In July 2010, the international journal Gender & Development, (published for Oxfam GB by Routledge/Taylor and Francis) will publish a Special Issue on Gender and the Economic Crisis.Contributions are invited from development researchers and workers who have experience to share with their peers, and with policymakers and decision-makers in development agencies and governments. Deadline for submissions: July 31, 2009.

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 2009-2010.The topic can be about any issue on gender in relation to East and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union, including the Baltic countries and Central Asia.

ARC International and Mulabi are working in collaboration to present this conference from October 9th­ - 12th, 2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This is a call for submissions of 10-15 best practice case studies to be presented and analysed at the conference, and published in an on-line resource manual. A general call for applications to attend the conference will be circulated at a later date. Deadline for submissions: July 24, 2009

September 7-11, 2009
Dili, Timor Leste

The treatment of people moving across borders to live and work represents one of the key policy and human rights challenges of our times, even as labour migration is promoted as a development strategy. Migrant workers and their families are vulnerable to a wide range of human rights abuses - at the hands of state officials, employers and others. This program will assist participants from NGOs, Trade Unions and National Human Rights Institutions to work together in developing practical strategies to promote migrant workers’ rights at the national and regional level.

The Institute offers women activists working in the area of human rights, armed conflict and peace building issues, an opportunity to strengthen skills in using the human rights framework for advocacy and peace building to enable participants to take lead in addressing pertinent issues in their communities. Deadline for applications: July 03, 2009.