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I. Quick Guide: Security
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The notion of security should be expanded to include not only military or political security, but also social, economic and personal security.

- Gender, Conflict and Development, Bouta, T., Frerks, G., and Bannon, I., 2005
This book highlights the gender dimensions of conflict, organised around major relevant themes such as female combatants, sexual violence, and the rehabilitation of social services.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/bouta_conflict.htm

- Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation of and Assistance to Palestinian Women (English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish), UN, 2004
This report summarises the situation of Palestinian women between October 2003 and September 2004.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/un_palsgrep.htm

- The Public Budget and Maternal Mortality in Mexico: An Overview of the Experience, Diaz, D. and Hofbauer, H., 2004
This report comes out of a collaborative project to evaluate the allocation of public resources to the reduction of maternal mortality.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/diaz_maternal.htm

- Rural Women's Access to Land and Property in Selected Countries, Hartl, M.,2004
Articles 15 and 16 of CEDAW state the rights of women to property and inheritance. This report is a tool to help non-governmental organisations and multilateral agencies in advocacy and policy dialogue using CEDAW.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/hartl_ruralaccess.htm

- Women2000 and Beyond: Making Risky Environments Safer: Women Building Sustainable and Disaster-Resilient Environments (English, Spanish and French), DAW, 2004
This issue addresses gender dynamics in disaster reduction and sustainable development.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/daw_riskyenv.htm

- Transcending Boundaries to Improve Food Security of AIDS-affected Households in Rural Uganda, 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.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/icrw_transaids.htm

You can find many more resources on Gender and Security here http://www.siyanda.org/search/results_adv.cfm?Keywords=security05&Subject=0&Donor=0&Langu=E&StartRow=1 or through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/ (type the word "security" in the search box). Please also visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes: http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm

Fundraising 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/

(All summaries in the update are written or adapted by BRIDGE Team members)

II. Country Focus: Viet Nam
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Access key gender resources: http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=VietNam
network with, or find, consultants: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=VietNam

III. Experts and Consultants: Security
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Several resources on Security are now available in the 800 member Gender Experts and Consultants Database:
- The Impact of Social Security Systems on the Reconciliation of Work and Family Life (English and Spanish), Villagomez, 2004
- Managing the Kosovo Crisis and the Changing Dimension of West European Security, Yasmin, 2000

- Review the latest experts and consultants:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/latest.cfm
- Join the growing list of experts and consultants:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm
- Search the database:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/
- Edit your existing profile:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/editlogin.cfm

**Have you networked with or hired someone featured in the Siyanda Experts and Consultants database? If so, then let us know! Email us at: siyanda@ids.ac.uk**

IV. Latest Additions:
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A snap-shot of the latest gender and development resources added to the Siyanda website is available here:
http://www.siyanda.org/newadditions.htm

New materials added to the database include:
- Engendering the Bureaucracy? Challenges and Opportunities for Mainstreaming Gender in Ministries of Health, Theobald, S., Tolhurst, R., Elsey, H. and Standing, H., 2005
- The Tsunami’s Impact on Women, Oxfam, 2005
- Review of the Implementation of the BPfA Outcome Documents of the Special Session of the General Assembly: Report of the SG (English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish), 2004

To suggest a resource for possible inclusion in the Siyanda database, please read our editorial policy http://www.siyanda.org/help.htm#editorial, then fill-out the resources submission form: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/

V. Users' Corner:
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View the latest articles, bulletins, newsletters, meeting reports, and short papers posted in Users' Corner:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120030204122635
(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).

** The "Siyanda Update" is a monthly newsletter featuring the latest gender mainstreaming resources available on the Siyanda website http://www.siyanda.org/. Siyanda aims to assist 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**

All the best,
Ra'ida Al-Zu'bi
Information Officer/Consultant
BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
at the University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE

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