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Solution Exchange - An Initiative of the United
Nations in India, Involving Communities of Development Practitioners
in Multiple Areas. 
Solution Exchange is a new initiative of the
United Nations Country Team in India that offers communities of
development practitioners a UN-sponsored space where they can
provide and benefit from each other’s solutions to the day-to-day
challenges they face. The Exchange connects people who share similar
concerns and interests, bringing them together virtually and
face-to-face towards the common objective of problem-solving.
Communities are organized around selected development targets of
both India’s Tenth Five-Year Plan as well as the globally mandated
Millennium Development Goals, contributing to their successful
achievement. Members are welcome from all organizations –
government, NGOs, development partners, private sector, academia -
interacting on an ongoing basis, building trust and strengthening
their identity as a group. The Exchange already covers: Maternal and
Child Health; Environment – Water and Environmental Sanitation;
Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment; Food and Security. Close
to being launched and actively seeking members are Exchanges for
HIV/AIDS; Education; Poverty – Work and Employment. |
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The Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base
The Gender, Institutions, and Development Data
Base (GID) represents a new tool for researchers and policy makers
to determine and analyse obstacles to women’s economic development.
It covers a total of 162 countries and comprises an array of 50
indicators on gender discrimination. The data base has been compiled
from various sources and combines in a systematic and coherent
fashion the current empirical evidence that exists on the
socio-economic status of women. Its true innovation is the inclusion
of institutional variables that range from intrahousehold behaviour
to social norms. Information on cultural and traditional practices
that impact on women’s economic development is coded so as to
measure the level of discrimination. Such a comprehensive overview
of genderrelated variables and the data base’s specific focus on
social institutions make the GID unique, providing a tool-box for a
wide range of analytical queries and allowing case-by-case
adaptation to specific research or policy questions. For further
information contact DEV.Contact@oecd.org . |
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Puhakka March 14, 2006 |
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Women's
Environmental Network
WEN is a campaigning organisation which represents
women and campaigns on issues that link women, environment and
health. |
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Added by Denise
Senmartin March 14, 2006 |
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UNFPA State of the World Population 2005
October 2005 - "...The report, The Promise of
Equality: Gender Equity, Reproductive Health and the Millennium
Development Goals, explores the degree to which the global community
has fulfilled pledges made to the world's most impoverished and
marginalized peoples. It tracks progress, exposes shortfalls and
examines the links between poverty, gender equality, human rights,
reproductive health, conflict and violence against women and girls.
It also examines the relationship between gender discrimination and
the scourge of HIV/AIDS. It identifies the vulnerabilities and
strengths of history's largest cohort of young people and highlights
the critical role they play in development." |
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Le Vallée March 14, 2006 |
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Gender
and the Environment (IUCN)
ENERGIA, WEDO, LIFE/WECF and IUCN have come
together to form the Women´s Working Group in order to promote and
integrate the gender equality perspective at the 14th session of the
UN Commission on Sustainable Development, to be held in New York on
1-12 May 2006. |
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Added by Denise
Senmartin March 14, 2006 |
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Women and Rural Development Resources at
WomenWatch
Part of the Directory of UN Resources on Gender
and Women's Issues. 19 resources listed. |
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Added by Jean-Charles
Le Vallée March 14, 2006 |
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Girl Mothers Returning From Fighting in West
Africa - Article.
This article by McKay, S.; Robinson, M.; Gonsales,
M.; Worthern, M. / Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers ,
2006 - outlines the considerable challenges facing girl mothers
leaving fighting forces who seek to reintegrate into their
communities in southern and western Africa. Often stigmatised and
rejected by their communities, these girls struggle to find ways to
earn a living to support themselves and their children in the face
of economic and sexual exploitation. The authors call for improved
support from their communities so that mothers can better care for
their children and earn their own living. They speak of a need for a
healing period prior to reintegration, as well as access to public
medical services, education and skills training. The paper outlines
key themes, issues and priorities for programming in this area based
on an awareness of changing family structures, child protection
issues and community concerns. They draw attention to the plight of
the children of girl mothers whose needs remain largely unknown, in
spite of the child protection focus of agencies working with their
mothers. The authors conclude that community based programming
offers the potential for a way forward in reintegrating this
particularly 'at-risk' group. |
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Added by Anuradha
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Rape in Conflict in the DRC Has Left Lasting
Physical, Social, and Public Health Effects.
