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Changing Faces

Launched in 2002, Changing Faces is a yearly program designed to bring together women from the United States and the Asia Pacific region to participate in dialogue on leadership and issues specific to women in leadership around the region. The program seeks professional women at lower and middle level positions of leadership who have the potential to move into positions of greater responsibility and influence. Past program themes have included environmental conservation and women's economic empowerment.

http://www.eastwestcenter.org/semedu-program.asp?program_ID=24&Topic=Leaders%20ZZ%20Policymakers&Area=Seminars

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International Conferences on Forced Migration

These Biennial Conference which aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for intellectual exchange and communication between academic researchers, refugee professionals and policy-makers. On this page you find further information about each IRAP conference such as program, speakers, abstracts and a selection of papers given.

http://web.uni-bamberg.de/~ba6ef3/iasfm/conferen.htm

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Early Childhood Development conferences

This website can tell you about past and future conferences and symposiums organised by the World Bank to think about various aspects of Early Childhood Development.

http://www.worldbank.org/children/africa/eritrea_conf.html

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World Forum on Early Care and Education

The mission of the World Forum Foundation is to promote an on-going global exchange of ideas on the delivery of quality services for young children in diverse settings. This mission is accomplished through convening gatherings of early childhood professionals around the world and by promoting the continuing exchange of ideas among participants. Check the website for where and when the conference is this year, as well as informtaion on the forum's activities.

http://www.worldforumfoundation.org/wf/index.php

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Multilateral Trade Events

This page lists WTO and non-WTO events related to the multilateral trading system. Links to non-WTO websites open in a new window and the WTO takes no responsibility for their content.

http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/events_e/events_e.htm

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International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

26 June is the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. On this day torture victims are commemorated and the voice against the use of torture is raised all over the world. The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) is the coordinator of this event when thousands of people take to the streets to say NO to torture. Check this website to see what is going on this year.

http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=1

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The Association for Women's Rights and Development (AWID)

AWID organises the largest recurring event in women rights and development outside the United Nations system. Visit the website for information on past and upcoming conferences.

http://www.awid.org/

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The Microcredit Summit

The Microcredit Summit was held February 2-4, 1997. At the Summit more than 2,900 people from 137 countries gathered in Washington, DC. They launched a nine-year campaign to reach 100 million of the world's poorest families, especially the women of those families, with credit for self-employment and other financial and business services by the year 2005. The Microcredit Summit Campaign brings together microcredit practitioners, advocates, educational institutions, donor agencies, international financial institutions, non-governmental organizations and others involved with microcredit to promote best practices in the field, to learn from each other, and to work towards reaching our goal. A conference is held annually.

http://www.microcreditsummit.org/plus5/index.html

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Asia Development Bank 35th Annual Meeting

Annual meetings are statutory occasions for Governors of ADB members to provide guidance on ADB administrative, financial, and operational directions. The meetings provide opportunities for member governments to interact with ADB staff, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), media, and representatives of observer countries, international organizations, academe and the private sector. Annual meetings are held in a member country in late April or early May. Participants include: finance and economic planning ministers; senior government officials; representatives of the multilateral development bank community; investment bankers; representatives of nongovernment organizations; members of the media.

http://www.adb.org/AnnualMeeting/

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World Conference on Disaster Management.

The Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness presents the 12th World Conference on Disaster Management. This conference is unique in that it brings professionals from the fields of: emergency response, emergency management, emergency health care, business continuity planning, risk management, security, and information technology together under one roof.

http://www.wcdm.org/

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United Nations: Conferences and Events

Upcoming UN events, conferences, and special days.

http://www.un.org/events/index.html

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Directory of International Distance Learning Courses

The International Distance Learning Course Finder is the world's largest online directory of e-learning courses from 130 countries. This universal distance education resource has information on over 55,000 distance learning courses and programs offered from a multitude of universities, colleges and companies.

http://www.dlcoursefinder.com/

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Development Conference on Debt Relief, Helsinki, 17-18 August 2001

Through its research the United Nations University World Institute for development Economics Research seeks to raise frontier issues and provide new and original insights and policy advice aimed at boosting the economic and social development of the poorest nations. Its website contains information on upcoming lectures and conferences.

http://www.wider.unu.edu/conference/conference-2001-2/conference2001-2.htm

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Ninth Annual Conference of the Economic Research Forum (ERF), Call for Papers.

The three main objectives of ERF, production of quality research, informing the policy debate, and building capacity for front-line research - have as their ultimate goal the creation of a strong MENA research community that interacts with the policy communities of the region and the international community of researchers and development agents. The aim is to foster economic growth with equity and the effective integration of the region into the world economy. They hold an annual conference, and annually call for papers and candidates.

http://www.erf.org.eg

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