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Opportunity for young people to attend the Austrian EU Presidency gender equality conference – apply by 12 August
The Austrian EU Presidency is organising a conference of gender equality ministers on 11 and 12 October 2018 in Vienna on the topic of gender and youth. This summer, they launched a call for application for young people aged 16 to 30 to attend the conference. The Austrian Presidency and the European Commission are funding travel and accommodation costs for up to two young people per EU Member State. It would be great if you could please share this opportunity with your networks as soon as possible. Interested candidates need to complete an application through the database of the European Youth Forum (YFJ) by 12 August : https://database.youthforum.org/public/event-details/event/822
Please spread the news about this opportunity with all your networks of young feminists.
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About the conference
Hosted by the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union together with the Austrian National Youth Council & the European Youth Forum, the conference ‘Gender Equality and YOU’ aims at inspiring a positive, open and future-oriented dialogue about gender equality.
The conference will provide a space for exchange and discussion at eye-level among young people, youth representatives, ministers, representatives from NGOs and public administration, international and EU bodies:
- Discussing young persons’ visions for the future of gender equality in their countries and in the EU
- Exploring perceptions and experiences between persons from different generations and Member States
- Identifying needs for change to strengthen gender equality
The eligibility criteria for a financed participation are:
- resident of an EU member state
- having a strong interest in the topic of gender equality
- able to work in English
- aged between 16-30 years
More information is available here: https://bit.ly/2McJ0mT
Application to be completed through the database of the European Youth Forum (YFJ) by 12 August : https://database.youthforum.org/public/event-details/event/822
2018 GWISB Seminar
BFWG is honoured to host the inaugural meeting of the English speaking subgroup of UWE:
Graduate Women International Ireland Scotland and Britain (GWISB)
Patrice Wellesley-Cole, President of BFWG invites you to a seminar:
‘A Celebration of 100 years of Women’s Suffrage in the UK’
(—-and 90 years of all women getting the vote)
On: Saturday 22nd September 2018
Venue: Chancellors Hotel, Moseley Road, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 6NN
0161 9077414 www.chancellorshotel.co.uk
Programme:
Registration: 10.30 Tea, Coffee & Biscuits; Welcome: Patrice Wellesley-Cole
Chairman: Jenny Morley, Coordinator of European Relations
11.00-12.00 Lyndsey Jenkins, BA, MA, MSc Biographer, writer & historian, D Phil student at Wolfson College, Oxford, & BFWG Scholarship Awardee
‘Votes for Women’, Radical cause and rallying cry: histories of the British Women’s Suffrage campaign
There will be an opportunity for questions and reflective discussion after the presentation.
12.00-13.00 Carrie de Silva MA, LlB
Principal Lecturer at Harper Adams University, Vice President of BFWG
‘People & Property’: the extraordinary career of the first woman chartered surveyor
There will be an opportunity for questions and reflective discussion after the presentation.
13.00-14.30 Buffet Lunch and networking in the Conservatory Lounge
14.30-15.30 Dr Lauren Arrington BA (Hons), MA (Hons), D Phil (Oxon), FRHistS Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool
‘Lessons from the First Wave’
A long view of #MeToo and intersectional feminist discourse
There will be an opportunity for questions and reflective discussion after the presentation
15.30-16.00 Future plans: Chaired by Aisha Alshawaf, Vice President of UWE
Discussion of frequency, topics and next venues for GWISB meetings
16.00 Tea, Coffee & refreshments
*Optional: Evening meal at Carriage Restaurant (Chancellors)
19.00-22.00 Chef’s choice of three course set menu (wine not included)
*For Members and guests staying overnight there is a further option of a Sunday morning visit to Pankhurst Centre (details TBC)
(A donation will be made to the Centre depending on the number of participants)
A special rate of £74.95 pp B&B (single occupancy) has been agreed, subject to availability. Please contact the hotel directly for details and to book quoting ref (213525)
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To Register please complete form below and return it with a cheque made out to BFWG to: Aisha Alshawaf, 9 Tankerton Heights, and Whitstable CT5 2BW UK
If you are paying by BACS transfer please ensure your name and ‘September Seminar’ appears in the reference line: NatWest Clapham Junction, 66-68 St John’s Rd, SW11 1PB
E mail: aisha.alshawaf@bfwg.org.uk with any enquiries.
