Scholarships Available: Women Deliver Conference, London October 2007

Dear All,

I wanted to remind everyone again about the upcoming conference in London in October: Women Deliver. It looks like it will be a really interesting event, with a lot of material that is quite relevant to the Taskforce’s work.

For information on the conference, visit http://www.womendeliver.org/.

The theme of the conference is “Invest in women – it pays.” The sub-themes are: Improved education for girls, delayed marriage and childbearing, reduced maternal, newborn and child mortality, use of contraception and better family nutrition.

The dates of the conference are: 18-20 October 2007

In particular, I wanted to let you know that there are full scholarships available. These include travel, accommodation, registration, incidental expenses, etc. Deyanira just wrote me to let me know about the programme, and that there are 400 available!

For information on the scholarships, visit: http://www.womendeliver.org/scholarship/index.htm

PLEASE NOTE: THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MAY 15TH!!!!

All of the application matierals are on the website above. You can complete and submit the application online, or print a form and fax it to Women Deliver.

I hope that many of you will apply for this opportunity, and are able to attend! If a number of you indeed decide to go, I will certainly look into going myself, and we can make it an official Taskforce event!

Warm wishes,
Marion