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dg comunities Newsletter - July 2008

July 15th, 2008 Dear dgMember, Welcome to your newsletter from the Gender and Development dgCommunity of the Development Gateway! In This Issue: - NEW HIGHLIGHT: The story of Mali, Filipina migrant in Italy: How the members of her family reinvented their roles - NEW LOOK! New Features! - TWO NEW dgCOMMUNITIES Launched on Key Development Topics - HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES - NEW! DISCUSSION - NEW! RESOURCE OF INTEREST - MEMBER DIRECTORY: NEW! CREATE YOUR BUSINESS CARD NEW HIGHLIGHT: The story of Mali, Filipina migrant in Italy: How the members of her family reinvented their roles Mali migrated to Italy from the Philippines when she was 46 years old, three years after her husband had moved there for work as a domestic helper. Both of them now work in Italy and send money home to their sons, who are concluding their studies in the Philippines. Mali was born in 1958 in Pampanga, a poor province in the Central Luzon region. After leaving her country, she became the main provider for her household and a determined worker. “When I was in Pampanga I used to own a goods store. I also had a grocery store; I was also a rice dealer and money lender. I was a busy business woman,” she recounted in an interview with UN-INSTRAW. However, the money Mali and her husband made working in the Philippines was not enough to ensure that her sons, aged 22 and 19, and her daughter, aged 18 could go to university. In fact, the family was not even able to cover their basic living expenses. In 2002, Mali’s husband left to find work in Italy in order to try and add to the family’s income. Three years later, Mali decided to join him. Upon arrival, Mali was welcomed by her husband and shortly afterwards, she started working as a live-in nanny for a family in Parioli, Rome... The text and photograph for this article courtesy UN-INSTRAW, a partner and Cooperating Organization with dgCommunity Gender and Development. Read the complete highlight NEW LOOK! New Features! This bright new dgCommunities newsletter is part of a fresh updated look for dgCommunities as the Development Gateway rolls out a new open source content management system in May. New features will soon be available on almost all dgCommunities, including a star system for rating the usefulness of a resource; cloud tags to instantly identify most frequently accessed key words; and a member option to add your Business Card information located in 'Manage Your Account' under 'My Gateway'. Your global dgCommunity team has been training to use the new system using online tools donated by The John C. Ford Program-Global Education Initiative. Thanks to all their hard work--and thanks to your patience as the new system comes online--dgCommunities will remain one of the world's premiere knowledge-sharing platforms for development information. TWO NEW dgCOMMUNITIES Launched on Key Development Topics Two new dgCommunities on topics of vital importance for development go live in May. "Disaster Prevention & Response" contains resources related to emergency responses to environmental and medical catastrophes in developing countries. "Stabilization & Reconstruction" includes knowledge resources needed to stabilize and rebuild developing countries following environmental disasters or armed conflict. Developed through a partnership with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), these new portals will provide a virtual space to enable participants to build capacity, strengthen working relationships, and improve development outcomes. Particular emphasis will be placed on bringing together government agencies and international and nongovernmental organizations in developed and developing countries to discuss common challenges. HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES - Feminized Migration Flows to Italy - Inception and Evolution of Filipino Migration Flows to Italy - Gender, remittances and Local Rural Development: The Case of Filipino Migration to Italy - How migration improves the education of migrant’s children in Philippines NEW! DISCUSSION: Your Views on Feminist Movements and Organizations The Association of Women in Development ( AWID ) published, jointly, with Zed Books, "Building Feminist Movements and Organizations - Global Perspectives" in 2007. This groundbreaking collection of essays by activists from all over the world explores what it means to be an effective women's organization, and what it takes to build the kinds of movements we need to transform women's lives. Touching on everything from how to build successful participatory democratic processes and implement shared leadership models, to lessons on overcoming internal organizational divisions, the case studies in this collection focus not only on the "what" but also the "how" of movement building. Anyone involved in the complex, vexing question of how to effect sustainable change will find not only much food for thought, but also an abundance of creative ideas and innovative strategies - served up with a uniquely feminist twist. To order a copy of the book, email contact@awid.org. But, perhaps you have more stories and views to share from your country on such feminist movements? The Development Gateway Foundation welcomes your contributions on this forum. Thanks. Best wishes. Photograph, Courtesy AWID website. AWID is a partner and Cooperating Organization with dgCommunity Gender and Development Share your views with us! NEW! RESOURCE OF INTEREST - International Consultation of Women’s Organizations and Networks and Aid Effectiveness From January 31 to February 1 of 2008, AWID, WIDE and UNIFEM co-organized the International Consultation of Women’s Organizations and Networks and Aid Effectiveness in Ottawa, Canada. The Consultation was co-sponsored by CCIC, Action Aid International, and IDA-Canada.The purpose of this meeting was to bring together more than 50 participants from different regions of the world, in order to exchange analyses and experiences about the implementation of the Paris Declaration (PD) on Aid Effectiveness and its impacts on women’s rights and gender equality. The participants represented various different types CSOs from both the North and South. Some of the groups represented were; women’s regional networks, INGOs, international networks, gender advocates from donor agencies and the UN system, women’s rights organizations and CSOs which focus their work on gender equality. MEMBER DIRECTORY: NEW! CREATE YOUR BUSINESS CARD With over 30,000 registered dgCommunities members, the Member Directory provides a one-stop shop for key contacts and collaboration worldwide. We invite you to take advantage of this unprecedented collaborative tool and add your profile today! Our new Member Directory enables you to more easily contact fellow professionals in the international development community for expert advice, information, and collaboration. You will be able to find development practitioners from over 200 countries, with interests and expertise in dozens of areas, including your own! We invite you to update your member profile and create your Business Card to let your colleagues in development know more about your interests and expertise. Quick Start - 4 Easy Tools: - NEW! ESTABLISH YOUR BUSINESS CARD Your business card helps others to get easily your contact data. Business Card is displayed only for dgCommunities members who are in in your colleagues network and only if you have chosen to open it for its members. In other cases your personal e-mail address will never be used. We provide an e-mail forwarding service. Simply log in and go to My Gateway: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/My-Gateway.45.0.html On upper right under "Manage Your Account", scroll down to "Edit your Business Card", enter your information, then click "Update" at the bottom of the page. -ESTABLISH or UPDATE YOUR PROFILE Let your colleagues in development know more about your interests and expertise through your dgCommunities profile. Simply log in and go to My Gateway: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/My-Gateway.45.0.html On upper right under "Manage Your Account", scroll down to "Edit Member Profile", and click "Update". -SEARCH FOR MEMBERS Log in to the Development Gateway and go to "My Gateway"under "Member Service". Scroll down to "Manage Your Contacts" and click "Search directory to add new contacts". You can search by: name, country, interest, expertise, organization, organization type, or by keywords in member bios. Search Results will show you a list of members with a link to their profiles. You can also reach the Member Directory on My Gateway on the left column under "Member Services" when you scroll down and click "Directory" http://topics.developmentgateway.org/Directory.60.0.html -COMMUNICATE WITH MEMBERS When viewing a member's profile, click "Contact this user". This will open a message box in which you can type and send a message through our message forwarding system. -CREATE OWN CONTACT LIST OF MEMBERS You can build a list of key contacts and form your own network of members. Searching for members will produce a results list; you can then select members to be added to your "My Contacts" list by clicking on the plus sign under "Status" for each desired contact. Or, when viewing a particular member's profile, click "Add this member to My Contacts". Your full contact list can be viewed when you log in, go to My Gateway, scroll down to "Manage Your Contacts" and click "View your dgCommunity contacts list". DID YOU KNOW?? Did you know that as a member of the Gender and Development dgCommunity you can share your knowledge resources (e.g., websites, papers, reports, presentations, images, news, events, etc) in just about any format including streaming audio and video. Each resource will be described on a unique interactive page that will acknowledge you as the contributor and link to your profile. To view full text of knowledge resources, users will follow links to host websites, which will benefit from increased traffic from the Development Gateway community! Simply click on the "Add content here" hyperlink in the middle of the page at: http://gender.developmentgateway.org/ Thank you! Anuradha Bhattacharjee Content Coordinator dgGender & Development Email: abhattacharjee@dgfoundation.org http://gender.developmentgateway.org

Publicado por Boletin D.G. el 15 de Julio, 2008, 21:05 ~ Comentar ~ Referencias (0)

Development Gateway Fundation -Esp. - Enero/Feb.08

Enero/febrero 2008 Boletín enero/febrero 2008 Acerca de la Fundación AiDA agrega información de las principales Organizaciones No-Gubernamentales La implementación de AMP boliviana es un hito para la efectividad de Ayuda Tanzania pilotea AMP dgCommunities cambiará su sistema de administración de contenido de fuente abierta Nuevas comunidades de prevención de desastres y reconstrucción serán lanzadas en abril Fust encabezará el Foro Humanitario Global Segunda solicitación anual para apoyo economico a dgCommunities Noticias de la Red Country Gateway: Country Gateways en América Latina y el Caribe participan en eventos regionales ICT Lanzamiento de Development Gateway en Burkina Faso Noticias acerca de la fundación AiDA agrega información de las principales organizaciones no-gubernamentales La base de datos sobre actividades de desarrollo, AiDA, incluye ahora actividades financiadas por la Fundación Gates, por Open Society Institute, y la Red Fundación Soros. Estos donantes no tradicionales financian más de 3.800 actividades. Como herramienta para la efectividad de la ayuda, AiDA incluye información sobre más de 200.000 proyectos de desarrollo en todo el mundo. Visite la base de datos. La implementación de AMP boliviana es un hito para la efectividad de Ayuda En diciembre de 2007, Development Gateway Foundation instaló la Plataforma de Gestión de Ayuda en el ministerio de planificación de Bolivia, y comenzó a capacitar al personal. Esto representa tanto la primera implementación de AMP en español como la primera vez que se integra plenamente una base de datos de asistencia ya existente en AMP. En los meses proximos se fortalecerá la Plataforma de Gestión de Ayuda con información adicional de la base de datos de inversiones públicas del ministerio – permitiendo tener una visión comprehensiva de los flujos de ayuda hacia Bolivia y de las actividades de desarrollo resultantes. AMP está creando un enlace clave entre programas de donantes y actividades de inversión pública gubernamental para mejor informar acerca de la planificación del desarrollo y los resultados de monitoreo a través del ciclo del proyecto. Haga clic para más información acerca de AMP. Tanzania pilotea AMP A principios de febrero se piloteo la plataforma de gestión de Ayuda en Tanzania. El ministerio de finanzas aloja la aplicación, y su departamento de finanzas externas está poblando las bases de datos con información de todos los acuerdos con donantes. Se espera que unas pocas agencias donantes seleccionadas comiencen a utilizar el sistema en marzo o abril. AMP facilitará informar sobre flujos de ayuda, monitoreará los desembolsos, mejorará las proyecciones para el proceso de presupuesto nacional, y apoyará la coordinación liderada por el gobierno para el proceso de administrar la ayuda. La plataforma también será probada por el ministerio de infraestructura con el fin de informar sobre los resultados del amplio portafolio de proyectos de inversión para infraestructura. Tanzania ha sido pionera en trabajar hacia los objetivos de la Declaración de París sobre efectividad de la ayuda. Esto ha resultado en una estrategia de asistencia mutuamente aceptada por la mayor parte de los donantes multilaterales y bilaterales. AMP apoyará al gobierno en sus esfuerzos para coordinar sus socios para el desarrollo que producirá a un impacto más fuerte en actividades de desarrollo. Haga clic para más información acerca de AMP<\a>. dgCommunities cambiará su sistema de administración de contenido de fuente abierta Esta primavera cambiará la plataforma sobre la cual se basan las comunidades de conocimiento en línea. Aunque la interfase de usuario para miembros de dgCommunities permanecerá igual, el nuevo sistema pondrá a disposición de estos usuarios interesantes características. Le brindaremos mas información proximamente. Nuevas comunidades de prevención de desastres y reconstrucción serán lanzadas en abril Prevención de desastres y Respuesta, y Estabilización y Reconstrucción, son las nuevas dgCommunities que serán lanzadas esta primavera Están financiadas por fondos del Centro para Estudios Estratégicos e Internacionales, con una participación activa de más de 25 asesores. Las nuevas comunidades proveerán un espacio virtual en el cual los participantes pueden compartir conocimiento, mejores prácticas y otra información relevante. El propósito de esta iniciativa es construir capacidad, fortalecer relaciones de trabajo y mejorar resultados de desarrollo. Se dará énfasis especial en reunir agencias gubernamentales y organizaciones internacionales y no gubernamentales en países desarrollados y en desarrollo para discutir desafíos en común. Fust encabezará el Foro Humanitario Global Kofi Annan, presidente del Foro Global Humanitario, nombró a Walter Fust, miembro del directorio, como su primer CEO. Fust asumirá el cargo después de su retiro de la Agencia Suiza para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación. Junto con servir en el directorio de la fundación, Fust presidio el directorio del Global Knowledge Partnership y fue miembro de un comité de iniciativas de la Alianza Global para las TICs y el Desarrollo de las Naciones Unidas. Lea mas acerca del directorio. Segunda solicitación anual para apoyo economico a dgCommunities Las 30 dgCommunities crean una plataforma que cubre un rango de temas de desarrollo. Esta plataforma fue creada para compartir conocimiento entre sus integrantes y se a convertido en una comunidad en linea muy activa. dgCommunities cuentan con más de 40.000 miembros y la mitad de los cuales son de países en desarrollo. Los miembros contribuyen recursos y utilizan el sitio para encontrar información relevante para su trabajo. El próximo mes lanzaremos nuestra campaña anual para incrementar el apoyo a estas redes en línea. Les brindaremos mas información proximamente. Noticias de la Red Country Gateway Country Gateways en américa latina y el caribe participan en eventos regionales ICT Del 4 al 8 de febrero del 2008, representantes de los Country Gateways participaron en la segunda Conferencia Ministerial sobre Sociedad de la Información en América Latina y el Caribe (eLAC2007) y en el seminario sobre Alianza Global para las Tecnologías de Información, Comunicaciones y Desarrollo (GAID). Participaron en las reuniones el coordinador regional, César Yammal, y participantes de los portales de Guatemala (José Manuel Soto), Honduras (Raquel Isaula), El Salvador (Gilberto Lara) y Nicaragua (Cornelio Hopmann y Jose Ignacio Lopez). El principal propósito de estos eventos fue determinar el nivel de progreso que se ha hecho en la implementación del plan de acción regional para la sociedad de la información y para lanzar la Red Regional Latinoamericana y del Caribe GAID. “Los portales nacionales promueven procesos multisectoriales en sus países, utilizando tecnologías de información y comunicación para resolver problemas locales de desarrollo. Pueden ser considerados como micro plataformas que contribuyen y ayudan a formar a la mega plataforma de eLAC. Los portales nacionales se especializan en contenido y aplicaciones,� explicó César Yammal. Él también vio la participación de los representantes de los nacionales en el grupo de trabajo eLAC sobre contenido, aplicaciones, e industrias creativas como un modo de maximizar el impacto de la conferencia y contribuir al plan de acción. Lanzamiento de Development Gateway en Burkina Faso El Country Gateway de Burkina Faso ya se encuentra en línea. Esta plataforma para compartir información tiene como enfoque iniciativas que pueden servir como ejemplos. El portal provee servicios en línea para empleo, información de desarrollo y publicaciónes. El Country Gateway también ofrece capacitación en administración de proyectos y tecnologías de la información. Visite el sitio web.

