Siyanda Update: Climate Change, Issue No. 45, July 2006
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In This Issue:
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I. Quick Guide: Climate Change
II. Country Focus: Bangladesh
III. Experts and Consultants Database: climate change and water resources management
IV. Latest additions: gender based violence, gender relations among small children,
water, gender mainstreaming in legislation, and more...
V. Contribute section: share your opinions and latest news
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I. Quick Guide: Climate Change
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Much attention has been paid to the relationship between poverty and climate
change but little of it from a gender perspective. Why is gender a factor in
climate change and how should it be addressed?
- Gender and Desertification: Expanding Roles for Women to Restore Drylands,
Gurung, J. D., Mwanundu, S., Lubbock, A., Hartl, M. and Firmian, I., May 2006
In many of the world's drylands, women's traditional knowledge of and roles
in natural resource management and food security are crucial, yet they are often
excluded from participation in land conservation and development projects, and
from the policymaking process. This review highlights lessons learned through
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) projects.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/gurung_gender_desertification.htm
- Gender and Climate Change, Röhr, U., April 2006
This article analyses the links between gender and climate change and advocates
for the integration of a gender perspective in the climate change debate.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/rohr_gender_climatechange.htm
- Gender: The Missing Component of the Response to Climate Change, Lambrou,
Y. and Piana, G., April 2006
The gender aspects of climate change have generally been neglected in international
climate policy. This report argues that gender, like poverty, is a cross cutting
issue in climate change and needs to be recognised as such.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/lambrou_gender_climatechange.htm
- Gender and Climate Change Research Workshop: What Do We Know? What Do We
Need To Find Out?, Women in Europe for our Common Future (WECF), December 2005
In 2005, 23 participants gathered to discuss gender and climate change related
research, and its role and use in women's / gender related advocacy in the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/wecf_gender_climatechange_workshop.htm
- Climate for Change Toolkit, Climate Alliance, January 2005
This toolkit describes tools, processes and procedures that can contribute to
promoting and supporting women in decision-making positions relevant to climate
protection.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/climate_alliance_toolkit.htm
- Gender and Climate Change: Giving the “Latecomer” a Head Start,
Institute of Development Studies (IDS), January 2004
This paper focuses on three climate sensitive areas - agriculture, water and
energy - and considers how adaptation strategies could be designed to help women
and men in these sectors in order to mitigate the effects of climate change.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/ids_gender_climatechange.htm
You can find additional resources on Climate Change through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/
Corporate Social Responsibility 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/
Please also visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes: http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm
II. Country Focus: Bangladesh
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- Bangladesh Gender Profile, Shah, F. and Raschen, M., March 2006
The paper reviews the gender dimensions of some of the key drivers of poverty
reduction efforts and offers recommendations for gender mainstreaming in development
programmes in Bangladesh.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/shah_bangladesh_gender_profile.htm
- Gender Concerns in Arsenic Mitigation in Bangladesh: Trends and Challenges,
Sultana, F., February 2006
This report highlights the experiences of poor women and men whose lives have
been affected by arsenic in Bangladesh and explores how they are able to participate
in arsenic mitigation.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/sultana_gender_concerns_bangladesh.htm
- Sex Workers Struggles in Bangladesh: Learnings for the Women’s Movement,
Huq, S., September 2005
This paper describes the involvement of Naripokkho, a Bangladesh NGO, in a national
campaign to support the rights of sex workers.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/huq_sex_workers_bangladesh.htm
- Educating Girls in Bangladesh: Watering a Neighbour's Tree?, Raynor, J.,
September 2005
This paper describes a project carried out by the Centre for Environmental and
Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) in Bangladesh on flood vulnerability,
risk reduction and improved preparedness through community-based information.
Particular emphasis is placed on gender mainstreaming and on best practices
to reach women at home.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/raynor_girls_education_bangladesh.htm
- Gender Relations in Bangladesh: the Household and Beyond. Dowry, Women’s
Property Rights and Salish, a Literature Review, Nazneen, S., December 2004
This paper is a literature review of how gender relations are constructed in
Bangladesh, both within and beyond the household, and of how traditional institutional
arrangements undermine women's agency. http://www.siyanda.org/static/nazneen_gender_relations_bangladesh.htm
Access more gender resources on Bangladesh: http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=Bangladesh, and network with experts and practitioners: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=Bangladesh
III. Resources from Experts and Consultants Database: Climate Change and Water
Resources Management
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The Experts and Consultants Database contains names, contact details and areas
of expertise of people working on gender specific issues worldwide, and includes
some of their publications. On climate change and water resources management,
the following publications can be found:
- Integrating Gender in the Water and Sanitation Programs in Schools in Togo,
2005
- Rules, Roles and Rights: Gender, Participation and Community Fisheries Management
in Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Region, Resurreccion, Bernadette, 2005
- Gender and Water (Spanish), Arrieta, L., 2004
- Diverting the Flow: A Resource Guide on Gender, Rights, and Water Privatization,
Pearl, R., 2003
-Women and Climate Change: a Focus on Socio-economic Impacts in Africa, Annecke,
W., 2002
For further details on these publications, copy and paste or type the author's last name into either the Name or Search Words field on the Experts and Consultants search page: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/
- View the latest consultants:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/latest.cfm
- Join the list:
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
(you need a user name and password)
The Siyanda Gender Experts and Consultants Database, with over 900 profiles, can be used as a networking tool for connecting practitioners, researchers, activists, students and experts with like-minded colleagues, persons working on similar themes, or in the same geographical location. It is also an excellent resource for those seeking experts for gender-focussed consultancies.
IV. Latest additions:
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Please find below a selection of materials recently added to the Siyanda database:
- Issues and Experiences by Theme: Violence (French), Genre en Action, 2006
- Gender, Class and Access to Water: Three Cases in a Poor and Crowded Delta,
Crow, B. and Sultana, F., 2006
- Meaning and Contents of a Legislative Agenda for Developing Women’s
Rights (Spanish), García Prince, E., May 2006
- Little Equals (French), Brun, D. and Devigny, D., February 2005
- Bangladesh: Gender Mainstreaming Processes in Community-based Flood Risk Management,
a Case Study from the Gender and IWRM Resource Guide, Fakhruddin, S., June 2005
You can locate more Latest Additions here: 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 box).
V. Contribute section:
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