Recommended and new resources

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	New > Give women more land rights to save biodiversity, says IUCN "The role of women must be considered when making policy, IUCN urges delegates at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)." Read more Source: ICUN http://www.genderandenvironment.org/
	> Women in Fisheries Information Bulletin Issue #17 - December 2007 Welcome to this issue of the Women in Fisheries Bulletin, which highlights gender roles in coastal fisheries, women’s fishing activities in urban and rural communities, and gender issues in development.  We start with two articles on gender issues. Mecki Kronen and Aliti Vunisea report on gender roles in coastal fisheries across 17 Pacific Island countries and territories.
Changing patterns in women’s fishing participation included the use of motorised boat transport, fishing at night, fishing for income and diving for invertebrates or finfish. Women were also generally responsible for processing and transporting finfish and invertebrate produce to the local market, to buyers and to agents or middlemen. Women’s participation in marketing should be accounted for and considered in fisheries management. Aliti Vunisea discusses institutional influence on gender roles in the Pacific. Traditional, cultural, religious and market institutions have tremendous influences on men’s and women’s division of labour in Pacific Island societies. Click here to read the SPC Coastal Fisheries Programme Information Bulletin
	> Toolkit: Gender and Indicators: A 'Cutting Edge Pack' from BRIDGE
" What does a world without gender inequality look like? Realising this vision requires inspiring and mobilising social change. But what would indicate we are on the right track - and how will we know when we get there? 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." Download the pack http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports_gend_cep.html#Indicators These Cutting Edge Packs provide accessible overviews of the latest thinking on gender themes and summaries of the most useful resources. Other Packs are available at http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports_gend_cep.html
	> Programming to address Violence Against Women, 10 case studies This review documents UNFPA’s experience in the field in supporting projects that address many forms of violence against women, with the aim of disseminating lessons that can be used to confront the problem on a wider scale. It is intended primarily for development practitioners and others seeking to change attitudes and practices that have been passed on through generations.
Breaking the cycle of violence is a necessary—and urgent—task, if the realization of women’s human rights is to become a reality in this generation. Download the document (pdf file, 856kb)
	> Friend or foe of women? Economic Partnership Agreements unmasked by Liepollo Lebohang Pheko The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) imply improved job security, livelihoods, well-being and human rights, but for whom?
The author contends that gender impacts of liberalisation of EPAs are seldom considered. This review examines the cost of liberalisation on women in terms of physical resources, human resources, social capital and skills. It outlines several aspects of EPAs that advance the marginalisation of women. Download the article (pdf file, 43kb)
	> Violence against the girl child in the Pacific Islands Region "The Pacific Island girl child is all too often raised to think of herself as a second class citizen and is subject to discriminatory social practices. Furthermore, in most countries of the Pacific region there is pervasive violence and a culture of secrecy which, combined with the effects of various cultural and socio-economic factors, including rapid social change, has led to increasing rates of violence against children, including sexual violence."
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	> The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child Situation paper for the Pacific Islands Region " This paper examines the situation of the girl child in 14 Pacific Island States. […]the figures that are available indicate that around 49 per cent of the total population of the Pacific Islands is aged under 20, and that girls comprise around 48 per cent of that age group."
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	> A Woman’s Place is in the House: The House of Parliament Published by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, complimentary copies of the book will be distributed to key stakeholders and development partners. Additional copies can be ordered from the Forum Secretariat for FJD 25 and will be made available on line in due course. For more information, please contact For more information, please contact Joanne Lee Kunatuba on joannelk@forumsec.org.fj
	> Guide: A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities This handbook covers subjects ranging from taking care of one’s body and disability and the community to pregnancy and birth, self-defence, and sexual and mental health. The publisher, The Hesperian Foundation, is a non-profit publisher of books and newsletters for community-based health care. Download this free book at http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php#wwd and check out the other titles, which cover issues such as health and safety at work, helping deaf and blind children, HIV and others.
	> World Report on Women’s Health The fifth edition of the World Report on Women's Health - published every three years to tie in with the FIGO World Congress of Gynecology & Obstetrics - focuses on the right to health expressed in the Millennium Development Goals and improving access to health.
The report was published as the September 2006 Issue of FIGO's International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, and the contents may be downloaded free of charge as PDF files at http://www.figo.org/publications_world.asp
> Guide: Gender in Education programme UNESCO, Bangkok. The website www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=4571 offers qualitative research, documentation of good practices in gender and education, and materials to facilitate the development of solid workable strategies for promoting gender equality and gender mainstreaming in education.

> Violence against women a human rights violation: Kofi Annan
An 140-page report entitled “In-depth study on all forms of violence against women," which was issued in October by the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, confirms that violence against women by spouses, family members, and employers is a human rights violation.
Read the report (available in six languages) at ttp://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/

> Gender for Journalists is an on-line toolkit designed to help newsroom journalists understand the term ‘gender’ and to adopt best practice when writing about gender issues. It was developed by Trish Williams with support from Britain's Department for International Development, the Commonwealth Press Union, the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association and the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development.

See http://www.cpu.org.uk/cpu-toolkits/gender_reporting/index.html

> Gender policies
Canadian International Development Agency - Anti-Harassment Policy for the Workplace - Doing unto Others - ZERO TOLERANCE - February 1996 (Revised January 2000) .
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  SPREP Harassment Policy - (draft).
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Suva International School - Sexual harrasssment policy.
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UNDP gender policy.
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UNDP corporate gender strategy.
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> Gender and Empowerment Assessment
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) has on-line a free handbook which presents a method for Gender Empowerment Assessment. The Handbook in Gender and Empowerment Assessment provides a matrix for recording how a development project is likely to empower women and men.
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> Gender and fisheries
Briefings for Fisheries Departments on National Agreements relating to Women in the Pacific Islands region.
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