UN budget. At least US$500 million ? double the current combined budget of DAW, INSTRAW, OSAGI, and UNIFEM ? has been recognized by Member States as the minimum investment needed for UN Women. What does the creation of UN Women mean for other offices and funds in the UN system working on gender and women?s empowerment? UN Women will enhance, not replace, efforts by other parts of the UN system (such as UNICEF, UNDP, and UNFPA), which will continue to have a responsibility to work for gender equality and women?s empowerment in their areas of expertise. Who will head UN Women and where will it be based? Following an open, transparent and rigorous recruitment process, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will appoint an Under-Secretary-General to head UN Women, so as to ensure the necessary authority and leadership. The Under-Secretary-General will be a member of all senior UN decision-making bodies and will report to the Secretary-General. UN Women will be headquartered in New York. Which countries will UN Women support? Gender inequality exists everywhere. UN Women will work with all countries to support inter-governmental efforts to develop global norms and policies. It will promote good practices and foster the sharing of experiences between countries, while providing programmatic and operational support to developing countries. Technical support and advice to developed countries can be requested and provided from policy expertise units that will support all regions. The creation of UN Women will contribute to an enhanced and coordinated UN response to country-defined needs and priorities, to enable the UN system to work in a more effective, collaborative and coherent way. In which countries will UN Women have a presence? Up to now, the UN has not had the capacity to meet all country demand for support and expertise related to gender equality and women?s empowerment. UNIFEM is currently present in 80 countries, where it responds to the greatest needs. Initially, UN Women will continue to work in these countries. Priority for enhanced capacity will be given to country-level efforts and ? over time ? UN Women will scale up to support every country that requests assistance. Achieving that goal, however, will depend on the availability of human and financial resources. How will UN Women work with UN Member States? One of the main aims of creating UN Women is to strengthen the UN?s ability to provide coherent, timely and demand-driven support to UN Member States, at their request, in their efforts to realize equality for all women and girls. It will be up to each Member State to decide what kind of support UN Women will provide in that country. How will civil society be involved with UN Women? Years of advocacy by the global women?s movement have been instrumental in the creation of UN Women. Civil society, in particular women?s organizations, play a vital role in promoting gender equality and women?s empowerment, and strong and dynamic relationships between UN Women and civil society partners in all parts of the world will be crucial in working towards the achievement these goals. As such, non-governmental organization partners will have a strong voice in the priority-setting, policies and programmes of UN Women which, in turn, will provide support to women?s organizations and networks. What happens between now and 1 January? UN Women will become operational on 1 January 2011. It is important to note that, until then, UNIFEM will continue to be fully operational and work according to its mandate. All agreements made with UNIFEM, whether in the context of partnerships, programmes or funding arrangements, will then be transferred to and fully honoured by UN Women. This applies even though the General Assembly resolution, for legal reasons, decides the immediate dissolution of UNIFEM. What will happen to National Committees for UNIFEM? National Committees for UNIFEM have been strong partners for advocacy, outreach and fundraising, and their continued support will be important for and valued by UN Women. As of 1 January 2011, National Committees for UNIFEM will be renamed National Committees for UN Women. What will happen to the staff at DAW, INSTRAW, OSAGI and UNIFEM? The UN?s achievements for women over the last decades have been, in large part, due to the commitment and dedication of the staff of DAW, INSTRAW, OSAGI and UNIFEM. Every effort will be made to ensure that all staff receive the necessary support during the six-month transition period to UN Women becoming operational. Commitments and obligations towards staff and other personnel embodied in staff contracts will be honoured. ? return to top About UNIFEM Currents UNIFEM Currents is the electronic news bulletin of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). It provides up-to-date information briefs on UNIFEM initiatives, successes, events, projects and activities worldwide. It is published several times per year and delivered by e-mail. Click here to subscribe to UNIFEM Currents. UNIFEM is the women?s fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality. Placing the advancement of women's human rights at the centre of all of its efforts, UNIFEM focuses its activities on reducing feminized poverty; ending violence against women; reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS among women and girls; and achieving gender equality in democratic governance in times of peace as well as war. For more information, visit www.unifem.org. ? return to top Mailing List Powered by Dada Mail -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shuyer at wigsat.org Mon Jul 5 20:05:40 2010 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 20:05:40 -0400 Subject: [Wigsat-l] Online