Regional Conference of Women and the Household
26-31 January, 1985, at the Indian Statistical Institute in New Delhi, India.
For more information, contact:
Leela Dube, Sree Krishna Wadeyar Chair, University of Mysore, Room 12, Gangotri Guest House, Manasa Gangotri, Mysore 570006, India.
International Conference on Eritrean Women
In cooperation with sympathisers and friends, the National Union of Eritrean Women organised an international conference in the Netherlands, 29-31 March 1985. Entitled «A New Dawn is Breaking in Eritrea,» the conference dealt with issues such as the traditional and changing role of Eritrean women, their various forms of participation in the struggle, and possibilities of advancing the struggle and building links of solidarity with women worldwide.
For more information, contact:
National Union of Eritrean Women, via Tallone 7, Milan, Italy.
Women Creating Wealth: Transforming Economic Development
This conference held in Washington, USA on the 25-27 April 1985 by the Association for Women in Development sought new visions and perspectives on the development process and women's roles in solving economic problems.
For more information, contact:
Association for Women in Development, c/o NASULGC, Suite 710, One Dupont Circle, Washington, DC 20036, USA.
Creating Choices through Feminist Education
This conference, to be held in Seattle, USA, 19-23June 1985, will have sessions on feminist education, feminist research, and feminist theory and practice. The conference, coordinated by the National Women's Studies Association, will also screen films, organise art exhibitions and plan meetings for networking proposals.
For more information, contact:
Sydney Kaplan, Women's Studies Programme GN - 45, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Networking and Dissemination of Audiovisual Productions
The Women and Development Department of the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in the Netherlands is organising a conference on «Networking and Dissemination of Audiovisual Productions» on 24 June - 12 July 1985 in The Hague, Netherlands. There will be slideshow presentations and discussions on research done by ISS on six women's audiovisual groups.
For more information, contact:
Women and Development, ISS, PO Box 90733, 2509 LS, The Hague, Netherlands.
Women's Emergency Conference on the New Reproductive Technologies
A conference on New Reproductive Technologies (RTs) will be held in Lund, Sweden 3-8 July 1985. It will deal with RTs such as in-vitro fertilisation, embryo transfer, artificial insemination, artificial wombs, cloning, sex pre-determination, genetic engineering and experimentation with human/animal hybrids.
During the five working days, there will be presentations and sharing of information on existing technologies; discussions on the social and personal effects; and formulating strategies for actions.
The idea of having such a conference was developed at the Second International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women in April 1984 in Sweden after a panel discussion on « Death of the Female ».
For more information, contact:
Martha Ullerstam, Karl XI Gatan 1 IB, 222 20 Lund, Sweden.
International Women's Music Festival
Women from the Netherlands are organising an International Women's Music Festival to be held for two and a half days in autumn 1985 in the Netherlands. All women, choirs, soloists, bands etc. are invited to participate in the Festival.
For more information, contact:
Women's Music Festival Twente, c/o Jupiterstraat 25, 7557 La Hengelo (OV.), the Netherlands.