Upcoming Conferences and Meetings

January 2010

February 2010
1 - 28 February	Online Forum	SVRI Online Discussion: Developing effective therapeutic and programming strategies for the care and support of male survivors of conflict-related sexual violence
1 February - 1 April	Online Course	Online Training Course: Disability, Sexuality and Rights
1 – 28 February	Online Forum	Women and Human Rights
8 - 12 February	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Fourth Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights
8 – 20 February	Online Discussion Forum	Interventions to Accelerate the Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation, Lessons Learned
20 January - 18 February	Online Discussion	UNIFEM: Discussion on Women in Power and Decision-making is currently underway.
15 - 18 February	Cairns, Queensland Australia	Indigenous offenders: General, family and sexual violence risk assessment and risk management workshop
18 February	Washington DC, USA	The Other Side of Gender: Masculinity Issues in Violent Conflict - Part II
24 - 25 February	Manchester, UK	Sex Crimes and Vulnerable Adults
24 - 26 February	Dallas, Texas USA	National Summit on Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan: Forging a Shared Agenda
March 2010
2 March	Webinar	Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners & Victim Sensitive Evidence Collection
3 March	Online Competition	Changemakers Competition: Preventing Violence Against Women
3 March	New York, USA	Panel discussion: What would it take to make health systems work better for women
8 March	Washington D.C, USA	ICRW Champions for Change: Innovation Empowers Women
9 March – 28 September	Web Series	Changing Norms to Prevent Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence
11 March	9am - 4pm EST Australia	First International Online Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Conference
18 - 21 March	New York, USA	MaleSurvivor 2010 International Conference
19 March	Sydney, Austrialia	Growing Up Fast and Furious: Reviewing the Impacts of Violent and Sexualised Media on Children
24 - 27 March	Florence & Montecatici Terme, Italy	Gender Based Violence in the MENA Region
26 March - 2 April	Florida, USA	5th Annual International Women’s Film Festival
April 2010
12 – 13 April	Johannesburg, South Africa	SAfAIDS Regional Conference on Changing the River's Flow
15 April	Preston, UK	Issues in Safeguarding Refugee Children
19 - 21 April	Atlanta, USA	International Conference on Sexual Assault, domestic Violence and Stalking
26 - 28 April	New York, USA	UNICEF-GPIA International Conference: Adolescent Girls, Cornerstones of Society - Building Evidence and Policies for Inclusive Societies
May 2010
3 - 5 May	Prague, Czech Republic	Good Sex, Bad Sex: Sex Law, Crime and Ethics
5 – 6 May	Ottawa, Canada	Workshop on Sexual Violence and Conflict in Africa. For more information, contact: sexualviolence.conflict.africa@gmail.com
17 - 19 May	Pretoria, South Africa	SAPSAC 11th Annual Conference on Child Abuse
17 – 20 May	Dakar, Senegal	Engendering Empowerment: Education and Equality (E4) Conference
18 - 21 May	Hobart, Tasmania	Australia Women’s Health Network 6th Australian Women’s Health Conference
20 - 22 May	Helsinki, Finland	The 4th Christina Conference on Gender Studies
20 - 22 May	Beijing, China	Global Summit of Women
20 – 23 May	Sydney, Australia	5th World Conference on Women and Sport
27 - 28 May	University of Antwerp, Belgium	e-Youth: Balancing between Opportunities and Risks?
June 2010
June/July	World Cup 2010, South Africa	Man Up Campaign: Young Leaders Summit
2-4 June	Washington DC, USA	InterAction Forum 2010
4 - 5 June	Bucharest, Romania	WIDE Annual Conference 2010: Migration in the Context of Globalisation
		4 – 6 June 2010 / Barcelona, Spain / International Congress on Gender Identity and Human Rights http://www.congenid.org/
7 – 9- June	Washington DC, USA	Women Deliver Conference
7 - 10 June	Halifax, Canada	Pathways to Resilience II: The Social Ecology of Resilience
8 – 20 June 2010	Toronto, Canada	Oxfam Canada: Gender Justice Summit
9 June	Mount Royal University, Canada	Speaking out on Sexual Violence
10 June 2010	Webinar	FBI's Innocent Images Initiative, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
9 - 11 June	Florida, USA	Together We Can
16 – 18 June 2010	Toronto, Canada	G(irls)20 Summit
18 - 19 June	Palermo, Italy	Contemporary Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality
July 2010
11 - 13 July	Portsmouth, USA	International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference
18 - 23 July	Vienna, Austria	XVIII International AIDS Conference
18 July 2010	Vienna, Austria	Civil Society Consultation: WHO HIV/AIDS Strategy 2011-2015
19 -23 July	Ottawa, Canada	International Gender Training Workshop
19 July – 26 August	Toronto, Canada	Training Course: Women’s Human Rights Education Institute: Building a Peaceful World in an Era of Globalization
