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Events and news

Also see Finger on the Pulse and Health Strategies for other related topics/events
NZ gender research on web - WHU June 2004
Gender, Child Survival and HIV/AIDS: From Evidence to Policy
May 7-9, 2006, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Gender-based Analysis and Wait Times: New Questions, New Knowledge
The issue of wait times is prominent in current health care reform debates and encapsulates key concerns about the state of the health care system in Canada including issues of quality, access, equity, and efficiency of health care services. A gender-based analysis of wait times is important because women and men have different experiences of health, illness and treatment, have different health care needs, access health care differently and may experience different outcomes from programs and services. See report at: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/pubs/care-soins/2006-wait-attente/gender-sex/index_e.html

Past events

The First World Congress on Gender-Specific Medicine - "A New View of the Biology of Gender Differences and Aging"
February 23-26, 2006 Berlin, Germany
This first Congress will focus on gender-specific differences in both the normal physiology and diseases of the cardiovascular system, bone, brain, sexual function and drug metabolism. The sex-specific features of aging, including a discussion of hormone therapy in men and women after menopause and andropause.
During the Congress eminent experts in the respective fields will, for the first time, present comprehensive, state-of-the-art information in plenary sessions. Those participating in the session will be given guidelines for effective management and treatment strategies.
Dr. Vivian Pinn, Associate Director, Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health is the Honorary President of the Congress. The Congress is being endorsed and supported by the centers of Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University in New-York, The Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm , Sweden ; Japan and the Medical Faculty of Humboldt University and Free University in Berlin , Germany .
For a report on the conference including details about the "Canadian Contingent" visit http://www.crwh.org/events/GSM.php

Short Course on Gendered Research in Health
November 14 - 26 2005, Vadodara, IndiaOffered by the Women's Health Training Research and Advocacy Cell (WOHTRAC), this course is designed to empower researchers and practitioners to carry out gendered research in health. It aims to improve understanding of basic gender concepts and their application in the context of research, policies and programmes related to health. The intended audience includes development workers, social science researchers in health, faculty members of various academic institutions, research scholars and those working on health issues within the non-government and government sectors. Course objectives: Be acquainted with the various concepts used in gender analysis. Locate gender-based inequalities within the context of other social inequities. Apply gender and rights perspective to epidemiological, quantitative and qualitative methods. Use outcomes of gendered research to develop communication and advocacy strategies.
Course content::
Module 1: Introduction to concepts and tools in gender, rights, development, and health.
Module 2: Researching gender and social issues in health.
Module 3: Taking research forward: advocacy and communication.
More information: http://www.wohtrac.org/announcements.htm

Gender Equality in Africa
Sept 5-9 2005 - Pretoria, South Africa
This course examines the latest practical and theoretical developments related to gender equity and their implications for the women of Africa. It aims to generate informed debate and develop advocacy and research skills in order to enhance the promotion of gender equity at all levels. http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ggp/gen_equality.html

Women's Health and Well-Being (Vol. 24, No. 1)
CWS plans to commit the Fall 2004 issue to an exploration of gender bias in women's health issues and service provision. This issue will pay particular attention to women's health as health providers, health workers, health carers as recipients of care and as givers. The issue will address the impact of multiple oppressions of gender, culture, race, sexual orientation and poverty on women's health. Although the emphasis will be on women's experiences and insights into what determines women's health and well-being, a wide range of articles will examine effective ways to strategize for advocacy and action on women's health. Sensitizing readers to ways that will empower women to find appropriate solutions to issues affecting their health will be a major purpose of this issue. The issue will focus on a holistic approach to health care that incorporates physical, mental, and emotional well-being. More at http://www.cwhn.ca/hot/call/default.html#wellbe

Gender Mainstreaming , 8-10 February 2005, Norwich, United Kingdom
Organised by the Overseas Development Group (ODG) in the United Kingdom (UK), the purpose of this two-and-a-half day training course is to understand what ‘gender mainstreaming’ means and why it is important.

