Call for Nomination for the book
“100 Black European Women in Leadership” and the “Black European Leadership Award – BELA 2009”
The need to highlight, raise awareness on and to celebrate achievements and successes of Black European Women from a self-empowerment perspective has been repeated on several occasions. It is a fact that there are many Black European Women in decision-making and leadership positions in different Member States of the European Union. However, their contributions and achievements still remain largely invisible.
Therefore, AFRA and its partners think that it is high time to pick up this challenge from a self-empowerment perspective and focus on this aspect within the framework of the European Year on Innovation and Creativity 2009.
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The need to highlight, raise awareness on and to celebrate achievements and successes of Black European Women from a self-empowerment perspective has been repeated on several occasions. It is a fact that there are many Black European Women in decision-making and leadership positions in different Member States of the European Union. However, their contributions and achievements still remain largely invisible.
Therefore, AFRA and its partners think that it is high time to pick up this challenge from a self-empowerment perspective and focus on this aspect within the framework of the European Year on Innovation and Creativity 2009.
For this reason we are currently working on our next book with the title: "100 Black European Women in Leadership". This project aims at gathering data on 100 Black European Women in leadership and decision-making positions in Europe, under the following categories: Social and
Humanitarian engagements, Politics, Entrepreneurship, Academics and Research, Arts and Culture, Sports and Media.
The selected 100 women shall be published as an attempt to honor these Black European role models (in all their rich diversity) for their leadership activities on the one hand, and on the other hand to encourage and promote the younger generations to go even further.
We therefore would very much appreciate it, if you could recommend and/or help passing on this call to Black European Women around you, whom you think definitely deserve to be honored and celebrated.
The deadline for nominations has been extended to April 20th 2009.
An international jury is going to decide upon the 100 Black European Women to be considered in the book project. Alongside the book project AFRA and its partners are organising the High Level Gala Night in Brussels in October 2009, to officially present the book “100 Black European Women in Leadership” and to honor selected personalities (for the first time) with the "Black European Leadership Award (BELA 2009)".
For further information we gladly will be at your service and are looking forward to getting in personal contact with you.
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." (Barack Obama 2008)
Let us make a difference together!
Beatrice Achaleke
Executive Director AFRA
Nomination-Form.doc
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Call for participation
BEWC General Assembly and Capacity Building Seminar April 9-10th Soesterberg /Utrecht, Holland 2009
Happy new year to each one of you! I do hope you all had a good start in this historical new year 2009. President Barack H. Obama gave each one of us every reason to begin this year on a positive note, despite of all the challenges faced daily. We have all been very inspired and proud of him, let’s follow his example and face our own european challenges now!
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Happy new year to each one of you! I do hope you all had a good start in this historical new year 2009. President Barack H. Obama gave each one of us every reason to begin this year on a positive note, despite of all the challenges faced daily. We have all been very inspired and proud of him, let’s follow his example and face our own european challenges now!
As already announced in the past, our BEWC General Assembly and first capacity Building seminar is taking place in Soesterberg /Utrecht-Holland from April 9th -10th 2009.
Aims
This meeting has two main aims:
1. a capacity building seminar to help equip those trying or planing to set up a national coordination of the BEWC with the right tools to start up sucessfully.
2. the general assembly of the BEWC, including the election of board members and adoption of a plan of action of the BEWC for the next four years.
Participation
Participation is opened to all officially registered members of BEWC.
For those who still want to register, registration is open until March 20th 2009. You may also want to register online under www.bewnet.eu/main/members/. For those not yet decided, but who would like to attend this meeting, we do encourage you to register, but to please bear in mind that priority will be given to registered members in case of too many registration.
Deadline for registration
Please send us your registration form not later than March 15th 2009. We shall send you a confirmation of participation by March 20th 2009
Cost of Participation
Participation is free of charge. However, each participant is expected to take care of her own travel expenses.Thanks to a limited funding of the EU program “Europe for Citizens” we shall be able to cover your feeding and accommodation for one night.
As we are currently working out more details of the program, we shall get back to you with more details within the coming days. Meanwhile to facilitate the organisational process, we would kindly ask you to:
1. register if you intend to attend the capacity building seminar and General Assembly from 9th -10th of April 2009
2. indicate if you would take part in both the general assembly and the capacity building seminar
3. indicate if your are interested in taking part in the elections
4. to start making your own travel arrangements to and from Utrecht
A draft agenda and further detailed information about this meeting shall follow soon.
