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Siyanda Update: Humanitarian Assistance and Reconstruction, Issue No. 29, February 2005
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In this issue:
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I. Quick Guide: Humanitarian Assistance and Reconstruction
II. Country Focus: Sri Lanka
III. Experts and Consultants database: featuring profiles of more than 750 experts from around the world
IV. New User Submissions: on trafficking, sexuality of disabled women, bride kidnapping and more
V. Users' Corner: view and publish short student papers, newsletters and workshop reports

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I. Quick Guide: Humanitarian Assistance and Reconstruction
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How can gender be integrated into reconstruction and humanitarian assistance programmes in the wake of natural disasters?

- Gender and Natural Disasters: Why We Should be Focusing on a Gender Perspective of the Tsunami Disaster, Jones, R., 2005
This article explores the gendered impacts of natural disasters and argues for greater linkages between disaster management plans, humanitarian assistance and gender dynamics.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/jones_naturaldisasters.htm

- Women: The Risk Managers in Natural Disasters, Ariyabandu, M., 2004
This paper highlights the unique role played by women during and after the onset of a natural disaster, with specific reference to Sri Lanka and the South Asian region.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/ariyabandu_riskmanagers.htm

- Socio-economic Impacts of Natural Disaster: A Gender Analysis, Bradshaw, S., 2004
This study analyses the socio-economic effects of hurricane Mitch and explores how its impact affected women and men differently.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/bradshaw_disastercepal.htm

- Women, Disaster Reduction and Sustainable Development, Inter-agency Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2003
This paper provides examples of initiatives where a gender-sensitive approach has been used in disaster management.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/isdr_disasterreduction.htm

- Gender Equality and Humanitarian Assistance: a guide to the issues, Woroniuk, B., 2003
This guide presents myths and realities of gender mainstreaming in humanitarian assistance, questions to ask for reviewing proposals and reports and checklists for specific sectors.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/woroniuk_humanitarian.htm

- Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Crises, Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Task Force, 2002
This is the plan of action of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Task Force on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Crises, mandated to strengthen and enhance the protection and care of women and children in situations of humanitarian crisis and conflict.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/iasc_sexualexploitation.htm

- Gender Mainstreaming in Disaster Reduction, Briceno, S., 2002
This paper outlines the main ways in which disasters impact differently on women and men and how these impacts vary according to context.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/isdr_mainstreaming.htm

Summaries written by BRIDGE Team members. More Siyanda resources on Humanitarian Assistance and Reconstruction 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

Beijing+10 will be the next Quick Guide theme. Users are invited to submit or suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/


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


III. Experts and Consultants:
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We are pleased to announce that the Gender Experts and Consultants database now has over 765 experts from around the world. The latest experts are from or based in India, Canada, Nigeria, US, Yugoslavia, Belgium, Pakistan, Spain, Uganda, Switzerland, Netherlands and Germany. Their current publications deal with citizenship, governance, forest management, small industries, security, CEDAW and part-time work, among other themes. These resources are available in German, Spanish, French and English.

To join the growing list of experts and consultants, go to: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm. You can also search the database here: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/

Siyanda Tip: If you are looking for gender experts for a particular position or consultancy, you can quickly create a list of your chosen profiles. Simply choose the records you wish to include in the list by clicking on the box next to the entry number, then click on "view selection". A page will be created with all your selections, which may also be printed for easy reference.


IV. New User Submissions:
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The following resources, submitted by Siyanda users, are now available on the website:

- Globalising Women's Rights: Confronting Unequal Development Between the UN Rights Framework and the WTO Trade Agreements, Macdonald, M. (ed.), 2004
- Regulation of Disabled Women's Sexuality, Nisha, 2004
- Local to Local Dialogue: A Grassroots Women's Perspective on Good Governance, Gupta, S. (Huairou Commission), 2004
- Hunting for Women: Bride-kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan, Handrahan, L., 2004
- Faites vos Jeux, Messieurs! Or A Case Study on the Impact of GATS in Bulgaria, BGRF-WIDE, 2004
- Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Nicaragua (Spanish), Gomez, G. and Largespada, A., 2004
- The Central American Free Trade Agreement: Gender Perspectives and Women's Action, Campanile, V., 2004
- Traffic in Women in War and Peace: Mapping Experiences in Southeast Europe, Corrin, C., 2004

Users can locate these publications through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/ (copy and paste the title into the "Search Words" field) or, during February, from the latest additions page: http://www.siyanda.org/newadditions.htm

To suggest a resource for possible inclusion in the Siyanda database, please read our editorial policy http://www.siyanda.org/help.htm#editorial, than 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/


V. Users' Corner
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http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120030204122635
Visit the Users' Corner to access, and publish, student papers, newsletters and workshop reports. New additions to this section include an MA thesis on "Indoctrination into Militarism During Childhood in Israel" and a Bachelor's Degree Paper on "Men as Partners for Gender Equality: Strategies of the Thai Women's Rights Movement"


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