Siyanda Update: Gender and Disabilities, Issue No. 57, August 2007
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I. Special Feature: New BRIDGE In Brief on Gender and Indicators
translated into French
II. Quick Guide: Gender and Disabilities
III. Country Focus: Myanmar/Burma
IV. Experts' and Consultants' Database: A selection of published work
from Siyanda Experts with research experience in Gender and
Disabilities
V. Latest Additions
VI. Contribute section: share news, resources, opportunities and perspectives

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I. Special Feature: New BRIDGE In Brief on Gender and Indicators
translated into French
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The latest in our series of Gender and Development In Brief on Gender
and Indicators is now available in French online and in print copy
from BRIDGE. Gender-sensitive indicators and other measurements of
change are critical - for building the case for taking gender
(in)equality seriously, for enabling better planning and actions, and
for holding institutions accountable for their commitments on gender.
The In Brief newsletter has three short articles on the theme.
http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/docs/EnBref19_Indicators.pdf

The full Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Indicators will soon be
available in French online and in print copy from BRIDGE.

This In Brief will also soon be available in Spanish online and in print copy.


II. Quick Guide: Gender and Disabilities
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Disabled women are doubly discriminated against because of their
gender and of their disabilities. How can their rights be protected?
The following resources are a selection from over 20 new resources
added to the Siyanda database on gender and disabilities.

- A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities, Maxwell, J., Watts
Belser, J. and David, D., February 2007
This handbook provides basic information to improve the health and
well-being of women with disabilities and to help those who assist
women with disabilities to provide good care.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/maxwell_handbook_disability.htm?em=0708&tag=QG

- Strengthening Women's Rights Organisations through Inclusion:
Lessons Learned from the Gender, Disability and Development Institute,
Rosenhek, S., September 2006
This article describes how women's rights organisations can increase
the participation of women and girls with disabilities in all aspects
of their work.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/rosenhek_inclusion_disability.htm?em=0708&tag=QG

- Gendering the Draft Comprehensive and Integral International
Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity
of Persons with Disabilities, Arnade, S. and Haefner. S., January 2006
Why and how should a gender perspective be introduced to the proposed
United Nations International Convention on the Protection and
Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities?
http://www.siyanda.org/static/arnade_convention_disability.htm?em=0708&tag=QG

- On the Margins: Violence Against Women with Disabilities. Research
Report Written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and
Reconciliation, Naidu, E., Haffejee, S., Vetten, L. & Hargreaves, S.,
April 2005
South African women with disabilities are more vulnerable to violence
than non-disabled women, experience it in different and particular
ways, and receive inappropriate and inadequate support services from
local providers.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/naidu_margins_disability.htm?em=0708&tag=QG

- Reproductive Rights and Women with Disabilities: A Human Rights
Framework (in English, Spanish and Arabic), Centre for Reproductive
Rights, January 2002
This briefing paper recommends the use of a human rights framework to
protect the reproductive health and rights of women and girls with
disabilities.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/crr_reproductive_disability.htm?em=0708&tag=QG

- Learning from Experience: Strengthening Organisations of Women with
Disabilities, Dixon, H., September 2001
This case study analyses the experiences and lessons learnt from the
Disabled Women's Programme of Fundación Solidez in Nicaragua.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/dixon_experience_disability.htm?em=0708&tag=QG


You can find additional resources related to gender and disabilities
in Siyanda at:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/results_adv.cfm?Keywords=disability07&Subject=0&Donor=0&Langu=E&StartRow=1&em=0708&tag=QG

Gender and Labour Rights will be the next Quick Guide theme, in
September 2007. Users are invited to suggest resources on this topic
for possible inclusion in the database:
http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0708&tag=CS

Please also visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes:
http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm?em=0708&tag=QG


III. Country Focus: Myanmar/Burma
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- Burma: Women's Voices for Hope (English and Burmese), ALTSEAN Burma, May 2007
This book is a collection of writings from women in Burma, expressing
their experiences and visions for the future.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/altsean_voices_myanmar.htm?em=0708&tag=CF

- Looking through Gender Lenses: Position Paper on Gender Equality
(English and Burmese), The Women's League of Burma, September 2006
This paper argues for a quota system for women at all levels of the
Burmese government.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/wlb_lenses_myanmar.htm?em=0708&tag=CF

