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SIYANDA SURVEY-2004:
http://www.siyanda.org
Help us give you the website you want. Your responses to our user survey last
year helped us redesign the Siyanda website to make it more responsive to YOUR
needs and interests. It will only take you 10 to 15 minutes! Kindly fill in
this questionnaire and e-mail it to us at: siyanda@ids.ac.uk
1. In addition to e-mail, do you have access to the Internet?
[ ]yes [ ]no
2. If you have access to either, how fast and reliable is your connection?
[ ] Good [ ] Fair [ ] Poor [ ] Do not know
3. What would you use the Siyanda website for?
[ ] Research [ ] Staying Informed
[ ] Networking [ ] Research dissemination
4. How regularly would you visit the Siyanda website?
[ ] Weekly [ ] Less than once a month [ ] More than once a month
[ ] Monthly
5. How useful do you find the content of this website for your work?
[ ] Very useful [ ] Fairly useful [ ] Not very useful
6. Which feature(s) do you find most useful?
[ ] Search (gender resources database)
[ ] Participate (discussion forums)
[ ] Siyanda e-mail updates
[ ] Users' Corner
[ ] Country Focus
[ ] Quick Guide
[ ] Gender Experts and Consultants Database
[ ] Other (please specify) ……………………………………
7. Would you describe yourself as a gender specialist/expert?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
8.Do you feel that this website helps improve your understanding of gender
mainstreaming?
[ ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Don't know
9. Have you entered your profile in the Siyanda Gender Experts and Consultants
database (http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp1.cfm)?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
Please give reason if the 'no'
……………………………………………………
If 'yes' :
Have you been contacted by a donor agency or other organisation for work or
a consultancy?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
Please give name of donor agency/organisation
……………………………………………………
Did this result in your securing a job or a consultancy?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
10.Have you been contacted by other gender experts or any Siyanda users for
networking purposes?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
11. Have you ever searched the Gender Experts and Consultants database to identify
consultants or experts to hire or to network with?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
12. Do you find using the Gender Experts and Consultants database easy to search?
[ ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Do not Know
Please explain:
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13. Do you find the Siyanda website easy to browse?
[ ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Do not Know
Please explain:
……………………………………………………
……………………………………………………
14. Would you consider contributing the content of the Siyanda website (e.g.
through participating in a discussion, submitting a resource, entering your
profile in the gender experts and consultants database or posting your short
pieces of work in the users' corner)
[ ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Do not Know
[ ] If 'yes' what would you contribute?
……………………………………………………
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15. Do you find using the Siyanda search function easy (http://www.siyanda.org/Search/)?
[ ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Do not Know
Please explain:
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……………………………………………………
16. How useful do you find the Siyanda gender resources search results
http://www.siyanda.org/search/results_adv.cfm?Keywords=citizenship&Subject=0&Donor=0&Langu=E&StartRow=1)?
[ ] Very useful [ ] Fairly useful [ ] Not very useful
Please explain:
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……………………………………………………
17. Which format do you prefer to open/download documents in?
[ ] MS Word (.doc) [ ] Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
18. How useful do you find the *one paragraph* Siyanda summaries (these are
*not* the two line summaries) in the database
(please click here for an example of a short summary: http://www.siyanda.org/newadditions/2003-12-02-1211-The_NGOization_of_the_Arab_Wom.htm)
[ ] Very useful [ ] Fairly useful [ ] Not very useful
Please explain:
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……………………………………………………
19. How useful do you find the *two to three paragraph* Siyanda summaries in
the database
(click here for an example of a long summary:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/summary.cfm?NN=1216&ST=LS&Keywords=citizenship&Subject=0&donor=0&langu=E&StartRow=1&Ref=Adv)
[ ] Very useful [ ] Fairly useful [ ] Not very useful
Please explain:
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20. Which format do you prefer?
[ ]Short summary [ ]Long summary
21. How do you use the Siyanda summaries?
……………………………………………………
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22. How useful would you find *English* summaries of non-anglophone resources
(e.g. French or Spanish)
[ ] Very useful [ ] Fairly useful [ ] Not very useful
Which would you prefer?
[ ] Short summaries [ ] Long summaries
23. Are you subscribed to the Siyanda Update mailing list?
[ ]Yes [ ] No
(if 'no' and you are interested in subscribing, please send an e-mail to siyanda@ids.ac.uk)
24. Do you encounter any specific difficulties when using the Siyanda website
or participating in the forums?
Please explain:
……………………………………………………
……………………………………………………
25. What type of organisation are you from?
[ ] NGO [ ] Academic [ ] Independent
[ ] Governmental [ ] Multilateral [ ] Bilateral
[ ]Other (please specify) ……………………………………
26. In which country are you based?
……………………………………………………
……………………………………………………
27. What is your organization's working language?
[ ] Spanish [ ]English [ ] French
[ ] Chinese [ ] Arabic [ ] Russian
[ ] Other (please specify) ……………………………………
28. What is your Gender?
[ ] Male [ ] Female
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
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Ra'ida Al-Zu'bi
Consultant, Information and Network Coordination
BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, UK
e-mail: r.al-zubi@ids.ac.uk
(currently working from Amman, Jordan)
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