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28/11/2008

2009 STARS Impact Awards

Applications are now open for the 2009 Impact Awards.

Organisations working with children in Africa or South Asia are
invited to apply.

We are pleased to announce the launch of the 2009 STARS Impact
Awards recognising organisations working in children's health,
education and protection.

Each Award carries US$100,000 of unrestricted funding as well as
consultancy support. For information on previous Award recipients
and this year's finalists, please visit our website.

All information regarding the application process and the
eligibility criteria is available at www.starsfoundation.org.uk

The closing date for applications is 28 November 2008.

27/11/2008

5th SOUTH ASIAN WORKSHOP ON RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

5^th SOUTH ASIAN WORKSHOP ON RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

27^th to 29^th November 2008 at Colombo , Sri Lanka

With the tremendous success of South Asian Fund Raising Workshop at Agra and South Asian Regional Workshop on Resource Mobilization in Sri Lanka . PAIMAN provides you another exciting opportunity to learn, educate, inspire and motivate Fundraisers.

5^th South Asian Regional Workshop on Resource Mobilization will be held at Taj Samundra Hotel Colombo , Sri Lanka , from 27^th to 29^th November 2008 . Leaders and fundraisers from over hundreds of non-profit organisations from all over Asia will attend and learn how to increase support for the causes they represent. The theme "BUILDING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE NON PROFIT SECTOR" is most timely and appropriate. The workshop provides a unique opportunity for the international community to exchange ideas and develop a common vision and strategy of resource mobilization for fund raising on sustainable basis. For details visit www.carmsl.org.

Center for Advancement of Resource Mobilization, Sri Lanka is organizing this workshop. PAIMAN Alumni Trust, Islamabad a member organization of South Asian Fundraising Association SAFA covering six countries, is the focal organization in Pakistan for the subject workshop. The workshop is suitable for directors and staff of non-profit organizations (NPOs), donor agencies, governmental agencies and civil society organizations. Individuals and organizations interested in building fundraising capacity, local resource mobilization and advocacy would also benefit greatly from what this event has to offer including,

· Understanding the Fundraising Cycle (Developing a Fundraising Plan)

· Key Thinking & Skills to Ensure Fundraising Success

· Developing an Inspiring Case for Support

· Events for Fun, Friends and Funds

· Writing Winning Proposals

· Raising More Money from Individuals through Direct Marketing

· Cause Related Marketing A Fundraising Technique with Immense potential

· And many more

Workshop Fees

3 days Residential Workshop (twin sharing room) Rs.34,000

Includes Workshop fees/ materials/ certificate

· Accommodation and all meals from lunch on 27^thto lunch on 29^th Nov’08

3 day Non-Resident Workshop Rs.15,000

Includes Workshop fees/ materials/certificate and

· Lunch from 27th to 29th November, 2008

Additional Night stay charges other than workshop (27^th / 28^th and 28^th /29^th Nov) will be charged at the rate of Rs.7, 000 (double room) and Rs.6,500 (single room) to be paid at the time of arrival or the participants may make arrangements in nearby hotels at cheaper rates.

A very meagre amount is charged by PAIMAN within the above mentioned in the Registration Fee. This caters for the extra services provided by PAIMAN including Pak currency conversion, Bank transfer fee, coordination with Sri Lankan High Commission, application/issue of visa, /postage service, documentation etc for participants from all over the country. You will NOT be required to move out of your city for any formality till departure for Sri Lanka except for some impromptu situation/case.

Discounts (For residential delegates only)

· Early Bird discount of Rs.2, 000 if you book and pay before 30^th

September, 2008.

· Group Booking Discount Rs.400 discount for booking 4 or more

delegates from the same organization.

Registration

The Registration Form (for Pakistani participants registering through PAIMAN) for the workshop is attached for direct registration with CARM. Please provide copy of passport and NIC along with the registration form attached. Last date for registration is 8^th Nov 2008

Note: Those registering directly with CARM along with payment to CARM Sri Lanka, may avail the services of PAIMAN for documentation, security clearance, passport handling and Visa processing by depositing Rs: 2,500/- only with PAIMAN. The desirous participants must provide copies of registration and payments receipts (with CARM Sri Lanka) along with the payment to avail the services before 31^st October 2008 ..

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received up to the 8^th November 2008 are subject to a cancellation charge of Rs.14, 000 for residential delegates. For non residential delegates the cancellation charge will be Rs.4,000. No refunds will be made for cancellation after the said date.