- Poisoned Flowers: the Impacts of Spiralling Drug Addiction on
Palaung Women in Burma, Palaung Women's Organisation (PWO), January
2006
This report describes the difficulties encountered by women related to
drug addicts in northern Burma and suggests recommendations to deal
with the issues.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/pwo_flowers_myanmar.htm?em=0708&tag=CF

- Female Sex Work in Yangon, Myanmar, Talikowski, L. and Gillieatt,
S., March 2005
This study aims to investigate the social and demographic features
contributing to the transmission of HIV among female sex workers in
urban Myanmar.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/talikowski_sexwork_myanmar.htm?em=0708&tag=CF

- Any Progress for The Lives of Women in Burma since Beijing?, The
Women's League of Burma, February 2005
This report argues that the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) has
still not been effectively implemented in Burma. As such, the
systematic abuse of women and girls' human rights continues.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/wlb_progress_myanmar.htm?em=0708&tag=CF


You can find additional resources in Siyanda about Myanmar/Burma at:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=Myanmar&em=0708&tag=CF
and network with experts and practitioners who are working in the region:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=Myanmar&em=0708&tag=CF

Iraq will be the next Country Focus, in September 2007. Users are
invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in
the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0708&tag=CS

Please also visit the Country Focus archive section:
http://www.siyanda.org/country_focus.htm?em=0708&tag=CF


IV. Resources from the Experts' and Consultants' Database: A selection
of published work from Siyanda Experts on Gender and Disabilities.
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The Experts' and Consultants' Database contains names, contact details
and areas of expertise of people working on gender specific issues
worldwide, and includes some of their publications. The following
resources have been selected from experts who have a specialist
interest in gender and disabilities:

- Participatory training manual: Human Rights, Disability Rights and
Legislation, 2005, Kesseler, M.

- Evaluation of the Averting Maternal Death and Disability Project,
2005, Caro, D.

For further details on these publications, copy and paste or type the
author's last name into either the Name or Search Words field on the
Experts' and Consultants' search page:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/?em=0708&tag=EX

- View the latest consultants:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/latest.cfm?em=0708&tag=EX
- Join the list:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm?em=0708&tag=EX
- Search the database:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/?em=0708&tag=EX
- Edit your existing profile:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/editlogin.cfm?em=0708&tag=EX (using your
user name and password)

The Siyanda Gender Experts' and Consultants' Database, with over 1200
profiles, can be used as a networking tool for connecting
practitioners, researchers, activists, students and experts with
like-minded colleagues, persons working on similar themes, or in the
same geographical location. It is also an excellent resource for those
seeking experts for gender-focussed consultancies.


V. Latest additions to the Siyanda Database
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- Unsafe Abortion, id21, August 2007
- Workshop on Development Effectiveness in Practice: Applying the
Paris Declaration to Advancing Gender Equality, Environmental
Sustainability and Human Rights, OECD, July 2007
- Mapping Multilateral Development Banks' Reproductive Health and
HIV/AIDS Spending, Dennis, S. and Zuckerman, E., June 2007
- The Gender Dimensions of Post-Conflict Reconstruction: The World
Bank Track Record, Zuckerman, E. and Dennis, S. with Greenberg, M. E.,
June 2007
- Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2007, Plan, May 2007
- Global Monitoring Report 2007 - Millennium Development Goals:
Confronting the Challenges of Gender Equality and Fragile States
(Overview in French and Spanish), The World Bank, April 2007

You can locate more Latest Additions to the Siyanda Database here:
http://www.siyanda.org/newadditions.htm?em=0708&tag=LA, or through the
Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/?em=0708&tag=SS
(copy and paste the title without characters such as ":" ";" and "-"
or copy and paste the author's last name into the Search box).


VI. Contribute section
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Share your news, resources, opportunities and perspectives in the
following ways:

Post your announcements, information requests, training and funding
opportunities:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/?em=0708&tag=CS

Submit your publications for inclusion in our database, or suggest
other resources:
http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0708&tag=CS

Post your short pieces of work in the Users' Corner:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120030204122635&em=0708&tag=CS


(All summaries in the update are written or adapted by BRIDGE Team
members. This update was edited by Elaine Mercer)

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