June 2007 Siyanda Update

Siyanda Update: United Nations Reform, Issue No. 55, June 2007
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In This Issue:
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I. Quick Guide: United Nations Reform
II. Country Focus: Canada
III. Experts' and Consultants' Database: A selection of published work from Siyanda Experts with research experience in Institutionalising Gender
IV. Latest Additions:
V. Contribute section: share news, resources, opportunities and perspectives

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I. Quick Guide: United Nations Reform
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The following resources are a selection from over 24 resources added to the Siyanda database on the United Nations reform process: how it is taking gender into account and how women's groups around the world have been involved:

- Recommendations Contained in the Report of the High-level Panel on United Nations System-Wide Coherence in the Areas of Development, Humanitarian Assistance and Environment (in English, French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese), United Nations' Secretary-General, April 2007 (note - see below the full version of this resource 'Delivering As One: Report of the Secretary-General's High-Level Panel').
How will the United Nations (UN) respond to the UN's High-Level Panel 2006 report on UN reform? This report is the response of the new UN Secretary General to the panel's recommendations.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/secgen_unpanel.htm?em=0706&tag=QG

- Meeting of Consortiums, Networks, and Campaigns from Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish), Red de Educacion Popular de Mujeres Entre Mujeres de America Latina y el Caribe (Repem), Articulacion Feminista Marcosur (AFM), April 2007
This document gathers the positions of various women's organisations in Latin America and the Caribbean around the United Nations reform and the creation of a new women's agency.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/meeting_repem.htm?em=0706&tag=QG

- UN Reform: What's at Stake for Women?, Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), March 2007
This publication looks at the UN's essential role in triggering change in the women's rights arena on a global scale and the steps it has taken to do so.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/stake_wedo.htm?em=0706&tag=QG

- Gender Equality & United Nations Reform: A Resource Packet, January 2007
This resource pack outlines the response from women's organisations to the new gender equality mechanisms proposed by the United Nations (UN) High-Level Panel on UN System-Wide Coherence.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/packet_wedo.htm?em=0706&tag=QG

- The Unfinished Story of Women and the United Nations, Pietilä, H. Edited by Peoch'h, B., January 2007
This book traces the history of women's involvement with the United Nations since 1919. The story includes women's organisations' contributions to the UN reform process and their proposals for a new UN gender architecture.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/unfinished_pietila.htm?em=0706&tag=QG

- Delivering As One: Report of the Secretary-General's High-Level Panel, November 2006
This report by the UN Secretary General's High-Level Panel on System-wide Coherence sets out recommendations to strengthen the UN in the areas of development, humanitarian assistance and the environment, including recommendations to strengthen the UN's gender equality architecture.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/delivering_un.htm?em=0706&tag=QG

- Gender Equality Architecture and UN Reforms, October 2006
This paper assesses the United Nations' current system for addressing gender equality and women's rights issues and puts forward an outline of an alternative structure, better able to deliver positive gender equality outcomes.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/architecture_wedo.htm?em=0706&tag=QG

- UN Reform. What's in it for Women?, Cabrera-Balleza, C. Johnson, T. and Shalatek, L. (eds.), July 2006
This document is a collection of reflections and analyses by women from different regions who examine the impact of the proposed reforms of the United Nations and recommend how women's groups can influence the process.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/reform_cabreraballeza.htm?em=0706&tag=QG

You can find additional resources related to United Nations reform in Siyanda at:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/results_adv.cfm?Keywords=UN07&Subject=0&Donor=0&Langu=E&StartRow=1&em=0706&tag=QG

Gender, indicators and measurements of change will be the next Quick Guide theme, in July 2007. Users are invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0706&tag=CS

Please also visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes:
http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm?em=0706&tag=QG

II. Country Focus: Canada
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- Women, Peace and Security: The Canadian NGO Experience, March 2007
This report highlights the experiences of Canadian Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in addressing the needs and rights of women and girls in conflict-affected areas.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/canadian_gpwg.htm?em=0706&tag=CF

- 2007 Federal Budget Overview: Not a Budget for Women (English and French), January 2007
This report analyses Canada's 2007 Federal Budget from a gender perspective.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/CFAIA_budget.htm?em=0706&tag=CF

- Gendering Canada's Refugee Process (English and French), Dauvergne, C., Angeles, L.C. and Huang, A., July 2006
How, when and why does gender matter in determining refugee status in Canada?
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Dauvergne_canada_refugee.htm?em=0706&tag=CF

- Disentangling The Web of Women's Poverty and Exclusion, January 2006
What are the experiences of marginalised women living in poverty in Canada? What can be done to help them?
http://www.siyanda.org/static/disentangle_criaw.htm?em=0706&tag=CF

- Bringing Gender Back into Canada's Engagement in Fragile States: Options for CIDA in a Whole-of-Government Approach, Baranyi. S. and Powell. K., June 2005
This paper explains how the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) can improve the gender dimensions of its policy on fragile states.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/fragile_baranyi.htm?em=0706&tag=CF

You can find additional resources in Siyanda about Canada at: http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=Canada&em=0706&tag=CF
and network with Canadian experts and practitioners at:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=Canada&em=0706&tag=CF

Palestine will be the next Country Focus, in July 2007. Users are invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0706&tag=CS

Please also visit the Country Focus archive section:
http://www.siyanda.org/country_focus.htm?em=0706&tag=CF

III. Resources from the Experts' and Consultants' Database: A selection of published work from Siyanda Experts with experience in Institutionalising Gender
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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. The following resources have been selected from over 400 experts who have a specialist interest in institutionalising gender:

- Gender-Based Analysis at Citizenship and Immigration Canada: A Working Guide, 2004, Paquette, C.
- Gender Mainstreaming in Institutions: Challenges from the Grassroots, 2007, International Journal for Women & Gender Research, Vol , No 1, pages 49-53, Thekkudan, J.
- Review of Gender Integration in APEC: Overview, September 2002, Gibb, H.
- Gender Briefing Kit for UN Country Team in Timor-Leste: Who is who and who is doing what on gender mainstreaming in Timor-Leste, May 2005, Waterschoot, I.
- Gender Equality and Mainstreaming in the Policy and Practice of the UK Department for International Development, March 2003, Macdonald, M
- The Gender Audit: A Process for Organizational Self-Assessment and Action Planning, 1999, Morris, P.

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/?em=0706&tag=EX

- View the latest consultants:
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http://www.siyanda.org/exps/editlogin.cfm?em=0706&tag=EX (using your user name and password)

The Siyanda Gender Experts' and Consultants' Database, with over 1200 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 to the Siyanda Database
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- Why the Development Industry Should Get Over its Obsession with Bad Sex and Start to Think About Pleasure, Jolly, S, May 2007
- Good Choice: the Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health, Panos, March 2007
- Revisiting Gender Training - the Making and Remaking of Gender Knowledge: A Global Sourcebook, Mukhopadhyay, M. and Wong, F. (eds.), January 2007
- HIV, AIDS, and Islam: A Workshop Manual Based on Compassion, Responsibility and Justice, Esack, F., Alam, S. and Kabir, B., January 2007
- Toolkit on Mainstreaming Gender Equality in EC Development Cooperation (in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese), The European Commission (EC), January 2006

You can locate more Latest Additions to the Siyanda Database here: http://www.siyanda.org/newadditions.htm?em=0706&tag=LA, or through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/?em=0706&tag=SS (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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Share your news, resources, opportunities and perspectives in the following ways:

Post your announcements, information requests, training and funding opportunities:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/?em=0706&tag=CS

Submit your publications for inclusion in our database, or suggest other resources:
http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0706&tag=CS

Post your short pieces of work in the Users' Corner:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120030204122635&em=0706&tag=CS

(All summaries in the update are written or adapted by BRIDGE Team members. This update was edited by Adrian Bannister)

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