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REGISTRATION OPEN: UWE AGM Kyrenia, Cyprus
We are pleased to invite you to the next Annual General Meeting of the University Women of Europe in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus. This year, the AGM will be combined with a one-day conference, the theme is: “Women and sustainable environment”.
Women play a key role in the management, conservation, exploitation and utilization of natural resources as consumers and educators, our focus will be on the issues and the impact of women arising from the current situation in Europe.
Why does sustainable development depend on women? How to build equal sustainable development?
We are looking forward to meeting you, exchanging ideas and continuing to be engaged in the work towards an improvement of women’s lives in Europe and all over the world.
The conference is open to all members of the University Women of Europe and their friends.
WELCOME TO KYRENIA
The Turkish Cypriot Association of University Women (TCAUW) is happy to host the UWE Annual General Meeting 2022. The city of Kyrenia is the hidden jewel of the Mediterranean full of magnificent historical monuments that provide timeless glimpses of glorious days gone by. The Kyrenia Harbour is a great example of the town’s rich history, with streets of old Kyrenia town exuding Ottoman architecture, leading up to the Venetian-built Kyrenia Castle beautifully towering over the harbour. The list continues with the breath-taking St. Hilarion Castle up on the mountain top and the Bellapais Abbey in set in one of the most beautiful villages on the island, as well as museums housing relics of the past.
TRANSPORTATION
Kyrenia city can be reached by individual or collective taxi services that can be organised by your hotel or that can be taken once you land at the two international airports (ERCAN and LARNACA) which have several daily flights to Cyprus. Ercan Airport can be accessed mainly by Turkish Airlines (https://www.turkishairlines.com/en-gb/flights/booking) regular flights from anywhere in the world as well as by some other charter companies such as Pegasus Airlines, Corendon Airlines with a touch down in Turkey. You can also have direct flights to Larnaca departing from many cities in Europe. (Easy Jet, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Lufthansa Airlines, Ryan Air, Jet 2, Aegean Airlines LOT Polish Airlines etc.).
Please check the best flight option from your nearby airport.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
- Thursday 22 September: Arrival and registration, informal welcome and a cocktail reception
- Friday 23 September: Welcome notes, keynote speeches, lunch and workshops followed by a Turkish Cypriot festive dinner with traditional food
- Saturday 24 August: UWE Annual General Meeting, Gala Dinner in the evening.
A detailed schedule of the conference programme will be available on our newsletter blog.
CONFERENCE VENUE
The Acapulco Resort Convention Spa nearby the beach will serve as our conference location. This amazing 5*hotel is located on the east of the city. 20 minutes from Ercan airport, nearby the Kyrenia Castle and Bellapais Monastery. We recommend our participants to book their rooms here at a special price.
ACCOMMODATION
The conference location Hotel Acapulco
To book your room follow the Instructions payment link , then click the payment link
Double room: 80 € per night/person, Single room: 120 € per night/ person *Breakfast included
When making a reservation at the hotel, please use the following code: UWE 2022 *These special prices are available until July 5!
OPTIONAL TOUR
Sunday, 25 September: KYRENIA & NICOSIA Tour – 35 EUR (including transport & lunch)
After departing from the hotel we drive to the beautiful village of Bellapais where the ‘Bellapais Monastery’ is located. This monastery is one of the most amazing ones with its architecture and location. We walk to the house of ‘Laurence Durell’ who lived in this village and wrote his famous book called ‘The Bitter Lemons of Cyprus’. We’ll then drive to Kyrenia centre and visit the ‘Kyrenia Castle’ which is located by the marina. It was built by Byzantines and many additions were made by Lusignans, Venetians, Ottomans, and by English. ‘The Shipwreck Museum’ is located in the castle and must be visited. A shipwreck, amphoras, almonds, fig seeds and many other objects are been exhibited which all date back to 300BC. After a short walk in the marina we hop on our bus and drive to Nicosia.
