Mois : février 2011

Linked on our blogs with UN Women Watch.

… Members of the Inter-agency Network on Women and Gender Equality promote the incorporation of gender perspectives into the work programmes of their organizations. The Network itself provides support to gender mainstreaming through opportunities for exchange of experience and good practice at the annual meetings as well as at informal meetings. Many of the taskforces, through which the Network carries out its work, also explicitly promote gender mainstreaming, for example, the taskforces working on programme budgets, financing for development, CCA/UNDAF and ICTs … (full text Gender Equality).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Meetings; Task Forces; Resolutions; Links: Collaboration: Interagency, outside the UN;
Address: Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality IANWGE, 2 United Nations Plaza, 12th floor, New York, NY 10017, USA;
Contact.

UN SYSTEM WIDE POLICY AND STRATEGY ON GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN: Workshops on gender mainstreaming at annual meetings. Continuer la lecture de « Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality IANWGE »

• The Freedom Forum, based in Washington, D.C., is a nonpartisan foundation that champions the First Amendment as a cornerstone of democracy
• The Freedom Forum is the main funder of the operations of the Newseum in Washington, D.C., the First Amendment Center and the Diversity Institute.
• The First Amendment Center and the Diversity Institute are housed in the John Seigenthaler Center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. The First Amendment Center also has offices in Washington and the Diversity Institute has offices and programs at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion … (full text Who we are).

Homepage;
Trustees; Officers; Programs; Publications; Internships; Links; First AmendmentCenter.org; Diversity Institute; Newseum;
Contacts.

Founder’s message: Free press, free speech and free spirit. These are the guiding principles of the Freedom Forum.  Continuer la lecture de « Freedom Forum.org »

in all 6 UN-languages – See also: European Association of Schools of Social Work EASSW; and Nordic Committee of Schools of Social Work NCSSW.

• The International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) is an international association of institutions of social work education, organisations supporting social work education and social work educators. Its mission is:
• To develop and promote excellence in social work education, research and scholarship globally in order to enhance human well being … (about 1/2 /Mission).

english Homepage;
Ethics; Standards; Attractive to whom? Membershhip; Gallery; Links;
Address: IASSW, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Applied Social Sciences (Rm HJ412), Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong;
Contact.

About /Overview: The International Association of Schools of Social Work, IASSW, is the worldwide association of schools of social work, other tertiary level social work educational programmes, and social work educators. Continuer la lecture de « International Association of Schools of Social Work IASSW »

strengthening the profession of social work

About CSWE: The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is a nonprofit national association representing more than 3,000 individual members, as well as graduate and undergraduate programs of professional social work education. Founded in 1952, this partnership of educational and professional institutions, social welfare agencies, and private citizens is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as the sole accrediting agency for social work education in this country.
Mission: … (full text About /Mission).
Homepage; Sitemap;
Educators; Students; International; Membership; Careers; Annual reports; FAQs; Giving;
Address: Council on Social Work Education CSWE, Alexandria, VA 22314-3457, USA;
Contacts.

About 2/2 /Governance: the direct vote of full members and an elected Board of Directors govern CSWE. Continuer la lecture de « Council on Social Work Education CSWE »

Commemoration of International Year of Disabled Persons – mainly in japanese

the english presentation in one page;
Address: Nice Heart Foundation, U-life Center, 1-4-26 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0022, Japan;

Text: The Nice Heart Foundation was established in August of 1982, following the IYDP, under the authorization of the Prime Minister’s Office(presently, the Cabinet Office). The objectives include: to nurture the concept of consideration for others and mutual help among youth through meeting/sharing of experiences with persons with disabilities; to develop a « circle of nice heart « (goodwill) throughout the nation, which will play an integral part in promoting the sound and healthy development of youth and to promote the well-being of persons with disabilities in general.

« Nice Heart Fureai-no- Music Hiroba » Activities:   Continuer la lecture de « NICE HEART FOUNDATION »