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In This Issue:
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I. Quick Guide: Rights
II.
Country Focus: Turkey
III. Experts and Consultants Database: Rights
IV.
Latest Additions: resources on sports, infrastructure, water and more…
V.
Features: New! Gender Training Courses section
**Did you know that you can quickly create a bibliography from Siyanda search
results? It’s easy – simply choose the records you wish to include, by clicking
on the box next to the entry number, then click on ‘View Selections’. A page
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may also be printed for easy reference.**
I. Quick Guide: Rights
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Over the past decade, human
rights and rights-based approaches have increasingly been used in development.
How can the concept of rights be transformed into practical strategies for
gender equality and women’s empowerment?
– Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Cornwall, A. and Jolly, S.,
2006
This guide reviews current policy issues and explores cutting-edge
debates relating to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).
http://www.siyanda.org/static/cornwall_jolly_srhr.htm
– Human Rights, Formalisation and Women’s Land Rights in Southern and Eastern
Africa, Ikdahl, I., Hellum, A., Kaarhus, R., Benjaminsen, T.A. and Kameri-Mbote,
P., 2005
The Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) is demonstrated in this
document to be a useful framework for ensuring non-discriminatory land reform
for women.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/ikdahl_formalisation.htm
– The Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa: An Instrument for Advancing
Reproductive and Sexual Rights, Center for Reproductive Rights, 2005
This
briefing paper explains the provisions of the Protocol and provides suggestions
on how it can be used by African women to exercise their reproductive
rights.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/crhr_reproprotocol.htm
– Focus on Human Rights and Gender Justice: Linking the Millennium
Development Goals with the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of
Discrimination Against Women and the Beijing Platform for Action, Neuhold, B.,
2005
This report describes the basic processes, strengths, weaknesses and
links between the Beijing Platform for Action, CEDAW and the MDGs.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/neuhold_hrfocus.htm
– Equality and Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Guide to
Implementation and Monitoring under the ICESCR, International Women’s Rights
Action Watch, 2004
This document provides a framework for reporting and
monitoring the implementation of women’s human rights under the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
http://www.siyanda.org/static/iwraw_ecoequality.htm
– Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Sexual and Reproductive Rights and
Needs of Women Displaced by War and Armed Conflict: A Practical Guide for
Programmes Officers, Bosmans, M. and Temmerman, M., 2003
A guide developed as
a practical tool for programme officers in humanitarian aid to promote a more
integrated approach to sexual and reproductive health.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/bosman_srhrapproach.htm
– Doing the Rights Thing – Rights-Based Development and Latin American NGOs,
Molyneux, M., and Lazar, S., 2003
What is rights-based development? This book
studies NGOs in Latin America.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/molyneux_rightsthing.htm
You can find many additional resources on Gender and Rights through the
Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/
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/
Please also visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes: http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm
II. Country Focus: Turkey
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– The Human Rights
Education Program for Women (HREP) Utilizing State Resources to Promote Women’s
Human Rights in Turkey, Amado, L., 2005
This notebook uses the case of Turkey
to show how building collaborative relationships with government institutions
can advance human rights education.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/amado_hreducation.htm
– Turkish Civil and Penal Code Reforms from a Gender Perspective: The Success
of Two Nationwide Campaigns, Anil, E., Rrin, C., Hacimirzaoglu, A., Mehves, B.,
Ilkkaracan, P. and Amado, L., 2005
This booklet gives a concise overview of
the new legal status of women in Turkey in light of recent legal changes.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/anil_turkishcivilcode.htm
Access more gender resources on Turkey here: http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=Turkey
, or network with experts and practitioners: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=Turkey
III. Experts and Consultants Database:
Rights
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Over 300 Siyanda experts and
practitioners have experience in or currently work on rights issues. Their
publications on this topic include :
– Legal Regulation of Marital Relations:
a historical and comparative approach, Gautier, A., 2005
– The Rules That we
Carry in our Hearts: cultural anthropology of human rights and family norms in
two Mayan communities, Kalny, E., (2003 Spanish and 2001 German)
– Towards
the Progressive Interpretation of Temporary Special Measures under the UN
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
(CEDAW), Mansoor, S., 2002
– Women’s Concerns in the Policy and Law Making
Process: Assessment of Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action by
Parliaments in 8 African Countries, Kakooza, I., 2005
– HIV/AIDS and Human
Rights. International Guidelines. A training manual for civil society groupings
(co-author), Overland, L., 2005.
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 added:
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/
– Edit
your existing profile:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/editlogin.cfm
The Siyanda Gender Experts and Consultants Database, now 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-focussed
consultancies.
IV. Latest Additions:
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Recent additions to the
Siyanda database include :
– Gender and Sport: Mainstreaming Gender in Sports
Projects, Sever, C., 2005
– Why Gender Matters in Infrastructure, OECD,
2004
– Water for Production: an Overview of the Main Issues and Collection of
Supporting Resources, Bell, E., 2001
– Briefing Paper on the ‘Feminisation of
Poverty’, BRIDGE, 2001
You can locate these publications from the latest additions page: 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 Words field).
V. Features: Gender Training Courses
section
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In response to Siyanda user
requests, we have added a new topic – Gender Training Courses – in the
Participate section. Please check regularly for all new additions:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120060118122711
Feel free to advertise your gender courses in this section by clicking
on ‘Add Comment’.
See the full Participate section to both view and add events, calls for
papers and vacancies:
http://www.siyanda.org/participate.shtml
(All summaries in the update are written or adapted by BRIDGE Team
members. This update was edited by Justina Demetriades)
**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 to locate 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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