Publicado por Boletin DG el 6 de Marzo, 2008, 21:04 ~ Comentar ~ Referencias (0)

Development Gateway Foundatio - 14-02-08

Development Gateway Foundation dgCommunities: Gender and Development http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender?intcmp=911 February 14, 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NEW HIGHLIGHT: Born in the Big Rains - A Memoir of Somalia and Survival 2. HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES 3. NEW! DISCUSSION: Educating women benefits the whole of society. It has a more significant impact on poverty and development than men's education. 4. NEW! RESOURCE OF INTEREST 5. MEMBER DIRECTORY: Update Your Profile for Networking & Collaboration --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Member, Welcome to your newsletter from the Gender and Development dgCommunity of the Development Gateway. Anuradha Bhattacharjee Content Coordinator --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NEW! HIGHLIGHT: Born in the Big Rains - A Memoir of Somalia and Survival by Fadumo Korn, Sabine Eichhorst (Published by The Feminist Press at C.U.N.Y.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fadumo Korn is vice president of FORWARD–Germany, an organization dedicated to promoting action to stop FGM. She lives with her family in Munich. This powerful memoir by international anti-FGM activist Fadumo Korn portrays both her life-altering transformation after she undergoes a brutal female circumcision at the age of seven and her journey to recovery and empowerment. As a feisty nomad, Fadumo freely roamed the wild steppes of her natave Somalia until her mother delivered her into the hands of an excisor to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM), to be made a woman in the eyes of her tribe. The complications brought on by the circumcision provide the impetus to her search for health and her story. Fadumo first travels to the bustling city of Mogadishu and the household of a wealthy uncle, brother of the Somali president. She enters a world of luxury underpinned by political instability and cruelty in a country gearing for rebellion. As her symptoms worsen, she journeys to Germany, where she receives not only therapy but love and acceptance from the most unlikely of places. Fadumo Korn weaves together a sensitive understanding of traditional practices with revelations about their disturbing effects. This deftly crafted tale, full of sorrow and surprising humor, provides a candid history of a life sculpted by crippling rheumatism and an unexpected path to recovery. Korn begins by describing her life as a feisty Somali nomad, freely roaming her country's steppes. She undergoes FGM (female genital mutilation) at the age of seven, and everything changes. She is sent to Mogadishu for treatment of complications, and as civil war looms, finds herself living amid luxury in the capital with an uncle related to the president. Korn escapes the violence that envelops Somalia when she is sent to Europe for advanced medical care. There she finds physical and emotional release from trauma, marries a German, bears a child, and becomes an international anti-FGM activist. Early in the memoir, Fadumo writes that the status of Somali families increased with the birth of a son and that, as a girl, she gained status because she had four brothers. Female circumcision is a powerful tradition in Somalia marking a girl's transition to womanhood. According to Fadumo, "Tradition is powerful. It's unthinkable to work against tradition. No girl would want to avoid circumcision, for it would mean exclusion.� http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/highlights/viewHighlight.do~activeHighlightId=115649?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES --------------------------------------------------------------------- - International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM, February 6th 2008 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1133312?intcmp=911 - Sierra Leone Government to ban FGM http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1133340?intcmp=911 - The Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development (FORWARD) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1133390?intcmp=911 - Over 20,000 girls under 15 at high risk of FGM in England and Wales http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1133354?intcmp=911 - FGM and Islam http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1133373?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. NEW! DISCUSSION: Educating women benefits the whole of society. It has a more significant impact on poverty and development than men's education. --------------------------------------------------------------------- According to the ICPD Programme of Action, "education, together with reproductive health, is one of the most important means of empowering women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to participate fully in the development process". (Paragraph 4.2, excerpt). Please share your views and experiences with the community. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/discussion/default/showDiscussion.do~id=6106?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. NEW! Resource of Interest: Convention on the Global Commons - in Brief --------------------------------------------------------------------- The actions of countless people demonstrate that another world is possible. The list of successful campaigners for the global commons includes Muhammad Yunus, who is helping to lead Bangladesh out of extreme poverty with his program of microloans; Vandana Shiva, who is fighting brilliantly in India for patent rights; the German Hans Küng, who has developed the concept of a shared world ethos; Al Gore, who is making Americans more aware of global warming; Wangari Maathai, who is reforesting the deserts of Kenya; and Amartya Sen of India, who has developed principles for an alternative economic system. There are also many worthwhile mass initiatives such as the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, Agenda 21, Earth Charter, CIVICUS, Global Call to Action Against Poverty, One Campaign, World Ethos, Helsinki Process, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, World Social Forum, Network of Spiritual Progressives, Globalisation for the Common Good, and many, many more. Building on the work of these organizations and others, we present the first draft of a global action plan. This plan will provide the initial impetus for a multistakeholder consultation process, through which we expect eventually to contact thousands of individuals and organizations which are already focused on a particular aspect of the global commons. Our text addresses many complex issues, for each of which there are no doubt thousands of experts. We are also seeking the expression and understanding of many more perspectives as the basis for the development of possible courses of action. Consequently, this draft is a work in progress – an introductory proposal for a Convention on the Global Commons. It is based on what has been learned from the work of many people who have thought about and worked on these issues, and it will continue to grow with time. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1134591?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. MEMBER DIRECTORY - UPDATE YOUR MEMBER PROFILE! --------------------------------------------------------------------- With over 30,000 registered dgCommunities members, the Member Directory provides a one-stop shop for key contacts and collaboration worldwide. We invite you to take advantage of this unprecedented collaborative tool and add your profile today! Our new Member Directory enables you to more easily contact fellow professionals in the international development community for expert advice, information, and collaboration. You will be able to find development practitioners from over 200 countries, with interests and expertise in dozens of areas, including your own! We invite you to update your member profile to let your colleagues in development know more about your interests and expertise. You'll find the profiles very useful when using the Member Directory to communicate and collaborate with fellow members on your next program or project. Log onto the dgCommunity platform by clicking http://topics.developmentgateway.org/um/user/showUserAccount.do?intcmp=911 Then, under "Manage Your Account" in the upper right, click "Edit Member Profile". Quick Start - 4 Easy Steps: -ESTABLISH YOUR PROFILE Let your colleagues in development know more about your interests and expertise through your dgCommunities profile. Simply log in and go to My Gateway http://topics.developmentgateway.org/um/user/showUserAccount.do?intcmp=911 On upper right under "Manage Your Account", scroll down to "Edit Member Profile", and click "Edit this information". -SEARCH FOR MEMBERS Log in to the Development Gateway and go to "My Gateway". On upper right, scroll down to "Manage Your Contacts" and click "Search directory" to add new contacts. You can search by: name, country, interest, expertise, organization, organization type, or by keywords in member bios. Search Results will show you a list of members with a link to their profiles. You can also reach the Member Directory on My Gateway on the left column under "Member Services" when you scroll down and click "Directory" http://topics.developmentgateway.org/um/user/showMemberDirectory.do?intcmp=911 -COMMUNICATE WITH MEMBERS When viewing a member's profile, click "Contact this user". This will open a message box in which you can type and send a message through our message forwarding system. -CREATE OWN CONTACT LIST OF MEMBERS You can build a list of key contacts and form your own network of members. Searching for members will produce a results list; you can then select members to be added to your "My Contacts" list by clicking on the plus sign under "Status" for each desired contact. Or, when viewing a particular member's profile, click "Add this member to My Contacts". Your full contact list can be viewed when you log in, go to My Gateway, scroll down to "Manage Your Contacts" and click "View your dgCommunity contacts list". --------------------------------------------------------------------- DID YOU KNOW? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you know that as a member of the Gender and Development dgCommunity you can share your knowledge resources (e.g., websites, papers, reports, presentations, images, news, events, etc) in just about any format including streaming audio and video. Each resource will be described on a unique interactive page that will acknowledge you as the contributor and link to your profile. To view full text of knowledge resources, users will follow links to host websites, which will benefit from increased traffic from the Development Gateway community! Simply click on the "Add content here" hyperlink at: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/Contribute.do~flag=url~from=SampleLayout?intcmp=911 Thank you! Anuradha Bhattacharjee Content Coordinator gender@developmentgateway.org http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender?intcmp=911

Publicado por Boletin Development Gateway el 14 de Febrero, 2008, 20:49 ~ Comentar ~ Referencias (0)

62 items en Genero y Desarrollo - DG.

