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NEWW Polska Onlinehttp://www.neww.org/NEWW Polska OnlineenNEWW Polska ©  2001 - 2009NEWW PolskaNEWW Polskazbigniew@korona.pgp.plFri, 3 Jul 2009 11:21:26 UCTEuropean Observatory on Violence against Women in Gdansk<p>The meeting of the Observatory on Violence against Women took place in Gdansk on 18-19 June 2009 that was organized by the Network of East-West Women NEWW-Polska. The Observatory is the project of the European Policy Action Centre on Violence against Women that was established by the European Women’s Lobby in 2007.</p>http://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4957,4.htmlMałgorzata ŻukFri, 3 Jul 2009 11:21:26 UCTnewshttp://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4957,4.htmlAppointment of White House Advisor on Violence Against Women<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">June 26, 2009. Washington, DC – Vice President Biden, the author of the landmark Violence Against Women Act, announced today the appointment of Lynn Rosenthal as the new White House Advisor on Violence Against Women.</span></p>http://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4954,1.htmlNEWW PolskaFri, 3 Jul 2009 11:21:26 UCTnewshttp://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4954,1.htmlInvitation: Gender & Transformation: Women in Postsocialism<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Gender and Transition Workshop at the NYU Center for European and Mediterranean Studies invites speakers to submit proposals for talks for the academic year 2008-2009.</span></span></p>http://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4946,1.htmlNEWW PolskaFri, 3 Jul 2009 11:21:26 UCTnewshttp://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4946,1.htmlJobs: Adviser on Gender Issues, OSCE, Warsaw<p><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Under the overall supervision of the Head of the Democratization Department, and the direct supervision of the Chief, Democratic Governance and Participation in Public Affairs, the incumbent will advise on issues relating to gender equality and women’s participation in public affairs and provide guidance and assistance in respect of developments affecting the above-mentioned issues throughout the OSCE region.</span></span></span></p>http://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4945,3.htmlNEWW PolskaFri, 3 Jul 2009 11:21:26 UCTnewshttp://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4945,3.htmlThe South Baltic - Violence Free Zone<p>The first partners’ meeting was held in Sopot on 28th-29th May 2009 in the framework of the project “The South Baltic Domestic Violence against Women Free Zone”. The organizer of the meeting was the Network of East-West Women NEWW-Polska. The participants were the partners of NEWW in the project: Mona Olausson from the Women’s Shelter in Karlshamn, Sweden, Jurgita Cinskiene from Kretinga Womens' Information and Training Center, Lithuania and Ludmila Wasiliewa from Blagosemya Organization in Kaliningrad, Russia.</p>http://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4943,4.htmlMałgorzata ŻukFri, 3 Jul 2009 11:21:26 UCTnewshttp://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4943,4.htmlMake Noise for a Free Choice<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Take Action: Petition: Europe's Women's Right to Free, Legal and Safe Abortions - Make Noise for Free Choice.</span></span></p>http://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4940,2.htmlNEWW PolskaFri, 3 Jul 2009 11:21:26 UCTnewshttp://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4940,2.htmlPost-communist Challenges and Emancipated Discourses<p><span style="color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">By <a href="http://geografia.ug.gda.pl/kat/kge/eng/e_staff_mc.htm" target="_self" title="Mariusz Czepczyński">Mariusz Czepczyński</a> and <a href="../../../about/neww/0.html" target="_blank" title="Małgorzata Tarasiewicz">Małgorzata Tarasiewicz</a>. "Broad spectrum of post-socialist social and political transformations includes deep changes of gender politics and practices. Despite of formal and legal communist equal rights rule, the everyday practice before 1989 proved profound gender discrimination and stratifications. Since the beginning of 1990s women have started the long lasted political and social emancipation process, especially difficult in traditional, rural, conservative and male-dominated society of Poland."  </span></p>http://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4933,3.htmlNEWW PolskaFri, 3 Jul 2009 11:21:26 UCTnewshttp://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4933,3.htmlDevelopment & Gender for Eastern Europe, Caucasus & Central Asia <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">NEWW which has been coordinating <a href="../../../conference/index/0.html" target="_blank" title="EU-CIS PROJECT">EU-CIS Gender Watch Project</a> is glad that new organizations are undertaking research inspired by NEWW's project and we are hoping that our <a href="../../../conference/about/0.html" target="_self" title="training">training</a> </span></span><span style="color: #0f0f0f; line-height: 17px; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“The New Instruments of the EU Development Policies and their monitoring in the Region of CEE/CIS” has been enabling NGOs from the Region to engage more effectively with the EU Development Policy Debate. </span></span></span><span style="color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; "> Hence we recommend a new report "Development and Gender for Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia" of IGPN.</span></p>http://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4932,4.htmlNEWW PolskaFri, 3 Jul 2009 11:21:26 UCTnewshttp://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4932,4.htmlLegal Reform on Domestic Violence in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Prepared by Cheryl A. Thomas for Expert Group Meeting on good practices in legislation on violence against women United Nations Office at Vienna, Austria.</span></span></p>http://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4931,1.htmlNEWW PolskaFri, 3 Jul 2009 11:21:26 UCTnewshttp://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4931,1.htmlCOMMIT ▪ ACT ▪ DEMAND: We CAN End Violence Against Women!<p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Each year since 1991, tens of thousands of activists from every region of the world have taken part in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign. The campaign’s central messages – women’s rights are human rights and violence against women constitutes a violation of human rights – have been a rallying call of the women’s movement. </span></span></span></p>http://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4920,1.htmlNEWW PolskaFri, 3 Jul 2009 11:21:26 UCTnewshttp://www.neww.org/en/news/news/1,4920,1.html