Upcoming Conferences and Meetings


21-25 April 2008
Using Culturally Sensitive Approaches to Address Gender-Based Violence, Kenya, Nairobi
http://www.cafs.org/index.php?module=ContentExpress&
func=display&ceid=161&bid=29&btitle=&meid=10#Using_
Culturally_Sensitive_Approaches_to_Address_Gender-Based_Violence_


April 29, 2008
Web Conference: How Do We Measure the Prevention of Violence Against Women? Tuesday, Prevent Connect: http://www.preventconnect.org/display/display
TextItems.cfm?itemID=164&sectionID=248

May 6 - 8 2008
2nd International Conference on Reproductive Health Management (ICRHM), Kuta, Bali, Indonesia

May 12 – 14, 2008
2008 Joining Together: Changes and Challenges in Child Maltreatment, Calgary, AB, http://www.csicainfo.com/index.cfm?pageid=51

19-30 mai, 2008
Violence Basée sur le Genre : Comment communiquer l’information et les meilleures pratiques aux décideurs, Saly, Sénégal. For full details of this event email svri@mrc.ac.za

2 – 5 June 2008
2008 Medico-Legal Convening in Response to Sexual Violence - The Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya: http://www.svri.org/interest.htm

June/July 2008
The Globalization of Legislation on Violence Against Women Organized by Rosemary Barberet and Gail Garfield, Sociology Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA: For more information contact Rosemary Barberet (rbarberet@jjay.cuny.edu)

04-05 June, 2008
Forced Marriages Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: http://www.salc.net/indexEnglish.html

June 9-13, 2008
Ethical Issues in International Health Research Workshop, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/bioethics/

June 16-20, 2008
International Human Rights Network: Justice Sector Reform: Applying Human Rights Based Approaches, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland:  http://www.ihrnetwork.org/new-justice-sector-reform.htm

June 18-20 2008
2008 Sexual Violence and Victim Services Conference, Deauville Beach Resort-Miami Beach, Florida, www.fcasv.org

June 18-20, 2008
Reproductive Health in Emergencies Conference, Uganda:  Reproductive Health (RH) in Emergencies Conference 2008:  http://www.raiseinitiative.org/conference/#welcome

July 3 - 9, 2008
Women's Worlds Congress 2008, 10th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, New Frontiers: Dares and Advancements, Equality: No Utopia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Website:  www.mmww08.org

Sexuality Leadership Development Fellowship - Sexualities, Rights and Wellbeing, Nigeria, July 7th to 26th, 2008
http://www.arsrc.org/training/uhsss/index.htm

July 7 – 9, 2008
8th International Looking After Children Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ccfr/Transforminglivesconference/

July 9-11, 2008
Women’s Health Across the Life Span: The Girl Child, Safety, Health and Development, International Council of Women’s Health Issues (ICOWHI) 2008 Congress, University of Botswana:  http://www.ub.bw/icowhi2008/

August 3 - 8, 2008
International AIDS Conference to be held in Mexico City, (AIDS2008) at www.aids2008.org

August 21-22, 2008
Nuestras Voces/Our Voices: Collaboration and Transformation en la Comunidad, Arte Sana National Conference , San Antonio, Texas:  http://www.arte-sana.com/nuestras_voces_08.htm

25 August to 13 September 2008
7th Leadership Course on Gender, Sexuality, and Health in Southeast Asia and China Southeast Asian Consortium on Gender, Sexuality, and Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR:  www.seaconsortium.net

September 8 – 11, 2008
World Conference of Women’s Shelters - Discovering the Common Core: Practical Frameworks for Change - Edmonton, Alberta Canada, http://www.womenshelter.ca/

10th-12th September, 2008
From Margins to Mainstream, 5th World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders, Melbourne, Australia: http://www.margins2mainstream.com/

Call for Papers: The War Question for Feminism – An International Conference, 22-23 September, 2008, Örebro University, Sweden:  http://www.nordkalender.org/genus_en/arrangement.html?id=3782&back=call.html

2008 Women PeaceMakers Conference: "Crafting Human Security in an Insecure World." 24 - 26 Sept. 2008.
http://peace.sandiego.edu/events/womenpeace/info.php

13 – 17 October, 2008
Workshop on Writing for Scholarly Publishing, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda,
http://www.codesria.org

October 20 - 21, 2008
11th Annual New England Conference on Child Sexual Abuse - “A Community Response to Child Sexual Abuse”, The Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA. http://www.uvm.edu/conferences/NECSA/

October 23-25, 2008
Association for Research on Mothering (ARM), 12th Annual Conference - Mothering, Violence, Militarism, War,and Social Justice, : http://www.yorku.ca/arm/CFPMotheringViolenceMilitarismWarconf2008.pdf

November 14-17, 2008
11th AWID International Forum on Women's Rights and Development: "The Power of Movements", Cape Town:  www.awid.org

November 14-17, 2008
11th AWID International Forum on Women's Rights and Development, The Power of Movements, Cape Town, South Africa, :  http://www.awid.org/forum08

17-19 November 2008
2008 Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health, Bamako, Mali,
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/shlinks/bamako2008en.php

19 November 2008
World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse
http://www.woman.ch/children/1-introduction.php

November 17-20, 2008
Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health, Bamako, Mali, http://bamako2008.org/en/participate.shtml

8 March
International Women's Day 2009
Celebrated on 8 March, International Women's Day (IWD) is the global day connecting all women around the world and inspiring them to achieve their full potential.

Save the date: SVRI Forum 2009
Research for Advocacy and Interventions to end Sexual Violence
Johannesburg, South Africa, 8-11 March 2009. View more.

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SVRI
Gender and Health Research Unit
Medical Research Council, South Africa
Private Bag x385, 0001 Pretoria, South Africa

1 Soutpansberg Road, Pretoria

Tel: +27 21 339-8527
Fax: +27 21 339-8525

E-mail: svri@mrc.ac.za

 

Last updated:
25 April, 2008

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