Forum - Gender, ICTs and rural livelihoods - join us 5-16 July Message-ID: JOIN GENDER, ICTS AND RURAL LIVELIHOODS: SPECIAL ONLINE FORUM 5- 16 JULY AT E-AGRICULTURE.ORG Join e-Agriculture and GenARDIS* in a special online forum in English that will explore some of the challenges that people and projects face when implementing projects aimed at empowering women and ICTs in rural livelihoods. The forum will look at what has worked, what has not worked, and good practices, as well as the critical area of capacity building and what can be done to empower women and men in playing a more vital role in ICTs for agriculture and rural development. Furthermore, the Forum aims to explore evaluation and will facilitate discussion on how we produce evidence that donors need to take the importance of women in rural ICTs seriously. The forum will be hosted entirely online through the e-Agriculture Community platform at http://www.e-agriculture.org. The Forum will be moderated by Jennifer Radloff, Coordinator of Association for Progressive Communication (APC) Women's Networking Support Programme for Africa. Assisting in the facilitation will be: Analia Lavin, Specialist Editor for APC Communications; Emilar Vushe, Executive Assistant and Grants Administrator, APC; Michael Riggs, e-Agriculture Lead Facilitator & Knowledge and Information Management Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); and Charlotte Masiello-Riome, e-Agriculture Communications Expert, FAO . Subject Matter Experts include: Oumy Ndiaye, Manager, Communication Services Department, The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (Senegal/The Netherlands) Fatema Begum Labony, Research Associate (M&E), D.Net (Development Research Network) (Bangladesh) Sarah Mpagi, Program Officer, Knowledge Management and Research, Ugabytes (Uganda) Eliane Najros, Senior Project Manager/DIMITRA, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Italy) Hannah Beardon, Independent Consultant in participatory approaches and ICT for Development(Spain) Sophia Huyer, Founding Executive Director, Women and Global Science and Technology (WIGSAT) (Canada) Anupama Saxena, Head, Department of Political Science and in charge Director Women's Studies and Development Centre, Guru Ghasidas University (India) Helen Hambly Odame, Associate Professor School of Environmental Design & Rural Development Capacity Development and Extension, University of Guelph (Canada/Ghana) Janet Achora, Senior Programme Officer -Information Sharing & Networking, Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) ( Uganda) Registration is already open to join the discussions. To register, simply go to http://www.e-agriculture.org/regform2.html, register your details, and log in 5 July. *See http://genardis.apcwomen.org/en for more information on GenARDIS. -- .................................................... Jennifer Radloff Association for Progressive Communications Women's Networking Support Programme - Africa Location: cape town, south africa skype: jenny_apc jenny at apcwomen.org mobile: +27 72 252 7650 Take Back the Tech! End Violence against women and girls! Get involved - blog, tweet, write, draw, paint, create positive images - share on http://www.takebackthetech.net From shuyer at wigsat.org Tue Jul 6 21:05:47 2010 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 21:05:47 -0400 Subject: [Wigsat-l] Resend: Results of the TWOWS Fourth General Assembly and International Conference Message-ID: <73E30DE3-D0CF-4A90-ADE6-9D8F54AC64C9@wigsat.org> Dear all, Apologies for re-sending an old message about the TWOWS General Assembly. Below is a message which was intended to go out, on the results of the conference. Best, WIGSAT - Women, technology, society Tel 1-416-479-0601 Fax 1-416-479-0263 www.wigsat.org -- The TWOWS Fourth General Assembly and International Conference: Women Scientists in a Changing World was held on 27 - 30 June 2010 at the Beijing International Convention Center (BICC), Beijing, China, hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Over 600 participants attended from 55 countries to present papers and hold discussions on the scientific contributions of women in four areas: Women Scientists and Frontiers of Sciences; Women Scientists and Global Change; Women, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Leadership Capacity; and Gender Mainstreaming in the Global Scientific Community. A Young Women Scientists? Forum was also featured as part of the Conference. The Conference was opened by Xi Jinping, Vice President of the People?s Republic of China, and leading scientists and dignitaries from around the world including Naledi Pandor, Minister of Science and Technology, South Africa; Sharon Hrynkow, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science, US State Department, Yongxiang Lu, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Mohamed Hassan, Executive Director of TWAS, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World. The Fourth General Assembly held at the same time produced several key results for the Organization, introducing changes which will better position it to address current global challenges and opportunities to support its emergence as the leading organization of its kind: 1) The name of the organization has been changed to Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSDW), to better reflect its focus on promoting both the greater participation of women in science, technology and innovation as well as the use of science, technology and innovation to better the lives of both women and men in the developing world. 