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  • Season´s Greetings

    • 8 Jan 2013
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      Dear friends,
    I wish you all to spend the Holiday Season with those you love and those who love you.If somebody is missing, have them present in the memories of good times spent together.
    May the Child Jesus, Santa Claus or the Wise Men bring you many, many gifts.
    May Dickens´ Christmas Spirit fill your days.
    And most of all, may you be very happy during 2013.
    With love,
    Garbiñe Larrazabal (Gaby)
    Marbella Association of University Women
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  • Happy New Year from Turkey

    • 8 Jan 2013
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    Dear President and Members of the IFUW and Dear Friends,

     We wish you merry Christmas and a happy New Year

     
    The Turkish Association of University Women is honoured to invite you to the 31st IFUW Conference
    to be held from August 16th to the 21st, 2013,in Istanbul, Turkey.

    Members of the Turkish Association of University Women are looking forward to hosting you and
    to making your stay pleasant and enjoyable.

    The Congress will be held in Kadir Has University Convention Center. The topic of the Conference is ''WOMEN'S ROLE in ACHİEVİNG
    SUSTAINABLE FUTURE; education, urbanisation,violence, human rights''.

    The congress center offers convenient facilities, allowing you to select your favorite topics among the parallel sessions, visit the exhibitions and
    find space for networking with your peers.

    Let's get together in Istanbul where East meets West, to share our experiences, to start new friendships, and to work together on ideas on how to make a meaningful
    difference in the lives of less fortunate women. Together we can build the roadmap of IFUW for the future.

    Istanbul, once upon a time the capital city of the Eastern Roman Empire and later the capital city of Byzantium, became finally capital of the Ottoman Empire after 1453.

    Istanbul is a magnificent place to visit: practically an open air museum, Istanbul carries the remnants
    of her various historical inheritances, delighting history buffs and layman alike. Whether it is historical places of worship, palaces and fortresses, or world class museums -
    you can find it here. Istanbul is also home to some of the most breathtaking scenery and natural beauty - the Bosphorus Strait cuts through the city dividing Istanbul into Asia and Europe. A boat ride on the Bosphorus will expose a whole different side to the city and its architecture.

    And whether you are into cultural paraphernalia or just in need of a wardrobe make-over, Istanbul will have you covered on the shopping side too.

    This big mysterious city has something to offer to everyone.

    On behalf of the Local Organising Committee, we welcome you to Istanbul and we look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. Please stay tuned as
    we roll out more details about the 2013 IFUW conference in Istanbul.

    Best Regards.


    Nazan Moroglu-President of Turkish Association of University Women
    Nezihe Bilhan-LAC Chair-Vice President of TAUW

     


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  • Support and for the action plan and Happy New Year from Italy

    • 8 Jan 2013
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    Chère  Madame la Présidente,

      Je vous remercie encore une fois de votre belle lettre, que j'ai lue à nos amies pendant une de nos réunions. Nous allons préparer les réponses aux questions des workshops . Beaucoup d'entre nous pensent venir à Instanbul. Nous donnerons toute notre collaboration aux problèmes que vous posez. Je vous prie d'agréer, chère  Présidente, au nom de la FILDIS, les voux les plus chaleureux de joyeux Noel et d'heureuse nouvelle Année 

      Ida Rampolla - CER d'Italie

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  • Happy New Year and invitation for meeting to finalize the UWE Action Plan

    • 6 Jan 2013
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    Dear all,

    2012 is behind us and brought us a lot of initiatives and great expectations. Education for women and girls is still a reason for IFUW to mobilize and advocate across the world, with some dreadful examples like in India and Pakistan. Also in Afghanistan (where I currently work as a member of the European Police mission) which is one of the most unsafe countries for women in the world, education is the key to escape poverty and suppression. It may seem far away from Europe and our own worries but also in Europe we find that the Istanbul convention on Elimination of Violence against Women is still not signed by most of the European countries. More on this subject see the information of the TAUW (Turkey did sign this convention) and this blog and our UWE Action Plan.

