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Thought this might be of interest to FABers: >> >> > From: "INSTRAW" <[log in to unmask]> >> > Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:38:24 -0500 >> > >> > Dear Colleagues, >> > >> > I would like to acquaint you with the United Nations International >> > Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) >> > and its new Gender Awareness Information and Networking System (GAINS). >> > GAINS is an internet based system that will serve at the global level in >> > the production, management and dissemination of knowledge and >> > information on critical issues and trends from a gender perspective. The >> > prototype of GAINS was launched at the Special Session of the General >> > Assembly "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the >> > twenty first century", also known as Beijing +5 (New York, June2000). >> > For more information on GAINS, I would like to invite you to visit our >> > web site at www.un-instraw-gains.org. >> > >> > GAINS will operate through a series of global networks of gender >> > researchers, trainers, information technology specialists and women's >> > organizations. These networks will serve as a permanent and dynamic >> > "virtual workshop" that will produce, exchange, manage and disseminate >> > gender related knowledge and information. >> > >> > As a global institute for gender research and training, INSTRAW welcomes >> > visiting scholars who are on sabbatical to come to the Institute's >> > headquarters in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to conduct research >> > on topics of relevance to the international gender and development >> > agenda. In 2001, INSTRAW will be initiating global "collaborative" >> > research projects in a number of areas, including: >> > >> > a) theorizing on violence against women, >> > b) gender and information technologies (IT), >> > c) women and conflict resolution, >> > d) the role of men in promoting gender equality. >> > >> > Visiting scholars can work on these research projects or any >> > other related to the critical areas of concern identified by the >> > international community at Beijing +5. We are now looking at developing >> > innovative methodologies and break new ground in conducting such >> > research and training through new information technologies. >> > >> > If you or other scholars in your university are interested in joining us >> > in 2001 please get in touch with me at [log in to unmask] so >> > that we can discuss this further. I would also like to encourage you to >> > join our Platform for Research on Women and Gender Issues, through which >> > collaborative research projects will be conducted. Attached is more >> > information on this Platform and an application form for joining it. >> > >> > I look forward to hearing from you. >> > >> > Sincerely yours, >> > >> > >> > Eleni Stamiris >> > >> > Director >> > >> > United Nations INSTRAW >> > Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic >> > Tel: (809) 685-2111 >> > Fax: (809) 685-2117 >> > www.un-instraw-gains.org >> > >> > >> > >> > > >Richard Rorty 650-725-8646 (office) >Department of Comparative Literature 650-723-3566 (dept) >Stanford University 650-723-4090 (FAX) >Stanford, CA 94305-2031 650-856-8048 (home) > > > Mary V. Rorty 650-856-8048 (phone) 82 Peter Coutts Circle 650-856-4027 (FAX) Stanford, CA 94305