[CivilSoc] Web: Electronic Conf on Women's NGOs and Civil Society


Subject: [CivilSoc] Web: Electronic Conf on Women's NGOs and Civil Society
From: Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 04 2000 - 13:42:06 EST


The Global Network on Women's Advocacy and Civil Society at the
Center for the Study of Philanthropy, The Graduate Center, CUNY is
pleased to announce an electronic conference.

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Women's Organizations and the Building of Civil Society in the 21st
Century: An International Perspective
December 4-15, 2000

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This multinational experiment in global communication and research
includes twenty-two papers, representing thirteen countries on six
continents. Beginning December 4, 2000 you may go to the website,
print or download the papers and participate in the discussion with
researchers, scholars and practitioners throughout the world. All
papers and discussions will be available simultaneously.

To attend go to:

www.philanthropy.org

and click Electronic Conference.

This electronic conference is made possible by a grant from The Ford
Foundation.

Program

I Civil Rights and Civil Society

Panel A: Sexual Violence, Reproduction and the Law

* Peru: Solidarity and Trust among the Women of the Congress:
* Kenya: An Experience Constructed within Civil Society, A Gendered
Investigation into the Social Attitudes of Judicial Officers in the
Prosecution of Cases of Rape
* India: Violence against Women Construction Workers in Kerala,
India
* Poland: Attitudes And Behaviors of Rural Women Related to
Anti-abortion Law And Other Reproductive Health Issues

Panel B: From Religion to the State: the Development of Women's
Agency

* Indonesia: The Role of Muslim Women's Organizations in Medan,
North Sumatra, Indonesia
* France: Women and Philanthropy in France
* Poland: Women as Creators of Civil Society in Poland
* Argentina: Eva Pern, and the development of Civil Society in
Argentina

II Political Rights and Political Advocacy

Panel C: Women, Peace and Political Power

* Yugoslavia: Women's Advocacy and the Building of Civil Society in
Serbia
* Russia: Women's NGOs in Russia and the War in Chechnya
* China: Claim Rights: Women's Organizations and Women's Media
* Australia: Making Women's Voices Heard in Politics and Civil
Society
* Malaysia: From Margin to Center: Theorizing Women's Political
Participation from Activism on the Margins to Political Power at the
Center

Panel D: Women's Advocacy in Transitional Societies

* Australia: Gender and Politics under the Suharto Regime
* Bulgaria: Women's Organizations and the Building of Civil
Society: A Balkan Perspective
* Bulgaria: Bulgarian Women: Mentality and Life Strategy
* Ukraine: Women's NGOs in the System of Civil Society of Ukraine

III Economic Rights and Development

Panel E Poverty and Grassroots Empowerment

* China: The Sky is Falling: Market Reforms and the Re-Emergence of
Discrimination against Women
* India: Micro Initiatives, Macro Solutions: Potential of Women's
Self-Help Groups and Their Federations in Advocating and Advancing
their own Rights
* Indonesia: Managing Assets, Empowering Humans

Panel F: Crossing Divides: Strategies for Change

* Australia: Voice and Silence in an email Group Involving Rural and
Urban Women in Australia
* U.S.A.: Crossing Cultural Borders with Our Bodies,
Ourselves: Linking Women's Health Education and Political
Participation in Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas
* India: Feminist Perspective/s and Gender Link in Development: The
Critical Role of Women's Organizations

This Invitation has been posted by:

Barbara Luria Leopold
Faculty Coordinator
Center for the Study of Philanthropy
The Graduate School and University Center
City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue, room 5116
New York, NY 10016-4309
telephone: 212/817-2013 fax: 212/817-1572
E-mail: bleopold@gc.cuny.edu
www.philanthropy.org

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