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In This Issue:
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I. Quick Guide: Conflict and Security
II. Country Focus: Liberia
III. Experts and Consultants Database: Conflict and Security
IV. Latest additions: New BRIDGE bibliographies - 20 Key Francophone Resources
on Gender and 20 Key Gender Websites in French
V. Contribute section: share your opinions and latest news
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I. Quick Guide: Conflict and Security
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How are men’s and women’s experiences of conflict different? Do
reconstruction and peace-building efforts meet their needs? How have women engaged
as actors during conflict and post-conflict situations?
- Of War, Siege and Lebanon: Women's Voices from the Middle East and South
Asia, Accad, E., et al, September 2006
This collection depicts the reactions of women activists, academics and writers
to the wars and increasing militarism in the Middle East.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/accad_war_siege.htm
- Psychosocial Challenges and Interventions for Women Affected by Conflict,
Various, September 2006
The articles in this journal edition highlight the psychological and social
difficulties encountered by conflict-affected women.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/various_psychosocial.htm
- Beyond Victimhood: Women’s Peacebuilding in Sudan, Congo and Uganda,
International Crisis Group, June 2006
Crisis Group's research in Sudan, Congo (DRC) and Uganda suggests that peace
agreements, post-conflict reconstruction, and governance do better when women
are involved.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/crisis_victimhood.htm
- Reclaiming Women’s Space at the Peace Table: the Peacebuilding Cyberdialogue
as a Model of Using ICTs for Peacebuilding, Cabrera-Balleza, M., April 2006
A case study of how Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be used
to support efforts to implement the United Nations Security Council Resolution
1325 on Women, Peace and Security.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/cabrera-balleza_reclaiming.htm
- Radio Programmes: Women Talk Peace, Radio Productions on UN Security Council
Resolution 1325 (English, Filipino, Luganda, Swahili), International Women's
Tribune Centre (IWTC), March 2006
These are two sets of prototype radio programmes about UNSCR 1325 aiming to
raise awareness about the varied aspects of the resolution including the National
Action Plans on UNSCR 1325 and other relevant international conventions and
legal mechanisms.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/iwtc_radio.htm
- Achieving Equality to Generate Peace: a Guide for Action and Planning on
Women, Peace and Security (in Spanish and English), Valasek, K. and Nelson,
K., February 2006
This guide aims to facilitate the design of action plans that can be undertaken
by organisations and individuals working on peacebuilding initiatives.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/valasek_nelson_equality.htm
- Our Bodies, Their Battleground: Gender Based Violence in Conflict Zones,
United Nations Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), September 2004
This briefing outlines key issues around gender based violence (which distinguishes
violence that targets individuals or groups on the basis of their gender) in
situations of conflict.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/irin_our_bodies.htm
You can find additional resources on Conflict and Security through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/
Sexuality and Sexual Rights 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/ Please also visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes: http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm
II. Country Focus: Liberia
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- Beyond Numbers: Supporting Women’s Political Participation and Promoting
Gender Equality in Post-Conflict Governance in Africa, United Nations Development
Fund for Women (UNIFEM), January 2006
This discussion paper outlines the contributions of UNIFEM to enhance women's
political participation and integrate a gender perspective into post-conflict
governance in Africa. In-depth case examples are provided from Burundi, Liberia,
and Somalia.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/unfem_numbers.htm
- Women, Peace and Security News: Liberia, The United Nations Development Fund
for Women (UNIFEM), January 2006
This online resource provides links to recent news features relating to women,
peace and security in Liberia. It also provides information about in-country
and international women, peace and security initiatives.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/unifem_women_peace.htm
- Gender Profile: Liberia, The African Portal (AFROL), January 2006
The effects of war in Liberia combine with existing gender inequalities to make
the lives of women more difficult.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/afrol_liberia.htm
- Getting it Right, Doing it Right: Gender and Disarmament, Demobilization
and Reintegration, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), October
2004
This guide outlines how international assistance operations can address the
specific needs of women and girls in a practical way when planning in post-conflict
situations. It provides a detailed case study on Liberia.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/unifem_disarmament.htm
- Gender Checklist for Liberia, United Nations Office of the Special Adviser
on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI), December 2003
This document lists a number of questions which should be asked by anybody designing
reconstruction programmes in Liberia in order to ensure the integration of a
gender perspective.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/osagi_liberia.htm
- How To Guide: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Programme in Liberia, United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), January 2001
How can sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) be tackled in a refugee setting?
http://www.siyanda.org/static/unhcr_sgbv_liberia.htm
Access more gender resources on Liberia: http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=Liberia,
and network with experts and practitioners: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=Liberia
III. Resources from Experts and Consultants Database: Conflict and Security
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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. On Conflict and Security the following publications
can be found:
- From Local to Global - Making Peace Work for Women, Torry, G., 2005
- Perspectives on Peacebuilding: An Overview and Some Insights from the Bahá'í
Writings, Farhoumand-Sims, C., 2004
- Conflict and Gender Facilitation Hand Book, Harmat, G., 2003
- Fused in Combat: Gender Relations and Armed Conflict, El-Bushra, J., 2003
- The UN Transitional Administration in East Timor, Whittington, S., October
2000
- Training Manual on Gender and Conflict Management, Muthoni, W., 1999
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/
- View the latest consultants:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/latest.cfm
- Join the list:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm
- Search the database:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps
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- Edit your existing profile:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/editlogin.cfm
(you need a user name and password)
The Siyanda Gender Experts and Consultants Database, with over 900 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-focused consultancies.
IV. Latest additions:
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BRIDGE has recently produced two new bibliographies listing ‘20 Key Francophone
Resources on Gender’ and ‘20 Key Gender Websites in French’.
Please find below a selection of resources from those resources:
- Evaluating the Empowerment of Marginalised Women: Reflections on Development Projects in Poor Countries (Comment évaluer l’empowerment des femmes défavorisées? Eléments de réflexion à partir de projets de développements dans des pays du Sud), Hofmann, E. (2003)
- Gender, Power and Social Justice (Genre, pouvoir et justice sociale), Verschuur, C. and Reysoo, F. (eds), (2003)
- The Gender Digital Divide in Francophone Africa: a Worrying Truth (Fracture numérique de genre en Afrique francophone : une inquiétante réalité), Mottin-Sylla, M. (2005)
- Genre en action (Gender in Action) - http://www.genreenaction.net
An interactive portal for French speakers which aims to make visible different
experiences and thinking on gender mainstreaming in the South and the North,
across various sectors.
- L’association femmes, droit et développement en Afrique de l'ouest
(FeDDAF), Women, Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF) - http://www.wildaf-ao.org/
A network whose goal is to promote and strengthen strategies that link law and
development, in an effort to facilitate the emergence of a culture of exercise
of and respect for women’s rights in Africa.
- Coalition pour le droit des femmes en situation de conflit armé (Coalition
for Women’s Human Rights in Conflict Situations) - http://www.womensrightscoalition.org/
The mandate of this working group is to ensure that crimes against women in
conflict situations are adequately examined and prosecuted.
The complete versions of both bibliographies are available in English and French
from the BRIDGE website at:
http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/bibliographies.htm
You can locate more Latest Additions here: http://www.siyanda.org/newadditions.htm, or through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/(copy and paste the title without characters such as ":" ";" and "-" or copy and paste the author's last name into the Search box).
V. Contribute section:
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(All summaries in the update are written or adapted by BRIDGE Team members. This update was edited by Adrian Bannister)
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