The Drum Beat 98 - Upcoming Events

This Drum Beat features a range of upcoming Events that provide opportunities to engage, debate, learn and contribute on the issues and topics of interest to you.

Please visit the new Events Calendar section on The Communication Initiative web site for a more extensive listing, organised by month, with a keyword search for all entries.

EVENTS

1. ZIFF 4th Festival of the Dhow Countries - Jun 29-Jul 14 2001 - Zanzibar - a celebration of Dhow culture from the lands that border the Indian Ocean: Africa, the Arabian Gulf States, Iran, the Indian sub-continent and the islands of the ocean itself. Over 50 groups of musicians are scheduled to perform and over 100 films will be screened, with awards for the best feature films and documentaries. Contact Fiona Macalister press@ziff.or.tz

2. Asian Women's Electronic Networking Training Workshop - Jul 2-8 2001 - Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul, Korea - aims to build the capacities of women and their organisations to utilise new information and communication technologies in social and policy advocacy. Contact info@jca.apc.org

3. The African Computing & Telecommunications Summit - Jul 30 - Aug 2 2001 - St George Hotel, Pretoria, South Africa - consists of a series of specialised briefings, workshops and forums which together provide broad coverage of latest developments in computing and telecommunications, as well as in-depth specialised knowledge on key topics.

4. IEC (Information, Education, Communication) Strategy Design & Materials Development for Sexual & Reproductive Health (SRH) Programmes - Aug 13-31 2001 - Training Centre for East Africa, Kampala, Uganda - for IEC coordinators, peer leaders, service providers on adult SRH programmes. Contact dswuganda@africaonline.co.ug or info@dsw-hannover.de

5. World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia & Other Forms of Related Intolerance (WCAR) - Aug 31-Sep 7 2001 - Durban, South Africa - will look at the growing recognition that various types of discrimination do not always affect men and women equally or in the same way and that gender discrimination may be intensified and facilitated by other forms of discrimination.

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COMING SOON
The Communication Initiative with a FOCUS on Latin America.

LA INICIATIVA DE COMUNICACION

Where all Latin American Communicators for Social Development - from Practitioners to Media Makers to Academics - will be.
June 27 2001

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PRONTO
La Iniciativa de Comunicación con MUCHO de América Latina.

LA INICIATIVA DE COMUNICACION

El sitio donde estarán todos aquellos a quienes interesa la comunicación para el desarrollo-- desde quienes la hacen hasta quienes la piensan.
27 de junio de 2001

Sus actividades, investigaciones, cursos, conferencias, libros y otros materiales de comunicación, nos interesan. Envíenos información a atrujillo@comminit.com

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6. Global Summit of Women 2001 - Sep 13-15 2001 - Hong Kong - theme is Women's Economic Empowerment Worldwide. Contact globesummit@aol.com

7. Revitalising Communities in a Globalising World: Civil Society, Universities, Government, & Business Forging Ahead - Sep 21 2001 - Southampton, UK - Exploring the idea of how to develop partnerships amongst local communities, entrepreneurs, policymakers and academics can work together to deal with the issues of poverty, improving the quality of life for people in disadvantaged communities and safeguarding the environment. Contact pk2@socsci.soton.ac.uk

8. The Global Embrace 2001 - Sep 30 2001 - Worldwide - a worldwide intergenerational walk event that takes place annually around the International Day of Older Persons, 1 Oct. An initiative of WHO, this consists of a chain of locally organised walks and events encircling the globe over a 24-hour period. Contact activeageing@who.int

9. International Venture Philanthropy Forum - Oct 1-3 2001 - Budapest, Hungary - in an effort to share the lessons-learned by venture philanthropists around the world with corporate leaders, donors, investors and policymakers in the emerging economies of Central Europe and Latin America, NESsT is hosting this forum. Contact forum@rdc.cl

10. 2nd Annual Conference on Honduras 2001 - Oct 12-13 2001 - Washington, DC, USA - will bring together individuals and organizations engaged in projects to help Honduras in the areas of education and health care. Topics of concentration will include the AIDS epidemic in Honduras; orphans and homeless children; and schools and student exchange programmes. Contact hondo@post.com

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DB CLASSIFIEDS: Vacancies

Next issue will be June 20.

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11. 1st Project Hope International Conference - Nov 15-16 2001 - Port Harcourt, Rivers State Capital, Nigeria - theme is Gender-Based Violence & Crime Against Humanity. Contact projectshope@yahoo.com or Chidele@eudoramail.com

12. Tobacco Control & Gender - Nov 26-Dec 5 2001 - University of Melbourne, Australia - purpose is to raise awareness, discuss research techniques to investigate social influences on tobacco use, stimulate development of innovative strategies for tobacco control, and strengthen linkages for advocacy & policy change. Contact Ms Siang Tia siangt@unimelb.edu.au

13. International Conference on Adult Learning & Poverty Alleviation - Nov 27-29 2001 - Gauteng, South Africa - purpose is to share information and experiences on the link between adult education and skills development and poverty alleviation through research.

14. World Congress of Citizens Network - Dec 5-7 2001 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - the annual meeting of the community networks from all over the world, as well as of people from different sectors interested in their promotion. Global CN 2001 aims to encourage the building of community networks around the world, based upon strategic alliances with the various organizations of civil society, the State, private enterprises and universities. Contact orgsecretariado@globalcn2001.org

15. Getting beyond the Digital Divide after the Genoa G-8 Summit Workshop - Dec 10 2001 - Zurich, Switzerland - the policy and actions under discussion in this workshop are intended to look beyond identification of the divide toward further action and implementation of the DOT Force group. This will include: identifying, examining, discussing and evaluating solutions proposed and moving toward acceptance among academics, civil society organizations and the general public. Contact Thomas Ruddy ruddyconsult@imailbox.com

16. Violence against Women: Impact, effects & responses - Jan 28-Feb 8 2002 - University of Melbourne, Australia - purpose is to foster understanding of how violence impacts on women's physical, psychological & social well being, identify common patterns of symptom presentation to health care providers, and develop awareness of a psychologically-informed approach to assisting women deal with the effects of violence. Contact Ms Siang Tia siangt@unimelb.edu.au

17. African Film & History Conference - July 6-8 2002 - University of Cape Town in Rondebosch, South Africa - aims to stimulate research in the field of film and history in Africa by bringing together scholars from within and beyond the continent. Contact Vivian Bickford-Smith vbs@beattie.uct.ac.za

18. 4th International Workshop on Kangaroo Mother Care - Nov 26-29 2002 - University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business, South Africa - purpose of the workshop is to draw key international persons together to share their experiences with KMC and produce position statements in order to direct future research, public health policies and implementation of KMC. Contact Deborah McTeer deborah@curie.uct.ac.za

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