The NIEW International Conference 2010 is organised by the NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) Institute for the Empowerment of Women and will be held on the 29th and 30th of November in Kuala Lumpur. It will seek to address the impact of conflict and displacement on women and provide a platform to explore more effective measures to ensure their safety, health and well-being. The conference hopes to be able to emphasise the importance of engaging displaced women in decision-making regarding their … [read on ...]
RENEWED HOPE FOR DISPLACED WOMEN
CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Workshops
The NIEW conference workshops will endeavour to equip and empower participants from across the world with the knowledge and skills needed to strengthen and lead global response to the plight of displaced women and girls. These sessions are designed to provide ideas and education on how to better protect displaced women, improve their health and access to education, as well as eradicate poverty so that these women can contribute to their betterment and the stability of their communities and countries. … [Read More...]
VOICES OF COURAGE
Leymah Gbowee, Women in Peace and Security Network Africa
Leymah is co-founder and Executive Director for Women in Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-Africa), a women-focused Non-Governmental Organisation with the core mandate to promote women’s strategic participation and leadership in peace and security governance in Africa.
Farai Sevenzo, journalist, filmmaker
Journalist and filmmaker Farai Sevenzo was born in Zimbabwe and trained as a writer/director in England. He is credited as a screenwriter, actor and director on several films. Although the movies were his first love, he found himself drifting to journalism because it allowed him to cover the whole of Africa in half the time and a tenth of the money.
Ellana Lee to be a moderator at NIEW Conference
Ellana Lee, who is Managing Editor for CNN International Asia Pacific, based at the network’s regional headquarters in Hong Kong, will be at the NIEW conference where she will be moderating the ‘Voices of Courage’ session.
Shreen Abdul Saroor, Mannar Women’s Development Foundation
Shreen Abdul Saroor is a renowned human rights activist from Sri Lanka who has personally experienced war, death and displacement. Her family was displaced in 1990 from the Mannar Region located in Northern Sri Lanka by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Expert Group Meetings
During conflict and displacement, large segments of a community often fall under the radar of laws that would otherwise safeguard their protection and well-being. Women and children are especially vulnerable and become the target of exploitation and sexual violence.
Voices of Courage
This session will put the issue of displacement right on the table with first hand accounts from invited speakers who have each experienced strife, devastation and humanitarian crisis in their homelands and sought to effect positive change.
Panel Sessions
There will be two Panel Sessions on November 30, and the topics to be discussed will be Women in Peace Building and Ensuring the Health and Well-being of Women in Crisis.
CURRENT ISSUES & ARTICLES
Women in crisis
By SHARMILLA GANESAN, The Star, 14 October 2010 Sexual and reproductive health issues are a harsh reality of crisis-struck societies. A NATIONAL crisis like the flash floods in Pakistan last month will naturally thrust a country into the international spotlight. As nations around the world start fundraising campaigns and humanitarian aid agencies move in to… [Continue Reading]
Haitian women demand role in rebuilding their country
Months after the January earthquake that devastated Haiti, women advocates and UN officials are increasingly worried that Haitian women are being sidelined in national relief and reconstruction efforts.
