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Nominations for UNESCO Prize open

Dear IFHE members,

As NGO in official partnership with UNESCO, IFHE is invited to nominate candidates for the UNESCO prize “Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education”. The prize comes with a monetary award of USD 25,000.

IFHE will gladly consider nominating qualified candidates (individuals, groups, organizations). Please note that applications are to be submitted to UNESCO directly by the candidates together with an IFHE nomination letter. To apply for such a nomination letter, please send the UNESCO application template to the IFHE Office.

For more details please visit the Prize website (https://en.unesco.org/themes/ict-education/ict-education-prize/nomination).

With kind regards
IFHE Office

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Call for Experts

IFHE plans to submit a statement to the United Nations Commission for Social Development 2021 and is inviting members to contribute.

Theme of the statement is “Socially just transition towards sustainable development: the role of digital technologies on social development and well-being of all”.
We are looking for experts on home economics & digital technologies to contribute to the statement. The more aspects and perspectives we can add, the better.
If you are interested, please send your contact details and background to Annette.ptassek@ifhe.org until 5 October 2020.

More on the Commission on Social Development 2021:
https://www.un.org/development/desa/dspd/united-nations-commission-for-social-development-csocd-social-policy-and-development-division/csocd59.html

Many thanks for your participation and support!

IFHE Office Bonn

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Virtual Council 2020 and Inauguration of New President

The virtual Council meeting 2020 has concluded and almost 70 registered delegates made this new format a success. They took decisions and adopted a resolution on home economics education in 2020.

The Council also marked the start of Gwendolyn HUSTVEDT’s term as new IFHE President 2020-2024.

It certainly would have been nice to celebrate these important event together. And to hand over in person the Distinguished Services Award to 2020 winner Margaret ARCUS. But the “new normal” requires us to find alternatives. To let you participate as much as possible, we  prepared a NEWS RELEASE (attached) as well as:

–       Gwendolyn HUSTVEDT’s video statement where she shares her vision of a way forward (https://youtu.be/rXKh_-CasZ8)
–       The September Newsletter with a focus on the Council and new Presidency (https://www.ifhe.org/membership/ifhe-newsletters/)
–       A Council section at the IFHE website ((https://www.ifhe.org/events/council-2020/) and  more detailed information in the members area.

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Join the Global Conversation

Dear members,

IFHE calls on members & friends to join the global conversation started by the UN to mark its 75th anniversary.

This anniversary comes at challenging times and the UN General Secretary aims to start a discussion about the future we want. We encourage you to share your perspective as a home economist, to share your ideas for building the future and advocate education & research on the responsible management of resources.

The world needs solidarity. Your contribution counts: https://un75.online/

Many thanks for your participation.

Stay healthy!

IFHE Office Bonn – Germany

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IFHE US Grant Recipient Update from the Himalayas

Title of their project: Enabling livelihoods and improved nutrition through micro solar hatchery enterprises for women empowerment and improved nutrition in villages of district Almora, Uttarakhand.

The team works for the “Institute of Himalayan Environmental Research and Education” (INHERE), Chinoni, Uttarakhand, India. The principal contact is Chinmaya Shah.

It is interesting to see the work INHERE is doing in India. You can find more information on the project here. It truly is such an honor to be able to see the work that the IFHE US grant recipients are doing across the globe.

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Reminder to Save the Date: IFHE World Congress 2022

Today would have been the grand IFHE World Congress opening in Atlanta, USA. We dearly regret that we had to postpone this important event and networking opportunity for our profession.

Thanks to the committment of our host IFHE-US, we can look now forward to holding the IFHE World Congress 4-10 September 2022. Please save the date and don’t  don’t miss this global event for home economics exchange.

Registration deadlines and information regarding submission (2020 and 2022) can be found attached below or at the IFHE website: https://www.ifhe.org/events/world-congress-2022/

With kind regards
Annette and Anke (IFHE Office)

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Development Fund Recipient from Pakistan

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We are pleased to announce that the grant proposal project, “Pathways to Pain with Extra
Chromosome: Relations between Societal Discrimination, Parental Functioning & Child
Psychosocial Well-Being” in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) districts of Pakistan has been
selected as one of the 2020-2024 IFHE Development Fund Grant recipients. This proposal was
submitted by Prof Dr. Syeda Kaniz Fatima Haider from the Department of Human Development
and Family Studies, College of Home Economics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan,
The mission of this proposal is to help the lives of people with Down Syndrome and their
families through support, education, public awareness, and advocacy in the rural areas of the
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Districts in Pakistan.

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Requests for Congress Refunds

Dear members and friends,

Please note that refund requests for the IFHE World Congress must be received by August 1, 2020.

Requests must be submitted to the Congress Co-chairs Bev Card and Janine Duncan (find their contact details at the Congress Website: http://www.cvent.com/events/ifhe-2020/event-summary-df64e24cf1f64596ad83baaa8c57e21c.aspx?tw=BF-B1-20-35-3E-35-74-67-72-63-73-71-51-71-91-8D).

Other registrations will be credited for 2022 Congress

With kind regards,
IFHE Office Bonn