KEY INFORMATION SOURCES ON WOMEN AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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Downloaded October 1994 from: The Sourcebase on Sustainable Development, International Institute for Sustainable Development. The Sourcebase provides references to key information resources on sustainability, including organizations, communications, SD initiatives, electronic, audio-visual and print. It is available as an online, interactive database on Web, the Canadian node of the APC electronic network. It is also available on IISDnet, a WorldWideWeb site for sustainable development knowledge and information. Watch the URL site: http://iisd1.iisd.ca/. For further information, contact ayoshida@iisdpost.iisd.ca.

Note: References are sorted alphabetically by title.

AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES

Cassette Culture. 1993. Eco-feminism. Guelph, ON: Cassette Culture. 29'55' Vandana Shiva, an Indian scientist and environmentalist, speaks with Cindy Duffy about the Chipko movement, the relationship between women and the environment and the question of spirituality in eco-feminism. Added terms/codes: Audio-cassette Women

Cassette Culture. The world transformed (four-part series). Guelph, ON: Cassette Culture. This series examines ways in which women are affected by and respond to changes in the global economy, including the formation of regional trading blocks and the imposition of debt repayment schemes. The first part of the series is Women to Women: Gender, Labour and Solidarity in the Era of Free Trade and features the voices of Lynda Yantz of the international women's group Mujer a Jujer, Lorraine Michaels of the Ecumenical Coalition for Economic Justice, Angeles Lopez of the Frente Autentico del Trabajo (Mexico), and Judy Rebick, the former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (Canada). Part 2 to 4 in this series deal with the enclosure of women's survival resources, home working and the globalization of reproductive labour. Added terms/codes: Women/Structural adjustment; North America

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

apngowid.meet

Proceedings of the Nov 16-20, 1993 Asia-Pacific NGO Women in Development meeting in Manila.

Added terms/codes: Computer Conference; Women; Asia

dh.mujer

Derechos humanos de mujeres. Spanish-language conference concerning womens' human rights.

Added terms/codes: Computer Conference; Women

econ.women

A conference to foster ideas and actions towards the creation of an economic system which is based on other than monetary values. Particularly focused on women's perspectives.

Added terms/codes: Computer Conference; Women

hr.women

This conference contains information and materials on women, and human rights issues specific to women.

Added terms/codes: Computer Conference; Women

un.wcw.doc.eng

NirvCentre (Canadian host organization for the APC Network) has made it a priority to put Web at the disposal of women's organizations and other interested groups organizing around the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women and associated NGO Forum in Beijing. This particular conference lists Official UN documents on the World Conference, in English (French and Spanish versions are also available).

Added terms/codes: Computer Conference; Women

un.wcw.doc.esp

Official UN documents for the Fourth World Conference on Women. In Spanish.

Added terms/codes: Computer Conference; Women

un.wcw.doc.fra

Official UN documents for the Fourth World Conference on Women. In French.

Added terms/codes: Computer Conference; Women

women.infosrc

Place for detailed listings of information sources pertaining to women's issues - databases, live or electronic networks, books, documents, libraries, etc. If you have, or know of, sources, please send details. Moderated.

Added terms/codes: Computer Conference; Women

women.news

This conference is for news items and announcements regarding women and women's issues.

Added terms/codes: Computer Conference; Women

women.unwcw

NirvCentre (Canadian host organization for the APC Network) has made it a priority to put Web at the disposal of women's organizations and other interested groups organizing around the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women and associated NGO Forum in Beijing. This particular conference offers global planning and information exchange in preparation for the World Conference.

Added terms/codes: Computer Conference; Women

women.wcw.canada

NirvCentre (Canadian host organization for the APC Network) has made it a priority to put Web at the disposal of women's organizations and other interested groups organizing around the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women and associated NGO Forum in Beijing. This particular conference offers Canadian planning and information exchange efforts towards the Beijing Conference.

