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DESCRIPTION:https://www.fridae.asia/hk/agenda/6234\n\nAbstracts Submission 
 Date Extended!*\n\nGood news for all those who missed the abstracts submis
 sion deadline for CREA's Count Me In! Conference.\n\n*Due to a large numbe
 r of requests\, we are now accepting abstracts till March 1\, 2011. *\n\nW
 e are still inviting abstracts for Interactive Panels\, Individual Present
 ations and Artistic and Creative Presentations.\n\nDon't miss this chance!
 \nSubmit now by logging on to www.countmeinconference.org\n\n-----------\n
 \nThe movements we create\, the feminist spaces we create\, the programs a
 nd policies we create\, should include all women - but they don't. \n\nCou
 nt Me In! is a South Asia conference for women who have not been counted i
 n. Count Me In! will bring together for the first time - sex workers\, dis
 abled\, single\, young\, HIV-positive\, lesbian\, and trans women from Ind
 ia\, Pakistan\, Nepal\, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka\, to discuss violence aga
 inst women and strategies of resistance. \n\nIn order to create a violence
 -free world\, Count Me In! is working to:\n\nCreate more inclusive movemen
 ts and advocacy processes\, by understanding the violence and nature of ex
 clusion faced by marginalised women.\n\nCelebrate different forms of resis
 tance that have worked to reduce violence against marginalised women\, thr
 ough film screenings and outstanding theatre\, art\, dance and stand-up co
 medy performances.\n\nCollaborate with marginalised women\, women’s move
 ments\, and policy-makers to advocate for policies that prevent and end vi
 olence against sex workers\, lesbians\, disabled\, single\, young and HIV-
 positive women\, and trans people.\n\n\nFrom the 16-18th April 2011\, join
  over 300 academicians\, activists\, performers\, artists\, donors\, filmm
 akers\, researchers and policy makers from South Asia and across the world
  as we seed dialogues of inclusion. Get counting!\n\nPrograms include:\nPl
 enaries and Panels\nPerformances & Films \n\nThe conference is open to peo
 ple who represent/work with sex workers\, lesbians\, young\, disabled\, tr
 ans people\, or are interested in strategies to decrease violence against 
 these marginalised groups.\n\nAll participants\, apart from those applying
  for a scholarship\, must register for the conference. (To apply for a sch
 olarship\, click here)\n\nThe last date for full conference registration i
 s 31st of March 2011.\n\nDay registration will open on 1st of April\, 2011
  and will be subject to space availability.\n                             
              \nFor any questions\, contact Shuchi Tripathi\nat stripathi@c
 reaworld.org   \nhttp://web.creaworld.org/\n\n\nOrganiser:\n\nCREA is a fe
 minist human rights organization based in the global South and led by wome
 n from the global South. CREA promotes\, protects and advances women's hum
 an rights and the sexual rights of all people by strengthening feminist le
 adership\, organizations and movements\, influencing global and national a
 dvocacy\, creating information\, knowledge and scholarship\, changing publ
 ic attitudes and practices\, and addressing social exclusion.\n
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