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Abad-Sarmiento, La Rainne
ISIS International
P.O. Box 1837 Quezon City Main,
Quezon City, , 1100
Philippines
Home Phone: 632-993-292; 632-996-343
Work Phone:
632-997-512
Fax: 632-997512/ISIS INTÕL
-632-815-07-56/817-97-42/921-26-90
Email Isis @ Phil.gn.apc.org
Vocation Activist
Adams, Rose
RR #1
Paradise, Nova Scotia, B0S 1R0 Canada
Work Phone: 902-584 3123
Fax: c/o Toki 613-241
2292
Vocation Artist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
Biographical information
S.D. Interest Areas: I am a
feminist, visual artist, adult educator, popular theatre worker, and gardener. I
have worked in a number of southern countries for international development
agencies. My interests lie in links between personal growth and community and
social change. My artwork is exhibited nationally and internationally.
Education:
Completed B.A. (English), BFA(Fine Arts), M.A. (English), MFA (Fine Arts),
M.E.D. (Education)
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Adams, Rose (1994) "...And
What are the Artists Doing? Planting Myself in the Garden of Delights."
Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development Conference: Canadian
Perspectives Conference, U.B.C,. Vancouver, May, 1994.
Adzraku, Alma
World Vision International Women in Development
Private Mail Bag
Accra North, , Ghana
Home Phone: 774351, 776193, 776621
Work Phone:
233-21-774 351
Fax: 233-21-773 137
Vocation
Activist
Biographical information
Languages; other skills:
English
Your publications related to SD
Adzraku, A. (1994) "Providing
a Sustainable Future for Us All-the
Affolter, Michelle
West Coast Environmental Youth Alliance
RR#2
Enderby, British Columbia, V0E 1V0 Canada
Work Phone: 604-838-6718
Fax: 604-838-6718
Vocation Youth; Academic
Biographical information
Education: University of
Victoria, biology and environmental studies student.
Employment:
LETS-Victoria, Local Exchange Trading System, community based bartering system.
BC Round Table on Environment and Economy Travels through Latin America
Memberships: West Coast Environmental Youth Alliance.
Languages;
other skills: English
Ahooja-Patel, Krishna
Position Adjunct Professor
International Development Programme, Saint Mary's University, Halifax,
N.S.
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Fax: 011-41-22-755 6350
Vocation Academic
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Law and policy
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
Biographical information
Education: Ph.D. in
International Relations - U. of Geneva.
Employment:
Barrister-at-law from the Inner Temple, London. Present : Adjunct Professor
at Saint Mary's University in the International Development Programme. Teaching
both United Nations In Development and Women in Development. 1991-1992 :
Visiting Research scholar at the McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on
Women. 1990-1991: Held the Nancy Rowell Jackman Chair in Women's Studies,
Mount Saint Vincent University, designed to bring distinguished scholars in
Women's Studies, or persons whose activities in public life have contributed
signifcantly to the advancement of women. 1986-1989: Served as Deputy
Director of the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for
the Advancement of Women.
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Work with the International
Labour Organization in Geneva. Edited the journal, Women and Work. UN
correspondent for several Indian newspapers, as well as foreign correspondent
for India's Economic and Political Weekly. Ahooja-Patel (1992) "Linking
Women with Sustainable Development", published by the Commonwealth of
Learning, Vancouver. Ahooja-Patel (Editor) (1989) "Women Studies and
Women in Development: Bridging the Gap. " INSTRAW. Ahooja-Patel
(Co-editor) (1986) " World Economy in Transition." Oxford: Pergamon
Press. Ahooja-Patel (Joint author) " Women in Economic Activity: A Global
Statistical Survey (1950-2000)." Has collaborated on many UN and
International Labour Organization reports.
Alderson, Lucy
Women Futures Community Economic Development Society
217 - 1956 West Broadway
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6J 1Z2
Canada
Home Phone: 604-738 2362
Work Phone: 604-737 1338
Vocation Activist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community
development, planning
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Business, industry,
and labour issues
Biographical information
Languages; other skills:
English
Your publications related to SD
Alderson, L. (1994) "Women
and Community Economic Development ". Workshop at the Women and Sustainable
Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, May. 1994.