Actualización de contenido - Género y Desarrollo en el Development Gateway ------------------------- 62 {totalItems} nuevos recursos en la página Género y Desarrollo del Development Gateway http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender -------------------------------------------------- 1. Attending secondary school might help reduce the risk of HIV among youth in rural South Africa (Kaiser Daily HIV Report) 2. HIV-AIDS Curriculum To Expand In the Fall (Washington POst) 3. Status of The Global Plan to Stop Tb 2006 - 2015 - Updates. July 2007. 4. Treating Millions of TB Patients 5. SAARC Gender Database launched 6. The Middle East Youth Initiative (MEYI) 7. TreasurePostcards08 Project 8. Architects Wanted: March Deadline for Media Center Designs (Kenya, Nepal, and/Or Ecuador) 9. Youth InfoNet 41 10. WIDER Project on Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Concepts, Measurements, and Impacts 11. Improving the World Bank's Development Effectiveness: What Does Evaluation Show? 12. Provider-Initiated HIV Testing Programs in Zimbabwe Increasing Number of Pregnant Women Seeking Testing (Kaiser Daily HIV Reports) 13. 调查�现：年末医院求诊“疲劳症�的多�于女性 14. Youth Exclusion in Egypt: In Search of "Second Chances" 15. Youth Exclusion in Syria: Social Economic, and Institutional Dimensions 16. Youth Exclusion in Morocco: Context, Consequences, and Policies 17. Youth Exclusion in Iran: The State of Education, Employment and Family Formation 18. The Global Gender Gap Report 2007 - World Economic Forum 19. ILO projects global economic turbulence could generate five million more unemployed in 2008 20. Request for input - UNIFEM Review of Women's Leadership in the HIV and AIDS Response 21. Women's contribution to equality in Latin America and the Caribbean 22. Towards a Horizon of Parity in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Political Representation of Women 23. Women's Contribution to the Economy and Social Protection, with reference to Unpaid Work 24. The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) - Spanish acronym ( CEPAL ) 25. Campaign to end fistula in Sudan 26. Cash Transfers and Social Protection 27. Promoting local economic development in a war-affected country 28. Population Change in the Northeast 2000-2005 29. ICRW Seeks Special Assistant to the President 30. GIRLS’ EDUCATION IN INDIA by AK Sengupta 31. UNICEF Launches State of the World Children Report 2008 32. Education in Iran - Intense Competition for University Admission Drives Families to Stress and Education Policies to Reform 33. Youth Photographer Captures Daily Scenes at 360 Degrees 34. Shabab Diaries: Blazing a Trail in Civic Participation 35. Thoughts on Marriage in Yemen - Mu’aadh ( Shabab Diaries) 36. Thoughts on Employment in Egypt - Mohammed (Shabab Diaries) 37. Thoughts on Education in Morocco - Waddah (Shabab Diaries) 38. On Monsanto 39. Poverty, Growth and Income Distribution in Lebanon 40. Poverty in Focus: What is Poverty? Concepts and measures 41. Debating Targeting Methods for Cash Transfers: a Multidimensional Index vs. an Income Proxy for Paraguay’s Tekoporã Programme 42. A New Commitment for Securing a Prosperous Middle East 43. Diaries of a Young Pen: How I Became a Journalist . Sarah Zaaimi 44. Peace and Collaborative Development Networking 45. MDG Targets: Misunderstood or Misconceived? 46. Cash Transfers and Social Protection – IPC Research Programme 47. MDGs: Applied Research on the Millennium Development Goals 48. MDGs: Misunderstood Targets? 49. Reducing Poverty in Latin American and the Caribbean 50. Microscope on the Microfinance Business Environment in Latin America 2007 51. EXCERPT - Outsiders? 2008 Report on Economic and Social Progress in Latin America (IPES 2008) 52. Gender Differentials in Judicial Proceedings:Field Evidence from Housing-Related Cases in Uruguay 53. The uses and impacts of medico-legal evidence in sexual assualt cases 54. Sexual Violence against Women and Children in China. K.L. Chan. 55. UNU-WIDER vacancy announcement: Research Fellows (February 2008) 56. Civil Society Briefing papers on the Paris Declaration 57. Poverty in Focus: Gender Equality 58. Human Trafficking Convention: an ''effective weapon'' against modern slavery 59. Ian Micallef: 'Better prevention of domestic violence means talking about it' 60. At Clinton Global Initiative Donors Pledge $3 Million To Vital Voices 2010 61. Vital Voices Programs in the MIddle East 62. World Premiere Brings Vital Voices to New York City ------------------------- 1. Attending secondary school might help reduce the risk of HIV among youth in rural South Africa (Kaiser Daily HIV Report) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130390 Attending secondary school might help reduce the risk of HIV among youth in rural South Africa, according to a study published in the February issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, the South African Press Association reports.... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 20 Jan , 2008 2. HIV-AIDS Curriculum To Expand In the Fall (Washington POst) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130406 Thursday, January 17, 2008. With the city in "a crisis," public school officials are promising that a comprehensive HIV-AIDS curriculum will be in place by the fall. The push follows long-delayed endorsement of health and physical education standards... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 20 Jan , 2008 3. Status of The Global Plan to Stop Tb 2006 - 2015 - Updates. July 2007. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130449 The Global Task Force on Extensively Drug Resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) challenged the Working Group (WG) on MDR-TB to revise the MDR-TB component of Global Plan to STOP TB 2006-2015. The revision is to address the issue of diagnosis and treatment... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 20 Jan , 2008 4. Treating Millions of TB Patients http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130470 The Stop TB Partnership's Global Drug Facility (GDF) has procured 4.4 million life-saving TB drug treatments and made deliveries to 58 countries in four years. Our goal is to save 25 million lives and prevent 50 million new TB cases by 2015 through... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 20 Jan , 2008 5. SAARC Gender Database launched http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130904 A single data pool on gender issues of the region, it has records on trafficking and violence against women, and women’s health, including HIV/AIDS and feminization of poverty. The SAARC Gender database has been set up as a joint initiative of the... Contribuido por Laura Allen el 21 Jan , 2008 6. The Middle East Youth Initiative (MEYI) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130713 The Middle East Youth Initiative (MEYI) was launched by the Wolfensohn Center for Development at the Brookings Institution and the Dubai School of Government in July 2006. The MEYI's objective is to accelerate the international community's ability to... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 21 Jan , 2008 7. TreasurePostcards08 Project http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130461 IMMEDIATE RELEASE TreasurePostcards’08: Connecting and inspiring women around the world through arts and celebrating their achievements! A Call for Participation... (Global) - Arts for Global Development, Inc. has launched its TreasurePostcards... Contribuido por Nil Sismanyazici Navaie el 20 Jan , 2008 8. Architects Wanted: March Deadline for Media Center Designs (Kenya, Nepal, and/Or Ecuador) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130322 Global Design Competition Launched to Create One Connected World AMD and Architecture for Humanity challenge the creative world to develop sustainable technology centers for the AMD Open Architecture Challenge Architecture for Humanity has launched... Contribuido por Janet Feldman el 18 Jan , 2008 9. Youth InfoNet 41 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1129390 This issue of the monthly e-newsletter on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention features summaries of presentations on youth from the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights, held 29-31 October 2007, in... Contribuido por David Hock el 15 Jan , 2008 10. WIDER Project on Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Concepts, Measurements, and Impacts http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1129329 Entrepreneurship is important for structural economic change, growth, and ultimately for improving human well-being. Governments and development agencies are recognizing the need to build entrepreneurial capacity. This can gain from a better... Contribuido por Adam Swallow el 15 Jan , 2008 11. Improving the World Bank's Development Effectiveness: What Does Evaluation Show? http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131133 This evaluation uses recent IEG evaluations to assess the development effectiveness of the World Bank and how it could be improved. It covers three questions: 1. What is the measurable progress in improved living conditions in the developing world... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 22 Jan , 2008 12. Provider-Initiated HIV Testing Programs in Zimbabwe Increasing Number of Pregnant Women Seeking Testing (Kaiser Daily HIV Reports) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131375 An increasing number of women in Zimbabwe are receiving HIV tests and counseling as a result of the country's provider-initiated testing and counseling programs, Minister of Health and Child Welfare David Parirenyatwa said recently, The Herald... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 22 Jan , 2008 13. 调查�现：年末医院求诊“疲劳症�的多�于女性 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131448 八�多�业女性表示年末�常加�，工作强度大，患有“疲劳症�。这是上海中医�大学附属岳阳中西医结�医院最近进行的一项“女性�康精神状况�的临床调查得出的结论。调查�现，�末年�上医院求诊“疲劳症�的多�于女性，在一些�业中有明显的�集倾�,如�机�空��护士，“疲劳症�已��业病。 Contribuido por xiaochong zhang el 23 Jan , 2008 14. Youth Exclusion in Egypt: In Search of "Second Chances" http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131637 BY Ragui Assad and Ghada Barsoum - Egypt is at a stage in its demographic transition with a marked “youth bulge�, a period in which the proportion of youth in the population increases significantly compared to other age groups. The objective of this... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 24 Jan , 2008 15. Youth Exclusion in Syria: Social Economic, and Institutional Dimensions http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131662 By Nader Kabbani and Noura Kamel - A combination of factors contributes to actual or potential economic exclusion of young people in Syria. This paper focuses on three of them: economic, social, and institutional. Instead of drawing attention to the... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 24 Jan , 2008 16. Youth Exclusion in Morocco: Context, Consequences, and Policies http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131655 By Brahim Boudarbat, Aziz Ajbilou - Currently, the age structure of the Moroccan population is characterized by the predominance of youth aged 15-24. The share of youth in the population grew from about 17 percent in 1971 to a little over 21 percent... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 24 Jan , 2008 17. Youth Exclusion in Iran: The State of Education, Employment and Family Formation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131646 By Djavad Salehi-Isfehani and Daniel Egel - Using conceptual frameworks relating to social exclusion literature and life transitions, the inclusion of youth and their successful transition to adulthood is analyzed in this paper by looking at three... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 24 Jan , 2008 18. The Global Gender Gap Report 2007 - World Economic Forum http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131044 The Global Gender Gap Index, introduced by the World Economic Forum last year, aims to be a tool for benchmarking and tracking global gender-based inequalities on economic, political, education- and health-based criteria. The 2007 Report covers a... Contribuido por Barbara Iuliano el 22 Jan , 2008 19. ILO projects global economic turbulence could generate five million more unemployed in 2008 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131785 Economic turbulence largely due to credit market turmoil and rising oil prices could spur an increase in global unemployment by an estimated 5 million persons in 2008, the International Labour Office (ILO) said today in its annual Global Employment... Contribuido por Shambhu Ghatak el 27 Jan , 2008 20. Request for input - UNIFEM Review of Women's Leadership in the HIV and AIDS Response http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131889 Experience shows that AIDS policies and programmes do not work for women until women’s organizations – particularly those of HIV positive women and people with gender expertise – help shape their content and direction. Currently, there is... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 27 Jan , 2008 21. Women's contribution to equality in Latin America and the Caribbean http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131892 From the Introduction to the Report, presented at the 10th session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean in August 2007. "The women of Latin America and the Caribbean are at the centre of one of the greatest cultural... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 27 Jan , 2008 22. Towards a Horizon of Parity in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Political Representation of Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131899 From Chapter 1 of the report presented at the 10th session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean in August 2007. " In the last few years there has been a qualitative change in women’s involvement in decision-making.... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 27 Jan , 2008 23. Women's Contribution to the Economy and Social Protection, with reference to Unpaid Work http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131907 From Chapter II of the report, presented at the 10th session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean in August 2007. " The purpose of this section is to analyse women’s contribution to the economy and to social... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 27 Jan , 2008 24. The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) - Spanish acronym ( CEPAL ) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131915 The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) was established by Economic and Social Council resolution 106(VI) of 25 February 1948 and began to function that same year. The scope of the Commission's work was later broadened to include the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 27 Jan , 2008 25. Campaign to end fistula in Sudan http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131746 Obstetric fistula is a hole in the birth canal caused by prolonged labour without prompt medical intervention, usually a Caesarean section. The woman is left with chronic incontinence and, in most cases, a stillborn baby. UNFPA has its largest global... Contribuido por Yoshiko Zenda el 25 Jan , 2008 26. Cash Transfers and Social Protection http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131560 The International Poverty Centre has a comprehensive research agenda on cash transfer programmes. It is currently focused on comparative studies in selected countries in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Research encompasses both quantitative and... Contribuido por International Poverty Centre (IPC/UNDP) el 23 Jan , 2008 27. Promoting local economic development in a war-affected country http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131495 The ILO experience in Cambodia- This paper analyses the "Small Enterprise and Informal Sector Promotion" project, implemented in Cambodia (1992 - 1995) to raise the living standards of disadvantaged, war affected, population. Its strategy was the... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 23 Jan , 2008 28. Population Change in the Northeast 2000-2005 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131468 by Tse-Chuan Yang, Penn State University and Anastasia R. Snyder, Associate Professor of HDFS, Ohio State University - Published on Nov 2007- Data from the 2000 Summary Files and the 2005 American Community Survey are used to describe county-level... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 23 Jan , 2008 29. ICRW Seeks Special Assistant to the President http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131245 ICRW’s Office of the President seeks a Special Assistant to the President to provide technical and substantive support to the President and serve as a liaison between the President and in-house staff. Contribuido por Mel Largess el 22 Jan , 2008 30. GIRLS’ EDUCATION IN INDIA by AK Sengupta http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131925 India has made remarkable progress since independence in various aspects of girls’ education like greater access to and enrolment in schools, decline in drop out rates and in the number of out of school girls, greater transition to upper primary... Contribuido por Shambhu Ghatak el 28 Jan , 2008 31. UNICEF Launches State of the World Children Report 2008 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1131974 Strategies that can help reduce the number of children who die before their fifth birthday were highlighted on Jnauary 22, 2008 - at the launch of UNICEF’s flagship report - The State of the World’s Children 2008: Child Survival – in Geneva. While... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 28 Jan , 2008 32. Education in Iran - Intense Competition for University Admission Drives Families to Stress and Education Policies to Reform http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132260 Djavad Salehi Isfahani (Professor of Economics at Virginia Tech and a Visiting Fellow at Brookings). " The effect of Iran’s national entrance exam (concour) on education has been a subject of debate in Iran for some time. Preparation for the big test... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 29 Jan , 2008 33. Youth Photographer Captures Daily Scenes at 360 Degrees http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132268 Based in Cairo, Waleed Nassar is a full-time photographer specializing in virtual reality photography. Virtual reality - or VR photography - offers viewers the sensation of being able to see a photograph at a 360 degree angle from a single... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 29 Jan , 2008 34. Shabab Diaries: Blazing a Trail in Civic Participation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132276 Abdullah Al Thawr is the Youth Programs Officer for the Democracy School, San'na, Yemen and the Middle East Youth Initiative Youth Ambassador. In the upcoming weeks, I will write about my personal journeys and thoughts. The idea is to introduce how I... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 29 Jan , 2008 35. Thoughts on Marriage in Yemen - Mu’aadh ( Shabab Diaries) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132284 In the Middle East, marriage and family formation are significant milestones for young people in their transition to adulthood. A generation ago, marriage was both early and universal - 63 percent of Middle Eastern men when reaching their mid- to... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 29 Jan , 2008 36. Thoughts on Employment in Egypt - Mohammed (Shabab Diaries) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132292 Mohammed introduces himself as a school teacher, yet always speaks of his long hours at the garment factory. Currently taking what is known as igeza bidoun moratab, or “vacation without salary,� Muhammad’s situation is common among teachers and other... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 29 Jan , 2008 37. Thoughts on Education in Morocco - Waddah (Shabab Diaries) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132300 Born in Rabat, Waddah a 29 year old Moroccan studied telecommunication engineering at the National Institute for Technology. However, Waddah relates, “During my years at the University I found that I was constantly stressed. Stress is how teachers... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 29 Jan , 2008 38. On Monsanto http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132307 GMOs are being promoted by the Indian state itself in order to boost productivity Contribuido por Shambhu Ghatak el 29 Jan , 2008 39. Poverty, Growth and Income Distribution in Lebanon http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132215 We are pleased to announce the publication of IPC Country Study #13, “Poverty, Growth and Income Distribution in Lebanon�. The authors, Heba El Laithy, Khalid Abu-Ismail and Kamal Hamdan, have written a full national report for the Government of... Contribuido por International Poverty Centre (IPC/UNDP) el 29 Jan , 2008 40. Poverty in Focus: What is Poverty? Concepts and measures http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132209 It is our pleasure to announce a new issue of the IPC Journal Poverty in Focus: What is Poverty? Concepts and measures. Available online as PDF at: http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCPoverty_in_Focus009.pdf All publications are available for... Contribuido por International Poverty Centre (IPC/UNDP) el 29 Jan , 2008 41. Debating Targeting Methods for Cash Transfers: a Multidimensional Index vs. an Income Proxy for Paraguay’s Tekoporã Programme http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132201 We are pleased to announce the publication of IPC Evaluation Note #2, “Debating Targeting Methods for Cash Transfers: a Multidimensional Index vs. an Income Proxy for Paraguay’s Tekoporã Programme�. These Notes are a continuing series that will... Contribuido por International Poverty Centre (IPC/UNDP) el 29 Jan , 2008 42. A New Commitment for Securing a Prosperous Middle East http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132189 By James D. Wolfensohn No task is more urgent than providing hope to the 100 million young people between the ages of 15 and 29 in the Middle East. If we provide them with the opportunity to lead constructive lives, they will build an exciting area... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 29 Jan , 2008 43. Diaries of a Young Pen: How I Became a Journalist . Sarah Zaaimi http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132184 Sarah Zaaimi has joined the Middle East Youth Initiative as a Youth Ambassador from Morocco, where she is a master's degree candidate in international studies and diplomacy at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane. "The Moroccan educational system is the... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 29 Jan , 2008 44. Peace and Collaborative Development Networking http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132244 Today, the Peace and Collaborative Networking site's membership reached over 1700 members. There are currently members from over 100 countries around the world. Experiences and backgrounds of individuals on the site range from undergraduate students... Contribuido por Craig Zelizer el 29 Jan , 2008 45. MDG Targets: Misunderstood or Misconceived? http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132509 We are pleased to announce a new issue of our One Pagers: One Pager # 33: “MDG Targets: Misunderstood or Misconceived?�, by Hamid Tabatabai. This One Pager takes issue with Jan Vandemoortele’s One Pager # 28: “MDGs: Misunderstood Targets?� Available... Contribuido por International Poverty Centre (IPC/UNDP) el 30 Jan , 2008 46. Cash Transfers and Social Protection – IPC Research Programme http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132502 This new webpage on the IPC Research Programme on Cash Transfers and Social Protection highlights IPC publications on this theme and includes other important research papers, interviews, and evaluation reports from multilateral organizations,... Contribuido por International Poverty Centre (IPC/UNDP) el 30 Jan , 2008 47. MDGs: Applied Research on the Millennium Development Goals http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132473 We are pleased to launch a webpage dedicated to the MDGs: Applied Research on the Millennium Development Goals (http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/mdg.htm) You will be able to find there recent IPC research publications focusing on MDGs as well as... Contribuido por International Poverty Centre (IPC/UNDP) el 30 Jan , 2008 48. MDGs: Misunderstood Targets? http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132460 It is our pleasure to announce a new issue of our One Pagers: One Pager # 28: “MDGs: Misunderstood Targets?� by Jan Vandemoortele. Available online as PDF at: http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCOnePager28.pdf Contribuido por International Poverty Centre (IPC/UNDP) el 30 Jan , 2008 49. Reducing Poverty in Latin American and the Caribbean http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132401 Solution Papers Consulta de San José RESUSER; Younger, Stephen Sebastian Galianis paper proposes three solutions to the challenge of poverty and inequality in Latin America: nutritional interventions, conditional cash transfers, and early childhood... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 30 Jan , 2008 50. Microscope on the Microfinance Business Environment in Latin America 2007 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132369 The Scoring Model (Excel) - Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) - In this inaugural Microscope on the Microfinance Business Environment in 15 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, the Economist Intelligence Unit - in association with the... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 30 Jan , 2008 51. EXCERPT - Outsiders? 2008 Report on Economic and Social Progress in Latin America (IPES 2008) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132357 The Changing Patterns of Exclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean Marquez Mosconi, Gustavo; Chong, A; Duryea, S; Mazza J.;Ñopo, H. - This book raises fundamental questions about the multidimensional and interrelated nature of social exclusion and... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 30 Jan , 2008 52. Gender Differentials in Judicial Proceedings:Field Evidence from Housing-Related Cases in Uruguay http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132327 By Eduardo Gandelman, Néstor Gandelman and Julie Rothschild - Using micro data on judicial proceedings in Uruguay, this paper presents evidence that female defendants receive more favorable treatment in courts than male defendants. This is due to... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 30 Jan , 2008 53. The uses and impacts of medico-legal evidence in sexual assualt cases http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132806 A global review. By Janice Du Mont and Deborah White. Published by Sexual Violence Research Initiative and WHO. This review was commissioned by the World Health Organization for the Sexual Violence Research Initiative to provide a global overview of... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 31 Jan , 2008 54. Sexual Violence against Women and Children in China. K.L. Chan. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132814 Report of Sexual Violence Research Initiative, Global Forum on Health Research and South African Medical Research Council. " No society is free from rape, and China is no exception. This review documents current literature on gender based violence... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 31 Jan , 2008 55. UNU-WIDER vacancy announcement: Research Fellows (February 2008) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132687 *Vacancy Announcement for Research Fellows (from L-3 to L-5)*. Organizational Unit: United Nations University - World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki, Finland. Reference Number: 2008/WIDER/001. Closing Date: 7 March... Contribuido por Adam Swallow el 31 Jan , 2008 56. Civil Society Briefing papers on the Paris Declaration http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132592 Read a civil society perspective on the aid effectiveness agenda in INTRAC's Briefing Papers 14 and 12: Briefing Paper 14: "Civil Society Perspectives on Aid Effectiveness and the Paris Declaration" discusses social policy, civic representation and... Contribuido por Linda Lonnqvist el 30 Jan , 2008 57. Poverty in Focus: Gender Equality http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132568 This issue of IPC’s journal Poverty in Focus presents a dozen articles summarising some of the most important recent research results and commentaries on the links between gender and poverty. Reducing gender inequality promises significant returns;... Contribuido por International Poverty Centre (IPC/UNDP) el 30 Jan , 2008 58. Human Trafficking Convention: an ''effective weapon'' against modern slavery http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132872 [31/01/2008 11:30:00] Council of Europe leaders have welcomed the entry into force on 1 February of the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. In a statement, Secretary General Terry Davis declared: ''Every year, more than 600 000... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 01 Feb , 2008 59. Ian Micallef: 'Better prevention of domestic violence means talking about it' http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132866 For some days now the whole of Malta has been living to the beat of the Council of Europe campaign to combat domestic violence against women, which the Congress is promoting at local level. Ian Micallef, President of the Chamber of Local Authorities... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 01 Feb , 2008 60. At Clinton Global Initiative Donors Pledge $3 Million To Vital Voices 2010 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132952 Vital Voices Global Partnership, a nonprofit dedicated to building the capabilities, connections, and credibility of women leaders around the world, received $3 million in funding commitments at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York City in... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 03 Feb , 2008 61. Vital Voices Programs in the MIddle East http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132960 RAISING THE VOICES OF WOMEN LEADERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFGHANISTAN - As the world faces new and age-old challenges to development and peace, it is crucial that women gain and fully exercise leadership roles at many levels in business, government,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 03 Feb , 2008 62. World Premiere Brings Vital Voices to New York City http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1132971 On January 21st, art and activism shared the stage at the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center's premiere of Seven, a documentary theatre presentation. The result was riveting, explosive, and inspiring drama. The brainchild of playwright Carol K.... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 03 Feb , 2008

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Genero y Desarrollo - D.Gateway - Enero 19 - 2008

