“Join: Irene M Santiago, Ethel Falu Sigimanu and Catherine Fox to celebrate IWD – Let’s not wait another 20 years to achieve gender equality
When: Tuesday 3rd MArch
Time: 7am – 9am
Where: Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)”
For more information, visit: https://unwomen.org.au/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=181
“The inaugural Fed Up Lunch will be held on Lightning Stakes Day, 21 February, in a premier dining room at Flemington Racecourse, and aims to achieve two broad objectives;
– Raise much-needed funds to enable McAuley to help Victorian women and children escaping family violence
– Create awareness about this widespread issue in our community
The intention is to have some fun while we’re doing it. We’ll sit down to a gourmet three course lunch, and be entertained by some special guests including Triple M’s Matt Tilley, and others that will be announced shortly.”
100% of the proceeds will go to McAuley Community Services for Women.
For more information, visit: http://www.feduplunch.org/about-the-event
“For the United Nations, the pursuit of social justice for all is at the core of our global mission to promote development and human dignity. The adoption by the International Labour Organization of the Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization is just one recent example of the UN system’s commitment to social justice. The Declaration focuses on guaranteeing fair outcomes for all through employment, social protection, social dialogue, and fundamental principles and rights at work.
The General Assembly proclaimed 20 February as World Day of Social Justice in 2007, inviting Member States to devote the day to promoting national activities in accordance with the objectives and goals of the World Summit for Social Development and the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly. Observance of World Day of Social Justice should support efforts of the international community in poverty eradication, the promotion of full employment and decent work, gender equity and access to social well-being and justice for all.”
For more information, visit: http://www.un.org/en/events/socialjusticeday/
“12.30-2.00pm (doors open at 12.00pm)
Friday, 13th February 2015
Meeting Room, Adelaide Town Hall (entry via walkway at 25 Pirie Street) 128 King William Street Adelaide, SA 5000 Australia
ANROWS invites you to this public lecture by Professor Liz Kelly CBE.
Professor Kelly is Co-Chair of the End Violence Against Women Coalition UK (EVAW) and Professor of Sexualised Violence, London Metropolitan University.
In 1988 Professor Kelly established the concept of a ‘continuum of violence’ in her highly acclaimed book Surviving Sexual Violence.
This concept transformed the way we think about sexual violence. It recognised commonalities between different forms of violence and identified their connection to structural gender inequality.
In this ANROWS lecture, Professor Kelly revisits the continuum of violence to highlight its continuing significance today.”
For more information, visit: http://www.anrows.org.au/events/re-visiting-the-continuum-sexual-violence-in-the-21st-century
“The Gendered Violence Research Network (GVRN) – a joint initiative of UNSW Arts and Social Sciences and UNSW Law – will hold its inaugural Asia-Pacific conference on Gendered Violence and Violations at UNSW Australia (The University of New South Wales) in Sydney on 10-12 February 2015.
Gendered violence is increasingly recognised as a major global problem and constitutes a violation of human rights for women, men, children and elders. This ground-breaking international conference with an Asia-Pacific focus will combine and expand interdisciplinary research and practitioner knowledge to encourage innovation and best practice in responding to gendered and sexualised violence. It will also be an opportunity to explore less visible violations related to gendered inequality and injustice, including the continuing effects of colonisation.
Conference Themes / Streams
The GVRN conference aims to facilitate the exchange of perspectives, ideas and strategies between countries, regions and sectors, and will focus on the following conference themes/streams:
Investigating psycho-social, therapeutic and prevention interventions for gendered violence and violations: what are emerging interventions and do we know how effective they are, and can we intervene and prevent at the same time?
Engaging with policy and legal responses to gendered violence and violations: how are policies at different levels being designed, implemented and evaluated; and what are existing and potential innovative legal responses?
Exploring conceptualisations and representations of gendered violence and violations: how can various art forms – literature, television, visual arts and multimedia – be used by diverse cultural groups, and produce spaces of critique and agency?”
For more information, visit: http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=0167f9624f1ef4543f12e6de7&id=87b3acde70&e=[UNIQID]
“Key issues in sexual assault practice: Reflections and discussions from research. (ANROWS event)
1.00-4.30pm
Monday, 9th February 2015
Australian Technology Park. Eveleigh, Sydney, NSW
ANROWS is now accepting submissions to attend a capacity building workshop with Professor Liz Kelly CBE.
Professor Kelly is Co-Chair of the End Violence Against Women Coalition UK (EVAW) and Professor of Sexualised Violence, London Metropolitan University.
Expressions of interest are due by 5.30pm on Friday 16 January, 2015.