We drive to the walled city of Nicosia which has been the capital of the island since 11th century. We’ll walk to the city centre from ‘Kyrenia Gate’ on foot. This gate is one of the 3 gates which surrounds the walled city of Nicosia. We stop at ‘Dr. Fazıl Kucuk Museum’ who was the Vice President of Cyprus when Republic of Cyprus was formed in 1960. We pass by ‘Samanbahce Houses’ which were the first social houses that were built for the people who were in need in 1900. We walk to ‘Venetian Column’ which is located in the centre of the city. ‘St. Sophia Cathedral’ (Selimiye Mosque) is one of the nicest gothic style buildings that was built by Lusignans. We walk to ‘Buyuk Han’ which was built in 1572 by the Ottomans and have our lunch in ‘Buyuk Han’. After some free time on our way to the bus we pass by ‘Dervish Pasa Mansion’ and visit the place which will be the last stop of the day.
CONFERENCE FEE
The conference fee includes conference registration and documents, all lunches, coffee/tea and the Turkish Cypriot festive dinner evening. Registration deadline: August 25. The optional tour will be paid separately. Non-members will pay 30 Euro’s extra for a year membership fee of University Women of Europe. The conference fee includes conference registration, all lunches, coffee/tea and conference, Turkish dinner and documentation. If you would like to join us only for the gala dinner at a special location the fee is 35 Euro.
| REGISTRATION DEADLINE | FULL CONFERENCE | ONE DAY CONFERENCE | |
| Members | |||
| Early bird fee | 15 July 2022 | 110 € | 100 € |
| Regular fee | 25 August 2022 | 120 € | 110 € |
| Gala dinner | 35 € | ||
| Non-members | |||
| Early bird fee | 15 July 2022 | 140 € | 130 € |
| Regular fee | 25 August 2022 | 150 € | 140€ |
| Gala dinner | 35 € |
Please pay your fees to the following bank account:
Organization name: KIBRIS TURK UNIVERSITELI KADINLAR DERNEGI
BANK: TURKIYE IS BANKASI A.Ş
ADRESS: MERKEZ MAHALLESİ, LARNAKA BULVARI NO:1, ISKELE, NORTHERN CYPRUS
IBAN: TR 22 0006 4000 0026 8090 0789 17
BIC/SWIFT CODE: ISBKTRISXXX
| For any additional inquiries about the conference, please contact TCAUW: ersoy.ferdiye@gmail.com or guldenkucuk@yahoo.com and use the subject line: UWE 2022. |
Bank to Bank Transfer – Please use your name as a reference for your booking.
Should you for any reason decide not to come the following cancellation rules apply for the participation fee conference:
50% after July 15 2022 / 75% after August 25 2022 / 100% after September 1st
Call for Candidates UWE Board
The UWE Board is pleased to invite applications from candidates interested in the position of President and Secretary General of the UWE.
Starting 25 September the board has two vacancies.
- President : the current President Anne Negre has served one term and she has the right to stand for another one
- Secretary General: Roxana Elena Petrescu will finish his last term, after serving two consecutive terms
The ideal candidate for UWE President should have evident affinity with the aims of UWE and GWI (Graduated Women International), has an antenna for trends in the field of UWE ‘s aims, a contemporary manager who has collected some experience in working within her national federation/association (NFA) or a similar organization. She is familiar with the European situation on Gender equality and is interested in lobby for equal opportunities in all aspects of society for women and men. She welcomes new ideas and has the capacity to asses them, enjoys traveling1 and is keen to work in an European team. Click here to see the Call for President.
The ideal candidate for Secretary General should have experience in working within a women’s organisation and office administration, very good digital skills, high level of competence in teamwork, networking and in expressing herself orally and in writing (eloquence in speech and writing in English) and should be prepared to count on a time investment of the 40 to 60 hours a month. She shows honesty in dealing with Board Members and members of UWE and has the ability to respond to new ideas and proposals with common sense and good judgement. Click here the see the Call for SG.