Las invito a leer el N° 51."Mujer y TLC con EE.UU - Perú" , la autoria es de esta servidora... ________________________________ Actualización de contenido - Género y Desarrollo en el Development Gateway ------------------------- 72 {totalItems} nuevos recursos en la página Género y Desarrollo del Development Gateway http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender -------------------------------------------------- 1. The 2007 International Children's Day of Broadcasting 2. Media Kidocracy Konfrence 2007 3. Speak Africa 4. Cairo Mepemepe 5. African Youth Charter 6. African Development Forum - 2006. 7. UNICEF Voices of Youth 8. UNICEF Youth Report 9. The State of Poverty and Inequality in India 10. Building capacity to advocate for a better national response to HIV/AIDS in India: Constella Group 11. PMTCT Program Brief: Offering ARV Prophylaxis at Time of Diagnosis 12. Body, Social-Embeddedness, Freedom: An Ethnography of Women in Orissa--A seminar by Dr. Yumiko Tokita-Tanabe 13. HIV/AIDS Epidemic Affecting Swaziland's Population, Experts Say 14. Sierra Leone: Muslim Leaders Poised to Fight HIV/Aids 15. Sunita: HIV+ Woman in India Speaks Out ( Breakthrough) 16. Breakthrough's Multi-media Campaign in India - " Is This Justice?" 17. Breakthrough 18. KEEPING THE PROMISE: Agenda for Action on Women and AIDS 19. The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) 20. High-Level Meeting on “Building Partnerships for Promoting Gender Justice in Post-Conflict Societiesâ€� (2005) 21. WomenWarPeace.org 22. Security Council Resolution 1325 23. Peace Women.org 24. PeaceWomen 2007 Year in Review - 1325 eNewsletter. 25. Gender and Conflict Early Warning 26. Genderstanding Mobile Telephony: Women, Men and their Use of Cellular Phones in Jamaica 27. Participative Web and User-Created Content: Web 2.0, Wikis and Social Networking 28. Africa Development Indicators (ADI) 2007 29. Statistics in Africa Website 30. Stop Sexual Violence in The Congo - Global Fund for Women 31. The World's Most Deprived 32. State of the world's mothers 2007: saving the lives of children under 5 - Save the Children 33. Oxfam's curriculum for Global Citizenship 34. WaterAid and the Millennium Development Goals 35. Wateraid and Sanitation 36. Wateraid Bangladesh - Implementation Guidelines on Urban Water Points and Stand Posts 37. UN launches International Year of Sanitation 38. Urbanization and Water (A Wateraid publication) 39. Malawi: save money, invest in sanitation 40. Stockholm World Water Week - August 2007 41. The Culture of Flushing. A Social & Legal History of Sewage - By Jamie Benidickson 42. World Toilet Organization 43. School Sanitation Program in Shanxi Province, China - World Toliet Organization 44. Ecologically Safe Toilets in Aceh Province, Indonesia 45. The End Water Poverty coalition 46. UNDP in Afghanistan 47. Student and Teacher Baseline Report on School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Machinga District, Malawi 48. A Qualitative Study to Examine School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Malawi 49. Call for Women Entrepreneurs! 50. Thomas Hammarberg: ''An international or European treaty is needed for the protection of women against violence'' 51. Mujer y TLC con Estados Unidos - Perú 52. Youth and Economic Development in Africa - An Issues Paper 53. Sport as Opportunity for Community Development and Peace Building in South Africa 54. From Practice to Policy: Preliminary Report of the Sport for Development and Peace, International Working Group 55. Enhancing the benefits of girls' livelihood initiatives 56. Identifying sources of adolescent exclusion due to violence: Participatory mapping in South Africa 57. The Challenges of Urban Health Issues - The World Bank 58. Environmental Health in Urban Development - The World Bank 59. Strategic Urban Environmental Planning - The World Bank 60. Urban Environmental Indicators - The World Bank 61. OECD Working Group on Bribery Launches Public Consultation 62. Alliance India training supports effective service delivery 63. Expanding the role of networks of people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda 64. New Book: Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization 65. Workshop Report: The Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies 66. New UNU-WIDER website 67. World Bank Independent Evaluation requests input for survey on land 68. Toolkit for Mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in the Education Sector: Guidelines for Development Cooperation Agencies 69. About the School for International Training, Vermont 70. Rotary World Peace Fellows Accepting Applications 71. The Experiment in International Living 72. "An intercultural experience makes a world of a difference!" ------------------------- 1. The 2007 International Children's Day of Broadcasting http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126568 The 2007 International Children's Day of Broadcasting took place on 9 December 2007 with the theme “The World We Want.â€� What kind of world do children want to live in? Five years ago, youth around the world met in New York to attend the Special... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Jan , 2008 2. Media Kidocracy Konfrence 2007 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126576 5 December 2007… In a youthful celebration of freedom and democracy, young people from South Africa and the African continent converged on Robben Island from 5-10 December to take part in the eighth annual Bush Radio Media Kidocracy Konfrence (MKK... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Jan , 2008 3. Speak Africa http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126584 Speak Africa is a movement of young Africans expressing and exchanging ideas and information to transform their lives and continent. Speak Africa uses media and art to facilitate dialogue, build bridges and amplify youth voices to trigger action that... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Jan , 2008 4. Cairo Mepemepe http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126592 Children and youth from various African countries met in Cairo from 29 October – 2 November 2007 to participate in the Pan African Forum on Children’s Mid-term Review of the Africa Fit for Children Commitments made by African governments in 2001.... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Jan , 2008 5. African Youth Charter http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126601 The future of Africa with regards to sustainable development depends on its bulging youth population. In recognition of this potential, African governments adopted the African Youth Charter in July 2006. So far only 3 countries have ratified the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Jan , 2008 6. African Development Forum - 2006. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126612 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 14 November 2006 – Young people from all over Africa joined UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, political leaders and entertainment stars in the Ethiopian capital for the fifth African Development Forum. The theme of the Forum,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Jan , 2008 7. UNICEF Voices of Youth http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126623 Voices of Youth offers all children and adolescents, including the hard-to-reach, a safe and supportive global cyberspace within which they can explore, discuss and partner on issues related to human rights and social change, as well as develop their... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Jan , 2008 8. UNICEF Youth Report http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126635 The Youth Report of the Machel 10-year Strategic Review “Will you listen? Young Voices from Conflict zonesâ€� was launched at the UNITED NATIONS on October 17th 2007. The Report includes firsthand accounts of the atrocities that children suffer during... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Jan , 2008 9. The State of Poverty and Inequality in India http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126665 This brief article on poverty and inequality by Mr. Shambhu Ghatak (shambhughatak@yahoo.com) is based upon various research reports by various agencies, economists and social scientists, and reports that flashed out in the media. The conclusion drawn... Contribuido por Shambhu Ghatak el 05 Jan , 2008 10. Building capacity to advocate for a better national response to HIV/AIDS in India: Constella Group http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126768 This training manual, The Power to Change: Building Advocacy Capacity for India's HIV/AIDS Response developed by The Essential Advocacy Project (EAP) of Constella Futures was released at a dissemination meeting held on October 12th, 2007 in Gurgaon,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 06 Jan , 2008 11. PMTCT Program Brief: Offering ARV Prophylaxis at Time of Diagnosis http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126787 Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. December 2007. Summary - In many countries, single-dose nevirapine (SD-NVP) is the most commonly used ARV prophylactic regimen for PMTCT. It typically consists of one 200 mg tablet ingested by the mother at... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 06 Jan , 2008 12. Body, Social-Embeddedness, Freedom: An Ethnography of Women in Orissa--A seminar by Dr. Yumiko Tokita-Tanabe http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126844 Yumiko Tokita-Tanabe is currently Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Global Collaboration Center (GLOCOL), Osaka University, Japan. She completed her Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Tokyo in 2000 (thesis title: Body, Self... Contribuido por Shambhu Ghatak el 07 Jan , 2008 13. HIV/AIDS Epidemic Affecting Swaziland's Population, Experts Say http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126932 Preliminary results of Swaziland's national census released last month found that since 1997, the country's population has decreased by 17,489 people to 912,229, and many experts have attributed demographic changes to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Toronto's... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 14. Sierra Leone: Muslim Leaders Poised to Fight HIV/Aids http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126967 Muslim leaders in the east of Freetown have expressed readiness to help in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The Jammat made a clarion call during a one-day HIV/AIDS clinic organised by Jamiul Atiq Mosque to sensitise Muslims about the disease. One of the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 15. Sunita: HIV+ Woman in India Speaks Out ( Breakthrough) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127008 Sunita, an HIV+ woman living in India, was infected by her husband. With tears, she shares that her husband destroyed her life. Sunita has made the decision to move forward and educate others about this disease. Breakthrough's new campaign, Is This... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 16. Breakthrough's Multi-media Campaign in India - " Is This Justice?" http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127014 In February 2007, Breakthrough launched its latest multi-media campaign, Is This Justice? This campaign aims to bring public attention the growing incidence of stigma and discrimination faced by Women Living with HIV/AIDS (WLHA), most of who have... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 17. Breakthrough http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127023 Breakthrougis an international human rights organization that uses media, education and pop culture to promote values of dignity, equality and justice. Our organization uses creative tools to teach others about human rights. These rights make up the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 18. KEEPING THE PROMISE: Agenda for Action on Women and AIDS http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127047 The Agenda for Action on Women and AIDS urges leaders to tackle the social, cultural and economic factors that intensify the impact of AIDS on women and girls. In particular it calls for laws and policies that protect women's rights -- and their... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 19. The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127068 The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) is a loose alliance of civil society groups, networks of women living with HIV, and United Nations agencies, supported by activists, political leaders, and celebrities. The GCWA is supported by a small... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 20. High-Level Meeting on “Building Partnerships for Promoting Gender Justice in Post-Conflict Societiesâ€� (2005) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127084 The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) and UNIFEM, hosted a high-level meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, as a follow-up to the Conference on Gender Justice in Post-Conflict... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 21. WomenWarPeace.org http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127104 WomenWarPeace.org is intended to address the lack of consolidated data on the impact of armed conflict on women and girls as noted by Security Council resolution 1325 (2000). This portal is meant to serve as a centralized hub of information from a... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 22. Security Council Resolution 1325 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127124 Adopted by the Security Council at its 4213th meeting, on 31 October 2000. "The Security Council, Recalling its resolutions 1261 (1999) of 25 August 1999, 1265 (1999) of 17 September 1999, 1296 (2000) of 19 April 2000 and 1314 (2000) of 11 August... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 23. Peace Women.org http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127130 PeaceWomen.org is a project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) United Nations Office, in New York City. The PeaceWomen Project monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation of United Nations Security Council... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 24. PeaceWomen 2007 Year in Review - 1325 eNewsletter. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127139 The PeaceWomen Project has over the past year continued in its efforts, primarily through its website and this newsletter, to act as a clearinghouse for women, peace and security information and as an advocate at the UN for implementation of... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 25. Gender and Conflict Early Warning http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127164 Susanne Schmeidl with Eugenia Piza-Lopez (2002). The deliberate victimisation of women during recent wars has focused attention on the different impacts of internal and transnational conflicts on men and women.At the same time, the contribution of... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Jan , 2008 26. Genderstanding Mobile Telephony: Women, Men and their Use of Cellular Phones in Jamaica http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126744 The mobile phone has emerged as the most widely-used communication device of the present era, with penetration levels among both men and women exceeding 94% in Jamaica. The cellular phone is also widely used across all classes, including those... Contribuido por amy mahan el 06 Jan , 2008 27. Participative Web and User-Created Content: Web 2.0, Wikis and Social Networking http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126867 The Internet is becoming increasingly embedded in everyday life. Drawing on an expanding array of intelligent web services and applications, a growing number of people are creating, distributing and exploiting user-created content (UCC) and being... Contribuido por Giacomo Rambaldi el 07 Jan , 2008 28. Africa Development Indicators (ADI) 2007 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127228 Africa Development Indicators 2007 provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa. It contains over 1,000 indicators covering 53 African countries. ADI provides data from 1960 to 2006 grouped into 14 chapters. Source: World Bank Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 08 Jan , 2008 29. Statistics in Africa Website http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127236 This site is dedicated to gathering and presenting information and resources related to statistics on Africa. Information is collected from within the World Bank and from many other sources identified by World Bank staff. The Statistics site features... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 08 Jan , 2008 30. Stop Sexual Violence in The Congo - Global Fund for Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127304 Statement by the Board of Directors of the Global Fund for Women. December 10 2007, International Human Rights Day. The Board of Directors of the Global Fund for Women, a diverse group of leaders from many nations, including Afghanistan, Costa Rica,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 08 Jan , 2008 31. The World's Most Deprived http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127505 This publication examines whether development programs reaching those most in need, or are they primarily benefiting those who are easier to reach, leaving the very poorest behind. The authors conclude that slow progress in reducing poverty and the... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 09 Jan , 2008 32. State of the world's mothers 2007: saving the lives of children under 5 - Save the Children http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127544 The eighth annual State of the World’s Mothers report examines the latest data and trends in the field of child survival. The focus is on the 28,000 children under age 5 who die every day from easily preventable or treatable causes and the tragic... Contribuido por Barbara Iuliano el 09 Jan , 2008 33. Oxfam's curriculum for Global Citizenship http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127646 A curriculum outlining the knowledge, skills, values and attitiudes which we believe young people are entitled in order to enable them to develop as Global Citizens.Developed in partnership with teachers and other educationalists, this curriculum... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Jan , 2008 34. WaterAid and the Millennium Development Goals http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127672 The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are international targets to halve world poverty by 2015, agreed upon by all 189 United Nations member states at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000. WaterAid believes water, sanitation and hygiene education... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Jan , 2008 35. Wateraid and Sanitation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127683 Diarrhoea claims the lives of 5000 children a day. These children are dying because they do not have access to adequate sanitation or safe water. Their deaths, from common diseases, are preventable. Where there is nowhere safe and clean to go to the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Jan , 2008 36. Wateraid Bangladesh - Implementation Guidelines on Urban Water Points and Stand Posts http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127693 WaterAid is an international non government organization dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people. WaterAid has been working in Bangladesh since 1986 through local... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Jan , 2008 37. UN launches International Year of Sanitation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127705 The overall objective of the International Year of Sanitation (IYS) is to accelerate progress towards providing adequate basic sanitation for the 2.6 billion people worldwide who lack access to this fundamental human right. Access to sanitation is... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Jan , 2008 38. Urbanization and Water (A Wateraid publication) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127720 Urbanization has already started to neutralize the impact of previous investments and efforts to meet the MDGs. Urban areas in developing countries will house 87% of population growth by 2015 and 95% by 2030. Urbanization in developing countries is... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Jan , 2008 39. Malawi: save money, invest in sanitation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127731 As part of the campaign to tackle the global crisis in sanitation, the WES NGO network, a network of NGOs involved in the water and sanitation sector in Malawi, is lobbying the Malawian Government to support the promotion of sanitation in the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Jan , 2008 40. Stockholm World Water Week - August 2007 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127743 2,300 people from 130 countries gathered in Stockholm for World Water Week . End Water Poverty coalition members attended alongside UN agencies, government representatives, NGOs and academic institutions from the water and sanitation sector. In the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Jan , 2008 41. The Culture of Flushing. A Social & Legal History of Sewage - By Jamie Benidickson http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127753 About the book - To most, the flush of a toilet is routine -- the way we banish waste and ensure cleanliness. It is safe, efficient, necessary, nonpolitical, and utterly unremarkable. Yet Jamie Benidickson's examination of the social and legal... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Jan , 2008 42. World Toilet Organization http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127765 "Sanitation is not a dirty word; it is a critical factor in human welfare and sustainable development. We need to put the spotlight on this silent crisis.â€� Mr. Sha Zukang, Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations. 2.6... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Jan , 2008 43. School Sanitation Program in Shanxi Province, China - World Toliet Organization http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127776 Schools are an important part of a community, playing the role of the most important learning centre. This School Sanitation Project was launched and succesfully completed, in Zhou JiaGou middle school, which is situated in the Tainzhen County of... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Jan , 2008 44. Ecologically Safe Toilets in Aceh Province, Indonesia http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127788 World Toilet Organization was given the approval on the 27 April 2006 to provide sustainable sanitation systems for tsunami-affected people of Meulaboh and Banda Aceh at 13 locations identified by Indonesia Toilet Association (ATI) and Badan... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Jan , 2008 45. The End Water Poverty coalition http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127800 End Water Poverty is the international campaign that aims to bring an end to the global water and sanitation crisis.The coalition is formed of like-minded organisations from around the world who are demanding urgent action and leadership from donors... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Jan , 2008 46. UNDP in Afghanistan http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128302 UNDP has been present in Afghanistan for over 50 years and continued to operate from Islamabad during the Taliban régime. During that decade, UNDP delivered USD 200 million of assistance to communities throughout the country. UNDP re-established its... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 11 Jan , 2008 47. Student and Teacher Baseline Report on School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Machinga District, Malawi http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128275 The Student and Teacher Baseline Report on School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Machinga District, Malawi details the methodology, population characteristics, and results of a recently conducted survey on gender-based physical, psychological and... Contribuido por Sarah Maxwell Banashek el 11 Jan , 2008 48. A Qualitative Study to Examine School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Malawi http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128270 The Safe Schools Program has just released A Qualitative Study to Examine School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Malawi which summarizes the results of a participatory learning and action (PLA) research activity conducted in Malawi’s Machinga... Contribuido por Sarah Maxwell Banashek el 11 Jan , 2008 49. Call for Women Entrepreneurs! http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128244 The Doing Business project is conducting a two-year research effort to identify legal and regulatory barriers facing businesswomen in 178 economies. The program will provide analysis on reforms that benefit women in business. As a part of this... Contribuido por Sushmitha Narsiah el 11 Jan , 2008 50. Thomas Hammarberg: ''An international or European treaty is needed for the protection of women against violence'' http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127898 From Council of Europe website [08/01/2008 11:00:00] In his Viewpoint published on 7 January, Commissioner for Human Rights focuses on violence against women and the need for an enhanced effort to protect women’s rights. Suggesting some practical... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 10 Jan , 2008 51. Mujer y TLC con Estados Unidos - Perú http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128364 Monografia sobre el TLC, con EE.UU. y como estos tratados influyen en las mujeres trabajadoras, su representación, cuantas son, donde estan, se trata de ver la participación de las mujeres en estos escenarios de comercio, donde se les pide mejorar su... Contribuido por Teresa Salazar Dávila el 12 Jan , 2008 52. Youth and Economic Development in Africa - An Issues Paper http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127988 In the context of youth and economic development, leadership is a multi-layered phenomenon characterized by two main features: 1. The economic challenges facing African youth warrant responsible leadership by governments and international partners;... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 10 Jan , 2008 53. Sport as Opportunity for Community Development and Peace Building in South Africa http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127940 Marion Keim, Associate Professor, University of the Western Cape South Africa - The Global Millennium Development Goals and the Magglingen Conference in December 2005 both affirm sport as a “beacon of hopeâ€� for peace building and development efforts... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 10 Jan , 2008 54. From Practice to Policy: Preliminary Report of the Sport for Development and Peace, International Working Group http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1127930 This report explores the diverse approaches of a cross-section of countries to learn what is working, the challenges that remain to be addressed, and how national governments can broaden the current dialogue to both strengthen current initiatives and... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 10 Jan , 2008 55. Enhancing the benefits of girls' livelihood initiatives http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128073 Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief no. 31, from the Population Council Contribuido por Debra Warn el 10 Jan , 2008 56. Identifying sources of adolescent exclusion due to violence: Participatory mapping in South Africa http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128070 Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief no. 30, from the Population Council. Contribuido por Debra Warn el 10 Jan , 2008 57. The Challenges of Urban Health Issues - The World Bank http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128907 Urban Health means putting the needs of people and communities at the heart of the urban planning process to ensure better accessto urbanservices which improve human health for all. Except in a few instances, urban health problems are not markedly... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 14 Jan , 2008 58. Environmental Health in Urban Development - The World Bank http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128931 The core of environmental health is prevention. Environmental health interventions encompass all activities to prevent health risks through control of human exposure to: (a) biological agents, such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites (often... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 14 Jan , 2008 59. Strategic Urban Environmental Planning - The World Bank http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1128987 Strategic Urban Environmental Planning is an important tool to address urban environmental issues in a systematic and planned manner. Cities in developing countries face myriad urban environmental problems. Commonly known as the Brown Agenda, these... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 14 Jan , 2008 60. Urban Environmental Indicators - The World Bank http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1129007 The purpose of the Urban Environmental Management (UEM) Toolkit is to strengthen urban environmental management decision-making and planning practices. For its implementation, the UEM Toolkit aims to provide decision-makers with mechanisms (i.e.,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 14 Jan , 2008 61. OECD Working Group on Bribery Launches Public Consultation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1129164 The OECD Working Group on Bribery invites public comment on its consultation paper titled 'Review of the OECD Instruments on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions Ten Years after Adoption'. Comments are... Contribuido por Shambhu Ghatak el 15 Jan , 2008 62. Alliance India training supports effective service delivery http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1129494 Workshops organised by Alliance India have been helping programme partners and outreach workers to implement their programmes effectively. Two recent examples include supporting outreach workers to better select children for the provision of HIV... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 15 Jan , 2008 63. Expanding the role of networks of people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1129531 International HIV/AIDS Alliance - First Year Project Report (July 2006- June 2007). This report presents results from the first year of the USAID Uganda-funded project, “Expanding the role of networks of people living with HIV/AIDS in Ugandaâ€�, which... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 15 Jan , 2008 64. New Book: Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1129861 “Like earlier civilizations that got into environmental trouble, we have to make a choice. We can stay with business as usual and watch our economy decline and our civilization unravel, or we can adopt Plan B and be the generation that mobilizes to... Contribuido por Denise Senmartin el 16 Jan , 2008 65. Workshop Report: The Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130167 A strategy planning workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies (GDISP) was held on October 5-7 2007 in Bangalore, India, co-organised by IT for Change, the Association for Progressive Communications... Contribuido por Deepa Shankaran el 18 Jan , 2008 66. New UNU-WIDER website http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1129351 In Janaury 2008, the new website for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER) was launched. The previous site had served its purpose for over nine busy years, and the new fully searchable... Contribuido por Adam Swallow el 15 Jan , 2008 67. World Bank Independent Evaluation requests input for survey on land http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1129474 This is an invitation to NGOs to register for a short on-line survey (10 minutes) which the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) will launch in the next two weeks. The registration process will only take about a minute of your time. Please... Contribuido por Julius Gwyer el 15 Jan , 2008 68. Toolkit for Mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in the Education Sector: Guidelines for Development Cooperation Agencies http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130086 This toolkit aims to help education staff from development cooperation agencies, including both development and humanitarian-oriented multilateral and bilateral agencies as well as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other civil society... Contribuido por Justine Sass el 17 Jan , 2008 69. About the School for International Training, Vermont http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130287 The School for International Training (SIT) is the higher education institution of World Learning. Founded as The Experiment in International Living in 1932, World Learning has enjoyed a worldwide reputation as a leader in international education,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Jan , 2008 70. Rotary World Peace Fellows Accepting Applications http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130293 Rotary Centers provide Rotary World Peace Fellows with the opportunity to pursue a master’s degree in conflict resolution, peace studies, international relations, and related areas. Each year, up to 60 Rotary World Peace Fellowships are offered on a... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Jan , 2008 71. The Experiment in International Living http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130307 The Experiment in International Living offers challenging, substantive three- to five-week summer abroad programs that focus on cultural immersion, experiential learning, and making meaningful connections across national, linguistic, and cultural... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Jan , 2008 72. "An intercultural experience makes a world of a difference!" http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1130313 As a Spring 2007 alum of SIT's Morocco program and a proud parent of a 2007 Experimenter in Ghana, I assert that a lengthy overseas experience, such as one provided by World Learning, is one of the most authentic, meaningful, and transformational... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Jan , 2008

