GALE The Global Alliance for LGBT education
Mumbai, India. The scientific programme will include a keynote address, plenary lectures and symposia sessions, panel discussions, and poster presentations. The programme will be broad based and will address the key areas outlined below. Sessions will be multi-disciplinary, including findings derived from operational, psycho-social and behavioural research and programmes related to gender-based violence and sexual and reproductive health. Read more..
Bangalore, India. The event will bring together 120 rights advocates, technologists, designers and activists working in the global South to share skills and ideas on digital advocacy. If you would like to participate, you will need to attend the entire event, which means arriving in Bangalore on or before the 18th and leaving on or after the 26th of February 2009. To be eligible to attend, you will need to send a completed application form by the 1st of November 2008 by noon GMT. More information....
Strasbourg, France. IGLYO aims to bring people from seemingly different cultural and/or ethnic background together to explore intercultural and ethnic diversity within the LGBTQ youth community, exchange ideas and points of views, and work together on this fascinating topic.
Latest call for an upcoming IGLYO event. The deadline for applications is on the 29th December 2008. All enquiries should be directed to office@iglyo.com.
Please note that due to funding regulations, funding is not guaranteed for non-Council of Europe applications list of CoE member states. However, applications from non-CoE countries remain warmly welcome.
Read more: About the IGLYO Study Session (pdf).
Download: IGLYO Application Form (doc).
West Hollywood, California, U.S.A. The Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, at UCLA School of Law, and the International Lesbian and Gay Law Association (ILGLaw) Conference will host a conference on law in Los Angeles and West Hollywood, California, U.S.A., from March 11-14, 2009. We will be accepting presentation and panel proposals until 17h00 Pacific Standard Time (i.e., 1700 GMT - 8) on Saturday, November 15, 2008. In addition to doctrinal and theory-based approaches, we welcome proposals that focus on practical skills or strategies as well as contributions from the social sciences. Read more...
Mexico City, Mexico. El XI EFLC será un evento dinámico e incluyente, con el reconocimiento de las distintas identidades dentro del movimiento feminista regional, con un enfoque en la intersección de temas y poniendo énfasis en el abordaje, discusión y debate de las expresiones fundamentalistas dentro de los campos de la economía, la cultura, la sociedad, la política y aún dentro del feminismo. More information/Mas información: 11encuentrofeminista.org.
Geneva, Switzerland. The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) is opening the call for applications for the Advanced Geneva Training Course on International Law and Advocacy to be held in Geneva from 16 to 27 March 2009. Read more...
Leeds, UK. "The triangle between racial, gender and disability discrimination."
Following the first conference of its kind in 2007, CELLS (Centre for European Law and Legal Studies) is announcing the Second European Conference on Multidimensional Equality Law (SEMCEL), which it will convene in cooperation with the Centre for Disability Studies (CDS), Centre of Ethnicity and Racism Studies (CERS) and Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies (CIGS) at the University of Leeds. More information: www.law.leeds.ac.uk.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Please apply to participate in the Global Symposium on Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality, taking place in Rio de Janeiro, March 30 April 3, 2009.
If you work on programs, policy, or applied research in the following areas:
You can apply to make a presentation, host a booth in the Global Village,
display a poster, or simply attend as a conference delegate.
We hope you can join us!
Applications are open online at www.engagingmen2009.org.
Download flyer (726KB).
London, UK. The AHRC Research Centre for Law, Gender and Sexuality announces a conference on Gender Futures: Law, Critique and the Struggle for Something More" in the Westminster University in London on 3-4 April 2009.
More information:
www.kent.ac.uk/clgs.
Mexico City, Mexico. The conference aims at exploring recent developments in theory and method in Queer studies as well as the broad themes of sexual diversities through time and space, gender constructions, sex-gender subjectivities, and sexual identity constructions from a wide and diverse range of perspectives. Of particular interest in the Queer Studies Symposium 2009 are contributions that explore Queerness and Bordercrossing from a wide range of different perspectives as well as representations and social constructions of sexual diversities through time and space. Wide and diverse interpretations of the conference themes ranging from the predictable to the surprising are encouraged. Abstracts are to be submitted by 15. November 2008, along with the presenter's name, address, telephone, email, and institutional affiliation. It is recommended to use the form here: enkidumagazine, when submitting an abstract. However, abstracts will also be accepted as e-mail attachments to info@enkidumagazine.com. Visit the conference website.
Hanoi, Vietnam. This conference discusses socio-cultural analyses of issues surrounding sexual agency in public and private spaces. We invite you to visit our website: www.iasscs.org/2009conference in order to obtain further information about the Conference as well as the Post Conference Training Course on Sexuality Research, and encourage your participation by sending abstracts for papers, posters or sessions before 31 October, 2008. A limited number of scholarship applications will be accepted from residents of lower income countries. The scholarship application will be available online from 1 to 14 November 2008.