Applications, consisting of a CV, photo and a motivational letter stating the candidate will accept the post should the AGM elect the candidate. The candidate is also required to present herself during 5 minutes at the UWE Conference in Cyprus, 23-25 September 2022.
Applications should be made to boarduwe@gmail.com, to arrive thirty days before the AGM, i.e. by 25 August 2022 at the latest.
The duties are voluntary. UWE gives a small remuneration which covers the travel costs in part.
Europe Day 2022
Dear Members, dear friends,
Today is the day of our dear Europe, a day celebrating “peace and unity”. Peace was the main success of it, and we hope to be stronger and stronger. I’m sad to use the past tense.
The reality of our days is that we don’t have peace all over in Europe and future is full of uncertainty. Where are we going?
The European fundamental values are human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Our goals are clear, so we must still work hard with the purposes of the Council of Europe, the European Union and the European Women’s Lobby.
All together we can have a voice to be heard.
Warm greetings from the board and
Dr Anne Bergheim-Negre
President
Registration open: UWE Meet & Greet Israel
Israel Association of University Women (IAUW) and University Women of Europe (UWE) warmly welcome you to the online UWE Meet & Greet on Sunday, 8th of May 2022: 17.00 – 19.00 CET, on zoom.
Programme
Welcome – Ora Sharon, Vice President and CER IAUW
Glimpse of Israel – short movie
Adv. Yemima Peretz Gabay, President IAUW addressing the meeting
Dr. Anne Bergheim-Negre, UWE President addressing the meeting
Ex-president IAUW Fayge Cohen introducing Zeina Drawshy doctoral student who received a scholarship from the Jerusalem branch. Zeina will tell us about herself, about her research and the help and encouragement that the scholarship offered her.
Q & A
Yuly Schwarts, Spokeswoman for Israel Antiquities Authority about the archaeological excavations and findings in the Holy lands
Dead Sea scrolls – short movie
Q & A
Jerusalem of Gold – song
Adv. Shiri Malca, the Chair of Tel Aviv branch about the voluntary work with the girls living in boarding schools. She will present one young girl Sivan Menash who received the scholarship. Sivan will speak about her life at the boarding school.
Tel Aviv scholarships – short movie
Q & A
All the participants singing “Hava Nagila”
Farewell messages – end of the meeting
Registration Details
This is a free event. To attend please register here . Following registration, you will receive a confirmation message and the Zoom link to the event, please save it. You will also receive an event reminder with the zoom link 24 hours before the event.
Relax and enjoy. Israelis are exceptionably hospitable, they use phrases of gratitude quite often. Bevakasha!
Registration open: Migrant Women in Europe
University Women of Europe (UWE) warmly welcomes you to the next UWE free webinar “Migrant Women in Europe” which will be held on Monday, 4th of April 2022 at 17.00 – 19.00 CET.
The COVID19 pandemic and the recent invasion of Ukraine have made the situation of refugees in Europe even more desperate. According to the UNHCR, more than 2.8 million people have fled Ukraine into neighbouring countries. This number grows daily. We need to identify how can we help and assist more at European level. All our young members are invited to contribute. Prepare your questions, comments in advance about this topic.
Aisha Alshawaf, Vice President University Women of Europe will moderate the event.
First speaker invited will be Adriana S.Thiago, Communications Officer at Migrant Women Network Organization , a very active migrant-women-led feminist platform that advocates for the rights, freedoms and dignity of migrant, refugee and ethnic minority women and girls in Europe. Adriana is a Portuguese-Brazilian feminist, graduate in International Relations. Her main areas of interest is the movement against sexual exploitation and the creation and continuing of a global feminist liberation movement. She is also the co-convenor of the Young Women’s Movement of ENoMW, the Radical Girlsss.
