[DIV28SUPER] Inwomen Meeting: Save the Date

 

	The Women’s International Group asks you to save-the-date International Conference on Women, Children, and Gender Friday, June 17, 2011, 12:00 to 17:30 Westin Hotel, Hollywood, Florida, USA Planning is underway for the 2011 InWomen conference, the second annual International Women's and Children's Health and Gender Working Group conference held in conjunction with the NIDA International Forum and the CPDD Annual Scientific Meeting. The 180 registered InWomen members have received a survey asking them to set priorities for the 2011 conference. Virtual meetings are held monthly. Those interested can visit the NIDA International Virtual Collaboratory (NIVC) or contact InWomen Chair Wendee Wechsberg, Ph.D., RTI International, wmw@rti.org. The first InWomen conference, held last year, attracted participants from 27 countries. The 2010 conference participants held nine roundtables where senior researchers and new investigators identified topics for future discussion and work; their reports are available in NIVC InWomen working group folder. At the 2010 conference, registrants also received an annotated bibliography on Key Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Articles Focused on Women's Issues From Around the World. This document is available to the public at http://nivc.perpich.com/groups/public/resources. If you would like know the mission and join the InWomen's network, please go to http://nivc.perpich.com and register online. Membership is free. When you fill out the registration form, be sure to select the International Women's and Children's Health and Gender Group (InWomen) from the group list at the bottom of the form. Your registration will be activated within 48 hours and you will be automatically added to a discussion list to get alerts for upcoming meetings and where the minutes from meetings are disseminated. For more information on the Virtual Collaboratory, contact JGPerpich, LLC staff: info@perpich.com.