We gladly look forward to meeting you again and taking the next steps and challenges together.
With best greetings from Vienna
The participation form can be downloaded here:
PARTICIPATION-FORM.doc
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Follow-up Strategic Meeting
Follow-up Strategic Meeting of the first Black European Women’s Congress
The Follow-Up-Meeting of the first Black European Women’s Congress took place from 13th – 14th of March in the premises of the EU Commission in Vienna.
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The Follow-Up-Meeting of the first Black European Women’s Congress took place from 13th – 14th of March in the premises of the EU Commission in Vienna.
A group of sixteen black women from the network who came from eight EU member states, met to prepare the statutes and the plan of action for the BEWC (Black European Women’s Council) with regard to the official launching in the European Parliament on 9th of September.
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International Womens Day - Press Release
AFRA’s Press Release on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2008
AFRA’s Press Release on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2008
Six months after the 1st Black European Women’s Congress in Vienna 2007 and in relation to the International Women’s Day 2008 and the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, AFRA – International Center for Black Women’s Perspectives (Austria) and Tiye International (The Netherlands) are again organising the first Strategic/Working Meeting of the Black European Women’s Network – BEWNET in Vienna, from the 13th - 14th of March 2008. BEWNET was founded at the Viennese Congress in September 2007.
For more information please check www.bewnet.eu.
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AFRA’s Press Release on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2008
Six months after the 1st Black European Women’s Congress in Vienna 2007 and in relation to the International Women’s Day 2008 and the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, AFRA – International Center for Black Women’s Perspectives (Austria) and Tiye International (The Netherlands) are again organising the first Strategic/Working Meeting of the Black European Women’s Network – BEWNET in Vienna, from the 13th - 14th of March 2008. BEWNET was founded at the Viennese Congress in September 2007.
For more information please check www.bewnet.eu.
What has happend since the Vienna Congress?
Sweden has so far organised two National Follow-up Meetings (Dec. 2007 and Feb. 2008) after the Viennese Congress, to feedback Swedish Black Women on this congress. At the second meeting they prepared themselves for the upcoming Follow-up Strategic Meeting in Vienna. You can find a detail report of these meetings under “Nationalplatforms”. The Swedish meetings have been organised under the leadership of Leah Sempaya.
Led by Yvette Jarvis, a National Follow-up Meeting took place in Athens-
Greece to inform other Blak Women in Greece about the Vienna Congres and get them involve in the follow-up activities
In Italy, Suzanne Diku organised two national meetings to inform and encourage Italian Black Women to join BEWNET.
Zeedah Meierhofer-Mengali is also preparing a National Meeting for Black Swiss Women in Switzerland, to inform them about the outcome of the Viennese Congress and involve them in the future activities of BEWNET. An overview of national activities shall be available soon.
The goal of the first Strategic/Working Meeting is to elaborate the Structure and Plan of Action of BEWNET. This important meeting will bring together 20 Black European Women from 7 EU Member States (of the 16 EU Member States represented at the Viennese Congress 2007) and from Switzerland, charged with the responsibilty to draft the structures of BEWNET.
The Follow-Up Strategic Meeting will take place in cooperation with the representative of the European Commission and the Information Office of the European Parliament in Vienna and the meeting venue will be their conference room .
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Vienna, 13th-14th March 2007
Draft agenda of the Strategic/Working Meeting of BEWC
Thursday 13th March 2008 14.00-14.30 pm
Friday 14th March 2008
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Thursday 13th March 2008 14.00-14.30 pm
Opening session Welcome address by Mr Doutlik, Representative of the European Commission (Vienna) presentation of the congress-video
14.30-15.00 pm
Keynote speech, setting up EU-wide Networks, strategies and possibilities
15.00-15.20 pm
Coffee break
15.20 –17.20 pm
Working groups: Elaboration of BEWNET Structures (vision/mission, legal structure, organs, membership, board etc.)
