KØNSNET NYT

Kickstart og medlemstilstrømning 

Kønsnet har kickstartet 2010 med nedsættelsen af nye temagrupper, planlægning og brainstorm over de kommende års aktiviteter og fokuspunkter, samt igangsættelse af aktiviteter med fokus på køn og MENA.

De nye temagrupper beskæftiger sig med områderne governance, skrøbelige stater, entreprenørskab og organisatoriske aspekter af ligestilling, og er åbne for nye deltagere. Køn og rettighedsgruppen lancerede i marts 2010 online guiden Gender and Rights: A Resource Guide, og vil i løbet af året afholde kurser med udgangspunkt i denne.

Netop nu arbejder Kønsnets styregruppe og medlemmer fra temagrupperne på et input til den nye udviklingspolitik, der skal afleveres til Udviklingsministeren.

Kønsnet oplever i øjeblikket en stigende interesse, hvilket er resulteret i en medlemstilgang, der betyder at Kønsnet nu tæller 36 medlemsorganisationer. Kønsnet byder de nye medlemmer velkommen. Læs mere om Kønsnets medlemsorganisationer og individuelle medlemmer her.

KURSER

Gender Basic Course for organisationer der arbejder i Mellemøsten og Nordafrika

Efter et succesfuldt kursus i marts 2010, afholder Kvinfo og MENA Netværket i samarbejde med Kønsnet og The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network igen et Gender Basic Course. Kurset introducerer til centrale begreber og redskaber indenfor køn, ligestilling og udviklingsarbejde, og sætter fokus på hvordan disse kan implementeres konkret i organisationernes arbejde i Mellemøsten og Nordafrika.

Kurset finder sted d. 7.-8. juni 2010. Flere informationer vil snart være tilgængelige på hjemmesiden. Endvidere vil de to basiskurser blive fulgt op af et Advanced MENA Gender Course til efteråret.

Course on a Gender and Rights Based Approach to Development

Dette kursus har sit udgangspunkt i online guiden Gender and Rights: A Resource Guide. Kurset sætter fokus på hvordan man kombinerer en rettigheds- og kønsbaseret tilgang i udviklingsarbejde, og kigger blandt andet på hvordan rettigheder er kønnede.

Kurset har to moduler: 1 modul finder sted d. 27. maj og 2 modul d. 23. juni.

KOMMENDE ARRANGEMENTER

D. 2. juni 2010 kl. 9.00-13.00 inviterer Kønsnet til erfaringsopsamlingsseminar. Læs mere om den innovative pulje her.

ANDRE ARRANGEMENTER

Seminar: Befolkningspolitik, udvikling og seksualitet

U-landsfagligt Selskab afholder onsdag d. 14. april 2010 kl. 17.00 – 21.00 et seminar om befolkningspolitik, udvikling og seksualitet. Debat v. Bertil Egerö (Lunds Universitet), Klaus Illum (ECO Consult), Pernille Fenger (UNFPA) og Margrethe Silberschmidt (Københavns Universitet). Læs mere

Årskonference i Foreningen for Kønsforskning

Foreningen for Kønsforskning holder lørdag d. 24. april 2010 årsmøde under titlen At lægge krop til, på Syddansk Universitet. Læs mere

Ressourcer

Quick Guide: How have civil society organisations engaged in the Review of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action at CSW 54?

SIYANDA: This year CSW 54 is reviewing the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. What has the BPfA achieved? What challenges in its implementation remain?

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Website: 2010 Global Forum for Women: Beijing +15

The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, NY: 2010 marks the 15th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) Fourth World Conference on Women where the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) was adopted by 189 countries. In recognition of this anniversary, the NGO Committee on the Status of Women is organizing a Global Women's Forum to consider implementation of the BPfA. This website provides links to a number of relevant documents and hosts a moderated online discussion on the Critical Areas of Concern of the Beijing Platform for Action. Notes are available from two years of forum planning meetings for the review. A number of shadow reports submitted by non-governmental organisations (NGO) are available for download.

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In Depth Report - Beijing +15 - Fifteen-year Review of the Beijing Platform

Action Choike: What is the response of civil society to the fifteen-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action? Choike, a portal dedicated to improving the visibility of the work done by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and social movements from the Global South, has dedicated one of their in-depth reports to the Fifteen-year Review of the Beijing Platform for Action.

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Beijing and Beyond: Putting Gender Economics at the Forefront. Fifteeen Years after the IV World Conference on Women

Social Watch: This occasional paper includes thematic reports where civil society organisations from different regions and countries analyse achievements and setbacks on the status of women and girls since 1995. Cardona, N., Duhagon, E. and Hamed, A. eds

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A Review of Norwegian Humanitarian Organizations’ awareness and practical implementation of gender and the Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s (IASC) Gender Handbook in Humanitarian Action

Norad: The seven organizations taking part in this review have strategies and policies outlining their work for women’s rights and gender equality. Many have also made a substantial effort to strengthen their implementation and of women’s rights and gender equality in their humanitarian assistance by integrating gender in their monitoring systems, institutional structures and capacity building. The achievements do, however, vary from organization to organization and for some also within the organization. The implementation of gender mainstreaming in a systematic and comprehensive way is therefore a common challenge across the organizations.

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Media kit: Gender, migration and local development

UN-INSTRAW: The six case studies, published by UN-INSTRAW, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and financed by the Japan WID Fund, aim to narrow the knowledge gap on the gender dimensions of migration and remittances through an interlinked analysis of migration and development. Particular attention is paid to the impact of remittances (financial, in-kind and social) on gendered development processes in countries of origin and amongst transnational households spanning the origin and destination countries.

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