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I. Quick Guide: Accountability
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Mechanisms must be in place through which individuals and organisations can be held to account on the extent to which they promote gender equality.

- The Principle of Accountability, Sullivan, D., 2004
This article presents an outline of how to understand different forms and mechanisms of accountability.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/sullivan_accountability.htm

- Measures Taken and Progress Achieved in the Follow-up to and Implementation of the FWCW and to the 23rd Special Session of the General Assembly (English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish), DAW, 2004
This review, based on inputs from UN entities, concludes that these entities have made substantial progress in their efforts to support implementation.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/daw_beijingmeasures.htm

- Gender Justice and Accountability in Peace Operations, Spees, P., 2004
This policy briefing addresses the question of gender justice and accountability in the context of international peace support operations (PSOs).
http://www.siyanda.org/static/spees_accountability.htm

- Institutional Change and Accountability: Notes on a Strategy, Rao, A., 2003
This document argues that for organisations to achieve true human security they need to redress gender inequity and support women's rights.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/rao_accountability.htm

- Accountability to Women in Development Spending – Experiments in Service-delivery Audits at the Local Level, Goetz, A-M. and Jenkins, R., 2002
This paper shows how groups in India hold governments accountable for their spending and the delivery of public services.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/goetz_accountability.htm

- Influence and Accountability: Citizen Voices, Responsiveness and Accountability in Service Delivery, Rakodi, C., 2002
There is a need to reconsider the meaning and application of citizenship and governance if the poor and socially marginalised are to have the tools to demand these basic services, and gain ownership of both the process and the outcomes.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/rakodi_accountability.htm

You can find many more resources on Accountability through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/. Please also visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes: http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm

The Millennium Review will be the next Quick Guide theme. Users are invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/

(All summaries in the update are written or adapted by BRIDGE Team members)

II. Country Focus: United Kingdom (UK)
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- Forced Labour and Migration to the UK, Anderson, B., Rogaly, B., 2005
Is forced labour a more useful framework than trafficking for dealing with exploitation of both women and men migrants?
http://www.siyanda.org/static/anderson_forcedlabour.htm

- Evaluation of DFID Development Assistance: Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, Phase II Thematic Evaluation: Voice and Accountability, Waterhouse, R. and Neville, S., 2005
This evaluation makes a preliminary assessment of DFID's work since 1995 on issues of gender, voice and accountability and concludes that DFID has made a significant contribution through research and support to practical interventions.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/waterhouse_dfidevaluation.htm

- Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking: Findings from the British Crime Survey, Walby, S. and Allen, J., 2004
Inter-personal violence comprises crimes of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. This report presents the findings of the British Crime Survey (BCS) when an innovative computerised self-completion questionnaire was included, encouraging wider reporting.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/walby_vawuk.htm

Access more gender resources on the UK here: http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=United%20kingdom. You can also network with or find experts and practitioners from this country here: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=United%20kingdom

III. Experts and Consultants Database:
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Over 500 Siyanda experts and practitioners work on or have experience in conducting gender training and capacity building. Some of their publications on this topic include:
- Moving Gender-Relations. Experiences with Gender Training (German), Frey (Co-editor), 2004
- Training Package on Gender Based Violence- Armenia, Sargsyan, 2004.
- Social Dialogue and Poverty Reduction: A Guide for the Integration of Gender Equality (English, French and Spanish), Zambrano (with IFP/DIALOGUE), 2004.
- Status of Women in Canada: Gender-Based Analysis Trainer Manual, Paquette, 2002.
To find out more about these publications, copy and paste the author's last name into the Name field in the Experts Search page: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/

- Review the latest experts and consultants:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/latest.cfm
- Join the growing list of experts and consultants:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm
- Search the database:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/
- Edit your existing profile:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/editlogin.cfm

The Siyanda Gender Experts and Consultants Database, now with over 800 profiles, can be used as a networking tool for connecting practitioners, researchers, activists, students and experts with like-minded colleagues working on similar themes, or in the same geographical location. Those seeking experts for gender-focussed consultancies can also use it.

**Have you networked with or hired someone featured in the Siyanda Experts and Consultants database? If so, then please let us know! Email us at: siyanda@ids.ac.uk**

IV. User Submissions:
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The following resources were recently suggested by Siyanda users and are now available on the website:
- Toolkit on Gender, Transport and Maternal Mortality in Africa, Grieco, M., 2005
- Migrations Databank (English, Spanish, Portuguese and French), Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas, 2005
- Gendered Analysis of the Working for Water Programme: A Case Study of the Tsitsikama Working for Water Programme, Sadan, M., 2005
- Gender Equality and Good Governance Training Manual, Groverman, V. with Mina, M.S. et al., 2005
- Rural Households and Resources - A Pocket Guide for Extension Workers, FAO, 2004
- Women's Rights in the Arab World (English and German), Würth, A., 2004
- Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Databank (English, Spanish, Portuguese and French), Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas, 2004
- Beijing +10 Resources: Tracking What Has Happened, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 2004
- Gender Budgets: Analysis and Information in the Americas Databank (English, Spanish, Portuguese and French), Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas, 2003
- Gender and Organisational Change Training Manual, Groverman, V. and Gurung, J.D., 2001

Users can locate these publications from the latest additions page: http://www.siyanda.org/newadditions.htm, or through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/ (copy and paste the title without characters such as ":" ";" and "-" or copy and paste the author's last name into the "Search Words" field)

To suggest a resource for possible inclusion in the Siyanda database, please read our editorial policy http://www.siyanda.org/help.htm#editorial, then fill-out the resources submission form: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/

Please also see the Siyanda Users' Corner for newsletters, meeting reports, student papers and newspaper articles:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120030204122635

** 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 Officer/Consultant
BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
at the University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE

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http://www.siyanda.org/archive/july05_siyanda.htm
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