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Siyanda Update: Sexuality and Poverty, Issue No. 63, March 2008
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In This Issue:
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I. Special Feature: New BRIDGE Report: Key Sexuality Resources in 
Chinese (in English and Chinese)
II. Quick Guide: Sexuality and Poverty
III. Country Focus: Kosovo
IV. Experts' and Consultants' Database: a selection of published work 
from Siyanda Experts on sexuality issues.
V. Latest Additions: a symposium report from Senegal on ‘Politicising 
Masculinities’, and an ActionAid / VSO report on putting women’s voices 
and rights back into HIV and AIDS response
VI. Contribute section: share news, resources, opportunities and 
perspectives

**Tip: you can quickly find multilingual resources in the Siyanda 
database by typing the language name in the Search box, then clicking on 
the Go! button. For example, type "Chinese" for Chinese resources**


I. Special Feature: New BRIDGE Report: Key Sexuality Resources in 
Chinese (in English and Chinese)
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- New BRIDGE Report: Key Sexuality Resources in Chinese (in English and 
Chinese), Huang, Y., February 2008
How do young Chinese women perceive their bodies and their sexuality? 
How do male sex workers construct and act out their masculinity in 
contemporary China? These are just some of the compelling questions 
explored in this resource, which presents twenty publications in Chinese 
that focus on different aspects of sexuality and sexual rights in China.

This, and other BRIDGE resources in Chinese, are available at:
http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/non-english.htm#chinese


II. Quick Guide: Sexuality and Poverty
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Oppressive norms around sexuality can intensify poverty and inequality. 
But how can sexual fulfilment and autonomy improve well-being, equality 
and justice?

The following resources have been selected from 16 resources which have 
been summarised and included in the Siyanda database on sexuality and 
poverty:

- Development with a Body - Sexualities, Development and Human Rights, 
Cornwall, A., Correa, S., and Jolly, S. (eds), April 2008
This book draws together contributions from participants at two events 
to debate the linkages between sexuality, human rights and development. 
What's needed, the contributors argue, are efforts by progressive 
development actors to reclaim sexuality as an important area of human 
experience.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/cornwall_development_body.htm?em=0803&tag=QG

- SexPolitics: reports from the front lines, Parker, R., Petchesky, R. 
and Sember, R, January 2008
This book, comprising ten case studies from eight country settings and 
two institutional ones (the United Nations and the World Bank), sheds 
lights on how and why gender and sexuality are being used in political 
power struggles within and across countries and institutions.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/parker_sexpolitics.htm?em=0803&tag=QG

- Whose Sexualities Count: Poverty, Participation and Sexual Rights, The 
Institute of Development Studies (IDS), November 2007
This paper asks: what do sexuality, sexual rights and sexual pleasure 
have to do with citizenship, participation and rights?
http://www.siyanda.org/static/armas_whose_sexuality.htm?em=0803&tag=QG

- Gender and Sexuality Cutting Edge Pack (CEP) (in English, French, and 
Spanish), BRIDGE, December 2006
An information pack with an overview, tools and articles on gender, 
sexuality and sexual rights.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/bridge_cep_sexuality.htm?em=0803&tag=QG

- Action Plan for Sida’s work on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender 
Issues in International Development Cooperation, Swedish International 
Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), August 2006
This action plan by the Swedish International Development Cooperation 
Agency (Sida) presents in operational terms how work with lesbian, gay, 
bisexual and transgender persons can be integrated into its work to 
better contribute to improved living conditions for LGBT persons in its 
partner countries.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/sida_plan_lgbt.htm?em=0803&tag=QG


You can find additional resources related to sexuality and poverty in 
Siyanda at:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/results_adv.cfm?Keywords=sexuality08&Subject=0&Donor=0&Langu=E&StartRow=1&em=0803&tag=QG

Children and Young People will be the next Quick Guide theme, in April 
2008. Users are invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible 
inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0803&tag=CS

Please also visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes:
http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm?em=0803&tag=QG


III. Country Focus: Kosovo
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- Website: Kosovar Centre for Gender Studies (English, Albanian and 
Serbian),
The website hosted by the Kosovar Centre for Gender Studies features 
publications, radio programmes, events and information on gender issues 
in Kosovo.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/kgscenter_website.htm?em=0803&tag=CF

