Gender Equality in International Development

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Date: Tue Apr 18 2000 - 16:29:50 EDT

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    The Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA) invites you to
    attend an important meeting on achieving gender equality in international
    development. This full-day, interactive meeting will bring together members
    of the public and private sectors to discuss the environment for gender
    equality - what has been achieved and what challenges remain.

           The meeting is being held in cooperation with The President's
    Interagency Council on Women. Several leading non-governmental
    organizations
    involved in women's issues are co-sponsoring the event, including the
    Association for Women in Development (AWID), Center for Development and
    Population Activities (CEDPA), International Center for Research on Women
    (ICRW), U.S. Women Connect, Women's Edge, Women's Environment and
    Development
    Organization (WEDO), InterAction's Commission on the Advancement of Women,
    and the Women's Foreign Policy Group.

           A keynote address, "Globalization and Feminization: An Agenda for
    Gender and Development," by Lincoln Chen, Vice President of The Rockefeller
    Foundation, will set the stage for this participatory meeting. A morning
    panel, "Institutionalizing Gender Equality," will present James Michel,
    United States Agency for International Development (USAID); Theresa Loar,
    President's Interagency Council on Women; George Alleyne, Pan American
    Health
    Organization; Mayra Buvinic, Inter-American Development Bank; and Gita
    Gopal,
    The World Bank. The morning session will also feature a presentation of the
    independent assessment
    of USAID's Gender Plan of Action (GPA), developed jointly by USAID and
    ACVFA.

           An afternoon panel, "Committing Resources to Advance Gender
    Equality,"
    will feature Bradford Smith, The Ford Foundation; Anastasia
    Posadskaya-Vanderbeck, the Soros Foundation; Mary Ann Stein, the Moriah
    Fund;
    and a representative of the MacArthur Foundation. Afternoon dialogues with
    members of both panels will culminate in practical strategies for realizing
    further advancements in gender equality. Attendees are invited to a
    reception featuring the presentation of ACVFA's Congressional Leadership
    Awards immediately following the meeting.

           Established by presidential directive after World War II, the ACVFA
    is
    an expert, non-governmental body that advises the U.S. government on the
    relationship between the voluntary sector and the official foreign affairs
    community. ACVFA members are appointed by the USAID Administrator and are
    selected for their knowledge of private voluntary organizations and
    international development. The quarterly public meetings serve as forums
    for
    consultation between the public and private sectors.

    See Registration Form Below.

    I will attend the May 10, 2000 ACVFA meeting "MEETING THE CHALLENGE:
    STRATEGIES FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT"
       Please complete and fax this application to Lisa J. Harrison,
    703-741-0567
    by April 21, 2000.

    If you wish to return this information by email, send it to:
    lisajama@aol.com

    Your name:

    The Organization that you are representing:

    Your date of birth:

    Your Social Security Number:

    Telephone number where you can be reached:

    Your fax number:

    I [will] / [will not] be attending the reception.

     NOTE: DUE TO SECURITY RESTRICTIONS, ABSOLUTELY NO RESERVATIONS CAN BE
                    ACCEPTED AFTER 5:00 PM ON MONDAY, MAY 8, 2000.

    Please use the 23rd Street entrance of the U.S. Department of State,
    located between C and D Streets NW, and BRING A PHOTO ID.

    If you have any questions contact: Lisa J. Harrison at 703-741-0566 or
    Noreen O'Meara at 202-712-5979.



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