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In this issue:
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I. Quick Guide: Monitoring and Evaluation Tools
II. Country Focus: Bangladesh
III. Useful Website(s): UNESCWA Centre for Women-Lebanon
IV. Experts and Consultants Database: Impact Analysis and Evaluation
V. Latest User Submissions: work on biotechnology, the garment and ICT sectors, female-headed households and NGOs in conflict areas.

**Have you linked to Siyanda http://www.siyanda.org/ from your website yet? Do so and share a wealth of key resources with your users**

I. Quick Guide: Monitoring and Evaluation Tools
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Effective monitoring and evaluation must use both qualitative and quantitative indicators to assess progress towards greater gender equality.

- Development of a Rights Based Monitoring Tool for CARE Malawi, Goulden, J. and Glyde, S., 2004
This report documents the week-long process CARE undertook to design and test an appropriate community-based tool to monitor levels of discrimination.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/goulden_caremalawi.htm

- Gender Evaluation Methodology (GEM ), APC WNSP, 2002
GEM is a field-tested toolkit for incorporating a gender analysis into evaluations of information and communication technologies (ICTs) projects.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/apc_gemmonevatools.htm

- Gender in Monitoring and Evaluation in Rural Development: A Toolkit, Fort, L., Martinez, B. L., and Mukhopadhyay, M., 2001
This toolkit shows how to implement a gender-sensitive monitoring and evaluation system for rural development projects.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/fort_gemruraldev.htm

- Manual for the Participatory Gender Audit, SNV, 2000
This manual, developed by SNV (Netherlands Development Organisation), contains tools to carry out participatory gender audits of the organisation's programmes.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/snv_participataudit.htm

- How to Guide: [Sexual and Gender-Based Violence] SGV Programme Monitoring and Evaluation, Vann, B., 2000
This provides 'how to' guidance on monitoring and evaluation for programmes tackling sexual and gender-based violence (SGV) in refugee settings.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/vann_howtoguide.htm

- A Quick Guide to Using Gender Sensitive Indicators: A Reference Manual for Governments and Other Stakeholders, Beck, T., 1999
Definitions, key features, limitations of, and recommendations for improved development and monitoring of gender-sensitive indicators are addressed in this guide.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/beck_guide2indicators.htm

Summaries written by BRIDGE Team members.

More Siyanda resources on Monitoring and Evaluation Tools can be found through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/. Please visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes: http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm

Gender and ICTs will be the next Quick Guide theme. Users are invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/

II. Country Focus: Bangladesh
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Access key gender resources:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=bangladesh
network with, or find consultants: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=bangladesh

Nicaragua will be the upcoming country of focus. Users can submit current gender and development publications on this country for possible inclusion in the database here: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/
Users are also invited to enter their profile in the Gender Experts and Consultants Database: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm, if they are based in or come from Nicaragua.

III. Useful Website(s):
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The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) Centre for Women-Lebanon
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http://www.escwa.org.lb/ecw/index.asp

The UNESCWA Women's Centre was established in 2003 to improve Arab women's economic, social and political status. The Centre works to achieve this through creating greater awareness of gender-related issues, monitoring developments, analysing the situation of Arab women and providing technical assistance to ESCWA member countries in formulating gender-sensitive policies and strategies, among other things. Its outputs include meetings, research publications, media campaigns, TV spots and documentary films on gender and development issues. The website features the latest news, events, activities and publications on women in the ESCWA region.

For more information contact:
Fatima Sbaity-Kassem, Director
Email: sbaity-kassem@un.org
Mailing Address: Centre for Women
P.O. Box: 11-8575,
Beirut-Lebanon

IV. Experts and Consultants Database: Impact Analysis and Evaluation
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There are 258 gender experts and consultants with skills in impact analysis and evaluation featured on Siyanda. Their work covers a range of topics from transportation "Gender and Time Poverty: the Neglected Social Policy Implications of Gendered Time Transport and Travel" (2000) by Turner, to women's empowerment “Measuring Women's Empowerment” (2001) by Björling, to democracy "Towards Parity Democracy: Analysis and review current electoral system in European Union" (1999) by Castro Garcia and gender auditing "The Gender Audit: A Process for Organizational Self-Assessment and Action Planning" (1999) by Morris. (You can find the above publications by copying and pasting the author's last name into the Name field in the Experts Search page)

- Review the latest experts and consultants added to Siyanda:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/latest.cfm
- Join the growing list of experts and consultants:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm
- Search the database:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/

**Have you networked with or hired someone featured in the Siyanda Experts and Consultants database? If so, then let us know! Email us at: siyanda@ids.ac.uk**

V. Latest User Submissions:
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The following resources, suggested by Siyanda users, are now available on the website:

- Critical Issues Pertaining to the Gender Dimensions of Biotechnology Policy, Thomas, S., 2003
This paper surveys existing research on the varying impact of biotechnology on women and men in developing countries.

- Globalisation and the Gender Division of Labour: Case Study of the Garment and ICT Sectors in Lebanon and Jordan (Arabic), UNESCWA, 2001
This study explores the impact of globalisation on the gendered division of labour in the traditional garment and the modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) sectors in Lebanon and Jordan.

- Female-Headed Households in Selected Conflict-Stricken ESCWA Areas, El-Solh, C., 2001
This study explores the complex links between poverty, conflict and female household headship in Lebanon, Palestine and Yemen.

- Gender, Citizenship and the Role of NGOs in Conflict-Stricken ESCWA Countries: Yemen Case Study (Arabic), Al-Sharjabi, A., 2001
This case-study covering Yemen highlights the role of NGOs in introducing the concept and practice of citizenship with a gender-sensitive orientation.

- Gender, Citizenship and the Role of NGOs in ESCWA Countries Affected by Conflicts: Lebanon Case Study (Arabic), Kiwan, F., 2000
This case study explores the intersection between gender, citizenship, conflict and the role of NGOs in Lebanon.

Users can locate these publications through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/

To suggest a resource for possible inclusion in the Siyanda database, please fill-out the resources submission form: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/ you can also post short pieces of work (not more than 10 pages) in the Users' Corner: http://www.siyanda.org/userscorner/

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Ra'ida Al-Zu'bi
Information and Networking Coordinator/Consultant
BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
at the University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE
(working remotely from Amman, Jordan)

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