2) A new President has been elected: Prof. Xin Fang is a research professor and member of the Presidium of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Supporting her on the Board are: ? Africa: Dolly Ahbor Ighoroje (Nigeria), Vice President; Esi Awuah (Ghana), Member ? Arab States: Samira Omar (Kuwait), Vice President; Rokhsana Abdul Raman (Yemen), Member ? Asia and the Pacific: Farida Habib Shah (Malaysia), Vice President; Sudha Nair (India), Member ? Latin America and the Caribbean: Mayra de la Torre (Mexico), Vice President; Miriam Diaz (Venezuela), Member. 3) A revised set of statutes was presented and approved by the General Assembly. 4) The Beijing Statement (http://www.twows.org/about-twows/beijing-statement) was approved by the Conference and released on June 29, 2010. In view of the commitments in the Platform for Action of 1995 Fourth United Nations World Conference on Women, and the recommendations in Para 90 of the Framework for Action of the World Conference on Science held in Budapest in 1999, the participants called on governments and the international community to recognize, document and highlight the contributions made by women to science, technology, engineering and innovation and to take steps in policy and programming to ensure the full participation of women and girls in all aspects of science and technology. 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URL: From shuyer at wigsat.org Sun Jul 4 14:33:50 2010 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 14:33:50 -0400 Subject: [Wigsat-l] =?iso-8859-1?q?IDRC_Research_Internships_Awards_/_Stag?= =?iso-8859-1?q?es_r=E9mun=E9r=E9s_au_CRDI?= Message-ID: (Le fran?ais suit) The Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has launched its competition for Internships Awards for the year 2011. Continue reading from the IDRC website? The main goal of the Internship Awards is to provide exposure to research for international development through a program of training in research management and grant administration under the guidance of IDRC program staff. Internships are designed to provide hands-on learning experiences in research program management - in the creation, dissemination and utilization of knowledge from an international perspective. The Innovation, Policy and Science (IPS) program area of IDRC, is looking for a candidate to hold an internship at IDRC?s head office in Ottawa, undertaking independent research focusing on one of the following issues: Energy Supply and Use; Science, Technology, and Innovation Granting Councils in Developing Countries; Creative Industries; or Biotechnology and innovation for and by the poor. Applications MUST be received at the Centre by September 12, 2010, 4:00 pm, EST. For more details on the competition and submission information visit: http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-84370-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html Information on IPS program can be found at www.idrc.ca/ips -------------------- Le Centre de recherches pour le d?veloppement international (CRDI) a lanc? son concours de bourses de stages pour l'ann?e 2011. Continuez ? lire sur le site web du CRDI? L?objectif principal des stages r?mun?r?s est de permettre ? des stagiaires de se familiariser avec la recherche au service du d?veloppement international en suivant un programme de formation en gestion de la recherche et en administration de subventions, encadr?s par le personnel de programme du Centre. Les stages ont ?t? con?us pour offrir une exp?rience pratique de la gestion de programmes de recherche ax?e sur la production, la diffusion et l?utilisation de connaissances dans une perspective internationale. Le domaine de programme Innovation, politique et science (IPS) est ? la recherche d'un candidat pour un stage au si?ge du CRDI ? 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The profile as well as the instructions for submitting can be consulted online at the following address : http://dwrf.me/guest_lamap Deadline for submission : Sept. 3rd, 2010. Please forward this message to any interested people or research group. Thank you in advance for your help and interest. With my very best wishes, Raynald Belay International officer La main ? la p?te Acad?mie des sciences - INRP - ENS Ulm Paris France Phone number : +33 1 58 07 65 97 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shuyer at wigsat.org Mon Jul 19 09:25:48 2010 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:25:48 -0400 Subject: [Wigsat-l] Consultant: Regional Technical Experts on Gender and Climate Change Adaptation Message-ID: From awid.org. UNDP. Home- or Office-based, Africa region. Closing date: July 26, 2010. Description: Location: Home- or Office- based (to be decided on each specific assignment/deliverables), Africa Region Duration of Initial Contract: 250 days between 1 September 2010 and 31 December 2011 Expected Duration of Assignment: 1 year 4 months The Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) is a three year, $92.1 million project funded by the Government of Japan and operating in 20 countries across Africa. It has been designed to support targeted countries? long-term efforts to further develop their capability to successfully identify, design and implement holistic adaptation and disaster risk reduction programmes that are aligned with national development priorities. In this regard AAP is not a traditional adaptation programme per se ? but a strategic initiative, aimed at creating an environment for more informed and capable adaptation decisions and practice in each country. Institutionally, the AAP is a programme under the UNDP Environment and Energy Group (EEG) in the Bureau for Development Policy (BDP), and is based out of the Dakar Regional Centre. The EEG has an ongoing partnership agreement with the UNDP Gender Team/BDP, which is providing technical