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TIME named Ms. Bineta Diop, Founder and Executive Director of Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS) and Convener of the Working Group on Women , PEace and Security, to the 2011 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Ms. Diop of Senegal has led numerous peacebuilding initiatives in Africa with a focus on the protection of women during armed conflicts and their inclusion in peace processes.
See FAS press release here
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WG on Culture of Peace
The WG on Culture of Peace will meet on May 11, 2011, 14h30-16h30 in the CoNGO Conference Room.
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UNCTAD Public Symposium
The 3rd UNCTAD Public Symposium will be held on 22-24 June at the Palais des Nations:
“Making trade and finance work for people and the planet”.
More info on http://www.unctad.info/en/Public-Symposium-2011
The NGO Committee on the Environment will meet on 20 April 2011 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM at the NGO Resource Center in the Palais des nations
The NGO Committee on Ageing will meet on 31 May 2011 15:00 to 17:00.
The Meeting of the WG on Employment and the Economics of Gender that was planned for Monday 23 May 1 – 3 pm is cancelled.
Downloads:
Minutes of the 28 March 2011 WG Meeting
UN Women – 100 Day Action Plan
Council of Europe Resolution – Image of women in advertising
Entrepreneurship Forum – input from Simone Ovart
MacroecoHomeics – Carl Brinton Report (WOW) – Spring 2007
MMM research on unpaid work – working document – march 2011
We are pleased to have Mary Balikungeri, Founder and Director of the Rwanda Women Community Development Network speak to us about her work with displaced women, violence and peace building in Rwanda.
We will meet at the CoNGO Board Room at 11 Ave de la Paix
on Thursday April 21st from 13:00 – 15:00.
Looking forward to seeing you then.
Krishna Ahoojapatel & Joyce Jett
Co-Conveners NGO-CSW Working Group on Displaced Women
on April 18, 2011 USA EST 3:00 p.m.
Faculty, international, and domestic student representatives from the psychology department at King’s College will lead an interactive discussion on the role of psychology in addressing the global problem of mental health. The format is discussion, not lecture, with questions posed both by the audience and by the facilitators. Specific focus will be on how people react to stressful events, and the strategies they can develop to cope with universal negative emotions like anxiety, fear, and depression. We also want to explore how the effects of psychological stress are expressed differently in various cultures, and how the global resources of academic communities can be used to develop cooperative initiatives to foster psychological health.
Please email michelemvella@gmail.com to confirm your participation. There are 150 participant spaces available for this UNAI discussion.
Michele Vella, M.S., M.A., M.Ed.
Leigh University, Doctoral Student, Counseling Psychology
Invitation from the President of CoNGO
I invite representatives of the NGO community in Geneva to a further meeting of the Geneva Working Group on UN Access, to be held on Thursday April 7, 2011 from 14.00 to 16.00 In the Conference Room at the CoNGO offices, 11 avenue de la Paix.
We will discuss
- Events relevant to UN access since our last meeting of November 10, 2010, notably the discussions at the time of the CoNGO General Assembly in New York in January
- Latest communications with the United Nations
- Specific issues that relate to Geneva, including good and bad practices
- Further action
I attach :
- A. The Minutes of the November 10, 2010 WG meeting
- B. The CoNGO General Assembly Resolution on NGO Access
Please inform the CoNGO Secretariat by email beatriz.schulthess@ngocongo.org if you will attend the Working Group on April 7.
Cyril Ritchie, President of CoNGO 2011-2014