African Centre for Gender and Social Development
(of the United Nations Econlmic Comission for Africa) http://www.uneca.org/acgs/
AGCS publishes Gendernet, a publication that looks at a variety of gender issues across the continent.
Information and resources on gender equality and the empowerment of women
Links to all UN entities specialising in gender issues http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
United Nations Development Fund for Women
- provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality http://www.unifem.org/
United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) http://www.un-instraw.org/en/
The DAC Guidelines for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (1998) provides practical tools for promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women. It draws on lessons of experience and incorporates illustrations of improved efficiency, effectiveness and coherence in development co-operation. The Guidelines give a valuable set of definitions of key concepts and approaches which guide and deepen the reader's understanding of gender equality issues and how to address them.
Wikigender, an information sharing platform on gender equity, was officially launched on 7 March 2008 on the occasion of International
Women's Day. The site is now open and freely accessible to thepublic. Wikigender invites everybody to actively use and participate in this new online resource.
Wikigender is a project initiated by the OECD Development Centre to facilitate the exchange and improve the knowledge about gender- related issues around the world. A special focus of this project is to collect empirical evidence and to identify adequate statistics and measurement tools of gender equality. In this respect, Wikigender serves as a pilot project for the OECD Global Project on Measuring the Progress of Societies.
In particular, Wikigender aims to highlight the importance of social institutions such as norms, traditions and cultural practices that impact
on gender equality.
For more information, please go to: http://www.wikigender.org/wiki/
Eldis is a knowledge service from the Institute of Development Studies. It provides thousands of documents on topics related to development work. All documents are available for free. http://www.eldis.org/go/topics/resource-guides/gender
BRIDGE provides a fast route to gender information, bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice with accessible and diverse gender information in print and online. http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/
Siyanda is an on-line database of gender and development materials from around the world. It is also an interactive space where gender practitioners can share ideas, experiences and resources. http://www.siyanda.org/
Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals - a collaborative effort of the UN Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality , the OECD/DAC Network on Gender Equality, and the Multilateral Development Bank Working Group on Gender. http://www.mdgender.net/
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Development Cooperation Directorate Gender Equality page, provides access to information and documents on gender equality issues in OECD member countries, per theme or country. http://www.oecd.org/department
World Bank gender page, provides links to regional and thematic pages, data and tools for gender mainstreaming, documents and reports, news and links. www.worldbank.org/gender/
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United nations (FAO)
Sustainable Development Department Gender page http://www.fao.org/sd/pe1_en.htm
DIMITRA project
Rural Women and Development. Dimitra is a tool for women and their organisations to make their voices heard at the national and international level. Its main goal is to empower rural women and to improve their living conditions and status by highlighting the extent and value of their contributions. http://www.fao.org/dimitra/
International Fund for Agricultural Development gender page (IFAD)
Information about policy, programmes, tools, guidelines, publications. http://www.ifad.org/gender/
Le Réseau des Organisations Féminines d'Afrique Francophone (ROFAF) vient de mettre en ligne son site web.
Le site vise à assurer la visibilité des activités du réseau et celles de ses organisations membres.
Outre des informations sur le réseau et ses activités, ainsi que sur les activités réalisées par ses organisations membres, le site offre un large éventail d'informations sur les droits des femmes dans l'actualité et les organisations finançant le travail des droits des femmes en Afrique francophone sous la rubrique "Liens utiles".
Le site est accessible en ligne à l'adresse : www.rofaf.org
The Francophone African Women's Organisation Network (ROFAF) has launched their website.
The site seeks to give visibility to the activities of its members and promote networking. In addition, under the heading "liens utiles" the site also offers resources and infomormation about women's rights in the news and organisations that finance women's rights work.
The Link, the official newsletter of Women's Land Link Africa (WLLA), a new initiative for women's housing and land in Africa, is now available. The Link reports on pertinent events and various happenings related to women's housing and land in Africa, to inform and strengthen ongoing work. This volume includes a report on the International Women's Land Academy in Entebbe, Uganda, in which ILC participated earlier this year Read The Link, Vol. 4
Innovative funding for women's organisations (by the Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 2008)
This issues brief examines funding issues women's organisations and for non-governmental organisations working to achieve gender equality. Read more here: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/..
Nouvelle publication
Rapports sociaux de sexe/genre et droi : repenser le droit
Ce nouveau livre analyse la manière dont le droit appréhende les rapports sociaux de sexe. Il est une collection des textes écrit par des auteurs toutes issues de différentes universités de la Francophonie. L'ouvrage sera disponible le 10 septembre et vous pouvez commander une copie sur www.amazon.fr
New Resources at Siyanda
As part of DFID's new research strategy which contains a specific focus on gender mainstreaming analysis, they are drawing attention to resources available at Siyanda, the website hosted by BRIDGE, on this topic. Siyanda is now set up to take information on mainstreaming to a new level, supporting researchers and other experts, whether they are gender specialists or not. A new issue of the Siyanda newsletter specifically focuses on mainstreaming issues, giving a selection of resources from their database alongside short summaries of the work. http://www.research4development.info/...