20 – 21 July	Pretoria South Africa	SVRI Workshop on Researcher Trauma, Safety and Sexual Violence Research
20 July 2010	Washington, DC, USA	Preventing Child Abuse in an Age of Budget Deficits A Future of Children Event
21 – 23 July 2010	Washington, DC, USA	From Theory to Practice Training
29 July 2010	11am-12pm / FVPF Webinar	Building Health Care Leadership: A Systems Advocacy Approach to Addressing Domestic Violence in the Health Care System
August 2010
3 – 24 August	Virtual Discussion	Role of the Armed Forces in the Implementation of UNSCR 1325
11 August	1pm – 3pm / Washington D.C, USA	Dialogue on Gender-Based Violence and Its Implications in South Africa Contact: Justine Freeman at jufreeman@usaid.gov
18 - 20 August	Queensland, Australia	11th International Mental Health Conference: Depression and Anxiety
23 – 25 August 2010	Mexico City	Mexico World Youth Conference
25 August	Webinar	Victims' Rights and Services during Post-Conviction and Exoneration Proceedings
September 2010
1 - 3 September	California, USA	CALCASA 2010 National Sexual Assault Conference
1 – 3 September	Los Angeles, USA	National Sexual Assault Conference
4 – 5 September 2010	Oxford, United Kingdom	Training Course: Witchcraft Allegations, Refugee Protection and Human Rights – A Course for Lawyers and Legal Advisers.
15 – 17 September 2010	Oxford, United Kingdom	Training Course: Intrac Gender Analysis and Planning
18 – 25 September	Jakarta, Indonesia	Training Course: 3rd Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies Sexuality Institute. Contact: csbrinstitute@wwhr.or
20-22 September	New York, USA	Plenary Meeting on the MDGs - United Nations, WHO
22 September	3:30 pm - 5:00 pm EDT / Webinar	Engaging Parents Through Parent Cafes
21 - 24 September	London, UK	Safety 2010 World Conference
22 September 2010	Washington, DC, USA	Save the Date: Men of Strength Awards
23 September, 4-800pm	Trafalgar Hotel, London, UK	Parenting, Gender Socialisation and the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect in Low- and Middle-income Countries
26 - 29 September	Honolulu, Hawaii	XVIII ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect
28-30 September 2010	New Delhi, India	The Second International Conference on Alcohol and HIV: Insights from Interventions
29 September – 1 October	San Diego, USA	Women PeaceMakers: Precarious Progress - U.N. Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security
30 September – 2 October 2010	Utrecht, The Netherlands	The 2nd International Conference on the Survivors of Rape
30 September – 2 October	Utrecht, The Netherlands	The 2nd International Conference on the Survivors of Rape
October 2010
11 October – 5 November	Online Training Course	Gender and Conflict Transformation
14-15 October	Los Angeles, USA	Men, Masculinities, and Family Planning in Africa Conference. Contact Rachel Veerman at rveerman@ucla.edu
15 – 17 October	Wellington, New Zealand	Family Planning Conference 2010
21 - 23 October	Dalian, China	BIT’s 1st Annual World Congress of Forensics 2010: From Evidence to Verdict
27 – 29 October	Amsterdam, the Netherlands	Second International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector
27 - 29 October	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Second International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector: From Awareness to Sustainable Action
November 2010
1 – 2 November	Dallas, USA	Arte Sana National Conference
1 – 2 November	Dallas, USA	Nuestras Voces - Our Voices, Arte Sana National Conference
1 – 12 November 2010	Ghent, Belgium	Training Course: Coordination of Multi-Sectoral Response to Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Settings. For more information, contact Anke Van Vossole at anke.vanvossole@ugent.be
8 – 10 November 2010	Washington, DC, USA	2010 mHealth Summit
16 – 19 November	Montreux, Switzerland	First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research - Science to Accelerate Universal Health Coverage
17 – 19 November	Washington DC, USA	6th World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders
17 - 19November 2010	Washington, DC, USA	Workshop Announcement at the Sixth World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders
22 - 24 November	New Delhi, India	Third International Conference on Women’s Safety: Building Inclusive Cities
December 2010
1 – 2 December	Alexandria, Egypt	Women’s Rights in Egypt and Arab States
2011
13 – 15 January 2011	Budapest, Hungary	2nd European Conference on Politics and Gender
29 May – 1 June 2011	Montreal, Canada	Violence against Women: Complex Realities and New Issues in a Changing World
3 - 7 July 2011	Inclusions, exclusions, and seclusions	Women’s Worlds 2011: Living in a globalized world, Ottawa-Gatineau, Canada. Call for participation now open.
10 October – 28 October 2011	Southeast Asia Training Course	Dawn Training Institute

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