Brazil, Brasilia. A Conferência Nacional de Educação CONAE é um espaço democrático aberto pelo Poder Público para que todos possam participar do desenvolvimento da Educação Nacional. Está sendo organizada para tematizar a educação escolar, da Educação Infantil à Pós Graduação, e realizada, em diferentes territórios e espaços institucionais, nas escolas, municípios, Distrito Federal, estados e país. Estudantes, Pais, Profissionais da Educação, Gestores, Agentes Públicos e sociedade civil organizada de modo geral, terão em suas mãos, a partir de janeiro de 2009, a oportunidade de conferir os rumos da educação brasileira. Agora povo é arregaçar as mangas e entrar em contato com as secretarias municipais e estaduais de Educação. E participar e mobilizar nossa comunidade para sairmos delegados e delegadas pela sociedade civil e colocar nossa pauta em Brasília. Contato Toni Reis!
Paris, France. The objective of these study days is to gather researchers in all fields of social sciences researching across the areas of religion, familial relations, gender, and sexual transformations. The purpose is to analyze the ways individuals and institutions act and interact in face of such transformations, for example in mixed-race couples and intermarriage, and reconstituted, adoptive, single-parent, same-sex families etc. Abstracts for presentation of one page (approximately 2000 characters) should include the authors title, affiliation, name and address. They should be sent to the organizing committee at religion.genre@yahoo.fr before October 31, 2008.
How does a platform for political and social justice that is based on the queer singularity of the subject intersect with the plights of the economically disenfranchised and the struggle against discrimination based on gender, ethnicity and color? What definitions and shared assumptions on class formation, racial and ethno-national belonging and segregation inform gender and sexual classifications alongside the spectrum of Latin American and Latino societies and cultures? How have these sources of inequality imprinted the discourses of intellectuals, media, social movements, minority politics and State policy, promotingas well as opposingan agenda for sexual rights? Panel proposals that involve a range of contributions from the social sciences and the humanities are most welcome. Comparative compositions and the inclusion of a variety of voices from, and views on, a diversity of national and sub-regional units are encouraged. Read more about this conference.
Oslo, Norway. The purpose of the 21st World Professional Association for Transgender Health / HBIGDA International Symposium is to present
professionals with the latest advances in the research and treatment of transgender health. Presentations will address topics in several areas including surgery, psychology, endocrinology, medicine, law, social work, counseling, psychotherapy, family studies, sociology, anthropology, sexology, speech and voice therapy, and other professional fields relevant to transgender health. Abstracts are to be submitted using the online form by October 31st 2008. More information: www.wpath.org/symposium_info.cfm.
Renmin University of China, Beijing, China. This conference will focus on sexualities and social development issues in China. Topics are not limited, but should focus on sexualities in China from historical, social, cultural and political perspectives. Ethnographic studies on sexualities in contemporary China in a social development framework are extremely encouraged. Mandarin (Putonghua) is the main language. Chinese non-native scholars can use English, but encourage speaking in Putonghua. Anyone is welcomed to sit in with an application by March 31, 2009. Contact person: Zhang Na, e-mail : chss2009@yahoo.com.cn nazhangruc@yahoo.com.cn.
Copenhagen, Denmark. The conference organisation proposes a series of themes, issues and subjects the various conference sessions should address. They are tracks in the program, but the tracks are interlinked so that workshops can relate to one or more tracks. Apart from LGBT human rights, gender issues will be mainstreamed into the conference sessions. If you have any suggestions and ideas for workshops you are more than welcome to contact director of conference, Michael Stensgaard (michael@copenhagen2009.org). Tracks: Sports, Culture and Media, Education, Families, Politics (National and local/community level), Out in Business, Workers Out, LGBT History. More information: www.copenhagen2009.org.
Chicago, USA. The National LGBTI Health Summit is a collaborative, grassroots effort of local and national organizations working together to improve our health and wellness. Chicago will Host the 2009 event (August 14 18, 2009), and we need your input to make it a success!
So far more than 100 people have endorsed the mission of the 2009 LGBTI Health Summit coming to Chicago next August. It's a great start, but we need more support. Please keep spreading the word out far and wide. Remember, by endorsing the Summit, you are voicing your support for the health and wellness of the LGBTI community - nothing more, nothing less.
Summit Endorsements: Read more.
Colombia University, USA. HRAP is designed to prepare proven human rights leaders from the Global South and marginalized communities in the U.S. to participate in national and international policy debates on globalization by building their skills, knowledge, and contacts. The Program features a four-month residency at Columbia University in New York City with a structured curriculum of advocacy, networking, skills-building, and academic coursework. Participants are selected on the basis of their previous work experience on human rights and globalization, commitment to the human rights field, and demonstrated ability to complete graduate-level studies. Advocates must originate from and reside in either the Global South or the United States. Fluency in English is required. Advocate s must secure institutional endorsement from their organizations for their participation in the Program and must commit to returning to that organization upon completion of the Program. If accepted, they must also commit to participating in the program fully. This extremely competitive Program will admit approximately six participants. We make every effort to provide full fellowships to cover program costs as well as travel and living expenses for selected Advocates each year. Download the application form, which needs to be submitted by December 19, 2008.