UNIFEM Gender Workshop for CEE/NIS Youth Activisits

[Katalin Fabian]

-- 
Katalin Fábián
Lafayette College
Department of Government and Law
Kirby Hall 103
Easton, PA 18042-1780

Tel: (610) 330-5392
Fax: (610) 330-5397


Subject: UNIFEM Gender Workshop for CEE/NIS Youth Activisits

Upcoming event: "Bratislava Workshop" / UNIFEM - Regional
Programme for 
central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent
States / 14-15 
February 2003 / Application deadline: 22 December 2002 / For an
application, 
please contact Jennet Arcara at: jennet.arcara at undp.org / To join
the Gender 
and Youth Network CEECIS Listserv [GEYNCEECIS] send an email to:
franziska.brantner at gmx.de

* Evento: "Taller Bratislava" / UNIFEM - Programa regional para
Europa 
Central y Europa Oriente y la República de Estados
Independientes / 14-15 de
febrero 2003 / Fecha límite para inscribir: 22 de diciembre
2002 / Para un 
formulario de inscripción, contacte Jennet Arcara a:
jennet.arcara at undp.org /
Para recibir información de la Red de Género y la Juventud
Listserv, mande un 
correo electrónico a: franziska.brantner at gmx.de

* Atelier: "L'atelier Bratislava" / UNIFEM - Programme régional
pour l'Europe 
du centre et de l'est et la république des états indépendants /
14-15 février 
2003 / Date limite d'inscription : 22 décembre 2002 / Pour une
formulaire 
d'inscription, veuillez contacter Jennet Arcara au:
jennet.arcara at undp.org /
Pour engager avec le Réseau pour le Genre et la jeunesse,
veuillez envoyer un
courriel au : franziska.brantner at gmx.de

Attention Young Women's Rights Activists in Central and Eastern
Europe and 
Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS):

Hundreds of young women and men across CEE and CIS are actively
promoting 
women's rights and gender equality. UNIFEM has supported young
women 
activists with the aim of ensuring that their voices are heard at
national, 
regional and global levels and that their particular concerns and
priorities 
receive adequate attention from policy makers.

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) is
committed to 
facilitating strengthened communication and collaboration among
youth on 
gender equality issues that they face and to give space and time
to develop 
innovative strategies for the region.

Following initial consultations, UNIFEM held a survey among youth
to get 
further insights on their priorities and interests. The outcomes
of the 
survey questionnaires were discussed at the Global Forum of the
Association 
for Women in Development (AWID), held in Mexico in October 2002
at a meeting 
with youth representatives. This discussion is now continuing
online. In 
general, many youth feel that while the problems that young women
face in the 
CEE and CIS are often very similar, the opportunities for
dialogue and 
exchange of views and ideas across the region are lacking. Youth
from all sub-
regions agree that they could benefit from the opportunity to
communicate 
more with each other, learn from each other's experiences and
develop common 
strategies and innovative activities. Many agree that the
establishment of a 
regional gender youth network could be a good way to facilitate
such 
opportunities.

As a next step towards building networking and communication
among CEE/CIS 
youth UNIFEM has agreed to sponsor a Strategic Workshop on Gender
and Youth 
for the CEE and CIS, to be held 14 to 17 February 2003 in
Bratislava. UNIFEM 
will support up to 15 youth who are dedicated to working on youth
and gender 
equality at the regional level to come to Bratislava for the
workshop. The 
goal is to build on the ideas generated through the survey, the
AWID meeting, 
and the online discussion--to formulate a concrete strategy for
institutionalizing and facilitating networking on gender and
youth issues in 
the region. Participants will be required to commit to actively
contribute to 
the workshop's follow up activities, which will be investment of
time and 
efforts on a volunteer basis.  The working languages of the
workshop will be 
English and Russian.

CEE/CIS youth interested in participating in the Bratislava
Workshop should 
request an application form and send it along with a current CV
(no more than 
two pages) and two letters of reference to Jennet Arcara at:
jennet.arcara at undp.org by 22 December 2002. Applications are
encouraged from: 

-Youth from all CEE/CIS sub-regions who are active on gender
issues in local, 
regional, sub-regional, or international NGOs and/or advocacy
networks; and
-Youth activists with leadership experience and creative and
innovative ideas 
for meaningful networking on gender and youth in CEE/CIS.
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Location: Slovakia