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Booking form
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Day rate including buffet lunch but excluding dinner…………………………… £48
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All bookings will be acknowledged by e-mail
(If you require postal acknowledgment please include a SAE)
Closing date 03/09/2018
Call for applications: International Marie S. Curie FRIAS COFUND Fellowship Programme (FCFP) 2019/20
For the sixth time the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies ( www.frias.uni-freiburg.de) which is the University of Freiburg’s international research college publishes a call for applications of the international Marie S. Curie FRIAS COFUND Fellowship Programme (FCFP), now for the academic year 2019/20.
About 25 fellowships will be awarded through a highly competitive, strictly merit-based selection process.
This programme offers outstanding international researchers, both on the junior and the senior level, an opportunity to apply for an extended research stay here at the Institute.
Thanks to Dr. Katrin Brandt (FCFP Project Coordinator) – FRIAS, we share this information asking you to consider this opportunity for yourself and/or to pass it on to colleagues to whom this call might be of interest.
The programme, which is co-financed by the European Union’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Programme, is open to all disciplines; the financial conditions are internationally competitive.
Fellowships of 3 to 10 months may be applied for in the senior scheme, while in the junior scheme the fellowship duration is 12 months. Successful applicants will conduct their fellowship between September 2019 and September 2020.
For the fellows at FRIAS, the programme offers outstanding research opportunities, not only in the research environment of a leading European research university, but also with the added advantage of being part of a community of fellows from different disciplines.
FRIAS provides its female researchers with targeted information on attractive offers relating to mentoring, coaching and training. Special attention is given to fellows who plan to come to Freiburg together with their families. FRIAS makes every effort to provide tailor-made solutions with regard to suitable accommodation, child care and educational facilities.
Further information can be found at: www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/fcfp-fellowships.
The deadline for application is September 15, 2018.
FRIAS is looking forward to your application and feels indebted to you for passing on this information to your colleagues!
To receive more news from FRIAS, heere you can subscribe to the monthly electronic newsletter FRIAS Express
Good bye Rome Conference 2018!
Good bye Rome!
We had conference, annual general meeting, enjoyed opera moments, italian food, impressive tours in the eternal city and around.
First day of the Conference, presidents of UWE and FILDIS welcomed almost one hundred university women at the beautiful building of Spazio Europa (European Parliament affiliated venue). Key note speakers, women in STEM professions were giving their speeches sharing the positive steps and highlighting the challenges on this important topic. In the afternoon we all continued with the workshops on solving the issues women are encountering in such professions and increasing women’s participation in science, technology, engineering and math with additional focus on how to create opportunities and assist systems for women in STEM professions.
GWI President, Mrs. Geeta Desai, provided a video message expressing her concern about STEM fields becoming increasingly male centric, failing to serve half of the global population without female contribution, the overwhelming number of women who are currently unable to take advantage of STEM opportunities because, from an early age, they have been discouraged from studying these male dominated subjects.
Next day at the AGM we enjoyed a very pleasant atmosphere, a new President Anne Negre giving a presentation and update about collective complaint on the pay gap has been elected , thank you Edith Lommerse for all your work and inspiration as UWE President. The delegates voted unanimously that I will stay for another 3 years as SG keeping up the good work the Board has done, thank you all for your trust, it meant a lot to me. Another special presence at this special reunion was Israeli delegates giving a wonderful speech about gender inequality.
In the end we had a presentation and invitation from GWI announcing the 33rd Triennal and Centenary Celebration in Geneva Switzerland, followed by a prosecco break for 100 years of GWI.