Added terms/codes: Computer Conference; Women; North America

PUBLICATIONS

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). 1992. Agenda 21 : an easy reference to the specific recommendations on women. New York: UNIFEM. 28 p. Added terms/codes: Women

The Association for Women in Development. Association for women in development newsletter. Blacksburg, Va. : AWID. Added terms/codes: Journal, Newsletter Women

Carr, M. 1984. Blacksmith, baker roofing-sheet maker :. employment for rural women in developing countries. London: Intermediate Technology. 148 p. Added terms/codes: Women

Shiva, Vandana (ed). 1994. Close to home : women reconnect ecology, health and development. London: Earthscan. 170 p. (ISBN/ISSN: 1 85383 190 5) This collection of essays covers people's perceptions of 'global' environmental issues in their daily lives. Added terms/codes: Global environmental change/Women

Ashworth, Georgina (ed). 1993. A diplomacy of the oppressed : new directions in international feminism. London: Zed Books. 256 p. Added terms/codes: Women

ISIS International. 1990. Directory of Third World women's publications. Quezon City (The Phillipines): ISIS International. 197 p. This publication is intended to be a useful reference tool for building networks, sharing ideas and experiences, and strengthening existing activities and programs addressing women's issues around the world. Added terms/codes: Reference Women

Seager, Joni. 1993. Earth follies : feminism, politics and the environment. London: Earthscan. 352 p. Added terms/codes: Politics//Women

Association of African Women for Research and Development (AAWORD). Echo. Dakar, Senegal : AAWORD. quarterly (ISBN/ISSN: 0850-8704) Added terms/codes: Journal, Newsletter Women//Development; Africa

Asian and Pacific Development Centre (APDC). 1992. Environment. Asia and Pacific Pacific Women's Resource and Action Series. Kuala Lumpur: APDC. 237 p. (ISBN/ISSN: 967-9928-30-6) The book reflects the ideas, perspectives, material, strategies and action in the 1980s and early 1990s of women in the Asia and Pacific Region, extending from China and Pakistan to the Solomon Islands and Fiji. In this publication, the discussion of environment has been placed within the context of communities of resource users, namely, forest dwellers, agriculture-based, coastal and sea-based and urban-based, thereby describing the varied ecological relationships of women with their immediate environment. List extensive resources on women and environmental issues including annotated bibliography, journals and magazines, networks and organizations, etc. Added terms/codes: Women/Environmental management; Asia/Pacific Islands

Moghadam, Valentine M.United Nations University. World Institute for Development Economics Research; WIDER(WIDER). 1993. Gender and the development process in a changing global environment : results of the UNU/WIDER research programme on women and development. Helsinki: UNU/WIDER. 25 p. Added terms/codes: Women

Kelkar, Govind; Nathan Dev. 1991. Gender and tribe : women, land and forests. London (UK): Zed Books. 166 p. Added terms/codes: Women/Indigenous people

Jacobson, Jodi L.; Worldwatch Institute. 1992. Gender bias : roadblock to sustainable development. Worldwatch Paper Series no.110. Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute. Added terms/codes: Women

Raj-Hashim, Rita; Heyzer Noeleen (eds); Asian and Pacific Development Centre (APDC). 1991. Gender, economic growth and poverty. Kuala Lumpur: APDC. Added terms/codes: Women//Poverty

Moser, Caroline O.N. 1993. Gender planning and development : theory, practice and training. New York: Routledge. 285 p. (ISBN/ISSN: 0-415-05621-7) This book provides a unique introduction to Third World gender policy and planning issues. The author considers whether constraints in the implementation of gender planning are technical or political in nature, and analyzes both institutional structures and operational procedures to integrate gender particularly into the project planning cycle. Added terms/codes: Women

Moser, Caroline O.N. 1993. Gender planning and development : theory, practice and training. New York: Routledge. 285 p. (ISBN/ISSN: 0-415-05621-7) Added terms/codes: Women

Khasiani, Shanyisa A. (ed.). 1992. Groundwork : African women as environmental managers. Nairobi : ACTS Press, African Centre for Technology Studies. 131 p. (ISBN/ISSN: 9966-41-034-1) Added terms/codes: Women; Africa

Elson, D. (ed). 1991. Male bias in the development process. Contemporary issues in development studies. Manchester: Manchester University Press. Added terms/codes: Women

Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO). News & views. New York: WEDO. Added terms/codes: Journal, Newsletter Women