Launch of AWID website
AWID, the Assocation for Women's Rights in Development has launched a new website!
This new site provides streamlined access to information in English, Spanish and French including thousands of articles on a wide range of women's human rights issues, in-depth analysis, practical tools to support women's rights activism, and daily news on women's rights around the world.
The website is also designed to be interactive and is directed especially at young feminist activists. You can browse their new site at www.awid.org.
Presentación del nuevo sitio web de AWID
El nuevo sitio en Internet ofrece un acceso mejorado a información en inglés, español y francés, incluyendo miles de artículos sobre una amplia gama de cuestiones relativas a los derechos humanos de las mujeres, análisis en profundidad, herramientas prácticas para apoyar el activismo por los derechos de las mujeres, y noticias diarias sobre los derechos de las mujeres en distintas partes del mundo.
El sitio ofrece un mayor nivel de interactividad y contiene información diseñada específicamente para activistas feministas jóvenes, así que por favor alienta a las/os jóvenes de tus redes a que se suscriban.
Para ler más: www.awid.org.
Lancement du nouveau site web de l'AWID
L'AWID, l'Association pour les droits de la femme et le développement, a lancée un nouveau site web! Le nouveau site Web donne un accès rationalisé aux informations en anglais, en espagnol et en français, notamment des milliers d'articles concernant un large éventail de questions de droits des femmes, des analyses en profondeur, des outils pratiques pour soutenir le militantisme en faveur des droits des femmes et des informations quotidiennes sur les droits des femmes dans le monde entier. Le site Web est nettement plus interactif et est destiné aux jeunes militantes féministes : ne manquez donc pas d'encourager les jeunes de vos réseaux à s'abonner. En savoir plus: www.awid.org.
Les approches plus générales de la sécurité foncière reconnaissent rarement qu'il existe dans le droit du sol islamique des principes susceptibles de renforcer les droits de propriété terrienne. C'est pourquoi le Réseau mondial des instruments fonciers (GLTN) lance une initiative spéciale pour faciliter la mise au point d'instruments fonciers islamiques tout à la fois innovants et favorables aux pauvres, qui intègrent la dimension du genre et qui pourraient être appliqués là où les conditions s'y prêtent.
General approaches to tenure security rarely recognise the existence of principles to enforce land rights within Islamic law. Because of this, GLTN has launched a special initiative to develop and implement innovative and authentically Islamic instruments that are favourable to the poor, that integrate gender dimensions and that could be applied in various Islamic contexts.
La mise en ouvre des droits des femmes au foncier, à la propriété et au logement se heurte trop souvent au manque d'instruments fonciers bien adaptés à la condition féminine. En dépit des efforts continus de tous ceux qui ouvrent à l'amélioration de l'accès et des droits des femmes au foncier les instruments existants favorables aux femmes font rarement l'objet d'un recensement systématique. Cet article présente l'objectif de GLTN de systématiquement intégrer le genre dans la gestion local de la terre en cherchant des stratégies efficace, applicables ailleurs et d'un coût abordable.
The enforcement of women's property rights too often fail due to the lack of tenure instruments adapted to the realities of women's lives. In spite of continuous efforts on the part of those working for women's increased access to land, existing instruments that are favourable to the rights of women are seldom systematically studied. This short article, written in french, presents the goal of GLTN to systematically integrate gender into local land administration in a manner that is efficient, applicable in multiple contexts and affordable.
"Women in Politics"
This bibliography, contains links and references to legal instruments, declarations, studies and articles. These documents include regional, international and thematic perspectives. The bibliography takes the form of an online search engine and is regularly updated, accounting for new literature on the subject.
http://www.ipu.org/bdf-e/BDFsearch.asp
"Femmes en politiques"
Cette bibliographie, sous forme d'une base de données interactive, contient des références à des instruments juridiques, déclarations, plans d'action, études et articles a propos de « femmes en politique ».
Ces documents inclus des perspectives régionales, internationales ainsi que thématique. Elle est constamment actualisée pour tenir compte des nouveaux ouvrages et articles produit sur cette sujet. http://www.ipu.org/bdf-f/BDFsearch.asp
International Agencies :
The International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) works with partner organizations and governments throughout the world to promote gender equitable development, reduce poverty, and change the lives of millions of women and girls and their communities - undertaking focused, evidence-based, action-oriented research; providing technical assistance to partner organizations, donors and governments; and advocating for new or improved policies and programs. http://www.icrw.org/
Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international membership organization connecting, informing and mobilizing people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. Our goal is to cause policy, institutional and individual change that will improve the lives of women and girls everywhere. http://www.awid.org/
The Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO) is an international organization that advocates for women's equality in global policy. WEDO accomplishes its work through four program areas, economic & social justice, gender & governance, sustainable development, and US global policy. http://www.wedo.org/
Women organising for Change in Agriculture (WOCAN) and NRM is a global network of professional women engaged in agriculture and natural resource management who are committed to organizational change for gender equality and environmentally sustainable development. http://www.wocan.org/index.html
