Realsa. Official travel agency where you can find information about transportation, hotels and fares. You can also do your online reservations. Responsible: Eduardo del Real.

 

DEADLINE EXTENSION

The General Secretariat of the V International Congress Woman, Work & Health announces that the reception of proposals has closed. Nevertheless, registrations for assistants continue.

   CALL FOR PAPERS

The Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (UAZ), the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Iniciativa Ciudadana y Desarrollo Social (INCIDE Social, A.C.), El Colegio de Sonora, the Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C. and Zanzana, Conocimiento y Expresión, A.C.

with the auspices of the International Labor Organization and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung,

INVITE

all academicians, workers, union members, members of the civil society, decision makers, policy makers and the interested general public to the

V International Congress Women, Work and Health
"Towards decent and healthy jobs for women"

to take place in the City of Zacatecas, Mexico on October 27th to 31st, 2008.

The objectives of this V Congress are the following:

• To progress in the discussion of the main issues related to women’s work and health at the local, national, Latin American and international levels.
• To progress in the organization of women towards the improvement of the conditions in both remunerated and non-remunerated work.
• To propitiate the coordination of efforts between all actors whose mission is a commitment on issues related to women’s work and health.
• To go beyond the subject of women’s health from a traditional point of view towards a methodological proposal that is based on health-disease determinants.

Guidelines

1.       Persons from all around the world who present a proposal related to the subjects of the congress can participate.

2.       All the proposals, in any format, will be reviewed and selected y a thematic committee.

3.       Participation as an attendant to the congress is limited to a register and the payment of the subscription fee.

4.       The reception of proposals will open on November 5, 2007 and it will close on March 15, 2008. In the case of those sent by mail, the date of the postmark will be considered as the date of receipt.

5.      The organization of the congress themes is the result of a long discusión process. They are focused on health determinants, which are shared by the World Health Organization, and in the organized social responsed to them. We seek that the discussion and actions be defined and based on the determinants, and not limited to the efectos of work on health.

6.       The works must be registered under one of the themes grouped in the following seven thematic axes:

Situation of the Work Market
Non-remunerated Work
Organization of work
Work Conditions and Work Environment
Policies
Rights and Justice
Methodologies

7.       The forms of participation will be the following:

Free oral works
Testimonies
Posters (presented in Arena)
Pre-organized tables
Organization Forums

8.       For the free oral works and testimonies the speaker will have 15 minutes for its presentation. The posters will be presented in an Arena. For these three forms of participation, the interested party must fill up the attached registration form an incluide a abstract of its work, no longer than 300 words in Arial 10 pts, single spaced and unformatted. The abstract for the free oral works and posters must include objective, methodology, results and conclusions. For the testimonies, the abstracts must underline the aspects of pertinence and relevance to the Congress themes.

9.       The proposals for pre-organized tables, a representative must fill up the attached registration form with the name of the table and an abstract of the proposal including the theme, members of the table and requirements. Also, each participant in the table must fill up her/his registration form and send a abstract of no more than 300 words in arial 10 pts, single spaced and unformatted. The works presented in the pre-organized tables must also be submitted to the registry and selection processes, the same as all the free works.

10.   The forms can be filled up online or printed out and sent by post. Any documents that do not comply with the format requirements will be rejected.

 

The works selection process will be in charge of the Selection Committee. All acceptance answers will be sent to the interested parties between May 15 and June 30, 2008. In the case of conditioned abstracts, the interested party must make the suggested changes within the established time limit, to be able to continue with the subscription process.

The subscription fees are the following:

Participant	Fee before June 31, 2008	Fee from July 1 to October 20, 2008	In site fee (October 21 to 27, 2008)
Speaker	250 USD	300 USD	350 USD
Attendants	200 USD	250 USD	300 USD
Students in general	150 USD	200 USD	250 USD
UAZ Academicians	500 pesos	500 pesos	1500 pesos
UAZ Students	250 pesos	250 pesos	500 pesos

The payments may be done through bank transfer or in situ.

Any doubts or issues related to the selection of works will be solved by the Selection Committee. Any issue related with this call will be solved by the General Secretariat of the V Congress.

The present invitation has been published on México City, México, on November 1st, 2007.

 

Leonor A. Cedillo
General Secretary
V International Congress “Women, Work and Health”

Online registry to the Congress http://www.zanzana-ac.org/eng/registration.php 
Postal Registration Address: V Congreso Mujer, Trabajo y Salud
                                         Apartado Postal 21-041
                                         04021, México, D.F. 
                                         M  E  X  I  C  O

Information contacts: 2008wwh@gmail.com
                               contactowwh08@zanzana-ac.org

Thematic Coordination: tematicawwh08@zanzana-ac.org

Arena: This format consists in the previous reception of abstracts by all the participants on the subjects groupes on each arena, the objective is that during the poster exhibition discussions will arise on the grouped theme.

 

Call for papers (print version)

Registry Form (print version)

 

OFFICIAL TRAVEL AGENCY

Visit the webpage of the agency where you can find information about hotels and rates. You can also do your online reservation.

Agency name:   Realsa Agencia de viajes SA de CV
                       Av González Ortega No. 104-2 
                       Zona Centro 
                       Zacatecas, México
                       CP 98000
                       (492) 922 92 04 phone
                       (492) 925 09 76 fax

Web page: www.viajesrealsa.com.mx
E-mail: contacto@viajesrealsa.com.mx
           agencia_realsa@hotmail.com

Contacts: Mr. Eduardo Del Real Sánchez
               Ms. Lucero Herrera Romo

Payments

The Congress fee includes:

Inscription
Abstract book and materials
Lunch (from 27th to 30th)
Opening cocktail (October 27th)
Closing Dinner (October 31st)

In order to finish with your registration process, once you have received the confirmation and your REGISTRY NUMBER, in case of attendants, and when you have received your acceptance letter, in case of speakers, please be so kind to make your fee payment through any of the next procedures:

WIRE TRANSFER
Fill the attached document with the respective information and pay at your bank.

Internet Transfer/deposit
Nr. CLABE: 072 180 00548041161 2
Besides the CLABE Nr., the next information is required (it is also available at the attached document):

Intermediary Bank/ Fed Routing: 021-000-018
Swift Bic: IRVTUS3N
Bank name: The Bank of New Cork
Location: New York, USA

Beneficiary´s Bank/ Swift Bic: MENOMXMT
Bank name: Banco Mercantil del Norte, S.A.
Location: Monterrey, Mexico

Beneficiary´s customer/ Account Number: 0548041161
Beneficiary´s Full Name: Zanzana, Conocimiento y Expresion, A.C.
Additional Information: V WWH Congress fee

Once done the payment, please send a copy of the transfer receipt to registrowwh08@gmail.com  including your name and Registry number, in order to confirm the transaction and extend your fee payment confirmation.