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CONFERENCES & OPPORTUNITIES
Papers requested for special issue of Feminist Media Studies

NEWS
INTERNATIONAL
Linking Businesswomen Worldwide
Global Summit of women 2007 Update: Meet Participating leaders
Women’s voice was strong and clear at WSF, Nairobi
ALGERIA
UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women to visit Algeria
KUWAIT
Kuwait Women Urge Unity against Sectarianism  
EGYPT
The Egyptian Center for Women's Rights Seminar on the Status of Arab Women as Reported by the Arab Human Development Report
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Princess Would Let Women Drive
Increase in Women's Jobs in Government & Labor Sector - Top Jobs Reserved for Saudi Women   Read more »

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EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES
GENDER
Middle East Businesswomen & Leaders Achievement Awards
Sixth Asia Pacific Congress of Women in Politics
50th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (27 February-10 March 2006)
GLOBALIZATION
VI World Social Forum and II Social Forum of the Americas-Caracas, Venezuela, January 2006
World Social Forum: Critiquing the neoliberal agenda
HEALTH
Short course on public health In complex emergencies, 6-18 march 2006, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

NEWS
ENVIRONMENT
A round-up of the year's environmental achievements and disasters
GENDER
Gender Gap Alive and Well Online
New Egyptian Cabinet sees first veiled woman  Read more »

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EVENTS
MEDIA
International Executive Media and Television Workshop, Cairo (Jan 16 - 19 2006)

NEWS
GENDER
Regional project launched to encourage and engender investigative reporting
Woman bids for election to KSA engineers' syndicate
Runaway Afghan women find no refuge in the cold
SUDAN: Dealing with Gender Violence through Music
HUMAN RIGHTS
U.S. suspends publication of Arab youth magazine
ECONOMY & TRADE
World Bank calls for effective financial reforms in Lebanon
Lebanon's economy reeling from a year of violence
Lebanon's budget deficit drops
World Bank to lend Lebanon more money
Qatari investors acquire BLC for $236 million
BSE trade sky high despite tensions  Read more »

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EVENTS
DEVELOPMENT
NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq: NGO Workshop and Conference, Amman/Jordan, 2005 
Prince Sultan Bin AbdulAziz International Prize for Water; Deadline December 31, 2005
HEALTH
Global forum for health research: Forum 10 – Combating disease and promoting health: call for abstracts, deadline 31 January 2006
NEWS
ENVIRONMENT
Quarries continue to damage the environment in Lebanon
DEVELOPMENT
Two-thirds of Palestinians living in poverty
EACID Case Study: Eight Years of Lending in Upper Egypt
CULTURE
Dusting off the National Library plan in Lebanon
American University of Beirut AIDS Run in Lebanon seeks to shatter taboos, create awareness
Rare Islamic Texts To Go Online
GENDER  Read more »

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EVENTS
DEVELOPMENT
ESCWA opens four-day seminar on water governance
Run for Social Development - Marathon attracts 17,000 people in Lebanon
GENDER
Lebanese American University conference highlights need to end gender disparity  Read more »

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EVENTS
DEMOCRACY
Arab activists meet to discuss democracy / Bahrain - November 8.
Notre Dame University in Lebanon hosts 'Democracy and Decentralization' conference
GENDER
Gender & Conflict Transformation Jan 9 - Feb 3 2006 - Online Course
Workshop about disabled Arab women – Manama – Bahrain 11/13 November 05
HEALTH
Presentations of the technical advisory group annual meeting on communication for polio eradication Cameroon, June 22 – 24 2005
DEVELOPMENT
First Islamic conference on the child opens in Rabat

NEWS
HEALTH
Why mental health is a development issue
Lebanon sees 'remarkable progress' in health, curbing child mortality
ENVIRONMENT  Read more »

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EVENTS
HUMAN RIGHTS
More Sudanese Women Needed at Peace Talks, and in Government
GENDER
Symposium on Arab women’s Economic Rights – November 11
Lebanese NGOs identify ways to end gender discrimination / 12 – 13 October 05
NEWS
TRADE AND ECONOMY
Lebanon's WTO entry may hang on piracy issues
INSEE puts Lebanon's 2002 GDP at $18.6 bln
Forum highlights Lebanese unemployment
World Bank urges Lebanon to reduce size of public sector
MEDIA
Labour Reports - Asia, Middle East, and the South Pacific
ENVIRONMENT
Capacity Building for
Nile-Basin Water Resources Management
Activists in Lebanon urge drivers to leave cars at home
Hundreds protest against Sidon dump/ South Lebanon
GENDER  Read more »

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EVENTS
DEVELOPMENT
“Disability Rights in a Changing World”, November 05 – Bahrain
Water, Heath and environment 2005 - September 05 – Egypt
MEDIA
Global forum for media development (GFMD) - October 05  – Jordan
NEWS
ENVIRONMENT
New Arab environmental organization to address overdue sector problems
GENDER/ THE REGION
Activists in Lebanon campaign to grant women equal citizenship.
African Women's Development Fund AWDF
Iraq, the Constitution and Women
Homosexual community in Lebanon.
Palestinian woman to reach Europe's highest peak
Rights group urges Afghanistan to protect women candidates
Needs of blind women in Lebanon.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Prince Talal calls for reform and a Saudi constitution  Read more »

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EVENTS
DEVELOPMENT
UN MDG+5 summits
Erasing the margins: researching disabilities in Higher education
Water, Heath and environment 2005
ECONOMY
Houston U.S – Arab Economic Forum.
MACMAG/ Gender
Cairo Forum Focuses on Role of Women in Economy
Summit in Bahrain for Arab First Ladies; a New dawn for women
ICT
World Summit for Information Society WSIS – phase II
NEWS
GENDER/ MACMAG
Women's right in focus - Kuwait
Women and the new Iraq: What will the future of Iraq's government mean for women?
United Arab Emirates divorce law
ICTs
Catalyzing the access to ICT in Africa (CATTA) – Africa
Kuwait: Tapping into e-government initiative
HUMAN RIGHTS  Read more »

IN THIS ISSUE:
EVENTS
1. Gender/Machreq-Maghreb
2. Iraq/NGOs
NEWS
1. Iraq/Relief
2. Egpyt/Development and Environment
REPORTS & BOOKS & ARTICLES
1. Machreq-Maghreb/Gender
2. Gender/ICT
3. ICT
4. World Trade
WEBSITES & RESOURCES
1. E-Government
2. Iraq/Government

EVENTS
1. GENDER/MACHREQ-MAGHREB:
MEDITERRANEAN WOMEN AND THEIR RIGHTS- APRIL 28-30 2005- PALAIS DES CONGRESS, FES
This was a follow-up to the International Conference for Mediterranean Women which was comprised by the Fes-Saiss Association on April 24-26 2003 in Palais des Congress, Fes. The event sought to promote equality between men and women and to fight all types of discrimination against women.  Read more »