In this invitation-only session, participants will engage in a reflective dialogue with Professor Kelly on issues relating to sexual violence research-to-practice.
Interested parties from all states and territories are encouraged to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI). Invitations will be issued with consideration of EOI responses, applicants’ roles and geographic and cultural diversity.
Participation is free of charge but limited to 30 delegates.
Please note that invitations are limited to one person per service (exceptional circumstances will be considered).
Preference will be given to applicants who are actively engaged in responding to and preventing sexual assault as practitioners, policy makers, advocates, researchers and/or activists.”
For more information, visit: http://www.anrows.org.au/events/key-issues-in-sexual-assault-practice-reflections-and-discussions-research-anrows-event
You are invited to a human rights engagement workshop and consultation on Australia’s Universal Periodic Review in Perth!
Date: Thursday 22 January 2015
Time: 10:00am – 11:30am – National Women’s Alliances update followed by morning tea
11: 30am – 1:30pm International Human Rights Engagement Workshop
1:30pm – 2:30pm – Lunch
2:00pm – 4:00pm – UPR consultation
Venue: The Vault Room, Ground Floor, 45 St Georges Terrace, Perth
RSVP: RSVP by COB Wednesday 14 January
Australia’s upcoming review by the UN Human Rights Council provides an important opportunity for
Australian NGOs to encourage and influence the Australian Government to improve the protection
and promotion of human rights and fulfil its international obligations.
Consultation participants will share insights and learnings from Australia’s first UPR, discuss progress
on the implementation of recommendations from the previous review and discuss key issues,
opportunities and strategies for the upcoming UPR in 2015.
A workshop session will also be held on engaging with international human rights in Australian advocacy.
Prior to the workshop the Equality Rights Alliance will provide an introduction to the international
human rights framework (with an emphasis on the rights of women) and identify methods of using
international rights in a domestic setting.
This workshop is presented by the National Women’s Alliances and the Equality Rights Alliance with
assistance from the National Association of Community Legal Centres, The Human Rights Law
Centre and Kingsford legal Centre.
For more information, visit: http://awava.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/UPR-NGO-workshop-and-consulation-Perth.pdf
“On December 10th, people and states the world over celebrate the 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). On this landmark date in contemporary history, the nations of the world joined together to try to bury, once and for all, the specter of genocide raised by the Second World War. The UDHR was one of the first major achievements of the United Nations and provided the basic philosophy for many legally-binding international instruments to follow. Resolution 217A (III) by the General Assembly proclaims the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms…”
Organizations and individuals use Human Rights Day as an opportunity to both commemorate the signing of this historic document and to promote the principles that it embodies. Human Rights Day, according to former High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, is “an occasion to demonstrate that the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights were not theoretical or abstract.”
To obtain a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, please visit the UN website at: http://www.ohchr.org/”
For more information, visit: http://16dayscwgl.rutgers.edu/about/key-dates
“The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute coordinated by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership in 1991. Participants chose the dates November 25- International Day Against Violence Against Women- and December 10- International Human Rights Day- in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasize that such violence is a violation of human rights. This 16-day period also highlights other significant dates including November 29, International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, December 1, World AIDS Day, and December 6, which marks the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre. The 16 Days Campaign has been used as an organizing strategy by individuals and groups around the world to call for the elimination of all forms of violence against women by:
– raising awareness about gender-based violence as a human rights issue at the local, national, regional and international levels
– strengthening local work around violence against women
– establishing a clear link between local and international work to end violence against women
– providing a forum in which organizers can develop and share new and effective strategies
– demonstrating the solidarity of women around the world organizing against violence against women
– creating tools to pressure governments to implement promises made to eliminate violence against women”
For more information, visit: http://16dayscwgl.rutgers.edu/about/campaign-profile
“The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute coordinated by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership in 1991. Participants chose the dates November 25- International Day Against Violence Against Women- and December 10- International Human Rights Day- in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasize that such violence is a violation of human rights. This 16-day period also highlights other significant dates including November 29, International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, December 1, World AIDS Day, and December 6, which marks the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre. The 16 Days Campaign has been used as an organizing strategy by individuals and groups around the world to call for the elimination of all forms of violence against women by:
– raising awareness about gender-based violence as a human rights issue at the local, national, regional and international levels
– strengthening local work around violence against women
– establishing a clear link between local and international work to end violence against women
– providing a forum in which organizers can develop and share new and effective strategies
– demonstrating the solidarity of women around the world organizing against violence against women
– creating tools to pressure governments to implement promises made to eliminate violence against women”
For more information, visit: http://16dayscwgl.rutgers.edu/about/campaign-profile