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Development GF. 10-01-2008

Development Gateway Foundation dgCommunities: Gender and Development http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender?intcmp=911 January 10, 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NEW HIGHLIGHT: Fighting Violence Against Women in Bosnia-Herzegovina 2. HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES 3. ONGOING DISCUSSION: Violence against women is one of the most heinous, systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world 4. NEW! RESOURCE OF INTEREST 5. MEMBER DIRECTORY: Update Your Profile for Networking & Collaboration --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Member, Welcome to your newsletter from the Gender and Development dgCommunity of the Development Gateway. Anuradha Bhattacharjee Content Coordinator --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NEW! HIGHLIGHT: Fighting Violence Against Women in Bosnia-Herzegovina --------------------------------------------------------------------- Duska Andric-Ruzicic says she was like many people from Bosnia-Herzegovina before the war. "I believed that violence against women didn't exist. I thought, if they're being abused at home, why don't they just leave?" War changed everything for Andric-Ruzicic, not least her views on domestic violence. "War made me what I am now. My business was destroyed and I had to start all over again. All that I knew had been taken away; my beliefs and way of seeing the world changed along with everything else," she says. Andric-Ruzicic has come a long way from the businesswoman she once was. As Director of Medica Zenica-Infoteka, a nongovernmental organization that provides integrated support services to women in Bosnia-Herzegovina, she's trying to change an entire country's attitudes toward domestic violence."Domestic violence was never discussed in the media, by politicians, or anywhere else in public," she says. "It was a secret thing that was happening behind closed doors and victims had nowhere to go and no one to talk to. People refused to acknowledge there was a problem. Now that's starting to change." Part of the reason for this change is Medica Infoteka's groundbreaking efforts to collect nationwide data on violence against women for the first time in the country's history. "There was no doubt that violence existed, but the problem was that we needed solid data to prove it," she says. UNIFEM offered a solution. With a 1998 Trust Fund grant, Infoteka undertook a research project; interviewing hundreds of local officials of all levels, combing through the dense archives of numerous institutions, and then compiling the information into a book. The result was To Live Without Violence, a book examining the abuse of women in Bosnia-Herzegovina - the first of its kind. It was distributed to 200 human rights groups and hundreds of government officials in the region. "The findings were a justification of what we already knew," Andric-Ruzicic notes. "We also tried to document the more subtle forms of violence against women - psychological, economic, mental, emotional - to show that these forms are also an important part of the problem." Medica Infoteka undertook the immensely challenging task of educating institutions and their employees about violence against women - starting with the police. "We didn't go in there telling them how to do their job, but just told them we're trying to show them a new point of view - that of the victim - and give them new skills that will help them deal with the complaints." Medica Infoteka took on judges next. We asked them the same questions they ask women in domestic violence cases - about their sex lives and other personal details, for example. They were embarrassed and I could tell it really hit home. They were surprisingly open to us and our message." Medica Infoteka's next targets were lawyers, journalists, as well as other nongovernmental organizations. "I've learned that there's really little difference between violence in war and violence in peace - for women it's just the same," Andric-Ruzicic says. "I'm here because I have a girl child and thinking of her keeps me going. I happened upon Medica after the war and now I don't think I can do anything else; I've found that I can really change things. Thousands of women are still battling an enemy that's very close to home, and for them, the end of the war has not brought peace. We need to continue our own battle until these women can join the rest of our society and enjoy a life without violence." Former businesswoman Duska Andric-Ruzicic is director of Medica Zenica-Infoteka, a nongovernmental organization providing integrated support services to women in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina. Text and photograph courtesy UNIFEM, a partner and Cooperating Organization with dgCommunity Gender and Development. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/highlights/viewHighlight.do~activeHighlightId=115108?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES --------------------------------------------------------------------- - WomenWarPeace.org http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1127104?intcmp=911 - Security Council Resolution 1325 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1127124?intcmp=911 - PeaceWomen.org http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1127130?intcmp=911 - PeaceWomen 2007 Year in Review: 1325 eNewsletter. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1127139?intcmp=911 - Gender and Conflict Early Warning http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1127164?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. ONGOING DISCUSSION: Violence against women is one of the most heinous, systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Every day, in all corners of the world, countless women and girls are killed, mutilated, beaten, raped, sold into sexual slavery or tortured. Most of the survivors of this violence have little hope of seeing their tormentors pay for their crimes. And so the violence goes on..." Please share your stories of violence against women, or of activism against violence - from your part of the world. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/discussion/default/showDiscussion.do~id=5563?intcmp=911 You can also upload them as resources at http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender?intcmp=911 - through "Add Content." --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. NEW! Resource of Interest: More resources needed to ensure women and girls exercise and enjoy human rights - World YWCA --------------------------------------------------------------------- On December 10, 1948, nearly 60 years ago, the United Nations (UN) adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which declared that the "recognition of the inherent dignity and of the inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world." The World YWCA was one of the first organisations to bring women’s human rights onto the United Nations agenda. In 1948, the World YWCA prepared and presented to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women information gathered from member associations around the world. The presentation demonstrated the position of women in their countries in relation to voting rights, equal pay for equal work, land rights and other laws that discriminate against women. On International Human Rights Day, the World YWCA celebrates the improved status of women brought about, in large measure, by the resilience of the women’s movement and through normative instrument that enshrine women’s human rights, particularly: 1] The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), a human rights treaty for women adopted by the UN in 1979; 2] The UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which specifically addresses the impact of war on women, and women's contributions to conflict resolution and sustainable peace; 3] The Protocol to the African Charter on the rights of women in Africa that sets forth a broad range of economic and social welfare rights for women; 4] The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action of the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights that took historic steps to promote and protect the rights of women by supporting the creation of a Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women; 5] The Declaration of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) of 1994, which asserted that population and development are inextricably linked, and that empowering women and meeting people's right to education and health, including reproductive health, are necessary for both individual advancement and balanced development. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1126544?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. MEMBER DIRECTORY - UPDATE YOUR MEMBER PROFILE! --------------------------------------------------------------------- With over 30,000 registered dgCommunities members, the Member Directory provides a one-stop shop for key contacts and collaboration worldwide. We invite you to take advantage of this unprecedented collaborative tool and add your profile today! Our new Member Directory enables you to more easily contact fellow professionals in the international development community for expert advice, information, and collaboration. You will be able to find development practitioners from over 200 countries, with interests and expertise in dozens of areas, including your own! We invite you to update your member profile to let your colleagues in development know more about your interests and expertise. You'll find the profiles very useful when using the Member Directory to communicate and collaborate with fellow members on your next program or project. Log onto the dgCommunity platform by clicking http://topics.developmentgateway.org/um/user/showUserAccount.do?intcmp=911 Then, under "Manage Your Account" in the upper right, click "Edit Member Profile". Quick Start - 4 Easy Steps: -ESTABLISH YOUR PROFILE Let your colleagues in development know more about your interests and expertise through your dgCommunities profile. Simply log in and go to My Gateway http://topics.developmentgateway.org/um/user/showUserAccount.do?intcmp=911 On upper right under "Manage Your Account", scroll down to "Edit Member Profile", and click "Edit this information". -SEARCH FOR MEMBERS Log in to the Development Gateway and go to "My Gateway". On upper right, scroll down to "Manage Your Contacts" and click "Search directory" to add new contacts. You can search by: name, country, interest, expertise, organization, organization type, or by keywords in member bios. Search Results will show you a list of members with a link to their profiles. You can also reach the Member Directory on My Gateway on the left column under "Member Services" when you scroll down and click "Directory" http://topics.developmentgateway.org/um/user/showMemberDirectory.do?intcmp=911 -COMMUNICATE WITH MEMBERS When viewing a member's profile, click "Contact this user". This will open a message box in which you can type and send a message through our message forwarding system. -CREATE OWN CONTACT LIST OF MEMBERS You can build a list of key contacts and form your own network of members. Searching for members will produce a results list; you can then select members to be added to your "My Contacts" list by clicking on the plus sign under "Status" for each desired contact. Or, when viewing a particular member's profile, click "Add this member to My Contacts". Your full contact list can be viewed when you log in, go to My Gateway, scroll down to "Manage Your Contacts" and click "View your dgCommunity contacts list". --------------------------------------------------------------------- DID YOU KNOW? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you know that as a member of the Gender and Development dgCommunity you can share your knowledge resources (e.g., websites, papers, reports, presentations, images, news, events, etc) in just about any format including streaming audio and video. Each resource will be described on a unique interactive page that will acknowledge you as the contributor and link to your profile. To view full text of knowledge resources, users will follow links to host websites, which will benefit from increased traffic from the Development Gateway community! Simply click on the "Add content here" hyperlink at: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/Contribute.do~flag=url~from=SampleLayout?intcmp=911 Thank you! Anuradha Bhattacharjee Content Coordinator gender@developmentgateway.org http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender?intcmp=911

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27 Items en Genero y Desarrollo - DG.

Actualización de contenido - Género y Desarrollo en el Development Gateway ------------------------- 27 {totalItems} nuevos recursos en la página Género y Desarrollo del Development Gateway http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender -------------------------------------------------- 1. Kids suffer 'terrifying rates' of STDs in Northern Territory, Australia 2. The Info Project - International Journal for Equity in Health 2007 3. Ugandan Love Letters Pull Men to Fetal Heartbeats 4. Assessing the equitable distribution of essential medicines for rural maternal and child health care: 5. Bridging the Gap Between Evidence-based Innovation and National Health-sector Reform in Ghana 6. Success Stories from the Population Council, Abuja, Nigeria 7. The role of schools in promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in developing countries 8. Promoting healthy, safe and productive transitions to adulthood: Population Council Overview, September 2007. 9. For Mayan girls, safe spaces lead to social gains - The Population Council 10. Supporting Married Girls – Calling Attention to a Neglected Group. The Population Council 11. World Development Indicators 2007 12. Call for Letters of Intent: Model Services for Women Who Use Drugs in Georgia, Russia, and Ukraine 13. Persistence Pays:The Challenges and Rewards of One NGO’s Health Promotion Outreach among Roma Drug Users 14. LIFE 15. Paying the Price: The Impact of Immigration Raids on America's Children 16. Islam's Point of View on Women's Education in Saudi Arabia 17. Gender and the Expansion of University Education in Jordan 18. Secular and Koranic Literacies in South Asia: From Colonisation to Contemporary Practice 19. Creative Associates International - Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)/Oman & Algeria 20. AIDS 2008 Vision and Objectives ( Conference: August 3-8, 2008, Mexico City). 21. AIDS 2008 - Scientific Programme Vision 22. AIDS 2008 - Community Programme Vision 23. Guide to Community Involvement in AIDS 2008 24. World YWCA - Women and girls must participate in decision-making to ensure effective response to HIV and AIDS 25. Influential Evaluations: Evaluations that Improved the Performance and Impacts of Development Programs 26. La Junta Directiva de la YWCA Mundial 27. More resources needed to ensure women and girls exercise and enjoy human rights - World YWCA ------------------------- 1. Kids suffer 'terrifying rates' of STDs in Northern Territory, Australia http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1125015 NEW figures that show alarming rates of STD infection among children and Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory are "terrifying", says the Australian Medical Association (AMA). In the six months to June this year, 41 children aged under 10... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 25 Dec , 2007 2. The Info Project - International Journal for Equity in Health 2007 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1125020 Abstract: Notions of equity are fundamental to, and drive much of the current thinking about global health. Health inequity, however, is usually measured using health inequality as a proxy - implicitly conflating equity and equality. Unfortunately... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 25 Dec , 2007 3. Ugandan Love Letters Pull Men to Fetal Heartbeats http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1125031 JINJA, Uganda (WOMENSENEWS)--One recent morning, in the maternity ward of Mpumudde Health Center No. 4, a dozen women waited on a harried midwife in a long white uniform. Three were pregnant, a handful needed contraceptives and one exhausted mother... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 25 Dec , 2007 4. Assessing the equitable distribution of essential medicines for rural maternal and child health care: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1125043 Baseline report, Nkwanta District, Ghana. (Ghana Essential Medicines Initiative). The maternal mortality rate in Ghana is “unacceptably high� at 540 deaths per 100,000 births in 2000. From 1993 to 2003, life expectancy at birth was only 56 years for... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 25 Dec , 2007 5. Bridging the Gap Between Evidence-based Innovation and National Health-sector Reform in Ghana http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1125049 John Koku Awoonor-Williams, Ellie S. Feinglass, Rachel Tobey, Maya N. Vaughan-Smith, Frank K. Nyonator, and Tanya C. Jones. Although experimental trials often identify optimal strategies for improving community health, transferring operational... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 25 Dec , 2007 6. Success Stories from the Population Council, Abuja, Nigeria http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1125056 Population Council Nigeria’s Advocacy Manual: Offering a Faith�Based Organization (FBO) Training Curriculum for HIV Abstinence�Based Prevention The Population Council, in partnership with three Nigerian NGOs, has created a unique training manual for... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 25 Dec , 2007 7. The role of schools in promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in developing countries http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1125064 Lloyd, Cynthia B. Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper no. 6. New York: Population Council. Abstract - This paper reviews the state of knowledge about relationships between schooling and adolescent reproductive health. With the spread of mass... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 25 Dec , 2007 8. Promoting healthy, safe and productive transitions to adulthood: Population Council Overview, September 2007. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1125072 The Population Council’s intensified focus on adolescents began in the early 1990s, accompanied by a commitment to move the field of adolescent policy research from one sometimes narrowly focused on sexuality, reproductive health, and behavior to the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 25 Dec , 2007 9. For Mayan girls, safe spaces lead to social gains - The Population Council http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1125079 Prepared by Kelly Hallman, Eva Roca, Marta Julia Ruiz, Jennifer Catino, Alejandra Colom, and Sandra Contreras Aprile. Guatemala’s population is poorer, less educated, younger, faster growing, and more ethnically diverse than most others in Latin... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 25 Dec , 2007 10. Supporting Married Girls – Calling Attention to a Neglected Group. The Population Council http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1125088 Supporting Married Girls – Calling Attention to a Neglected Group – The Population Council (Nicole Haberland). (Brief No. 3: Promoting Healthy, Safe and Productive Transitions to Adulthood, December 2007). In the next ten years, if current patterns... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 25 Dec , 2007 11. World Development Indicators 2007 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124890 World Development Indicators (WDI) publication is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. The 2007 WDI includes more than 900 indicators in over 80 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment,... Contribuido por John Daly el 20 Dec , 2007 12. Call for Letters of Intent: Model Services for Women Who Use Drugs in Georgia, Russia, and Ukraine http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1125116 The Open Society Institute (OSI) International Harm Reduction Development Program has announced a new grant program to support innovative harm reduction services for women in Georgia, Russia, and Ukraine. Programs selected for grants will receive... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 25 Dec , 2007 13. Persistence Pays:The Challenges and Rewards of One NGO’s Health Promotion Outreach among Roma Drug Users http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1125127 This report aims to provide an overview of targeted health promotion efforts undertaken among the Roma community in Sofia, Bulgaria by a local nongovernmental organization (NGO), the Initiative for Health Foundation (IHF). The primary focus is on the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 25 Dec , 2007 14. LIFE http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1125909 UNDP's Local Initiative Facility for Urban Environment (LIFE) Strengthening Participatory Local Governance - Global Programme LIFE is a UNDP global flagship programme to promote local-local dialogue and partnership between NGOs, CBOs, Local... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 29 Dec , 2007 15. Paying the Price: The Impact of Immigration Raids on America's Children http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1125921 Author(s): Randolph Capps, Rosa Maria Castaneda, Ajay Chaudry, Robert Santos. Over the past year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has intensified immigration enforcement activities by conducting several large-scale worksite raids across the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 29 Dec , 2007 16. Islam's Point of View on Women's Education in Saudi Arabia http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126106 By Rafeda Al-Hariri. Comparative Education, Vol. 23, No. 1, Special Number (10): Sex Differences in Education (1987), pp. 51-57. " The family in Saudi Arabia is a part of society which represents customs and habits and has a very strong structure.... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 31 Dec , 2007 17. Gender and the Expansion of University Education in Jordan http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126113 Author: Jansen, Willy. Source: Gender and Education, v18 n5 p473-490 Sep 2006. Abstract: This article explores how gender is threaded through the expansion and privatization of higher education in Jordan. Due to the justified current concern with the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 31 Dec , 2007 18. Secular and Koranic Literacies in South Asia: From Colonisation to Contemporary Practice http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126119 Author: Maddox, Bryan. Source: International Journal of Educational Development, v27 n6 p661-668 Nov 2007. Abstract: This paper explores the distinction between "secular" and "Koranic" schooling and literacy in South Asia. It begins by tracing an... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 31 Dec , 2007 19. Creative Associates International - Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)/Oman & Algeria http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126126 Creative Associates International, Inc. is working with the U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and host country Ministries of Education to make schools in Algeria and Oman more dynamic, effective places for children to... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 31 Dec , 2007 20. AIDS 2008 Vision and Objectives ( Conference: August 3-8, 2008, Mexico City). http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126485 AIDS 2008 will be a conference that promotes scientific excellence and inquiry, encourages individual and collective action and dialogue, and fosters accountability. Conference Objectives AIDS 2008 will 1] Provide a forum in which key scientific and... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 03 Jan , 2008 21. AIDS 2008 - Scientific Programme Vision http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126492 The fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic is currently facing the major challenge of reaching the goal of “universal access� to prevention, treatment and care by 2010, a goal that has been adopted unanimously by the international community. To halt and... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 03 Jan , 2008 22. AIDS 2008 - Community Programme Vision http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126500 1] Reclaiming ownership of the agenda - Building on the history of community involvement in the International AIDS conferences, AIDS 2008 provides an opportunity to reach and involve diverse communities affected by HIV and provide spaces for... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 03 Jan , 2008 23. Guide to Community Involvement in AIDS 2008 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126507 Welcome to the Guide to Community Involvement in AIDS 2008. This Guide was created by the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) and the Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+) to help you better understand and... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 03 Jan , 2008 24. World YWCA - Women and girls must participate in decision-making to ensure effective response to HIV and AIDS http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126514 This year, World AIDS Day focused on the role of leadership in bringing sustainable solutions to the HIV and AIDS pandemic. The World YWCA believes that women’s leadership is essential in changing the course of the HIV and AIDS pandemic. As HIV... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 03 Jan , 2008 25. Influential Evaluations: Evaluations that Improved the Performance and Impacts of Development Programs http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126386 Influential Evaluations: Evaluations that Improved the Performance and Impacts of Development Programs provides a collection of 8 case studies of evaluations and reviews which have had a significant impact. For many of these, it has been possible to... Contribuido por Julius Gwyer el 02 Jan , 2008 26. La Junta Directiva de la YWCA Mundial http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126524 La Junta Directiva de la YWCA Mundial se reunió entre el 19 y 23 de Noviembre de 2007 en Ginebra, Suiza, por primera vez después de las elecciones en el Consejo Mundial de la YWCA, realizado en Julio de 2007. Susan Brennan, Presidenta y Nyaradzai... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 03 Jan , 2008 27. More resources needed to ensure women and girls exercise and enjoy human rights - World YWCA http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1126544 On December 10, 1948, nearly 60 years ago, the United Nations (UN) adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which declared that the "recognition of the inherent dignity and of the inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 03 Jan , 2008