17.20-18.20 pm
Presentation of results of working groups, discussions
19.00- 21.00 pm
Dinner
Friday 14th March 2008
9.00- 10.30 am
Plan of Action of Bewnet
10.30-11.30 pm
Preparation of official launching on 9th Sept. 08 in EU Parliament
11.30-11.40 pm
Coffee break
11.40-13.00 pm
The way forward, next steps
13.30-14.30 pm
Lunch and departure
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Mittwoch, 12.03.2008, 10 - 15.00 Uhr
"The Future of Diversity Management in Europe"
Pünktlich zum Europäischen Jahr des Interkulturellen Dialogs 2008 laden der Verein AFRA – International Center for Black Women’s Perspectives, und M-Media zwei führende amerikanische Diversity Management ExpertInnen, Douglas C. Freeman und Sherry Snipes, nach Wien. Im Rahmen des Symposiums werden anhand globaler Beispiele die aktuellen Entwicklungen in Europa und Amerika und die Zukunft von Diversity Management diskutiert.
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Pünktlich zum Europäischen Jahr des Interkulturellen Dialogs 2008 laden der Verein AFRA – International Center for Black Women’s Perspectives, und M-Media zwei führende amerikanische Diversity Management ExpertInnen, Douglas C. Freeman und Sherry Snipes, nach Wien. Im Rahmen des Symposiums werden anhand globaler Beispiele die aktuellen Entwicklungen in Europa und Amerika und die Zukunft von Diversity Management diskutiert.
Im Zentrum des Symposiums stehen Ansätze zur optimalen Führung von Konzernen, zur gerechten Gestaltung der sozialen, politischen und zivilgesellschaftlichen Sektoren und der vielfältiger werdenden Gesellschaft Europas. Der Umgang mit Veränderungen in der Bevölkerungsstruktur und am Arbeitsmarkt hinsichtlich Alter, Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung, ethnischer bzw. religiöser Minderheiten, Behinderungen und der Integration von ImmigrantInnen am Arbeitsmarkt wie in der Gesellschaft prägen in deutlichem Ausmaß das friedliche Zusammenleben und die nachhaltige Entwicklung der Gesellschaft.
Das Symposium findet in englischer Sprache in Zusammenarbeit mit der Vertretung der Europäischen Kommission und dem Büro des Europäischen Parlaments in Wien statt.
Das Symposium bildet die Auftaktveranstaltung zum strategischen Treffen des Black Europan Women’s Network von 12. -13. März 2008. Die Strategie-Sitzung dient der Erarbeitung von Strukturen des Schwarzen Europäischen Frauennetzwerks-BEWNET (www.bewnet.eu). BEWNET wurde anlässlich des Europäischen Jahres der Chancengleichheit 2007 von AFRA in Wien initiiert und wird am 9. September 2008 im Europäischen Parlament in Wien offiziell gelauncht.
Gastvortragende:
Douglas C. Freeman ist Gründer von Virtcom Consulting, einer Strategie, Management-Beratungsfirma mit Büros in New York und London, die auf die Entwicklung von Lösungen im Bereich des globalen Diversity-Managements spezialisiert ist. Zuvor war Freeman als „Senior Associate“ für Deloitte Consulting in der Telekommunikations-Branche und als Investment-Banker bei JPMorgan Chase im Bereich der Umstrukturierung tätig.
Als Geschäftsführer von Virtcom Consulting hat Freeman den „World Diversity Leadership Summit“ in Prag gegründet. Der Gipfel ist ein Treffen von weltweit führenden Global 1000 Unternehmen, Regierungsbeamten und Führungspersönlichkeiten sowie Communities zur Bewältigung globaler Diversity-Management Praktiken. Freeman besitzt einen Master Degree in „Public Policy“ mit Schwerpunkt auf Internationalen Handel und Finanzen der Harvard University.
Sherry Snipes ist als Managerin für "Compliance and Diversity" in Arrow Electronics, Inc., (NYSE: ARW), einem Fortune-200 weltweiten Vertrieb von elektronischen Produkten und Teilen und Lösungen, zuständig für die "Global Diversity Programme". Sie ist verantwortlich für die strategische Konzeption und Umsetzung des „US Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance Program“ und der Diversitäts-Strategie und deren Eingliederung in die gesamte Organisation. Derzeit konzentriert sie sich auf den Ausbau der US-Initiative mit Schwerpunkt auf die Bereiche Mitarbeiterrekrutierung, Verantwortlichkeiten von Führungskräften, Bildung, Mitarbeiter/innen-Entwicklung und Business-Strategie.