(Réseau des Femmes pour un Développement
Associatif; Réseau des Femmes pour la Défense des Droits et la Paix;
International Alert / International Alert, 2005). This report
examines the use of sexual violence in the conflict in the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and demonstrates how women and
girls in the DRC have been exploited as producers and reproducers
both in order to maintain fighters and ensure their day-to-day
survival as well as to provide them with sexual services. The
question addresses several key questions, including: 1] What forms
of sexual violence have been committed against women and girls in
South Kivu? 2] What are the direct and indirect consequences of
these acts of violence? 3] Do the victims themselves, their
community or support organisations use or suggest any specific means
of helping the victims? 4] What is it that drives some members of
armed groups involved in the conflict in DRC to commit acts of
violence and sexual abuse against girls and women? 5] Are there any
motivating factors of an ideological, political, psychological or
sociocultural nature at the core of the violence and sexual abuse
perpetrated against women in South Kivu? If so, what are they? The
study is divided into nine chapters and the authors conclude that
rape in conflict in the DRC was a coordinated tool used to degrade
enemies and rip apart societies, and that it has had lasting social,
physical, and public health repercussions. The paper concludes with
recommendations to the UN, to the international community, to the
government of the DRC, and to the South Kivu Civil Society
Co-ordination Office on how to deal with victims, perpetrators, and
the lasting legacy of this violence. |
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Added by Anuradha
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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Save the Children
Sweden's Activities in West Africa and at the Global Level
"This report presents the true life stories of
three young West African women. It also presents the fact about FGM
- what it is, the reasons for the practice, the immediate and
long-term consequences and what Save the Children Sweden is doing to
eradicate this harmful practice in West Africa and at the global
level" By: Amé Davide; Save the Children (Sweden), 2005. |
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Added by Maribeth
Lovegrove March 14, 2006 |
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Program
Associate Vacancy at Coptic Orphans in Falls Church, VA
Program Associate Coptic Orphans, Falls Church VA
office Coptic Orphans is seeking a full time program associate in
its Falls Church, VA, USA office, to support the organization’s
expansion of its development programs in Egypt. These programs
include a girls’ education project, child literacy programs, job
training programs, and other programs related to children and youth
in Egypt as they arise. Must possess a positive attitude and the
willingness to work hard with a great group of people. The Program
Associate will mainly work with and report to the International
Program Director. Salary commensurate with experience and within the
limits of a small nonprofit organization. Responsibilities (include
but are not limited to) • Assist in research and other program
related activities • writing and review of grant proposals,
financial and narrative reports to project funding organizations, •
Communicate with staff in Egypt to coordinate activites, • Promote
awareness of projects thru updating web content, publications,
meetings, presentations. • support planning, writing and review of
training materials and other program materials, • support analysis,
writing and review of project evaluation instruments and data. •
coordinate work with cooperating organizations, and working with
consultants and vendors. • Additional responsibilities include
bookkeeping/accounting for the projects • Perform other tasks as
necessary. Qualifications: • Minimum 2 years work experience or
Master's degree in International Development, Education or related
field. • Excellent organizational skills, and the ability to
coordinate multiple tasks efficiently • Excellent cross cultural
written and oral communication skills; ability to work in team
environment • Strong command of MS Office suite, including Word,
Excel and Outlook; and familiarity with statistical software such as
SPSS • Availability to travel overseas • Fluency in English;
knowledge of spoken Arabic, reading and writing a plus. •
Committment to children and interest in international development
issues, background in international nonprofit world a plus. • Must
have authorization to work in the United States. How to Apply: Send
CV and cover letter, 2 references and a 3 page writing sample to
Phoebe Farag at pfarag@copticorphans.org |
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