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DG COMMUNITIES: GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT- 03-01-2008

Development Gateway Foundation dgCommunities: Gender and Development http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender?intcmp=911 January 2, 2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NEW HIGHLIGHT: Supporting Married Girls – Calling Attention to a Neglected Group 2. HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES 3. NEW! DISCUSSION: Violence against women is one of the most heinous, systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world 4. NEW! RESOURCE OF INTEREST 5. MEMBER DIRECTORY: Update Your Profile for Networking & Collaboration --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Member, Our most sincere wishes to you. We hope the year 2008 will be a suceessful year in all personal and professional initiatives. From the Development Gateway Gender Community --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NEW! HIGHLIGHT: Supporting Married Girls – Calling Attention to a Neglected Group --------------------------------------------------------------------- (Brief No. 3: Promoting Healthy, Safe and Productive Transitions to Adulthood, December 2007 – The Population Council). In the next ten years, if current patterns continue, more than 100 million girls will marry before the age of 18, according to Population Council analyses of United Nations country data. Child marriage-any marriage that occurs before the age of 18-is considered a human rights violation by international convention. Marriage transforms virtually all aspects of girls' lives. Typically, girls who marry are moved from their familiar home and village, lose contact with friends, initiate sexual activity with someone they barely know, and soon become mothers. While existing data cannot definitively show causal links, the literature suggests that young age and/or young age at marriage may be independently correlated with low domestic authority, limited freedom of movement, and increased partner violence. Married adolescents comprise the majority of sexually active adolescent girls in most developing countries. However, they tend to be overlooked by both adolescent sexual and reproductive health programs, which focus on unmarried girls, and reproductive health and development programs aimed at adult women. Studies undertaken in a variety of settings reveal a range of characteristics common to married girls, including the following: 1] Less social mobility/freedom of movement than unmarried girls their age; 2] Less access to modern media or other sources of information than unmarried girls their age ; 3] Less autonomy and say in household and reproductive decisionmaking than married women aged 20–34. Young wives often find themselves with few friends, limited exposure to modern media, and less freedom of movement; 4] Increased risk of gender-based violence compared to women who marry later; 5] Uninformed and unprotected sexual relations with a husband who is likely to be considerably older-indeed, the younger the bride, the larger the age gap with her spouse; 6] Elevated risk of maternal and infant mortality for the youngest first-time mothers (those under 16 years) compared to young women who marry and initiate childbearing later; 7] Higher risk for sexually transmitted infections and HIV compared to unmarried sexually active girls. In Bangladesh, India, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and elsewhere, the Population Council is undertaking research to better understand the situation of married girls and to more adequately meet their unique social, health, and development needs. In India, The Population Council, in partnership with the Child In Need Institute (West Bengal) and Deepak Charitable Trust (Gujarat), has implemented pilot interventions in Vadodara, Gujarat, and Diamond Harbour, West Bengal to reduce the social isolation of married adolescent girls, to improve their reproductive health, and to increase their ability to act in their own interest (Transitions to Adulthood Brief No. 8, "Empowering young mothers in India: Results of the First-time Parents Project"). The interventions included: providing reproductive health information to married young women, their husbands, and influential adults in their families; making necessary adjustments in existing maternal and child health services; and empowering young women through group formation and other social networking activities. More than 1,800 young, newly married women who were pregnant or postpartum for the first time and more than 1,400 young husbands received reproductive health information. The project mobilized over 1,000 girls into groups of roughly eight to 12 members. The groups take a participatory learning approach and cover topics such as literacy, vocational skills, pregnancy and postpartum care, gender dynamics within and outside the family, and relationship issues. Text and photograph ( Burkina Faso, photo credit – Lydia Saloucou) courtesy The Population Council – a partner and Cooperating organization with dgCommunity Gender and Development. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/highlights/viewHighlight.do~activeHighlightId=114928?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES --------------------------------------------------------------------- - Supporting Married Girls – Calling Attention to a Neglected Group. The Population Council http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1125088?intcmp=911 - For Mayan girls, safe spaces lead to social gains - The Population Council http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1125079?intcmp=911 - Promoting healthy, safe and productive transitions to adulthood: Population Council Overview, September 2007. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1125072?intcmp=911 - The role of schools in promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in developing countries http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1125064?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. ONGOING DISCUSSION: Violence against women is one of the most heinous, systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Every day, in all corners of the world, countless women and girls are killed, mutilated, beaten, raped, sold into sexual slavery or tortured. Most of the survivors of this violence have little hope of seeing their tormentors pay for their crimes. And so the violence goes on..." Please share your stories of violence against women, or of activism against violence - from your part of the world. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/discussion/default/showDiscussion.do~id=5563?intcmp=911 You can also upload them as resources at http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender?intcmp=911 - through "Add Content." --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. NEW! Resource of Interest: World Development Indicators 2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------- World Development Indicators (WDI) publication is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. The 2007 WDI includes more than 900 indicators in over 80 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. Data are shown for 152 economies with populations of more than 1 million, as well as for Taiwan, China, in selected tables. Table 1.6 presents selected indicators for 56 other economies-small economies with populations between 30,000 and 1 million and smaller economies if they are members of the World Bank. Front matter, introductions to each section, and back matter of WDI 2007 are available on the report website. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1124890?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. 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108 Items Género y Desarrollo en D.G. 20 -12-2007

