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Projects
To see some photographs and other details of current projects, have a look at our Scrapbook.
Prognosis for the Inequality Virus: Gender, Democracy, Reconstruction and HIV/AIDS in Southern AfricaIWRP completed this concept paper for the Commonwealth Secretariat in July 2006. Peace and Security: Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325Tuesday 30 May to Friday 2 June 2006 - Wilton Park Conference IWRP Participated in the conference on Peace and Security: Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325. In co-operation with the UK Government's Global Conflict Prevention Pool, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Canadian International Development Agency and in partnership with Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS). This conference provided a forum for discussion of the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 drawing together policy makers with practitioners working on the ground in order to find constructive ways forward. What are the challenges in implementing the measures set out in SCR 1325 to ensure the equal participation of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in peace-building? How effective are international, inter-governmental and regional organisations? What more can de done to bridge policy and practice? What can be learnt from progress to date? Are there existing tools that can be better utilised? Are the appropriate resources in place? How best to identify and establish funding to support initiatives? What methodologies can be applied to identify and train women to fulfil the roles identified in SCR 1325?
International Women's Day EventsSince 2004, in March each year, IWRP organizes a local International Women's Day event in collaboration with local partners at the University of Victoria and the greater Victoria community. In 2006, the IWD event was organized by IWRP's Ashley Heaslip in partnership with the Victoria Status of Women Action Group and the Victoria Coalition for Community Women. Keynote speaker was Terri Brown, a member of the Tahltan First Nation and the first Aboriginal President of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women; along with other community speakers - Minneh Kamau on HIV/AIDS advocacy; Kinwa Bluesky, an Oji-Cre artist from the Sandy Lake First Nation and a member of the Indigenous Law Studen't Association, along with Miranda Moore, a UVic law student; and Marilou McPhedran, IWRP.
Annual Lived Rights Lecture at the University of VictoriaSponsored by the University of Victoria, IWRP holds an annual lecture on Lived Rights. The first lecture was given in February 2006 by Dr. Sima Samar, Chair of the Independent Afghan Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan. The second annual Lived Rights Lecture will be given as part of the IWRP International Women's Day program for 2007, held on March 9th at the University of Victoria. IWRP is honoured to have the noted journalist, editor and author Sally Armstrong present this lecture, Human Rights - Human Wrongs. The third annual Lived Rights Lecture, January 30 2008, is presented by Shauna Sylvester, Director of Canada's World. Susan Bazilli attended the World Economic Forum, Africa Economic Summit, 1-3 June, 2005, in Cape Town, South Africa.Below she's provided a review of 'Women's Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap.': 'Countries that do not capitalize on the full potential of one half of their societies are misallocating their human resources and undermining their competitive potential,' says the World Economic Forum in its report 'Women's Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap.' The report contains the findings of an assessment carried out by the organization, which is an international NGO based in Geneva, Switzerland. Read Susan Bazilli's review of this event. (PDF format)
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