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In this issue:
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I. Quick Guide: Water
II. Country Focus: Ethiopia
III. Useful Websites: Women for Water Database-The Netherlands
IV. New! Gender Experts and Consultants, Latest Additions -a snapshot of the
latest twenty experts added to the database
V. Siyanda Discussion Forums: Identity
VI. New! Latest User Submissions: resources on food security, agriculture and
basic service provision now on-line
I. Quick Guide: Water
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Women have a central role in water supply and distribution. How can gender roles
and specific needs be acknowledged in water and sanitation projects without
reinforcing and perpetuating stereotypes of women's work?
- Bearers, Buyers and Bureaucrats: the Missing Social World in Gender and Water,
Cleaver, F., 2003
This short think piece examines how the disappointing progress with gender and
water initiatives can be partly attributed to an impoverished understanding
of the social world.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/cleaver_waterbearers.htm
- Untapped Connections: Gender, Water and Poverty, Khosla, P. and Pearl, R.,
2003
This paper examines women's central role in managing water supply and distribution,
and explores how access to water and sanitation has implications for women's
health, economic activities, and sustainable development.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/khosla_wateruntapped.htm
- The Gender and Water Development Report 2003: Gender Perspectives on Policies
in the Water Sector, Gender and Water Alliance (GWA), 2003
This report examines the progress made in integrating a gender perspective into
water policy.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/gwa_waterdevelopment.htm
- Gender Checklist: Water Supply and Sanitation, Asian Development Bank (ADB),
2000
This guide is one in a series of checklists designed to assist staff and consultants
in implementing ADB’s policy and strategic objectives on gender and development
(GAD).
http://www.siyanda.org/static/adb_waterchecklist.htm
- Gender Guidelines: Water Supply and Sanitation, AusAID, 2000
This report outlines gender guidelines to ensure participation of all members
of the community in water and sanitation projects. A section of key guiding
questions is included.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/ausaid_waterguidelines.htm
- Gender and Water Supply and Sanitation: Guiding Questions Working Paper,
Danida, 1999
The Guiding Questions on Gender and Water Supply and Sanitation serve as a tool
for development practitioners for assessment of various reports, studies and
Sector Programme Support Documents.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/danida_watersanitation.htm
Summaries written by BRIDGE Team members.
More Siyanda resources on gender and water can be found through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/. Please visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes: http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm
Education will be the next Quick Guide theme. Users are invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/
II. Country Focus: Ethiopia
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Access key gender resources: http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=Ethiopia,
network with, or find consultants: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=Ethiopia
from this country.
The United States will be the upcoming country of focus. Users are invited to submit current gender and development publications on this country for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/ or, if based in/from United States, to enter their profile in the Gender Experts and Consultants Database: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm
III. Useful Websites:
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Women for Water Database-The Netherlands
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http://www.iiav.nl/eng/databases/index.html
Established by the Netherlands Council of Women (NVR) in 1999, the Women for Water initiative brings together inter/national women's organisations to work towards supporting women's full and equal participation in the development and implementation of sustainable water and sanitation projects, policies and programmes.
The Women for Water database is an interactive on-line information service
technically managed by The International Information Centre and Archives for
the Women's Movement (IIAV). The database allows local stakeholders and potential
partners to find each other; share information and expertise; and expand and
upgrade their projects. Users can search the database by "Name of water
project", "Name of organisation", "Focus of project",
"Country" and "Language".
For more information, please contact:
Women and Water Database /Nederlandse Vrouwenraad, Louise de Colignystraat 44,
2595 SR Den Haag-NL or fax + 31-70-3459346 or e-mail: womenforwater@genderenduurzaamheid.nl
IV. Gender Experts and Consultants Database: Latest Additions
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Siyanda users can now quickly review the latest experts added to the database,
through the new Latest Additions feature: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/latest.cfm,
which is now available on Siyanda's main page.
To join the growing list of experts and consultants, go to: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm. You can also search the database here: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/
V. Siyanda Discussion Forums: Identity
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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:
Identity discussion:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120030123022409
"I am interested in having a discussion, or hearing from people on what
their 'primary' identities are, for example, as a woman, in a workspace..."
User posting to this 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 User submissions:
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The following resources, submitted by Siyanda users, are now available on the
website:
- Transcending Boundaries to Improve Food Security of AIDS-affected Households
in Rural Uganda, International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW), 2003
This document is a description of a project that will strengthen partnerships
between communities and HIV/AIDS, agriculture, and nutrition specialists to
improve the ability of households to meet their food security needs.
- Gender Makes a Difference: Gender Analysis Workshop Increases Skills of Those
Working to Link Agriculture and Nutrition, Agriculture Nutrition Advantage Project,
ICRW, 2003
Gender analysis is rarely used to improve the effectiveness of nutrition interventions
and their links to agriculture to reduce hunger and malnutrition.
- Developing Gender-sensitive Local Services, MacDonald, Mandy (ed.), 2001
This is a report of a seminar that brought together practitioners and policy
makers to discuss a number of case studies on gender-sensitive basic service
development.
Users can locate these publications through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/
To suggest a resource for possible inclusion in the Siyanda database, please fill-out the resources submission form: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/ You can also post short pieces of work (not more than 10 pages) in the Users' Corner: http://www.siyanda.org/userscorner/
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