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GREETINGS
FROM THE CAW!
CAW
Update
Upcoming
CAW Workshop on Gender Equity on Practical Strategies for Recruiting
Women Board Members
InterAction Seeking
Nominations for Annual Humanitarian Award
MORE
ON AFGHANISTAN
InterAction
Members Respond
Wome EDGE Meeting to Discuss Afghanistan Legislation (November 16)
Conference on Afghan Women:
Securing Our Future (November 29 – 30)
Women’s Health and Human Rights in Afghanistan (Book)
Blind Chickens and Social Animals (Book)
BRIDGE Website Offers Gender Perspectives on Terrorist Attacks and
Military Action
Women's Commission Fund for Afghan Women
Saving Women's Lives in Afghanistan Panel - Transcripts
Available
Online Petition for Women’s Rights and Afghanistan
Justice Not Vengeance
Saving Women's Lives
EVENTS
Women and UN
Multidimensional Peacekeeping (November 28)
IWDC’s Holiday Craft
Show to Benefit Women (November 28)
Seminar on Unpacking
Leadership: Who Gets to Lead and Why? (December 6)
NACD Governance
Seminars (December 11 & 12)
CONFERENCES
2002 Women's Global Leadership Institute (June 10 – 21, 2002)
International Conference on Third Wave Feminism (July 23 – 25, 2002)
Know How Conference on the World of Women's Information (July 23 –
26, 2002)
Women’s Rights in Development: Re-Inventing Globalization (October 3
– 6, 2002)
TRAINING
OPPORTUNITIES/COURSES
Continental Conflict
Transformation Course (February 4 – March 8, 2002)
Advanced Course on Sexual and Reproductive Health (March 18 – 30,
2002)
Gender Mainstreaming: A Methodology for Practice (April 8 – 19, 2002)
RESOURCES
Books
Four New Publications from Women, Ink.
The Nibble Theory and the Kernel of Power
Building Women's Capacities: Interventions in Gender Transformation
New Series on Fundraising
Good Sex: Feminist Perspectives from the World’s Religions
Sacred Choices: The Right to Contraception and Abortion in Ten World
Religions
Reports/Other
Written Materials
Report from USAID’s
Conference on Intrastate Conflict and Women
Safe and Secure: Eliminating Violence Against Women & Girls in
Muslim Societies
Many Faces on Gender Inequality
Refugee and Internally Displaced Women and Children in Serbia and
Montenegro
Women, Peace, and Disarmament Workshop Kit
Innocents in Jail
Onyx Woman
Improving the Health of Midlife Women
Online
Materials
Gender, Information
Technology, and Developing Countries: An Analytical Study
Men’s Involvement in Women's Empowerment
Gender Dimensions of Racial Discrimination
UN Division for the Advancement of Women: New Reports Online
Making a Difference? Gender and Participatory Development
UNFPA’s State of the World Report
Are Women Over-represented Among the Poor?
IGTN Regional Reports on Gender and Trade
Hunger Project’s Address on AIDS Crisis in Africa
SIDA Gender and Conflict Report
E.Quality@Work
Annotated Bibliography on Women and Peace
Kosova Women's Network email Newsletter
Websites/Listserves
The National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD)
Peace Women Website
Women and War
Gender in An Ageing World – HelpAge
CD-ROM
Rural Women in Uganda
Advocacy
CEDAW Sign-On Letter
Annual White Ribbon Contest – Safe Motherhood
PUBLISHING,
RESEARCH, AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
African Women's Development Fund
International Women's Media Foundation's Courage in Journalism Award
Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize – Rights
Prize for Women’s Creativity in Rural Life
Fellowship: Facing Global Capital, Finding Human Security – A Gendered
Critique
Call for Papers: Asian Journal of Women’s Studies
Call for Papers: Representing Gender in Cultures
GREETINGS
FROM THE CAW!
CAW
Update
In early October, the
CAW participated in the 2nd International Gender Conference,
sponsored by the Gender Development Institute (GDI) in Ghana.
The CAW facilitated two workshops, one focusing on the
organizational self-assessment tool, The Gender Audit, and the
second on a new joint publication with the GDI, Stories of Equitable
Development: Innovative Practices From Africa.
An article on this conference will be featured in the November 19
issue of Monday Developments.
In late October, the
CAW held a luncheon on “The Challenges of Diversity on Boards: Lessons
Learned from the Corporate Community” as a part of its Gender
Equity on Boards of Directors Campaign.
Forty-four InterAction members support the Campaign, and those
attending the event took home valuable insights and practical approaches
for increasing women’s representation on their own boards.
