[governance-vn] NOTE ATTACHMENT: Invitation! Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance; October 19-22, 2008

[Vern Weitzel]

Subject: Invitation! Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and 	Governance; 
October 19-22, 2008
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:08:32 +0800
From: CAPWIP.Institute.for.Gender at localhost.localdomain,        Governance and 
Leadership (CIGGL) <globalcongress2008 at gmail.com>
Reply-To: CAPWIP.Institute.for.Gender at localhost.localdomain,        Governance 
and Leadership (CIGGL) <globalcongress2008 at gmail.com>


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Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Greetings from the Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) and the 
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UN-ISDR)!

We are pleased to invite you to the Third Global Congress of Women in Politics 
and Governance which will be held on October 19-22, 2008 at the Dusit Hotel, 
Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines.  The theme of the congress is “Gender 
and Climate Change”.

Women and environment experts have raised concern over the absence of women in 
the discourse and debate on climate change, a global mainstream issue that is 
currently impacting the entire world. The involvement of women in areas of 
environmental management and governance should not be perceived as an 
afterthought. Women's roles are of considerable importance in the promotion of 
environmental ethics.
The current imperative is for women to understand the phenomenon of climate 
change and its impacts and implications at the individual, household, community 
and national levels. Studies show that women have a definite information deficit 
on climate politics and climate protection. Only with this information can women 
take their proper, significant and strategic role in the issue of climate change.
Invited to this congress are women parliamentarians, women in decision - making 
and governance, environment organizations, youth Leaders and Media Practitioners
The Congress will have the following objectives:
Overall Purpose: To provide a forum for women legislators, and women in decision 
making and environment organizations at all levels, in formulating 
gender-responsive legislation and policies.


Specific Objectives:
a) To understand the phenomenon of climate change, its impacts and implications;
b). to review and examine the gender aspects of climate change and formulate 
appropriate actions to address such;
c). to define the roles women can play in addressing the issues of climate 
change at the global, national and sub-national levels; and
d). to identify and define the action agenda for parliamentarians, policy 
advocates and women leaders to support global and national actions to adapt to 
and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Congress Proceedings:
The discussion on gender and climate change will be organized around identifying 
the challenges to action as well as defining the appropriate responses to 
effectively address the impacts of climate change. Inputs to the discussion will 
be collected and organized around: 1) geographic location and 2) types of 
actions: i.e. preparedness, risk reduction: building community resilience; 
adaptation; and mitigation. Cross cutting these discussions will be the 
identification of technologies in aid of responding to climate change.
The focus of the discussions will revolve around defining and elaborating 
actions (i.e. preparedness, disaster risk reduction, adaptation, and mitigation) 
to cope with climate change and its impacts.
Preparedness and disaster risk reduction is about building individual and 
community capacities to position themselves and their communities so that the 
likelihood of climate change-induced disasters is reduced; the intensity or 
adverse impacts of disasters are cushioned and that inhabitants are able to 
respond promptly, expeditiously and effectively. Adaptation entails actions that 
moderate harm, or exploit benefits, of climate change.  Mitigation entails 
actions that minimizes or cushions the adverse impacts of climate change.
In all of these actions, special attention will be given to defining how women 
and gender could be mainstreamed. In other words, the Congress should define how 
women can be given the social space to participate, influence, and benefit from 
global and local responses to climate change.
The registration fee for the four day congress is one hundred eight thousand 
Philippine Pesos (P108, 000). per person for single room accommodations and 
Eighty eight thousand Philippine Pesos (P88, 000). per person for twin room 
sharing accommodations (two persons in one room). We are sending you the 
detailed information sheet (which contains the registration form) as an 
attachment to this email.

The training will be held on Oct 19-22, 2008. However, the participants will be 
requested to be in Manila the day before, October 18, 2008 and leave Manila only 
on October 23, 2008. The overnight hotel accommodation on October 18, 2008 is 
already included in the fee. Participants will be billeted in the Dusit Hotel, 
the venue of the congress and hotels near the Dusit Hotel, accessible within 
walking distance. Room accommodations in the Dusit Hotel, the venue of the 
Congress will be on a first come - first served basis.

You can also download the full information sheet and registration form for this 
Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance from our website, 
<http://www.capwip.org>

Importance of the Congress

Today, on the average, one person out of nineteen in a developing country will 
be hit by a climate disaster, compared to 1 out of 1,500 in an OECD country. 
Climate change creates life time traps: in Niger, a child born during a drought 
is 72 percent more likely to be stunted than a child born during a normal season.

We hope that your organization can send participants to the Third Global 
Congress of Women in Politics and Governance. The Theme of “Gender and Climate 
Change” is the first time this will be discussed in a forum whose objective is 
to formulate gender responsive legislation and policies for national governments 
and parliaments.

We truly hope that the environment organizations will find this forum a good 
opportunity to advocate gender and climate change policies and programs through 
gender responsive legislation to the women parliamentarians, decision makers, 
the youth leaders, media and the funding agencies/organizations. Let us join 
hands in promoting gender responsive governance through transformative 
leadership and citizenship. We are looking forward to your participation.

Very truly yours,

(signed)
Dr. Jung Sook Kim
President
Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)

Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)
YSTAPHIL Building, 4227-4229 Tomas Claudio Street, Baclaran,
Parañaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Tel. (632) 8516934 (632) 8516954; Tele Fax: mobile phone +639184596603
E-mail: globalcongress2008 at gmail.com; globalcongress2008 at capwip.org 
<mailto:globalcongress2008 at gmail.com; globalcongress2008 at capwip.org>; 
capwip at capwip.org <mailto:capwip at capwip.org> Web: www.capwip.org 
<http://www.capwip.org>; www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org 
<http://www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org>


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