Siyanda Update: Participatory Approaches to Gender and Development, Issue No. 54, May 2007
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In This Issue:
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I. Advert: Senior Gender Officer, BRIDGE
II. Quick Guide: Participatory Approaches to Gender and Development
III. Country Focus: Cambodia
IV. Experts' and Consultants' Database: A selection of published work from Siyanda Experts with research experience in Cambodia
V. Latest Additions: including resources on young women, livelihoods and HIV prevention; the Yogyakarta Principles; and the UN Secretary General's in-depth study on Violence Against Women.
VI. Contribute section: share news, resources, opportunities and perspectives
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I. Advert: Senior Gender Officer, BRIDGE
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Salary: £29,055 - £38,448 per annum, subject to experience
Closing Date: 15th May 2007 (11:00 am UK time)
Interview Date: week commencing 28th May 2007
BRIDGE seeks a committed gender and development specialist who is enthusiastic about the role that information can play in furthering the goals of gender equality and realising women's rights.
To ensure the quality of our written resources you will have a significant editing role, as well as undertaking selected research and writing tasks. Your management duties will include overseeing staff, managing ad hoc projects, and deputising for the BRIDGE Manager.
The Senior Gender Officer reports directly to the BRIDGE Manager. The post is based in Brighton, in the UK. It is a permanent position.
For further information and to download an application form please log on to:
http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/recruit/196_SGO_Bridge_Ad.html
Please circulate this information through your networks.
II. Quick Guide: Participatory Approaches to Gender and Development
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The following resources are a selection from over 35 resources added to the Siyanda database on why participatory approaches should take gender into account:
- ILO Participatory Gender Audit (in English, French and Spanish), January 2007
This ILO Gender Audit based on participatory approaches assesses whether internal practices and systems for gender mainstreaming are effective and whether they are being followed
http://www.siyanda.org/static/ILO_audit.htm?em=0705&tag=QG
- Empowering Young Women to Lead Change (in English, French and Spanish), World YWCA, June 2006
This manual is designed to enable young women to prepare and facilitate participatory training on a variety of issues, including leadership, self-esteem and body image, and violence against women.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/YWCA_change.htm?em=0705&tag=QG
- HIV & AIDS: Stigma and Violence Reduction Intervention Manual, Duvvury, N., Prasad, N., and Kishore, N., May 2006
Developed in India, this manual discusses how participatory learning and action (PLA) can be applied to combating violence and stigma around HIV/AIDS.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Duvvury_stigma.htm?em=0705&tag=QG
- Gender-based Violence Legal Aid: A Participatory Toolkit - ARC GBV in Conflict-affected Settings, American Refugee Committee (ARC) International / Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium (RHRC Consortium), January 2005
This toolkit offers guidance to those seeking to establish legal justice for survivors of GBV in conflict - with a focus on participatory approaches.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/arc_gbv.htm?em=0705&tag=QG
- Reflections on Gender and Participatory Development, Kanji, N., October 2004
The case for a focus on gender issues in participatory approaches is made in this article. A better understanding of gender and power dynamics could mean more meaningful participation for marginalised groups.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Kanji_reflections.htm?em=0705&tag=QG
- Participation in Sexual and Reproductive Well-being and Rights, Gordon, G. and Cornwall, A, October 2004
Key issues that must be addressed when using participatory approaches in the area of sexual and reproductive well-being and rights are explored in this article.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Gordon_cornwall_rights.htm?em=0705&tag=QG
You can find additional resources related to Participation in Siyanda at:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/results_adv.cfm?Subject=participation&Donor=0&Langu=E&StartRow=1&em=0705&tag=QG
Reform to UN Architecture will be the next Quick Guide theme, in June 2007. Users are invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0705&tag=CS
Please also visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes:
http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm?em=0705&tag=QG
III. Country Focus: Cambodia
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- The United Nations: A Framework for Support of Gender in Cambodia, October 2006
The United Nations' plans to assist Cambodia in its efforts to address gender inequities are set out in this booklet.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/un_framework_cambodia.htm?em=0705&tag=CF
- “As if they were Watching my Body”: Pornography and the Development of Attitudes Towards Sex and Sexual Behaviour among Cambodian Youth, Fordham, G., May 2006
This report explores how representation of sexual practices in extreme hard-core pornography can affect Cambodian children and their developing gender relations and identities.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Fordham_pornography.htm?em=0705&tag=CF
- Performances of Resistance: Women’s Struggle for Political Power in Cambodia, Lilja, M., March 2006
This paper explores how politically engaged Cambodian women build strategies and perform various types of resistance to the male domination of political arenas.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Lilja_resistance.htm?em=0705&tag=CF
- Impact of the Garment Industry on Rural Livelihoods. Lessons from Prey Veng Garment Workers and Rural Households (in English and Khmer), Analyzing Development Issues (ADI), October 2005
How are rural households affected when women travel from the provinces in Cambodia to work for garment factories in Phnom Penh?
