Siyanda Update:
Issue No. 3, July 2002
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INDEX:
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I. Database Highlights
II. Partner Profile
III. Websites of Interest
IV. Up-coming Events
V. Job Announcement
VI. Call for Papers
I. Database Highlights: Gender Resources on Culture:
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- Gender and Cultural Change, Cutting Edge Knowledge Pack (CEP) by Susie Jolly,
BRIDGE (2002)
Is gender and development a northern interference in cultures of the south?
This pack provides answers to this question and practical ways forward. The
CEP is available free to southern based organisations. For a copy of this publication,
contact BRIDGE at bridge@ids.ac.uk Please note that the pack will be available
free of charge on the website http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/
by end August.
- Civil Society, Gender and Change in the Organisational Culture: Tools to
Construct a Gender Sensitive Organisation by Eschborn (2001)
Manual providing tools for changing the culture of an organisations to bring
about gender equality
http://www.siyanda.org/static/civilgtz.htm
- Questions About Culture, Gender Equality and Development Cooperation by CIDA
(2001)
From a donor point of view, this note answers the question 'Is gender and development
an inteference in other people's culture?'.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/cidaculturenote.htm
- Culture and Development : a Critical Introduction by S. Schech and J. Haggis
(2000)
A book examining views of culture as constructed and changed by multiple influences,
and discussing the points of contact between culture and development.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/cultureschech.htm
- Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourse by Mohanty,
Chandra Talpade, in Mohanty, C., Russo A., and Torres, L. (ed.s) (1991)
A critique of how western feminist research has portrayed third world women
as victims.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/mohantywestern.htm
- Women and Culture by Caroline Sweetman (ed) (1995)
A series of articles exploring links between culture and gender and development.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/womensweetman.htm
II. Partner Profile:
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The Prague Gender Studies Centre
http://www.feminismus.cz/
The Prague Gender Studies Centre (founded 1990) is an information and advocacy centre for women's rights. The aim is to support the empowerment of women across all stratas of society both in the Czech Republic and in the whole region of Central and Eastern Europe. Projects are developed to ensure the enforcement of the principal of equal opportunities for women and men in all aspects of social and political life and to ensure better education of the society specifically in respect to women’s human rights. The Centre runs a gender studies library, the largest in the country, and provides a variety of information services on gender and women's issues.
Latest publications in English:
Mother and Daughter 2001
Letters from War 1999
Women's Memory. Women's Identity under Socialism. Oral History Project.
* Each month we will feature a different organisation affiliated with Siyanda in this section *
III. Websites of Interest:
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- The Directory of Development Organizations 2002 website:
This directory has been prepared to facilitate international cooperation and
knowledge sharing in development work, both among NGOs, research institutions,
governments and private sector organizations.
http://www.devdir.org
- Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development-FASID:
This website aims to promote the links between Japan and the rest of the world
concerning international development assistance.
English language website:
http://www.efasid.org/
IV. Up-coming Events:
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Women's World Congress, Kampala-Uganda (21-26 July 2002)
The 8th International Interdisciplinary congress on women will be held at the Makerere University in Kampala next week. The congress is organized around the main theme "Gendered Worlds: Gains and Challenges". This theme provides an opportunity for a broad reflection on the state of women and gender issues, taking stock of achievements, challenges and opportunities. There will be discussions focused on both differences and similarities and offers positive pointers for future action for gender equity and equality. For more information about this congress please log on the following website:http://www.makerere.ac.ug/womenstudies
(To include your events in our update, please write to: siyanda@ids.ac.uk)
V. Job Announcement
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Programme and Communications Coordinator, IDS, UK
Two year fixed term contract
35 hours per week
Imp-Act is a global action-research programme working with
29 partner microfinance organisations in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Eastern
Europe. The programme is concerned with improving the impact of microfinance
on poverty and supports the development of practitioner impact assessment, works
to understand the wider impacts of microfinance, and seeks to disseminate learning
for improved practice and policy.
The Coordinator will communicate and work with diverse constituencies, including
donors, international organisations, research institutes, non-governmental and
grass-roots organisations and will be responsible for the day-to-day management
of the programme and for the adaptation of written materials into appropriate
dissemination output.
Excellent project management skills are essential together with experience in
materials development, documentation and editing. Knowledge of impact assessment,
microfinance and/or development would be an advantage.
Starting salary: £20,470-£23,373.
Closing date: 2 August.
Interview date: 19 August.
Application forms are available from the Personnel Office, Room 203, Institute
of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE. Confidential
fax and answerphone: +44 (0) 1273 674553. E-mail: personnel@ids.ac.uk.
Some further particulars are also available on the IDS website at:www.ids.ac.uk/ids/
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless
of race, sex, disability, HIV/AIDS, sexuality and age.
VI. Call for Papers:
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Women and development: rethinking policy and reconceptualising practice, for
Women’s Studies Quarterly, an educational project of the Feminist Press
at the City University of New York in cooperation with Rochester Institute of
Technology. They would like to receive case studies from those engaged in post-development
scholarship and activism, and those who create and implement policies and programmes
for development organisations. Contact Fran Vavrus, E-mail: fv84@columbia.edu
Deadline: 29 November.
(Please note that the "Job Announcement", "Websites of Interest" and the "Up-coming Events" sections are only available through the Siyanda newsletter for the time being.)
*We encourage you to send us any relevant information on gender in your country or region for circulation through this update. Comments and suggestions on how to make Siyanda more responsive to your needs and interests are also welcome. Please write to: siyanda@ids.ac.uk We also invite NGOs working on gender and development to link to the Siyanda website. When you do so, please send us an e-mail so that we can create a reciprocal link*
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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
For access to a wide range of free Gender resources, please visit:
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http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/