Calls for Submissions and Participation

The Centre for the Study of Gender, Social Inequities and Mental Health (CGSM) has announced their annual 2013 Community Based and Academic Trainee opportunities as well as their two year Post Doctoral Fellowship (2013-15).

The CGSM seeks to ameliorate gender and social inequities in the fields of mental health and substance use through innovative critical research, knowledge exchange and training initiatives. The CGSM is especially committed to learning from and training those with lived experiences of resisting social marginalization and/or stigmatization.

The term for each of these appointments begins January 2nd, 2013, and applications are due the beginning of November. Interviews will take place shortly thereafter, with successful candidates notified by December 1st 2012.

Trainees receive a $17,850 annual fellowship plus a $3,000 research stipend. The Post Doctoral Fellow will receive an annual award of $36,750 and research stipend of $5,000.

More information, please visit their website.

The PhiWomen team, a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Team in Sex, Gender and Health Promotion, would like your input their e-survey on a draft framework for effective health promotion for women.

They would like to make sure that the key principles and strategic directions outlined in the framework will be relevant and helpful in multiple contexts and local environments.

They are hoping that this framework will help individuals and organizations in a variety of sectors influence health promotion policy, practice and research to include issues of sex, gender, diversity, and equity.

The survey takes 10 to 15 minutes to complete and will be up until September 30th. Find it here.

To find out more about the work of the PhiWomen team, please go to their website

November 21, 2012

Intimate Partner Violence is a serious public health problem. Health care providers have a role to play in identifying and supporting victims of intimate partner violence. In this training, Dr. Robin Mason will provide background information on women abuse and tools that can be used to screen for intimate partner violence. Dr. Patricia Mousmanis will explain the physician's role in aiding patients facing intimate partner violence. Physicians, dentists, nurses, nurse practitioners, dental hygienists and assistants, and other health care professionals are encouraged to participate either online or over the phone.

Online participants must download a small program to their computer prior to the webinar. Instructions for the program download will be sent with your completed registration. A personal computer with speakers is required. Apple (Mac) computers are not supported at this time.

Telephone participants will be provided a long distance number and access code. US long distance rates will apply. Telephone participants will be emailed the presentation slides before the webinar.

About The Presenters

A request for participants for an online study of sexual communication and body image in women:

The University of Kansas and the University of Arkansas are interested in hearing about your experiences with sexual communication and body image. They are conducting a research study to better understand how women feel about their bodies and their experiences with sexual communication with partners.  Eligible participants will be women who are at least 18 years of age, and with Internet access.  

They’ve created an anonymous research survey, which may take between 10 to 15 minutes to complete.

If you choose to participate, the survey is entirely online here.

Please feel free to forward this email to friends, members of your organizations or groups, and/or colleagues who may be interested in learning more about this study. If you have additional questions about the study, please feel free to email Sonya Satinsky at satinsky@ku.edu or Kristen Jozkowski at kjozkows@uark.edu

The Ontario Women’s Directorate is pleased to invite funding applications for two initiatives that support Ontario’s Sexual Violence Action Plan. Public Education Campaign - Phase Two: Draw-the-Line/ Traçons-les-limites

The Ontario Women's Directorate launches Phase Two: Draw-the-Line/ Traçons-les-limites

For more information, please visit their website.

Deadline for application is Wednesday, September 19th, 4 p.m. EST.

CRIAW invites applications for a 2-3-day/week Project Manager to manage the FemNorthNet research project and its community leadership development initiative for underrepresented women in northern communities.

FemNorthNet explores the experiences of women with economic restructuring in Canadian northern communities. It is a Community-University Research Alliance (CURA) project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Status of Women Canada funds the leadership development initiative through its Blueprints project.

This position is based in the CRIAW office in Ottawa.

Details of the Project Manager position are available on the CRIAW website.

Closing date: September 15 2012

They’re looking for a dynamic ADVOCACY & POLICY INTERN who wants to learn more about how women’s rights organizations work and make a meaningful contribution to our advocacy and policy program.

They're also seeking an ONLINE MEDIA INTERN.

If you or someone you know are interested, please visit their website for information on qualifications, requirements, responsibilities, and how to apply!

Making Menstruation Matter: 20th Biennial Conference of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research

Marymount Manhattan College

New York City

June 6-8, 2013

-How and why does menstruation matter?

-What is the role of the menstrual cycle in girls’ and women’s health, psychological wellbeing, development, social status, body image and sexuality across the lifespan?

-What can be done to remove the shame and secrecy about menstruation that continues to limit open conversation and the integration of the cycle into healthy embodiment?

Conference Highlights include:

-Appearance by feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem, the first recipient of SMCR’s Making Menstruation Matter Award

-Keynote by psychologist Jane Ussher, author of The Madness of Women: Myth and Experience (Routledge, 2011) & Managing the Monstrous Feminine: Regulating the Reproductive Body (Routledge, 2006)

-Plenaries on Public Health and the Menstrual Cycle and Using Social Media to Promote Menstrual Literacy

-Cutting-Edge Research Presentations

-Film Screenings

-The World’s 1st Ever Menstrual Poetry Slam

This multidisciplinary conference creates a space to engage these and related questions. Our members include physicians, nurses, psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, women’s studies scholars, communications studies scholars, artists, literary and cultural critics, health educators, and menstrual activists.

Save the Date! June 6-8, 2013

The planning committee welcomes you to submit a poster or oral abstract to the 2013 North American Refugee Health Conference. A limited number of workshops will also be considered.

The North American Refugee Health Conference is recognized as the premier conference for those who work with refugee populations. Health workers from many disciplines discuss the best health practices to optimize the care of refugee populations. We provide a forum for sharing up-to-date, evidence-based information, and a platform for research, advocacy and mobilization. The preliminary program is now available online.

The abstract acceptance deadline is December 3, 2012.  

For more important dates, abstract guidelines, registration details, and the preliminary program, please check the conference website.

The National Network on Environments and Women's Health (NNEWH) is looking for a part-time Research Administrator (contract position until March 2013).

If interested, please find more details in the on-line posting (PDF).