Actualización de contenido - Género y Desarrollo en el Development Gateway ------------------------- 108 {totalItems} nuevos recursos en la página Género y Desarrollo del Development Gateway http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender -------------------------------------------------- 1. One-third of adults in rich nations are ignorant about AIDS, UN backed study finds 2. The Glimpse Foundation: A Non Media Resource to help youth share their global cultural experiences 3. An Exploration of Attitudes toward Female Genital Cutting in Nigeria 4. THE BLIND PROJECT - A group of concerned individuals who aim to protect children from the sex trade industry. 5. Take Back The Tech: 16 days of reclaiming technology to end violence against women 6. Global Water Initiative created in response to world water crisis 7. The Human Settlements Programme at International Institute of Environment and Development 8. Women and Poverty in South Asia 9. The Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) 10. Urban Energy 11. Urban Management Programme - CD ROM 12. Improving Child Health in Post Conflict Countries 13. Research Capacity Strengthening in Africa 14. “What If Roe Fell?� 15. Gender Disparities in Health and Mortality 16. Increasing Access to Safe Abortion Services in Uttarakhand: Identifying Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Training Centres 17. Special Evaluation Study on the Effect of Microfinance on Poor Rural Households and the Status of Women 18. Speech by Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe 19. Estimating the scale and impacts of migration at the local level 20. People and Places - a new vision for local government (LGA - UK) 21. Prosperous Communities (LGA - UK) 22. Consultant - Regional Gender Poverty & Inequality Study, East Asia, Oxfam 23. 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence (November 25 - December 10) 24. Resources on Reproductive Health and Violence Against Women 25. Facts About Gender-based Violence 26. Center for Women's Global Leadership - Rutgers. 27. Ban Ki-moon pledges system-wide UN campaign to fight violence against women 28. Competition for the Design of an Emblem of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage 29. "Building a Comprehensive Response: Funding for HIV Vaccines, Microbicides and Other New Preventive Options: 2000 to 2006," 30. InterAction 31. Strengthening the National HIV/AIDS/STD/TB Council (NAC) and supporting strategic HIV prevention, care and mitigation activities 32. Acceptability of routine HIV testing ("Opt-Out") in antenatal services in two rural districts of Zimbabwe 33. HIV and AIDS treatment education: a critical component of efforts to ensure universal access to prevention, treatment and care 34. Programming for HIV prevention in South African schools: a report on program implementation 35. Good policy and practice in HIV & AIDS and education: overview 36. HIV & AIDS and educator development, conduct and support 37. HIV & AIDS and safe, secure and supportive learning environments 38. EDUCAIDS: towards a comprehensive education sector response. A framework for action 39. Good policy and practice in HIV & AIDS and education 40. Keep the best, change the rest: participatory tools for working with communities on gender and sexuality 41. Women’s [HIV/AIDS] Treatment Literacy Toolkit 42. The overlap between injecting drug use and sex work 43. Comprehensive approaches to HIV prevention 44. Community Action Is Key to Prevention - Red Ribbon Award 45. Zambia: Women Urged to Break the HIV/Aids Silence 46. Transforming the National AIDS Response Equality, Women’s Rights and the “Three Ones�, (UNIFEM) 47. Equipping Young People with Essential Life Skills 48. CNN International Series Profiles YouthActionNet™ Leaders 49. The Commonwealth and Young People 50. Commonwealth Youth Exchange 51. See Europe through the eyes of other Young Europeans! 52. The ITU-D Youth Programme 53. Focussing Resources on Effective School Health (FRESH) - UNESCO 54. More about FRESH 55. FRESH and Healthy Nutrition 56. FRESH and Education for All (EFA) 57. Education and health: finding common ground 58. Mauritius: Recognition of Prior Learning for Adults 59. UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training 60. Incorporation of occupational health in TVET is recommended by WHO’s Global Plan of Action on Workers’ Health 61. Literacy must be recognized as a right concludes UNESCO regional conference in India 62. Fourth UNESCO Regional Literacy Conference in New Delhi, November 29 - 30, 2007. 63. United Nations Literacy Decade (2003 - 2012) 64. Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE) 2006-2015 65. Child Friendly Cities in Ukraine 66. Growing Up in Cities 67. Growing Up in Cities - Johannesburg 68. UNESCO launches a tool to put social science research at the service of public policy-making 69. Growing Up in Sathyanagar - Bangalore 70. Growing Up in Saida, Lebanon 71. Blacks increasingly wary as Latinos become fastest-growing US minority 72. Young People in South Eastern Europe: From Risk to Empowerment 73. Guidance on Global Scale-Up of the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV 74. Blacks increasingly wary as Latinos become fastest-growing US minority 75. Worldwide Press Freedom Index 76. TourismScan December 2007 77. Decline in sex ratio observed in five States of India: ActionAid and IDRC survey 78. The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India 79. "World Disasters Report 2007" 80. Certificate Course on "Gender Development Training" 81. UN-HABITAT and Youth 82. Quality of Contraceptive Service Provision Difficult to Measure 83. Predictors of STDs Among Asian and Pacific Islander Young Adults 84. Pregnancy Intentions and Happiness Among Pregnant Black Women at High Risk for Adverse Infant Health Outcomes 85. Unwanted Sex Common Among Young Married Women in India 86. Risky Sexual Behavior Among Youth Highlights Need for Early Sex Education: New Evidence from Croatia 87. Medecins Sans Frontieres 2006/2007 Activity Report - Armenia 88. Medecins Sans Frontieres - 2006/2007 Activity Report - Bangladesh 89. Medecins Sans Frontieres 2006/2007 Activity Report - Cambodia 90. Medecins Sans Frontieres 2006/2007 Activity Report - China 91. From Red to Gray: Aging Populations in Europe and Central Asia 92. Municipalización Educativa y Desarrollo Local. Experiencias y lecciones aprendidas en tres municipios de Nicaragua. 93. Who decides – Gender mapping the European Union’s policy and decision-making in the areas of development, external relations and trade 94. Evaluation - Beyond Access: Transforming Policy and Practice for Gender Equality in Education 95. Best Practices Database 96. Foro Iberoamericano y del Caribe de Mejores Prácticas 97. United Nations Involvement in Kicking the CO2 Habit - Bali, COP 13 . 98. Liveable Cities - The Benefits of Urban Environmental Planning. Published by UNEP, Cities Alliance and ICLEI. 99. CLIFF Annual Review 2007 100. Point of View Article in IMF Finance and Development, September 2007 101. Human Dimensions of Environmental Change - Ch 7, GEO 4. Vulnerability of People and The Environment: Challenges and Opportunities. 102. Urban Life—The Face of the Future ( From Liveable Cities - The Benefits of Urban Environmental Planning) 103. Excerpt - Guiding Urban Development in Bangkok - From Chapter, How to Integrate Environment into Urban Planning Strategies 104. UN Habitat and Youth at Climate Change Conference, Bali. 105. UN-HABITAT and Government of Italy boosts Korogocho sports facilities 106. Climbing Africa’s highest mountain to highlight the fight against urban crime 107. Making Polish cities Safer - Policy Declaration on World Habitat Day 108. Working together in making Kosovo cities safe and just ------------------------- 1. One-third of adults in rich nations are ignorant about AIDS, UN backed study finds http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122333 In what should serve as a wake-up call ahead of World AIDS Day, a new United Nations backed survey shows that about one third of the people in seven wealthy nations admit they know little or nothing about the global HIV and AIDS crisis, and 25 per... Contribuido por Shambhu Ghatak el 30 Nov , 2007 2. The Glimpse Foundation: A Non Media Resource to help youth share their global cultural experiences http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122216 The Glimpse Foundation just partnered with National Geographic to create a mainstream media product that celebrates and informs about the work of young people abroad. All of the content is User-generated and professionally edited. Glimpse is an... Contribuido por Adam DiClemente el 28 Nov , 2007 3. An Exploration of Attitudes toward Female Genital Cutting in Nigeria http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122398 "Female genital cutting (FGC) continues to be widespread particularly in sub-Saharan African countries. The authors use data from the 1999 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey to consider factors that influence attitudes toward this procedure held... Contribuido por Maribeth Lovegrove el 30 Nov , 2007 4. THE BLIND PROJECT - A group of concerned individuals who aim to protect children from the sex trade industry. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122444 Presently, we are planning a trip to Chiang Rai, Thailand where we will serve at a local orphanage. Many of the children there have battled through prostitution, opium addiction, sexual abuse and slavery. The orphanage provides them with a home,... Contribuido por Laura Allen el 02 Dec , 2007 5. Take Back The Tech: 16 days of reclaiming technology to end violence against women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122507 Take Back The Tech is a collaborative campaign by ICT users, advocates, collectives and organisations that take issue with the prevalence of VAW in our diverse realities. Initiated by APC WNSP in 2006, the campaign is part of the 16 Days of Activism... Contribuido por Thomas BEKKERS el 04 Dec , 2007 6. Global Water Initiative created in response to world water crisis http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122597 A new partnership has been launched to address the declining state of the world's fresh water supply and the lack of access to clean water services by the world's poorest people. The Global Water Initiative (GWI) brings together a group of seven... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Dec , 2007 7. The Human Settlements Programme at International Institute of Environment and Development http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122634 The Human Settlements Programme works to reduce poverty and improve health and housing conditions in the urban centres of Latin America, Asia and Africa. The Programme seeks to combine this with promoting good governance and more ecologically... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Dec , 2007 8. Women and Poverty in South Asia http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122665 This article by Shambhu Ghatak (shambhughatak@yahoo.com) relies on various government documents, the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers and various research reports. This is basically a review paper, and the views expressed are solely that of the... Contribuido por Shambhu Ghatak el 05 Dec , 2007 9. The Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122670 The Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) was established at the Second World Water Forum (WWF) in March 2000. The mission of GWA is to promote women's and men's equitable access to and management of safe and adequate water, for domestic supply,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 05 Dec , 2007 10. Urban Energy http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122687 Current levels of energy services fail to meet the needs of the poor. Some 2 billion people worldwide rely on traditional biomass fuels for cooking, while 1.6 billion others do not have access to electricity, a situation which entrenches poverty,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 05 Dec , 2007 11. Urban Management Programme - CD ROM http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122719 After nearly two decades, the Urban Management Programme, which was operational from 1986 to 2006, has handed over to its partners at the regional, national and local levels. During those years, UMP was one of the largest global technical assistance... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 05 Dec , 2007 12. Improving Child Health in Post Conflict Countries http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122849 At the beginning of the new Millennium, almost one third of the world’s population was living in countries that were at severe risk of, affected by, or emerging from armed conflicts. The characteristics of conflicts— violence, poverty, food... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 05 Dec , 2007 13. Research Capacity Strengthening in Africa http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122535 The Wellcome Trust will provide funding to support the creation of consortia between higher education institutes and research institutes located within Africa (south-south links), and with institutions based in the UK, or in other countries with a... Contribuido por John Daly el 04 Dec , 2007 14. “What If Roe Fell?� http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122386 "Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision establishing a woman's right to abortion, remains under constant attack. In the 2004 version of this report, the Center for Reproductive Rights outlined the legal framework anti-choice forces were constructing... Contribuido por Maribeth Lovegrove el 30 Nov , 2007 15. Gender Disparities in Health and Mortality http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122378 "Gender differences in mortality and life expectancy vary by country. But in most countries, men live shorter lives than women. In Russia, for instance, the difference between male and female life expectancy is 13 years (59 vs. 72). In other... Contribuido por Maribeth Lovegrove el 30 Nov , 2007 16. Increasing Access to Safe Abortion Services in Uttarakhand: Identifying Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Training Centres http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122473 "This report describes a simple methodology to screen and approve facilities as provider-training sites for comprehensive abortion care. This approach will help state governments in India adopt an evidence-based approach to identify potential... Contribuido por Maribeth Lovegrove el 03 Dec , 2007 17. Special Evaluation Study on the Effect of Microfinance on Poor Rural Households and the Status of Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122481 The Asian Development Bank first offered microfinance services for the poor in 1988. By end-2006, it had approved 32 microfinance projects and 20 projects with microfinance components for 16 countries. Learn to what extent these reduced poverty in... Contribuido por Irish De Guzman el 03 Dec , 2007 18. Speech by Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122875 ‘Amare glasura ashunde’ Our voice is heard: Romani Women’s Rights Conference, Stockholm, 3 December 2007. " I believe that the starting point of our Conference must be an acknowledgment of a deplorable fact – that Roma in Europe continue to face... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 05 Dec , 2007 19. Estimating the scale and impacts of migration at the local level http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122903 Commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA), this research by the Institute of Community Cohesion (ICoCo) looks at the scale of recent population changes and the impact on local services. International migration is a growing global... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 05 Dec , 2007 20. People and Places - a new vision for local government (LGA - UK) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122910 Join us in our campaign to improve life for people in the villages, towns and cities where they live, work and do business. Last autumn's Local Government White Paper provides the best chance in a generation for central government to shift power to... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 05 Dec , 2007 21. Prosperous Communities (LGA - UK) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122919 'Prosperous communities' is a project examining and promoting the role that local councils can play in promoting economic prosperity in their areas. Building on the vision for local government set out in people and places the LGA has proposed that... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 05 Dec , 2007 22. Consultant - Regional Gender Poverty & Inequality Study, East Asia, Oxfam http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122973 A great deal of literature is currently available on different aspects to gender inequality and poverty in east Asia. Attempts have also been made to measure and index in different ways the existing status and situation of poor women around the... Contribuido por Jessica Matthews el 06 Dec , 2007 23. 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence (November 25 - December 10) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1122997 2007 Campaign Theme - Demanding Implementation, Challenging Obstacles: End Violence Against Women. Since 1991, the 16 Days Campaign has helped to raise awareness about gender violence and has highlighted its effects on women globally. Each year,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 06 Dec , 2007 24. Resources on Reproductive Health and Violence Against Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123005 * Bringing Rights to Bear: an Analysis of the Work of the UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies on Reproductive and Sexual Rights, Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, 2002. http://www.reproductiverights.org/pub_bo_tmb.html; * Diagnostic and Treatment... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 06 Dec , 2007 25. Facts About Gender-based Violence http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123012 1. Around the world, as many as 1 in every 3 women has been beaten, coerced into sex, or abused in some other way, most often by someone she knows, including by her husband or another male family member. 2. Women are more susceptible to violence... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 06 Dec , 2007 26. Center for Women's Global Leadership - Rutgers. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123019 In 1991, a group of women activists came together at a meeting hosted by the Centre for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) in New Jersey and decided they were going to do something about gender-based violence. The women didn't aim to just come up with... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 06 Dec , 2007 27. Ban Ki-moon pledges system-wide UN campaign to fight violence against women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123026 25 November 2007 – Denouncing violence against women as “one of the most heinous, systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world,� United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has vowed to lead a campaign against the scourge. In a message... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 06 Dec , 2007 28. Competition for the Design of an Emblem of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123041 Competition for the Design of an Emblem of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage UNESCO is now announcing a competition for the design of an emblem that best reflects the purposes and spirit of the Convention to give... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 06 Dec , 2007 29. "Building a Comprehensive Response: Funding for HIV Vaccines, Microbicides and Other New Preventive Options: 2000 to 2006," http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123088 HIV Vaccine and Microbicides Resource Tracking Working Group: The report provides estimates of investment in HIV vaccine and microbicide research and development from 2000 to 2006. The report also includes estimates of investment in new prevention... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 30. InterAction http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123103 InterAction is the largest coalition of U.S.-based international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) focused on the world’s poor and most vulnerable people. Collectively, InterAction’s more than 165 members work in every developing country. Members... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 07 Dec , 2007 31. Strengthening the National HIV/AIDS/STD/TB Council (NAC) and supporting strategic HIV prevention, care and mitigation activities http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123116 Strengthening the National HIV/AIDS/STD/TB Council (NAC) and supporting strategic HIV prevention, care and mitigation activities within the National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Framework, Zambia (STARZ). A synthesis of institutional arrangements of National Aids... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 32. Acceptability of routine HIV testing ("Opt-Out") in antenatal services in two rural districts of Zimbabwe http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123122 Authors: Freddy Perez; Charity Zvandaziva; Barbara Engelsmann; Francois Dabis Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. This article from the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) argues that routine HIV testing on an opt-out... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 33. HIV and AIDS treatment education: a critical component of efforts to ensure universal access to prevention, treatment and care http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123128 Making HIV treatment education work - Authors: J Sass. Publisher: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , 2006. This report from UNESCO and WHO presents the key points and recommendations of a two-day technical consultation... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 34. Programming for HIV prevention in South African schools: a report on program implementation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123136 HIV education in schools: is it an effective HIV prevention strategy? Authors: S. James; A. McCauley; P. Reddy, Publisher: Horizons, 2005. This paper from the Horizons Program evaluates the effectiveness of a HIV education programme aimed at... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 35. Good policy and practice in HIV & AIDS and education: overview http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123148 Addressing the impact of HIV and AIDS in education: good practice examples for governments and donors - Authors: ; UNESCO. Publisher: Education Sector, UNESCO, 2006. This booklet is the first in a series of publications on good practice in responding... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 36. HIV & AIDS and educator development, conduct and support http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123156 Supporting teachers and students affected by HIV and AIDS: good practice policy and programmes. Authors: ; UNESCO, Publisher: Education Sector, UNESCO, 2006. This booklet is the third in a series of publications on good practice in responding to the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 37. HIV & AIDS and safe, secure and supportive learning environments http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123164 HIV and AIDS prevention and education for young people affected by HIV and AIDS: good practice in policy and programming. Authors: ; UNESCO. Publisher: Education Sector, UNESCO, 2006. This booklet is the second in a series of publications on good... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 38. EDUCAIDS: towards a comprehensive education sector response. A framework for action http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123172 A guide to the approach and resources offered by the EDUCAIDS initiative. Authors: ; UNAIDS; UNESCO. Publisher: Education Sector, UNESCO, 2006. The UNESCO-led EDUCAIDS initiative supports countries to implement a comprehensive national education... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 39. Good policy and practice in HIV & AIDS and education http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123180 The impact of HIV on education: meeting the challenge. Authors: ; UNESCO. Publisher: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , 2006. This booklet from UNESCO provides an overview of why HIV and AIDS are important issues for... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 40. Keep the best, change the rest: participatory tools for working with communities on gender and sexuality http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123188 A set of participatory tools for working with communities on gender and sexuality. Authors: ; International HIV / AIDS Alliance. Publisher: International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2007. Gender and sexuality are cross cutting factors in the transmission of... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 41. Women’s [HIV/AIDS] Treatment Literacy Toolkit http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123196 Empowering girls and women affected by HIV and AIDs. Authors: ; Southern African HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service. Publisher: Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Information Dissemination Service , 2005. Southern Africa remains by far the most... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 42. The overlap between injecting drug use and sex work http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123204 Gender discrimination leaves women drug users in Asia at greater risk of HIV infection. Authors: P. Tanguay. Publisher: Exchange, 2007. This article from Exchange argues that women drug users in Asia have a higher risk of HIV infection than their... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 43. Comprehensive approaches to HIV prevention http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123211 Promoting gender equality and sexual rights through HIV prevention education. Authors: Solange Rocha. Publisher: Exchange, 2007. This issue of Exchange argues that a comprehensive approach to HIV prevention must include a commitment to promoting... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 44. Community Action Is Key to Prevention - Red Ribbon Award http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123219 The United Nations presented the call for nominations for the Red Ribbon Award 2008 to honour community leadership and action against HIV/AIDS in the Mexican capital on the eve of World AIDS Day. "Communities are at the forefront of addressing the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 45. Zambia: Women Urged to Break the HIV/Aids Silence http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123227 UNITED Nations (UN) Special Envoy on AIDS in Africa, Elizabeth Mataka has challenged women to break the silence and stand up against harmful practices that have been perpetrating the spread of HIV/AIDS. Mrs Mataka said this in Lusaka as Zambia joined... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 46. Transforming the National AIDS Response Equality, Women’s Rights and the “Three Ones�, (UNIFEM) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123238 Introduction: Tackling the 25-year-old AIDS crisis remains one of the world’s most urgent tasks. Despite increased international mobilization, 5 million people contract HIV every year and 3 million are dying of AIDS-related illnesses – 90 per cent of... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Dec , 2007 47. Equipping Young People with Essential Life Skills http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123317 In today's fast-changing, global economy, educators and employers alike recognize that traditional education often falls short of providing young people with the basic life skills they need to succeed – in school, in their communities, and future... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Dec , 2007 48. CNN International Series Profiles YouthActionNet™ Leaders http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123325 Baltimore, MD -- Television viewers around the world are now able to trace the successes and challenges faced by two YouthActionNet™ leaders as part of a new CNN International series entitled, “Be the Change.� This new series will feature video... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Dec , 2007 49. The Commonwealth and Young People http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123332 Young people are the greatest resource for the future of Commonwealth countries. The Commonwealth believes strongly that young people should be empowered and given a voice. The Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) - The CYP is recognised as one of the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Dec , 2007 50. Commonwealth Youth Exchange http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123339 A Commonwealth youth exchange gives young people the opportunity to get up and go global. To get involved in a world where for some people there is no local take-away, where 'popping to the shop' can mean a five mile trek, or a shower a dip in the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Dec , 2007 51. See Europe through the eyes of other Young Europeans! http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123346 EURplace26.org online photo competition seeks young people's reflections on diversity in Europe! Why EURplace26? Our vision is of EURplace as a SAFEplace where all young people accept and support each other, and can travel and appreciate the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Dec , 2007 52. The ITU-D Youth Programme http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123370 The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Youth Programme’s main mandate is to support children and young people from developing countries and those in transition to improve their access, use and knowledge of information and communication... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Dec , 2007 53. Focussing Resources on Effective School Health (FRESH) - UNESCO http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123379 Education is a fundamental human right. It is the key to sustainable development, and to peace and stability within and among countries... The learning and life skill needs of all young people can and must be met as a matter of urgency. So states... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Dec , 2007 54. More about FRESH http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123386 Recognizing the fundamental inter-relationship between health and education, and the urgent need to stem the tide of HIV/AIDS, school health experts at UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank, Education International, Education Development Center and the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 55. FRESH and Healthy Nutrition http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123393 Healthy nutrition takes many forms and is understood differently in different countries and cultures. In general, healthy nutrition should be an integral part of daily life that contributes to the physiological, mental and social well-being of... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 56. FRESH and Education for All (EFA) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123400 Education for All (EFA) is the commitment that countries around the world have made to ensure that every child and adult receives basic education of good quality. The EFA movement is based on recognition that education is a human right, and that it... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 57. Education and health: finding common ground http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123406 How can education promote health in the classroom and the workplace? This was among a range of health-related topics at the international conference “Towards Sustainable Global Health� in Bonn, Germany from 9 to 11 May 2007. Particular focus was... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 58. Mauritius: Recognition of Prior Learning for Adults http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123415 The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning ( UIL) collaborates with the Mauritius Qualifications Authority ( MQA) in launching a pilot project on Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for unemployed workers from the sugar and textile sectors who will... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 59. UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123424 The UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNESCO-UNEVOC) assists UNESCO's 192 member states strengthen and upgrade their TVET systems. The acquisition of skills for work, and for citizenship, is... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 60. Incorporation of occupational health in TVET is recommended by WHO’s Global Plan of Action on Workers’ Health http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123435 While TVET is concerned with the acquisition of knowledge and skills for the world of work, occupational safety and health (OSH) aims at the protection and promotion of safety and health at the workplace. The World Health Organization (WHO) is the UN... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 61. Literacy must be recognized as a right concludes UNESCO regional conference in India http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123445 Stubbornly high rates of illiteracy will only be reduced if governments make literacy a priority and recognize it as a right, concluded participant at the UNESCO regional conference on literacy challenges in South, South West and Central Asia, which... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 62. Fourth UNESCO Regional Literacy Conference in New Delhi, November 29 - 30, 2007. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123454 Entitled “Literacy Challenges in South, South-West and Central Asia: Building Partnerships and Promoting Innovative Approaches�, it focused on 14 countries in South, South-West and Central Asia, a region of high illiteracy.The countries of South and... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 63. United Nations Literacy Decade (2003 - 2012) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123464 UNESCO leads the United Nations Literacy Decade (UNLD) under the slogan of “Literacy as Freedom�. Launched at UN Headquarters in 2003, the Decade aims to increase literacy levels and to empower all people everywhere. In declaring this Decade, the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 64. Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE) 2006-2015 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123473 UNESCO’s Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE) is a global strategic framework for the implementation of the United Nations Literacy Decade (2003-2012), in order to meet the Education for All (EFA) goals, with particular focus on adult literacy... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 65. Child Friendly Cities in Ukraine http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123495 Responsible Body: Starokostyantyniv City Council; UNICEF Ukraine. In Ukraine, a ‘Child-Friendly City’ pilot project was developed in the city of Starokostyantyniv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast in cooperation with UNICEF. The main goal was to develop a model... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 66. Growing Up in Cities http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123507 We live in an urbanizing world, in which more and more children and young people live in cities. In industrialized countries, a half to three-quarters of all children live in urban areas; in the developing world, the majority of children and youth... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 67. Growing Up in Cities - Johannesburg http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123521 The Johannesburg location of Growing Up in Cities has been one of the most active project sites, as it has sought to influence urban policy related to squatter camp children and their families and inner-city children by encouraging participatory... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 68. UNESCO launches a tool to put social science research at the service of public policy-making http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123531 Immediately following UNESCO’s 34th General Conference, which re-affirmed the importance of creating the conditions for a genuine dialogue between researchers, policy-makers and the members of civil society in order to address the multiple challenges... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 69. Growing Up in Sathyanagar - Bangalore http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123541 Sathyanagar (roughly translated as "Truth Town" in Sanskrit) is a self-built settlement on the north-east periphery of Bangalore, created in the 1970s when rural migrants from the neighboring states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu staked their claim... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 70. Growing Up in Saida, Lebanon http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123551 As a first step, children at the Center for Extracurricular Activities in the old city carried out project activities in the summer of 1999, under the leadership of Irene Arbadji and Ahmad Jradi. In November 1999, project members met with a network... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Dec , 2007 71. Blacks increasingly wary as Latinos become fastest-growing US minority http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123603 By Tony Favro, City Mayors website 28 November 2007: Traditional minorities – Blacks, Latinos, Asians -- are expected to become the majority in the US by 2050. This is the consensus of most American demographers. According to data released in 2007 by... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 11 Dec , 2007 72. Young People in South Eastern Europe: From Risk to Empowerment http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123618 This study was prepared by a team led by Gloria La Cava that consisted of Paula Lytle, Alexandre Kolev, Carine Clert, Zeynep Ozbil and Diana Marginean. Research assistance was provided by Ivana Aleksic. The team’s work on the Concept Note benefited... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 11 Dec , 2007 73. Guidance on Global Scale-Up of the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123576 Full-title: Guidance on Global Scale-Up of the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV: Towards universal access for women, infants and young children and eliminating HIV and AIDS among children. "This publication was developed by the... Contribuido por Maribeth Lovegrove el 10 Dec , 2007 74. Blacks increasingly wary as Latinos become fastest-growing US minority http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123608 By Tony Favro, City Mayors website 28 November 2007: Traditional minorities – Blacks, Latinos, Asians -- are expected to become the majority in the US by 2050. This is the consensus of most American demographers. According to data released in 2007 by... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 11 Dec , 2007 75. Worldwide Press Freedom Index http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123754 Reporters Without Borders for the sixth year in a row has come out with the Worldwide Press Freedom Index. Reporters Without Borders compiled the Worldwide Press Freedom Index by sending a questionnaire to the 15 freedom of expression organisations... Contribuido por Shambhu Ghatak el 12 Dec , 2007 76. TourismScan December 2007 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123752 In this month' issue, the following topis are covered:  Community starts Indigenous tourism plan  Tourism Boom Threatens Antarctica  Andaman Island: tourism yes or no?  Accessible Tourism gains attention in Europe and Asia  Human Rights... Contribuido por Julia Schonharl el 12 Dec , 2007 77. Decline in sex ratio observed in five States of India: ActionAid and IDRC survey http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123960 According to a survey conducted by ActionAid in collaboration with the Canada-based International Development Research Centre, the sex ratio has further declined in the five northern States with Punjab showing the worst results—there were only 527... Contribuido por Shambhu Ghatak el 14 Dec , 2007 78. The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124084 Cable and satellite television have grown rapidly throughout the developing world. The availability of cable and satellite television exposes viewers to new information about the outside world, which may affect individual attitudes and behaviors.... Contribuido por Shambhu Ghatak el 17 Dec , 2007 79. "World Disasters Report 2007" http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123874 This year’s annual World Disasters Report examines the issue of discrimination in disasters. It looks at which groups are discriminated against, and why, how discrimination manifests itself and how it increases vulnerability. Among the groups... Contribuido por John Daly el 13 Dec , 2007 80. Certificate Course on "Gender Development Training" http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123939 This course is designed to prompt an exploration of common behaviours and attitudes towards gender differences. It will present facts and figures about the situation of women and men in our society today – and references from key documents that... Contribuido por Prince Devison Nze el 14 Dec , 2007 81. UN-HABITAT and Youth http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123891 UN-HABITAT recognizes young people as active participants in the future of human settlements, the UN parlance for towns and cities. Today’s younger generation is already coming up with and implementing successful communitybuilding projects in some of... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 13 Dec , 2007 82. Quality of Contraceptive Service Provision Difficult to Measure http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124517 A review of studies from the past two decades reveals that the quality of family planning services women receive affects their contraceptive behavior, according to “The Quality of Family Planning Services in the United States: Findings from a... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2007 83. Predictors of STDs Among Asian and Pacific Islander Young Adults http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124523 By Hyeouk Chris Hahm, Jieha Lee, Al Ozonoff and Maryann Amodeo. CONTEXT: Limited information is available on factors associated with STDs among Asian and Pacific Islander young adults. Such information is vital to developing effective interventions... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2007 84. Pregnancy Intentions and Happiness Among Pregnant Black Women at High Risk for Adverse Infant Health Outcomes http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124529 By Susan M. Blake, Michele Kiely, Charlotte C. Gard, Ayman A. E. El-Mohandes, M. Nabil El-Khorazaty and the NIH-DC Initiative CONTEXT: Unintended pregnancy is associated with risk behaviors and increased morbidity or mortality for mothers and... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2007 85. Unwanted Sex Common Among Young Married Women in India http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124535 Nearly half of young wives in the Indian states of Gujarat and West Bengal experience unwanted sex: 12% frequently and another 32% occasionally, according to “Consent and Coercion: Examining Unwanted Sex Among Married Young Women in India,� which... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2007 86. Risky Sexual Behavior Among Youth Highlights Need for Early Sex Education: New Evidence from Croatia http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124541 Using a condom the first time one has sex and having positive attitudes about condoms are the best predictors of condom use, according to “HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Sexual Behaviors as Predictors of Condom Use Among Young Adults in... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2007 87. Medecins Sans Frontieres 2006/2007 Activity Report - Armenia http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124550 People living in impoverished, landlocked Armenia in the South caucasus, once part of the former Soviet union, suffer the effects of a chronically under-funded healthcare system. tuberculosis is one disease that is spreading, yet appropriate... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2007 88. Medecins Sans Frontieres - 2006/2007 Activity Report - Bangladesh http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124559 Stateless Rohingya people have been crossing the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh for decades. they are a Muslim minority in Myanmar, a country that does not recognise them as citizens. they face poor access to healthcare and little protection... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2007 89. Medecins Sans Frontieres 2006/2007 Activity Report - Cambodia http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124566 MSF's work in Cambodia began in 1979, providing medical aid to people in the refugee camps along the Thai-Cambodian border. A decade later, as refugees were repatriated, MSF moved inland and played a role in helping rebuild the country's health... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2007 90. Medecins Sans Frontieres 2006/2007 Activity Report - China http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124574 MSF has advocated to the Chinese government for quality and affordable generic medicines. Only 31,000 AIDS patients, including 600 children, have received life-prolonging anti-retroviral therapy from the national free programme in china, despite... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2007 91. From Red to Gray: Aging Populations in Europe and Central Asia http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124407 Lead Authors: Mukesh Chawla, Gordon Betcherman, Arup Banerji - World Bank ECA - The countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are experiencing a third transition, a transition that overlaps with their recent political and economic... Contribuido por Giulia D'Amico el 18 Dec , 2007 92. Municipalización Educativa y Desarrollo Local. Experiencias y lecciones aprendidas en tres municipios de Nicaragua. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124142 Este compendio de estudios de caso fue producido en el marco del Programa de Aprendizaje Regional, PAR, iniciativa conjunta entre la Alianza para el Impacto, AI y el Ministerio Británico para el Desarrollo Internacional, DFID, que propone fortalecer... Contribuido por Aimee Maron el 17 Dec , 2007 93. Who decides – Gender mapping the European Union’s policy and decision-making in the areas of development, external relations and trade http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124085 The new WIDE publication “Who decides – Gender mapping the European Union’s policy and decision-making in the areas of development, external relations and trade� provides an analysis of the role that key European Union institutions – the Council of... Contribuido por Barbara Specht el 17 Dec , 2007 94. Evaluation - Beyond Access: Transforming Policy and Practice for Gender Equality in Education http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1123698 Oxfam Publishing are undertaking an impact evaluation of the book ‘Beyond Access: Transforming Policy and Practice for Gender Equality in Education’ (2006), edited by Sheila Aikman and Elaine Unterhalter. The information gathered will contribute to... Contribuido por Julieanne Porter el 11 Dec , 2007 95. Best Practices Database http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124594 This searchable database contains over 2,650 proven solutions from more than 140 countries to the common social, economic and environmental problems of an urbanizing world. It demonstrates the practical ways in which public, private and civil society... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 18 Dec , 2007 96. Foro Iberoamericano y del Caribe de Mejores Prácticas http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124602 Los objetivos de eset Foro son el de Promover el uso, evaluación, y entendimiento de las Mejores Prácticas; Colaborar en la identificación de nuevas Mejores Prácticas y en la transferencia de conocimiento derivado de las existentes; Ayudar a... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 18 Dec , 2007 97. United Nations Involvement in Kicking the CO2 Habit - Bali, COP 13 . http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124652 Bali/Nairobi/Oslo/San Jose/Wellington, 12 December 2007 - The United Nations has become part of the growing worldwide effort to become climate neutral. Members of the UN attending the crucial climate convention meeting in Bali today announced that... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2007 98. Liveable Cities - The Benefits of Urban Environmental Planning. Published by UNEP, Cities Alliance and ICLEI. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124665 This report arose out of a decision taken at the Cities Alliance Consultative Group Meeting at Marrakech in 2005 to more systematically integrate the environment into urban development programmes. This had become more imperative as issues of climate... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2007 99. CLIFF Annual Review 2007 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124678 The Community-Led Infrastructure Finance Facility (CLIFF) has released its Annual Review 07. The report highlights CLIFF’s work in India and Kenya to provide financing to communities seeking to upgrade housing and sanitation facilities. The report... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2007 100. Point of View Article in IMF Finance and Development, September 2007 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124692 The International Monetary Fund’s September 2007 issue of Finance and Development spotlights urbanisation and megacities with a cover story and several feature articles. Topics highlighted include rapid urbanisation, urban poverty, megacity issues,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2007 101. Human Dimensions of Environmental Change - Ch 7, GEO 4. Vulnerability of People and The Environment: Challenges and Opportunities. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124706 Vulnerability depends on exposure, sensitivity to impacts and the ability or inability to cope or adapt. It needs to be seen within a global context of demographic change, patterns of poverty, health, globalization, conflict and governance. Broad... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2007 102. Urban Life—The Face of the Future ( From Liveable Cities - The Benefits of Urban Environmental Planning) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124719 Cities and urban settlements in general are the face of the future. Today, some 50 percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas. In 2005, the world’s urban population was 3.17 billion out of a total of 6.45 billion. The year 2007 marks a... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2007 103. Excerpt - Guiding Urban Development in Bangkok - From Chapter, How to Integrate Environment into Urban Planning Strategies http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124733 ( Liveable Cities - The Benefits of Urban Environmental Planning). In Bangkok, Thailand, the Urban Management Toolbox and the Metropolitan Master Catalogue were developed to act as the driving forces for the physical development of the city. The... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 18 Dec , 2007 104. UN Habitat and Youth at Climate Change Conference, Bali. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124765 The Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, on December 13, 2007 held talks with youth leaders representing 11 countries from around the world on the sidelines of the UN climate change conference. She explained the agency's work on... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 19 Dec , 2007 105. UN-HABITAT and Government of Italy boosts Korogocho sports facilities http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124791 In December 2006, for the residents of Korogocho, one of Nairobi’s largest slums, it was a special day as they set aside the daily grind of their lives to witness a landmark event where UN-HABITAT and the Government of Italy joined hands to give them... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 19 Dec , 2007 106. Climbing Africa’s highest mountain to highlight the fight against urban crime http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124800 In what has become an annual event, a group of youths in February 2007 embarked on the second climb of Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro to highlight the problem of growing crime in the East African cities. At a media launch of this year’s... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 19 Dec , 2007 107. Making Polish cities Safer - Policy Declaration on World Habitat Day http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124810 Senior Polish officials pledged on World Habitat Day to do all they can to make the country’s cities safer and more inclusive for all their citizens. “The quality of life in our cities depends to the great extent on the level of security. We are very... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 19 Dec , 2007 108. Working together in making Kosovo cities safe and just http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1124820 Various activities were held in different parts of Kosovo to mark the 2007 World Habitat Day organized jointly by city municipalities and UN-HABITAT’s Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme ‘Making Better Cities Together’. The focus of the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 19 Dec , 2007