    The UWE Action Plan which is still a draft  is the most important topic for the board meeting this January. As we would lilke to have as much input as we in any way possible we kindly invite you to use skype edith.lommerse1 , this blog or email (edha@live.nl)  to give us feedback and tell us which subjects your NFA particularly likes. So far we received input from the Netherlands, Turkey and the president of IFUW mostly saying that it is a great plan but maybe too ambitious and we are asked to have more focus. We will o fcourse do that but only after we have received your input.

    I would really like to get some feedback and respons on the messages and questions we the UWE board present. It would make our work much more efficient and satisfactory if we at least would get a respons from the CER's. So once again let us know if you are able to come to the special board meeting in Amsterdam for CER's on thge 26th for the board on tyhe 25th of January.

    We the UWE board wish you and your loved ones a happy, healthy and inspiring 2013! 

    Edith Lommerse

    UWE President

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  • TAUW campaigns against Child Brides

    • 12 Dec 2012
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    Dear All,
     
    I want to share the last activity of TAUW,
    attached is the activity report and the poster.. 

     kind regards
    Nazan Moroğlu, TAUW President
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    " the poster in eng.:
    with age      15 Child Bride
    with age      16 Child Mother
    with age      17 unhappy, hopeless and desperate

     STOP this vicious cycle"

      

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  • Great news on women on board

    • 7 Dec 2012
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    IFUW Update - 6 December 2012
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    IFUW Update- 6 December 2012  
     IFUW Strategic Plan

    Smart Objective 4.3.1.

    IFUW programmes and activities

     

    AIM 6: SUSTAINABLE FINANCE AND FUNDRAISING

    To raise funds to support IFUW’s strategic plan and development by securing diverse sources of funding to support financial management.

    The defined SMART objective for this aim are:

    1.    To develop a fund-raising strategy to support and deliver the strategic plan.
    2.    To diversify funding sources to create a sustainable mix of sponsorship and membership dues.
    3.    To review financial management systems to ensure transparency and good practice.

    Looking at the 23 IFUW programmes and activities 4 of them can support the realisation aim 6:

    -    Conference workshops
    -    Conference plenary
    -    IFUW online discussions
    -    Twinning

    To get an impression what each of these four IFUW programmes and activities are see:
    http://www.ifuw.org/what/ifuw-strategic-planning/

    For example: Twinning is a special linking or partnership between two IFUW national federations or associations (NFAs) to share common interests and activities and to promote international friendship.  Twinning is also possible between a local group or branch of one NFA and another NFA, or between two or more branches of different NFAs.
    Twinning experiences can range from individual correspondence between members and friendship/exchange visits of individuals or groups of members, to joint projects.

    Benefits:

    • Twinning extends the international friendship opportunities which are so important to IFUW and its affiliates.  This international friendship promotes understanding and peace.
    • Twinning offers mentoring opportunities – either to gain or to share experience, to exchange ideas and share strategies on common problems, which can enhance advocacy, research and other projects, especially twinning within regions.
    • Twinning can be a good selling point for attracting new members and increasing the benefits available to the membership. It provides members with a more direct networking and exposure to other cultures. It can also lead members to gain foreign language skills and contacts which they might find useful both in their professional and personal lives.
    • Some funding agencies welcome proposals from partnerships  - an excellent reason to consider finding a twin!
    Twinning can also be a way to show solidarity to NFAs in developing countries, through assistance with projects or by paying dues.

    Twinning should provide an opportunity for mutual and equal engagement, support and learning.


     

    Global Board Ready Women Database

    A proposal for a European law requiring that women represent 40% of company board members by 2020 has been put forward to the EU Commission. The draft Directive concerning the quotas for non-executive Board members for listed companies was put forward by Viviane Reding. To read more:


     http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender-equality/files/womenonboards/directive_quotas_en.pdf
     

    IFUW Vice President, Anne Nègre has replied to the consultation on Gender imbalance in corporate boards in the EU, on behalf of IFUW and UWE. To see their reply go to:


    http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/gender-equality/opinion/120528_en.htm
     

    A Ready Women searchable database, to be maintained for New York and Brussels has been created in order to help companies fill these positions. There will be a trans-Atlantic press conference on 12/12/12 to announce a Global Board for the Ready Women database. More than ever before, corporations around the world will be looking at the Global Board Ready Women searchable database administered by the Financial Times on Linked-In for qualified women.