support to facilitate strengthening of national capacities for African countries to integrate gender perspectives in the AAP?s national climate change adaptation programmes to ensure that they address the needs of poor women and men equitably. To meet this objective, UNDP is seeking a Technical Expert on Gender and climate change to primarily provide support to the national governments and to UNDP Country Offices to mainstream gender in the Africa Adaptation Programme implementation and monitoring/evaluation. He/She will report to the Project Manager of the Inter-Regional Technical Support Component, based out of Dakar Regional Centre, and provide quarterly progress reports to the Director of the Gender Team, and may count on support from the Team. Duties and Responsibilities: The general objective for the work of the gender expert is to mainstream and coordinate gender related activities in the entire cycle of African Adaptation Programme (AAP), regionally covering the Francophone countries in Africa. Specifically, the expert will carry out the following responsibilities Provide technical support to mainstream gender in the AAP programme and project implementation process. Contribute to the development of a gender mainstreaming guidance tool kit for national adaptation projects. Facilitate the participation of women organizations as stakeholders, to ensure their equal participation in all stages of project planning and implementation. Identify gaps and opportunities for gender mainstreaming and provide technical guidance as needed. Design and implement training sessions for UNDP country office staff and relevant government and civil service officials to build capacities to support and strengthen effective and efficient national gender and climate change adaptation initiatives in the region. Develop and facilitate the inclusion of gender indicators to monitor and report progress made towards national capacity development objectives and monitor the overall contribution of the AAP to gender equality and women?s empowerment. Undertake research and documentation of gender specific data and case studies on the role of women in adaptation and on gender specific impacts of climate change at the local and national levels. Disseminate findings for policy formulation on climate change and programme scale up at national and global level. Foster active linkages with the gender knowledge networks as part of the contribution of the Country Office to knowledge sharing. Deliverables: Technical support to mainstream gender in the AAP programme and projects implementation process, in at least 5 countries. Tool kit for gender mainstreaming in national adaptation programmes, issue briefs, concept notes, and other substantive technical material required to equip development practitioners to mainstream gender in national adaptation programmes and projects Substantive inputs on AAP project proposals, progress reports, and other related reports. At least 3 training sessions for UNDP country Office staff in the region, with the objective to build capacities to mainstream gender considerations in climate change prograrammes and projects. Gender indicators for monitoring and evaluation of the AAP Documentation and dissemination of gender specific data At least 3 case studies on gender specific impacts of climate change and on the role of women in climate change adaptation. Competencies: Knowledge, technical expertise, and analytical skills on issues related to gender, environment and climate change. Demonstrated training, advocacy and strong verbal and written communication skills Ability to work in a complex environment requiring liaison and collaboration with multiple actors Ability to work with a multi-disciplinary team and in a multi-cultural environment. Proficiency in French; working knowledge of English an asset. Required Skills and Experience: The Expert should possess the following knowledge and skills: PhD or Masters in Social Sciences, Environment, economics and or Gender Studies, or a closely related field. 5-10 years of relevant professional experience including at least 3 years of experience in gender and climate change or environment issues in Africa. Experience in analysis of climate change adaptation strategies is required Excellent analytical, research, writing and communication skills; Prior experience with United Nations agencies is an advantage, as is knowledge of UNDP policies, programmes, and procedures. Travel Experts shall be required to travel for specific tasks and UNDP will arrange the travel in accordance to UN rules and procedures. This may include, but is not limited to missions to countries in the Africa region (5 travels are estimated). Remuneration Please indicate the daily rate for your services. Remuneration for specific assignments will be established based on the competencies and skills of the consultant and nature of the task to be assigned. To Apply: Please apply online at: http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?job_id=17943 Application Deadline: 26 July 2010 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shuyer at wigsat.org Wed Jul 21 10:14:58 2010 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:14:58 -0400 Subject: [Wigsat-l] UNIFEM Press Release: Fund for Gender Equality Announces More than US$27.5 Million in Grants to Accelerate Action to Advance Women's Empowerment In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <66F46A6E-084B-423F-9B73-23C3BE5CB2A8@wigsat.org> From: UNIFEM Date: Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 9:16 AM Subject: [UNIFEM Press Release] - Fund for Gender Equality Announces More than US$27.5 Million in Grants to Accelerate Action to Advance Women's Empowerment Press