EFF June conference in Poland cancelled

The European Feminist Forum, which was planned for 13-15 June 2008 in Warsaw, will not take place.

The European networks that have been cooperating since 2006 on the platform for debate and sharing entitled European Feminist Forum have decided, due to financial reasons, that the culmination of the process with the conference will not take place. This is the face-to-face meeting of European feminists, which we had scheduled to take place from 13-15 June 2008. Instead, the process will be concluded with a comprehensive publication.

The other parts of the European Feminist Forum process have taken place and we are very proud of the achievements. The process has set up a vivid field of knowledge creation, knowledge sharing, movement building and agenda setting in Europe. 21 Affinity Groups have debated urgent issues, and shared their information and knowledge through the European Feminist Forum website. Our process of visioning a feminist Europe was driven by many feminist-inspired voices, from young, migrant, male, minority and marginalized voices. The European Feminist Forum was constructed and has been an inclusive and joint platform of all of these groups from the start. For a preliminary overview of results so far, follow this link.
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Latest WorldWatch: sustainable economies

Seven Principles for a Sustainable Global Economy

Ideas about how the world works that don’t accord with reality can be unhelpful … That’s especially true about mainstream economics. But in recent decades, economists and researchers have suggested a variety of reforms that would make economics truer, greener, and more sustainable. … seven of these from Chapter 1 of the Worldwatch Institute’s latest report, State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy:
1) Scale.
2) Stress development over growth.
3) Make prices tell the ecological truth.
4) Account for nature’s services.
5) The precautionary principle.
6) Commons management.
7) Value women.

Read: “Green Economics”: Turning Mainstream Thinking on Its Head

Maintaining Climate, Maintaining Peace

Climate stability, reduced poverty, and less inequality should be key goals of a far-sighted security policy … Even though peacekeeping budgets have been on a welcome incline in recent years, a comparison with world military spending indicates where most governments are really prepared to put their money.

Read: Peacekeeping, a Study in Contradictions.
Vital Signs Update: Peacekeeping Budgets and Personnel Soar to New Heights.

Living Sustainably

“More is better”—the modern economic mantra—is under attack as the environmental, economic, and personal downsides of consumerism become evident. Harried, overworked, and indebted consumers are increasingly open to a focus on quality of life rather than more stuff …

Read: State of the World 2008, Chapter 4: The Challenge of Sustainable Lifestyles (pdf).
Vote: What would you ask your community leaders to do to encourage sustainable lifestyles?

CfP for fellows and affiliated scholars on gender at University of California

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2008-2009 ACADEMIC YEAR

BEATRICE BAIN RESEARCH GROUP (BBRG) – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY

SCHOLARS IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM and AFFILIATED SCHOLARS PROGRAM

The Beatrice Bain Research Group (BBRG) is the University of California at Berkeley’s center for research on gender and women. This announcement concerns two of its programs:
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2008 – Anul european al dialogului intercultural

http://www.interculturaldialogue2008.eu

Anul 2008 a fost declarat Anul european al dialogului intercultural.

Acest an urmareste:

* promovarea dialogului intercultural ca instrument care sa-i ajute pe cetatenii europeni si pe toti cei care traiesc in Uniunea Europena sa obtina cunostinte si aptitudini de a actiona intr-un context mai deschis si mai complex
* constientizarea de catre cetatenii europeni si toti cei care traiesc in Uniunea Europeana a importantei dezvoltarii unei cetatenii europene active, care sa respecte diversitatea culturala si sa se bazeze pe valorile comune.

Nume de marca ale culturii mondiale, cum ar fi binecunoscutul scriitor brazilian Paulo Coelho sau regizorul de origine romana Radu Mihaileanu, artistul sloven Marko Peljhan, cantareata serba Marija Serifovic vor fi ambasadori ai manifestarilor organizate in acest an.

Programele vor fi coordonate de comisarul pentru cultura, educatie si tineret, Jan Figel, si de comisarul pentru multilingvism, Leonard Orban.

Leonard Orban a prezentat pentru Radio Romania principalul program pe care urmeaza sa il lanseze in 2008 in cadrul Anului dialogului intercultural:

“Am solicitat unui grup de intelectuali sa ne propuna formule prin care multilingvismul poate sa contribuie la dialogul intercultural. Grupul este precizat de celebrul scriitor franco-libanez Amin Maalouf. Undeva la inceputul lunii ianuarie acest document va fi finalizat, grupul va veni cu un fel de manifest, un fel de contributie intelectuala la modalitatea in care multilingvismul va contribui nu numai la succesul anului intercultural 2008, dar si dincolo de acest an.”

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recent-ish news from all over

  • Peste 400 de tatici din Salaj au ales sa fie “mame” [5.2.2008]
  • Major feminist demonstration at Rafah border [2.2.2008]
  • Afghan Journalism Student Sentenced to Death for Reading About Women’s Rights [1.2.2008]
  • Indian Party Reserves Seats for Women [1.2.2008]
  • Birth Control Price Crisis Continues [31.1.2008]
  • Afghan Women Demonstrate Against Kidnapping of American Woman [31.1.2008]
  • Arizona Governor Rejects Federal Abstinence-Only Funds [30.1.2008]
  • Mexican Woman Challenges Voting Ban for Women [29.1.2008]
  • “The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo” Wins at Sundance [29.1.2008]
  • Wyoming Gender Wage Gap Widens [28.1.2008]
  • Sexual Violence in Kenya Continues to Escalate [28.1.2008]
  • Indigenous rights activist ends hunger strike [28.1.2008]
  • Senate Holds Hearing on Fair Pay [25.1.2008]
  • ‘4 Months’ Raises the Iron Curtain on Abortion [24.1.2008]
  • Feu vert pour l’adoption homosexuelle en Europe [23.1.2008]
  • Jumatate dintre romance nu isi planifica sarcina – studiu [16.1.2008]
  • Cum sa profiti de discriminare [15.1.2007]
  • Black, Minority ethnic and Refugee Women and Domestic Violence [14.1.2008]
  • Evaluarea drepturilor rromilor [ro/en] [14.1.2007]
  • Abused immigrant spouses may face deportation [7.1.2008]
  • Primul ghid de interventie in cazurile de violenta in familie [5.12.2007]
  • Roundtable with Romani Women Networks [2-4.12.2007]
  • call for artists : queer zagreb festival 2008

    http:// www.queerzagreb.org
    Zagreb, Croatia

    Crime, Sexuality and Gender – Queer Zagreb, October 2008.

    Queer Zagreb is an international festival which has been taking place in Croatia since 2003 and has been presenting international and local artists, academics and activists to an audience of cca 3000 – 5000 per year. Queer Zagreb festival constructs its programme each year around a certain theme which is presented throughout its programme. So far we have touched such issues as -postsocialist queer identity-, -heteronormativity of childhoods-, -transgression of private into public- and -Balkans queer-. For our 2008 edition the main topic of interest is -Crime, sexuality and gender- to be presented in different forms during the event – visual arts, performance, film and an academic conference.
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    Fw: Education For Choice screening and panel discussion – 4 Months 3 Weeks & 2 Days

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    Invites you to a special screening
    of the Palm D’Or award winning film

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    “This is an exceptional, masterful piece of film-making that combines social realism, political comment and nail-biting tension” Times Online

    http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=cannes2007…

    To celebrate Education For Choice‘s 16th Anniversary we are holding a screening and panel discussion at The Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Place, WC2 on

    Thursday 24th January 2008 at 6.30pm

    (Details of panel members tbc)
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