Message-ID: <35D1FBC3.AC1D9D5@bellanet.org> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:32:03 -0400 From: Sam Lanfranco <mailto:lanfran@BELLANET.ORG> Subject: CIDA (CANADA) Online Consultation on Gender Equality in To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
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The full invitation is available in English, French, & Spanish at: http://www.bellanet.org/partners/equal-egale/index-e.cfm ..
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is inviting Canadians and non-Canadians to give their views on a draft CIDA policy on Gender Equality in Development. That consultation will take place online from August 17th to September 4th. [See below for subscription instructions] A panel of guest participants will comment on the draft and participate in the broader discussion. You are urged to participate
CIDA, the government department responsible for development co-operation, has been considered a lead donor in promoting gender equity in development. CIDA's Policy on Women in Development and Gender Equity has been updated twice (1991, 1995). The current policy has enjoyed wide use by both governmental and non-governmental partners.
The CIDA Gender Equity Network has prepared a new draft policy for consultation, available at: http://www.bellanet.org/partners/equal-egale/ in English, French and Spanish. The draft includes changing from gender equity to gender equality, to bring CIDA's language into line with Canada's Federal Plan for Gender Equality and with the Beijing Platform for Action, has a more rights-based approach to development, and has a strengthened vision of partnership between women and men. The draft also reflects current best practices and draws on lessons learned.
CIDA's intent is to use the online consultation with people in partner countries, particularly women, to ensure that its policy on Gender Equality is conceptually strong, clearly written, and developmentally sound, and that it responds to the views of stakeholders in partner countries. CIDA is also consulting with its staff, gender equity specialists and development practitioners, other government departments, academics, and partners in Canada.. CIDA will conduct a parallel consultation with its own staff on CIDA's Intranet. A summary of that discussion will be posted to mailto:equality-egalite-l@lyris.bellanet.org
This on-line consultation, in English, French, and Spanish, will run from August 17 to September 4, 1998. Please join now, and urge others to join.
CIDA expects this exercise to both contribute to domestic and international discussion on gender equality and a rights-based approach to development, and strengthen our understanding of using the Internet for citizen engagement in important policy discussions.
On the basis of the Consultation, the draft Policy on Gender Equality will be revised and taken through an internal approval process to Canada's Minister for International Cooperation and la Francophonie. The final approved policy is expected to be announced by the Minister in early 1999. The final version will be posted to the CIDA website www.acdi-cida.gc.ca and made available to all participants in the discussion.
To subscribe to the online gender equality consultation send an email message to mailto:lyris@lyris.bellanet.org.
In the body of the message, write only: subscribe equality-egalite-l YourFirstName YourLastName
Online archives of the discussion will be kept at: http://www.bellanet.org/partners/equal-egale.
Participants with email access only can access the consultation website using an international web-to-email server.
To receive the initial website page send an email message to: mailto:getweb@unganisha.idrc.ca In the body of the message write: get http://www.bellanet.org/partners/equal-egale
For the consultation document send an email message to: mailto:getweb@unganisha.idrc.ca with: get http://www.bellanet.org/partners/equal-egale/documents/invite-e.cfm
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See http://www.bellanet.org/email.html for more details.
This online consultation is a collaboration between CIDA and Bellanet and is hosted on Bellanet's website http://www.bellanet.org . Bellanet was created by development assistance agencies, including CIDA, to help the development community use new technologies to collaborate, share information, and learn from each other.
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