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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=125214207-07092005>Dear PHM,
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=125214207-07092005><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#000000>You are all invited to join WGNRR in our workshop</FONT> <SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
size=3><STRONG>“Global barriers to poverty reduction and women’s enjoyment of
their sexual and reproductive health and rights: How we resist” </STRONG>on 23
September during the International Women and Health Meeting (IWHM). We have a
very interesting and diverse group of panellists together, please see
below.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=125214207-07092005><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
size=3>WGNRR will also host a reception on the evening of 20 September for all
those interested in WGNRR, and members meeting for all members on the evening of
23 September. Please contact us at </FONT><A
href="mailto:office@wgnrr.org"><FONT size=3>office@wgnrr.org</FONT></A><FONT
size=3> for more information.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial>Nadia van der Linde</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial>Campaign Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial><EM>Women's Access to Health
Campaign</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Courier size=2><STRONG>Women's Global Network for
Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Courier size=2>Vrolikstraat 453-D</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Courier size=2>1092 TJ Amsterdam</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Courier size=2>Netherlands</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Courier size=2><A
href="http://www.wgnrr.org/">www.wgnrr.org</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Courier size=2>tel. +31 20 6209672</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Courier size=2>fax. +31 20 6222450</FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>WORKSHOP
ANNOUNCEMENT</FONT></STRONG></P>
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align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Times New Roman">“Global barriers to poverty reduction and women’s
enjoyment of their sexual and reproductive health and rights: How we
resist”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>The workshop will take place during the
10<SUP>th</SUP> International Women and Health Meeting in New Delhi, India,
21-25 September 2005 (see </FONT><A href="http://www.10iwhmindia.org/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">http://www.10iwhmindia.org</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>), and is organized by the Coordination
Office of the Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (</FONT><A
href="http://www.wgnrr.org/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">www.wgnrr.org</FONT></A><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> ). <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Time:</FONT><SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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size=3>23<SUP>rd</SUP> September, from </FONT></SPAN></STRONG><?xml:namespace
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Hour="16" Minute="0"><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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size=3>4:00PM</FONT></SPAN></STRONG></st1:time><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3> to
</FONT></SPAN></STRONG><st1:time Hour="17" Minute="30"><STRONG><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>5:30PM</FONT></SPAN></STRONG></st1:time><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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face="Arial Unicode MS"><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Location:
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</SPAN>Cocktail Lounge, Hotel Ashok</SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000>The main language during the workshop will be English, but we
have simultaneous translation facilities for French and Spanish.
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The workshop will analyze how women’s advocates are
overcoming global social, economic and political barriers to poverty reduction
and women’s enjoyment of their reproductive and sexual health and rights
(RSHR).<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Times New Roman">In the first part, speakers
will:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">Connect poverty and women’s
inability to enjoy their RSHR<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">Present the obstacles in their
local contexts to poverty reduction and use of tools like the Millennium
Development Goals<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">Introduce their projects and how
these surmount the aforementioned obstacles and facilitate women’s
RSHR<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">Explain if and how they work
within the MDGs framework when the MDGs do not mention explicitly
RSHR<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Times New Roman">In the second part, the audience – advocates working in
women’s health and rights and development – will discuss how to use
experiences from the most promising projects presented, and how to facilitate
joint action for the future.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Anissa
Helie</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">
(Algeria/France)will facilitate the workshop.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Ms. H</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">é</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">lie is a feminist
historian. She holds two MAs, in contemporary history and in gender &
development, and she is currently finalizing her PhD.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> She has been involved with Women Living Under Muslim
Laws since its inception in 1984. She was Coordinator of the WLUML Network’s
International <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Coordination Office (2000 – 2004) and is now a member
of the WLUML Program Implementation Council. She served on the board of
Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice and is currently on the board of the Women’s
Global Network for Reproductive Rights, of Urgent Action Fund for Women's
Human Rights, as well as on the Editorial Advisory Board for Reproductive
Rights Matters. Ms. Hélie is a frequent speaker on issues related to women’s
rights in Muslim countries and communities - including sexuality,
fundamentalisms, wars and conflicts.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Josephine Ngalula Kabeya
</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">(Democratic Republic of
Congo) will speak about the specific conditions for women in her home country,
where poverty, political instability, open conflict and impunity for
perpetrators of sexual violence have a devastating impact on women’s
reproductive and sexual health and rights. The juridical system, the economic
order and cultural attitudes, are posing other obstacles for the fulfillment
of the Millennium Development Goals. However, FOREFEM is active disseminating
information about the MDGs, conducting lobby activities and organizing
resistance.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Ms. Kabeya is the director of Forum de la Femme
Menagere, participant of the Forum of women’s organizations for integrated
development. With an academic background in social sciences and politics, Ms.
