http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3 Notes on gender – a spicy mix by Mercedes Sayagues Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:46:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Guest Blogger Wendy Harcourt on Beijing +15 -– Commission on the Status of Women March 1 to 12 [caption id="attachment_1375" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Getting in here can be a real hassle. Credit S.Zacarro/IPS"][/caption] Well, two predictions of mine are bearing out. First, the chaos of organising such a large meeting led to some ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2010/03/gender-matters-can-the-un-bring-change/ [caption id="attachment_1364" align="alignleft" width="234" caption="Dr Wendy Harcourt "][/caption] Guest Blogger Wendy Harcourt on Beijing +15 -– Commission on the Status of Women March 1 to 12 When told about the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) some might think, so what? Surely this is just yet another big U.N. affair with ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2010/02/the-search-for-change/ Kudzai Makombe [caption id="attachment_1351" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Women live longer than men but these extra years are not always healthy, says WHO. Credit: WHO/UNAIDS/K.Hesse"][/caption] With the Beijing +15 review coming up next week at the Commission on the Status of Women, it seems an appropriate time to have a look at where we ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2010/02/fifteen-years-after-beijing/ Kudzai Makombe [caption id="attachment_1318" align="alignleft" width="211" caption="Queen Elizabeth I kept a reign on power by becoming "The Virgin Queen" Credit www.PDImages.com"][/caption] This question has been puzzling me since a late-night, noisy get together with friends where we got talking (some might say gossiping) about the alleged cross-party sexual politics taking place ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2010/02/is-it-ever-okay-for-a-woman-to-exercise-her-sexuality-to-gain-political-power/ Diana Cariboni Espero entre indignada y divertida el próximo 8 de marzo, Día Internacional de la Mujer… El anterior me deparó una pasmosa sorpresa. Sobre mi escritorio había una enorme rosa de pétalos amarillos y bordes rojos y una tarjeta dirigida a las mujeres del siglo XXI, en su día. "Las mujeres ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2010/02/sherezade-y-el-sultan-en-el-siglo-xxi/ Tess Bacalla How does one tell a child that it is for his own future that his mother has to go offshore in search of the proverbial 'greener pastures', leaving behind a family that has never known the meaning of separation? Just what does that assurance mean to a child anyway whose ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2010/02/when-migrant-labour-hurts-families/ [caption id="attachment_1294" align="alignleft" width="90" caption="Paula Fray, IPS Africa Director"][/caption] Guest Blogger: Paula Fray, IPS Africa Director Early in January, I joined project managers from around the world at UNIFEM’s “Women Deepening Democracy: Transforming Politics for Gender Equality” workshop in India. Its apt that the workshop was held there. With over 714 million ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2010/02/feminizing-resistance-to-mainstream-politics/ I’ve been dreading this point at which I have to post my first blog for the Gender Masala. It’s a tough job trying to fill the shoes of Mercedes Sayagues who started the blog and, together with a band of other contributors, kept it an inspired, lively and engaging space ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2010/01/women%e2%80%99s-bodies-a-quick-way-to-ascendancy/ This is truly a New Year in many ways: Gender Masala and I are in transition in 2010. I am moving to Maputo, Mozambique,  to work in health reporting. Gender Masala will remain in the IPS Gender Portal with a more collective identity,  infused by several  IPS writers. [caption id="attachment_1243" align="aligncenter" width="491" ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2010/01/a-new-year-for-gender-masala/ [caption id="attachment_1193" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="A collective indigestion of jargon. Photo by Beralpo, Wikimedia Commons"][/caption] My friend is looking for a job. He finds an ad of the US-based Mercy Corps and calls me for a translation. The ad is in English - sort of - but he can’t figure out what ... http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/2009/12/a-babel-of-jargon/