Isis-WICCE Resource Centre Update:

A current awareness bulletin for selected new information materials received in the Resource Centre. February 2008.

ABOUT THE CENTRE:

Isis-WICCE Resource Centre was founded by a group of three women who were documentalits in Geneva, Switzerland in 1974. Their aim was to enable women of the world communicate with one another, generate knowledge and share information in order to break the isolation and overcome gender inequality. Read more about the move to Africa in the next issue.

The new materials are listed according to category.

PEACE:

Conflict Trends: Peace Agreements in Africa, .The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes: South Africa. Issue 3, 2007.56p.

This issue analyses successes, failures and challenges of implementing peace processes in Africa. It also highlights best practices which can inform the emerging peace processes.

Sahl Ibrahim M.G Conflict transformation and social peace in post conflict era: Training of trainers guide SIHA: Sudan, 2007.99p

The guide provides trainers with key conceptual and theoretical understanding of critical issues in conflict analysis, transformation and peace.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN:

Rape in Namibia: An assessment of Rape Act 8 of 2000. Legal AssistanceCentre.Namibia:2006.594p.

The report analyses the impact of Rape Act 8 of 2000 in combating rape in Namibia. It also provides recommendations on how to improve the implementation of Namibia laws on rape.

Out of the dark cloud: Women’s spirits unbroken. Isis-WICCE: Kampala, 2007 33min.

The Video documentary shows in detail the experiences of the Southern Sudanese women during the war between the government of Sudan and the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army. It further shows how women have participated in building their communities in post conflict era.

Doubly traumatised: Lack of access to justice for female victims of sexual and gender based violence in Northern Uganda. Amnesty International: UK, 2007.19p

This report documents the sexual and gender based violence in Northern Uganda and the insurmountable difficulties victims (women and girls) go through in trying to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice.

HEALTH:

Musa Roselynn and Ndomo Atieno(ed) Reproductive and sexual Health rights in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. FEMNET: Nairobi 2007.110p

The report assess the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and other relevant international and regional instruments regarding reproductive and sexual health rights.

FEMINISM:

Debel Irene and Karen Vintages. Women, feminism and fundamentalism. SWP Publishers: Amsterdam, 2007p.

The book explores the relationship between fundamentalism and feminism in religious contexts.

Kerr, Joanna, Fund her report: Financial Sustainability for women’s movements worldwide.AWID: Canada,2007.137p

This report analyses the growth of women’s organisations and movement’s world wide, and how to mobilise new resources to build and financially sustain stronger feminist movements in order to advance women’s rights.

Isis-WICCE Upcoming Activities in April:

Documentation in Liberia. Isis-WICCE is going to carry out an in-depth research on Women’s Experiences In Armed Conflict in Liberia National Programme; Training of Women Peace Groups in organisation development.

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