In the News
29 April 2003, 11:14 PM

There's less than a week to go before the wedding. I've turned in one paper and have two finals coming up in the next two days. I've also painted an enourmous amount at the new house. Whew. I think I'll just share some stuff from my inbox:

Ms. Poll: Feminist Tide Sweeps in as the 21st Century Begins

Pill Ban Gives Birth to Protest: Vote on Contraceptive Galvanizes Campus

Call for Women Priests is Cheered

Brief Details Gender Bias Claims at Wal-Mart

Harvard Law Appoints First Female Dean

Violence Against Women Office Made Freestanding

Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Abusing Women Drivers

Florida Senate Committee Supports Ratification of ERA

Secretary of Education Disparages Religious Diversity in Public Schools

Congressional Leaders, Athletes Call for Preservation of Title IX

Women's Numbers in Military Increasing

Former Congresswoman Griffiths Dies at 91

Security, Education Top Priorities for Afghan Women

Women Fear Their Rights Will End With Hussein Era

Where Are the Women?

Plans for Mixing Christianity with Aid in Iraq Raise Concerns

In War-Riddled Congo, Militias Rape with Impunity

U.N. Pact Sinks on Issue of Violence Against Women

Finland Is First in Europe With Female PM and President

Al-Raida (The Pioneer) is the quarterly journal of the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World located at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. The upcoming special spring issue will be dealing with the interface of gender and ethnicity: "Non-Arab Women in the Arab World"

Women Make Movies is a multicultural, multiracial, non-profit media arts organization which facilitates the production, promotion, distribution and exhibition of independent films and videotapes by and about women. Women Make Movies was established in 1972 to address the under representation and misrepresentation of women in the media industry. The organization provides services to both users and makers of film and video programs, with a special emphasis on supporting work by women of color. Women Make Movies facilitates the development of feminist media through an internationally recognized Distribution Service and a Production Assistance Program.

24th Annual Conference: Association for Gender Equity Leadership (AGELE) takes place in San Antonio, Texas, July 27-30, 2003. The mission of the Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education is to provide leadership in the identification and infusion of gender equity in all educational programs and processes and within parallel equity concerns including, but not limited to age, disability, ethnicity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation and socio-economic status. Call for proposals/presenters for the annual conference is due by May 15 and can be accessed at http://www.agele.org

IWPR's Seventh International Women's Policy Research Conference, "Women Working to Make a Difference," co-sponsored by the Women's Studies Program of the George Washington University and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, will be held June 22-24, 2003, at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. The conference will address a range of issues related to women's economic, political, health, and social status both internationally and in the United States.

The 10th Annual National Diversity Conference, Diversity from a Global Perspective:? Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, takes place in San San Diego, California, from April 30 to May 3, 2003.

The National Council For Research on Women (NCRW), 2003 Annual Conference, in collaboration with The Women's Leadership Institute, Mills College presents: "Borders, babies and Bombs: A Gendered Reframing of Security", Thursday, May 29-Saturday, May 31, 2003 at Mills College, Oakland, California. Join researchers, activists, policy analysts, educators, and funders to assess global and national issues, such as militarization; the economics of war; civil and human rights; cultures of violence; the attack on reproductive rights and the global HIV/AIDS crisis; local applications of international treaties; and challenges to immigration and citizenship. For program details, please visit the NCRW website.

Women's Research & Education Institute (WREI) is an independent, national, public policy research and education center whose mission is to inform and help shape the public policy debate on issues affecting women and their roles in the family, workplace, and public arena. WREI Fellowships are designed to train women as potential leaders in public policy formation and to examine issues from the perspective, experiences, and needs of women. A WREI Fellow works a minimum of 30 hours per week in a Congressional office. Fellows meet weekly for issue seminars. The program runs from January 2004 to August 2004. A WREI Fellow receives a stipend of $1200 per month, is provided $500 for the purchase of health insurance, and may be provided with up to $1500 for the cost of three hours tuition at a Fellow's home institution. Students who are currently enrolled in a master's or doctoral program or who have completed such a program within the past 18 months are eligible. To apply visit http://www.wrei.org. Application deadline June 13, 2003

The Fisher Center for the Study of Women and Men at Hobart and William Smith Colleges is pleased to announce one or possibly two Pre-doctoral Teaching Fellowship for the academic year of 2003-2004. We are seeking teaching fellows whose areas of expertise lend themselves to our Center's theme for next year of Education, Gender and Globalization. This fellowship offers an opportunity to gain teaching experience at a small, private liberal arts college while completing a dissertation. Doctoral students nearing completion of dissertation are asked to submit a one-page description of your scholarship and courses you would be interested in teaching (one per semester), along with a curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and a writing sample (e.g., chapter of dissertation). Applications are due by May 14, 2003. Teaching Fellows will meet with speakers for the Fisher Center lecture series in the Fall and Spring, and will present a talk on their own teaching and research. Information on the Center and the series can be found on our web site. Teaching Fellows will receive a stipend of $15,000.00 (plus housing). Applications should be submitted directly to Betty Bayer, Director, The Fisher Center for the Study of Women and Men at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, 14456. Hobart and William Smith Colleges value diversity and actively seek applications from underrepresented groups and do not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age, disability, veteran's status, or sexual orientation.

Fazia Rizvi

Printable version
<Prev | Next>

12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930





about me | email me

RSS

Recipes




more music




more books






Fusion
AMEA
Mavin
FinnGen
SAWNET

Reaction
3rdwwwave
Network For Good
Women's Enews
misbehaving.net

Go Global...
Google News
NewsMap
Today's Front Pages
Panoramas
World Fusion Music
World Music Central
WorldLink TV

...And Beyond
Earth Viewer
NASA
NSS
Planetary Society
SEDS
SETI
SFF
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Archaeoastronomy
Locate the ISS
Planetary Photojournal
Space.com



lunar phases
 

Some Favorites
Alton Brown's Good Eats
Good Eats Fan Page
Recipe Source
Internet Archive
Internet Oracle
How Stuff Works
National Geographic News
New Scientist
Cute Overload

Also Cool:
feministe
The Loom
Out of Ambit
Photo Friday
Will Wheaton Dot Net
Whatever (Scalzi.com)
The Weblog Review
< ? blogs by women # >

LinuxChix button



Linking Back to Me (Thanks!)
broken clay
des femmes
Globe of Blogs
iddybud
Kmareka.com
Linuxchix Live
MelanieFletcher.com
Mosaikum 1.0
My Memex
Out of the Frying Pan
Parenthetically Speaking
Surface Tension






Design by Fazia Rizvi. Weblog code written by Jeff Snider.