WUNRN
Ghent, Belgium
November 3-14, 2008
The deadline for
applications is June 30, 2008.
The organisation of the training course “Coordination
of Multi-Sectoral Response to Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Settings”
is a joint initiative of ICRH and the UNFPA Humanitarian Response Unit,
supported by the Flemish Inter-university Council (VLIR), the UN Inter-agency
Standing Committee Gender Task Force and the UN Action against Sexual Violence
in Conflict.
This two-week intensive course is
specifically designed to train qualified experts in gender-based violence (GBV)
from various backgrounds in the coordination of multi-sectoral prevention of
and response to GBV in humanitarian settings.
GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the training course are:
The ultimate goal is to develop a
curriculum that can be used by universities in the South for the organization
of similar courses. In 2007 the course will be organized in English, in 2008 in
French and there are positive perspectives of organizing the course in Spanish
in 2009.
Venue: Monasterium PoortAcker, Oude Houtlei 56,
9000 Ghent (Belgium)
For more information, please contact:
Marleen Bosmans
ICRH/UGent
Tel:
+32 9 332.35.64. Fax: +32 9 332.38.67
E-mail:
marleen.bosmans@ugent.be
or
Bethany Aquilina Blum
Gender-Based
Violence Consultant
UNFPA/Humanitarian
Response Unit
Tel: +1
212. 297.5163 Fax: +1.297.4946
E-mail:
blum@unfpa.org
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