Forwarded from Julia Tavares, INSTRAW
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>I am pleased to inform you that on the occasion of the Second World
>Assembly on Ageing (Madrid, 8 - 12 April 2002), INSTRAW has initiated its
>special information and networking project Gender Aspects of Ageing . The
>project features special webpages and electronic activities that can be
>accessed through INSTRAW s Website
>at: <http://www.un-instraw.org/ageing>http://www.un-instraw.org/ageing .
>
> Among the items featured on these pages of our Website are:
> * A Special Collection of relevant resources available through a
> searchable database.
> * A compilation of UN official session documents (reports and
> resolutions) on women/gender and ageing dating from 1984 to the present.
> * A collection of reports, articles and other relevant documents
> compiled through INSTRAW s GAINS Networks and other partners.
> * News and Events from Around the World relevant to women/gender and
> ageing.
> * Bulletin Board -focused on ageing aspects of the 12 critical areas
> of concern organized by INSTRAW in collaboration with the Sub-Committee
> on Older Women of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women.
> * Email based discussion forum on selected issues, the first of which
> will focus on gender aspects of older persons violence and abuse to be
> held 15-26 April 2002.
> * A list of relevant links
>With this activity, INSTRAW aims to: i) gather and share information and
>knowledge on diverse aspects of gender and ageing and to provide an easy
>access to it to different stakeholders and users around the world, ii)
>stimulate discussion on policy and implementation aspects of diverse
>women/gender and ageing issues, and iii) promote gender-sensitive
>policy-making and programming on gender and ageing issues.
>
>INSTRAW invites its GAINS network members and other stakeholders to visit
>the webpages and to actively contribute to the successful implementation
>of this project. INSTRAW would like to encourage its network members and
>other stakeholders to consider themselves as active partners in this
>endeavor and that by sharing their knowledge, concerns, and experiences
>they can contribute to build a gender-sensitive society for all ages.
>
>I look forward to actively collaborating with you on this very challenging
>and innovative INSTRAW activity.
>
>Tatjana Sikoska
>
>Officer-in-Charge
>Julia Tavares-Bucher
>Associate Social Affairs Officer - INSTRAW
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