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In this issue:
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I. Quick Guide: Concepts and definitions
II. Country Focus: Russia
III. Useful Websites: Consortium of Women's Non-governmental Associations -
Russia
IV. Announcements: diploma programmes, conferences, workshop proposals and more
V. Features: Creating a quick bibliography of Siyanda resources
**Have you linked to Siyanda http://www.siyanda.org/ from your website yet? Do so and share a wealth of gender resources with your users**
I. Quick Guide: Concepts and definitions
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An understanding of gender concepts, definitions and approaches is essential
to gender mainstreaming.
- GENIA Toolkit For Promoting Gender Equality in Education, UNESCO, 2004
The GENIA toolkit provides a collection of practical resources for gender focal
points in Asian Ministries of Education (MoE).
http://www.siyanda.org/static/unesco_genia.htm
- Gender in Practice: A Tool-kit for Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
(SDC) and its Partners (English, German, French, Spanish, and Russian), SDC,
2003
This kit does not claim to provide all the answers, but does offer key questions
to ask on gender, and tools which can be adapted to different situations.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/sdc_genderinpractice.htm
- Mainstreaming: Gender Manual: a Practical Guide for Development Policymakers
and Practitioners , Derbyshire, H., 2002
Introductory paper on gender mainstreaming covering The Beijing Platform for
Action, Gender Mainstreaming in Practice, Examples of Mainstreaming Definitions,
Policy 'Evaporation', and Good Practice.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/dfid_gendermanual.htm
- Gender and Development Concepts and Definitions, Reeves, H. and Baden, S.,
2000
This report provides concise and accessible definitions of some of the main
ideas in gender and development and their implications for policy and practice.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/bridge_conceptsdefinitions.htm
- Gender Analysis, UNDP, Keays, T., McEvoy, M., Murison, S., Jennings, M. and
Karim, F., 2001
A comprehensive 135 page pack on Gender Analysis, containing exercises, handouts,
extensive examples of analytical frameworks, extracts from useful resources
and references to websites, books and articles.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/undp_genderanalysis.htm
- Navigating Gender: A Framework and a Tool for Participatory Development,
Vainio-Mattila, A., 1999
On-line manual aimed at helping development professionals to apply gender theory,
including definitions of key concepts, and examples of gender policies and gender
analysis frameworks.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/mattila_navigatinggender.htm
Summaries written by BRIDGE Team members. More Siyanda resources on Concepts and Definitions 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
Humanitarian Assistance and Reconstruction 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: Russia
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Access key gender resources:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=Russia
network with, or find, consultants: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=Russia
Sri Lanka 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 this country.
III. Websites of Interest: CNWA
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Consortium of Women's Non-governmental Associations (CNWA) - Russia
http://www.wcons.org.ru/ru/main.php
(in Russian, with limited English translation)
The Consortium is a coalition of 160 women's organisations from 52 regions of Russia. It is part of the International Network of the NIS-US Women's Consortium, established in 1993. The Network unites over 200 women's organisations, including 30 organisations in the USA, over 100 in Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine and 160 organisations in Russia. The Consortium's website contains information on the coalition, member organisations, official documents and laws that are important for women, as well as information about major events in the women's movement.
To apply for membership in the Consortium, or to request further information
contact:
Stolvy Per. 6, Bld .2, Office 215,
Moscow, Russia 121069
TEL. (7-095) 290-47-08
FAX (7-095) 203-08-07
E-MAIL: wcons@wcons.org.ru
IV. Announcements:
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View the latest diploma programmes, conferences, workshop proposals and events
posted in this section and publish your news:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120040105020249
(If you do not have easy or cheap Internet access, please e-mail your contribution
to: siyanda@ids.ac.uk and we will post
it on the forum for you).
V. Features: Quick bibliography
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Did you know that you can quickly create a bibliography from Siyanda search
results? It's easy - simply choose the records you wish to include in the bibliography
by clicking on the box next to the entry number, then click on "view selection".
A page will be created with all your selections and their associated summaries,
which may also be printed for easy reference.
** The "Siyanda Update" is a monthly newsletter featuring the latest gender mainstreaming resources available on the Siyanda website http://www.siyanda.org/. Siyanda aims to assist busy gender practitioners with locating essential gender mainstreaming resources quickly and easily. It is also an interactive space where gender practitioners can share ideas, experiences and resources with like-minded colleagues**
All the best,
Ra'ida Al-Zu'bi
Information and Networking Coordinator/Consultant
BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
at the University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE
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Siyanda: http://www.siyanda.org/
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