Gender Training Course, 11 -18 March 11, 2005, Bangkok, Thailand
Organised by the Women’s Action and Research Initiative (WARI), this is an 8-day training course on “Women, Men & Development”.
Also organised by WARI, a related 2-day conference, “Gender & Southeast Asia Conference” will take place after this training course on March 18-19 2005. Contact Information: WARI at wari9@yahoo.com http://geocities.com/wari9/course2005.htm

Gender & Southeast Asia (including Mekong region) Conference, Bangkok March 18-19, 2005
A 2-day conference on Gender & Southeast Asia will follow immediately after the course. The conference combines academics and activism, providing a forum to share knowledge and experience, to build a network of support, and to develop joint strategies. Papers and presentations are invited that focus on experiences and ?lessons learned? in relation to gender in development work within the region.
Please see further details on the event and the Application Form on WARI website Website: geocities.com/wari9/ Email: concourse02@yahoo.com

Fifth Australian Women's Health Conference, Reflecing on Gender, Confronting the Evidence, 20 - 22 April 2005, Melbourne, Australia.
Call for papers now open. See www.womenshealth2005.com.au

Gender, the Body and Objectification, 21 - 22 May 2005, University of Sheffield, UK

International Interdisciplinary Conference on Gender, Sexuality and Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 10-13 June 2004
On-line registration now available. Keynote speakers include: Cindy Patton; Sue Wilkinson, Simon Fraser University, BC Pat Armstong, York University, Ontario Lesley Doyal, Bristol University, UK Gilles Marchildon, Executive Director, Egale, Canada Monica Casper, Executive Director, Intersex Society of North America, USA. Satellite Workshops 14 & 15 June: John Heritage, UCLA: Medical Interaction Emanuel Schegloff, UCLA: Analyzing Talk-in-Interaction. Deadline for submissions: 1st March 2004 Enquiries to: gsh@sfu.ca

V International Conference Women in the 21st Century University of Havana, Cuba November 17-21, 2003
CONTACT: Organizers: Dra. Norma Vasallo Barrueta Tel. (537) 878-3450 FAX (537) 873-5774 Email: cmujer@psico.uh.cu OPC: Lic. Yolanda CuŽ Tel. (537) 870-4667 / (537) 870-0584 Email: eventos@rect.uh.cu yolanda@rect.uh.cu

Short Course on Gender, Health and Development, Sep 18 Ð Oct 3 2003, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Contact Information: Course Co-ordinator SAKHI WomenÕs Resource Centre Convent Road, Trivandrum - 605 001 Kerala, India Phone: 91-471-46 22 51 Fax: 2574939 email: sakhi@md2.vsnl.net.in

Women in Management: Building Leaders for Development (Oct 14 - Nov 14 2003) Washington, DC, USA.
Contact Information: Ketty Jaramillo Workshop Manager CEDPA 1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20036, USA Tel: 202/667-1142 Fax: 202/332-4496 kjaramillo@cedpa.org website: http://www.cedpa.org/training/wim.html

3rd Annual Gender Course "Women, Men, and Development", March 9-14 2003, Bangkok, Thailand.
Contact Information: Women's Action Resource Initiative 52/619 Muang Ake, Rangsit Pathumthani 12000, Thailand Phone: (662) 997-7279 Fax: (662) 997-7536 email: wari9@yahoo.com website http://www.geocities.com/wari9/course2003.htm

Promoting Gender in Reproductive Health and Rights Course, Sep 29 - Oct 17 2003, Nairobi, Kenya
Contact Information: The Director, CAFS Pamstech House Woodvale Grove Westlands P.O. Box 60054 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: (254-2) 4448618 Fax: (254-2) 4448621 Email for more inf: courses@cafs.org website: cafs.org

Forum on ICTs and Gender: Optimizing Opportunities, May 27-30 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contact Information: Global Knowledge Partnership Secretariat Lot L2-I-4, Enterprise 4 Technology Park Malaysia, Bukit Jalil 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Phone: +603 8996 2379 Fax: +603 8996 2382
email: gkps@gkpsecretariat.org.my. Forum on ICTs and Gender website: http://www.globalknowledge.org/gender2003/

5th Summer Course on International Women's Human Rights, May 26-31 2003, Quezon City, Philippines
Contact Information: Ms. Joanne Barriga Phone: 925-5635 / 435-9229 / 927-2421 local 343 email: wagi@mc.edu.ph and jbarriga@mc.edu.ph

University of Cape Town: Department of Community Health and the African Gender Institute
The University of Cape Town is currently the only South African university which offers undergraduates the opportunity to include gender and women's studies within their academic careers. This represents an exciting commitment towards preparing students to interact with national, and international, contexts in which the need for understanding gender is increasingly becoming a pre-requisite for successful and productive ways of living and working.
Programmes:
1. Masters in Public Health
The orientation of the programme will be towards: Population based approaches to health problems. The use and knowledge of evidence-based methods to solve public health problems. Engagement with the political, economic and ethical dimensions to social choices underlying healthcare and the objective of achieving equity in health.
2. Undergraduate Programme in Gender and Women's Studies
This is a three-year degree programme which offers you the opportunity to explore the way gender can be used as a tool of social analysis in a range of fields: contemporary politics, law, media and literary studies, comparative anthropologies, psychology, and development studies. It is a programme which allows you a dual focus and flexibility in the design of your individual academic curriculum over the three years.
3. Postgraduate study in Gender issues
The programme offers the following: B.SocSc Honours (exit after first year of masters programme) MSocSc (2 year or 1 year options) PhD in Gender Studies An advanced research degree carried out under supervision. Examination is by thesis alone. Prospective students should contact the Head of Department to discuss the topic and availability of suitable supervision. website:http://www.uct.ac.za/org/agi/progproj/a

