From: Sofia Bonilla Date: March 27, 2023 Subject: GPPS: 3/27 Newsletter
Hello GPPS community!
Thanks to all who attended the Networking Event last Thursday. It was a huge success. Cheers to incorporating gender into our professional careers!ƒÑé
Events:
Unconscious Bias Workshop
Date: March 30 Time: 4-6pm Location: IAB 409
Join Women in Leadership to learn more about unconscious biases, their impact, and how to become an agent of change. Food and drinks will be provided.
Queer Stories on the Move: Open Mic & Poetry
Date: March 28 Time: 7-9pm Location: Suite 992 Amsterdam
Join Spectrum, the Black Student Union, LASA, and the Migration Working Group tomorrow at 7pm for an open mic & story slam featuring Queer Stories on the Move!
Rhonda Dailey, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Research in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences (DFMPHS) in the School of Medicine and Scientific Director to the Office of Community Engaged Research (OCEnR), within the Office of the Vice President of Research, at Wayne State University. Formally trained in medicine, Dr. Dailey has over 20 years of experience in behavioral and health-disparities research and expertise in the recruitment and retention of minority populations in clinical settings and the engagement of medical professionals and community stakeholders in research. Dr. Dailey will provide an overview of the impact of social determinants of health (economic, neighborhood environment, and healthcare) on perinatal health disparities and will discuss her publication of a validity and reliability analysis of the Quality of Prenatal Care Questionnaire (QPCQ), a 46-item instrument used to measure prenatal care quality perceptions in a cohort of Black women enrolled in the Biosocial Impact on Black Births (BIBB) study.
Meet women in technology at the top of their game in various domains. In honor of international women's month, join The WICT Network: New York chapter as we celebrate HERSTORY. An open conversation with women who have elevated and evolved male dominated industries and made their mark on technology. This event celebrates the contributions that women have made on technology, while focusing on how we can improve the opportunities for women to contribute to the next era of innovation. We encourage you to be part of this uplifting, motivational, and educational discussion. The panelists represent the narrative of “Where We’ve Been” and “Where We’re Going”
Date: Thursday, March 30 Time: 7:30-8:30pm Location: Casa Italiana
The pianist Magdalena Baczewska brings the renowned Cassatt String Quartet to the Italian Academy to perform music by three American women — Amy Beach, Dorothy Rudd Moore, and Florence Price. The concert is free, and advance reservations are recommended.
"The Walt Disney Company will host a major conference promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in the workplace in Central Florida this September, gathering executives and professionals from the world’s largest companies in a defiant display of the limits of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign against diversity training."
Banyan Global - Gender Expert Consultants
ƒôìNigeria
Nigeria-based gender experts (consultants) will provide technical assistance and capacity-building support on select tasks to USAID/Nigeria and Implementing Partners (IPs). This consultancy supports services delivered to USAID/Nigeria under the Gender Integration Technical Assistance (GITA) II Task Order.
Gender experts will help improve gender integration across sectors including, education, economic growth, peace and democratic governance, and health. The consultant’s contributions will span across the USAID Program Cycle, with a particular focus on activity design and implementation.
Banyan Global anticipates engaging gender experts between January 2023 – September 2023, with consulting assignments ranging from week-long full-time tasks to long-term part-time tasks.
For more information about the role and to apply, click here!
Mercy Corps - Consultant, Curriculum Design and Human Centered Design
ƒôìRemote
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within.
The Gender and Youth Activity (GAYA) is an Associate Award (AA) under the Implementer Led Design, Evidence, Analysis, and Learning (IDEAL) program. This AA is an $8.8 million dollar program over 5 years designed to provide strategic capacity strengthening and learning in gender and youth to Implementing Partners (IPs) of USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) programs and other food security stakeholders. The GAYA award is currently in its second year of implementation.
The GAYA seeks a Curriculum Design and Human Centered Design (HCD) Consultant to play a key role in the Gender, Youth, Food Security & Resilience Fellowship pilot.
For more information about the role and to apply, click here!
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - Consultant, Protection, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI)
ƒôìIndonesia
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 192-member National Societies. Indonesia Red Cross Societies or Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) has a long history of supporting communities to respond to and recover from disasters. One of the strategic goals of PMI is to increase the quality and reach of response to disaster and health crises. Over the past five years, the IFRC’s and National Societies’ approach to tackling violence, discrimination, and exclusion has been strengthened through the consolidation of an area of focus on Protection, Gender, and Inclusion, now integrated into the Values, Power, and Inclusion strategic priority identified in Strategy 2030 and PGI operational framework in 2021.
Deadline: March 29 Click here to read more and apply.
Blog Submissions:
We are still collecting blog submissions so please feel free to send us any short pieces you have! Examples of submissions are:
Op-ed
Movie, TV show, or book review
Spotlight on gender-related data
Spotlight a university professor, class, center, or program
Interview with a professor or alumni
Policy review
and more!
Posts should be about 500 words and include a link to more information on the subject matter (can be a website, image, video, etc). Final versions are subject to edits by GPPS program staff.