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Genero y Desarrollo - D.Gateway - Dic. 11/07

Development Gateway Foundation dgCommunities: Gender and Development http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender?intcmp=911 December 11, 2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NEW HIGHLIGHT: On 16 Days of Activism - Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey 2. HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES 3. NEW! DISCUSSION: Violence against women is one of the most heinous, systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world 4. NEW! RESOURCE OF INTEREST 5. MEMBER DIRECTORY: Update Your Profile for Networking & Collaboration --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Member, Welcome to your newsletter from the Gender and Development dgCommunity of the Development Gateway. Anuradha Bhattacharjee Content Coordinator --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NEW! HIGHLIGHT: On 16 Days of Activism - Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to promote and to strive for the protection and realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels." Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ["The Declaration on human rights defenders"] (Article 1). On the occasion of November 29th , Women Human Rights Defenders day, and as a part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign, the Center for Women's Global Leadership honors the hundreds of thousands of women activists around the world who persistently and courageously defend human rights, peace and social justice. Women from all parts of the globe engage in defense of human rights on a daily basis. Because of their advocacy, they face retribution and are sometimes punished-by government officials, religious authorities, police, and often by family and community members. Whether they focus on women's human rights or other rights issues, women defenders are subjected to arbitrary imprisonment, torture, forced disappearances, death threats, violations of privacy, sexual violence, name calling and other threats to their credibility, closures of their organizations and a host of other violations because of their activism and claims to exercise rights. Many women defenders have lost their lives because of their advocacy. In 2007, women activists around the globe face continued restrictions on their advocacy and many forms of violations, such as: In Pakistan, under the current state of emergency, many women activists and lawyers have been arrested:, prominent women's rights activists such as UN Special Rapporteur Asma Jahangir were placed under house arrest or threatened with arrest, as was UN Special Representative on human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, who was abroad when the warrant was issued;• In Mexico, Lydia Cacho, a journalist and head of a women's organization, faced an assassination attempt in May, after having endured a previous arrest and sustained persecution by government authorities because of her work exposing gender based violence; In South Africa, a number of Black lesbians known to be feminist activists were killed in a spate of "hate crimes; " In Iran, over 30 women demonstrating peacefully were arrested as they protested state pressure against women human rights defenders; In the United States, sexual and reproductive rights advocates face physical assault and their organizations and continue to forfeit government financial support if they refuse to sign the federal "anti-prostitution pledge;" In Poland, defenders working for sexual and reproductive rights, and especially the right to safe abortion, continue to face persistent threats, harassment and questioning from law enforcement officials; And only last week in Nicaragua, nine prominent women activists were charged with fabricated crimes by the government in collusion with right wing groups in an effort to intimidate feminists who have advocated for women's rights related to abortion and against incest and other forms of sexual violence. CWGL stands in solidarity with these and other women defenders and with all activists who have defended women's rights during 2007." Text and logo courtesy CWGL website. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/highlights/viewHighlight.do~activeHighlightId=114778?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES --------------------------------------------------------------------- - Ban Ki-moon pledges system-wide UN campaign to fight violence against women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1123026?intcmp=911 - Center for Women's Global Leadership – Rutgers. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1123019?intcmp=911 - Facts About Gender-based Violence http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1123012?intcmp=911 - Resources on Reproductive Health ad Violence Against Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1123005?intcmp=911 - 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence ( November 25 – December 10) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1122997?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. NEW! DISCUSSION: Violence against women is one of the most heinous, systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Every day, in all corners of the world, countless women and girls are killed, mutilated, beaten, raped, sold into sexual slavery or tortured. Most of the survivors of this violence have little hope of seeing their tormentors pay for their crimes. And so the violence goes on..." Please share your stories of violence against women, or of activism against violence - from your part of the world. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/discussion/default/showDiscussion.do~id=5563?intcmp=911 You can also upload them as resources at http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender?intcmp=911 - through "Add Content." --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. NEW! Resource of Interest: The Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) was established at the Second World Water Forum (WWF) in March 2000. The mission of GWA is to promote women's and men's equitable access to and management of safe and adequate water, for domestic supply, sanitation, food security and environmental sustainability. The provision of sustainable water and sanitation services that incorporate an integrated water resources management approach requires a special emphasis and focus on gender, social justice and human rights. GWA believes that equitable access to and control over water is a basic right for all, as well as a critical factor in promoting poverty eradication and sustainability. GWA is a global network dedicated to mainstream gender in water resoures management. It is registred as an Association under Dutch law and has more than 600 members in 91 countries worldwide. Its membership is diverse and represents a wide range of capacities and expertise across all water sectors as well as from different stakeholder groups including government, grassroots organisations, NGOs, universities and research institutes, international agencies and individual consultants. More than eighty percent of the membership comes from a diversity of countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The GWA is managed by an independent Steering Committee that is elected by the membership every two to three years. The Steering Committee is made up of ten members representing different regions and areas of gender expertise in the water sector. The Secretariat of the GWA is supported by an Executive Director, a Programme Officer, an Administrative Financial Officer and an Environmental Officer. The office is in Dieren, the Netherlands. GWA is an Associated Programme of the Global Water Partnership (GWP). The Alliance is and has been financed by the governments of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, additional earmarked finance has been generated by projects implemented with partner organisations. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/ItemDetail.do~1122670?intcmp=911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. MEMBER DIRECTORY - UPDATE YOUR MEMBER PROFILE! --------------------------------------------------------------------- With over 30,000 registered dgCommunities members, the Member Directory provides a one-stop shop for key contacts and collaboration worldwide. We invite you to take advantage of this unprecedented collaborative tool and add your profile today! Our new Member Directory enables you to more easily contact fellow professionals in the international development community for expert advice, information, and collaboration. You will be able to find development practitioners from over 200 countries, with interests and expertise in dozens of areas, including your own! We invite you to update your member profile to let your colleagues in development know more about your interests and expertise. You'll find the profiles very useful when using the Member Directory to communicate and collaborate with fellow members on your next program or project. Log onto the dgCommunity platform by clicking http://topics.developmentgateway.org/um/user/showUserAccount.do?intcmp=911 Then, under "Manage Your Account" in the upper right, click "Edit Member Profile". Quick Start - 4 Easy Steps: -ESTABLISH YOUR PROFILE Let your colleagues in development know more about your interests and expertise through your dgCommunities profile. Simply log in and go to My Gateway http://topics.developmentgateway.org/um/user/showUserAccount.do?intcmp=911 On upper right under "Manage Your Account", scroll down to "Edit Member Profile", and click "Edit this information". -SEARCH FOR MEMBERS Log in to the Development Gateway and go to "My Gateway". On upper right, scroll down to "Manage Your Contacts" and click "Search directory" to add new contacts. You can search by: name, country, interest, expertise, organization, organization type, or by keywords in member bios. Search Results will show you a list of members with a link to their profiles. You can also reach the Member Directory on My Gateway on the left column under "Member Services" when you scroll down and click "Directory" http://topics.developmentgateway.org/um/user/showMemberDirectory.do?intcmp=911 -COMMUNICATE WITH MEMBERS When viewing a member's profile, click "Contact this user". This will open a message box in which you can type and send a message through our message forwarding system. -CREATE OWN CONTACT LIST OF MEMBERS You can build a list of key contacts and form your own network of members. Searching for members will produce a results list; you can then select members to be added to your "My Contacts" list by clicking on the plus sign under "Status" for each desired contact. Or, when viewing a particular member's profile, click "Add this member to My Contacts". Your full contact list can be viewed when you log in, go to My Gateway, scroll down to "Manage Your Contacts" and click "View your dgCommunity contacts list". --------------------------------------------------------------------- DID YOU KNOW? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you know that as a member of the Gender and Development dgCommunity you can share your knowledge resources (e.g., websites, papers, reports, presentations, images, news, events, etc) in just about any format including streaming audio and video. Each resource will be described on a unique interactive page that will acknowledge you as the contributor and link to your profile. To view full text of knowledge resources, users will follow links to host websites, which will benefit from increased traffic from the Development Gateway community! Simply click on the "Add content here" hyperlink at: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender/rc/Contribute.do~flag=url~from=SampleLayout?intcmp=911 Thank you! Anuradha Bhattacharjee Content Coordinator gender@developmentgateway.org http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender?intcmp=911

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