Programme on Gender and Culture Location: Budapest
The Programme on Gender & Culture focuses on exploring the already established theoretical paradigms from Western perspectives and those emerging from the East, especially in view of the transition, to foster and support new theoretical and practical initiatives emerging from the region.
Programmes:
1. Master of Arts Programme
2. Master of Philosophy Programme
3. Doctoral Support Programme. The Doctoral Support
Contact: Christina Crowder, Program Coordinator Central European University Program on Gender and Culture Nador u. 9 - 1051 Budapest 5 - Hungary Tel: (36-1) 327-3000, Fax: (36-1) 327-3001 E-mail: crowderc@ceu.hu Website:http://www.ceu.hu/gend/gendir.html

Building Bridges Conference 2003 - 1st to 3rd April 2003
Link: http://www.buildingbridges.org.nz

Participation and Development with Gender Short Course ,September 16 - November 22 2002 ,Wales, UK
Contact Information: Center for Development Studies University of Wales Swansea UK SA2 8PP Fax 0044 1792 295682.Email for details: development.short.courses@swansea.ac.uk

Short Course: Gender Mainstreaming: Practical Skills and Critical Analysis (Aug 5-30 2002), University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Contact Information: University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ United Kingdom Telephone +44 (0)1603 456410 Fax +44 (0)1603 505262 emil: odg.train@uea.ac.uk Link: Short course website

Gender Related Organisations

The Centre for Health and Gender Equity
National Council of Women

The Centre for Health and Gender Equity
6930 Carroll Avenue, Ste 910, Takoma Park, MD 20912. Tel: 1 301 270 1182. Fax: 1 301 270 2052
Website: www.genderhealth.org

National Council of Women
at http://www.ncwnz.co.nz see also their report for CEDAW Sept 2002