Release For immediate release Date: 7 July 2010 Media Inquiries Oisika Chakrabarti, Media Specialist UNIFEM Headquarters oisika.chakrabarti at unifem.org FUND FOR GENDER EQUALITY ANNOUNCES MORE THAN US$27.5 MILLION IN GRANTS TO ACCELERATE ACTION TO ADVANCE WOMEN?S EMPOWERMENT Local to national efforts to be supported in 13 countries by the Fund United Nations, New York The Fund for Gender Equality today announced grants totalling more than US$27.5 million to recipients in 13 countries, with grant amounts of up to US$3 million each. The Fund for Gender Equality, supported by donations from the Governments of Spain and Norway, is managed by the UN Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM (part of UN Women). The grants fall under the Fund?s Implementation Grant category, which aims to fast track action on national laws and policies to advance gender equality. In December 2009, 27 inaugural Catalytic Grants were also awarded to programmes in 26 countries. Today?s announcement completes the Fund?s first grantmaking cycle delivering more than US$37.5 million to 40 innovative programmes, and significantly increasing the financial support available to countries and communities committed to advancing gender equality and women?s economic and political empowerment. The Fund is a US$68 million multi-donor initiative dedicated to furthering the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including the commitment that gender equality and women?s empowerment are goals in their own right and central to all other development goals. The Fund places resources directly in the hands of government and civil society organizations in order to turn gender equality laws and policies at local and national levels into tangible advances for women?s rights. Grantees are selected through a highly competitive process in total, the Fund received 1,239 applications from 127 countries, which were reviewed by a technical committee of regional and gender equality experts. ?These grants are an important step to address what is now widely acknowledged: that despite commitments to promote gender equality and women?s empowerment, there has been consistent under-investment,? said In?s Alberdi, Executive Director of UNIFEM (now part of UN Women). ?With only five years left to achieve the MDGs and continuing concerns about the global economic crisis, it is more important than ever to focus funds directly on implementing practical actions that will make a difference in the lives of women and men on the ground.? The 13 selected grantees will expand diverse and practical strategies and partnerships to advance gender equality, relevant to each national and regional context. For example, programmes will extend land titles and secure tenure for women in Rwanda, improve women?s share and sustainability in markets in Liberia and build leadership among Dalit and other marginalized women to solidify recent economic gains in India. In Egypt and Brazil, government and civil society will work together to expand women?s livelihood options, domestic workers? access to social protections and the private sectors? support of gender-equitable workplaces. In Mexico and China, grantees will aim to increase the number of women in decision-making positions, ensure that women retain public office and set in place mechanisms from budgets to enforcement measures that transform political participation into real gains for women. The programmes supported by the Fund for Gender Equality directly engage the most excluded groups of women, including rural and domestic workers, market women, displaced women, HIV-positive women, and indigenous women. Programmes also actively involve traditional authorities, men and women in public office and parliaments to ensure sustainable development for women and communities across the world. Related Documents Fund for Gender Equality ? Implementation Grant Recipients: http://www.unifem.org/attachments/stories/FGE_ImplementationGrants2010_Grant ees.pdf UNIFEM (part of UN Women) provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality. Placing the advancement of women's human rights at the centre of all of its efforts, UNIFEM focuses its activities on reducing feminized poverty; ending violence against women; reversing the spread of HIV and AIDS among women and girls; and achieving gender equality in democratic governance in times of peace as well as war. For more information, visit www.unifem.org. UNIFEM, 304 East 45th Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10017. Tel: +1 212 906-6400. Fax: +1 212 906-6705. _______________________________________________ Gain mailing list Gain at lists.apcwomen.org http://lists.apcwomen.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gain From waechter at ifz.tugraz.at Fri Jul 23 06:21:21 2010 From: waechter at ifz.tugraz.at (Christine Waechter) Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:21:21 +0200 Subject: [Wigsat-l] IAS-STS Fellowship Programme 2011-2012 Message-ID: <4C496D21.80200@ifz.tugraz.at> INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES ON SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY (IAS-STS), GRAZ, AUSTRIA Apologies for cross-posting! We ask you to forward this information to persons, who could be interested! Dear Colleague, we would like to announce the IAS-STS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME 2011-2012 The IAS-STS in Graz, Austria, promotes the interdisciplinary investigation of the links and interactions between science, technology and society as well as technology assessment and research into the development and implementation of socially and environmentally sound technologies. The IAS-STS is broadly speaking, an institute for the enhancement of science