Dr. Mary Mattis, Senior Associate at Catalyst, presented research
on trends and barriers related to women’s representation as well as
recommendations for effective board placement strategies based on her
organization’s forty years of experience. Catalyst, a
“non-adversarial advocacy organization,” works to advance women in
business leadership with a particular focus on placing women on the
boards of Fortune 500 companies. See
the November 19 issue of Monday Developments for more information on
this event.
The CAW also held two
successful book events in early November. The first launch/reception,
co-sponsored with Winrock International, featured a newly published
training manual Chrysalis: Leadership Training for Pioneering Women.
Authors Maggie Range and Phoebe Omandi facilitated a useful
session that highlighted their innovative training approach for
empowering women leaders and building gender-sensitive organizations.
Copies of the Chrysalis manual are available through Women
Ink (www.womenink.org).
The second brown-bag
discussion featured Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict
and What to Do About It. Author Joan Williams, from both a
moral/ethical and business standpoint, proposed why an inclusive,
family-friendly workplace, supports both women and men as caregivers and
workers. Most of all,
Williams argued how children would benefit most from this new vision of
the workplace. Copies of
this book are available through Oxford University Press (www.oup-usa.org).
Upcoming
CAW Workshop on Gender Equity on Practical Strategies for Recruiting
Women Board Members
December 5, Washington, DC.
The CAW invites you to attend a workshop on “Practical
Strategies for Identifying and Recruiting Top-Notch Women for Your Board
of Directors,” by Jennifer Rutledge.
The workshop will be held on December 5, Wednesday, 12:00 –
5:00 p.m., at InterAction (1717
Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 701, Washington DC).
This
workshop, designed for InterAction members who are part of the Campaign
for Gender Equity on Boards of Directors, will get at the nuts and
bolts of recruiting women (including women of color and with
disabilities) for agency boards. Jennifer Rutledge, noted author of
Building Board Diversity, will serve as workshop presenter and
facilitator. Members can
expect to learn practical strategies that can be applied in their
organizations. Preferential
registration for participating organizations in the Campaign.
Workshop cost, includes lunch: $10.
Space is limited, so register early!
RSVP by November 26 to Julie Montgomery
at jmontgom@interaction.org.
This event is a part of the Campaign for Gender
Equity on Boards of Directors.
For information on how your organization can join this
important Campaign, please contact the CAW at 202.667.8227.
InterAction
Seeking Nominations for Annual Humanitarian Award
Deadline: December 3. InterAction is seeking nominations for the
2002 Annual Humanitarian Award presented
at the Annual Forum. Nominees
should be emerging, but also expert leaders in their field. They should
be well known and respected in their country or area for what they do,
but not formally recognized with a global award.
Last year the award was given to an ASHOKA fellow, Harley
Henriques do Nasciamento of Brazil who works on AIDS related issues.
This year we would like to look at someone who is active in Small
Holder Agriculture or Food Security or Conflict Resolution/Peace
Building. Please send your
nominations (with bios) to Lori Rosso at lrosso@interaction.org
by December 3.
MORE
ON AFGHANISTAN
InterAction
Members Respond
Many
InterAction members have made statements or have issued press
releases on the terrorist attacks on September 11 and the Afghanistan
situation. This
information is posted on the InterAction newswire at www.interaction.org.org/newswire.us.html
and is frequently updated.
Conference
on Afghan Women: Securing Our Future
November 29 – 30, New York,
NY. Women for Afghan
Women invites you to a 2-day conference, Afghan Women: Securing
Our Future. Keynote
Speaker: Sima Wali, Refugee Women in Development (RefWID).
The conference will be held on November 29 (12-7pm) and
November 30 (9am-4pm) at the Proschanksy Auditorium, CUNY Graduate
Center, 365 5th Avenue, NYC.
This conference is free of charge and is co-sponsored
by Women's Studies Certificate Program at The Graduate Center/CUNY.
Full conference agenda at http://www.womenforafghanwomen.org.
Women’s
EDGE Meeting to Discuss Afghanistan Legislation
November 18, Washington, DC.
Please join Women's EDGE GAINS Coalition for a meeting of the
opportunities for action on Afghanistan.
All interested individuals and groups are welcome to
attend. Women's
EDGE will update attendees on our legislative activities related
to Afghanistan and Central Asia, and we will strategize on ways
in which participants can get involved in these efforts. The
meeting will be held from 12:00-2:00pm in the 8th floor Boardroom,
1875 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC. RSVP to spipher@womensedge.org.
Also, visit the Women’s EDGE website for recent legislative
initiatives on Women in Afghanistan (www.womensedge.org).