Our next guest is Dr. Basak Ovacik a funding member and the first president of the Turkish Association of University Women, Istanbul branch, Vice President Graduate Women International (GWI). She is very familiar with the refugees topics which are widely discussed for years in her country and in her association. They are working hard to raise awareness on education, human rights, violence against women, women’s human rights. She will speak about the Hegg Hoffet Fund for Displaced Women Graduates, so we can discuss more how it can assist now the graduate women, students from Ukraine.
Please send you registration by March 31st of March, 2022. You will receive the zoom link into the Webinar on 1st of April, 2022, by email.
Save the Date: UWE Meet & Greet 2022
Our next UWE Meet and Greet event will be organized online on the 8 th of May 2022, 5-7 pm CET. The Israel Association of University Women founded in 1932, member of Graduate Women International GWI will be our host.
We will connect on zoom and take a virtual tour of Israel, to the old city of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv or other interesting places in the North of the Country: Nazareh and Tiberius and many others. More information about the programme and registration will be announced soon.
“At the Meet and Greet we will try to give you a taste of the Israeli culture. Yoli Schwartz an Authority of Israeli Antiquities will give a lecture on archaeological findings. We will also tell you about our voluntary work, Israeli songs and more. Looking forward to seeing you all.” Ora Sharon, Vice President.
Women’s Voices on the Ground
European Women’s Lobby (EWL) in dialogue with the National Council of Women of Ukraine
EWL webinar, 3 March 2022 from 9.30 to 12.00 CET
Registration by 2nd of March:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RvjJuhhO_6aUs-XP5UXQMSYWSCNL7WibYihtdoHPT5E/edit
The National Council of Women in Ukraine, member of ECICW (European Centre of the International Council of Women), sounded the alarm bell on rising tensions as tens of thousands of Russian troops gathered at the borders of Ukraine, despite announced withdrawal. Women and girls have suffered severely under the ongoing war and fear a new outburst of violence, which to the detriment of all, became a reality in February 2022.
EWL wishes to stand with her sisters in Ukraine. Today more than ever: Peace is our human right and claim. We wish to listen to their voices and invite them to describe the situation of women and girls, to lead a discussion together on what pressure we can exert on our governments, the EU institutions and the international community involving the women’s movement, in the context of the existing peace agreements and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (UNSCR 1325).
Since 2014, the armed conflict in Ukraine led to 13.000 deaths and 31.000 wounded. With a focus on this armed conflict, the needs and rights of women and girls have been marginalised, causing greater inequalities. Women are overwhelmingly taking responsibility for the continuity of civil life. The new militarisation multiplies the experience of intergenerational violence against women. In many parliaments, the issue is under discussion and was also on the agenda at the European summit (25th of May). The situation of women and girls must be taken more seriously.
In 2021, the EWL General Assembly adopted a motion which called for support to the National Council of Women if Ukraine.
The adopted motion called for a number of actions, notably, an invitation to the National Council of Women of Ukraine to inform EWL members about the situation of women and girls in Ukraine and to discuss concrete actions that EWL members can take to support peace and conflict resolution. This webinar is being organised in this context.
Given the current situation in Ukraine, the webinar aimed essentially at the EWL members and their members will focus on advocacy actions that can be taken collectively to alert EU political decision-makers but only in consultation with women of Ukraine.
Save the Date: UWE Conference & AGM 2022
We are pleased to invite you to the next UWE Conference and AGM, Kyrenia, on 23rd– 25th September 2022 to celebrate together 25 years of the Turkish Cypriot Association of University Women (TCAUW) and 42 years since University Women of Europe (UWE) was founded as regional group of International Federation of University Women (IFUW – now GWI).
