Women’sNet, the Internet- based women’s communications and advocacy initiative of SANGONeT and the Commission of Gender Equality is recruiting an intern. Our internship programme provides an opportunity for South African women to develop their information communications and technology (ICT) skills and gain valuable work experience for a nine-month period.

At a time when many inequalities between women and men are being removed, the profession that supplies us with much of our information — call it publishing for short — is still lagging behind.

Gender training is central to gender and development (GAD) work in East Africa and Kenya. In the 1980s, gender work was strongly linked to women’s issues and male gender trainers were disparagingly received. How vital are gender trainers in transforming the attitudes of men resistant to gender quality?

A new resource on the International Labour Organisation website, e.quality@work, is designed to provide a compilation of basic information on gender equality laws, policies and programmes. e.quality@work is easy-to-access and available without charge in a CD-ROM and on the Internet.

The death rate among young South African women is more than three times higher than it was 15 years ago, said the Medical Research Council(MRC) in their report on the impact of HIV/AIDS on adult deaths in the country.

9th Women's Global Leadership Institute, June 10 - 21, 2002. Building a vision of women's human rights is a work in progress that is critical not just for women but for the future of communities, nations, and the world. The Institute will examine these issues, building on recent discussion in connection with the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerances that has underscored the role racism and other identity-based oppressions play in the perpetuation of human rights violations against women. Application Deadline: January 4, 2002.

Reviewed by Bipasha Baruah. There are a number of reasons why this book stands out in contemporary feminist literature on gender and development. The author, Martha Nussbaum, introduces and links the vital concept of justice with discussions about development, equality and peace in a very convincing manner. She argues that international political and economic thought must view gender difference and oppression as a problem of justice. She bases this argument on the fact that women in many societies are not treated as ends in their own right but instead as mere instruments of the ends of others. Cambridge University Press, New York (USA) and Cambridge (UK) 2000. 312pp.

Information and communication technology (IT) has become a potent force for transforming social, economic and political life globally. Yet, the uneven distribution of IT within societies and across the globe is resulting in a digital divide between those who have access to technology and those who do not. Most women in developing countries are in the deepest part of the divide. This report identifies some of the key barriers to women's access to information technology, as well as instances where women are participating in and benefiting from the use of information technology. The report is available for download online from the USAID website or you can request a hard copy by email.

The South African Gender Based Violence and Health Initiative (SAGBVHI)plans to host an annual conference on gender based violence and health in April 2002. Set to become an annual event, the conference will attempt to raise awareness about intersection between gender based violence and health and to find creative ways of building a violent free society. A call for papers will be issued in November 2001.

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Please feel free to use to urls for Somaliland Forum. Surely a large number of people are now aware of the struggle of Somaliland not to mention that the hard work they have done over the number of years. There is still a large number of landmines left by the regime of Siad Barre and it is very difficult for the children and rurla people to get on with their lives as normal. In saying that life must go on and Africans must face their future with a big hope.

the Women in Development Southern Africa Awareness Programme (WIDSAA) produces a quarterly newsletter titled the Gender and Development Exchange (GAD Exchange) that profiles and analyses current gender and development issues. It aims to be a catalyst and stimuli not only to partners in 14 countries to closely examine the significance of national issues for regional development, but to also provide a platform for gender activists to raise contemporary issues for critical debate. The Editorial Team is calling for papers for Issue No 26 of the GAD Exchange. Writers are invited to submit articles analyzing developments in the areas outlined below, and their significance for, and advancing the regional gender agenda. Deadline for articles 25th October, 2001.

Over 40 people from around the world participated in this virtual seminar with some 60 postings presenting some of the extraordinary work being carried out with men to end gender-based violence, experiences with this work and lessons learned.

Document explores women's relationship to political parties in South Africa and Uganda. It seeks to examine processes and consequences of transitions from authoritarianism on women's political participation in representative institutions.

This training manual assists women to identify sources of violence in the family, community, society, and state.

Production Coordinator (part-time, 3 days per week): Working as part of MRG’s publications team, the post-holder is responsible for the production of MRG’s publications – including reports, newsletters, annual report – and for updating and developing MRG’s website.

Donor Reporting Finance Officer (Part-time 21 hours a week): This post underpins our fundraising efforts by supporting project and finance staff in the preparation of financial reports to donors and coordinating donor financial reporting schedules. You will have 4 years financial experience, including 2 years experience of preparing budgets and reporting on performance to budget. You will be experienced in preparing financial reports to external agencies and of using Excel to an advanced level.

Women and groups recognized by the Millennium Peace Prize for Women, launched by UNIFEM and International Alert on March 8 this year, are continuing to receive recognition for their courageous efforts. One of the award winners, Women in Black, a worldwide network of women against war, has been nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. So far only 10 of more than 100 Nobel Peace Prize recipients have been women.

Recognizing the difficult human rights situation of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the need to increase women’s representation in the peace process, UNIFEM and the Office of the Facilitator of the Inter-Congolese Dialogue have called for the equal participation of women at the Dialogue, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on October 15th.

Advocates, academics, and development practitioners have been working hard for more than thirty years to integrate gender roles—that is, the different roles males and females play in a society—into American aid policy and programming. Yet, despite the evidence that women are active in national development and that investing in women and girls yields a multitude of benefits, U.S. international assistance programs and policy have not caught up with the facts.

International sex syndicates are luring pre-pubescent girls into a life of slavery and abuse from impoverished African countries such as Mozambique and Malawi, the international police organisation Interpol has warned.

Former Nairobi Provincial Commissioner Joseph Kaguthi and his successor Cyrus Maina are dumbfounded that land allocated to more than 130 women's groups four years ago is now unavailable.