1. Beijing +20
BACKGROUND
In 1995, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Actionwas adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women, and subsequently endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1996. The Beijing Platform for Action constitutes a global framework for realising gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
The Beijing Platform for Action calls upon governments, the international community and civil society, encompassing non-governmental organisations and the private sector, to empower women and girls by taking action in 12 critical areas: poverty, education and training, health, violence, armed conflict, the economy, power and decision-making, institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women, human rights, the media, the environment and the girl child.
Every five years, progress in implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action is reviewed by theCommission on the Status of Women (CSW). There have been three reviews to date – 2000, 2005 and 2010– with each review resulting in an outcome document that reinforces global commitment to the empowerment of women and girls and outlines priority actions for the coming five years.
BEIJING +20 REVIEW EVENTS
Asia-Pacific Civil Society Consultative Forum (10-11 February 2014)
ESCAP Committee on Social Development (18-20 August 2014)
Asia-Pacific Civil Society Consultative Forum (14 November 2014 - TBC)Asian and Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Beijing +20 Review (17-20 November 2014)
59th Session of the Commision on the Status of Women (March 2015)
71st Session of ESCAP (May 2015)
Please Contact :
Jacqueline Paul (Ms.)
Social Affairs Officer
Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
Section
Social Development Division
United Nations ESCAP
Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Tel: 662-288-1599
Fax: 662-288-1030
Email: paulj@un.org
2. World Indigenous Legal Conference 2014, 24-27 June 2014, "Past, Present, Future"
In 2014 the annual National Indigenous Legal Conference will not be held as a separate event, but will instead be combined with the World Indigenous Legal Conference. The World Indigenous Legal Conference 2014 examines legal issues affecting Indigenous Peoples worldwide.
Program
Hosted by the Indigenous Lawyers Association of Queensland at QUT, WILC 2014 will address:
· Indigenous Knowledge: Practice & Research
· Relationships to Land
· Criminal Justice
· Human Rights
· Indigenous Women & Children
· Economic Independence
Registration
Includes welcome and opening ceremony hosted by the Chief Justice of Queensland, the Hon Paul de Jersey AC at the QEII Law Courts Complex and a conference dinner in the Grand Chelsea Room, Mercure Hotel, Brisbane on Thursday 26 June 2014 at 6.30pm with keynote speaker Senator Nigel Scullion, Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Senator for the Northern Territory (Australia). At the conference dinner The Federal Attorney General will present the National Indigenous Legal Professional Award and the National Indigenous Law Student Prize.
Speakers
Beverly Jacobs (Canada)
Current president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada. Beverly was born into the Bear Clan of the Mohawk Nation on the Territory of the Six Nations of the Grand River in Southern Ontario and will speak on respecting Indigenous legal traditions and knowledge, specifically Haudenosaunee laws that respect and honour Indigenous women.
Peggy Bird (New Mexico)
Peggy L. Bird is of the Sun Clan from Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico. Peggy was the Chief Judge at the Laguna Pueblo Court, Laguna Pueblo, NM for nearly 5 ½ years. Peggy is an advocate/attorney/consultant/human rights activist and works to enhance the sovereignty of Native women by ending violence against Native women, both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough (Inuit-Alaska)
Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough (Inuit-Alaska) holds a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law (2002) and a Master of Arts in Law & Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University (1991). Dr. Dorough is currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Alaska Anchorage; Alaska Member of the Inuit Circumpolar Council Advisory Committee on UN Issues; Member of the Board of Trustees of UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations; and Member of the International Law Association Committee on Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Deborah Sanchez (North America)
Deborah Sanchez is Chumash and O’odham and Native traditionalist. She is the Co-Chair of the Barbareño Chumash Council and sits on the Board of Directors for the Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Inc., and the Wishtoyo Foundation, a cultural and environmental nonprofit that teaches others about land and ocean stewardship through Chumash values and traditions. Deborah is a member of the NAGPRA committee (Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act) for California State University, Long Beach; the Elder Women’s Council for Wishtoyo; and she studies and teaches the Šmuwič language (Barbareño Chumash). A judge with the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Deborah was appointed by the former Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court to serve as a member of the California Tribal and State Court Forum. She also teaches for the American Indian Studies Program at California State University, Long Beach.
