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I. Quick Guide: CEDAW
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How can the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) continue to serve as an instrument for the protection of women's human rights worldwide twenty-five years after its adoption?

- Gender, the Millennium Development Goals, and Human Rights in the Context of the 2005 Review Process, Painter, G., 2004
This paper argues that achievement of the MDGs is both an indication of, as well as a necessity for the realisation of human rights, because the MDGs correspond to states' existing human rights obligations found in the CEDAW, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA).
http://www.siyanda.org/static/painter_cedawmdgs.htm

- Fact Sheet No. 22, Discrimination against Women: The Convention and the Committee, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2004
This Fact Sheet explains the substantive provisions of the CEDAW and provides an overview of the structure and functioning of the CEDAW Committee.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/un_cedawfactsheet.htm

- A Guide to Indigenous Women’s Rights under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (English, French and Spanish), Kambel, E., 2004
This practical guide explores the procedures by which indigenous women can use the CEDAW to hold states accountable for human rights violations.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/kambel_cedawindigenous.htm

- Producing NGO Shadow Reports to CEDAW: A Procedural Guide (English, Spanish and Arabic), International Women's Rights Action Watch (IWRAW), 2003
IWRAW has released this practical guide for NGOs who wish to use CEDAW to hold their governments accountable for upholding and enforcing women's rights.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/iwraw_shadowcedaw.htm

- CEDAW and Women’s Health in International Relations, Women's Rights Watch, 2003
This report describes the Netherlands Humanist Committee on Human Rights’ (HOM) initiative to develop a women's human rights impact assessment instrument for international relations, using the CEDAW.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/wrw_cedawhealth.htm

- Women Hold Up Half the Sky, The People’s Movement for Human Rights Education (PDHRE), 2003
This series of eight training videos and accompanying workbook are for learning about the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination. Against Women (CEDAW) and its relevance to women's daily lives.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/pdhre_cedawvideos.htm

Summaries written by BRIDGE Team members.

More Siyanda resources on CEDAW 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

The link between HIV/AIDs and gender-based violence (GBV) will be the next Quick Guide theme. Users are invited to submit or suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/

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

Bolivia will be the upcoming country of focus. Users can submit current gender and development publications on this country for possible inclusion in the database here: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/
Users are also invited to enter their profile in the Gender Experts and Consultants Database: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm, if they are based in or come from this country.

III. Experts and Consultants Database: Human Rights
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Over 200 Human Rights experts have joined the Siyanda Experts and Consultants Database. Their work on this topic includes: "Human Rights Education as a Way to Eradicate Violence in Kyrgyzstan" by Kirey (2003); "Gender in Peru’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission" by Falcon (2003); "Decentralization in Pakistan: An Approach to Poverty Reduction and Protection of Human Rights" by Ayaz (2003); and "CEDAW Report of the Royal Kingdom of Bhutan" by Terada (2002).
(You can find the authors by copying and pasting their last name into the Name field in the Experts Search page)

- Review the latest experts and consultants added to Siyanda:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/latest.cfm
- Join the growing list of experts and consultants:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm
- Search the experts and consultants database:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/

**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. Discussions: Gender Myths and Feminist Fables
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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:

Gender Myths and Feminist Fables Forum:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120031221123327
"I'm not sure it's a myth rather than ignorance among most senior males in power, when they view women in conflict situations like Iraq, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Sudan, DRC, Liberia, Timor, Bosnia, Kosovo as 'eternal victims' urgently in need of food-parcels and drinking water. This attitude means women are entirely overlooked or easily pushed aside when senior appointments come up for Interim authorities."
Excerpt from a recent posting to the 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).

V. Announcements:
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To ensure that your gender and development announcements reach a wider audience of gender practitioners, activists and policy-makers, we invite you to post them in the Siyanda user announcements section:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120040105020249

** 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 and Networking Coordinator/Consultant
BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
at the University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE
(currently working from Amman, Jordan)

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