Oxfam and Women's Rights
Meeting: Oxfam and WOMEN’S RIGHTS
Where: Oxfam office, 2099 Gottingen St.
When: Tuesday, January 16, 7 – 9 PM
Oxfam Canada is embarking on a five-year program on women’s rights, comprising the focus of both project and advocacy work overseas and campaigning and lobbying in Canada.
Here in the Maritimes, Oxfam wants to work with groups and individuals who are interested in and committed to women’s equality. Listed below are a number of elements that Oxfam’s work will embrace, starting this year. Oxfam wants to determine how best it can integrate its overseas perspectives on women’s rights with local issues, events and actions.
Kicking off Oxfam’s 5-year program on Women’s Rights, Oxfam Canada has decided that 2007 will be a ‘Year for Action on Women’s Rights’. This most critical issue for international development will have a number of elements:
· A gendered focus on Essential (public) Services, such as public access to water, education and health care;
· Women’s Rights and HIV/AIDS;
· Women’s Rights and Labour Rights (including sweatshop issues);
· Violence Against Women, or Gender Based Violence
The meeting on January 16 will have three parts:
1. A brief discussion on the links between local and global action on women’s rights.
2. How local actions can support the global struggle for women’s rights and how Oxfam, with its experience and connections as an international development agency, can strengthen local struggles.
3. In the short term, Oxfam wants to engage volunteers to help with organizing events for International Development Week (Feb. 4 – 10) and International Women’s Day (March 8).
If you are interested in attending the meeting – either as a ‘one-off’ to contribute to the content of the discussion or to possibly become further engaged in Oxfam’s Women’s Rights work – please contact Brian O’Neill at briano@oxfam.ca, or 425-7877.
Brian O'Neill
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Brian O'Neill, Canadian Program Officer, International Financial Institutions Oxfam Canada 2099 Gottingen St. Halifax NS B3K 3B2 Tel.: (902) 425-7877 e-mail: briano@oxfam.ca web: www.oxfam.ca
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Oxfam Canada e-Alerts is a periodic email service providing notice of urgent Oxfam news, campaign actions and updates. Join the e-Alerts Community and become part of virtual campaigning force that is tackling the root causes of poverty and injustice around the world. To subscribe visit http://www.oxfam.ca/eSubscriptions/index.htm
Where: Oxfam office, 2099 Gottingen St.
When: Tuesday, January 16, 7 – 9 PM
Oxfam Canada is embarking on a five-year program on women’s rights, comprising the focus of both project and advocacy work overseas and campaigning and lobbying in Canada.
Here in the Maritimes, Oxfam wants to work with groups and individuals who are interested in and committed to women’s equality. Listed below are a number of elements that Oxfam’s work will embrace, starting this year. Oxfam wants to determine how best it can integrate its overseas perspectives on women’s rights with local issues, events and actions.
Kicking off Oxfam’s 5-year program on Women’s Rights, Oxfam Canada has decided that 2007 will be a ‘Year for Action on Women’s Rights’. This most critical issue for international development will have a number of elements:
· A gendered focus on Essential (public) Services, such as public access to water, education and health care;
· Women’s Rights and HIV/AIDS;
· Women’s Rights and Labour Rights (including sweatshop issues);
· Violence Against Women, or Gender Based Violence
The meeting on January 16 will have three parts:
1. A brief discussion on the links between local and global action on women’s rights.
2. How local actions can support the global struggle for women’s rights and how Oxfam, with its experience and connections as an international development agency, can strengthen local struggles.
3. In the short term, Oxfam wants to engage volunteers to help with organizing events for International Development Week (Feb. 4 – 10) and International Women’s Day (March 8).
If you are interested in attending the meeting – either as a ‘one-off’ to contribute to the content of the discussion or to possibly become further engaged in Oxfam’s Women’s Rights work – please contact Brian O’Neill at briano@oxfam.ca, or 425-7877.
Brian O'Neill
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Brian O'Neill, Canadian Program Officer, International Financial Institutions Oxfam Canada 2099 Gottingen St. Halifax NS B3K 3B2 Tel.: (902) 425-7877 e-mail: briano@oxfam.ca web: www.oxfam.ca
Join the Big Noise and help Make Trade Fair www.maketradefair.com
Oxfam Canada e-Alerts is a periodic email service providing notice of urgent Oxfam news, campaign actions and updates. Join the e-Alerts Community and become part of virtual campaigning force that is tackling the root causes of poverty and injustice around the world. To subscribe visit http://www.oxfam.ca/eSubscriptions/index.htm
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