Later on we gathered for gala dinner on a wonderful luxury roof top one Michelin Star Restaurant to share impressions, gifts and say thanks to our host from Fildis: Gabriella Anselmi and Pina Foti.
British Federation Women Graduates were awarded the prize of 2018 UWE Association of the Year for surviving for 111 years and providing hundreds of post graduate research scholarships to women since 1912.
Congratulations and thank you all for being with us in Rome for another UWE Conference.
More pictures in our google album: UWE Rome Conference 2018 and facebook album: UWE Rome AGM . Feel free to share tag yourself and please let us know about your experience in Rome filling this online Evaluation Form UWE Conference Rome Survey
For the board,
Roxana Elena Petrescu
Secretary General UWE
Overall Programme UWE Conference 21st – 24th June 2018 Rome
UWE Conference 21st – 24th June 2018 Rome
Overall Program Women in STEM professions: Challenges – Support – Education
How to reach the Cicerone Hotel from the airports:
From Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci airport:
1) Train “Leonardo Express” (€ 14,00) every 30 minutes to Central Station Termini and from there by subway line A towards Lepanto stop (5 minutes walk from the hotel).
2) SITBUS Shuttle (€ 6,00) from Terminal 3 to “Via Crescenzio, 2” stop (5 minutes walk from the hotel).
3) Taxi, approximately € 50,00.
From Ciampino airport:
1) SITBUS Shuttle (€ 6,00) or Terravision (€ 5,00), bus toward Central Station Termini and from there by subway line A (€ 1,50) towards Lepanto stop (5 minutes walk from the hotel).
2) Taxi, approximately € 50,00.
BEWARE: all the following information has like starting point the Cicerone Hotel.
Thursday 21st June 2018 – Conference Registration from 5.00 pm onward at Cicerone Hotel, Via Cicerone, 55/c, 00193 Roma RM, +39 (0)6 3576
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07.00 pm: Informal welcome and light dinner(snack & drinks) at Beef Bazaar, Via Germanico, 136, 00192 Roma RM, a modern and lively restaurant where modern Roman like to go. We’ll have a ten minutes guided walk from the Cicerone Hotel to the Beef Bazar
Friday 22nd June 2018 – UWE Conference day. European Parliament – Office in Italy “Spazio Europa” Hall, via Quattro Novembre, 149, 00187 Roma RM
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08.00 am: Meeting in front of Cicerone Hotel where a courtesy bus with 51 seats from “Gentili Group” will be waiting for participants in order to reach the Conference Hall.
- If preferred UWE members can arrange by themselves a Taxi to European Parliament – Office in Italy “Spazio Europa” Hall. The cost for a Taxi is about €10,00
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09.00 am – 01.15 pm: Introduction of the Conference Theme, keynote speeches
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10.45 am – 11.45 am: Coffee break
- 01.15 pm – 02.15 pm: Lunch in Loco at Spazio Europa
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02.15 pm – 05.00 pm: Workshops and Round Table
- 08.00 pm: Dinner at Il Giubileo, Via di Porta Cavalleggeri, 145, 00165 Roma RM, a classic Roman restaurant, 15 minutes guided walk from the Cicerone Hotel
Saturday 23rd June 2018 – UWE Annual General Meeting. Valdese Temple, Via Marianna Dionigi, 59, 00193 Roma RM, 5 minutes guided walk from Cicerone Hotel
- 09.00 am – 09.30 am: Registration CERS. *To be able to vote at the AGM either the known CER or a delegate with a proxy from the NFA must present themselves as such at the registration desk on the day of the AGM. Only NFA’s that have paid their due on the 15th of June will be allowed to vote.
- 09.30 am – 11.00 am: Welcome
Edith Lommerse President UWE
Presentation and update Collective Complaint on the Pay Gap -
11.00 am -11.20 am: Coffee break
We will also use this as a moment to get more info on the main subjects and themes of NGAs. -
11.20 am – 01.20 pm: Sharing reports NFA’s: please use the UWE ppt draft report as we will have a “inspiration Market”.
