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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Raida Al-Zu3bi
[mailto:raida@jordanmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 09, 2004 4:04
AM<BR><B>Subject:</B> (no subject)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>**PLEASE DISSEMINATE
WIDELY**<BR>Siyanda Update: Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Issue No. 19,
March 2004<BR>http://www.siyanda.org/<BR>Past issues of the update are
available at:
http://www.siyanda.org/archive.htm<BR>=======<BR>INDEX:<BR>=======<BR>I. Quick
Guide: Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)<BR>II. Country Focus:
Uganda<BR>III. Useful Websites: MDG GenderNet and Kenya Female Advisory
Organization (KEFEADO)<BR>IV. Users' Corner: view latest user submissions on
gender mainstreaming and on gender budgets<BR>V. Discussion Forum: contribute
to the "Feminist Fables and Gender Myths" and the "Sexuality"
discussions<BR>VI. New Siyanda feature: Users' Announcement
section<BR><BR><BR>I. Quick Guide: Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
:<BR>========================================<BR>The "Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs)" are eight goals which set a global development agenda to be
achieved by 2015. Gender must be taken into account if these are to
succeed.<BR><BR>- Seeking Accountability on Women’s Human Rights: Women Debate
the Millennium Development Goals, Women’s Coalition for Economic Justice
(WCEJ), 2004<BR>A collection of articles exploring whether the women's
movement should engage with the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs).<BR>http://www.siyanda.org/static/wcej_hrmdgs.htm<BR><BR>- Common
Ground, Women’s Access to Natural Resources and the United Nations Millennium
Development Goals, Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO),
2003<BR>This booklet highlights the linkages between the MDGs on poverty,
education and the environment and demonstrates the centrality of gender to
their effective
implementation.<BR>http://www.siyanda.org/static/wedo_naturemdgs.htm<BR><BR>-
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Gender Equality and the
Millennium Development Goals, World Bank (WB), 2003<BR>This workshop brought
together international development stakeholders to explore various aspects of
the Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
debate.<BR>http://www.siyanda.org/static/wb_workshopmdgs.htm<BR><BR>-
Millennium Development Goals, National Reports: A Look Through a Gender Lens,
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2003<BR>This scan of 13
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) country reports shows that gender equality
concerns are inadequately
mainstreamed.<BR>http://www.siyanda.org/static/undp_mdgsgender.htm<BR><BR>-
Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals, Gender and Development
Group, World Bank (WB), 2003<BR>Gender equality is essential for reaching all
the Millennium Development Goals, not just goal three, "Promote gender
equality and empower
women".<BR>http://www.siyanda.org/static/wb_genderequalitymdgs.htm<BR><BR>-
Progress of the World's Women 2002: Volume 2: Gender Equality and the
Millennium Development Goals, United Nations Development Fund for Women
(UNIFEM), 2003<BR>This volume examines the strengths and weaknesses of the
MDGs in tracking progress for women and suggests improvements and
alternatives.<BR>http://www.siyanda.org/static/unifem_progressmdgs.htm<BR><BR>Summaries
written by BRIDGE Team members. More Siyanda resources on Gender and MDGs can
be found through the Simple Search function:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/.<BR>To suggest a resource on this topic for
possible inclusion on the Web site, please fill-out the resource submission
form: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/ You can also start a new discussion
topic on Gender and MDGs in the Siyanda "Participate" section:
http://www.siyanda.org/participate.shtml<BR><BR><BR>II. Country Focus:
Uganda<BR>====================<BR>Access key resources:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=uganda, network
with, or find consultants:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=uganda from this
country.<BR><BR><BR>III. Useful Websites:<BR>===============<BR>- MDG
GenderNet:<BR>http://www.mdgender.net/<BR>-------------------------------------<BR>GenderNet
aims to promote and strengthen efforts to mainstream a gender equality
perspective in all of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), not just Goal 3
"Promote gender equality and empower women". It does this through providing
access to key resources, tools, links and events on the topic. For more
information, please send an e-mail to the Content Manager, GenderNet:
ContentManager@mdgender.net<BR><BR>- Kenya Female Advisory Organization
(KEFEADO):<BR>http://www.kefeado.co.ke/<BR>-------------------------------------<BR>Established
in 1994, KEFEADO exists to enhance gender equity and equal opportunities
between females and males in Kenya. The NGO is active in gender and education,
gender and human rights, and gender and socio-cultural/socio-economic issues,
with a focus on the western part of Kenya. For more information, please
contact Dolphine M. A. Okech, Founding Executive Director & Programs
Coordinator: kefeado@swiftkisumu.com<BR><BR><BR>IV. Users'
Corner:<BR>=============<BR>http://www.siyanda.org/userscorner/<BR>Visit the
Users' Corner and view the latest user submissions, including a paper on
gender mainstreaming and a report on gender budgets in South Asia. Feel free
to also use this space to share your ideas, interests and experiences with
other Siyanda users, and to post your short pieces of work.<BR><BR><BR>V.