Please extend this message to your friends. PAIMAN will coordinate all aspects and queries in Pakistan as per contact given below:

Co-coordinator: Haseeb Kiyani (0300-9844423)

PAIMAN Alumni Trust,

# 9, Street 29, Sector F-10/ 1, Islamabad

Tel #; 051-2102689-90

Fax: 051-2103089

Email: paiman_trust@yahoo.com

Paiman_trust@paiman.org

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25/11/2008

16 DAYS OF ACTIVISIM AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE

16 DAYS OF ACTIVISIM AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE

November 25 - December 10 - 2008

2008 16 Days Take Action Kit

The 2008 16 Days Take Action Kit can be downloaded in PDF* or Microsoft Word format. If you are willing to translate any of the following materials into a different language, please contact the Center at 16days@cwgl.rutgers.edu.

PDF Format

Current Campaign Announcement: English, Español, Français
Campaign Profile: English, Español, Français,
Description of Dates: English, Español, Français
Suggested Actions: A Guide to Getting Involved for New Activists: English, Español, Français
Demands for Action: English, Español, Français
10 Ways You Can Engage: English, Español, Français
Participating Countries & Organizations: English, Español, Français
Bibliography and Resource List: English, Español, Français
Flyer for Involving Youth Activists: English, Español
Claiming Rights, Claiming Justice: A Guidebook on Women Human Rights Defenders, published by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development in collaboration with a group of women rights, human rights and sexual health advocates:English, Español, Français

Microsoft Word Format

Current Campaign Announcement: English, Español, Français
Campaign Profile: English, Español, Français
Description of Dates: English, Español, Français
Suggested Actions: 16 Ideas for 16 Days: English, Español, Français
Demands for Action: English, Español, Français
10 Ways You Can Engage Campaign: English, Español, Français
Participating Countries & Organizations: English, Español, Français
Bibliography and Resource List: English, Español, Français

2007 16 Days Take Action Kit
2007 International Calendar of Activities

16 Days Logo in GIF Format:

16 Days Logo (6KB)
16 Days Logo - button size (3KB)
16 Days Logo (Grayscale) (6KB)
16 Days Logo (Grayscale - button size) (3KB)

2008 Campaign Theme

Human Rights for Women - Human Rights for All: UDHR60

Print Version in PDF:
English

Print Version in Microsoft Word:
English

The 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a historic moment, recognizing the past six decades of work to secure the conventions and treaties that make up the human rights framework. The principles of the declaration also gave legitimacy to activists around the world who were calling for the realization of universal human rights.

On December 10, 2007, a civil society campaign was launched to celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This project is pioneered by a group of notable activists known as "The Elders" and seeks to reclaim the principles in the UDHR through the message that Every Human Has Rights. The Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) is proud to be a partner in this UDHR60 NGO campaign, which comes at a time when the legitimacy of both women's rights and human rights are being challenged in too many settings.

Human rights cannot be universal without human rights for women. The UDHR60 campaign offers an opportunity to advocate for women's rights and the quest to end gender inequality, and to create a world free from violence, discrimination and injustice. These are critical to building a just, peaceful and sustainable world where human rights for all are respected. Over the past 60 years, women have created groundbreaking global and local efforts to challenge gender inequality and feminist approaches to human rights are being developed and used around the world. Women's advocacy has brought about pioneering change in areas such as education, health, law, and political participation – and, in interpretations of the human rights framework itself. The global frameworks for realizing women's rights have been spelled out in the Women's Convention (CEDAW), and in documents from other UN processes, such as the Vienna Human Rights Declaration, the Cairo Programme of Action, theBeijing Platform for Action, the Millennium Development Goals, and the World Summit. Women have successfully demanded state political will to create meaningful change, but the implementation and resources to fulfill these promises are still lacking.

CWGL's focus in this UDHR60 campaign is not exhaustive, but what we will do is build on, celebrate and honor this global momentum, particularly in areas most closely related to our work on women's human rights. In addition, we will dedicate the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign 2008 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the UDHR and to make demands to advance women's human rights. CWGL's primary areas of focus will be:

Support Women Human Rights Defenders
End Violence Against Women
Strengthen Gender Equality Structures in the UN
Expand Financing for Gender Equality

Recognizing that the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign provides an opportunity to bring global activism around women's rights to the forefront of the celebration of UDHR60 on December 10 2008, we invite all to join in celebrating the anniversary of the Declaration and honoring decades of landmark women's rights advocacy. We encourage groups to focus their plans for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign 2008 on activities that address the many human rights challenges facing women around the globe and to celebrate the leadership of women in defending human rights.

Please see the 2008 Take Action Kit for more details on each of these ideas, including actions tailored especially for the 2008 16 Days Campaign.
The kit will be available online and in print in August – contact the Center for Women's Global Leadership at the address below to request a kit:
Center for Women's Global Leadership
160 Ryders Lane, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8555 USA; Phone (1-732) 932-8782; Fax: (1-732) 932-1180; E-mail:16days@cwgl.rutgers.edu; Or to access the kit online, go tohttp://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/home.html

Join the 16 Days movement!
Create or join a community, campus, national or international activity for the 16 Days. Request a Take Action kit, join the 16 Days listserv, and use past 16 Days International Calendars of Activities (available online) to spark ideas for your activities or to find information about groups in your area. Submit your planned projects to CWGL for posting to the 2008 International Calendar of Activities and become part of the global 16 Days movement.

