Simply tell World Pulse your BOLD IDEA for empowering women in 2009 and bring your friends onto PulseWire to share their visions with the World Pulse community too! Deadline: January 10, 2009.

The International Association for Media and Communication Research invites paper proposals addressing various themes on Communication and Media Studies.The 2009 Conference, which will be held at the Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco-UNAM, between July 21-24, aims at bringing together scholars and researchers to present their works and exchange ideas under the general theme “Human Rights and Communication". Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2009.

In the Asia-Pacific region, sex is the most common route of HIV transmission. Yet, despite an increased understanding of, and programmatic focus on sexual risk, the majority of cases of HIV transmission in the region continue to take place through unprotected sexual intercourse.

Girlhood Studies is published and distributed in print and online by Berghahn Journals. Visit GHS online for further details, including submission guidelines. Deadline for submissions: February 15, 2009.

PWESCR (Programme on Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) in partnership with several organizations globally is initiating an international Network on Women's Right to livelihood. In order to develop an inclusive concept of right to livelihood, PWESCR is compiling a database on women's stories from around the world on livelihood. Deadline for contributions to be part of the launch at the WSF: January 10th, 2009.