Sherry Snipes besitzt einen Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration von der Hampton University und der University of Maryland.
Christine Bauer-Jelinek ist Wirtschaftscoach und Psychotherapeutin, Leiterin Institut für Macht-Kompetenz in Wien, Gründerin der Initiative für Mikro-UnternehmerInnen, Mitglied des wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Leopold Kohr Akademie Sbg, Lehrbeauftragte an der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien zum Thema Mechanismen der Macht und deren Genderaspekte, Bestsellerautorin: ua. "Die geheimen Spielregeln der Macht" www.macht-kompetenz.at
MitdiskutantInnen:
Joachim Ott, EU Kommission – Aktion gegen Diskriminierung/ Zivil Gesellschaft
Beatrice Achaleke, AFRA- International Center for Black Women‘s Perspectives
Peter Drössler, Fachverbandsobmann - Fachverband Werbung und Marktkommunikation
Barbara Eppensteiner, (Programmverantwortliche Okto TV)
Begrüßung: DI Karl-Georg Doutlik, Leiter der Vertretung der EU Kommission in Österreich
Moderation: Michael Fleischhacker, Die Presse
Freie Teilnahme am Symposium nach Akkreditierung bei
Beatrice Achaleke, office@blackwomencenter.org, Tel: 01/ 9660 425
Simon Inou, office@m-media.or.at, Tel: 01/ 9664 341
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA - 2008 (May 20- 31 2008)
Dear Female Entrepreneurs and Leaders of Central Europe,
Dear Female Entrepreneurs and Leaders of Central Europe,
Simmons College, an all-female nationally recognized university in Boston, Massachusetts, is conducting an international study tour to Budapest, Brono, Vienna, Bratislava, and Prague in late May of 2008 (May 20-May 31).
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Dear Female Entrepreneurs and Leaders of Central Europe,
Simmons College, an all-female nationally recognized university in Boston, Massachusetts, is conducting an international study tour to Budapest, Brono, Vienna, Bratislava, and Prague in late May of 2008 (May 20-May 31). We are eager to arrange meetings and workshops with women entrepreneurs and leaders in these regions. If you or your organization would like to meet and interact with our students, please contact Professor Patricia Kelley (pckelley@comcast.net) to arrange a meeting time. We look forward to meeting with women leaders throughout Central Europe.
More information
Professor Patricia Kelley, pckelley@comcast.net)
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13th Nov 2007
UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE VIENNA (UNIS)
VIENNA, 13 November (UN Information Service) – The role of the new media and newly established information infrastructure in educating the next generation will be reviewed at a colloquium on 16 November in Wels, Austria, jointly organized, by the World Wide Education, Academic Distance-Learning College (WWEDU) and the Academic Council of the United Nations System (ACUNS).
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UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE VIENNA (UNIS)
For information only - not an official document
The United Nations and the New Media to be Discussed in Wels
VIENNA, 13 November (UN Information Service) – The role of the new media and newly established information infrastructure in educating the next generation will be reviewed at a colloquium on 16 November in Wels, Austria, jointly organized, by the World Wide Education, Academic Distance-Learning College (WWEDU) and the Academic Council of the United Nations System (ACUNS).
Focussing on ways of better communicating the United Nations system to the public, the event will take an innovative hybrid format, combining on-site presentations at the Kraftwerkcenter PANOPTIKUM in Wels with
virtual contributions through the Internet from various parts of the world.
Panels on “New Technologies for Research & Teaching”, “Human Rights and New Information Technology” and on “New-Media Mediated Peace Building & Societal Development”, will look into how new communication technologies
and new opportunities for interaction of people will impact the United Nations. The Colloquium will analyze the consequences of the new media for global networking and international community action in forging global
policy initiatives, and discuss ways for the United Nations to make use of the new media and information infrastructure, in order to transmit its ideas and communicate its mission to youth.
Sponsored by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture and the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna, the Wels Colloquium will also provide a platform for presenting newly launched
projects in the field of education-related UN studies, UN outreach and attracting visitors, as well as relevant database projects.