     Anne Nègre has been involved with the database from the beginning and is a member of the task force for this action. IFUW would like to encourage women of high potential to be on the database, they must be actively employed and at a senior level. Those who are interested may send their resumes directly to Anne Nègre at anne.negre@orange.fr.

     
    You can follow the action on www.linkedin.com/groups/Global-Board-Ready-Women-4677558/about

     


     NFA News and Announcements

    Discussion on Widows in India by UN-Women South Asia


    On November 20 2012, Gomathy Venkateswar, (University Women's Association of Calcutta),
    along with UN-Women South Asia attended a consultative Meet of representatives from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka on the issue of Widows, a subject that was raised at the UN-Women's session at the General Assembly by the President of UN Women Michelle Bachelet.

    This great opportunity came on short notice, however, Ms Venkateswar was present to participate in the discussions in November 2012 in Udaipur in the State of Rajasthan near Delhi. During this time there was a visit to the village of Aaspur, 30kms outside of Udaipur, where there was direct interaction with Widows who live there collectively and survive with whatever resources and skills they have to earn a livelihood.

    The Un Women organizers brought some of the Widows from Aaspur back to the Hotel so that they could be present during the sessions the following day. The Widows were encouraged to share their experiences with delegates brought together by UN-Women including Government Representatives from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and numerous NGO groups from these countries working on rehabilitating and empowering women.

    Ms Venkateswar suggests that The Indian Federation of University Women could perhaps take up this project which was drawn up so well by Usha Bambawale last year and that maybe it will see the light of day as a National Project for the Indian Federation.

    For more information please go to:

    www.unwomensouthasia.org/2012/widows-still-face-high-levels-of-harassment-says-a-study-by-un-women/

     



     

    Website Maintenance

    IFUW's Networks

     Thanks to our new server you may now subscribe and unsubscribe yourself to any of the networks and discussion groups that IFUW offers. Information on our member networks and discussion groups can be found under 'Resources' from the drop down menu on our home page, or you may simply click the link below:
    http://www.ifuw.org/resources/networks/

    IFUW Website News

    Now that the IFUW website has moved to a new host, the IFUW Board would like to express its most appreciative thanks to Jamie Smallacombe for hosting the IFUW website on his Plantagenet domain in the USA for almost 15 years.  Jamie’s mother was a member of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and we are deeply grateful to Jamie for his loyalty and generosity to IFUW.

    We should also like to thank Louise McLeod, our very first IFUW mistresses, for the time and devotion to the IFUW website, especially during the early “formative” years and for forging the contact with Jamie.  
     


    Jamie Smallacombe
    Many thanks also go to former IFUW staff member, Anamaria Vere, who worked tirelessly on the IFUW website and networks until her move to Colombia in September.   Going forward, the IFUW website will be managed by our new staff member, Maribel Mapanao.

     

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  • UWE Newsletter December 2012

    • 4 Dec 2012
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    Dear all,

     Please find enclosed the UWE Newsletter of December 2012 and the UWE action plan 2013-2016 which is still a draft awaiting responses from the CER's and the UWE board meeting in January in Amsterdam. All CER's are cordially invited to meet the board on January the 26 in Amsterdam. If enough CER's are able to come the UWE board will present a special program dedicated to teh further development of the Action Plan and the formation of several working groups or commitees.

     Furthermore I would like to invite you to the special UWE Night dedicated to the Friendship project in August this year in Istanbul. Further information will follow in February.

     As IFUW is not able at the moment to assist us in the upkeep for the website I kindly request to use uwenews@posterous.com to post information and to get information. On the blog you will also find direct access to several other sites (links are to found in the header of the site, just go over it with the mouse). If you would like automatic updates in your mail just go and klick on RSS feed at the lower end of the site.

      
    Many regards,

      
    Edith Lommerse
    president of UWE

     

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  • Marbella (Spain) Golf Tournament.

