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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">TRAINING OPPORTUNITY / ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE ON MONITORING
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS / GENEVA ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL
HUMANITARIAN LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS / 09 – 13 MAY 2011</span></strong><span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">[Contributed with thanks by Aparna Basnyat, UNDP Bangkok]<strong><span style="font-family:Arial">:</span></strong><span> </span>This
advanced course will provide experienced human rights advocates, staff of
NGOs and national human rights institutions, representatives of governments,
and staff of UN bodies and other international organizations, as well as
members of the academia, with in-depth knowledge on monitoring aspects
related to economic, social and cultural rights (ESC rights), and
comprehensive knowledge on how to enhance their work on monitoring ESC
rights. The training includes a dynamic combination of lectures with hands-on
practical work on real country situations, facilitated by experts experienced
in ESC rights work at both UN and grassroots level. The course aims to suit
the needs of experienced staff of human rights organizations, in particular
NGOs, as well as of NHRIs, staff from UN agencies and diplomats who want to
enhance their work on monitoring ESC rights.<span> </span><strong><span style="font-family:Arial">Read more by clicking</span></strong><span><b> </b></span><strong><span style="font-family:Arial"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3682580/393531/6934/0/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">here</span></a>.</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">RESOURCE OPPORTUNITY / CALL FOR
APPLICATIONS TO RECEIVE GLOBAL DISABILITY RIGHTS LIBRARY,</span></strong><span><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">[Contributed with thanks by Julia Kercher, UNDP NY]<strong><span style="font-family:Calibri">:</span></strong><span> </span>The Global Disability Rights Library
project announces a call for organizations to apply to receive a free digital
Global Disability Rights Library (GDRL). Applications are open to disabled
people’s organizations, universities and agencies in developing countries.
Sixty organizations will receive the digital library to empower them to
disseminate valuable disability rights knowledge and toolkits to their
communities. <span> </span>Successful
applicants will have the organizational capacity to become a hub for
disseminating disability rights information and will be inclusive of a
diverse disability community.<span> </span><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri">The first application
deadline is 01 March 2011. Read more by clicking</span></strong><span><b> </b></span><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3682580/393531/6935/0/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">here</span></a>.</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"></span></p>
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CHANGE / WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION INSTITUTE / 16 – 20 MAY 2011</strong><span><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">[Contributed with thanks by Aparna Basnyat, UNDP
Bangkok]<strong><span style="font-family:Arial">:</span></strong><span> </span>The CEDAW for Change module is open
as enrollment as a one-week intensive module designed to cultivate a better
understanding of the principles of non-discrimination and equality as
enshrined in CEDAW and each State’s obligation to respect, protect and
fulfill women’s human rights. The sessions stresses the multiplicity of forms
of discrimination women from diverse situations experience focused around
identity and interconnectedness, the complex nature of discrimination, the
impact of culture and religion on women’s rights and activism against
discrimination.<span> </span><strong><span style="font-family:Arial">Read more</span></strong><span><b> </b></span><strong><span style="font-family:Arial"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3682580/393531/6937/0/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal">here</span></a>.</span></strong><span> </span> </span></p>
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