- The Body of War: Media, Ethnicity and Gender in the Break-up of 
Yugoslavia, Zarkov, D., December 2007
How was feminist rhetoric affected by the war in Yugoslavia? This book 
questions the media attention on women directly involved in the conflict.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/zarkov_body_war.htm?em=0803&tag=CF

- Stronger Women Stronger Nations – 2007 Kosovo Report: Amplifying the 
Voices of Women in Kosovo, Women for Women International, January 2007
Over 1,600 people participated in this survey which was designed to 
raise awareness about the critical link between women's economic, social 
and political participation and long-term peace and stability in Kosovo.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/stronger_women_kosovo.htm?em=0803&tag=CF


- Gender: Kosova’s Other Challenge, Beilock, R. and Havolli, Y., 
November 2005
In addition to resolving ongoing ethnic tensions and independence 
issues, this paper argues that there is another major challenge Kosova 
must address to realise social justice and prosperity: gender equality.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/beilock_gender_challenge.htm?em=0803&tag=CF

- Directory of Women NGOs in Kosova (in English and Albanian), Kosova 
Center for Gender Studies, February 2005
This resource, produced by the Kosovar Gender Studies Center, comprises 
a directory of about 150 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working 
in Kosova on gender issues, as well as an annotated bibliography of 60 
gender-focused resources about the country.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/kosova_ngo_directory.htm?em=0803&tag=CF

- Toolkit for Mainstreaming Gender in UN-HABITAT Field Programmes, 
UN-HABITAT, Kosovo Urban Planning and Management Programme, June 2003
This toolkit offers guidelines on the design of strategies, initiatives 
and processes that include men and women equally in urban planning and 
management in Kosovo.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/UN-HABITAT_mainstreaming.htm?em=0803&tag=CF


You can find resources in Siyanda about Kosovo at:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/results_adv.cfm?Keywords=kosovo08&Subject=0&Donor=0&Langu=E&StartRow=1&em=0803&tag=CF

Tanzania will be the next Country Focus, in April 2008. Users are 
invited to suggest resources on this country for possible inclusion in 
the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0803&tag=CS

Please also visit the Country Focus archive section:
http://www.siyanda.org/country_focus.htm?em=0803&tag=CF


IV. Resources from the Experts' and Consultants' Database: A selection 
of published work from Siyanda Experts on sexuality
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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 expertise on 
sexuality issues:

:- Young Single Motherhood: Contested Notions of Motherhood and 
Sexuality in Program / Policy Discourses, Ngutuku Mulongo, E., March 2006
:- Written on the Body: Strategic Struggles for Sexual Rights, Van Zyl, 
M., 2006
:- Deaf Children’s Sexuality - a Study of Machakos School for the Deaf, 
Kilwake, L., 2005
:- Sex, Sexuality and Sexsequences, Nnaemego, N., 2004
:- Youth, Sexuality and Human Rights: Some Reflections from Mexico, 
Bernal, M., 2004
:- Regulation of Disabled Women’s Sexuality, Nisha, 2004
:- Complementarity to the Debit of Women: Conceptions about the Body and 
Sexuality among Mayan Kichés in Guatemala, Kalny, E., 2003


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=0803&tag=EX

The Siyanda Gender Experts' and Consultants' Database, with over 1,300 
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.

- Enter your details in the database:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm?em=0803&tag=EX

- Or edit your existing profile:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/editlogin.cfm?em=0803&tag=EX (using your 
user name and password)

The database is also an excellent resource for those seeking experts for 
gender-focussed consultancies.

- Search the database:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/?em=0803&tag=EX

V. Other New Resources in Siyanda:
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- Politicising Masculinities: Beyond the Personal, Esplen, E and Greig, 
A., March 2008
- Walking the Talk: Putting women's rights at the heart of the HIV and 
Aids response, ActionAid / VSO, January 2008

You can locate more new resources added to the Siyanda Database here: 
http://www.siyanda.org/newadditions.htm?em=0712&tag=LA, or through the 
Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/?em=0712&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=0803&tag=CS

Submit your publications for inclusion in our database, or suggest other 
resources:
http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/?em=0803&tag=CS

Post your short pieces of work in the Users' Corner:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120030204122635&em=0803&tag=CS 



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