Events
Women's Leadership Conference 2008
Women's Leadership Conference 2008
Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference 2008 is a three-day program, which consists of three components: study session "women's leadership and empowerment of disadvantaged groups",…
First International Forum of Indigenous Women, Sharing Strategies for New Challenges
First International Forum of Indigenous Women, Sharing Strategies for New Challenges
With broad participation, this First Forum will provide spaces for dialogue and for generating common proposals to strengthen our skills and build a common agenda as part of a social movement for…
The Politics of Participation: Women and Transformative Leadership
The Politics of Participation: Women and Transformative Leadership
Women leaders from Kyrgyzstan, Palestine, Pakistan, Mauritania, Nicaragua, and Nigeria will share culture-specific initiatives and practical strategies that they have used to encourage women to…
Reducing Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries
Reducing Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries
The Initiative for Maternal Mortality Programme Assessment is close to completing a six year program of global research that identifies and measures the effectiveness of strategies to reduce maternal…
Gender Training for Security Sector Personnel
Gender Training for Security Sector Personnel
This tool is designed to provide a basic introduction to SSR and gender issues for the staff of national governments (including in donor countries), security sector institutions, and regional and…
A Struggle for Survival: Trafficking of North Korean Women
A Struggle for Survival: Trafficking of North Korean Women
Speaker: Ambassador Mark P. LagonU.S. Department of StateAbout the Speaker: Ambassador Mark P. Lagon is Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat…
Book Discussion: We Will Be Heard: Women's Struggles for Political Power
Book Discussion: We Will Be Heard: Women's Struggles for Political Power
New Book Discussion - We Will Be Heard: Women's Struggles for Political Power in the United States by Jo Freeman, Independent Writer, and Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, author; commentators…
Gender, Power and Peacemaking in Africa
Gender, Power and Peacemaking in Africa
Presentation by Dr . Aili Mari Tripp, Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The event is co-sponsored by IFPRI, World Bank, and IFAD. The presentation…
Women in Politics, the Year in Review: Global Trends & Perspectives and World Map of Women in Politics 2008"
Women in Politics, the Year in Review: Global Trends & Perspectives and World Map of Women in Politics 2008"
In honor of International Women's Day White House Project President Marie Wilson will join Rep. Lois Capps, Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues and Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary-…