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• Australian WomenSpeak 2003: 30 March 2003 - 01 April 2003
  A national women's conference.
• Representing Justice Conference: 12 December 2002 - 14 December 2002
  The conference will discuss how justice is represented in contemporary Australia.
• Women and Policing Globally : 20 October 2002 - 24 October 2002
  Major international conference on improving policing for women and children
• Policing Women Globally 2002: 20 October 2002 - 23 October 2002
  This is the third Australasian Women and Policing Conference and the 40th Annual Training Conference of the IAWP. This conference will provide an exciting and unique opportunity for everyone interested in improving policing for women.
• Dignity, Democracy, Equality: 23 August 2002
  National Strategic Conference on Human Rights Education
• LAWSUPPORT: 30 July 2002 - 31 July 2002
  A two-day training course
• Refugees and Human Rights Support: 23 July 2002
  A forum for supportive action in Canberra
• 'sUStainable Communities': 17 June 2002 - 18 June 2002
  
• Women's Constitutional Convention 2002: Trust the Women Convention - the next hundred years : 11 June 2002 - 13 June 2002
  We are calling on women to be active in communities across Australia, to use 2002 as a year when women look back and, crucially, look forward. To assert your visions, to take your share of the power and to move forward in your communities, your regions, your states and federally to make the future what you want it to be.
• Women's Constitutional Convention 2002: 11 June 2002 - 14 June 2002
  A conference to celebrate 100 years of women having the vote and 40 years of indigenous people having the vote, and to promote women's continuing involvement in political reform and Constitutional change.
• Women and Policing Globally: 30 May 2002
  Major international conference on improving policing for women and children
• Women's Constitutional Convention Workshop: 20 May 2002
  
• Making IT work for the Community Sector: 17 May 2002
  
• Advocacy and Lobbying - making the voice of the community heard: 01 May 2002
  
• National Labor Women's Conference 2002: 26 April 2002 - 28 April 2002
  
• Disability Reform Group: 18 April 2002
  
• Setting the Agenda: ATSIC National Policy Conference 2002: 25 March 2002 - 27 March 2002
  
• International Women's Day: Pamela Denoon Lecture: 07 March 2002
  
• National Refugee Protest: 12 February 2002
  

• Women's History Month 2005: 01 March 2005 - 31 March 2005
  
• Improving Women's Safety- State and Territory Forums: 29 October 2002
  Health Outcomes International is undertaking the Improving Women's Safety Project. This project has been commissioned by the Commonwealth Office of the Status of Women. The aim of this project is to identify ways that women and children who are victims of domestic violence or family violence can remain safely in their homes while the perpetrator leaves.
• Rural Women's Award 2002: 15 October 2002
  
• Breast Cancer Awareness Month: 01 October 2002
  October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The National Breast Cancer Foundation's Pink Ribbon Day this year is on Monday 28 October.
• 2002 Human Rights Award: 27 September 2002
  
• World Breastfeeding Week: 01 August 2002 - 07 August 2002
  The theme for 2002 is 'Breatfeeding: Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies'.
• Outstanding Women In Non-Traditional Areas Of Work And Study, National Awards 2002: 01 August 2002
  
• International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture: 26 June 2002
  
• World Refugee Day: 20 June 2002
  
• World Environment Day : 05 June 2002
  
• Changing the Face of Family Law Practice: 17 May 2002 - 30 August 2002
  Seminar
• Law Week: 'Taking to the Streets': 13 May 2002 - 19 May 2002
  
• OSW Capacity Building Workshops: 09 May 2002 - 21 June 2002
  Workshop
• National Youth Week: 07 April 2002 - 14 April 2002
  
• International Women's Day: 08 March 2002
  
• Women's History Month: 01 March 2002 - 31 March 2002
  
• Order of Australia Awards: 19 February 2002
  

• Fourth Australasian Women and Policing Conference: Improving Policing for Women in the Asia Pacific Region: 21 August 2005 - 24 August 2005
  

• International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women : 25 November 2005
  
• 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign: 25 November 2005 - 10 December 2005
  