Alexander, Rajani
CIDA
597 Mariposa Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario, K1M 0S3 Canada
Home Phone: 613-799 9343
Work Phone: 819-997 8537
Fax: 819-953 6356 or 613-749-0268
Vocation Activist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Law and policy
Biographical information
Education: 1983: PhD.
History, International Relations.
Employment: Present: Policy
Analyst with Women and Development, CIDA. Has worked as a researcher and
activist with NGOs in India and Canada (topics include: gender and development,
policy development, Asian women, role of NGOs; history and International
relations)
Languages; other skills: English.
Your publications related to SD
Alexander, Rajani (1994)"
Women and Decision Making: Cultural Barriers and Development Dilemmas",
Presented at the Women and Sustainable Development: Canadain Perspectives
Conference, U.B.C. May, 1994.
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Inspirations: The enrichment of this experience by the participation of women
from the "South", especially South Africa; the passion of beliefs.
Concerns, Poverty and its effects on women; empowerment
which is politically and culturally appropriate.
Changes needed
List of societal dilemmas which need to be
addressed in order to approach sustainability: 1) economic
'marginalisation'/'invisibility' of women's work and their contribution. 2)
social and cultural negatives. 3) women need education that is genuine. 4)
political empowerment of individuals. 5)
government/international organizations must change their approach to world order
and relations
Allen, Annais
Te Reo
Post Box 74, Opononi
South Hokianga, , Aotearoa
Vocation Media
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Language; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Allen, A. (1994), "The
Necessity of Educational Programmes and Resources Developed from a First Nations
Perspective." Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development
Conference: Canadian Perspectives Conference, U.B.C,. Vancouver, May, 1994.
Allen, Matilda
Aeotearoa
140 D. Wham Valley Rd.,
Whangaref, , North Island New
Zealand
Work Phone: 09-43-73116
Allen, Jacquie
2404 Guelph St., Apt. R
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5T 3P3
Home Phone: 874-4607
Biographical information
Interest Areas: I am a researcher/writer of Native issues.
Allen, Wai Emapere
34 Broadway - Kaikohe
, , New Zealand
Work Phone: 09-405-2113
Annis, Mary
1437 McTavish Avenue
Brandon, Manitoba, R7A 1C5 Canada
Work Phone: 204-728 8496
Fax: 1-204-729 9090 c/o
Bob Annis at WESTARC, Brandon University
Email
EVERITT@BRANDONU.CA
Vocation Academic
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Research (science,
social science)
Biographical information
S.D. Interests: gender and
development theory; social geography of gendered space and public and private
space; women's history and women's stories; community development with women's
participation.
Education: 1990-1994: Brandon University ((part
time), Geography; History; Women's Studies). 1970-1971: Ottawa Teacher's
College 1968-1970: Carleton University (Major Psychology and Sociology)
Employment: Present: Researching an annotated bibliography on
Gendered Space . (Gender and Spatial Division of Labour United Nations. Forward
Looking Strategies for UN end of Decade for Women). 1971-1973: Elementary
School Teacher (Have also lived in Scotland and Africa and travelled
extensively.)
Memberships: Canadian Parents for French--on
executive Art Gallery of Southwestern Manaitoba--on board, 1988-89.
Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women--on PCC. Marquis Project.
Women for equality and Brandon University Women's Organization--Co-chair.
Languages; other skills: English; some French
Your publications related to SD
Mary Annis (1994). "Women
and Sustainable Development: A Prairie Perspective." Presented at Women in
Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference, Sustainable
Development Research Institute, U.B.C., May, 1994, Vancouver, B.C. Mary
Annis (1992). Gender Analysis Development: An Annotated Bibliography. Published
by WESTARC INC, 73 pp.
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Inspirations: 1) The environmental movement: David Suzuki; CBC Radio.
2) Women's Studies, the Women's Movement and Women's Writers: Marylin French,
Starhawk, Vandana Shiva etc. 3) Gender and Development Theory: Betty
Plewcs and Rieky Stuart (Two halves make a whole). 4) U.N. End of Decade
Conference for Women, Winnipeg; Beti Astolfi of UNIFEM, Gillian Phillips of
W.E.E.D. 5) Worldwatch Paper 110: Gender Bias, Roadblock to Sustainable
Development.