and technology studies. The IAS-STS invites researchers to apply for a stay between 1 October 2011 and 30 June 2012 as a - Research Fellow (up to nine months) or as a - Visiting Scholar (shorter period, e.g. a month) The IAS-STS offers excellent research infrastructure. Close co-operation with researchers at the IFZ (Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture; see: www.ifz.tugraz.at), guest lectures, workshops and conferences provide an atmosphere of creativity and scholarly discussion. Furthermore we can offer five grants (up to EUR 1,000 per month) for long-term Research Fellows at the IAS-STS. The Fellowship Programme 2011-2012 is dedicated to projects investigating the following issues: 1. Gender - Technology - Environment This area of research particularly focuses on gender dimensions of science and technology. On the one hand individual perspectives of actors in the technological field are taken into account, on the other hand educational, organisational, societal, environmental and political issues are gaining more and more relevance. Current promising research will also shed more light on the interrelation between individuals? concepts and media representations of gender and technology. 2. Genetics and Biotechnology A focus of the Fellowship Programme lies on research providing a critical analysis either of human genetics or of biotechnology. Researchers investigating either ethical, legal and social aspects of genetic testing in the medical domain or risk and wider governance issues related to agricultural biotechnology are especially encouraged to apply. 3. Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) SCP seeks to promote social and economic development within the carrying capacity of ecosystems. New strategies and concrete tools are needed to change individual and institutional patterns of consumption and to enhance corporate responsibility (CR) of organisations. Researchers investigating patterns of consumption and intervention strategies to promote sustainable lifestyles among both public and private consumers or working within the thematic field of ecological product policy are encouraged to apply. Research projects integrating product assessment tools such as LCA, carbon footprint, MIPS or related methods are also of special interest. 4. Energy and Climate Projects in this field should aim at socio-economic aspects of environmental technologies or at strategies of environmental technology policy, such as user participation or strategic niche management. They should develop measures and strategies for the promotion of renewable energy sources and for the transition to a sustainable energy system. Regional governance, climate policy strategies, innovation policy and the role of users in the area of energy technologies play an important role. In addition, the Manfred Heindler Grant is awarded for research projects on the increased use of renewable energies and on a more efficient use of energy. 5. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)Novel developments in ICT-related fields are inquired from the perspective of the social studies and the philosophy of science and technology. This inquiry includes topics such as ICTs and agency (in Artificial Intelligence and beyond), ubiquitous computing and ICTs and mobility. These issues are analysed with respect to their wider social, psychological, ethical and political implications. Further issues of interest are the social shaping of ICT developments, innovation policies, ICT risk management and participatory approaches to the design of ICT systems and applications. Applications must be submitted to the IAS-STS by 31 December 2010. For application forms and further information: Please visit our website: www.sts.tugraz.at Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society (IAS-STS) Attn. Guenter Getzinger Kopernikusgasse 9 8010 Graz - Austria E-mail: info at sts.tugraz.at From shuyer at twows.org Mon Jul 26 10:52:39 2010 From: shuyer at twows.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:52:39 -0400 Subject: [Wigsat-l] Vacancy Announcement: Postdoctoral scientist - gender and livestock References: <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B003758D@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B0037592@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B0037593@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B0037597@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B0037598@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B003759B@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375A0@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375A1@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375A2@hq39vm.BIOVERSI TY.CGIAR AD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375A9@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375AE@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375AF@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375B0@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375B1@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375B3@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375B4@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375B5@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375B9@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375BA@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375BB@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375BE@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375C1@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375C2@hq39vm.B IOVERSITY. CGIARAD.O