Fundraising

Global: WWSF Prize for women’s creativity in rural life

2008-02-19

The Women’s World Summit Foundation cordially invites you to submit nominations for its 15th annual PRIZE for women’s creativity in rural life, honouring creative and courageous women and women’s organisations working to improve the quality of life in rural communities around the world. Deadline: 31 March 2008.

2008 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

WWSF PRIZE for women’s creativity in rural life

The Women’s World Summit Foundation cordially invites you to submit nominations for its 15th annual PRIZE for women’s creativity in rural life, honouring creative and courageous women and women’s organisations working to improve the quality of life in rural communities around the world.

Since inception of the prize program in 1994, 331 Laureates have been honoured for their creativity with a cash donation of US$ 500 each and US$ 3000 for established organizations in Africa. All Laureates and their profiles are published on our web site http://www.woman.ch/home.php A travelling exposition is giving visibility to all the prize winners which has recently been exhibited at the United Nations in Geneva during a Human Rights Council session. Deadline: 31 March 2008.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: JOURNAL FELLOW SUPPORT PROGRAMME

http://www.csvr.org.za/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=652&Itemid=147

The International Journal of Transitional Justice (IJTJ) is pleased to announce the introduction of a Journal Fellows Support Programme aimed at increasing the publication and dissemination of pieces from south-based transitional justice practitioners and scholars. The Programme will provide the opportunity for five applicants to develop their writing, analytical and comparative content skills through a short training workshop followed by a one year e-mentorship by leading scholars and practitioners in the field globally as well as the IJTJ Editorial team.

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GLOBAL: GRANT AVAILABLE: PHD AND POST-DOCTORAL - MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

The Institute has the opportunity to fill alternatively 1 PhD Grant, or 1 postdoctoral Grant Starting May 2008 (negotiable). The grant is to be awarded in the context of the Max Planck Fellow Research Group "Law, Organizations, Science, and Technology" (LOST) headed by
Professor Richard Rottenburg (Max Planck Fellow). The current research focus is on "Biomedicine in Africa". Special attention is given to medical practice and argumentation in juridical contexts such as in the control of epidemics, the legitimisation and legalisation of diagnostic and healing practices, intellectual property rights, medical evidence in various forms of courts of justice etc. (for more details see http://www.eth.mpg.de/) http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/fundraising/46233
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GLOBAL: FELLOWSHIPS FOR THREATENED ACADEMICS

http://www.iie.org/programs/srf/

The Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) provides fellowships for established scholars whose lives and work are threatened in their home countries. These fellowships permit professors, researchers and other senior academics to find temporary refuge at universities and colleges anywhere in the world, enabling them to pursue their academic work and to continue to share their knowledge with students, colleagues, and the community at large.
Fellowships Deadline is March 5.
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GLOBAL: CRITICAL HALF - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
http://www.womenforwomen.org/cfpapers.htm

Women for Women International, a non-profit humanitarian organization, seeks submissions for the Fall 2008 issue of its bi-annual academic journal, Critical Half. This issue will focus on

global women’s movements and women’s movements globally in various contexts, including politics, women’s rights, social change, religion, and economic endeavors. Women’s movements may be global in their organization or effects, as in the international feminist movement, or they may be global in their concerns but local or ‘grassroots’ in their organization and immediate impact.

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AFRICA: AFRICAN DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS (ADDRF)

The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Ford Foundation, is pleased to announce the African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowships (ADDRF), a new fellowship program to support doctoral students at African universities whose theses address issues relating to heath systems strengthening in Africa. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/fundraising/46244

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