Kyrenia is the hidden jewel of the Mediterranean full of magnificent historical monuments that provide timeless glimpses of glorious days gone by. The Kyrenia Harbour is a great example of the town’s rich history, with streets of old Kyrenia town exuding Ottoman architecture, leading up to the Venetian-built Kyrenia Castle beautifully towering over the harbour. The list continues with the breathtaking St. Hilarion Castle up on the mountain top and the Bellapais Abbey in set in one of the most beautiful villages on the island, as well as museums housing relics of the past.
We are looking forward to meeting you with interesting topics: Women and sustainable environment. The speakers as well as a detailed programme will be announced very soon, including information about the registration.
The Conference will take place at the Acapulco Convention Centre along the coastline and is open to all members of the University Women of Europe and their friends.
8 March 2022 Jubilee Webinar: 100 Years of Finnish Graduate Women’s Worldwide Advocacy Work
Finnish Federation of Graduate Women was founded a century ago, in spring 1922. It is now our great pleasure to invite our sisters across the Europe to celebrate our international co-operation to the FFGW’s jubilee webinar on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2022 at 16.00 – 18.00 CET (+1 hr in Finland and Romania).
The online event is open to anyone interested in our international work but we do kindly request all the participants to register beforehand at https://forms.gle/BhA8uKNmpACkJZKC9. The registration closes 1.3.2022.
PROGRAM
Tuesday, 8 March 2022 at 16.00 – 1800 CET @ Zoom
16.00–16.05 Welcome: Pauliina Inervo, Co-Coordinator of
International Relations at the FFGW
16.05–16.10 FFGW’s international work and its history: Kirsi
Jokikokko, President of the FFGW
FFGW’s Advocacy Work at the UN
16.10 – 16.20 International Helvi Sipilä Seminar at the CSW since
2005: Pauliina Inervo, Co-Coordinator of International Relations at the
FFGW
16.20 – 16.35 Finnish network for UNSCR1325: Women, Peace and
Security: Jaana Hirsikangas, Director for UN Women Finland
16.35 – 16.50 Introducing Graduate Women International: Terry Oudraad, President of GWI
16.50–17.00 Break
FFGW’s Advocacy Work in Europe
17.00 – 17.15 Pay Equality Now: Complaint to the Council of Europe: Anne Negre, President of University Women of Europe
17.15 – 17.30 End Violence against Women: Istanbul Convention Treaty and Ratification in Europe: Sirpa Pietikäinen, Finnish Member of European Parliament
17.30 – 17.45 Erasmus+ project 2019 – 2022: Spreading Good Gender
Equality Practices: Marco Ciminiera, Project Coordinator of NET-POWER – Network for Promotion of Women Empowerment Recognition
17.45–17.55 Information about the forthcoming international events
• UWE Meet and Greet 2022 hosted by the Israel association
• UWE Conference and AGM 2022 hosted by the Turkish Cypriot association
• Baltic Sea Conference 2022 hosted by the Swedish association
17.55–18.00 Conclusion
Pauliina Inervo, Co-Coordinator of International Relations at the FFGW
Invitation to zoom talk by BWFG – Canterbury
Canterbury & District Association of Women Graduates
The local branch of The British Federation of Women Graduates
is organizing a Zoom talk:
‘EnterprisinGirls’
19.30 GMT (20.30 CET) on Thursday 17 February 2022
when Francesca Vitelli the President of ‘EnterprisinGirls’ an Italian organisation (a new member of UWE) will be the invited Speaker
Francesca studied Political Science and has twenty years experience of dealing with labour and gender culture. Francesca will talk about:
- EnterprisinGirls mission to create opportunities and synergies for personal and professional growth
- A new online/off line model which has become recognised as best practice by two different European entities
- How EnterprisinGirls meets the specific needs of micro enterprises, small professional studios, artisans and artists
- How EnterprisinGirls meets the needs of women of all ages, from all sectors and with different experiences.
All our UWE members are invited to join this meeting.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86774761066?pwd=aFB0WGg2YVhLSDdURGlzT2c4dkVZZz09
Meeting ID: 867 7476 1066
Passcode: 405059
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