Presentation Candidates President – Anne Nègre from France -
01.20 pm -02.20 pm: lunch – voting at Valdese Temple
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02.20 pm -04.00 pm: second formal part AGM
1. Adoption agenda
2. Minutes AGM 2017
3. Jans Gremmée award and UWE award
4. Reports
a. Vice Presidents
b. Financial statement 2017, budget and fee 2019
We propose to keep the same membership fee per capita – 1 eur.
c. Six Year report President Edith Lommerse
5. Memorandum of understanding (draft)
6. Next AGM 2020 – as next year the celebration of 100 years GWI will be celebrated in Geneve
Call for Meet and Greet 2019
7. Result elections
8. Any other business
9. End of meeting Thank you President Edith Lommerse
APPROX 16.30 – intermezzo invitation GWI half hour presentation and sharing ideas 100 years GWI and UWE AGM 2019 -Geneva, Switzerland
Prosecco break for 100 years GWI
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08.30 pm: Gala Dinner at Luxury Roof Top one Michelin Star Restaurant, Piazza Barberini, 23, 00187 Roma RM, from Cicerone Hotel to reach the Piazza Barberini you need to take subway line A from Lepanto and after 3 stops get off at Barberini
Sunday 24th June 2018 One day Rome tour (2 options: Colosseum area or Vatican area) TOUR WILL BE ACTIVATED WITH MINIMUM 10 PARTICIPANTS
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09.30 am: Meeting at Cicerone Hotel
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01.30 pm – 02.00 pm end of the tour
Monday 25th June 2018 Two day Tivoli tour CONFIRMED
- 09.15 am: Meeting at Cicerone Hotel
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10.30 am: Arrival in Tivoli and visit to Villa Adriana
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01.00 pm: Lunch at the Grand Hotel Duca D’Este
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02.30 pm: Visit to Villa Gregoriana
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07.30 pm / 08.00 pm: Dinner at the Grand Hotel Duca D’Este
Tuesday 26th June 2018 Two day Tivoli tour
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09.30 am: Visit to Villa D’Este
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01.30 pm – 3.00 pm: Lunch
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03.00 pm: Way back to Rome
Thoughts from the Board
Don’t miss them the tours at the conference
The conference in Rome is nearing. The organizing committee is still busy with the program of the conference itself. It is almost ready. The programs for the tours on sunday and the two day tour after the conference starting on monday the 25th of June is ready.
There is still some place available on the tours, Let us know at UWEromeconference@gmail.com.
One day tour – Vatican area
– Piazza Cavour
– Castel Sant’Angelo – Mole Adriana
– St. Peter’s Basilica – Vatican City
– Borgo Pio
– Ponte Sant’Angelo
Light Lunch
40 euro’s including 1.30 pm – 2.00 pm end of the tour. Certified guide.
One day tour – Piazza Venezia
– Piazza Venezia
– Vittoriano
-Capitoline Museums
– Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill) – Trajan’s Market
– Colosseum
– Roman Forum
40 euro’s including Light Lunch 1.30 pm – 2.00 pm end of the tour. Certified guide
Two day tour – Tivoli.
1st day – Monday June 25th- 9.30 am: Meeting at Cicerone Hotel
– 10.30 am: Arrive in Tivoli and visit to Villa Adriana
– 1.00 pm: Lunch at the Grand Hotel Duca D’Este
– 2.30 pm: Visit to Villa Gregoriana
– 7.30 pm / 8.00 pm: Dinner at the Grand Hotel Duca D’Este
2nd day – Tuesday June 26th- 9.30 am: Visit to Villa D’Este
– 1.30 pm – 3.00 pm: Lunch
– 3.00 pm: Way back to Rome
240 Euro’s including breakfast, 2X lunch, dinner and night in a luxurious hotel.