Join the 16 Days electronic discussion!
Join the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence email listserv discussion, which lets activists share work against violence, build partnerships with others worldwide, and to develop strategies and themes for the annual 16 Days campaign.
To join the discussion, visit https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/16days_discussion.

Submit your materials! Help us build a 16 Days Archive!
CWGL requests that participants in the 16 Days campaign – past as well as present – send descriptions of your current or past 16 Days events to the contact information below for posting in the electronicInternational Calendar of Activities. CWGL would also be pleased to receive other materials, including posters, fliers, photographs, t-shirts, video footage, poems, songs, statements, and reports for the campaign archives. If you have photographs, documents, or other examples of your work that you can send in an electronic version, please do so and we will post it on the website.

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is coordinated by the Center for Women's Global Leadership.

20/10/2008

Fundraising Course

Fundraising Course

Greetings from Meenakshi Mission Hospital, Madurai, India!

On behalf of the organizing committee, it's our privilege and pleasure to invite you for the fundraising course "Principles and Techniques of Fundraising" at Madurai, Tamilnadu India.

The course is spread over a period for 5 days, a Non – Residential programme from 20^th to 24^th of October'2008. We have eminent international speakers, Kim M. Gattle, The Director of Development and Communications and Eva. E. Aldrich, The Associate Director, Public Service and 'The Fund Raising School' of 'The Center on Philanthropy' at Indiana University, U.S.A. who would bring you the real pearls of wisdom, from their years of practical fundraising experience.

In our endeavour to spread the knowledge of fundraising all across the globe, we have fixed a very convenient and affordable fee of Rs. 30,000/- (US$700) for the course. Please rush up to book your seats, as we would take only 40 delegates for this fundraising course.

Please see Attachment for the brochure.

Contact Person:

P. Sundar Raj

____________

The Course Co-ordinator,

Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre,

Lake Area, Melur Road, Madurai - 625 107.

Tamilnadu, India.

Phone: +91- 452-2588741, 4392741 extn: 3011, 3412.

Direct Line: +91- 452 – 2580243

Fax: +91- 452-2586353

e.mail: fundraising@meenakshimission.org

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15/10/2008

Rural Women’s Day to be celebrated on October 15

To attract maximum attention of policy-makers towards issues faced by rural women, civil society members Wednesday joined hands to celebrate the International Rural Women’s Day falling on October 15.

In this regard, the Potohar Organisation for Development Advocacy (PODA) called for collaboration at the first consultative meeting organised to discuss the matter. Representatives of civil society and others attended the meeting.

They suggested that through this platform, more and more rural women should be allowed to speak about their daily life experiences and the problems they face while experts should draft policy guidelines in the light of those tales.

They participants said that the two-day event would comprise several sessions focusing on diverse issues related to rural women like land rights and access to basic health facilities.

“It should be a combination of intense discussions on policy matters and entertainment activities like theatre and festival to celebrate the contributions made by these women for providing food security to rest of the country,” they said.

Talking to ‘The News,’ PODA Director Samina Nazir said that women constitute 50 percent of the population and from that percentage the majority resides in rural areas. “These women play tremendous role in the agriculture sector but unfortunately their contributions are missing from government records.”

She said that technology had surely crept into the agriculture sector in recent years but men mainly controlled that. “Women are still involved in the most tedious and labour intensive agriculture work like weeding, seed sowing or cleaning and storing grains,” she pointed out.

Ms Nazir regretted that the literacy rate of women in rural areas was only 27 percent and access to basic services was very limited. “To create a bigger impact this year we are seeking partnership from NGOs and donor agencies,” she said.

Highlighting the objectives behind observing the day at the national level this year, she said that there was a dire need to acknowledge the hard work of women in

Pakistan

. “The aim is to demand that the government of Pakistan adopt a policy for the rights of rural women and recognise their contributions to national economy.”

15/10/2008

1st National Conference on World Rural Women Day in Pakistan

Invitation to join the 1^st National Conference on World Rural Women Day in Pakistan

Wednesday, 15 October 2008 - Islamabad

Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA) works for the promotion and protection of human rights of rural communities in Pakistan. We feel very strongly that the important and significant contribution the rural women make to Pakistan should be promoted and recognized. We believe it is necessary to raise awareness at all levels about the critical role that rural women play in Pakistan.

