Siyanda Update: Challenging discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people (LGBT), Issue No. 52, March 2007
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I. Special Feature – BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack: Gender and Sexuality – translated into French and Spanish
II. Quick Guide: Challenging discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people (LGBT)
III. Country Focus: India
IV. Experts' and Consultants' Database: A selection of published work from Siyanda Experts working in India
V. Contribute section: View and/or advertise new funding sources, scholarships, fellowships and grants
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I. Special Feature: BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack: Gender and Sexuality – new French and Spanish translations
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Sexuality can bring misery through sexual violence, HIV/AIDS, maternal mortality, female genital mutilation, or marginalisation of those who break the rules, such as non-macho men, single women, widows who re-marry, sex workers, people with same-sex sexualities, and transgender people. Sexuality can also bring joy, affirmation, intimacy and well-being. How can we make possible more joy and less misery?
Now translated into both French and Spanish, this Cutting Edge Pack hopes to inspire thinking on this question - with an Overview Report outlining key issues on gender, sexuality and sexual rights in the current climate, a Supporting Resources Collection providing summaries of key texts, tools, case studies and contacts of organisations in this field, and a Gender and Development In Brief newsletter with three short articles on the theme.
http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports_gend_CEP.html#Sexuality
II. Quick Guide: Challenging discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people (LGBT)
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The following resources are a selection from over 50 resources added to the Siyanda database focusing on how LGBT are challenging the discrimination they face:
- Advocating for Sexual Rights in Fundamentalist Contexts: An Overview of Successful Experiences from a Variety of Contexts, Catholics for a Free Choice (CDD) and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), February 2007
This publication documents the outcome of debates coordinated by Catholics for a Free Choice and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission on the interference of fundamentalisms in the defence of sexual rights in the Latin America region.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/IGLHRC_advocating_rights.htm
- Sexuality and Rights Workshop: Meeting Summary, Ahmed, N., February 2007
This paper documents the presentations given at a Sexuality Rights Workshop in Bangladesh in January 2007, focusing on the marginalisation and discrimination faced by lesbians, gay men, transgender people, men who have sex with men and heterosexual women on the basis of their sexuality.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/ahmed_rights_workshop.htm
- Voices from Nigeria: Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgenders speak out about the Same-Sex Bill, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), November 2006
Based on the testimonies of eight LGBT Nigerians, this document draws attention to the likely effects of the Same Sex Bill currently under debate by the Nigerian Parliament, which, if passed, would create criminal penalties for anyone engaging in same-sex marriage and relationships.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/IGLHRC_voices_nigeria.htm
- Action Plan for Sida’s work on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in International Development Cooperation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), August 2006
This action plan by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) presents in operational terms how work with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons can be integrated into Sida's work to better contribute to improved living conditions for LGBT persons in Sida's partner countries.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/sida_action_plan.htm
- "Unnatural", "Unsuitable", Unemployed!. Lesbians and Workplace Discrimination in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Honduras and Mexico, ADEIM-Simbiosis, Artemisa, Cattrachas, Criola, IGLHRC, Red Nosotras LBT, June 2006
This report analyses discrimination against lesbians in the job market, based on statistics, law and testimonials from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Honduras.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/various_lesbians_workplace.htm
- Gender Politics: Citizenship, Activism and Sexual Diversity, Surya, M, January 2005
Is it possible to move beyond the male-female gender binary system? This book explores this question.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/surya_gender_politics.htm
- Training on LGBT and Human Rights, Application Deadline: May 4th, 2007
This training programme is organised jointly by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RSFU), and the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Rights (RFSL). For more information, go to:
http://www.siyanda.org/static/sida_LGBT_training.htm
You can find additional LGBT resources in Siyanda at:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-quickguide.cfm?keywords=lgbt
Microfinance will be the next Quick Guide theme, in April 2007. 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
III. Country Focus: India
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- The Gender Millennium Development Goal: What Water, Sanitation and Hygiene can do in India, John, I., January 2007
This Country Note provides evidence for the impact of water supply, sanitation and improved hygiene on gender equality in India.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/john_water_india.htm
- Sodomy in India: Sex Crime or Human Right?, Baudh, S, October 2006
This article analyses Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 from a sexual rights perspective.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Baudh_sodomy.htm
- Guaranteed Employment and Gender Construction: Women’s Mobilizations in Maharashtra, Chari, A., August 2006
Women in Employment Guarantee Schemes (EGS) do not benefit so much from their actual employment as they do from the opportunities for mobilisation on gender issues which often occur around EGS.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/chari_GES.htm
- Strength In Action: An Educators' Guide To Preventing Domestic Violence, Shah, V. and Sahdev, D., March 2006
This document provides essential resources to teachers, facilitators and leaders to conduct a systematic, ongoing education process designed to prevent domestic violence.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/shah_sahdev_strength.htm
- Gendered Health Systems Biased Against Maternal Survival: Preliminary Findings from Koppal, Karnataka, India, George, A., Iyer, A. and Sen, G., September 2005
This paper outlines the context of pregnant women's lives and the plural health systems they encounter in Koppal, the most deprived district in the state of Karnataka, south India.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/george_maternal_survival.htm
- NGOs, Gender Mainstreaming and Urban Poor Communities in Mumbai, Desai, V., July 2005
How can non-governmental organisations support women during rapid economic, social and political change?
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Desai_NGOs.htm
You can find additional resources in Siyanda about India at:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=India
and network with India experts and practitioners at:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=India
Jordan will be the next Country Focus, in April 2007.
IV. Resources from the Experts' and Consultants' Database: A selection of published work from experts working in India
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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 130 experts who have specialist research interests in India:
- Prevention of trafficking and protection of victims of violence - a guide to replicable approaches, July 2006, Mull, S.
- “Girls’ Education in Murshidabad: Tales From the Field”, Bagchi, Dr T., 2005
- The sexual networking study from the out-migrant community of the Shekhawati Region of Rajasthan 2004-2005, India Health Action Trust, Singh, K.
- Living on site: health experiences of migrant female construction workers in North India, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 2004, Jatrana, S.
- Regulation of disabled women’s sexuality, InfoChangeIndia, Nisha, 2004
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
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The Siyanda Gender Experts' and Consultants' Database, with over 1000 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.
V. Contribute section
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(All summaries in the update are written or adapted by BRIDGE Team members. This update was edited by Adrian Bannister)
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Adrian Bannister
Information & Networking Officer
BRIDGE - Gender and Development
The Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
Brighton BN1 9RE, UK
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