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Subject: MFM Award - Call for Nominations


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The Mary Fran Myers Award
Request for 2004 Nominations

The Gender and Disaster Network (GDIN) and the Natural Hazards Center
invite
nominations of individuals working in the hazards field who should be
recognized for "efforts to advance women's careers in emergency
management and
the academy and for promoting gendered disaster research." Established
in
2002, the Mary Fran Myers Award recognizes that vulnerability to
disasters and
mass emergencies is influenced by social, cultural, and economic
structures
that marginalize women and girls. The award was so named to recognize
Mary
Fran's sustained efforts to launch a worldwide network among disaster
professionals for advancing women's careers and for promoting research
on
gender issues, disasters, emergency management, and higher education.

The intent of this award is to recognize people whose program-related
activities, advocacy efforts, or research has had a lasting, positive
impact
in reducing hazards vulnerability for women and girls. The award
committee is
especially interested in soliciting nominations from countries outside
the
U.S. People whose work add to the body of knowledge on gender and
disasters;
is significant for the theory and/or practice of gender and disasters;
or who
have furthered opportunities for women to succeed in the hazards fields
are
eligible to receive the award.

Nominations are due June 1, 2004.

To nominate someone:

1.      Submit the full name and contact information (e-mail, mailing
address,
telephone, and fax) of both nominee and nominator.
2.      Provide a maximum 500 word description of specific examples of
how the
nominee's work fits the award criteria mentioned above.
3.      Provide a maximum two-page resume/CV of the nominee that
reflects
his/her commitment over time to gendered research and the promotion of
women's
involvement in the field.
4.      Provide no more than two letters of support not to exceed one
page
from other people or organizations that support the nomination.

Submit these materials (e-mail attachment preferred) no later than June
1,
2004 to:

Lori Peek; Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, 482 UCB,
Boulder,
CO 80309-0482 USA;
e-mail: [log in to unmask]

For questions, contact Lori Peek at [log in to unmask] or call
1-303-492-
1028.

The Gender and Disaster Network
(http://online.northumbria.ac.uk/geography_research/gdn/) consists of
women
and men from around the world interested in gender relations in the
context of
disasters such as earthquakes, floods, hazardous materials events,
tornadoes,
famine, cyclones, and other such events. The networks' goals are to
document
and analyze gendered experiences before, during, and after disasters,
and to
conduct interdisciplinary and collaborative research projects.

The Natural Hazards Center (http://www.colorado.edu/hazards) serves as a
national and international clearinghouse of knowledge concerning the
social
science and policy aspects of disasters. The Center collects and shares
research and experience related to preparedness for, response to,
recovery
from, and mitigation of disasters, emphasizing the link between hazard
mitigation and sustainability to both producers and users of research
and
knowledge on extreme events.


--
Lori Peek
University of Colorado
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology
Research Assistant, Natural Hazards Center
482 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0482
303-492-1028 (phone); 303-492-2151 (fax)
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