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I. Quick Guide: Migration
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As migration may be voluntary or forced, internal or international, there is an urgent need to take account of the gender dimensions of this global phenomenon.

- Migrant Remittances, Development and Gender, Sørensen, N.N., 2005
This brief aims at contributing a gender perspective to the remittances debate.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/sorensen_remittances.htm

- Resources and Contacts on Human Trafficking, IATP, 2005
This collection provides extensive contacts and references built up from the work of the Initiative Against Trafficking in Persons (IATP).
http://www.siyanda.org/static/iatp_trafficking.htm

- World Survey on the Role of Women in Development. Women and International Migration, DAW, 2005
This report explores opportunities and challenges facing migrant women in relation to all types of international migration, both legally authorised and irregular.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/daw_surveymigration.htm

- Gender and Internal Migration – Considerations and Challenges, Glind, H., 2005
This presentation uses a China case study to consider gender and internal migration issues.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/glind_internalmigration.htm

- Migration and Gender: Section 2.10, IOM, 2005
This guide aims to help policymakers understand why and where gender needs to be looked at when formulating migration policy.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/iom_migration.htm

- Empowering Migrant Workers in Asia. A Briefing Kit, UNIFEM East and Southeast Asia Regional Office, 2004
This kit explores the experiences of migrant women in Asia through real-life stories and provides practical leads on what can be done.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/unifem_empoweringmigrant.htm

You can find more resources on Migration through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/. 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: Haiti
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- Gender Country Profile: Haiti, UNIFEM, 2005
This country profile offers facts and figures providing an overview of women's situation in Haiti.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/unifem_haitiprofile.htm

- Haiti: Sexual Exploitation by Peacekeepers Likely to be a Problem, Martin, S., 2005
This report assesses The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH’s) ability to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/martin_haitisexualexploit.htm

- Promoting Gender in Haiti (French), Eugene, E., 2005
This article argues that a gender and development approach is essential to building a better society, and provides facts and figures on Haitian women.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/eugene_genderhaiti.htm

Access more gender resources on Haiti here: http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=Haiti. You can also network with or find experts and practitioners from this country here: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=Haiti.

III. Experts and Consultants Database: Migration
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Numerous Siyanda gender experts and practitioners work on or have experience in Migration issues. Their publications on this topic include:
- Women in-between, Transnational and Rural-urban Migration in the Mekong Region, Resurreccion, B., 2005
- Living on Site: Health Experiences of Migrant Female Construction Workers in North India, Asian and Pacific, Jatrana, S. (first author), 2004
- Southeast Asian Women in the Context of Transnational Migration, Devasahayam, T. (principal editor), 2004
- Enabling Households to Support Successful Migration of AIDS Orphans in Southern Africa, Ansell, N. and Young L., 2004
For further details on these publications, copy and paste the author's last name into the Name field in the Experts Search page: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/

- 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

The Siyanda Gender Experts and Consultants Database, now with over 846 profiles, can be used as a networking tool for connecting practitioners, researchers, activists, students and experts with like-minded colleagues working on similar themes, or in the same geographical location. Those seeking experts for gender-focussed consultancies can also use it.

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

IV. Latest Additions:
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New materials added to the database include:
- Gender and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, Bouta, T., 2005
- From Anti-Natalist to Ultra-Conservative: Restricting Reproductive Choice in Peru, Coe, A., 2004
- Ethical Trade in African Horticulture: Gender, Rights and Participation, Smith, S. et al, 2004
- Are Wealth Transfers Biased Against Girls? Gender Differences in Land Inheritance and Schooling Investment in Ghana's Western Region, Quisumbing, A.R. et al, 2004
- From Thought to Action: Building Strategies on Violence Against Women, Kapur, A. et al, 2004
- The Value of Advocacy in Promoting Social Change: Implementing the New Domestic Violence Act in South Africa, Usdin, S. et al, 2000
You can access the above resources here: http://www.siyanda.org/newadditions.htm

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. Announcements:
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View the latest vacancies, gender courses, meetings, and calls for papers posted in this section, and publish your own news:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120040105020249
(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).
You can also participate in the Siyanda discussion forums here: http://www.siyanda.org/forum/

VI. New BRIDGE Publication:
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Gender and Migration Cutting Edge Pack
How does migration advance or impede gender equality? How can policy-makers and practitioners promote gender equality in work on migration?
http://www.siyanda.org/static/bridge_migrationcep.htm
(A print version of the English Cutting Edge Pack will be out in October 2005. The pack will also be available in French (print and electronic) and Spanish (electronic) in November 2005.)

These packs, along with all other BRIDGE publications including In Brief, can be downloaded free from the BRIDGE website at http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk. Paper copies will be available for sale through the IDS virtual bookshop at http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/bookshop/index.html, or from the IDS bookshop, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, Email: bookshop@ids.ac.uk, Telephone: 01273 678269, Fax: 01273 621202. A limited number of copies will be available free on request to organisations based in the South (contact BRIDGE for more details: bridge@ids.ac.uk.)

** 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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