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	Contents Events and news Gender related organisations New Zealand information and statistics General gender resources Gender in the Health sector paper Gender off the Agenda paper Gender analysis tools Events and news Also see Finger on the Pulse and Health Strategies for other related topics/events NZ gender research on web - WHU June 2004 Gender, Child Survival and HIV/AIDS: From Evidence to Policy May 7-9, 2006, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA Gender-based Analysis and Wait Times: New Questions, New Knowledge The issue of wait times is prominent in current health care reform debates and encapsulates key concerns about the state of the health care system in Canada including issues of quality, access, equity, and efficiency of health care services. A gender-based analysis of wait times is important because women and men have different experiences of health, illness and treatment, have different health care needs, access health care differently and may experience different outcomes from programs and services. See report at: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/pubs/care-soins/2006-wait-attente/gender-sex/index_e.html Past events The First World Congress on Gender-Specific Medicine - "A New View of the Biology of Gender Differences and Aging" February 23-26, 2006 Berlin, Germany This first Congress will focus on gender-specific differences in both the normal physiology and diseases of the cardiovascular system, bone, brain, sexual function and drug metabolism. The sex-specific features of aging, including a discussion of hormone therapy in men and women after menopause and andropause. During the Congress eminent experts in the respective fields will, for the first time, present comprehensive, state-of-the-art information in plenary sessions. Those participating in the session will be given guidelines for effective management and treatment strategies. Dr. Vivian Pinn, Associate Director, Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health is the Honorary President of the Congress. The Congress is being endorsed and supported by the centers of Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University in New-York, The Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm , Sweden ; Japan and the Medical Faculty of Humboldt University and Free University in Berlin , Germany . For a report on the conference including details about the "Canadian Contingent" visit http://www.crwh.org/events/GSM.php Short Course on Gendered Research in Health November 14 - 26 2005, Vadodara, IndiaOffered by the Women's Health Training Research and Advocacy Cell (WOHTRAC), this course is designed to empower researchers and practitioners to carry out gendered research in health. It aims to improve understanding of basic gender concepts and their application in the context of research, policies and programmes related to health. The intended audience includes development workers, social science researchers in health, faculty members of various academic institutions, research scholars and those working on health issues within the non-government and government sectors. Course objectives: Be acquainted with the various concepts used in gender analysis. Locate gender-based inequalities within the context of other social inequities. Apply gender and rights perspective to epidemiological, quantitative and qualitative methods. Use outcomes of gendered research to develop communication and advocacy strategies. Course content:: Module 1: Introduction to concepts and tools in gender, rights, development, and health. Module 2: Researching gender and social issues in health. Module 3: Taking research forward: advocacy and communication. More information: http://www.wohtrac.org/announcements.htm Gender Equality in Africa Sept 5-9 2005 - Pretoria, South Africa This course examines the latest practical and theoretical developments related to gender equity and their implications for the women of Africa. It aims to generate informed debate and develop advocacy and research skills in order to enhance the promotion of gender equity at all levels. http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ggp/gen_equality.html Women's Health and Well-Being (Vol. 24, No. 1) CWS plans to commit the Fall 2004 issue to an exploration of gender bias in women's health issues and service provision. This issue will pay particular attention to women's health as health providers, health workers, health carers as recipients of care and as givers. The issue will address the impact of multiple oppressions of gender, culture, race, sexual orientation and poverty on women's health. Although the emphasis will be on women's experiences and insights into what determines women's health and well-being, a wide range of articles will examine effective ways to strategize for advocacy and action on women's health. Sensitizing readers to ways that will empower women to find appropriate solutions to issues affecting their health will be a major purpose of this issue. The issue will focus on a holistic approach to health care that incorporates physical, mental, and emotional well-being. More at http://www.cwhn.ca/hot/call/default.html#wellbe Gender Mainstreaming , 8-10 February 2005, Norwich, United Kingdom Organised by the Overseas Development Group (ODG) in the United Kingdom (UK), the purpose of this two-and-a-half day training course is to understand what ‘gender mainstreaming’ means and why it is important. Gender Training Course, 11 -18 March 11, 2005, Bangkok, Thailand Organised by the Women’s Action and Research Initiative (WARI), this is an 8-day training course on “Women, Men & Development”. Also organised by WARI, a related 2-day conference, “Gender & Southeast Asia Conference” will take place after this training course on March 18-19 2005. Contact Information: WARI at wari9@yahoo.com http://geocities.com/wari9/course2005.htm Gender & Southeast Asia (including Mekong region) Conference, Bangkok March 18-19, 2005 A 2-day conference on Gender & Southeast Asia will follow immediately after the course. The conference combines academics and activism, providing a forum to share knowledge and experience, to build a network of support, and to develop joint strategies. Papers and presentations are invited that focus on experiences and ?lessons learned? in relation to gender in development work within the region. Please see further details on the event and the Application Form on WARI website Website: geocities.com/wari9/ Email: concourse02@yahoo.com Fifth Australian Women's Health Conference, Reflecing on Gender, Confronting the Evidence, 20 - 22 April 