[afro-nets] Invitation for London Women Conference

["Kassin Abdillahi Waiss" <kassin.abdillahi@dpworld.com>]

Invitation for London Women Conference
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18 to 20 October 2007
London, United Kingdom

Invitation for London Conference 

Women Deliver is going to be a different kind of conference.  We are marking the 20th anniversary of the global Safe Motherhood Initiative by bringing together experts and creative thinkers in not only maternal health and mortality but also human rights, gender, HIV and AIDS, education, micro-enterprise, sexual and reproductive health, including family planning, and more.

This broad, international community will make Women Deliver a vibrant demonstration of how health, gender equality, and development are inextricably linked.  Women Deliver will present data and share evidence, including case studies, to document the contribution of women to national well-being.  

We will show how, with adequate funding and political support, programs and policies can deliver the promises the international community made during the International conference on Population and Development +5 process and in the Millennium Development Goals and their targets.

For three days, more than 2,000 people, representing multiple sectors and programs worldwide, will deliver interactive workshops, presentations, and exhibits.  Attendees will promote cross-cutting investments and partnerships with high level delegations from at least 30countries, including parliamentarians, Ministers of Finance, Ministers of Planning, and civil society representatives.

Full Scholarships Available

WOMEN DELIVER is offering full scholarships to candidates from developing nations to attend the conference. If you work to improve women's health and well-being-either on a professional or volunteer basis-and you think you could benefit from attending WOMEN DELIVER, please apply. Scholarships will cover travel, accommodation, food, conference fees, and incidental expenses. Applications are due April 30, 2007 and will be reviewed by the WOMEN DELIVER scholarship committee.

You are eligible to apply for a scholarship if you can answer yes to all of these questions:

Are you a current resident and national of a developing country? 

Are you a representative of an academic institution, non-governmental organization, health professional society, or government? 

Do you work in the health and development field, with a focus on women's health, education, and/or rights, either on a professional or volunteer basis? 

	 
For additional information and to submit your session ideas, visit the conference web site
http://www.womendeliver.org <http://www.womendeliver.org/>  
or email info@womendeliver.org.
	 
Convened by: Department of International Development, UK * Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs * Family Care International (WOMEN DELIVER Organizing Partner) * International Planned Parenthood Federation  * Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation * Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health * Save the Children/Saving Newborn Lives * Swedish International Development Agency * United Nations Children's Fund * UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund * US Agency for International Development * The World Bank * The World Health Organization 

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