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21 November 2008: Seminar to launch the EN-HERA! Network

On Friday 21th of November a seminar will be organised to launch the EN-HERA! Network: the European Network for the Promotion of SRHS of Refugees & Asylum Seekers in Europe & beyond.

Place: Monasterium PoortAckere, Oude Houtlei 56, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

For more details: see announcement in attachment.

King Baudouin Foundation awards De Beys prize to ICRH

The King Baudouin Foundation has awarded an important medical prize to the ICRH.

The three-yearly De Beys prize is one of the main Belgian medical prizes. It focuses on medical research with a social impact and prioritizing emergency and crisis situations. This prize is an important recognition of the research activities of the ICRH both in Europe and in Africa, Asia and Latin America.  

3-14 November 2008 in Ghent, Belgium: Training course "Coordination of Multi-Sectoral Response to Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Settings"

organized by the ICRH and United Nations Population Fund

This two-week intensive course is designed to train qualified experts in gender-based violence (GBV) from various backgrounds in the coordination of multi-sectoral prevention of and respond to GBV in humanitarian settings.

For more information please find in attachment the announcement and application form

Workshop recommendations EU Seminar Hidden Violence is a Silent Rape

The policy, structural and service recommendations made at the EU Seminar "Hidden Violence is a Silent Rape: Prevention of Gender-based Violence against Refugees in Europe" are now available. See Events & Activities for all documents on this seminar, including the recommendations.

Prevention Tool Sexual and Gender-based Violence downloadable

The Prevention tool developed during the participatory research project: "Prevention of Sexual- and Gender-based Violence against Refugees in Europe" is now available on this site: See Publications. You can download all chapters, guidelines and theme cards separately. Printed versions are available for refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants and service providers or other stakeholders in related fields of sexual and reproductive health of migrants.

Guidance for the introduction of HPV vaccines in EU countries, ECDC, January 2008

developed by a scientific panel of experts with Prof. Dr. Patricia Claeys as chair.

see attachment for the complete Guidance in pdf format

Job Vacancy Mozambique

VACANCY ANOUNCEMENT

ICRH Quarterly -- Issue IV -- October - December 2007

Here we present to you already the fourth ICRH quarterly, which means we've given you updates and information for one year!

Ontwerpwedstrijd: Stop Geweld tegen Vluchtelingen, Asielzoekers & Mensen zonder wettig verblijf

Bent u zelf vluchteling, asielzoeker of een persoon zonder wettig verblijf in België of Nederland? Wil u meewerken aan de preventie van geweld? Kan u op een creatieve manier mensen aanspreken over geweld?

Maak dan een ontwerp voor een kaart of een poster in de vorm van een strip, cartoon, een olieverfschilderij, een foto, of wat u maar zelf bedenkt!

De 14 origineelste en meest sprekende kaarten komen:

JOB VACANCY

Job vacancy for a PhD grantee (2 year BOF project) for statistical analysis and
epidemiological research in the area of sexual and reproductive health at the International Centre for Reproductive Health (ICRH), Ghent University. (Start: 1 September 2007)