    • 2 Dec 2012
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    Dear all,
    It is with great pleasure that we invite you to our first Golf Tournament. It is a project which is a direct consequence of what we learned in the course we did on Leadership in Female Voluntary Organizations in Amsterdam (VVAO Grundtvig workshop). The proceeds will go to our Scholarship Fund.
    Warm regards from sunny Spain,
    Garbiñe Larrazabal
    President of Marbella Branch (AMUM)
    Vicepresident of the Spanish Federation of University Women
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  • IFUW Update CEDAW

    • 28 Nov 2012
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    IFUW Update - 27 November 2012
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    lFUW Strategic Plan Smart Objective 4.3.1


    Strategic Plan Smart Objective 4.3.1.

    IFUW programmes and activities

     

    AIM 5: EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP; MANAGEMENT AND STRUCTURE

    To create an effective and efficient organisation, with the Board, Committees, Staff and Members working together to create a strong global network and implement the IFUW strategy.

     The defined SMART objective for this aim are:

    1.       To strengthen the governance function.
    2.       To develop and support the staff team.
    3.       To facilitate members’ effective participation and representation.
    4.       To set up effective internal systems and processes.
    5.       To establish effective internal and external communications systems.

     Looking at the 23 IFUW programmes and activities 7 of them can support the realisation aim 5:

    • Conference plenary
    • Representatives at UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
    • Representatives at ECOSOC (the Economic and Social Council)
    • Representatives at ILO (the International Labour Office)
    • IFUW online discussions
    • IFUW blogs
    • Twinning
     

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    30th Anniversary of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women


    The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, was established by the CEDAW to monitor the implementation of the Convention by States parties, held its first session in October 1982.  This year the Committee is celebrating 30 years of dedicated work in assisting States parties in complying with their international treaty obligations under the Convention to protect and promote women's rights.

     The 23 CEDAW Committee members met in Istanbul between 1-3 November 2012 to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of CEDAW and to discuss new General Recommendations on gender related dimensions of refugee status, asylum and statelessness, economic consequences of marriage, family relations and their dissolution, women’s access to justice, rural women and the use of the CEDAW Optional Protocol and recent cases.

     The CEDAW Committee is working on six different General Recommendations all of which refer to critical and “burning issues” in the area of women’s human rights and gender equality.

    They are:

     ·         General Recommendation on Protection of Women’s Human Rights in Conflict
    ·         and Post-conflict Situations
    ·         General Recommendation on Rural Women
    ·         General Recommendation on Women’s Access to Justice
    ·         General Recommendation on Economic Consequences of Divorce
    ·         General Recommendation on Refugees, Asylum and Statelessness
    ·         CEDAW& CRC General Recommendation/ General Comment on Harmful Practices

     Click here to read the Statement by Ms. Kang Kyung-Wha, Deputy High Commissioner and Assistant Secretary-General on the 30th Anniversary of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women,, Istanbul, 1 November 2012

     Click here to read the Statement by Ms. Silvia Pimentel, Chair on the 30th Anniversary of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Istanbul, 1 November 2012

     Click here to read the Statement by Ms. Feride Acar, Member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.


    9th Triennial Conference of the University Women of Asia (UWA)

    UWAS President Sandra Segeram and Dr Theresa W. Devasahayam represented UWAS at the 9th Triennial Conference of the University Women Of Asia (UWA) held at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand from 16 to 18 November 2012. The theme of the Conference was "The Roles of Women as Peace Makers". The conference was organised and hosted by the Thai Association of University Women (TAUW), a member association of UWA.

     Dr Devasahayam presented the paper entitled "Catholic Nuns against Gender-based Violence" detailing the role and efforts of a Catholic religious congregation in Timor-Leste in addressing gender-based violence.

    Dr Theresa W. Devasahayam
     


    Website Maintenance

    The migration of the IFUW website has been completed and is now back online. We are receiving email again, however there are still some small adjustments to be made, therefore some e-mail correspondence may continue to be slower than usual. The online discussion has resumed and the current question for discussion has been extended until the end of November. We would like to thank and welcome our new Communications Officer, Maribel Mapanao for making these improvements possible through her hard work and dedication.

     Once again, we would like to thank you for your understanding and patience during this time.

     The IFUW Office Team


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  • FINNISH FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN 90 YEARS

    • 23 Nov 2012
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