Dimitrakopoulou, Hari; Manitoba. Northern Manitoba Economic Development Commission. 1993. Northern Manitoba : women and sustainable economic development. Thompson, MB: The Commission. 227 p. Added terms/codes: Women; North America

Women's Environment & Development Organization; Women's International Policy Action Committee, IPAC. 1992. Official report ... 8-12 Nov 1991, Miami Florida ,. USA including Women's Action Agenda 21 and findings of the Tribunal. New York : WEDO. 38 p. Added terms/codes: Women

Women's Feature Service. 1993. The power to change : women in the Third World redefine their environment. London: Zed Books Ltd. 236 p. (ISBN/ISSN: 1-85649-226-5) This publication is a collection of positive stories compiled from articles submitted to the Women's Feature Service by women journalists in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The stories illustrate the necessity to locate women at the centre of the development debate. Women in the stories presented share a common struggle and commitment to a more equitable and sustainable way of living and in turn these women's determination presents official agencies with the challenge to ensure that macro-level planning respects micro-level living. Added terms/codes: Women/Development

Martin-Brown, Joan; Ofosu-Amaah, Waafas (eds.). WorldWIDE Network, United Nations Environment Programme; Senior Women's Advisory Group on Sustainable Development. 1992. Proceedings of the Global Assembly of Women and the Environment `Partners in Life'. Washington, DC : UNEP. 2 v. Added terms/codes: Women

Lewenhak, S. 1992. The revaluation of women's work. London: Earthscan. 288 p. Added terms/codes: Women

Vandana, S. 1988. Staying alive : women, ecology and development. Third World Network. Added terms/codes: Women

University of West Indies. School of Continuing Studies. Women and Development Unit. 1994. Sustainable development. St. Michael, Barbados: Unit. New Women v4n1(1994) Added terms/codes: Women; Caribbean

Wednews. Nairobi: Environment Liaison Centre International. News of the Women, Environment and Development network: major activity of the network is research on women and natural resource management in Africa Added terms/codes: Journal, Newsletter Women; Africa

Armstrong, Liz;Scott, Adrienne. 1992. Whitewash : exposing the health and environmental dangers of women's sanitary products and disposable diapers. Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers. Added terms/codes: Women/Health; North America

Royal Tropical Institute (RTI). Department of Information and Documentation. 1992. Women and development : an annotated bibliography : 1990-1992. Amsterdam: RTI. 206 p. (ISBN/ISSN: 90-6832-704-6) Added terms/codes: Reference Women

Royal Tropical Institute (KIT). Women and development : an annotated bibliography. Amsterdam: KIT. (ISBN/ISSN: 0924 9745) The entries in this bibliography illustrate the shift that has accompanied a recognition that women, gender, and development issues cannot be dealt with in isolation from their social and economic context. The broad range of publications covered suggests that women's multiple roles in development are now seen more clearly, as is the need for real participation. Many publications also deal with the impact of development policies, programmes and projects on women's roles and position. Added terms/codes: Women/Development

Dankelman, I. and J. Davidson. 1988. Women and environment in the Third World : alliance for the future. London: Earthscan. 210 p. Added terms/codes: Women

Sontheimer, S.A. 1991. Women and the environment, a. reader :. crisis and development in the Third World. New York: Monthly Review Press. 205 p. Added terms/codes: Women

Environment Liaison Centre International (ELCI). 1985. Women and the environmental crisis. Nairobi: ELCI. Added terms/codes: Women; Africa

ISIS; Intermediate Technology Publications (ITP). 1991. Women in development : a resource guide for organisation and action. London: ITP. 226 p. (ISBN/ISSN: 1 85339 105 0) This publication answers the questions: what has development done for women?; why do planners talk of integrating women into development?; what role do women really play in multinational companies?; in food production?; in health?; in communication and education? Added terms/codes: Women

United Nations Non-governmental Liaison Service (New York). 1988. Women : key to African food security. New York: United Nations Non-governmental Liaison Service. This comprehensive brochure provides facts on African women farmers. Added terms/codes: Women//Agriculture; Africa

Braidotti, Rosi (et al); United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW). 1994. Women, the environment and sustainable development :. towards a. theoretical synthesis. London: Zed Books. 220 p. Added terms/codes: Women

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