IN THIS ISSUE

CONFERENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Gender Analysis and Planning - 17-19 January 2007
Third Regional Training Course on Gender, Citizenship and Participatory Governance for the Middle East and North Africa Region

NEWS
GENDER
GENDER & ICT
Reclaiming ICT’s to end violence against women
GENDER & HUMAN RIGHTS
Sudanese Wield Rape as a Weapon of War
Sex Traffickers Target Women in War-Torn Iraq
United Nations International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Woman's Plea to King over Forced Divorce - Saudi Arabia
GENDER & EDUCATION
World Education - Girls' and Women's Education Initiative
Iranian Women Outnumber Men at University
ICT
The Arab Open University: A pan-Arab project
EDUCATON
Y-PEER: Creating a Social Movement of Youth Reaching Out to their Peers

REPORTS, BOOKS & ARTICLES
GENDER
Southern African media urged to step up coverage on gender issues all year round
UN reform: what's in it for women?
A question of security: violence against Palestinian women and girls
Gender, Water and Sanitation: A Policy Brief
Oxfam Education and Gender Series

RESOURCES & SOURCE BOOKS
Oxfam Management toolkit
Building Gender Equality in Urban Life
United Nations Women Watch
Incorporating gender into your NGO
Measuring Gender Inequality and its Impact on Human Development
Integrating Poverty and Gender into Health Programmes - Module on Gender-Based Violence
UN Millennium Development Goals Resources
NGO PROFILE
Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA)