The Researching Work and Learning Conference (RWL5) will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 2 – 5 December 2007. The aim of the RWL5 conference will be to promote a truly global conversation about researching work and learning which enables us to rethink the `centre` and rethink the `margins` from a variety of countries and perspectives. At the same time the conference will strive to inject local southern African research issues and debates into the discussions, not in order to be parochial, but to deepen and enrich our understandings about `work` and `learning` globally. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 May 2007.
Jobs and Announcements
Call for papers: International conference on researching work and learning (RWL5)
Essay competition: Young voices in research for health
Global Forum for Health Research and The Lancet
The Global Forum for Health Research and The Lancet are sponsoring their second joint essay competition on the occasion of Forum 11, the 2007 annual meeting of the Global Forum for Health Research in Beijing, People's Republic of China, 29 October to 2 November 2007. Entries relating to some aspect of the overall theme of Forum 11: Equitable access, research challenges for health in developing countries are invited from young professionals working in or interested in the broad spectrum of health research for development. The deadline for submissions is 20 April 2007.
Global AIDS Week of Action 20-26 May 2007: One week, one voice
Joint Call to Action
Do you think the world is doing enough to stop AIDS? Join a groundswell of civil society voices from across the world during the week of 20-26 May to demand a stronger response, greater accountability and more resources in the fight against HIV/AIDS. WHY: Last year, activists from 30 countries took coordinated action during the first ever Global AIDS Week of Action. It was the defining mobilisation before world leaders reported back to the UN on the progress they had made to meet their 2001 commitment on HIV/AIDS. So while in New York our governments boasted of the small gains made, in cities from Abuja to Phnom Penh and Delhi to Lilongwe citizens reminded them of the big losses.
Workshop: The political economy of health, Copenhangen, 8 July 2007
This is to provide advance notification that there will be an exciting workshop on the political economy of health on 8 July 2007 just before the iHEA conference in Copenhagen.
Further details: /newsletter/id/32166
4th International Gender Conference: Sexual and gender-based violence, a social nightmare provoking action
The theme for this conference has been chosen because Sexual and Gender Based Violence is a major Public Health and Human Rights problem throughout the world. There is the call on Governments and all other Stakeholders to take concerted action and make recommendations for the Health, Education and Criminal Justice sectors of society to take the problem seriously. The organisers believe that no positive and sustainable change can occur unless the problems of Gender Equity are analysed within the framework of Public Health, Human Rights and Human Security. It is only when all aspects of society have equal rights and mutual recognition of these rights, that there can be an all encompassing and equitable development for all.
Further details: /newsletter/id/32102
Bursary Competition 2007: Queen Margaret University, Edinburough
Applications are now invited for the Bursary Competition 2007. These are the only funded studentships QMU offers. Research at Queen Margaret University (QMU) awards two higher degrees by research, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Philosophy (MPhil). Research methods training is offered in the first semester but after that there are no taught elements as such - students are expected to manage their own research project, with guidance from a supervisor. Bursaries cover all tuition fees and provide help with living costs for three years (the prescribed period of study for a PhD). Bursaries are only available for PhD study based at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. The closing date for applications is 26 March 2007. No applications will be accepted after that date.
Nominations for the CORE and SUPPORT delegation
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria
Communities living with HIV, TB and affected by Malaria Delegation Global Fund to fight HIV, TB and Malaria for the AIDS Alliance are soliciting nominations for CORE delegation members for the Global Fund Board delegation of the Communities Living with HIV, TB and affected by Malaria. They are also soliciting nominations for SUPPORT delegation members for the Global Fund Board delegation of the Communities Living with HIV, TB and affected by Malaria. The closing date for all nominations is Monday 5 March 2007 at 17h00 GMT.
People’s Health Movement South Africa Coordination: Part-time one year contract position with a possibility of renewal
People's Health Movement, 2007
The Peoples Health Movement (PHM) is a large global civil society network of health activists supportive of the WHO policy of Health for All and organised to combat the economic and political causes of deepening inequalities in health worldwide and revitalise the implementation of WHO’s strategy of Primary Health Care. PHM in South Africa (PHM-SA) is currently most active in Cape Town, but we aim to extend our activities throughout South Africa. They are looking for a dynamic and well organized person to co-ordinate the PHM-SA activities in consultation with the Cape Town-based Steering Committee. The closing date is Friday 2 March 2007.
Further details: /newsletter/id/32103
PEPFAR: Helping or hindering the workforce planning of health systems in poor countries? A call for evidence, case studies and stories
Physicians for Human Rights
Physicians for Human Rights and the Global Health Watch are calling for evidence, case studies and anecdotal reports of PEPFAR’s impact on health workforce planning in order to provide members of the US Congress and other officials who are seeking to improve the effectiveness of PEPFAR. Please submit or inform them of any evidence, reports, case studies or stories that can help answer the following questions. There are two deadlines by which we seek this information. • As soon as possible, not later than February 23rd – to inform Congress in time for them to be able to influence PEPFAR’s operational plans for FY 08 and • June 15th – to allow information to be incorporated into the next alternative world health report, as well as to help inform the reauthorization of PEPFAR.
Further details: /newsletter/id/32115
4th Summer Institute for New Global Health Researchers: 13-20 August 2007
Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research
The Canadian Coalition calls for applications for the 4th Summer Institute for New Global Health Researchers, to be held in partnership with the Centre for Development Studies in Trivandrum, Kerala, India from August 13-20, 2007. By “global health research” we mean research concerning the problems borne by societies in low and middle income countries (LMICs). A limited number of spaces are available for this training opportunity for “dyads” - that is, pairs of researchers with one participant from a low- or middle-income country and one from Canada, who are members of the same project or program team. The deadline for receipt of applications is 1 March 2007.