Women’s
Health and Human Rights in Afghanistan (Book)
This
report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) contains a groundbreaking
survey of over 1,000 Afghan women and men about their attitudes
and experiences regarding the health and human rights of Afghan
women. To order a copy, contact PHR at phrusa@phrusa.org
or visit their website at www.phrusa.org.
Blind
Chickens and Social Animals (Book)
This
new publication by Mercy Corps International is the outcome
of three years qualitative research by Anna M. Pont from Mercy
Corps’ Pakistan and Afghanistan operations. This book captures
the voices and concerns Afghan women have on education, health
care, access to information, and family. To order a copy of
this book, visit www.mercycorps.org
or call (503) 796-6800.
BRIDGE
Website Offers Gender Perspectives on Terrorist Attacks and Military
Action
Since the terrorist attacks
of September 11th, BRIDGE has become increasingly
aware of the need for gender impact analysis of the international
situation. The BRIDGE website now features a page which collects
together some of the material and commentary which has identified
the varying gender implications.
They will continue to update the site as they receive new information.
Visit http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/
Women’s
Commission Fund for Afghan Women
The Women's Commission has
created a Fund to support Afghan Women's groups in Pakistan
and Afghanistan as they respond to the critical humanitarian
needs of Afghan refugee women. The Women's Commission
will distribute grants according to a set of criteria and will
provide technical assistance to the groups to ensure coordination
and monitoring of projects. Please go to their website
for details about how to contribute: www.womenscommission.org.
For more information, please contact: Ramina Johal, Project
Manager @ 212-551-3029 or ramina@womenscommission.org.
Saving
Women’s Lives in Afghanistan Panel – Transcripts Available
On Oct. 22, the United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA)) unveiled its largest humanitarian effort
to date: a $4.5 million campaign to save the lives of thousands
of vulnerable Afghan women and girls. UNFPA is working to provide
a range of reproductive health services, including obstetric
care, equipment and supplies for safe deliveries, family planning,
training and operational support.
For a copy of the transcript, visit http://www.savingwomenslives.org/audio.htm.
For full background information, go to: http://www.PLANetWIRE.org.
Online
Petition for Women’s Rights and Afghanistan
The
Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice has recently distributed a petition
entitled ’12 Points: Stop the War, Rebuild a Just Society in
Afghanistan and Support Women’s Human Rights.”
After a few days circulation, over 500 people had signed on
around the world. They are
encouraging others to sign on through their website at www.WHRnet.org.
Justice
Not Vengeance
A MADRE Tool Kit in Response
to the September 11 Attacks and the US War Against Afghanistan.
The toolkit, available online http://www.madre.org/toolkit.html,
is a concise Q&A on various topics – The US Military Response
to September 11, Osama bin Laden and Afghanistan, Asking Ourselves
Why, Civil Liberties in the US, Gender Apartheid and Afghan
Women's Resistance, What MADRE is Doing in Response to the Crisis,
Key Background Materials, and a Campaign in support of Afghan
refugee women and families.
Saving
Women’s Lives
Thousands of pregnant women
are among the Afghan civilians who have fled their homes in recent days
and are massed along the country's borders. The lack of shelter, food
and medical care, and unsanitary conditions pose a serious risk to these
women and their infant children. Saving
Women’s Lives has new fact sheet on the status of women in
Afghanistan. Visit http://www.savingwomenslives.org/afghgan_facts.htm.
EVENTS
Women
and UN Multidimensional Peacekeeping
November 28, Washington, DC.
The Center for Peace and Security Studies and Women in
International Security invite you to seminar on “UN Multidimensional
Peacekeeping” at the Arab Studies Conference Center, Room 241,
Inter-Cultureal Center, Georgetown University.
The seminar will be held on Wednesday, November 28, from
5:30 – 7:30 pm, and will feature speaker Lise Morje Howard from
the Center for International Development and Conflict Management
at the University of Maryland.
RSVP to events@wiis.org.
IWDC’s
Holiday Craft Show to Benefit Women
November 28, Washington, DC.
The International Women’s Democracy Center are hosting
a holiday craft show and sale to benefit women - refugees and
others on November 28 in IWDC offices from 3:00 – 6:30 p.m.
IWDC is located at 1730 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Suite 715, Tel:
202-530-0563. For
more information, contact washdc@iwdc.org.
Seminar
on Unpacking Leadership: Who Gets to Lead and Why?
December 6, Boston, MA.
The Center for Gender in Organizations at Simmons College
is pleased to announce the second seminar in their 2002 Seminar
Series, entitled “Where Does Leadership Lead?
New Ways of Thinking About a Familiar Topic.” The seminar
will be held on Thursday, December 6, from 3:00 – 5:00 pm at
the Simmons Graduate School of Management (409 Commonwealth
Ave). For more information, contact April Clarke, cgo@simmons.edu
or calling 617-521-3824.