RG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375C3@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375C7@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375C8@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> <63E9E36A1FB8304BA5F3838017B751B00375CD@hq39vm.BIOVERSITY.CGIARAD.ORG> Message-ID: The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) The CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program is assisting ILRI in mobilizing applications from women scientists and professionals for the following position: Title: Postdoctoral scientist - gender and livestock Location: Kenya Deadline for applications: 15 August 2010 We would greatly appreciate your assistance in bringing this announcement to the attention of qualified candidates. If you or the candidate would like more information about the position, please visit www.ilri.org . Please note that the Gender & Diversity Program does not accept CVs and plays no role in selection decisions. It only assists in distributing the announcements. Our goal is to cast the net widely, ensuring that women worldwide learn of job and funding opportunities in a timely manner. Thank you. Vicki Wilde, Director CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program Hosted by World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) PO Box 30677, Nairobi, Kenya 00100 Tel: +254-20-7224240 Web : www.genderdiversity.cgiar.org Have you subscribed to G&D News? It's free-of-charge. Thousands of women and men worldwide subscribe to G&D News to stay abreast of the latest debates, tools and news on diversity management, cross-cultural communications, women in science, gender and organizations, HIV/AIDS in the workplace and more. This monthly newsletter serves as a global clearinghouse, tapping and disseminating new resources from the CGIAR and other organizations worldwide. 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URL: From shuyer at wigsat.org Wed Jul 28 11:00:52 2010 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:00:52 -0400 Subject: [Wigsat-l] AWARD announcement: 60 new fellows! G&D News No.96, July 2010 References: Message-ID: <2305FEF0-92BF-414D-9ED0-2520644A11ED@wigsat.org> You received this email because you signed up for G&D newsletter. If you cannot read this email view the online version AWARD Fellowship highlights critical role of African women in agricultural research and development Groundbreaking program announces 2010 fellowship winners A passion fruit pathologist, a catfish breeder, and a pigeon pea researcher are among the 60 outstanding women agricultural scientists from 10 African countries who received a fellowship on July 27 from African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD). The fellowship will help these top researchers strengthen their research and leadership skills, and enhance their contributions to poverty alleviation and food security across the continent. "Today we debunked the myth that qualified African women researchers 'aren't out there' - an excuse that's often used to justify why women are not hired or promoted equitably within agricultural research institutions, universities, and corporations," said Vicki Wilde, AWARD Director. "We've proven that top-notch female scientists do exist in significant numbers and, equally important, they are conducting critical food security research that is desperately needed to feed future generations. We are recognizing and supporting these women today with an AWARD Fellowship." Dr. Ruth Amata, a senior research officer at the Kenyan Agricultural Research Institute, is one of this year's 60 fellowship winners. "I am so excited about this great opportunity," said Amata. "My main goal is to help rural women farmers to improve production of their food crops, including sweet potato and cassava, through disease management. This fellowship will help me link up with and learn from other women scientists who are making an impact, and to develop the leadership skills I need." Amata was selected from 784 applicants representing 54 institutions in 10 countries; she joins 120 AWARD Fellows currently in the program. In total, 1,681 female scientists from 450 institutions have applied for the prestigious fellowships since AWARD began in 2008. AWARD Fellows benefit from a two-year program focused on mentoring partnerships, science skills, and leadership development. The fellowships are awarded on the basis of intellectual merit, leadership capacity, and the potential of the scientist's research to improve the daily lives of smallholder farmers, especially women. Click here to read the full story. Click here for the 2010 AWARD Fellowship Recipients, including their research topics. Click here to watch speech by Vicki Wilde, Director, CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program and AWARD Click here to watch speech by Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Vice President (Policy and Partnerships) for the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa AWARD is a professional development program that strengthens the research and leadership skills of African women in agricultural science, empowering them to contribute more effectively to poverty alleviation and food security in sub-Saharan Africa. AWARD offers two-year fellowships focused on mentoring partnerships, science skills, and leadership development. African women working in agricultural research and development from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia who have completed a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree in selected disciplines are eligible. A project of the CGIAR's Gender & Diversity Program, AWARD is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and USAID. For more information, please visit www.awardfellowships.org. In 2008, AWARD partnered with Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) to conduct