Other speakers Include:
· Hazel Law (Nicaragua)
· Otilia Lux de Coti (Guatemala)
· Margarita Montalva (Chile)
· Dr Mark McMillan, Law School, Melbourne University (Australia)
· Raelene Webb QC, National Native Title Tribunal
· Tony Denholder, Ashurst Lawyers
· Jonathon Fulcher, Hopgood Ganim
· Robert Willmett, State Manager Department of Education and Employment
· Palm Island Company
· Francis Waleanisia (Solomon Is)
· Yogeswaran Subramaniam (Malaysia)
· Horiana Irwin-Easthope (NZ)
· Michael Sharpe (NZ)
· Dr Janet Hammill, Coordinator Collaboration for Alcohol Related Developmental Disorders (CARDD)(Australia)
Program and Registration
For full details on the program and registration visit the following link:
https://services.qls.com.au/member/eventscalendar/event_display.aspx?EventKey=140625
Accommodation For details on accommodation and other information about the conference visit the Indigenous Lawyers Association of Queensland website below:
http://www.indigenouslawyersqld.com/WILC-2014.html
Includes welcome and opening ceremony hosted by the Chief Justice of Queensland, the Hon Paul de Jersey AC at the QEII Law Courts Complex and a conference dinner in the Grand Chelsea Room, Mercure Hotel, Brisbane on Thursday 26 June 2014 at 6.30pm with keynote speaker Senator Nigel Scullion, Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Senator for the Northern Territory (Australia). At the conference dinner The Federal Attorney General will present the National Indigenous Legal Professional Award and the National Indigenous Law Student Prize.
Speakers
Beverly Jacobs (Canada)
Current president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada. Beverly was born into the Bear Clan of the Mohawk Nation on the Territory of the Six Nations of the Grand River in Southern Ontario and will speak on respecting Indigenous legal traditions and knowledge, specifically Haudenosaunee laws that respect and honour Indigenous women.
Peggy Bird (New Mexico)
Peggy L. Bird is of the Sun Clan from Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico. Peggy was the Chief Judge at the Laguna Pueblo Court, Laguna Pueblo, NM for nearly 5 ½ years. Peggy is an advocate/attorney/consultant/human rights activist and works to enhance the sovereignty of Native women by ending violence against Native women, both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough (Inuit-Alaska)
Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough (Inuit-Alaska) holds a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law (2002) and a Master of Arts in Law & Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University (1991). Dr. Dorough is currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Alaska Anchorage; Alaska Member of the Inuit Circumpolar Council Advisory Committee on UN Issues; Member of the Board of Trustees of UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations; and Member of the International Law Association Committee on Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Deborah Sanchez (North America)
Deborah Sanchez is Chumash and O’odham and Native traditionalist. She is the Co-Chair of the Barbareño Chumash Council and sits on the Board of Directors for the Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Inc., and the Wishtoyo Foundation, a cultural and environmental nonprofit that teaches others about land and ocean stewardship through Chumash values and traditions. Deborah is a member of the NAGPRA committee (Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act) for California State University, Long Beach; the Elder Women’s Council for Wishtoyo; and she studies and teaches the Šmuwič language (Barbareño Chumash). A judge with the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Deborah was appointed by the former Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court to serve as a member of the California Tribal and State Court Forum. She also teaches for the American Indian Studies Program at California State University, Long Beach.
