This is a story of how the funding support of USAID to an association of People Living with HIV and AIDS actually change the life a woman from being ostracized and jobless to gaining self-reliance and financial sustainability. "When Yvonne Karenzo lost her husband in 2003, she was forced to engage … [Read more...] about USAID/Burundi support for an association of people living with HIV and AIDS
Conference on “Women2Women America”
"Women2Women - America" will take place from August 3 - August 10, 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The goal of Women2Women is to provide young women students from around the world with the opportunity to learn, network, and acquire the leadership and professional development skills needed to … [Read more...] about Conference on “Women2Women America”
Young Women Knowledge and Leadership Institute (YOWLI)
The Young Women’s Knowledge and Leadership Institute (YOWLI) is one of the 3 Flagship programs of AWOMI. The other flagship programs are the African Women Economic Education and Empowerment Fund (WEFU) and the Accountability Tracking Program (ACT). YOWLI was set up to enable young women and men of … [Read more...] about Young Women Knowledge and Leadership Institute (YOWLI)
Secretary’s Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls: Call for Concept Papers
Objective and Overview The Secretary’s Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls seeks to find and bring to scale the most pioneering approaches to the political, economic and social empowerment of women and girls around the globe. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the award is … [Read more...] about Secretary’s Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls: Call for Concept Papers
Secretary’s Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls: Call for Concept Papers -2
How to Prepare Concept Papers Concept papers are due by June 21, 2010, to (email given in source link below). The concept paper should be a short, informal proposal that should not exceed five (5) double-spaced pages. It should describe a potential solution to challenge(s) facing women and girls, … [Read more...] about Secretary’s Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls: Call for Concept Papers -2
Opportunity for Women Peacemakers
The Women Peacemakers Program is a program of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego. It is currently accepting applications from “women who have been involved in either official or unofficial peace processes and who may be working at the grassroots, national or … [Read more...] about Opportunity for Women Peacemakers
Call for Pre-Proposals: Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society: An Asia-wide Research Program
IT for Change, a nonprofit organization located in India has announced a call for pre-proposals under its Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society, an Asia-wide research program organized with the support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Individual researchers or … [Read more...] about Call for Pre-Proposals: Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society: An Asia-wide Research Program
Call for Pre-Proposals: Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society: An Asia-wide Research Program -2
The objectives of the Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society: An Asia-wide Research Program are: to understand how emerging techno-social paradigms, shaped by new information and communication technologies (ICTs), recast the citizenship of marginalised women; to examine the challenges to … [Read more...] about Call for Pre-Proposals: Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society: An Asia-wide Research Program -2
Call for Pre-Proposals: Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society: An Asia-wide Research Program -3
Applicants should be either at doctoral-level or should have at least 15 years of experience. They should preferably have experience in the fields of gender and development, information society or digital media in the global South. They should also demonstrate their interest in feminist research. … [Read more...] about Call for Pre-Proposals: Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society: An Asia-wide Research Program -3
Training Program on the Equal Status and Human Rights of Women in East Africa
The Africa Youth Trust in partnership with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute is organizing the training program on the Equal Status and Human Rights of Women in East Africa (EAHUWO). The program is sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). It will be held from 2nd to … [Read more...] about Training Program on the Equal Status and Human Rights of Women in East Africa
