Approaching International Events
CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
Register for the 2007 UN Commission on the Status of Women
26 February to 9 March 2007
The deadline is fast approaching for accredited NGOs to register for participation in the 51st session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) to be held at UN headquarters in New York. In accordance with its 2007-2009 multi-year program of work, the CSW will consider "The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child" as its priority theme. In accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the definition of "child" and "girl child" is persons younger than 18 years, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier. For more information, see www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/egm/elim-disc-viol-girlchild/egm_elim_disc_viol_girlchild.htm
An International Conference on Social Transformations and Education
Application Deadline: 15 January 2007
The conference will be held at the University of Gdansk, Poland, in 15-17 June 2007. The conference will create a forum for debates on current processes of learning, adaptation and resistance taking place in rapidly changing societies. For more information, see www.change.univ.gda.pl
Strategic human resources management in a global context
7 February 2007, Geneva, Switzerland
Aimed at senior managers with responsibility for people management, this one day conference will cover issues such as resourcing, management and learning, addressing both the humanitarian-emergency and development-focused perspectives. For more information, see www.peopleinaid.org/events/default.aspx
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