NACD
Governance Seminars
December 11 & 12,
Washington, DC. The
National Association of Corporate Directors invite you two upcoming
seminars: Director Professionalism (Dec 11) and Role of the Governance
Committee (Dec 12). Both seminars will be held from 10 am – 4 pm at
the NACD Headquarters (1828 L Street, NW, Suite 801).
For more information, call 202-775-0509 or visit www.nacdonline.org.
CONFERENCES
2002 Women’s Global
Leadership Institute
June
10 – 21, 2002, New
Brunswick, NJ. The Center
for Women’s Global Leadership is accepting applications for
their 9th Women’s Global Leadership Institute, “Realizing
the Vision of Women’s
Human Rights – Understanding the Intersection of Racism,
Sexism and other Oppressions.”
The 2002 Institute will follow up on the Center’s participation
in the World Conference against Racism and will continue to
give special attention to the challenge of recognition of women’s
multiple roles and identities in women’s human rights organizing.
Application deadline: January 4, 2002.
For more information, visit www.cwgl.rutgers.edu.
International
Conference on Third Wave Feminism
July 23 – 25, 2002,
Exeter, England. The
University of Exeter will be holding an International Conference
on Third Wave Feminism at the Crossmead Conference Centre from
July 23 –25, 2002. The
conference will address the parameters of second wave feminism,
posing the question of a third wave in feminist theory and history
in order to redirect feminist enquiry without acceding to the
defeatism implicit in post-feminism.
Keynote addresses: Germaine Greer, Elaine Showalters,
Susan Strykker, and E. Ann Kaplan.
For more information, visit www.iftr.org.uk.
Know How Conference on
the World of Women’s Information
July 23 – 26, 2002,
Kampala, Uganda. The
Isis-Women’s International Cross-Cultural Exchange invites you
to the 5th conference of the collection and dissemination
of information relevant to women.
For more information, visit www.kabissa.org/wougnet/projectnews.html#KnowHow.
Women’s Rights in
Development: Re-Inventing Globalization
October
3 – 6, 2002, Guadalajara, Mexico.
The Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) will
be holding their 9th International Forum from October 3 –
6, 2002, in Guadalajara, Mexico. This
Forum will bring together over 1000 people to advance solutions for
achieving gender equality and justice, bring strategic international
alliances, strengthen advocacy campaigns and put new issues on the
development and human rights agenda. They are currently calling for
organizations to participate in this Forum on five-thematic issues
(Women’s Rights and Economic Change, Young Women and Leadership,
Gender Equality and New Technologies, Feminist Organizational
Development, Women’s Rights and the New Global Order).
For more information on how your organization can participate in
this conference, visit www.awid.org
or email forum@awid.org.
TRAINING
OPPORTUNITIES/COURSES
Continental Conflict Transformation Course
February 4 – March 8, 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa.
This training workshop will cover diverse aspects of
conflict transformation and peace building and is aimed at capacity
building for people working in conflict transformation, development,
human rights and related fields on the African continent.
For more information, contact Michael Muragu at copa@barclays.africaonline.com
or Genni Blunden at genni@sn.apc.org.
Advanced
Course on Sexual and Reproductive Health
March 18 – 30, 2002, Utrecht,
Netherlands. Organized
by the Netherlands School of Public Health, Rutgers-NISSO Group,
World Population Foundation and Dutch Foundation for STD Control. Target groups: S&RH project managers and staff. Course
focuses on young people’s needs.
Learning objectives: translate SRH needs into practical
and target group oriented approaches; integrate different SRH
elements into one common approach; advocate for public and political
support for SRH. For extensive information and application form,
visit www.nsph.nl/eng/education/index.htm.
Gender
Mainstreaming: A Methodology for Practice
April 8 – 19, 2002, London,
England. The Development
Planning Unit at the University College in London will be holding a
workshop to share methodologies in mainstreaming gender in policy and
planning and to explore institutional and organizational dimensions of
gender and social change. The
workshop is targeting women and men with experience of working with
gender issues as development practitioners, trainers or researchers in
different sectors, including WID/GAD specialists.
For more information, contact Frankie Liew (dpu@ucl.ac.uk)
or visit www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu/.
RESOURCES
BOOKS
Four
New Publications from Women, Ink.
Visit www.womenink.org
to order copies of the following publications.
Who Makes the News:
Global Media Monitoring Project 2000, Authors: George Spears and Kasia
Sydegart (with additional analysis by Margaret Gallagher)
Gender Setting: New
Agendas for Media Monitoring and Advocacy, Author: Margaret Gallagher.
