Siyanda Update:
Issue No. 2, June 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. Latest Bridge Publications

I. Database Highlights: Gender Resources on HIV/AIDS:
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- Positive Development by Maasdorp, A., Long, S. and Behrman, N. (1998)
This manual has been written for support and self-help groups of and for people with HIV and AIDS, groups which also include families, friends and carers, and groups that are educating, campaigning or lobbying for the rights of people with HIV.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/positive.htm

- Auntie Stella: Teenagers Talk about Sex, Life and Relationships by Kaim, B.
Originally produced by the Training and Research Support Centre as an activity pack for young Zimbabweans aged 13 to 17 years, and later developed as a website, Auntie Stella aims to encourage young people to discuss key teenage issues, and also gives information that teenagers find hard to get elsewhere.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/stella.htm

- Gender, HIV and Human Rights: A Training Manual (2000)
This training manual includes both a one-day and a two-day training module, "Gender Concerns in HIV/AIDS and Development", aimed at raising awareness of the gender dimensions of HIV/AIDS. The structure, agenda and methodology of the sessions, training aids and notes for the facilitator are provided. The document is available in English, French and Spanish.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/HIVmanual.htm

- Gender or Sex: Who Cares? - Skills-building Resource Pack on Gender and Reproductive Health for Adolescents and Youth Workers by De Bruyn, M. and France, N. (2001)
This manual offers an introduction to the topic of gender and sexual and reproductive health (SRH), with a special emphasis on violence, HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/whocares.htm

- Women, Gender and HIV/AIDS in East and Southeast Asia Kit (2001)
This kit provides information and resources on the way in which gender interacts with the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/southeast.htm

- Programme Brief on Gender and HIV/AIDS (2002)
This short programme brief explores some of the major implications specific to HIV/AIDS. It also reviews those actions with the greatest relation to UNFPA’s support to country responses to the epidemic.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/brief.htm

Our database contains many more resources on gender and HIV/AIDS. To access them, please go to:
http://www.siyanda.org/Search/ and type the word "HIV" or "AIDS" in the "keywords" box.

Gender Resources on Trade and Globalisation:
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We have added more resources to our trade and globalisation categories. These include the following:

- International Trade and Gender Inequality: A Gender Analysis of the Trade Agreements Between the European Union and Latin America by Allaert, B. (2001)
This publication argues that due to gender inequality trade agreements affect men and women differently. The publication also makes suggestion on how to rectify the current gender blindness of trade agreements.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/trade.htm

- Gender Focus on the WTO by Haxton, E. and Olsson, C. (eds) (1999)
This book offers a series of articles presenting evidence that trade rules and agreements affect women and men differently. Also offered are testimonies about action that has addressed the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) current gender blindness.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/wto.htm

- Women Resist Globalization: Mobilizing for Livelihoods and Rights by Rowbotham, S. and Linkogle, S. (eds) (2001)
Women Resist Globalisation brings together scholars and organisers to record and analyse women's grassroots activism in two key areas - claims to livelihood and human rights.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/resist.htm

For additional resources on trade and globalisation, please go to:
http://www.siyanda.org/Search/ and type the word "trade" or "globalisation" in the "keywords" box.

II. Partner Profile:
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Women for Women's Human Rights (WWHR)
http://www.wwhr.org/

Women for Women's Human Rights (WWHR)-NEW WAYS is an autonomous international non-governmental organization based in Istanbul, Turkey. It was founded right after the UN Human Rights World Conference, held in Vienna in 1993. The aim of WWHR is to work towards the advancement of women's human rights.

WWHR Resources on the Siyanda website include the following:
- Sexual Pleasure as a Women's Human Right: Experiences from a Grassroots Training Program in Turkey by Ilkkaracan, I. and Seral, G. (2000)
Women for Women's Human Rights in Turkey talks about sexuality in terms of human rights as part of its programme on 'Human Rights and Legal Literacy Training for Women'.

* Each month we will feature a different organisation who has resources in the Siyanda database in this section *

III. Websites of Interest:
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- World Summit on Sustainable Development, Civil Society Secretariat Website-South Africa
http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/

- The Arab Regional Resource Center on Violence against Women (AMAN)-Jordan
http://www.amanjordan.org/english/index.htm (view in Explorer)

- Virtual Gender Library-UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS
http://gender.undp.sk/

IV. Up-coming Events:
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International Conference on Gender, Citizenship and Governance
Cochin, Kerala, India (15-17 October 2002)
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http://www.kit.nl/gcg/html/international_conference__.asp

The conference has two broad objectives. One is to build international support for gender equitable governance. Another is to disseminate the key findings from the action research projects carried out by the 16 participating organisations in the Gender, Citizenship and Governance Programme

For further information about the conference, please contact the Conference secretariat at:
KIT Gender
Attn. Sofia Karnehed
P.O. Box 95001
1090 HA Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)20-568 8660
Fax: + 31 (0)20-568 8409
E-mail: s.karnehed@kit.nl

(To include your events in our update, please write to: siyanda@ids.ac.uk)

V. Job Announcement:
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Eldis Information Officer
(for Citizenship, Participation and Governance)

1 year fixed term contract, 35 hours each week

As Eldis Information Officer you will develop and manage e-communication strategies, including online resource guides and collaborative research pages in the subject areas of Citizenship, Participation and Governance. This new position forms part of a collaborative initiative between Eldis and three related research and communication programmes coordinated by the Participation Team at IDS.

You will be an experienced information manager, capable of developing and facilitating the e-communication strategies, online resources and collaborative research and information needs. You will have practical skills and experience in the field of information, communication or knowledge management, preferably in relation to citizenship and participation issues in developing countries. Experience in web development, strategy and management; e-mail discussion lists and online newsletters; online resources and database management preferred. Background and interest in issues of citizen participation and governance, and skills in bibliographic research, abstracting, writing and editing in English strongly desired. Competencies in other languages are desirable.

Salary: £17,626 to £19,681.
Closing date: 28 June.

For further information, please contact Personnel Office, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 1273 606261 Fax: +44 (0) 1273 621202/691647
e-mail address: personnel@ids.ac.uk

VI. Latest Bridge Publications:
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- Gender and Economic Globalisation: An Annotated Bibliography (Bibliography 12)
by Emma Bell with Paola Brambilla, 2002. Prepared for the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC)
To download this document free of charge, please go to:
http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk//reports/BB12%20Globalisation%202c.doc (also available in PDF format)

- Gender Websites, (Report 64) by Sonja Boezak, Ra'ida Al-Zubi, Paola Brambilla, Elena Krylova and Emma Bell, 2002. Prepared for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
To download this document free of charge, please go to:
http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/reports/R65%20Websitesw2web.doc (also available in PDF format)

Paper versions can be obtained from:
ITDG Publications, 103-5 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4HH
Telephone: +44 (0) 207 436 9761
Fax: +44 (0) 207 436 2013
E-mail: orders@itpubs.org.uk

BRIDGE publications can also be ordered online through the IDS On-line Bookshop http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/bookshop/index.html. Once there, you can use the SEARCH facility to locate a list of all BRIDGE Reports and Bibliographies or to locate publications by title, author, or keyword.

(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*

** The "Siyanda Update" is a monthly newsletter featuring the latest gender mainstreaming resources available on our website http://www.siyanda.org/. Siyanda aims at assisting 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. To subscribe or unsubscribe from the "Siyanda Update", please go to: http://www.siyanda.org/subscribe.htm **

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.siyanda.org/

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http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/