Kabeya has a broad experience as facilitator and trainer in the area of sexual
and reproductive health and rights. She is a member of various women’s
networks at national level and the mother of five
children.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
<P><FONT color=#000000><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Rezvan
Moghaddam (</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Iran)
will report about the difficult working conditions for women’s groups in her
country. Her group addresses issues like girl-child marriage arranged by the
parents, disastrous divorce procedures where women lose access to their
children, and the illegality of abortion. Despite difficult circumstances,
women groups in Iran fight oppressive laws rooted in religious fundamentalism,
and</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">
traditional attitudes at the grassroots level that support these wrong rules.
The Women Circle has set up several educational groups about the reproductive
rights of women; published posters, newsletters and bulletins. Recently, the
organization has also formed a research group to engage with selected issues,
like domestic violence, more scientifically.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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color=#000000>Rezvan Moghaddam was born in 1960 in Iran. She studied
mathematics and psychology in Tehran and taught both subjects at university
and as private teacher during the last 25 years. Having experienced suffering
from inequality and oppression, Ms. Moghaddam started to focus on human
rights, especially women’s rights. Today, she is the focal point of the Women
Circle within the People’s Health Movement in Iran. The main goal of the Women
Circle is to create awareness among grassroots women of the rights, which have
been taken from them. And to take these rights back!<SPAN
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color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Gabriela Cano
</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Azcárraga</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> (Mexico) will talk about the process of analysis and
debate on the Millennium Development Goals within the Youth Coalition.
Applying a youth perspective and including young people’s sexual and
reproductive rights, the Youth Coalition recently published a booklet
“Learning how to speak MDGs”. The speaker will share some of the major
recommendations that have come to the fore with the audience, and will open
the discussion on how to make these a reality.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Gabriela Cano </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Azcárraga, 29, is a youth activist and social science
researcher, based in Mexico City. She has a solid background in gender, human
rights, networking, training and advocacy on the sexual and reproductive
rights concerns of young people. She was an active participant in the Youth
Coalition's activities throughout the review processes of the United Nations
Conferences Cairo +5 and +10, and Beijing +5 and +10. She is currently
involved with the Youth Coalition's advocacy activities related to the
Millennium Development Summit + 5. Gabriela is the General Coordinator Espacio
Espiral, an NGO dedicated to work in cultural promotion, sustainable
development and equity.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT color=#000000><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Darleen San
Jose-Estuart</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">
(Philippines) will talk about her experiences at the Brokenshire Women Center.
The BWC has done pioneering work in integrating gender and reproductive health
in clinical services and training programs in obstetrics-gynecology. She will
share with us how the BWC succeeded in changing the attitude and behavior of
health care providers, and even could reach out to the wider private
sector.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Darleen San Jose-Estuart, MD. is an obstetrician
-gynecologist working in a private, non-profit, tertiary care hospital
in Davao City, Southern Philippines. She has been a
consultant/resource person on reproductive health of various Philippine NGOs
and GOs since 1992 and has headed several projects to strengthen reproductive
health services as project director of Brokenshire Woman Center (BWC). As
associate professor of the Davao Medical School Foundation she has been
involved in clinical and RH training of medical students, post graduate
interns and residents. Currently she is actively involved in the challenging
work of mainstreaming gender and reproductive health in the clinical practice
of members of the biggest association of obstetricians-gynecologists in
the country, the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (POGS),
through its Women's Advocacy Committee.
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