I. Database Highlights: Citizenship
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Women have historically been excluded from the rights and responsibilities of
citizenship. An engendered approach is needed which addresses gender equality
through the promotion of rights and participation in the social world.
- Governing for Equity, Gender, Citizenship and Governance, Mukhopadhyay, M.
(ed.), 2003
This publication comes out of the 'Gender, Citizenship and Governance' programme
of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Netherlands.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/mukhopadhyay_governancecitizen.htm
- Women, Nationality and Citizenship, UNDAW, 2003
This report outlines provisions in international instruments and human rights
treaties which address discriminatory nationality laws and provides examples
of where such instruments have been used.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/daw_nationality.htm
- Gender Equity and Local Governance: A Study of the San Salvador Municipal
Gender Equity Policy, Clulow, M., 2003
A report on the gender equity policy initiated by the women's movement over
several years and which involved the participation of a wide range of community
actors.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/clulow_municipalequity.htm
- A New Weave of Power, People and Politics, The Action Guide for Advocacy
and Citizen Participation, VeneKlasen , L. with Miller, V., 2002
This manual, which is aimed at NGOs, donor institutions, development agencies
and trainers, presents concrete strategies to strengthen citizen
participation, awareness and organisation.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/veneklasen_citizenparticipation.htm
- Gender and Citizenship: Considerations on the Turkish Experience, Arat, Y.,
2001
The way in which women are able to exercise and experience their citizenship
in Turkey depends on their class, religion and the extent of their
religious devotion.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/arat_turkeycitizenship.htm
- Gender and Citizenship: Learning from South Africa? McEwan, C., 2001
This paper discusses the experiences of women, particularly black women, of
citizenship in South Africa, where the new administration promised a new
politics based on civil society and universal citizenship.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/mcewan_southafricacitizenship.htm
- Guide to Launching a National Campaign for 50/50 in Government, Espine-Villaluz,
S. and Reyes, M., 2001
A 50/50 ratio of women and men in government is needed to ensure democracy,
human rights and representation
of women's needs and interests.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/espine_nationalcampaign.htm
Summaries written by BRIDGE Team members. More Siyanda resources on the above
topic can be found through the “Simple Search” function:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/. Type "citizenship" in the "search
words" field.
II. Siyanda Forums:
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We invite you to make your voices heard on the following topics:
- Citizenship:
The abstract nature of citizenship means that it is very difficult for people
to 'bring it down' to practical development recommendations and/or
strategies. Understanding citizenship in practice means showing how activities
and experiences link in with the more abstract debates. It also means looking
in greater detail at the 'how' as well as the 'what' of citizenship; going beyond
descriptions to suggesting potential ways forward and practical
measures for development actors. Do you agree? What are your views on this topic?
http://www.siyanda.org/participate.htm
- Sexuality:
Should development interventions address issues of sexuality, and in what ways?
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120031010045342
- Feminist Fables and Gender Myths:
Why do those working in gender and development hold the gender myths and feminist
fables so dear, and what are the costs of letting them go? What effects do
development institutional settings have on the way in which ideas are taken
up and put to work?
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120031221123327
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IV. BRIDGE Publications:
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Gender and Citizenship: A 'Cutting Edge Pack' from BRIDGE
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How are citizenship rights and responsibilities being extended and transformed
by struggles for gender equality? How can women and others marginalised by
gender participate in and influence the decisions that affect their lives? This
pack is a concise, practical resource for policy-makers, practitioners and
activists. It demonstrates how gendered understandings of citizenship rights
can help development actors promote the participation of all women and men in
shaping their societies and communities.
The pack is made up of:
- Overview Report – by Shamim Meer with Charlie Sever. External adviser
Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay
- Supporting Resources Collection – summaries of key texts, case studies,
tools, guidelines and key organisations
- Gender and Development In Brief bulletin
The pack is available in English & Spanish in hard copy and electronic
format at: http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk//reports_gend_CEP.html.
The In Brief bulletin is also available in French in electronic format. It is
available free from the BRIDGE website at http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk//.
Hard copies of this and other Cutting Edge packs are available for sale at £20
+ p&p through the IDS virtual bookshop at: www.ids.ac.uk/ids/bookshop/index.html,
or from ITDG, 103-105 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4HH, UK (tel: +44 20 7436
9761; fax: +44 20 7436 2013; email: orders@itpubs.org.uk).
A limited number of packs will be available free to organisations based in the South. Contact BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, UK, tel: 44-1273-877747, fax: 44-1273-691647 e-mail: bridge@ids.ac.uk
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