2005, Melbourne, Australia. Call for papers now open. See www.womenshealth2005.com.au Gender, the Body and Objectification, 21 - 22 May 2005, University of Sheffield, UK International Interdisciplinary Conference on Gender, Sexuality and Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 10-13 June 2004 On-line registration now available. Keynote speakers include: Cindy Patton; Sue Wilkinson, Simon Fraser University, BC Pat Armstong, York University, Ontario Lesley Doyal, Bristol University, UK Gilles Marchildon, Executive Director, Egale, Canada Monica Casper, Executive Director, Intersex Society of North America, USA. Satellite Workshops 14 & 15 June: John Heritage, UCLA: Medical Interaction Emanuel Schegloff, UCLA: Analyzing Talk-in-Interaction. Deadline for submissions: 1st March 2004 Enquiries to: gsh@sfu.ca V International Conference Women in the 21st Century University of Havana, Cuba November 17-21, 2003 CONTACT: Organizers: Dra. Norma Vasallo Barrueta Tel. (537) 878-3450 FAX (537) 873-5774 Email: cmujer@psico.uh.cu OPC: Lic. Yolanda CuŽ Tel. (537) 870-4667 / (537) 870-0584 Email: eventos@rect.uh.cu yolanda@rect.uh.cu Short Course on Gender, Health and Development, Sep 18 Ð Oct 3 2003, Trivandrum, Kerala, India Contact Information: Course Co-ordinator SAKHI WomenÕs Resource Centre Convent Road, Trivandrum - 605 001 Kerala, India Phone: 91-471-46 22 51 Fax: 2574939 email: sakhi@md2.vsnl.net.in Women in Management: Building Leaders for Development (Oct 14 - Nov 14 2003) Washington, DC, USA. Contact Information: Ketty Jaramillo Workshop Manager CEDPA 1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20036, USA Tel: 202/667-1142 Fax: 202/332-4496 kjaramillo@cedpa.org website: http://www.cedpa.org/training/wim.html 3rd Annual Gender Course "Women, Men, and Development", March 9-14 2003, Bangkok, Thailand. Contact Information: Women's Action Resource Initiative 52/619 Muang Ake, Rangsit Pathumthani 12000, Thailand Phone: (662) 997-7279 Fax: (662) 997-7536 email: wari9@yahoo.com website http://www.geocities.com/wari9/course2003.htm Promoting Gender in Reproductive Health and Rights Course, Sep 29 - Oct 17 2003, Nairobi, Kenya Contact Information: The Director, CAFS Pamstech House Woodvale Grove Westlands P.O. Box 60054 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: (254-2) 4448618 Fax: (254-2) 4448621 Email for more inf: courses@cafs.org website: cafs.org Forum on ICTs and Gender: Optimizing Opportunities, May 27-30 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Contact Information: Global Knowledge Partnership Secretariat Lot L2-I-4, Enterprise 4 Technology Park Malaysia, Bukit Jalil 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Phone: +603 8996 2379 Fax: +603 8996 2382 email: gkps@gkpsecretariat.org.my. Forum on ICTs and Gender website: http://www.globalknowledge.org/gender2003/ 5th Summer Course on International Women's Human Rights, May 26-31 2003, Quezon City, Philippines Contact Information: Ms. Joanne Barriga Phone: 925-5635 / 435-9229 / 927-2421 local 343 email: wagi@mc.edu.ph and jbarriga@mc.edu.ph University of Cape Town: Department of Community Health and the African Gender Institute The University of Cape Town is currently the only South African university which offers undergraduates the opportunity to include gender and women's studies within their academic careers. This represents an exciting commitment towards preparing students to interact with national, and international, contexts in which the need for understanding gender is increasingly becoming a pre-requisite for successful and productive ways of living and working. Programmes: 1. Masters in Public Health The orientation of the programme will be towards: Population based approaches to health problems. The use and knowledge of evidence-based methods to solve public health problems. Engagement with the political, economic and ethical dimensions to social choices underlying healthcare and the objective of achieving equity in health. 2. Undergraduate Programme in Gender and Women's Studies This is a three-year degree programme which offers you the opportunity to explore the way gender can be used as a tool of social analysis in a range of fields: contemporary politics, law, media and literary studies, comparative anthropologies, psychology, and development studies. It is a programme which allows you a dual focus and flexibility in the design of your individual academic curriculum over the three years. 3. Postgraduate study in Gender issues The programme offers the following: B.SocSc Honours (exit after first year of masters programme) MSocSc (2 year or 1 year options) PhD in Gender Studies An advanced research degree carried out under supervision. Examination is by thesis alone. Prospective students should contact the Head of Department to discuss the topic and availability of suitable supervision. website:http://www.uct.ac.za/org/agi/progproj/a Programme on Gender and Culture Location: Budapest The Programme on Gender & Culture focuses on exploring the already established theoretical paradigms from Western perspectives and those emerging from the East, especially in view of the transition, to foster and support new theoretical and practical initiatives emerging from the region. Programmes: 1. Master of Arts Programme 2. Master of Philosophy Programme 3. Doctoral Support Programme. The Doctoral Support Contact: Christina Crowder, Program Coordinator Central European University Program on Gender and Culture Nador u. 9 - 1051 Budapest 5 - Hungary Tel: (36-1) 327-3000, Fax: (36-1) 327-3001 E-mail: crowderc@ceu.hu Website:http://www.ceu.hu/gend/gendir.html Building Bridges Conference 2003 - 1st to 3rd April 2003 Link: http://www.buildingbridges.org.nz Participation and Development with Gender Short Course ,September 16 - November 22 2002 ,Wales, UK Contact Information: Center for Development Studies University of Wales Swansea UK SA2 8PP Fax 0044 1792 295682.Email for details: development.short.courses@swansea.ac.uk Short Course: Gender Mainstreaming: Practical Skills and Critical Analysis (Aug 5-30 2002), University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK Contact Information: University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ United Kingdom Telephone +44 (0)1603 456410 Fax +44 (0)1603 505262 emil: odg.train@uea.ac.uk Link: Short course website Gender Related Organisations The Centre for Health and Gender Equity National Council of Women The Centre for Health and Gender Equity 6930 Carroll Avenue, Ste 910, Takoma Park, MD 20912. Tel: 1 301 270 1182. Fax: 1 301 270 2052 Website: www.genderhealth.org National Council of Women at http://www.ncwnz.co.nz see also their report for CEDAW Sept 2002