Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:02:27 One of the Eldis RSS newsfeeds on major development issues Gender http://www.eldis.org Copyright ©2012 Eldis, Sussex p.ferguson@ids.ac.uk en-uk Eldis Logo http://www.eldis.org 85 http://www.eldis.org/images/logo/eldisRSS.gif Logo for www.eldis.org 34 60 ICT initiatives, women and work in developing countries: reinforcing or changing gender inequalities in south india? S. Arun; R. Heeks; S. Morgan This paper argues that ICTs as a form of new technology are socially deterministic, with varied implications for women in terms of employment and empowerment ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59562 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59562 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:43:11 GMT Incorporating gender issues into plant breeding approaches This paper aims to analyse methods and approaches currently used within participatory plant breeding (PPB) with respect to gender issues and to draw ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59477 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59477 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:52:28 GMT Women, food security and agriculture in a global marketplace: A significant shift R. Mehra; M. Hill Rojas New directions in development assistance and agricultural investments must recognize and support women's involvement in the full agricultural value ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59476 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59476 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:50:49 GMT Ensuring female farmers involvement in agricultural extension C.R. Farnworth In response to the persistent inequalities of women in farming despite decades of development assistance, Sida has initiated a thematic evaluation of ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59478 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59478 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:46:17 GMT Female sex workers use of sexual health services in Nepal L. Ghimire; W.C.S. Smith; E.R.V. Teijlingen Statistics indicate that more than half of the women with sexually transmitted infections in Nepal sought sexual health services. This study explores ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59406 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59406 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:22:50 GMT Maternal health care utilisation among ethnic minority women in China A. Harris; Y. Zhou; H. Liao A goal of the Chinese government is to improve the quality and use of maternity services. This paper presents a simple descriptive study of maternal ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59405 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59405 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:07:51 GMT Gender-equitable primary health care reforms S. Ravindran The WHO has launched an ambitious course of transforming health systems towards primary health care (PHC), yet integrating a gender perspective within ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59404 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59404 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:57:41 GMT Innovation for women and children's health D. Altman; H. Fogstad; L. Grnseth Improving the health of women and children contributes extensively to economic development. This report describes business models that innovators have ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59403 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59403 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:37:00 GMT The benefits of increasing women's access to agricultural resources Women account for a high proportion of farmers in many developing countries yet often have very little access to the resources they need to support their ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59418 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59418 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:26:25 GMT International efforts to abandon female genital mutilation and cutting in Africa N.J. Diop; M. Malmstrm; F. Moneti The objective of the 'UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting (FGM/C) Accelerating Change' is to contribute ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59331 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59331 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:58:12 GMT Health consequences of female genital mutilation/cutting in The Gambia A. Kaplan; S. Hechavarra; M. Martn Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is a harmful traditional practice with severe health complications, deeply rooted in many Sub-Saharan African ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59333 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59333 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:45:57 GMT Female genital mutilation in Burkina Faso B. Karmaker; N. Kandala; D. Chung Female genital mutilation (FGM) is widely practiced in some parts of Africa, although it can cause immediate complications (pain, bleeding and infection) ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59334 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59334 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:29:49 GMT Genital mutilation causes high rates of psychiatric disturbances for girls in Iraq J.I. Kizilhan Female genital mutilation (FGM) in Iraq has been brought to public attention by several human rights organisations since 2003. This study investigates ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59346 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59346 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:19:58 GMT Can disaster risk reduction be gender-sensitive? This paper is a policy guideline on gender mainstreaming which presents practical advice on how to institutionalise gender-sensitive risk assessments, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59327 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59327 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:54:47 GMT Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Climate Change E Skinner Responses to climate change tend to focus on scientific and economic solutions rather than addressing the vitally significant human and gender dimensions. ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59307 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59307 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:12:52 GMT Does gender increase vulnerability to climate change? This report provides a review of the interactions between climate change, gender and health. It documents evidence for gender differences in health ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59259 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59259 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:41:18 GMT SADC Gender Protocol 2011 Barometer C Morna; L Nyakujarah The 2008 Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development was a groundbreaking agreement among the region's leaders. ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59238 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59238 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:42:39 GMT Norwegian promotion of international human rights V. Bye; R. Bezerra; A. Disch Is there a clear policy behind the Norwegian support to human rights? Is there a specific Norwegian profile in the support to human rights and what results ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59199 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59199 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:46:33 GMT Vulnerability and gender: HIV in Malawi E. Kalipeni; J. Ghosh Malawi, a very poor country located in southern Africa, is no exception to the growing trend and severity in HIV prevalence. By the end of 2003 there ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59145 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59145 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:08:26 GMT Evolving men: initial results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) G Barker Men's attitudes and practices related to gender equality are changing for the better. This report contains the initial results of the International ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59163 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59163 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:10:14 GMT Combatting sexual and gender-based violence in DRC through an innovate media campaign Dirk-Jan Koch; Tony Kasuza N'kolo This report presents progress of a Search for Common Ground (SFCG) project aimed at sensitising the population of western Democratic Republic of Congo ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59022 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59022 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:13:27 GMT Obstacles to safe abortion in Malawi G. Kangaude As part of efforts to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5 – to reduce maternal mortality by 75% and achieve universal access to reproductive health ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59092 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59092 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:25:54 GMT Feminist Leadership for Social Transformation: Clearing the conceptual cloud S Batliwala How can feminist leadership development equip women and men to lead differently, and transform the architecture of power both within their own organisations ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59085 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59085 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:20:19 GMT Overcoming gender discriminating in the Bangladesh education system R.A.M. Titumir; J. Hossain This study analyses the gender inequality scenario in the context of primary education in Bangladesh. The focus is to calculate the gap between state ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59067 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59067 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:59:12 GMT Framing an equitable and gender balanced system of land rights in Bangladesh M.G. Sarwar; R. Islam Age-old practice of depriving women from their rights over land in Bangladesh is one of the hindrances of women's rights and challenges for the ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59068 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59068 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:58:13 GMT Ain't I A Woman? A global dialogue between the sex workers' rights movement and the stop violence against women movement B Datta This report arose from a dialogue hosted by CREA and CASAM in 2009 as part of CREA's “Count Me In' programme on addressing violence ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59047 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59047 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:24:34 GMT Older women in India face marginalisation India has a population of approx. 60 million older women (60+). This reporrt argues that in India, women have never found themselves at the centre ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59043 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59043 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:17:01 GMT The Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities in Africa: Does the protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa offer any hope? S Kamga This paper is part of the Barbara Faye Waxman Fiduccia Papers on women and girls with disabilities. It considers how the Protocol to the African Charter ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59029 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59029 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:05:46 GMT How to make humanitarian responses evidence-driven D. Mazurana; P. Benelli; H. Gupta Humanitarian aid is largely guided by anecdotes rather than evidence. Currently, the humanitarian system shows significant weaknesses in data collection, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59028 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59028 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:24:01 GMT Economica “Every woman participates in the economy, but we all have different stories to tell.' This online exhibition by the International Museum of ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59027 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59027 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:30:42 GMT