http://www.siyanda.org/static/ADI_garment_industry.htm?em=0705&tag=CF
- Good Governance from the Ground Up: Women’s Roles in Post-conflict Cambodia, McGrew, L., Frieson, K. and Chan, S., March 2004
Until women are represented in local and national structures, Cambodia will not achieve good governance or sustainable peace.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/McGrew_governance.htm?em=0705&tag=CF
You can find additional resources in Siyanda about Cambodia at:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=Cambodia&em=0705&tag=CF
and network with Cambodia experts and practitioners at:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=Cambodia&em=0705&tag=CF
Canada will be the next Country Focus, in June 2007. Users are invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0705&tag=CS
Please also visit the Country Focus archive section:
http://www.siyanda.org/country_focus.htm?em=0705&tag=CF
IV. Resources from the Experts' and Consultants' Database: A selection of published work from Siyanda Experts with experience in Cambodia
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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 20 experts who have a specialist interest in Cambodia:
- Joining Forces with Russian, Cambodian and Roma Women: Women’s Lives, An American’s Eyes, Said It: Feminist News, Culture and Politics, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2006, Post, D.
- Rules, Roles and Rights: Gender, Participation and Community Fisheries Management in Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Region, International Journal of Water Resources Development Vol 21 No 4., 2005, Resurreccion, B.
- Negotiating Violence and Non-Violence in Cambodian Marriages, Gender and Development, July 2003, Surtees, R,
- The Current State of Cambodia’s Street Children, in The Current State of the World’s Street Children, Consortium for Street Children, 2006, Cadesky, J.
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=0705&tag=EX
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- Edit your existing profile:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/editlogin.cfm?em=0705&tag=EX (using your user name and password)
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. Latest additions to the Siyanda Database
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- Change, Choice and Power: Young Women, Livelihoods and HIV Prevention. Literature Review and Case Study Analysis, Urdang, S., March 2007
- Feminisms in Development: Contradictions, Contestations and Challenges, Cornwall, A., Harrison, E. and Whitehead, A. (eds.), March 2007
- The Yogyakarta Principles: Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. (in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish), March 2007
- Women, Girls, Boys and Men, Different Needs - Equal Opportunities, IASC Taskforce on Gender in Humanitarian Action, July 2006
- In-depth Study on All Forms of Violence Against Women: Report of the Secretary General (in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Russian), United Nations General Assembly, July 2006
- Sexuality, Development and Human Rights, Correa, S. and Jolly, S, March 2006
You can locate more Latest Additions to the Siyanda Database here: http://www.siyanda.org/newadditions.htm?em=0705&tag=LA, or through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/?em=0705&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).
VI. 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=0705&tag=CS
Submit your publications for inclusion in our database, or suggest other resources:
http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0705&tag=CS
Post your short pieces of work in the Users' Corner:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120030204122635&em=0705&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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