April 2004
by Yasna Uberoi
WOMEN, INK. BOOKLINK #39
May 2004
By Yasna Uberoi
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in the Women, Ink. collection, selected web sites, events of interest,
and more… As always, we have additional resources, events of interest
and websites related to the topic at hand listed after the book
descriptions. We hope that this information supplements your research
and adds value to the book information provided.
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Politics, Citizenship and Women! Organizing
Ringing Up the Changes: Gender in Southern African Politics
Colleen Lowe Morna (ed).This title, one of the first qualitative studies of women in
decision-making in Southern Africa, is based on interviews with 172
politicians in six Southern African countries and concludes that women's
equal participation is not just a democratic right, but is critical to
more accountable and responsive governance. It is an analysis of what
factors have enabled women to take on these roles, including background
and history of struggle, a democratic dispensation, dynamic links with
civil society and ways to enhance the personal agency of
decision-makers. Includes case studies, annexes on interviewees and
methodology.
2004. 280 pages. ISBN: 0-620-31559-8. WE 654. US$30.00
No Shortcuts to Power: African Women in Politics and Policy Making
Anne Marie Goetz and Shireen Hassim (ed)As part of the Transitions to Democracy! series, this publication
examines two African countries, South Af rica and Uganda, both of which
have attained greater women's political participation than most African
democracies and how they achieved the some 30% representation they have,
as well as the different political and social aspects that played a
part: women‚s mobilization in civil society; how sustainable are the
gains?; land in Uganda and gender violence in South Africa among other
issues. This title will be useful for politics, gender and development
studies.
2003. 256 pages. ISBN: 1-84277-147-7. US$25.00
A New Weave of Power, People and Politics: The Action Guide for Advocacy
and Citizenship Participation.
Lisa VeneKlasen with Valerie MillerThis field manual provides a well-tested approach for promoting citizen
participation. It breaks down the traditional boxes separating human
rights, rule of law, development, and governance, and reconnects them in
order to create an integrated approach to rights-based political empowerment. The publication also combines concrete and practical action "steps" with a sound theoretical foundation to help users understand the
process of advocacy planning and implementation. 2002. 350 pages. ISBN:
0942716175. US$40.00
Inclusive Citizenship: Meanings and Expressions
Naila Kabeer (ed)
The contributors to this book seek to explore the difficult questions
inherent in the notion of citizenship from various angles. They look at
citizenship and rights, citizenship and identity, citizenship and
political struggle, and the policy implications of substantive notions
of citizenship. They also illustrate the various ways in which people
are excluded from full citizenship; the identities that matter to people
and their compatibility with dominant notions of citizenship; the
tensions between individual and collective rights in definitions of
citizenship; struggles to realize and expand citizens‚ rights; and t! he
challenges these questions entail for development policy. There are
excellent contributions by several women writers on the issues and a
chapter on indigenous women and citizenship.
2004. 256 pages. ISBN: 1-842776-549-9. US$25.00
Continent of Mothers, Continent of Hope: Understanding and Promoting
Development in Africa Today. Torild Skard
The author combines eyewitness accounts, lively description and deeply
informed insight to portray the human reality of Africa today. She
combines cultural sensitivity and a commitment especially to women and
describes not only the social, health and other problems experienced by
its people, but also the sources of hope for the future represented by
courageous individuals, innovative community-level projects and sensible
programmes being implemented in the region by UNICEF, the international
agency whose work she coordinated in Central and West Africa.
2003. 256 pages. 1-84277-107-8. US$22.50
Additional Resources, Events and Websites
* Gender and Citizenship Cutting Edge Pack: This report from BRIDGE
looks at the importance of both citizenship and gender to development
theory and practice. It discusses key debates in the literature on
gender and citizenship and attempts to illustrate how reframing
citizenship from a gender perspective can introduce broader rights and
political participation as development goals.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/reports_gend_CEP.html
* Win With Women Initiative: The anchor of this US-based initiative is
the Global Action Plan, a document that identifies key themes that will
both increase women‚s participation in parties and make parties more
successful in elections and in governing. For more information, go to
http://www.winwithwomen.ndi.org
* Global Database of Quotas for Women: This website gives the
percentages and targets of quotas in countries where they are
applicable. It provides information by the type of quota dn by country,
plus additional resources. http://www.idea.int/quota/index.cfm
* Women in National Parliaments: This site from the Inter-Parliamentary
Union gives regularly updated comparative data on the percentage of
women in each national parliament. http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/world.htm
** Booklinks are made possible by funding from the Swiss Agency for Development
and Cooperation (SDC) **
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ORDERING INFORMATION All orders need to be prepaid by credit card (MasterCard/Visa), cheque (US dollars drawn on a US bank) or direct deposit into Women, Ink.‚s bank account (Chase Bank, New York #152012761). We don‚t advise e-mailing your credit card number for security reasons; instead, fax it to us at 212-661-2704 or order on-line at http://www.womenink.org. Special shipping and handling rate for above titles only (please mention Booklink in your order): North America - US$5.00 for the first book, US$2.00 for each additional book; elsewhere - US$6.00 first, $3 each add‚l (surface). Contact us for rates for airmail or courier service. Women, Ink., 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA Yasna Uberoi, Programme Coordinator; Mary Wong, Sales Manager Tel: 212-687-8633 ext. 204, Fax: 212-661-2704, E-mail: wink@womenink.org Web site: http://www.womenink.org
Women, Ink.
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New York, NY 10017, USA
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