Concerns and encouragement
Concerns, Nationally our
government is moving far too slowly to sustain our environment. Globally,
monetary agencies are worsening current trends with policy and structural
adjustments (the rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the environment
becomes further depleted). Encouragements: I am encouraged by the
environmental and women's movements in their attempts to bring a new
perspective to the way we live and use our environment. We require a revolution
in the way we think about, live in and use our environment to insure a
future for our children and children to come.
Changes needed
Changes Needed: Governments at all levels
should stop using S.D. as a buzz word and instead make a recognizable
commitment to their ideal. Communities will only become sustainable when S.D.is
incorporated at the grassroots community level. Women's equal participation in
development planning and decision making is crucial if the complete needs and
concerns of the community are to be met. Women's perspectives, experiences and
priorities often differ from men, and thus will be able to contribute to the
community from a different perspective.
Miscellaneous comments
I am presently researching an annotated
bibliography on "gendered spaces", looking particularly at the
gender and spatial division of labor. I would appreciate any leads, authors, or
other information anyone might have in this area with regard to creating
sustainable communites.
Arajs, Uta
#204 - 878 Gilford Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6G 2N6
Home Phone: 669-5163
Biographical information
Interest Areas: Music Festivals - bannermaking
Armand, Michelle
CIDA
200 Promenade du Portage
Hull, Quebec, K1A 0G4 Canada
Home Phone: 819-595-3748
Work Phone: 819-994-4093
Fax: 819-994-9707
Vocation Activist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Interest Areas: interest in womens'
education, involving womens' roles as well as women and decision making.
Education: Languages and International development. Experience:
Teaching, consultation and full-time work in international development
(CIDA)-more specifically in gender issues.
Language; other skills:
French
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Inspiration: seeing two women from South Africa, black and white, standing
together.
Concerns and encouragement
Concerns, I am concerned by
poverty and violence in our society.
Changes needed
List of societal dilemmas which must be
addressed in order to reach sustainability : pattern of consumption in the
North; unequal distribution of power; over industrialization; dichotomy between
developed/developing countries; consumption patterns (change through 'civic'
education policies/fair taxation for redistribution); recognition that
industralization is not the only answer; environmental impacts of wars.
Armstrong, Veronica
1742 Pembroke Street
Victoria, British Columbia, V8R 1W6
Home Phone: 604-370-2269
Work Phone: 604-685-5552
(messages)
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education,
public awareness, communication
Biographical information
Interest Areas: Teaching ESL,
Immigrant settlement rual development in Brazil.
Arnold, Marieka
R.R.1
Hartland, New Brunswick, E0J 1N0 Canada
Home Phone: (506) 375-6550
Work Phone: (506)
375-8143
Fax: (506) 375-4221
Vocation Youth
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Education: 2nd year of Plant
Biology at Universty of Guelph, Ont.
Employment: Present:
Environment Canada, Environmental Citizenship presented a workshop about youth
concerns about a sustainable future
Memberships: Youth CAUCUS
Chairperson for the N.B. Environment Network Currently Co-ordinator of Project
Earth, a youth environment club which has an extensive program of activities on
environment & outdoor adventure for elementary & intermediate schools
Languages; other skills: English,Spanish (spoken), French; Red Cross
First Aid CPR instructor musical talent.
Your publications related to SD
Arnold, M. (1994) "Youth
Concerns About a Sustainable Future." Workshop at the Women and Sustainable
Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., May,
1994. Publications include Environmental and Outdoor Eduction Programs
prepared for teachers in grades 2-10. Focussed on Forestry, spaces and
species, Biodiversity.
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Inspirations: Volunteer Work Program in Costa Rica; 1993/1994- Youth Challenge
International; my Mother's strong influence
Concerns and encouragement
Encouragements: The Young Women's
Canada China Caucus; Potential to learn a great deal more.
Changes needed
Changes needed: Changes in overall thought
patterns at all levels; a need for education and awareness projects.
Arnold Allan, Jean
Falls Brook Centre
RR#1
Hartland, New Brunswick, E0J 1N0 Canada
Home Phone: 506-375 6550
Work Phone: 506-375 8143
Fax: 506-375 4221
Vocation Activist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community
development, planning
Biographical information
Employment/Experience: Director of
Falls Brooke Center- an environmentally based community development centre . It
trains people in environmental skills and places them in the community. It is
the first Canadian organization to hold a northern program of eco-volunteers
from United Nations. Chair of NGO Paris Conference prior to Rio.
Languages;
other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Arnold Allan, Jean (1994) "Moving
From Theory to Practice: Rebuilding Sustainable Rural Communities."
Workshop presented at the Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian
Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994.
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Inspirations: Building Falls Brook as a sustainable community demonstration
centre.
Changes needed
In order for sustainablility to become a
reality we must devote at least 50% of our activities to practical hands-on
changes at the community level.
Ashford, Mary-Wynne
Physicians for Global Survival
1644 Rockland Ave.
Victoria , British Columbia, V8S 1W7
Canada
Home Phone: 604-595 8801
Work Phone: 604-291 5582
Fax: 604-595 4963
Email mashford@sfu.ca
Vocation physician, activist, educator
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Peace and security
Biographical information
Education: Present: Ph.D.
Candidate, SFU. 1981: M.D., University of Calgary 1961: B.Ed. U. of
Alberta 1960: B.Sc. U. of Alberta
Employment/ Experience:
1991-1993: Vice President, IPPNW 1988-1990: Pres. CPPNW 1992-1994:
National Board, YWCA 1981-1991: General Practioner, Victoria.
Your publications related to SD
Board of Governors,
University of Victoria Chair, Advisory Board, University of Victoria Centre
for Studies in Religion and Society. Ashford, Mary-Wynne (1994), "Gender
and the Peace Movement", Presented at the Women and Sustainable Executive
BCTF Global Education Project Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference,
U.B.C. Vancouver, May. PPNW Nobel Emissary to France, 1988 Ashford,
Mary-Wynne " Proposal for an Emergency Response Corps for Canada"-
Published by CPPNW, reprinted in Memberships: Peace Magazine, Ploughshares
Monitor and Journal of Ecophilosophy; reviewed in Canadian Defence Weekly.
Physicians for Global Survival (previously CPPNW) Canadian Pugwash Group
Ashford, Mary-Wynne (1988) Nobel Emissary Report. published by IPPNN.
Science for Peace Voice for Women YWCA
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Awards: 1992 Commemorative Medal for 125th Anniversary of Confederation.
List of Inspirations: Helen Caldicott's speech at U Vic, 1984 IPPNW
congresses
Language; other skills: English; French
Nairobi Women's Meeting (UN) 1985 Board Member of CPPNW Board
Member of YWCA of the Canada and World YWCA. Women for a Healthy Planet
(Miami WEDO)
Concerns and encouragement
What encourages me is the strength,
power and commitment of women all over the world. Their generosity and
their concern with inclusive, non-hierarchial processes gives me the greatest
hope that we can change the world. What concerns me is my belief that only
women will be able to turn around the destruction of the world, and women
are not in the circles of power and dominance in sufficient numbers.
Changes needed
1) We must move to equitable societies where
men and women work in partnership. 2) We must recognize the spiritual basis
of our lives in order to find the meaning of life in non-material things and in
order to cherish life on earth.
Assa, Jourmana-Michel
5807 Hutchison Apt. 8
Montreal, Quebec, H2V 4B7 Canada
Home Phone: 514-476-1203
Work Phone: 514-495-7967
Fax: 514-476-1204
SD Interest Areas Sustainable
development - Education, public awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community
development, planning
Biographical information
Languages; other skills: French
Your publications related to SD
Assa, Jourma-Michel (1994) "
Le Role du Principe Femini dans le Changement du Mond" Workshop at the
Women and Sutainable Development: Canadian Perpectives Conference. U.B.C.,
Vancouver, May, 1994.
Astolfi, Beti
UNIFEM
304 E. 45th Street, 6th floor
New York, New York, , 10017
USA
Home Phone: 212-758-9263
Work Phone: 212-906-6442
Fax: 212-906-6705
Vocation Activist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Employment/Experience: Present:
Chief of the Communications and External Relations Section at Unifem. Also
coordinates UNIFEM preparations for the "Women's World Conference, 1995".
1992: Coordinated UNIFEM's contributions to the "Earth Summit".
1990: Launched "Women and Environment and Development" programme.
1987: Joined UNIFEM in 1987 as Senior Advisor, Global Actvities. 1983-1987:
Coordinated the CARE International Feeding Programme in Haiti. 1978-1982:
Taught at Rabat University, Morocco 1977: Administered the UNICEF programme
in South Sudan.
Languages; other skills: French.
Your publications related to SD
Astolfi, B. (1994)."
Women and the United Nations System." presented at the Women and
Sustainable Development Conference: Candian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C.,
Vancouver, May, 1994.
Auger, Jeanette
Acadia University Department of Sociology
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B0P 1X0 Canada
Work Phone: 902-542 2201 ext. 1431
Fax:
902-542-4727
Vocation Academic
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Health
Biographical information
Language; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Auger, J. (1994) "Issues
Faced by Women Aging in Rural Nova Scotia." Workshop at the Women and
Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., May, 1994.
Auger, Carole
CIDA NGO Division
200 Promenade du Portage
Hull, Quebec, K1A 0G4 Canada
Home Phone: 819-827-1325
Work Phone: 819-994-5677
Fax: 819-997-4193 or 819-994 9707
Vocation Activist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community
development, planning
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
S.D. Interests: women in community
development; women in enterprise; women in decision-making; women's policies;
gender training.
Education: Higher Education Diploma in
International Development. MA in Latin-American Studies
Employment/Experience: 5 years experience in CIDA as a Women's International
Development Advisor (Americas Partnership)
Languages; other skills:
French
August Martin, Jenet
Aboriginal Youth Council of Canada
206 Carleton Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 0J3 Canada
Home Phone: 613-725-0670(message)
Work Phone:
613-729-2294
Fax: 613-725-0670
Vocation Youth;
First Nations
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Education: Teachings Chemical
Dependency counselling. 3rd Year Bachelor of Social Work Student.
Employment/ Experience: President, Aboriginal Youth Council of Canada.
Public Speaker Advocate for Personal, Environmental, Global Awareness.
National Core "Aboriginal Family Reunification Project."
Languages;
other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
August Martin, J. (1994) "The
Evolution of Community: From an Aboriginal Perspective" Presented at the
Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C.,
Vancouver, May, 1994.
Avery, Hinda Hanrietta
Okanagan University Women's Studies Division of Arts
1000 KLO Road
Kelowna, British Columbia, V1Y 4X8 Canada
Vocation Academic
Sustainable development - Education, public awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas SD Interest Areas Sustainable
development - Strengthening groups (youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Skills; other languages: English
Your publications related to SD
Avery, H. (1994) "Built
Environment
Education: A Feminist Critique and Perspectives." (Call
for Communications for Women and Sustainable Development Conference, U.B.C.,
Vancouver, 1994) )
Avis , Wendy
University of British Columbia Geography
217 - 1984 West Mall
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z2
Canada
Home Phone: 604-731-8881
Work Phone: 604-822-2663
Fax: 604-822-6150
Email wavis @unixy.ubc.ca
Vocation Academic; Youth
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community
development, planning
Biographical information
Interests areas: women and
environmental decision-making, sustainability, and ecofeminism. Education :
M.A., Geography, UBC - in progress, Thesis- Women and Environmental Decision
Making: Case Study of the Squamish Estuary Management Plan B.A., Urban and
Environmental Studies and Human Geography from Brock University.
Language;
other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Avis, Wendy, MA Thesis- "
Women and Environmental Decision Making: Case Study of the Squamish Estuary
Management Plan."
Azurin, Edna
The National Council of Women of the Philippines (NCWP)
The Philippine Women's University, 1743 Taft Avenue,
Manila, ,
Philippines
Work Phone: 632-588-201
Fax: 632-522-3654
Vocation Union
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community
development, planning
Your publications related to SD
Azurin, E.B. (1994) "Women
and Decision-Making" Workshop at the Women and Sutainable Development:
Canadian Perpectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994.
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