Siyanda Update, Gender and Armed Conflict, July-August 03

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Siyanda Update:
Issue No. 13, July-August 2003
Siyanda website: http://www.siyanda.org/
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INDEX:
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I. Database Highlights: Gender and Armed Conflict
II. Websites of Interest: PeaceWomen- NY and WISCOMP-India
III. BRIDGE Call for Submissions: for BRIDGE forthcoming pack on Gender and Citizenship

I. Database Highlights:
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- Gender and Conflict Early Warning: a Framework for Action, Schmeidl, S. and Piza-Lopez, E., June 2002
Gender remains largely absent in the pre-conflict context and early warning exercises, including the development of response options.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/schmeidl_conflict.htm

- Women's Roles in Conflict Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Literature Review and Institutional Analysis, Bouta, T. and Frerks, G., 2003
This paper identifies seven main roles of women before, during, and after armed conflict including women as victims, combatants, peace activists, and women in formal peace politics.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/bouta_conflict.htm

- Addressing Gender Issues in Demobilization and Reintegration Programs, Watteville, N., 2002
Demobilisation and reintegration programmes (DRPs) can have several objectives including reducing military expenditures, or addressing economic and social issues. But how does a gender dimension fit with these objectives?
http://www.siyanda.org/static/watteville_conflict.htm

- Gender Perspectives on Small Arms and Light Weapons: Regional and International Concerns, Farr, V. A., Cukier, W., Bakoko Bakoru, Hon. Z., Sanyu Mpagi, J., El Jack, A., Ojambo Ochieng, R., Kobusingye, Kiflemariam Gebre-Wold, K., 2002
This publication features a variety of articles looking at how local ideas of gender not only determine attitudes to small arms but underpin social and political practices which make women more vulnerable to violence everywhere.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/farr_conflict.htm

- Women, Peace and Security: A Policy Audit. From the Beijing Platform for Action to UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and Beyond, Anderlini, S. N., 2001
This audit is the second in a two-stage process, and is meant to assess the extent to which the international community is addressing the needs of women in conflict and re/construction.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/anderlini_conflict.htm

- Conflict, Post-conflict, and HIV/AIDS – the Gender Connections: Women, War and HIV/AIDS: West Africa and the Great Lakes, Benjamin, Judy A., 2001
This project conducted in Rwanda and Sierra Leone shows how gender inequalities among refugees and internally displaced populations significantly increase vulnerability to HIV infection.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/benjamin_conflict.htm

- Resolution 1325 (on Women, Peace and Security), UN, 2000
The UN calls on all parties involved in conflict and peace processes to adopt a gender perspective.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/un_resolution.htm

- Women and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Issues and Sources, Sorensen, B., 1998
Factors such as a lack of resources and capacity can reduce women's participation in post-conflict reconstruction processes and they are often excluded from formal peace negotiations.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/sorensen_conflict.htm

Summaries were written by various members of the BRIDGE team. More Siyanda resources on conflict can be found at http://www.siyanda.org/Search/

II. Websites of Interest:
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- PeaceWomen
http://www.peacewomen.org/

The website works toward rapid and full implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. To this end, PeaceWomen seeks to provide a clearinghouse for accurate and timely information on Resolution 1325 and for the ideas and strategies of the diverse actors - from grassroots women to the staff of the UN system - so as to help facilitate education and mobilization efforts for the rapid and full implementation of Resolution 1325. PeaceWomen is a project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) http://www.wilpf.int.ch/, an international NGO dedicated to women and peace issues.

- Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP)

WISCOMP is an initiative of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, New Delhi. Planned as a South Asian initiative, WISCOMP promotes the national, regional and global leadership of women by enhancing their participation and expertise in the areas of security, non-violent engagement, conflict transformation and multi-track diplomacy.

III. BRIDGE Call for Submissions:
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BRIDGE forthcoming pack on Gender and Citizenship

BRIDGE is currently working on the latest in our series of Cutting Edge Packs which will be on the theme of 'Gender and Citizenship'. We are looking for guidelines, papers, case studies and examples of good practice as resources, and as material for In Brief, which will be produced alongside the pack.

The Gender and Citizenship Cutting Edge Pack will consist of:
- Overview report outlining the main issues
- Collection of supporting resources - summaries of key texts, case studies and tools, and key organisations
- Gender and Development In Brief - a bulletin containing a short summary of the Overview Report and two short articles on interesting initiatives.

If you have any suggestions or contributions in the form of case studies, good practice examples, tools, guidelines or other resources (online or print) that we could include in the Gender and Citizenship pack, please send them to Charlie Sever, Research and Communications Assistant email: C.Sever@ids.ac.uk Although we cannot include all submissions, we really value your input, so please do keep us up to date with news of your projects.

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