Therefore, we are delighted to announce that PODA is organizing a celebration of World Rural Women Day at national level on October 15^th 2008 in Islamabad collaboration with ActionAid and Lok Virsa. I am writing to invite your organization to join us in observing this memorable day in Pakistan.

The World Rural Women day was proclaimed by the United Nations in1995 at the 4^th World Conference on Women in Beijing. A year later the United Nations announced 15^th October as the World Rural Women Day. Since then every year many countries observe this day nationally. We are organizing a national level conference to observe this day for the first time in Pakistan in a large scale in order to draw the attention of Pakistani policy makers and to highlight the challenges and contributions of Pakistani rural women. At the end of the conference we will present a draft resolution to all the participants to demand that the government should declare October 15^th as National Day for Rural Women and also announce a policy addressing the specific needs of rural women in Pakistan.

The 1^st National Conference to mark World Rural Women Day in Pakistan will be held at Lok Virsa, a national institute folk heritage in Islamabad. A series of events are being organized by Lok Virsa, PODA and ActionAid representing rural women from all parts of Pakistan. We are anticipating the participation of a large number of Pakistani groups, national and international NGOs, government representatives, policy makers, academia and the media, concerned politicians and international organizations. Following are some of the ways that you can choose to participate in this conference on 15^th October, 2008:

Organizing Partners:

Any Organization that contributes with the starting amount of Rs. 50,000 (Rupees Fifty Thousands) to help with major logistical costs of the event will become an Organizing partner. The name and logo of the organizing partners will be placed on the event publications and the promotional material, press releases etc.

Participating Organizations:

Any organization that wants to display its work and products related to rural women, rural development or other related issues can rent a Booth for the whole day at the cost of Rs. 5,000 only. The cost covers one table, two chairs, a booth covering the table and a place to hang your banner, badges, tea and lunch for two staff of your organization during the day.

Village Organizations:

Any organization that works on rural women issues and is located in a village or small town can participate in this conference free of cost. We will offer a booth free of cost to village based NGOs or community organizations. However, we are NOT able to provide any travel or lodging to village based groups. We will be happy to suggest affordable accommodation and other logistics in Islamabad. Please feel free to contact if you need help with logistics.

Rural women activists and women artisans:

We are offering free participation, travel and lodging facilities for village based farmer rights activists women, rural women artisan, craftswoman and/or women folk singers or musicians from villages. If you know any such artisan from your rural area, please let us know. They will have an opportunity to show their art work and to present their activist agenda. There are limited seats available for this category so please let us know at your earliest if you can nominate any rural woman activist or artisan.

Please note that the last date for confirmation of participation is 30^th September 2008.

All booths/display tables will be provided on First Come First Basis. Therefore, please let us know soon.

For more information please contact:

Noshaba Arif, Program Development Manager at Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA)

Ph: (051) 486-2460
Cell: 0321-500-3858
Email: noshaba.poda@gmail.com

11/10/2008

INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE WORKSHOP

Australian Habitat Studies (AusHS) and its regional counterpart Aus-HS, India conduct international capacity building workshops in different parts of the world on a regular basis for elected representatives and government officials. The next workshop on Good Governance will be held in Thailand & China from 11 to 22 October, 2008. The workshop will focus on three specific areas:

1. Project Planning & Management

2. Public Private Partnership

3. Capacity Building & HRD

We are writing to invite you to register and participate in this workshop. More information is provided in the attached brochure.

Ashley Manouch

Australian Habitat Studies

(Aus-HS)

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22/9/2008

4 Days Training in Teaching Methodology

KK	Human Development Centre
Develop Human Resources for sustainable Development
4 Days Training in Teaching Methodology
Teachers are the guiding force that directs and shapes the destiny of a nation by educating future generation. By training our teachers in modern techniques, we ensure quality education. Keeping in view the importance of teacher training, Khwendo Kor has designed a teacher’s training course that will enable the teachers to meet the new challenges in quality education.



Training Objectives		Contents
q To provide basic teaching skills to the teachers q To improve class room management skills and teaching practices of teachers q To enable teachers to adopt modern techniques of teaching q To enhance the skills of teachers needed to cope with a class of varied abilities		q How children learn q Coping with a class of varied abilities q Discipline in the class room q Phonics and word building through phonics q Learning through games q Stories and sequences q Lesson planning q Weekly planning q Develop teaching aids q Multi grades teaching techniques
Training Outcomes
q Improved teaching style q Improved class room management q Improved quality of education


Methodology Brainstorming, Group work, presentation, Role play, Lectures

Who can participate? Teachers from community, government, private schools, teacher supervisors and education facilitators

Training Fee Pakistani Rupees = 3,000 per participant This will only cover the costs of food, tea, stationary, certificate and Trainer fee, while other costs like accommodation, transport etc will be covered by the trainees or their organizations. Khwendo Kor can facilitate them in this regard.