Announcements

• The Dijon local association of the Association Française des Femmes Diplômées des Universités is preparing a calendar for 2009 that focuses on friendship links between branches and associations.  If your branch or national association has special links with a branch or national association in another country, could you please .  If you have good photographs from recent friendship visits, copies of these would be welcome.
  • Cities and/or countries of the linked groups
  • Year started
  • Nature of the linkage:  annual friendship visits, joint projects, etc.
    
  IFUW networking is a wonderful way for women graduates throughout the world to share ideas and information.  We hope that members in many countries will respond to this request.
  
  
• The Japanese Association of University Women (JAUW) is organizing a symposium on "Work and Life Balance" to be held in October 2008.  In preparation, JAUW members are conducting a comparative study looking at policies in different countries that enable both women and men to balance work with responsibilities related to the family - provision of childcare leave, elderly and sick care leave, options for part-time work and flexible work hours.  They would like to know what policies have been implemented in your respective countries and how effective these have been. The survey is available at http://www.ifuw.org/docs/2008-japan-survey-worklifebalance.pdf.  Responses should be sent sent to JAUW CIR, .
  
  IFUW networking is a wonderful way for women graduates throughout the world to share ideas and information.  We hope that members in many countries will respond to this request.
  
  
• The June/July Young Members Newsletter is now available online.
  

• IFUW is a launch partner for UNIFEM's campaign Say NO to Violence against Women - an initiative designed to demand that ending violence against women become a top priority. The United Nations Foundation has announced that it will donate $1 for each of the first 100,000 signatures to the UNIFEM-managed UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. To read more about the challenge click here and for more info and promotional material visit our Advocacy page.
  
  
• IFUW in Action 2004-2007 highlights some of the ways IFUW members around the world are using their expertise to help face the challenges that confront us and meet the ultimate goal of ensuring that all women throughout the world are able to enjoy their full rights and to reach their full potential.
  
  
• Programme for Action Women: Agents for Change Building Sustainable Futures: Visit the webpages for the new 2007-2010 Programme for Action which include background information on the areas of focus for this triennium, resources and ideas for action.
  
  
• The Resolutions proposed to the 29th IFUW Conference, the 88th IFUW Council and the 89th IFUW Council are now available online.
  
• The Logistics Support Division of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations is trying to enhance gender equality within its peacekeeping support operations around the world.  The Division is actively seeking women professionals with expertise in: engineering, information and communication technology, air and surface transport, and cartography.  See http://www.lsd.unlb.org/ and http://myun.un.org
  
  
• We invite members to visit the IFUW Discussion Forums and join our online discussions. If you have not yet registered to use the Forums, please click here.
  
  
• The latest edition of the Young Members' Newsletter is now available for download.
  
  
• The list of candidates nominated for the 2007-2010 Board of Officers and Committees is now available online. The Call for Nominations for Special Committees will take place after the February Board Meetings.
  
  
• We invite you to read Circular 1/2007 for an overview of what is planned, and to visit the new special IWD section of the IFUW website for ideas. We hope many of you will take part. Please let us know about any plans so that we can publicize your activities to other members. Questions and information should be sent to iwd2007@ifuw.org.