• International Women's Day: 08 March 2005
  
• Global Week of Action – Beijing and Beyond: 01 March 2005
  
• 2005 - International Year of Microcredit: 01 January 2005
  
• Second World Congress on Family Violence (WCFV): 21 June 2003 - 26 June 2003
  
• Johannesburg Summit: 24 August 2002 - 07 September 2002
  World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002 to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Celebrating Mountain Women: 28 May 2002 - 31 May 2002
  To be held in Nepal
• 26th Session, UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: 14 January 2002 - 01 February 2002
  To be held in New York

• Activating Human Rights & Diversity Conference: 01 July 2003 - 04 July 2003
  The forum will address topics such as children, cultural diversity and the globalisation of human rights. There will be a number of prominent speakers attending addressing contemporary human rights concerns.
• Local And Global Voices: Activating Human Rights and Diversity Conference: 03 February 2003
  
• Global Alliance for Justice Education Regional Conference: 09 December 2002 - 11 December 2002
  The Global Alliance for Justice Education (GAJE) brings together legal academics, law students, jurists, community workers, advocates and legal practitioners from around the world with the common goal of achieving justice through legal education.
• Making links - Crossing Borders: 09 December 2002 - 11 December 2002
  20th Annual Law and Society Conference
• Making Links - Crossing Borders: 09 December 2002
  20th Annual Law Society Conference
• Rural Australians For Refugees "Get Together": 07 December 2002 - 08 December 2002
  
• Amnesty International Global Human Rights Conference: 30 October 2002
  Running in conjunction with the Sydney 2002 Gay Games Outreach Festival of Ideas and Ideals, the Global Human Rights Conference will focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues (LGBT).
• Albury/Wagga Community Legal Education Week: 14 October 2002
  
• The 9th National Conference for the Association for the Welfare of Child Health: 10 October 2002 - 11 October 2002
  Addressing the impact of the justice system on the health of children, young people and their families.
• The 9th National Conference of the Association for the Welfare of Child Health: 10 October 2002 - 11 October 2002
  Addressing the impact of the justice system on the health of children, young people and their families.
• NSW Women's Gathering 2002: 27 September 2002 - 29 September 2002
  
• Crime Prevention: 12 September 2002 - 13 September 2002
  
• Children's Lawyer Awards 2002: 06 September 2002
  
• National Work and Family Conference: 04 September 2002
  Award winning family friendly companies, public, private and community sector managers, policy makers and researchers come together to debate strategies for the 21st century. Hosted by the federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
• Men and Relationships: Implications for the Workplace: 03 September 2002
  Men's Line Australia and Relationships Australia are continuing their management seminar entitled Men and Relationships: Implications for the Workplace. After a successful seminar in Melbourne, the seminar will be conducted in Sydney on the 3 September 2002
• Roundtable on Dialogue Amongst Civilisations: 31 August 2002 - 01 September 2002
  
• Community Education and Community Building for Justice and the Law: 26 July 2002
  A one day forum convened by the Centre for Popular Education, UTS for community workers, youth workers, community education project officers, tenants' advocacy and advise workers, lawyers, co-ordinators, policy-makers, researchers and academics.
• Second National Conference on Women in Science Technology and Engineering: 18 July 2002 - 19 July 2002
  
• Setting the Agenda for Rural Women: Research Directions : 16 July 2002 - 17 July 2002
  
• Setting the Agenda for Rural Women: Research Directions: 16 July 2002 - 17 July 2002
  
• Law's Enterprise: The 21st Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society: 11 July 2002 - 13 July 2002
  Hosted by the division of Law at the Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, the 21st Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society will be held at the Carrington Hotel, approximately 90 minutes from Sydney.
• 'Law's Enterprise': 11 July 2002 - 13 July 2002
  The 21st Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society
• 9th Interdisciplinary Gender Studies Conference: 21 June 2002
  The University of Newcastle is holding its annual Interdisciplinary Gender Studies conference on Friday 21 June 2002. The Conference is concerned with gender issues of interest to those from a wide range of academic disciplines.
• Strategic Planning workshops for Women's Organisations: 20 June 2002
  
• Interdisciplinary Gender Studies Conference: 24 April 2002
  
• Australian Women and Earth Conference: 03 April 2002 - 07 April 2002
  
• The Status of Women in Australia and Canada: 22 March 2002 - 23 March 2002
  
• Beyond Tolerance: A National Conference on Racism in Australia: 12 March 2002 - 13 March 2002
  
