Siyanda Update: Men, Gender and Power, Issue No. 65, May 2008
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In This Issue:
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I. Special Feature: Sexuality and the Development Industry - papers from an IDS workshop
II. Quick Guide: Men, Gender and Power
III. Country Focus: Senegal
IV. Experts' and Consultants' Database: a selection of published work from Siyanda Experts on men, gender and power
V. Latest Additions: including a report on gender and Liquid biofuels production, a study of metaphors used by Malawian teenages about sex, and a guide to gender and malaria resources
VI. Contribute section: share news, resources, opportunities and perspectives
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I. Special Feature: Sexuality and the Development Industry - papers from an IDS workshop
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Sexuality has always been an issue for development aid, although usually in unrecognised and heteronormative ways. The goal of this workshop, held at the Institute of Development Studies in April 2008, was to examine international aid's connections with sexuality, and look for more creative and constructive means of engagement.
The workshop outline and summaries of 30 individual papers are available at:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120080404024339&em=0805&tag=SF
II. Quick Guide: Men, Gender and Power
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How can we inform a greater engagement by men in the struggle for gender justice?
The following papers were presented at an IDS symposium discussing men, gender and power. They are among 16 papers which have been summarised and included in the Siyanda database:
- Politicising Masculinities: Beyond the Personal, Esplen, E and Greig, A., March 2008
What does it take to politicise existing work with men on gender? This publication captures some of the exciting new thinking and possibilities that emerged from an IDS symposium on 'Politicising Masculinities', held in Dakar, Senegal, in October 2007.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/esplen_greig_politicising.htm?em=0805&tag=QG
- Militarised and Religious: the Double-bind Confronting Ugandan Men, Dolan, C., October 2007
This paper shows how, in Uganda, political actors play a key role in constructing and deploying particular models of masculinity.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/dolan_militarised.htm?em=0805&tag=QG
- Masculinities, Power and the Epidemic: Messages of Social Research, Connell, R., October 2007
This paper maps out what has been learnt from research on masculinities since the 1980s, and explores a new field of research that is opening up concerning forms of gender in transnational arenas (such as the masculinisation of capital market trading floors) and the ways they interact with local gender orders.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/connell_epidemic.htm?em=0805&tag=QG
- “Bring Me My Machine Gun”: Contesting Patriarchy and Rape Culture in the Wake of the Jacob Zuma Rape Trial, Peacock, D. and Khumalo, B., October 2007
Opening with a harrowing account of the trauma inflicted by rape on a gender activist in South Africa, this paper draws out key lessons about rape in South Africa.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Khumalo_peacock_rape.htm?em=0805&tag=QG
- Careful Interventions: Masculinity and the Condom Crisis, Lewis, J., October 2007
Do prevailing ideas about how 'real men' should behave undermine effective condom use?
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Lewis_interventions.htm?em=0805&tag=QG
- Changing Masculinities in Nicaragua: A Community Based Approach, Welsh, P., October 2007
This paper describes the background and political context in which community initiatives in Nicaragua began working with men against violence, including the theoretical framework, strategies, and critical assessment of their application
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Welsh_nicaragua.htm?em=0805&tag=QG
- The Individual and the Political: Promundo’s Evolving Approaches in Engaging Young Men in Transforming Masculinities, Barker, G., Nascimento, M., Ricardo, C. and Segundo, M., October 2007
How can resistance to inequitable and/or violent forms of masculinity be promoted? Instituto Promundo - a Brazilian initiative against gender violence - focuses on promoting positive masculinities.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Barker_promundo.htm?em=0805&tag=QG
You can find additional resources presented at the IDS symposium on men, gender and power in Siyanda at:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/results_adv.cfm?Keywords=masculinities08&Subject=0&Donor=0&Langu=E&StartRow=1&em=0805&tag=QG
Climate Change will be the next Quick Guide theme, in June 2008. Users are invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0805&tag=CS
Please also visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes:
http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm?em=0805&tag=QG
III. Country Focus: Senegal
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- Website: Famafrique (in French)
Famafrique has been created as part of the “Women's Information Highways in French-speaking Africa” project, which Enda Tiers Monde has established to coordinate networks, redistributing information and resources to and from sub-regions of Francophone Africa and the rest of the world.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Website_Famafrique.htm?em=0805&tag=CF
- Senegal: Role of Women in a Model of Community Management of Fish Resources and Marine Environments, Cayar, The Gender and Water Alliance, December 2006
Integrating women's and men's usage of marine and coastal resources into the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs) increases the chance of both women and men participating in and benefiting from the MPA.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Soumare_cayar.htm?em=0805&tag=CF
- Female Genital Mutilation and Obstetric Outcome: WHO Collaborative Prospective Study in Six African Countries (in English, French and Arabic), The Lancet, May 2006
This study examines the effect of different types of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on obstetric complications during childbirth.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/lancet_fgm.htm?em=0805&tag=CF
- National Strategy for Equality and Gender Equality (in French), Ministry for Women, Families and Social Development, Senegal, January 2005
What strategies has the Senegalese government developed to address gender inequalities and to fully integrate the issue of gender into the development priorities of the country?
