Siyanda Update:
Issue No. 9, February 2003
http://www.siyanda.org/
Past issues of the update available at: http://www.siyanda.org/archive.htm
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INDEX:
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I. Database Highlights: Gender and Budgets
II. Partner Profile: North American Gender and Trade Network
III. Websites of Interest: South Asian Research Network (SARN)
IV. Call for Contributions: Research on Gender, Poverty and Development: Inter-generational and Household Dimensions
V. Announcements: Empowering Women through Information and Knowledge Conference-India

I. Database Highlights:
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Gender and Budgets

- Gendered Budget Work in the Americas: Selected Country Experiences, Borges Sugiyama, N., 2002
This paper explores how researchers and advocates in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Chile have attempted to assess the impact of government spending on women and girls, men and boys.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/sugiyama_budget.htm

- The Philippines: Getting Smart With Local Budgets, Flor, C. and Lizares-Si, A., 2002
This case study from the book 'Gender Budgets Make More Cents: Country studies and good practice' examines the Gender Budget Initiative (GBI) in the Philippines.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/flor_budphil.htm

- Budgeting For Equality: The Australian Experience, Sharp, R. and Broomhill, R., 2002
This paper looks at the gender budget initiative in Australia, an example of an initiative located inside government.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/sharp_budget.htm

- Gender Audit: Whim or Voice, Krug, B. and van Staveren, I., 2002
This paper argues that state policies can have hidden consequences for women, which can be uncovered through gender analysis.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/krug_audit.htm

- Some Research Gaps in Gender Budget Work from an Advocacy Perspective, VeneKlasen, L., 2002
These notes for a workshop on Engendering Macroeconomics argues that participation and informed citizenship should be a central element in the design and implementation of any budget work to ensure fairer and more democratic budget decisions.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/veneklasen_budgetgaps.htm

- Developmental Social Welfare: Who Benefits, Who Pays? Mullagee, F., Nyman, R., Budlender, D. and Newman, N. 2001
This paper, from the sixth year of the South African Women’s Budget Initiative, outlines the results of a gender analysis of two case studies that use Developmental Social Welfare for poverty relief funds.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/mullagee_welfare.htm

- From Policy, Through Budgets, to Implementation: Delivering Quality Health Care Services, Klugman, B. and McIntyre, D., 2000
This paper, from the South African Women’s Budget Initiative, shows how gendered budget research can throw up important information on policy-making and implementation in the health sector.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/klugman_policy.htm

Summaries were written by various members of the BRIDGE Team. More Siyanda resources on Gender and Budgets can be found at http://www.siyanda.org/Search/ (type "budgets" in the keywords field).

II. Partner Profile*:
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International Gender and Trade Network (IGTN)
http://www.genderandtrade.net/

The IGTN is an international network of gender advocates actively working to promote equitable, social, and sustainable trade. The Network utilizes research, advocacy and economic literacy to address the specific trade issues of the seven regions: Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Pacific.

IGTN's publications in the Siyanda database include:

- Basic Building Blocks for a Gender and Trade Analysis (2002)
- A Gender Primer of Trade and Investment Policies (2002)
- IGTN Position Paper on the World Trade Organization (2001)

To access these publications, please go to:
http://www.siyanda.org/Search/ and type the word "igtn" in the keywords box.

You can contact IGTN at:
Farah Fosse
International Gender and Trade Network - Secretariat
1225 Otis Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017
Tel: 202. 635. 2757 ext. 115
Fax: 202. 832. 9494
E-mail: secretariat@coc.org

(*Partner organizations are those whose publications are featured in the Siyanda database or those who are members of either BRIDGE's International Advisory Board or Knowledge Team).

III. Websites of Interest:
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South Asian Research Network (SARN)
http://sarn-glg.net

SARN's mission is to bring together leading scholars, activists and researchers working from a gendered perspective on issues of law and governance. It aims to develop a creative and challenging agenda for cross-border researched-based support for policy in its member countries - Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. SARN emphasizes the use of ICTs for both the development of gender-sensitive resources and as a medium for gender networking. Several articles on gender-related issues are available as are links to legal Acts, Statutes and Constitutions. The broad areas of law that are covered are Governance, Land Rights and Labour Rights within the context of gender.

IV. Call for Contributions:
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Research on Gender, Poverty and Development: Inter-generational and Household Dimensions

Professor Sylvia Chant (Dept of Geography & Environment, London School of Economics, UK) has been awarded a three-year Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship starting on 1 October 2003, to undertake research on 'Gender, Poverty and Development: Inter-generational and Household Dimensions'

The main aim of the research is to explore the currency of increasingly widespread assertions of a 'global feminization of poverty' in relation to countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.

In order to make this research as comprehensive and inclusive as possible, Sylvia would very much appreciate receiving details and/or hard or electronic copies of research that individuals and organizations have undertaken on:
* trends in female (and/or male) poverty in any country in Asia, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean over time
* generational differences in poverty among women and/or men
* differences in women's poverty according to household structure and/or headship.

Sylvia's contact details are as follows:

Professor Sylvia Chant
Professor of Development Geography
Department of Geography and Environment
London School of Economics & Political Science
Houghton Street
London, WC2A 2AE

Tel: +44 (0) 207 955 7606
Fax: +44 (0) 207 955 7412
E-mail: s.chant@lse.ac.uk
http://personal.lse.ac.uk/chant/default.htm

(submitted to Siyanda by Sylvia Chant)

V. Announcements:
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Empowering Women through Information and Knowledge Conference-India

S.N.D.T. Women’s University (Mumbai, India) and Center for Women’s Development Studies (Delhi, India) are organizing an international conference on "Empowering Women through Information and Knowledge: From Oral Traditions to ICT" at Paud, Pune, India on 30 May - 2 June 2003.

The Conference will seek to include discussions on various issues and processes related to information and knowledge required for consciousness raising, advocacy, training, education and research, decision and policy making. The sub-themes include the information and knowledge chain; repositories of Women’s Information and Knowledge; organizing Women’s Information and Knowledge; disseminating Women’s Information and Knowledge; sectoral Information and Knowledge; focus on Special Categories and Groups; and capacity Building through ICT.

For further information or to register, please contact:
SNDT Women's University 1, Nathibai Thackersey Road,
New Marine Lines,
Mumbai 400 020
Phone: 2085439; 2072792
E-mail: shptsndt@bom7.vsnl.net.in / sndtulib@bom3.vsnl.net.in / nicsndt@bom4.vsnl.net.in
URL: http://gendwaar.gen.in/

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Ra'ida S. Al-Zu'bi
Information and Network Coordinator
Bridge, Institute of Development Studies
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9RE
Phone: 44 (1273) 872548
Fax: 44 (1273) 691 647/621 202 att. Ra'ida Al-Zu'bi

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