Latest Experts:<BR>=============<BR>Experts from or based in Nigeria, India,
Congo, Russia, US, Thailand, Australia, UK, Angola and Spain have recently
entered their profiles in the Gender Experts and Consultants Database, which
currently contains over 600 entries. Their areas of expertise include
HIV/AIDS, gender based violence, communications and rights, with skills in
training and capacity building, gender analysis and impact evaluation. You can
search the database http://www.siyanda.org/exps/ or add your own profile:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm<BR><BR><BR>VI. Siyanda Discussion
Forums:<BR>=========================<BR>We invite you to engage in thought
provoking dialogues on topical GAD issues with users from diverse
geographical, ideological and professional backgrounds:<BR><BR>Sexuality
Forum:<BR>http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120031010045342<BR>"Sexuality
is part and parcel of every individual. Sexuality permeates every facet of
private and public life-rituals, rites, etc. The basis of gender based norms
and socialization is very well instituted and stems from a society’s
expression and/or understanding of sexuality. Therefore, development projects
should address this key issue."<BR>Excerpt from a recent posting to the
forum.<BR><BR>Feminist Fables and Gender
Myths:<BR>http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120031221123327<BR>"Simple
messages about women losing out through gender inequality SHOULD be replaced
by more complex truths and mature discussion which respects people's anxieties
about cultural imperialism, while highlighting the need to support women and
men working to challenge gender-based inequality.<BR>Excerpt from a recent
posting to the forum.<BR><BR>(If you do not have easy or cheap Internet
access, please e-mail your contribution to: siyanda@ids.ac.uk and we will post
it on the forum for you).<BR><BR><BR>VI. New Siyanda feature: Users'
Announcement board<BR>======================================<BR>Due to popular
demand, Siyanda now features a Users' Announcements section dedicated to
promoting your events. We hope that you will put it to good
use!<BR>http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120040105020249<BR><BR><BR>**
The "Siyanda Update" is a monthly newsletter featuring the latest gender
mainstreaming resources available on the website http://www.siyanda.org/.
Siyanda aims to assist busy gender practitioners with locating essential
gender mainstreaming resources quickly and easily. It is also an interactive
space where gender practitioners can share ideas, experiences and resources
with like-minded colleagues. To subscribe or unsubscribe from the "Siyanda
Update", please go to: http://www.siyanda.org/subscribe.htm **<BR><BR>--
<BR>Ra'ida Al-Zu'bi<BR>Information and Networking Coordinator
(Consultant)<BR>BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)<BR>University
of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, UK<BR>e-mail: r.al-zubi@ids.ac.uk<BR>(currently
working from Amman, Jordan)<BR><BR>BRIDGE Web Resources:<BR>For extensive
gender and development materials visit:<BR>http://www.siyanda.org<BR>For
download of all BRIDGE reports
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