• Inaugural Mudgin-Gal Recognition of Aboriginal Women Awards Ceremony: 08 March 2002
  The event aims to recognise the extensive work being done by Aboriginal women to strengthen our communities.
• Western Australian Women's Conference 2002: 07 March 2002 - 08 March 2002
  Women working together to define the future.
• International Women's Day Celebration: 07 March 2002
  
• Global Games: Positioning Australian Agriculture in the Global Environment: 22 February 2002 - 25 February 2002
  

• 33rd Session Committee on the Eliminiation of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: 05 July 2005 - 22 July 2005
  
• Beijing + 10: 49th session of the Commission on the Status of Women : 28 February 2005 - 11 March 2005
  
• 32nd Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: 10 January 2005 - 28 January 2005
  

• Strehlow Conference 2002: 18 September 2002 - 20 September 2002
  

• International Conference: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: 30 July 2003 - 01 August 2003
  A conference focusing on training, presentations and workshops for those concerned with the domestic violence and sexual assault fields.
• 3rd National Homelessness Conference: 06 April 2003 - 08 April 2003
  The conference is focused on bringing together the community sector with other stakeholders to generate agreed directions for policy and programs to alleviate and respond to homelessness in Australia
• Violence and Child Contact: Family Law Reform Act 1995 - Forum: 04 April 2003
  A forum discussing domestic violence and child contact.
• Making the Youth Justice System Work Better: 21 February 2003 - 22 February 2003
  
• 3rd National Homelessness Conference: 14 November 2002
  The Australian Federation of Homelessness Organisations (AFHO) is making a call for papers and all people working to respond to and prevent homelessness are encouraged to submit an abstract. No previous experience presenting at conferences is required. The AFHO secretariet is happy to discuss abstracts and to assist people in developing their proposals.
• Across Our Great Divide : 01 August 2002 - 03 August 2002
  Australian Women in Agriculture (AWiA) national conference and AGM.
• Townsville International Women's Conference - 'Poverty, Violence and Women's Rights: Setting a Global Agenda': 03 July 2002 - 07 July 2002
  
• Victims of Crime Association: Queensland State Conference 2002: 30 May 2002 - 31 May 2002
  Conference Theme : Resilient Workers Supporting Resilient Survivors
• 6th Working for Common Wealth International Conference: 20 May 2002 - 24 May 2002
  
• Community Capital Conference: 11 April 2002 - 12 April 2002
  
• Australian Indigenous Health Conference: 21 March 2002 - 22 March 2002
  This conference will promote initiatives in Indigenous children's health from both government and community based organisations.
• 2002 Australian Indigenous Health Conference: 18 March 2002 - 19 March 2002
  
• Enhancing Family Functioning:From Research to Practice: 21 February 2002 - 22 February 2002
  
• Townsville International Women's Conference - 'Poverty, Violence and Women's Rights: Setting a Global Agenda': 14 February 2002
  
• Victims of Crime Association: Queensland State Conference 2002: 11 January 2002
  

• 9th Interdisciplinary Congress on Women: 09 June 2005 - 24 June 2005
  

• 4th World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights, Cape Town, South Africa: 20 March 2005 - 23 March 2005
  

• The 12th International Conference of the Nursing Network on Violence Against Women: 20 June 2003
  This conference aims to provide a forum for all those who work in human services to come together and discuss the work that is occurring to end violence against women and children and promote their safety.
• SA Rural Women's Gathering: 02 August 2002 - 04 July 2002
  
• Standing United: Conference on Substance Misuse in Indigenous Communities: 28 July 2002
  The NISMC specialises in substance misuse within Australia. The NISMC charter is to assist Indigenous communities in the area of substance misuse by highlighting issues on all levels that may impact on their community.
• Mothering and Mental Health: 16 May 2002
  
• Recreating Motherhood: 10 May 2002
  
• The Candle Light Walk: 05 April 2002
  The Candle Light Walk calls for justice and peace, a Treaty and a Bill of Rights.

