News from “Women’s Alliance”

International federation of University women is offering scholarship grants for the academic year 2002/2003.

All texts on English on http://www.owl.ru/eng/womplus/2002/index.htm Content: Natalia V. Ivanova "Our television as a mirror of Russian phalluscracy" ; Anna Altshuk "A woman can create… "; Boris Panteleev "About gender political correctness"; Alla Denisova "Sexism"; Nina Konopleva "Gender identity of a creative personality"; Tatiana Klimenkova "Feminism"; Irina Matveicheva "Violence - is it a norm?"; Interview to Valentina Cherevatenko: "Women who are in power must be professional"; Lubov Vishnevskaya "A vaccination from prejudices"; Natalia Babich "Aboute the research "Woman of the new Russiia what kind is she?"

Women's Association "ZhARiA" is announcing the beginning of the competition for the participation in the educational seminar "Preventive measures of violence among teenagers". Seminar will take place on 19-28 August 2002 in Astana (Borovoye resort).

The third conference on gender equality in the higher education will take place on April 13-16 2003 in Genoa University (Italy).

American Association of University's women invites to take part in the international symposium in November 2002. The main subject of the symposium: how women use their education to solve different problems.

First in Ukraine crisis center for social rehabilitation and adaptation for women - victims of domestic violence- has been established in Lvov.

To review the results of the round table in the Lomonosov Moscow State University in April 2002 collected thesis and reports has been published: "Gender approach to problem of violence: research strategies and role of educational programs".