Women and Media for
Social Change: Communications Initiatives Worldwide, Editor: Sharon
Hackett
Raising Women’s Voice
for Peacebuilding: Vision, Impact and Limitations of Media Technologies,
Authors: Susan McKay and Dyan Mazurana.
The
Nibble Theory and the Kernel of Power
By Kallel Jamison.
Published by Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah.
This book about leadership, self-empowerment, and personal
growth is a must for anyone interested in leadership and human
development. Kaleel Jamison (1931–1985) was a pioneer in the field of applied
behavioral sciences, focusing on strategic change methodology
that used diversity as a catalyst for total organizational improvement.
Copies can be ordered from http://www.paulistpress.com/.
Building
Women’s Capacities: Interventions in Gender Transformation
Edited by R.K. Murthy and
published by SAGE (Sept 2001).
This volume brings together experiences from India aimed
at strengthening the capacities of women and thereby empowering
them. An equally important theme is the sensitization of men to gender
issues. To order
a copy, email marketing@indiasage.com.
New
Series on Fundraising
This new series of books, by
author Elizabeth Wilson, is for leaders of organizations who want to
increase their financial independence at a time when grants from foreign
agencies are shifting or shrinking. The books are written specially for
agencies in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Latin America,
and who want to begin or improve their fundraising programs.
For more information, visit http://www.eagle.ca/~ewilson/books.html.
Good
Sex: Feminist Perspectives from the World’s Religions
Edited by Patricia Beattie
Jung, Mary Hunt, and Radhika Balakrishnan.
Published by Rutgers University Press (http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/).
This volume brings together essays by feminist scholars
from different religions and cultures to consider how women
are redefining sexuality for the common good.
The essays explore sexual and social restrictions on
women; religiously and socially acceptable avenues of sexual
expression; constructions of sexual identities; and attitudes
toward women’s sexual desires.
Sacred
Choices: The Right to Contraception and Abortion in Ten World Religions
By Daniel C. Maguire. Published by Fortress Press.
This book’s message is that alongside the well-known “no
choice” position on contraception and abortion, 10 major religions of
the world offer an equally orthodox “pro-choice” position on
contraception, with abortion as a backup when necessary.
Copies of this book can be ordered online through www.amazon.com.
REPORTS/OTHER
WRITTEN MATERIALS
Report
from USAID’s Conference on Intrastate Conflict and Women
This report compiles the results
of USAID’s Conference on Intrastate Conflict and Women held
in December 2000. The
purpose of the conference was to discuss the findings and recommendations
of a two-year assessment conductive by the Center for Development
Information and Evaluation (CDIE) in cooperation with the Office
of Women in Development (G/WID). To see a summary of the conference, visit http://www.usaid.gov/wid/pubs/ib9.htm.
Hard copies can be ordered by emailing genderreach@dai.com.
Safe
and Secure: Eliminating Violence Against Women & Girls in Muslim
Societies
This training manual assists
women to identify sources of violence in the family, community, society,
and state; to communicate information about and understanding of
violence to other women and men; and to influence governments to
formulate and implement policies that eliminate gender-based violence.
Copies are available in Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Russian.
Published by Sisterhood is Global Institute.
Contact: 1200 Atwater, Suite 2, Montreal, QC, Canada H3Z 1X4,
Tel: 514-846-9366 Fax: 514-846-9066, sigi@qc.aibn.com.
Many
Faces on Gender Inequality
This new essay by Amartya Sen
can be found in India’s National Magazine (Volume 18, Issue 22).
Sen takes a comprehensive and deeply concerned look at the
"many faces of gender inequality."
He concludes his essay by
emphasising the need to "take a plural view of gender
inequality" and calling for a new agenda of action to combat and
put an end to gender inequality. For more information, visit http://www.flonnet.com/fl1822/18220040.htm.
Refugee
and Internally Displaced Women and Children in Serbia and Montenegro
The Women’s Commission for
Refugee Women and Children’s latest report highlights the conditions
facing women and children in Serbia and Montenegro, who are struggling
to resume their lives after years of warfare and displacement.
Copies can be ordered by visiting www.womenscommision.org
or emailing wcrwc@theIRC.org.
Women,
Peace, and Disarmament Workshop Kit
This practical tool, developed
by the International Fellowship of Reconciliation’s Women Peacemakers
Program (WPP), encourages discussion and thinking about women’s
contribution to a culture of peace and nonviolence.
The workshop kit enables you to deepen your skills and
knowledge about nonviolent conflict resolution and can be used
by anyone interested in conducting trainings on active nonviolence,
on confronting violence against women, or on building a culture
of peace. Available
in French or English.