http://www.siyanda.org/static/senegal_gender_strategy.htm?em=0805&tag=CF
- Senegal Gender Profile, African News Agency (Afrol), January 2002
This Afrol gender profile of Senegal lists a range of social data, including life expectancy, sex ratio and access to medical services, as well as links to relevant news articles and background presentations.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/afrol_senegal.htm?em=0805&tag=CF
You can find resources in Siyanda about Senegal at:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/results_adv.cfm?Keywords=senegal08&Subject=0&Donor=0&Langu=E&StartRow=1&em=0805&tag=CF
??? will be the next Country Focus, in June 2008. Users are invited to suggest resources on this country for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0805&tag=CS
Please also visit the Country Focus archive section:
http://www.siyanda.org/country_focus.htm?em=0805&tag=CF
IV. Resources from the Experts' and Consultants' Database: A selection of published work from Siyanda Experts on men, gender and power.
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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 experts who have an interest in men, gender and power:
- Undoing Men’s Privilege and Advancing Gender Equality in Public Sector Institutions. Flood, M., 2006
- Must Boys be Boys, Martin, S., 2005
- Violence against women / violence against men: Comparisons; differences; controversies, Hans-Joachim, L., 2005
- Male Involvement in Household Food Security and Nutritional Care in Oyo State; Nigeria, Oyewole, O., no date
- Men as Partners for Gender Equality: Strategies of the Thai Women's Rights Movement, Malmström, J., no date
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=0805&tag=EX
The Siyanda Gender Experts' and Consultants' Database, with over 1,300 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.
- Enter your details in the database:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm?em=0805&tag=EX
- Or edit your existing profile:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/editlogin.cfm?em=0805&tag=EX (using your user name and password)
The database is also an excellent resource for those seeking experts for gender-focussed consultancies.
- Search the database:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/?em=0805&tag=EX
V. Other New Resources in Siyanda:
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- Gender and Equity Issues in Liquid Biofuels Production – Minimizing the Risks to Maximize the Opportunities, Rossi, A. and Lambrou, Y., January 2008
- Poverty In Focus: Gender Equality, various authors, January 2008
- Metaphors We Love By: Conceptualizations of Sex among Young People in Malawi, Undie, C., Crichton, J. and Zulu, E., December 2007
- EU Bilateral and Regional Free Rrade Agreements – Bringing Women to the Centre of the Debate, Thomson, M, November 2007
- A Guide to Gender and Malaria Resources (in English and French), Kvinnoforum and The Roll Back Malaria Partnership Secretariat, January 2006
You can locate more new resources added to the Siyanda Database here: http://www.siyanda.org/newadditions.htm?em=0712&tag=LA, or through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/?em=0712&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=0805&tag=CS
Submit your publications for inclusion in our database, or suggest other resources:
http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0805&tag=CS
Post your short pieces of work in the Users' Corner:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120030204122635&em=0805&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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Adrian Bannister
Information & Networking Officer
BRIDGE - Gender and Development
The Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
Brighton BN1 9RE, UK
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