Category: Events

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

Events External Events

Virtual Event : Enhancing Psychological Health by Confronting Personal Stress: Academic and Inter-cultural Considerations

Post author By Webmaster
Post date April 18, 2011

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

Events External Events

CoNGO Geneva – Meeting of NGO Working Group on UN access on 7th April 2011

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Post date April 4, 2011

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

Events Members Meetings

WG Conveners meeting – 28 March 2011

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Post date March 16, 2011

A convenors meeting will be held on 28th March 3:00 – 5:00 pm at the NGO Resource Center in the Palais des Nations, Geneva.

Agenda:

Welcome, roll call and apologies
Matters arising out of Minutes
Discussion and Approval of recommendations arising from Minutes of General Meeting of 13 December 2010.
Additional recomendations
Designation of Nominations Committee for Election of Bureau and date of deadline for submission of candidates
Presentation of revised website and suggestions by voluntary webmistress, Valerie Bichelmeier (World Movement of Mothers)
Any Other Business

Advocacy work Events Panel Event

International Women’s Day 2011: “Celebrating Women’s Rights: Higher Education – Pathway to Gender Equality and Decent Work”

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Post date March 10, 2011

On the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, the NGO CSW Geneva organized a roundtable on “Celebrating Women’s Rights: Higher Education – Pathway to Gender Equality and Decent Work”, which was held on 8 March 2011 in the Palais des Nations in Geneva.