Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 02:41:51 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Beijing Network Update #9 FROM: Judy Kramer Thanks to computer expert Judi Clark, this network has a web site! Right now it is a baby site--the only items posted are the past updates--but over time Judi and I will get more creative, and it will grow. Check it out at . This week's update is full of events, both local and far away. Thanks to everyone who has sent in items, even if they haven't been posted yet. Next week's issue will be the last for a month because your editor will be on vacation in England for most of May. So if you have anything to announce that can't wait until June, please let me know this week. UPDATE #9 April 24, 1997 EDUCATIONAL BRIEFING--San Francisco "Human Rights: A Girl's Right, a Woman's Right" Wednesday, May 14, 6--8 pm Refreshments served at 5:45 pm SF State Downtown Extension, 425 Market, Room 2608 Sponsors: The Women's Foundation, Women's Institute for Leadership Development for Human Rights (WILD), and United Way. RSVP by May 7 to Skye Alexander, 415-837-1113, x19. Presenters: Youmna Chiaia, Human Rights Educator and Activist; Sushanna Ellington, Human Rights Educator and Artist; Leni Marin, Program Manager, Family Violence Prevention Fund. Moderator: Krishanti Dharmaraj, Co-Director of WILD TRIBUTE TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI--Berkeley June 22, 1--4 pm Cesar Chavez Park at the Berkeley Marina Cake and soft drinks provided free. Sponsored by United Nations Association-East Bay Chapter is sponsoring Contact: Dildar Gartenberg Come to a Kite Flying Party in honor of Aung San Suu Kyi and her 52nd Birthday. Look for an arch kite with her name on the hill. We will have some of the beautiful t-shirts printed with Aung San Suu Kyi's portrait donated to the East Bay Chapter of the UNA by the prominent international artist Mayumi Oda. GIRLS AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE--San Francisco June 30, 8 am registration through reception at 6 pm Register by May 1. Fee of $185 covers meals, program, workshops, and reception Sponsored by The National Coalition of Girls' Schools Hosted by The Hamlin School and Schools of the Sacred Heart Contact: Meg Milne Moulton or Whitney Ransome, Phone: 508-287-4485, Fax: 508-287-6014 E-mail Web site At this one-day conference for educators, speakers will include Carol Bartz of AutoDesk, Brenda Laurel of Purple Moon, Dr. Janese Swanson of GirlTech, and Kristin Spence of WIRED, and there will be two sets of workshops covering such areas as physics, computers, programming, the internet, and female images in the media. COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN CONFERENCE--New York The 42nd session of the UN's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW42) will meet in New York, March 1998, to review four Platform for Action (PFA) issues: human rights, violence against women, the Girl-Child, and conflict-resolution. There are openings for NGO participation at these meetings: on the Expert Panels during the formal proceedings of CSW, as a co-host of the evening dialogues, at lunchtime seminars, and through comments in the formal meetings. The women's human rights caucus is already engaged in a planning process to make NGO participation in CSW42 more effective. Among the ideas put forward is better advance coordination amongst NGOs sending representatives to CSW42, so that their presence will be more effective and representative. Because 1998 marks the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights women's human rights groups are exploring how to use CSW42 as part of the global campaign for women's human rights. The Center for Women's Global Leadership is acting as the coordinating body (fax : (1-908) 932 1180; e-mail ). CONFERENCE: WOMEN ON THE MOVE '98--Paris, FRANCE March 27-29, 1998 This conference, held approximately every two years since 1990 in Europe, addresses issues surrounding women and international mobility, like Cultural Adaptation and Adjustment, Family and Educational Issues, Work and Career Alternatives, and Technology and more. Many women and families find themselves uprooted from their home countries and completely unprepared. Women On The Move serves as a crossroads for women and their families to meet and exchange information, ideas and support, and to learn about issues that affect them from experts on these issues from around the World. We are currently searching for both keynote speakers and lecturers/workshop facilitators. If you have suggestions about a speaker or would like to be considered, please submit a proposal no later than May 15. Contact Libby Robinson . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- This online update, published weekly in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, covers events, resources, and information related to follow-up to the UN Fourth World Conference on Women and the issues covered in the Platform for Action document. You are encouraged to send in information and news to Judy Kramer . Past updates are available on the web at .