The WWEDU, which plans to expand to become the first long-distance university of Austria, will provide its mobile studio facilities, with which the programme of the Wels Colloquium will be broadcast in high quality and in real-time over the Internet, and the live participation of speakers from other parts of the world made possible. The PANOPTIKUM, a multimedia conference hall at the Kraftwerkcenter Wels, will provide the optimal infrastructure for live broadcasting.
For information contact:
Elisabeth Waechter
United Nations Information Service Vienna
Telephone: +43 1 260 60 3348
E-mail: elisabeth.waechter@unvienna.org
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19th Nov. - 15th Dec. 2007
WomenWatch Online Discussion
WomenWatch - the UN Internet Gateway on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women will host an online discussion on "Women in Leadership Roles" from 19 November to 15 December 2007
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/forums/leadership/
You are invited to participate in an online discussion on “Women in Leadership Roles” hosted by WomenWatch – the UN Internet Gateway on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women. The discussion, which will take place from 19 November to 15 December 2007, is organized by the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in its capacity as Task Manager of WomenWatch, with support from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
The objective of this online discussion is to exchange data and promote dialogue on good practices concerning women in decision-making positions in the non-political spheres; and to suggest measures to promote increased leadership by women in different areas. This online discussion will provide an opportunity to contribute to the global debate and the development of new policy recommendations on the roles and impact of women in decision-making positions in different areas such as public administration (including the judiciary), the private sector, academia, media and civil society, including trade unions and professional associations.
Registration for the online discussion
To register, please click on the following link to fill out an online form: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/forums/leadership/
contact
womenwatch@un.org
WomenWatch - The UN Internet Gateway
on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women
Task Manager of WomenWatch: United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women – Department of Economic and Social Affairs
With support from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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5th - 15th of Dec. 2007
WOMEN AND CHILD ABUSE
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN AND CHILD ABUSE IN THE
Call for Participation/Application to AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
WOMEN AND CHILD ABUSE on 5th of December to 15th of December 2007 in UNITED KINGDOM, london for a groundbreaking meeting of the international youth movements and other related NGO's,
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN AND CHILD ABUSE IN THE
Call for Participation/Application to AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
WOMEN AND CHILD ABUSE on 5th of December to 15th of December 2007 in UNITED KINGDOM, london for a groundbreaking meeting of the international youth movements and other related NGO's,
where as many as 200 participants will convene to learning new ways to empower themselves and how to adhere to social norms. And also to meet others like yourself ; learning, teaching, inspiring and being inspired. Exploring the potential of a performance approach to unleash
For more details
Contact Person Dr Chidi Maduka
Email:dr.chidimaduka@doctor.com
Telephone:+44-7045746186
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May 26–30, 2008.
Feminisms in transnational perspective
Postgraduate course FEMINISMS IN TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: Voicing Feminist Concerns at the Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik, in Croatia May 26–30, 2008.
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Postgraduate course FEMINISMS IN TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: Voicing Feminist Concerns at the Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik, in Croatia May 26–30, 2008.
More information
Centre for Women's Studies
Berislavićeva 12
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
tel: 385 1 48 72 406
e-mail: zenstud@zamir.net
www.zenstud.hr
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19th - 20th Nov. 2007
Lisabon, Portugal
Closing conference of the European Year for Equal Opportunities for All, in the framework of the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union.
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Closing conference of the European Year for Equal Opportunities for All, in the framework of the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union.
For detail information check: http://www.igualdades2007.com.pt.
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24th Nov. to 4th Dec. 2007
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NGO´s
LONDON, UK 24th Nov. to 4th December 2007
Target groups are about 200 participants from across the world, including health practitioners, professionals in relevant fields, lawyers, psychologists, women and youth development groups, government officials, donor agencies and participating NGOs, will meet to discuss issues pertaining to the welfare of NGOs etc.
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LONDON, UK 24th Nov. to 4th December 2007
Target groups are about 200 participants from across the world, including health practitioners, professionals in relevant fields, lawyers, psychologists, women and youth development groups, government officials, donor agencies and participating NGOs, will meet to discuss issues pertaining to the welfare of NGOs etc.
For more information please contact
Local Organizing Committee
juan kroc foundation Rev. George Solomon
info_juankroc0@yahoo.com
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