Contact Janne Poort Van Eeden, IFOR, Spoorstraat 38,
1815 BK Alkmaar, the Netherlands, tel: (31) 72.512.3014, fax
(31) 72.515.1102, email j.vaneeden@ifor.org;
web www.ifor.org.
Innocents
in Jail
Published by the Women’s Commission
for Refugee Women and Children.
“Innocents in Jail” assesses the conditions for women
asylum seekers at Turner Guilford Knight, a Miami-Dade county
jail to which the INS moved all female detainees in the Miami
district, following widespread allegations of sexual abuse at
the INS Krome Service Processing Center.
This report is part of an ongoing series documenting
the treatment received by women and children asylum seekers
in the United States.
For more information on this report, visit www.womenscommission.org
or email Wendy Young at wyoung2@earthlink.net.
Onyx
Woman
This business magazine geared
for women of color offers insight into career growth, business
development, and financial empowerment.
Each issue is designed to nurture and grow successful
enterprises, while offering relevant information, resources,
and support for women of color.
For more information, visit www.onyxwoman.com.
Improving
the Health of Midlife Women
The Women’s Research and Education Institute recently published
a report entitled “Improving the Health of Midlife Women.”
Questions addressed in this 100-page report include:, How well
are midlife women served by the current health delivery and health
insurance systems? Where are the gaps? What should the federal government do to
help close the gaps? How
can Congress save money tomorrow through prevention today?
To order a copy ($8.50), email wrei@wrei.org
or call 202-628-0444.
ONLINE
MATERIALS
Gender, Information Technology, and Developing Countries: An Analytical
Study
The Office of Women in Development
of USAID invites you to read the newly released report on gender
and information technology in developing countries. This 16-page report and summary, written by Nancy Hafkin and
Nancy Taggart, can be downloaded from USAID’s website, www.usaid.gov/wid,
or you may request a hard copy by emailing genderreach@dai.com.
Men’s
Involvement in Women’s Empowerment
Isis International Manila’s
recent work on men’s involvement in women’s empowerment is now
available at their website. Specific
projects include: Feminist project seeks to understand men, Men’s
involvement in gender equality movements in Japan, Home is where the
hurt is, Transforming Filipino men through innovative projects.
Visit www.isiswomen.org
for more information.
Gender
Dimensions of Racial Discrimination
The Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights has issued its reports on gender and
racism in conjunction with the World Conference Against Racism earlier
this year. Documents from
this conference related to the gender dimensions of racial
discrimination can be found at http://www.unhchr.ch/women/focus-racialdisc.html.
UN
Division for the Advancement of Women: New Reports Online
The UN Division for the
Advancement of Women has posted reports on their website on the
following topics: women in rural areas, traditional and customary
practices affecting the health of women and girls, CEDAW, violence
against women migrant workers, follow-up to the Beijing Platform for
Action. Visit www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/documents/index.html
to access the reports.
Institute
for Development Studies: Reports on Participation and Gender
As participation becomes part
of the development mainstream, feminist concerns about representation,
agency and voice become ever more pressing. IDS has addressed these
concerns in several online reports at http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/particip/research/gender.html.
'Of other spaces'
Situating participatory practices: a case study from South India
Gender, sex and HIV: how to address issues that no-one wants to hear
about
Making a difference? Gender and participatory development
Missing men? Reflections on men, masculinities and gender in GAD
UNFPA’s State of the World Report
The UN Population Fund has
launched its “State of the World Population 2001” report, which
examines the close links between global environmental conditions,
population trends and prospects for alleviating poverty in developing
countries. Visit www.unfpa.org/swp/2001/english/index.html.
Are
Women Over-represented Among the Poor? An Analysis of Poverty in Ten
Developing Countries
This paper compares poverty measures for males and females
and male- and female-headed households, and investigates the
sensitivity of these measures to the use of per-capita and per-adult
equivalent units and different definitions of the poverty line.
The document is
available online at the International Food & Policy Research
Institute website at www.cgiar.org/ifpri/divs/fcnd/dp.htm.
IGTN
Regional Reports on Gender and Trade
The International Gender & Trade Network (IGTN) has
recently published several regional reports for the IGTN WTO
planning meeting. The
IGTN is an international network of gender advocates actively
working to promote equitable, social, and sustainable trade.
The Network utilizes research, advocacy and economic literacy
to address the specific trade issues of the seven regions: Africa,
Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Pacific.
Visit www.genderandtrade.net.
The
Hunger Project’s Address on AIDS Crisis in Africa
The Hunger project released a several documents from
their “Strategy to Stop the Spread of AIDS in Africa,” including
a briefing report and recent address by Joan Holmes, President.