Other speakers Include:
· Hazel Law (Nicaragua)
· Otilia Lux de Coti (Guatemala)
· Margarita Montalva (Chile)
· Dr Mark McMillan, Law School, Melbourne University (Australia)
· Raelene Webb QC, National Native Title Tribunal
· Tony Denholder, Ashurst Lawyers
· Jonathon Fulcher, Hopgood Ganim
· Robert Willmett, State Manager Department of Education and Employment
· Palm Island Company
· Francis Waleanisia (Solomon Is)
· Yogeswaran Subramaniam (Malaysia)
· Horiana Irwin-Easthope (NZ)
· Michael Sharpe (NZ)
· Dr Janet Hammill, Coordinator Collaboration for Alcohol Related Developmental Disorders (CARDD)(Australia)
Program and Registration
For full details on the program and registration visit the following link:
https://services.qls.com.au/member/eventscalendar/event_display.aspx?EventKey=140625
Accommodation For details on accommodation and other information about the conference visit the Indigenous Lawyers Association of Queensland website below:
http://www.indigenouslawyersqld.com/WILC-2014.html
3. 19th South Asian Feminist Capacity Building Course
We would like to request you add our call for applications for the upcoming Sangat course, 19th South Asian Feminist Capacity Building Course on Gender, Sustainable Livelihoods, Human Rights and Peace - 14 September to 14 October, 2014, course to be held at TEWA Center, in, Kathmandu, Nepal.
The course brochure and the application forms are given attached. You may also look at our website for more information. http://www.sangatsouthasia.org/19th-feminist-capacity-building-course-gender-sustainable-livelihoods-human-rights-and-peace-14.html#.UyFJQT-Szvk . We would request you to send this out in all your networks.
To apply we request interested women from South Asia to send us filled in application forms (given attached), a detailed CV of the applicant/nominee with details of training's facilitated and an 800-1000 words write up on why the applicant/nominee would like to attend this course and how they will use it in the future.
Participants or their organizations are expected to pay for their travel and $1400 to cover costs of food and lodging. Please note that Sangat does not charge any fee at all for the course. In case South Asian applicants/nominees are not able to pay, a fellowship application will have to be sent to Sangat. Women from outside the South Asian region need to raise their own funding for travel.
4. CALL FOR PAPERS
The Third International Conference on Human Rights and Peace & Conflict in Southeast Asia
Organized by the Southeast Asian Human Rights Studies Network and the Faculty of Law and Human Rights Research Centre , Universiti Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
15 – 17 October 2014
In 2015, the ASEAN Economic Community will be established and through it, the economies of the 10 ASEAN member-countries will be integrated into a single market and production base. Currently, there is a flurry of free trade agreement negotiations between ASEAN and other countries, and ASEAN members are taking on pivotal economic policy changes to meet regional requirements. As we approach this critical point, as scholars and activists, we are compelled to reflect on the imminent and potential impacts of this integration to the lives of the peoples of ASEAN and Southeast Asia, particularly, its ramifications for human rights and peace in the region.
The Third International Conference on Human Rights and Peace and Conflict in Southeast Asia is envisioned to set the stage for the promotion of human rights and peace through academic activism. Scholars, researchers, graduate and post-graduate students, civil society organizations, governments and inter-governmental organizations representatives who work on the research and greater understanding of human rights and peace and conflict in Southeast Asia are cordially invited to share their researches on the following areas:
· ASEAN Integration and Impact on Human Rights and Peace
· Academic Freedom
· Peace and Security
· Conflict Transformation
· Peace processes and human rights
Human Rights and peace advocacies
· Democracy
· Governance and Justice
· Religions and Human rights & Peace
· Human rights and Humanitarianism
· Gender and Sexuality
· Business Accountability
· Environment and Human Rights
· Migration
Paper Submission Details
Those who wish to present a paper are invited to submit an abstract of 300-350 words and a short biographical paragraph of 150 words, both in English, to Mr. Joel Mark Barredo atseahrncon@gmail.com. Your abstract and short bio should fit into one page. Please indicate to which theme or area your paper is proposed. The full paper should be about 5,000-6,000 words.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: May 9, 2014
Successful applicants will be notified by 27 June 2014. Full papers are due on 25 September 2014.
