TWDF Conference: Post-War Challenges facing women in Sri Lanka – war widows, broken communities and the displaced.

From: TWDF [mailto:twdf.ccd@sangu.org]
Sent: 17 August 2010 13:14

Dear Friends

TWDF Conference: Post-War Challenges facing women in Sri Lanka – war widows, broken communities and the displaced.

We are pleased to inform you that our third conference will be held on Saturday, 23 October 2010

at the Tolworth Girls School, Fullers Way North, Kingston KT2. See leaflet enclosed.

The conference has become an important event on Women, providing a regular forum to discuss issues affecting Women, particularly the Tamil speaking women in Sri Lanka.

The conference is organized around plenary sessions as well as workshops dedicated to specific themes. Some of the themes for the panels and workshops include: Post War Reconstruction: New Roles for Women; Advancing Women’s Economic Rights and Empowerment; Post-war childhoods/new generations; Developing Partnerships and Co-operation: Strengthening Civil Society and Diaspora; Guarding Refugee Protection; Better Health: Women, Children, War and Health; and Women and Violence.

It has been one of the main objectives of this conference is to create gender awareness and build links between organizations and activists who are involved in post-war initiatives targeting women in Sri Lanka. We see this conference as an opportunity for us to speak with many of those involved in gender matters and discuss collaborations, or other initiatives of collective interest.

The conference is entirely self-financed and we will depend on your registration and voluntary donations and where possible sponsorships to support the event. The details are provided in the leaflet. If you need any further information or ideas that you have on the conference, please do not hesitate to contact me on 0208 287 6303 or Sathiya, Conference Coordinator on 0208 391 0861 or the office on 0208 546 1560. We also would like to ask you to help us introduce the conference to others whom you think would be interested.

To register, please fill in the attached form with your details & send it with the fee to the address below. We look forward to receiving your registration & Fee early.

With kind regards

Shyla

Tamil Women Development Forum
c/o
Centre For Community Development
Thulasi
Bridge End Close
Kingston Upon Thames KT2 6PZ
(United Kingdom)
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8546 1560
Fax: +44 (0)20 8546 5701
E-mail: twdf.ccd@sangu.org