Both documents outline strategies to stop the spread
of AIDS – namely leadership at the highest political level and
gender equality. These
documents are available at the Hunger Project website: www.thp.org.
SIDA
Gender and Conflict Report
The Swedish International
Development Agency (SIDA) has recently released a useful document on
post-conflict initiatives and gender equality.
For a copy of this report, email SIDA at info@sida.se.
E.Quality@Work
The Gender
Promotion Program of the International Labor Organization (ILO) has
developed an Information Base on Equal Employment Opportunities for
Women and Men which sets out international policy instruments, including
international labor standards as well as national legislations,
policies, practices and institutional arrangements introduced by a range
of governments, trade unions and public and private sector enterprises.
E.quality@Work is available
without charge online or in CD-ROM.
Visit www.ilo.org/genprom/eeo
or email genprom@ilo.org.
Annotated
Bibliography on Women and Peace
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom offers
an online bibliography on topics related to women and peace under the
resources section of their website.
Visit http://www.peacewomen.org/resources/annotatedbibliography/bibliographyindex.
email: info@peacewomen.org.
Kosova
Women’s Network email Newsletter
KWN Voices is a monthly
newsletter of the Kosovo Women’s Network, linking 32 women’s groups
across the province. To
subscribe, visit www.womensnetowrk.org.
WEBSITES/LISTSERVES
The National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD)
NCDD brings together people and groups who actively practice, promote
and study inclusive, high quality conversations. NCDD is a vibrant
network of over 700 organizations and individuals who, collectively,
regularly engage and mobilize hundreds of thousands of people around
today's critical issues, and NCDD's resource-rich website is a popular
hub for dialogue & deliberation leaders.
Formed in 2002 after our first National Conference on Dialogue &
Deliberation, NCDD is a U.S.-based organization with international
members and affiliations, all of whom are dedicated to expanding the
capacity of people with divergent views from all walks of life to
engage in honest dialogue and quality deliberation. Our website offers
a comprehensive assortment of tools, best practices and links related
to civil society, participatory democracy, public engagement,
political inclusion, restorative justice, organizational development,
institutional change, and conflict resolution at all levels, and we
keep in touch monthly with over 10,000 people who do this work.
Through our online forums and biennial conferences, NCDD connects
professional and grassroots practitioners, academic researchers,
businesses, government officials, activists, artists, students and
technologists drawn from an exceptionally wide range of sectors and
practices. NCDD is also helping in the founding of similar
organizations elsewhere, including the Canadian Conference on Dialogue
and Deliberation (C2D2), which is currently planning its second
national conference, and the newly formed African Coalition on
Dialogue and Deliberation (ACDD). www.thataway.org
Peace
Women Website
Peace Women website seeks to nurture communication among a diversity of women's
organizations by providing an accessible and accurate information
exchange between peace women around the world and the UN system.
www.PeaceWomen.org
Women
and War
A new International Committee
of the Red Cross website aims to be a platform for debate around key
issues on the subject of women in armed conflicts. The website includes resources as well as a web forum
focusing on the situation of women in war.
This discussion will be moderated by Charlotte Lindsey, head of
the Women and War project. Visit
www.womenandwar.org.
Gender
in An Ageing World – HelpAge
HelpAge International has put
together online “Gender and Ageing” briefs. The briefs cover key
issues for gender and development practitioners and policymakers.
Topics: gender in an ageing world; age, gender and HIV/AIDS;
participation for older women and men; violence, gender, and older
people; humanitarian crises – hearing and understanding older
people’s gender needs; confronting older people’s poverty (gender
and income security). For
more information, contact Fclark@helpage.org
or Press@helpage.org or visit www.helpage.org.
CD-ROM
Rural Women in Uganda
This newly released CD-ROM is
the first part of a project being undertaken by the International
Women’s Tribune Center (IWTC) to develop content materials that are
relevant and appropriate for women at the telecentres being built across
Africa. This first CD
focuses on "Ideas for Earning Money" at the request of the
women themselves who have been part of this project from the beginning.
To order a copy, visit www.iwtc.org
or www.womenink.org.
ADVOCACY
CEDAW Sign-On Letter
The CEDAW Ratification Working Group has written an open
sign-on letter to the Senate urging immediate ratification of
the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
Against Women (CEDAW) and linking it to International Human
Rights Day (December 10).
If your organization would like to sign on to this letter,
please contact Hamed Yazhari at 202-833-8990.
To see a copy of the sign-on letter, click on the CEDAW
attachment.
