I. Quick Guide: Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) :
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The "Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)" are eight goals which set
a global development agenda to be achieved by 2015. Gender must be taken into
account if these are to succeed.
- Seeking Accountability on Women’s Human Rights: Women Debate the Millennium
Development Goals, Women’s Coalition for Economic Justice (WCEJ), 2004
A collection of articles exploring whether the women's movement should engage
with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
http://www.siyanda.org/static/wcej_hrmdgs.htm
- Common Ground, Women’s Access to Natural Resources and the United Nations
Millennium Development Goals, Women's Environment & Development Organization
(WEDO), 2003
This booklet highlights the linkages between the MDGs on poverty, education
and the environment and demonstrates the centrality of gender to their effective
implementation.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/wedo_naturemdgs.htm
- Proceedings of the International Workshop on Gender Equality and the Millennium
Development Goals, World Bank (WB), 2003
This workshop brought together international development stakeholders to explore
various aspects of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) debate.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/wb_workshopmdgs.htm
- Millennium Development Goals, National Reports: A Look Through a Gender Lens,
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2003
This scan of 13 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) country reports shows that
gender equality concerns are inadequately mainstreamed.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/undp_mdgsgender.htm
- Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals, Gender and Development
Group, World Bank (WB), 2003
Gender equality is essential for reaching all the Millennium Development Goals,
not just goal three, "Promote gender equality and empower women".
http://www.siyanda.org/static/wb_genderequalitymdgs.htm
- Progress of the World's Women 2002: Volume 2: Gender Equality and the Millennium
Development Goals, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), 2003
This volume examines the strengths and weaknesses of the MDGs in tracking progress
for women and suggests improvements and alternatives.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/unifem_progressmdgs.htm
Summaries written by BRIDGE Team members. More Siyanda resources on Gender
and MDGs can be found through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/.
To suggest a resource on this topic for possible inclusion on the Web site,
please fill-out the resource submission form: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/
You can also start a new discussion topic on Gender and MDGs in the Siyanda
"Participate" section: http://www.siyanda.org/participate.htm
II. Country Focus: Uganda
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Access key resources: http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=uganda,
network with, or find consultants: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=uganda
from this country.
III. Useful Websites:
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- MDG GenderNet:
http://www.mdgender.net/
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GenderNet aims to promote and strengthen efforts to mainstream a gender equality
perspective in all of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), not just Goal
3 "Promote gender equality and empower women". It does this through
providing access to key resources, tools, links and events on the topic. For
more information, please send an e-mail to the Content Manager, GenderNet: ContentManager@mdgender.net
- Kenya Female Advisory Organization (KEFEADO):
http://www.kefeado.co.ke/
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Established in 1994, KEFEADO exists to enhance gender equity and equal opportunities
between females and males in Kenya. The NGO is active in gender and education,
gender and human rights, and gender and socio-cultural/socio-economic issues,
with a focus on the western part of Kenya. For more information, please contact
Dolphine M. A. Okech, Founding Executive Director & Programs Coordinator:
kefeado@swiftkisumu.com
IV. Users' Corner:
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http://www.siyanda.org/userscorner/
Visit the Users' Corner and view the latest user submissions, including a paper
on gender mainstreaming and a report on gender budgets in South Asia. Feel free
to also use this space to share your ideas, interests and experiences with other
Siyanda users, and to post your short pieces of work.
V. Latest Experts:
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Experts from or based in Nigeria, India, Congo, Russia, US, Thailand, Australia,
UK, Angola and Spain have recently entered their profiles in the Gender Experts
and Consultants Database, which currently contains over 600 entries. Their areas
of expertise include HIV/AIDS, gender based violence, communications and rights,
with skills in training and capacity building, gender analysis and impact evaluation.
You can search the database http://www.siyanda.org/exps/
or add your own profile: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm
VI. Siyanda Discussion Forums:
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We invite you to engage in thought provoking dialogues on topical GAD issues
with users from diverse geographical, ideological and professional backgrounds:
Sexuality Forum:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120031010045342
"Sexuality is part and parcel of every individual. Sexuality permeates
every facet of private and public life-rituals, rites, etc. The basis of gender
based norms and socialization is very well instituted and stems from a society’s
expression and/or understanding of sexuality. Therefore, development projects
should address this key issue."
Excerpt from a recent posting to the forum.
(If you do not have easy or cheap Internet access, please e-mail your contribution to: siyanda@ids.ac.uk and we will post it on the forum for you).
VI. New Siyanda feature: Users' Announcement board
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Due to popular demand, Siyanda now features a Users' Announcements section dedicated
to promoting your events. We hope that you will put it to good use!
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120040105020249
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Ra'ida Al-Zu'bi
Information and Networking Coordinator (Consultant)
BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, UK
e-mail: r.al-zubi@ids.ac.uk
(currently working from Amman, Jordan)
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