• The Ninth Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect: 24 November 2003 - 27 November 2003
  
• Australian and New Zeland Society of Criminology Conference 2003: 01 October 2003 - 03 October 2003
  A conference
• 28th International Congress on Law and Mental Health: 28 September 2003
  Plenary Day September 30, 2003: Social Justice Within Diversity The plenary theme for the 28th Congress will address issues of equity and access to mental health and the law within a multicultural society such as Australia, and in the context of globalisation, development and disparity within the Pacific region. Some of these themes will carry over to the parallel sessions of the Congress. Parallel Sessions October 1-3, 2003: Between 250-300 experts in approximately 60 sessions will present on new developments and research on a broad range of issues in Law and Mental Health. Colleagues are invited to peruse prior programs of the IALMH Congresses for examples of topics addressed on a regular basis.
• Australian Social Policy Conference 2003 - 'Social Inclusion': 09 July 2003 - 11 July 2003
  A conference on social policy and issues of inclusion.
• Call for Papers - The Ninth Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect: 28 March 2003
  A call for papers
• NCOSS Conference - 'Advocacy!': 12 March 2003
  A conference exploring advocacy by community organisations.

• 7th National Rural Health Conference: 01 March 2003 - 04 March 2003
  A conference on the health of rural communities.
• ACOSS Congress: Fair and Inclusive Australia: 28 November 2002 - 29 November 2002
  The conference will deal with the meaning of fairness and inclusion in contemporary Australia and identify some of the challenges and ways forward.

• International Perpectives: Global Voices for Gender Equity: 15 November 2002 - 17 November 2002
  A symposium to explore how women create change.

• Eighth Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference 2003: 12 February 2003 - 14 February 2003
  A conference on parenting, families and society.
• Getting government to listen - call to indigenous people in Victoria: 10 December 2002 - 11 December 2002
  This practical workshop for indigenous individuals and groups looks at the Australian and international legal system and human rights, and considers how these rights can be best utilised by indigenous communities.
• Childen's Contact Services National Seminar: 26 November 2002 - 27 November 2002
  The 2 day ACCSA National Seminar will focus on issues of practical concern in operating a supervised parent/child contact centre.
• 4th International Aged Care Housing Summit: 06 November 2002 - 08 November 2002
  
• The Role of Schools in Crime Prevention: 30 September 2002 - 01 October 2002
  The aims of the conference is to provide an opportunity for practitioners, researchers and policymakers involved with the prevention of anti-social behaviour and crime in schools to discuss the incidence and types of these activities. Particular emphasis will be placed on preventive strategies and pro-active programs.
• Current Issues in Regulation: Enforcement and Compliance: 02 September 2002 -
  
• Inclusive Activism: Confronting the Politics of Exclusion: 01 September 2002 - 04 September 2002
  National Community Legal Centre Conference
• Open Space: 31 August 2002
  Regional Rural and Remote Community Legal Centres Network Meeting
• White Women, Indigenous People and the Commonwealth Vote : 17 May 2002
  
• Healthy Wealthy Women's Day: 11 May 2002
  
• Refugees: Yes or No?: 08 May 2002
  
• Housing, Crime and Stronger Communities: 06 May 2002 - 07 May 2002
  The aim of the conference is to provide a forum in which law enforcement practitioners and criminological researchers can converse with housing studies practitioners and researchers.
• 13th Annual Victoria Women on Farms Gathering: 12 April 2002 - 14 April 2002
  
• Women Ageing Well: Mind and Body Health: 21 March 2002
  
• 10th National Family Law Conference: 16 March 2002 - 20 March 2002
  
• Fertile Ground: 13 March 2002
  Three short plays examining women's lives and relationships.
• Stop the Traffic Symposium: Addressing Trafficking in Women for Prostitution: 25 February 2002
  

• 11th International Women In Leadership Conference: 28 November 2002
  The 11th International Women In Leadership Conference, Reimagining Leading: Home and in the Marketplace, will be held 28th to 29th November 2002, at Edith Cowan University, Perth.
• Women's Refuge Group Conference: 29 October 2002 - 31 October 2002
  An international conference to promote established programs and practices within the field of family and domestic violence.
• Maturity Matters, 6th Global Conference on Aging: 27 October 2002 - 30 October 2002
  
• Law - What is it Good for?: 29 September 2002 - 02 October 2002
  
• Probation and Community Corrections: Making the Community Safer: 23 September 2002 - 24 September 2002
  This conference will provide a platform for the dissemination of information about current and proposed practice and research in the wide field of community corrections.

• Women and Gambling: the Private and the Public Picture: 11 April 2003 - 12 April 2003
  A conference