1. Summary
2. What Is The Concern
3. Aims and Objectives
4. Key Demands
5. Key Messages
6. List of Materials For This Action
7. Recommended work and activities with partners
8. Media Work and “Killer Facts”

1. SUMMARY

he Gender Training Community of Practice started its Fourth Virtual Dialogue on "Gender Training for Humanitarian Aid" on March 15 until May 21, 2010.

Please register with seminar@prio.no if you want to take part in this seminar.

The E4 Engendering Empowerment: Education and Equality conferences, scheduled to take place between 12th April – 20th May 2010, speak to the goal of strengthening and expanding partnerships for girls' education around the most pressing obstacles many girls face in pursuit of education. An online e-conference will be held from 12th April – 14th May, followed by a face-to-face conference on 17th-20th May in Dakar, Senegal.

In January 2010, UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Centre, with support from the Government of Japan through the UNDP-Japan Partnership Fund, has initiated a new capacity development project on gender and macroeconomic issues. The objective of the course is to enhance Asia-Pacific countries' capacity in gender-responsive policy making, especially on macroeconomic issues such as trade, fiscal and monetary policies, finance, and economic crisis.

Dear IANSA Women's Network and friends,

The Third International Conference on Women's Safety, will take place on 22-24 November 2010 in Delhi, India. As we know, women's lack of safety is a serious obstacle to achieving gender equality as it curtails women's mobility and limits their right to participate fully and freely as citizens in their communities.

With Joan Chittister, OSB:

Author of 42 books and one of the great contemplatives of our time, Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB is Co-Chair of The Global Peace Initiative of Women and Spiritual Leaders, and directs numerous organizations and committees involved in peacemaking. She is the recipient of the Hans King Award, the Thomas Merton Award and many others, and has received 11 honorary doctorates.

Alert's dedicated Training and Learning Team is comprised of experienced training professionals drawn from a wide range of backgrounds, including peacebuilding, mediation, development, humanitarian response and election observation.