Events
Upcoming events
Stories of the Land
In the k.w.i.c. resource centre (ES B101 Trent University, East Bank)
From: 2008-11-25 11h30
To: 2008-11-25 13h00
Description:
Tuesday, November 25th from 11:30 to 1pm: Kawartha World Issues Discussion Series presents 'Stories of the Land': xxxxxxxxxxxxx Free. Bring a lunch and a friend! In the k.w.i.c. resource centre (ES B101 Trent University, East Bank). 748-1680. Please join us every Tuesday in November for a special presentation.
Contact
748-1680
Endind Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
University of Toronto, Convocation Hall
Toronto
From: 2008-11-28 19h30
To: 2008-11-28 00h00
Description:
The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been described by senior United Nations officials as the worst place in the world for women. Despite a ceasefire agreement, the rape, mutilation and sexual slavery of women continue to be used as strategies of war.
Join Stephen Lewis and Dr. Denis Mukwege, founder and Director of the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, DRC, as they discuss the crisis in the Congo and how the Panzi Hospital has become a refuge for women and girls. The hospital provides free medical care and has treated some 15,000 survivors of sexual violence since 1999. Many of the survivors test positive for HIV.
Since 2005, SAFER (Social Aid For the Elimination of Rape) has purchased and shipped $40,000 worth of crucial medical supplies to Panzi Hospital. Since November 2007, the Stephen Lewis Foundation has provided $650,000 to the DRC to help Panzi Hospital establish an extensive HIV/AIDS testing and treatment programme and develop psychosocial support services for the staff and patients who live each day with extreme trauma and suffering.
Contact
www.saferworld.ca
World AIDS Day Breakfast
Arcadian Court 401 Bay Street (at Queen St. W.), 8th Floor Toronto, Ontario
Toronto
From: 2008-12-01 07h00
To: 2008-12-01 09h00
Description:
You are cordially invited to the 5th annual World AIDS Day Breakfast
Keynote Speaker
Kerri Sakamoto
Award-Winning Author
Speaker
Louise Binder
Blueprint for Action on Women & Girls and HIV/AIDS
Video Welcome Address
Her Royal Highness Mette-Marit
Crown Princess of Norway
Host
Aida Memisevic
TV Host and Producer
Monday, December 1, 2008
Registration 7 - 8 am
Program 8 - 9 am
$45 per ticket
$400 per table of 10
Advance ticket sales only
Sponsorships available
Proceeds support
Voices of Positive Women &
Blueprint for Action on Women and Girls and HIV/AIDS
Proudly organized by:
Oxfam Canada,
Voices of Positive Women,
Blueprint for Action on Women and Girls and HIV/AIDS,
Business and Professional Women North Toronto
Contact
Leah Stephenson
WADBreakfast08@gmail.com
(416) 422-0114
womensblueprint.org/en/news/world-aids-day-breakfast-2007-photos/
Canadian Crossroads International - 50th Anniversary Event in Toronto
The Gladstone Hotel - 1214 Queen Street West
Toronto
From: 2008-12-03 18h30
To: 2008-12-03 22h30
Description:
Please join Crossroaders and volunteers across the country in celebrating 50 years of international volunteering and working towards ONE WORLD. Today with the support of volunteers North and South, Canadian Crossroads International is reducing poverty, mitigating the impact of HIV and AIDS and increasing women’s rights through partnership projects between Canada and West Africa, Southern Africa and South America.
We would like to invite CCI alumni, their partners, and others who have worked with or supported CCI over the years to join in the celebration. If you know of alumni with whom we may have lost contact, please invite them.
Reconnect with other Crossroaders. Meet Board Members and staff. Catch up and tell your stories. Please bring a photo of you on your placement for our photo wall.
Contact
info@cciorg.ca
(416) 967-1611 ext. 221
www.cciorg.ca
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