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Caritas Australia's free e-magazine, OzSpirit, this month focuses on the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women and particularly the situation for women in East Timor. To learn more about this and other social justice issues in Australia and around the world, take a look at OzSpirit.
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International Day for Children, 20 November 2007
20 November is celebrated as the international day for children. The United Nations General Assembly recommended in 1954 (resolution 836 (IX)) that all countries institute a Universal Children's Day, to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children and of activity promoting the welfare of the world's children. The date of 20 November marks the day on which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.

 

VIC: Workshops, “You Can Do It,” 18 and 25 November 2007
A partnership between the YWCA, EMILY’s List Australia (ELA), the Victorian Partnership in Equity Network and the Victorian Local Governance Association (VLGA) are running workshops in Bairnsdale and  Shepparton aimed at getting more Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander women involved in public life.
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VIC: Conference, Human Rights 2007 the Year in Review, 29 November 2007
The Castan Centre will be releasing its review, ‘Human Rights and the Environment. Early Bird Registration to 5 Nov: Full $150; NGOs $70; Students $40. 9.00am – 4.45pm, The CUB Malthouse, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank, Melbourne. Contact: 03 9905 3327 or castan.centre@law.monash.edu.auMore...

 

NSW: Monks of Burma Public Information and Dinner night, 17 November 2007
As one of the upcoming events in solidarity with the monks of Burma, representatives of the Burmese community in Sydney, in collaboration with the Sydney Burma Network are organizing a public information dinner and function night. To be held at Balmain Town Hall, 370 Darling Street, Balmain, NSW on Saturday November 17, 2007 6.00 pm .Seats are limited, and the costs of a ticket (which includes dinner) is AUD $ 27.Bookings can be made through Ko Benya 040201 5985 or Min Thet Naing 043820 9029.

NSW: Clinician’s Workshop in Refugee Survivors and Trauma, 21 – 23 November 2007
A three-day workshop at Carramar exploring practical approaches to advanced clinical practice with refugee survivors of torture and trauma. It will build on skills for clinical practice through reflecting on assessment, trauma impacts, and psychotherapeutic approaches within a cross-cultural framework. This workshop is designed specifically for clinicians. Cost: $250. Contact Sejla Tukelija on 02 9794 1900 for further details.

NSW: ANTaR “Sea of Hands Celebration, 18 November 2007
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation NSW will celebrate 10 years of community action in support of Indigenous people’s rights with a Sea of Hands event at Victoria Park, Parramatta Road, Camperdown from 11.00am to 3.00pm. For further info or if you would like to help on the

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