Update on Violence against Women March 2009

New Website on Violence against Women! The European Policy Action Centre on Violence against Women (EPAC VAW) - which gathers women’s NGOs across Europe to ensure increased recognition of their expertise and support for their work - launched its new website, presenting the European Observatory of experts on violence against women, data and reports on the situation in thirty countries from the European Union and neighboring countries, current news, as well as a wealth of resources on different forms of violence against women. Go to EPAC VAW site: www.epacvaw.org

 

Video Clips on Violence against Women - EPAC VAW website offers two captivating videos. The first one called “Not for sale“, aims at challenging the traditional views and myths about sexual exploitation of women’s bodies. The second one “I am involved” explains the reasons why women’s activists decided to say no to violence in the first place and how fighting violence against women is linked to equality between women and men. Click here to see the videos.

 

Human Rights violations in Moldova: following complications related to a late abortion, a young Moldavian woman, Lucia Sudureac, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in December 2006. There exist one extraordinary legal remedy available but nothing has been done yet. By a written question and making reference to the EU/Moldova Action Plan, MEP Eva-Britt Svensson has posed a written question to the European Commission and the Council on what kind of measures is foreseen to reverse the sentence and stop the violations of the human rights in this case.

 

Latvia - one of the Main Destinations of European Sex Tourism - Latvia is also a transit-point for traffickers who transport victims to the target countries. This is due to its’ geographical location. Riga airport is located on one of the very crucial connection lines within Europe. Preventing human trafficking in these circumstances is a great challenge, and more resources are needed to solve the problem. Read more (Sources: NEWW-Polska)

 

The training on “Developing Legal Skills and Knowledge for Successful Litigation in Cases of Violence against Women” will be held in London on 11 and 12 July 2009 and organized by Interights’ Europe Programme. The application deadline is Sunday, 5 April 2009. The complete call for applications

 

Events

 

Women in Business and Politics:  “Where are the women?” The Parliament Magazine invites delegates attending European Business Summit 2009 to join high level European decision makers to discuss women’s issues in business and politics, 26 March 2009. Read more

 

3^RD NGO International conference “Engaging government and NGO’s on public health” Victoria Park Garden, London-UK 20th - 30th MARCH, 2009. This conference will discuss and debate the issues around social determinants of health. Richard Dolls Foundation: Information/Reservation /Contact

 

European citizen’s consultation 2009 on EU economic and social future- The final event will be the European Citizens’ Summit, attended by 150 participants from the 27 Consultations, to be held in Brussels on 10 - 11 May 2009. Read more

 

Care Economy and Care Crisis is the title of this year WIDE (Women in Development Europe) Annual Conference co-hosted with the Swiss platform from 18 to 20 June in Basel, Switzerland. Registration

 

International Conference on "Care and Migration", 23-24th April 2009, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, organized by the Cornelia Goethe Center for Women's and Gender Studies. Further information and registration

 

World Outgames 2nd International Conference on LGBT Human Rights in Copenhagen from 27 - 29 July 2009. The name of the conference is "Love of Freedom - Freedom to Love". For further information

 

All-European Autonomous Feminist Womyn’s Gathering, April 9 - 14, 2009 (Vienna). This Gathering wants to gather feminist women and lesbians from different countries who are involved in struggles against sexism, racism, homophobia, capitalism, fascism and patriarchy. For further information

 

23rd Annual Conference on Victim Support Europe in Lisbon on 25 and 26 June 2009. The purpose of this event is to gather experts and professionals in the area of justice, social matters (civil society organisations) and policy-makers from different countries. Your proposals for workshop presentations are welcome, deadline April 30, 2009. For further information

 

"Gender in European academia: difference and discrimination in communication research", on 25 November 2009, is the title of the workshop organized by The Centre for Intercultural Studies (CEI) of ISCAP. This workshop intends to analyse the actual situation of gender discrimination and to evaluate academic quality within European universities and polytechnics. For further information

 

Changing research landscapes to make the most of human potential a conference which is taking place in Prague on 14-15 May 2009 in collaboration with the Czech EU Presidency. It will analyse 10 years of EU activities within "Women and Science", and beyond. Information& Registration