Annual
White Ribbon Contest – Safe Motherhood
The
White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood invites you to
participate in a contest designed to encourage colleagues and
organizations to raise awareness about maternal mortality and to promote
safe motherhood, using the white ribbon. The White Ribbon Alliance for
Safe Motherhood is a group of organizations that have combined forces to
raise international awareness about the need to make pregnancy and
childbirth safe for women and infants.
The Alliance strives to make this issue a priority of
international organizations and governments. For more information, visit
http://www.globalhealth.org/view_top.php3?id=57.
PUBLISHING,
RESEARCH, AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
African
Women’s Development Fund
Africa Women’s Development Fund is a fundraising and
grant-making fund which aims to support the work of the African
women's movement. The beneficiaries of the fund will be local,
national, and regional African women's organizations working
for social justice, equity and peace.
Visit http://www.comminit.com/pds10-2001/sld-3193.html.
Contact: Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
bisi90@hotmail.com
or Joanna Foster jfoster@samara.org.za.
International
Women’s Media Foundation’s Courage in Journalism Award
This award honors women
journalists with a US $2,000 cash prize for demonstrating extraordinary
strength of character in pursuing their craft under difficult or
dangerous circumstances - physical danger, official secrecy or
oppression, political pressure, or any other professionally intimidating
obstacles. Contact Amy Johnson ajohnson@iwmf.org.
Conrad
N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize – Rights
Deadline: December 15 2001.
The Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize of $1 million (US) is awarded
annually to a nonprofit or charitable organization making extraordinary
contributions toward alleviating human suffering anywhere in the world.
For a nomination form please contact: Melissa Whalen, Manager,
Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite
1000, Los Angeles, CA 90067-4011, Email melissa@hiltonfoundation.org.
Prize
for Women’s Creativity in Rural Life
Deadline: March 1, 2002. The Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF) is accepting nominations for the
"Prize for women's creativity in rural life". The Prize ($500
per laureate) honors creative and courageous women and women's groups
around the world for their contributions to improving the quality of
life in rural communities. For more information, contact the Foundation
at: Maria Peńaloza, Prize program coordinator, The Women's World Summit
Foundation (WWSF), PO Box 2001, 1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland, Tel: (41 22)
738.66.19 Fax 738.82.48, Email: prize@vtxnet.ch Web: www.woman.ch.
Fellowship:
Facing Global Capital, Finding Human Security – A Gendered Critique
Deadline: January 31, 2002.
The National Council for Research on Women and the Center for the Study
of Women and Society at the Graduate Center of the City University of
New York announce a Rockefeller-funded humanities fellowship program,
"Facing Global Capital, Finding Human Security: A Gendered
Critique". Fellowships will be offered for 2002/2003 and 2003/2004
to selected activists, academics and policymakers. This
interdisciplinary program will explore the uses of a human security
framework for identifying non-discriminatory, sustainable policies for
women and girls, drawing into dialogue critical theories in the
humanities and social sciences, and discourses of policymakers and
activists. More information available at: http://www.ncrw.org
and http://web.gc.cuny.edu/womenstudies/index.htm.
Call
for Papers: Asian Journal of Women’s Studies
Asian Journal of Women's Studies (AJWS) is an interdisciplinary
journal, publishing articles pertaining to women's issues in Asia from a
feminist perspective. The journal offers articles with a theoretical
focus, country reports providing valuable information on specific
subjects and countries, and book reviews containing information on
recent publications on women in Asia and elsewhere. For more information
on paper submissions, contact: Editor, AJWS, Asian Center for Women's
Studies, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Republic of Korea, Tel:
(82-2) 3277-2150, Fax: (82-2) 3277-2577, Email: acwsewha@mm.ewha.ac.kr.
Call
for Papers: Representing Gender in Cultures
Deadline: January 31, 2002.
The international conference "Representing Gender in Cultures"
is organized to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Women's Studies
Center at the University of Lodz. The
Conference Committee is now accepting paper submissions on this broad
topic. Participants might
want to consider the following topics:
* gender has been perceived as
global and ahistorical - all cultures recognize a differentiation
between 'men' and 'women', but how variable are these categories between
cultures?
* social constructions of gender
* current theoretical debates on gender identity and sexual
difference
* in what ways do the notions of race, nationality, ethnicity,
sexuality, etc.
* influence the representations of gender in cultures
* perspectives on teaching gender studies.
The
conference languages are English, Polish, and Spanish. For more
information, Contact: GENDER 2002, Faculty of International &
Political Studies, University of Lodz ul. Skadowa 41/43, 90-127 Lodz,
Poland, Tel: (48) (42) 678 52 38, Fax: (48) (42) 678 49 16, email: Gender2002@krysia.uni.lodz.pl.
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