September 2007 Siyanda Update

Siyanda Update: Gender and Labour Rights, Issue No. 58, September 2007
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In This Issue:
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I. Quick Guide: Gender and Labour Rights
II. Country Focus: Iraq
III. Experts' and Consultants' Database: A selection of published work from Siyanda Experts with research experience in gender and labour rights.
IV. Latest Additions: including a Polish good practice guide to gender equality in the workplace, an analysis of gender dimensions of Traditional Medicinal Knowledge, and reflections on addressing violence against women in HIV testing and counselling
V. Contribute section: share news, resources, opportunities and perspectives

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I. Quick Guide: Gender and Labour Rights
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Why is gender relevant to labour rights? How can we ensure both men and women experience fair terms and conditions of employment? The following resources are a selection from over 35 resources added to the Siyanda database on gender and labour rights.

- Bottom of the Ladder: Exploitation and Abuse of Girl Domestic Workers in Guinea (in English and French), Human Rights Watch (HRW), June 2007
This report highlights the vulnerable position of girl domestic workers in Guinea and makes recommendations to the new Guinean government to address these issues.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/HRW_exploitation_guinea.htm?em=0709&tag=QG

- Disabled Women in the Workforce - Breaking Down the Barriers, Reynolds, R., March 2007
What barriers do women with disabilities experience in the workforce and what can employers do to address the inequalities disabled women face?
http://www.siyanda.org/static/reynolds_workforce.htm?em=0709&tag=QG

- Equality at Work: Tackling the Challenges. Global Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration (in English, French, Spanish and by email in German, Arabic, Chinese and Russian), International Labour Organization (ILO), January 2007
This is the second Global Report on discrimination under the follow-up to the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. The report examines emerging issues in patterns of workplace discrimination and inequalities, presents recent policy responses, and outlines the ILO's experience and achievements to date and the challenges it faces.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/ILO_equality_at_work.htm?em=0709&tag=QG

- SEWA Social Security: Organizing Women Workers for Insurance and Health Services, Chatterjee, M. and Kent Ranson, M., January 2006
This article describes the Self-Employed Women's Association's (SEWA) experiences in providing health services and health insurance for low-income women in India.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Chatterjee_sewa.htm?em=0709&tag=QG

- Cambodia: Women and Work in the Garment Industry, January 2006
This report examines problems experienced by women garment workers in Cambodia, including ill health, harassment at work and poor personal security.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/ILO_cambodia_garment.htm?em=0709&tag=QG

- Social Protection in the Informal Economy: Home-based Women Workers and Outsourced Manufacturing in Asia, Mehrotra, S. and Biggeri, M., December 2002
This paper examines the social protection needs of women home based workers, drawing on surveys in India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Mehrotra_Biggeri_homebased_workers.htm?em=0709&tag=QG

You can find additional resources related to gender and labour rights in Siyanda at:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/results_adv.cfm?Keywords=labour07&Subject=0&Donor=0&Langu=E&StartRow=1&em=0709&tag=QG

Safe Abortion will be the next Quick Guide theme, in October 2007. Users are invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0709&tag=CS

Please also visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes:
http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm?em=0709&tag=QG

II. Country Focus: Iraq
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- Gender-Sensitive Reporting in Iraq - Workshop Findings Report, June 2007
This workshop report outlines obstacles to free, gender sensitive journalism in Iraq and highlights the erosion of women's rights in the country more broadly.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Article19_Iraq_workshop.htm?em=0709&tag=CF

- Iraqi Women: Untold Stories from 1948 to the Present, Al-Ali, N., March 2007
Since 2003 the war in Iraq has put the situation of Iraqi women firmly on the global agenda. Testimonies in this book challenge the myths and misconceptions which have dominated debates about Iraqi women.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Al-Ali_Iraqi_women.htm?em=0709&tag=CF

- Gender Profile of the Conflict in Iraq, Gender Country Profile, January 2007
How did women fare in Iraq before the toppling of Saddam Hussein? And how has the present conflict and previous wars impacted on their lives?
http://www.siyanda.org/static/UNIFEM_iraq_profile.htm?em=0709&tag=CF

- Promising Democracy, Imposing Theocracy: Gender-Based Violence and the US War on Iraq, January 2007
This document examines the rise in gender-based violence in Iraq since the 2003 United States-led invasion.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/MADRE_promising_democracy.htm?em=0709&tag=CF

- Iraqi Women Under Siege, Lasky, M. P, January 2007
Are Iraqi women less politically, economically and socially active in post-war Iraq than they were under Saddam Hussain?
http://www.siyanda.org/static/Lasky_Iraqi_seige.htm?em=0709&tag=CF

You can find additional resources in Siyanda about Iraq at: http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=Iraq&em=0709&tag=CF
and network with experts and practitioners who are working in the region:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=Iraq&em=0709&tag=CF

The Pacific Islands will be the next Country Focus, in October 2007. Users are invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0709&tag=CS

Please also visit the Country Focus archive section:
http://www.siyanda.org/country_focus.htm?em=0709&tag=CF

III. Resources from the Experts' and Consultants' Database: A selection of published work from Siyanda Experts on Gender and Labour Rights.
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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 a specialist interest in gender and labour rights:

- Women Workers, Industrialisation, Global Supply Chains and Corporate Codes of Conduct, forthcoming, Prieto-Carron, M.
- Exploring the Emergence of Flexible Labour and Its Effects on Gender Empowerment, 2006, Cadesky, J.
- Girl Child Labour in Agriculture; Domestic Work and Sexual Exploitation: a Comparative Analysis; Cases of Ghana; Ecuador; Philippines, 2004, Murray, U.
- Recasting Our Understanding of Gender and Work During Global Restructuring, 2003, Pyle, J. L. (co-authored)
- International Labour Organization's Gender; Poverty and Employment Programme: Assessment of Progress and Practical Application of the Capabilities Approach, 2003, Marques Ferracini, M. C.
- Problems Surrounding Wages: the Ready-Made Garments Sector in Bangladesh, 2002, Absar, S.

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=0709&tag=EX

- View the latest consultants:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/latest.cfm?em=0709&tag=EX
- Join the list:
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- Edit your existing profile:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/editlogin.cfm?em=0709&tag=EX (using your user name and password)

The Siyanda Gender Experts' and Consultants' Database, with over 1200 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.

IV. Latest additions to the Siyanda Database
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- Gender Dimensions of Intellectual Property and Traditional Medicinal Knowledge, Gibb, H., July 2007
- The Importance of Gender in European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), Gya, G, July 2007
- Good Practices Guidebook on Gender Equality in the Workplace (in Polish), June 2007, Kaczmarek, P.
- Marginalisation by Sexuality: Report of an IDS Workshop, Cornwall, A., July 2006
- Addressing Violence Against Women in HIV Testing and Counselling: A Meeting Report, World Health Organisation (WHO), January 2006

You can locate more Latest Additions to the Siyanda Database here: http://www.siyanda.org/newadditions.htm?em=0709&tag=LA, or through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/?em=0709&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).

V. 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=0709&tag=CS

Submit your publications for inclusion in our database, or suggest other resources:
http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0709&tag=CS

Post your short pieces of work in the Users' Corner:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120030204122635&em=0709&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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