SIXTH WOMEN AND POLICING CONFERENCE: 23-26 August 2009. "Making it Happen". This conference will explore practical and innovative solutions to how policing is being improved for women, how police services respond to their female employees and how policing responds to women in the community. Venue - the Duxton Hotel, Perth, Western Australia. For more information, go to www.acwap.com.au

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"IS PRISON OBSOLUTE?" CONFERENCE: 2, 3 & 4 September 2009. This conference addresses crucial issues relating to the criminalisation of women, their experience of prison and post release. Venue - Mercure Hotel, Brisbane, Australia. For more information, including Call for Papers, see the Sisters Inside website: http://www.sistersinside.com.au/conference2009.htm

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ASIA PACIFIC WOMEN'S CONFERENCE: 8-10 September 2009. "Women, Peace and Security: Visions for a New World". Philippine Normal University (PNU), Manila, Philippines. For information, contact Peace Women Partners Merci L. Angeles.

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SEX DISCRIMINATION ACT SILVER ANNIVERSARY. The Australian National University (ANU) School of Law is hosting a Conference to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sex Discrimination Act in Australia. 1 and 2 October 2009. For details, see http://law.anu.edu.au/coast/events/Sex_Discrim/conference.htm

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16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE: begins 25 November (the United Nations International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women) and goes through till 10 December (Human Rights Day).

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INTERNATIONAL DAY TO ELIMINATE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: 25 November 2009.

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6TH AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S HEALTH CONFERENCE: 18-21 May 2010. "The New National Agenda". Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, Tasmania. For details, go to the Australian Women's Health Network website.