a benchmarking survey of 125 agricultural research and higher education agencies in 15 sub-Saharan African countries. Their report, Female Participation in African Agricultural Research and Higher Education: New Insights, is available at www.asti.cgiar.org/gender-capacity along with a series of country fact sheets. G&D News is a monthly newsletter by the CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program. It offers a selection of news on emerging issues and latest trends in gender and diversity within the CGIAR and around the globe. To subscribe to G&D News, visit: http://www.genderdiversity.cgiar.org/newsletter/ sign_up.asp To read previous issues of G&D News, visit: http://www.genderdiversity.cgiar.org/newsletter/GD _news.asp To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.genderdiversity.cgiar.org/newsletter/un_ subscribe.asp -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shuyer at wigsat.org Fri Jul 30 11:53:52 2010 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:53:52 -0400 Subject: [Wigsat-l] JOB: Post Doctoral Fellow - Microeconomics of Sanitation and Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture, Ghana, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Colleague, The following job based in Ghana for International Water Management Institute (IWMI) submitted to www.devnetjobs.org may be of interest to some colleagues in this list. Post Doctoral Fellow - Microeconomics of Sanitation and Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Location: Ghana - with some travel Last Date: September 30, 2010 The Person and the Job If you have recently completed your PhD in economics or sanitation but have sound understanding of both, then this could be just the assignment for you. IWMI seeks the right person to analyze problems relating to human waste, as used in agriculture, then form policy recommendations to enhance livelihoods in the rural/urban interface. You will: ? Provide economic and institutional analysis for projects that explore: o Sustainability indicators of low-cost wastewater treatment options across Africa o Agricultural reuse-oriented approaches into sanitation sector to recover nutrients and water from waste streams whilst improving environmental sanitation in Ghana o Role of small and micro-enterprises that specialize in waste reuse in Ghana and Uganda o How to enhance success of private ventures in wastewater collection and reuse ? Collect and analyze field data on the economics of reuse from sanitation facilities ? Examine economic & institutional aspects of existing waste reuse models to determine viability & develop further options ? Study national agricultural and sanitation policies examining relevant economic, organizational, institutional, and financial issues to inform policymakers - through the development and application of economic decision tools/models for recovery of nutrients, organic matter and water from waste streams ? Liaise with public officials on the awareness and implementation of public policies ? Contribute ideas about linking agriculture and sanitation to enhance food security and business opportunities in West Africa through the reuse of waste resources, emphasizing cost recovery along the sanitation chain ? Prepare scientific reports and articles for peer-reviewed journals You must possess: ? A recent PhD in agricultural or natural resources or environmental economics or environmental or civil engineering and ? A good understanding of agriculture and microeconomics You must know about: ? Sanitation challenges in developing countries: solid waste, fecal sludge and wastewater management (with on-site sanitation systems) ? Technical feasibility & social/economic opportunities/trade-offs in managing/re-using options for wastewater/fecal sludge ? Computer-based, business process modeling tools for scenario building ? Economic and institutional analysis across public and private sectors in sanitation sector or agricultural interface (demonstrated in reports, dissertation or journal articles) ? Engineering and microeconomics analytical tools You must have: ? Excellent written and spoken English ? Ability to establish priorities, plan, organize and monitor own work in an interdisciplinary and multiple task environment ? Strong interpersonal skills to maintain effective relationships in multi-cultural environments with respect for diversity ? Ability to work in interdisciplinary teams and with local and international partners It would be useful if you had some previous working experience in developing countries, can speak and write in French and have skills in business optimization analysis and relevant computer software. The International Water Management Institute ( www.iwmi.org ) is a non-profit, scientific organization engaged in research and capacity building activities for developing countries. Our mission is to overcome poverty through better management of land and water resources. Working with diverse partners and supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research ( www.cgiar.org ), IWMI seeks to translate its research findings into actionable recommendations for policymakers, resource managers and poor rural communities. IWMI is based in Sri Lanka and has regional offices in 12 countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. IWMI is an equal opportunity employer and is keen to further diversify its staff in terms of both gender and nationality. Complete Application Form + attach your r?sum? + attach your letter which addresses IWMI?s requirements shown above with names and email addresses of 3 professional referees, to be contacted if you are short-listed Application details are accessible at: http://devnetjobs.tripod.com/iwmi-29july2010.html