A Press Conference will be held at 12:00 noon tomorrow, Tuesday, 1/11/11, at the University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona, to allow our community's many peace-minded groups to offer prepared statements in response to the Saturday Safeway Massacre targeting Representative Gabrielle Giffords.

Description:

This conference is an initiative between SOLON, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and the Centre for Contemporary British History to explore themes surrounding judicial roles and responses to war crimes (broadly construed)– past, present and future – and also responses to such initiatives, from victims/victors, interested agencies and commentators, including the UN, NATO and various local, regional and international NGOs.

Conference: LOVA's 2nd International Conference
Place: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date: July 6-8, 2011
Submission deadline for abstracts: February 1, 2011

The Horn of African conferences have since its inception focused on issues related to peace, security and development. So far, none of the conferences has yet had an explicit focus on the linkages between gender, peace and development. This time the focus of the conference is set on these linkages. We know that the violence has had disproportionate effects on the lives of women.

The Policy Forum will be the culmination of two weeks of consultations with women mediators from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. These experts will raise the profile of women in mediation and provide specific recommendations to those who plan and support negotiations about the importance of inclusive, multi-track processes.

Girls Stand Up!
Orientation Day for CSW 55

Date: Sunday, 20 February 2011
Time: 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.
Location: Pace University

Tickets £5 – book at 0207 922 7772 or filmscreening@womenforwomen.org

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An Invitation from Mary Robinson

Please join Realizing Rights and our partners at a final event to celebrate the culmination of joint endeavors but also new beginnings.

Maria Eriksson Baaz, the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala will discuss key ideas in the report “The Complexity of Violence. A critical analysis of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)”, which she has coauthored with Maria Stern.

Robin May Schott, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, will comment on the report.