Fwd: [pacwin] Book Launch: Utilising Temporary Special Measures to Promote Gender Balance in Pacific Legislatures: A Guide to Options
FYI - a resource that may be of interest to some of you! -- Forwarded message -- From: Charmaine Rodrigues charmaine.rodrig...@undp.org Date: Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 1:10 PM Subject: [pacwin] Book Launch: Utilising Temporary Special Measures to Promote Gender Balance in Pacific Legislatures: A Guide to Options To: Pacific Women's Information Network pac...@lyris.spc.int Cc: Ema Moko ema.m...@undp.org Hi All At this time, when we are all celebrating IWD, I am very pleased to be able to announce the launch (finally!) of a new publication, sponsored by PIFS and UNDP Pacific Centre, “Utilising Temporary Special Measures to Promote Gender Balance in Pacific Legislatures: A Guide to Options”. You may recall that I circulated information about the draft late last year – thanks very much to all of those who provided comments. The electronic copy of the publication can be accessed at http://www.undppc.org.fj/pages.cfm/publications/democratic-governance-reports. Note though, that the e-doc is quite large, so we had to split it into two parts. If you want hard copies, please just write to me with full contact details and we can put copies in the mail. I am on mission in PNG for a workshop on corruption next week, so if you can copy in Ema Moko at ema.m...@undp.org, she can action your request while I am away. I’m back in the office from 16 March. Best wishes to all on IWD. Cheers, Charmaine -- *Work to Promote More Women in Pacific Legislatures Given a Boost* *[Suva – 7 March]* As people around the world celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, in the Pacific a new Guide has been launched by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and the UNDP Pacific Centre which aims to provide policy-makers and advocates with concrete ideas on how to promote more women in Pacific legislatures. Mr Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, said in the Guide’s Foreword that in the long-term, it is important that we continue to work with our Pacific communities to build greater recognition of the role that women can and should play as national leaders, including as members of our Pacific legislatures. “At the same time, countries are encouraged to consider whether immediate affirmative action strategies could be implemented to ensure that more women will be elected into our national legislatures in the short-term,” he added. Today, there is an average of only 4.2% women members and 95.8% male members in Pacific Islands countries’ and territories’ legislatures (not including Australia and New Zealand). In four countries in the region, there are currently no women members in the national legislature, and one country has never had a woman member of parliament. Co-author of the publication, Charmaine Rodrigues, Legislative Strengthening Expert at the UNDP Pacific Centre said “Utilising Temporary Special Measures to Promote Gender Balance in Pacific Legislatures: A Guide to Options”, is designed as a reference for governments, members of Pacific legislatures, political parties, women candidates and civil society advocates who want to understand the possible options for temporary special measures that could be introduced in the Pacific. “The new publication draws on a range of international resources, but focuses specifically on options for Pacific Islands Forum member countries, taking into account the unique local context of each of the 14 countries examined,” she added. When introducing the publication, Mr Garry Wiseman, UNDP Pacific Centre Manager, said that affirmative action in favour of women recognises that women currently face barriers that unfairly inhibit their ability to effectively engage in the national political sphere and which will take time to overcome. “Temporary special measures can be used as a short-term, quick impact measure to “kickstart” an increase in women’s representation, while longer-term efforts are being made to create a more sustainable, level playing field for women in politics,” he added. Many Pacific activists have called on Pacific governments to consider implementing some form of such temporary special measures – such as parliamentary seats reserved for women or political party quotas – to promote more women into Pacific legislatures. “More and more countries throughout the world are adopting some form of temporary special measures to increase the number of women in parliament. For example, Rwanda reserved 30% of its parliamentary seats for women in 2003 and there are now 56% women parliamentarians in the Rwandan legislature,” said Ms Rodrigues. Notably, in the Pacific, temporary special measures are already being implemented in New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna and Bougainville. As a result of the implementation of political party quotas for women, New Caledonia has 52.6% women in its legislature and French Polynesia has 42.1%
informal education and social action
Hello all, I came across this web-based encyclopedia of informal education. It is full of some very informative resources. Though you might find it a useful tool as well. Best wishes, ruba
Re: informal education and social action
oops! here is the link: http://www.infed.org/ sorry about the error! ruba On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Ruba Marshood ruba.marsh...@gmail.comwrote: Hello all, I came across this web-based encyclopedia of informal education. It is full of some very informative resources. Though you might find it a useful tool as well. Best wishes, ruba
volunteer opportunity - share your courses
Hello folks! I just came across this opportunity through the UNV Online program - thought some of you might find it an interesting opportunity to explore. http://www.onlinevolunteering.org/en/vol/opportunity/opportunity_form.html?id=8752 Write, edit political science courses for development PEOI Read more about this organizationhttp://www.onlinevolunteering.org/en/vol/opportunity/organization_view.html?id=6115 TASK PEOI, a provider of university courses online in eight languages free of charge, created and run by over one thousand volunteers, seeks authors for its curriculum of political science for developing countries. If you have professional expertise and you are capable of educational writing, please consider placing your teachings, articles, research findings, cases, empirical data, lecture notes or other professional writings on PEOI as free and open online course content to build a hub of teaching and competency in the field of forms of government, administrative law, political institutions and public administration. Join a team working on a course under construction or propose a new course. All PEOI's course pages are in HTML. You will not be responsible for any HTML code, but only for the text in between. Work at home on your own computer and at your own time. You will receive national and international recognition and admiration for your contribution. Best, ruba
ICZM course in PNG
Dear All - On fairly last minute request, my partner, Daniel, has been asked to teach a one-day session on ICZM at the University of Papua New Guinea. We both have some background in ICZM, but are interested in your suggestions for the design of the one-day course. After a general overview of ICZM, we aim to have two or three break-out sessions for the students to really grapple with the fundamental social and ecological theory underpinning ICZM, and to consider its application to PNG - what would ICZM look like, or how can it work, in PNG. Your thoughts and ideas are most welcomed. Many thanks, ruba
Re: Environmental Policy Failures compiled list
I would suggest adding - to the note on sharks - that they are not only harmed via by-catch, but also in targetted fisheries. the biggest threat is practice in which they are treated after being caught (whether incidentally or not) - in that they are finned and dumped back to sea. Essentially, this is cost-effective practice as the market values fins over the rest of the body by the tenfold...so for the fishers, it is much greater profit to take only the fins of as many sharks as possible rather than take the whole shark on board, with limited space, and have fewer fins. thanks for sharing! ruba On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Shannon K. Orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you so much to everyone who replied with examples of environmental policy failures. It was depressing but useful. Below is the compiled list: Shannon - collapse of the cod fishery in Newfoundland - European emissions trading scheme - Yellowstone Wildfires - Sharks are being torn out the ocean, but as by-catch, and no-on pays attention to by-catch and beyond that sharks have little salience in policy circles (here CITES has been neutered-- we only have 4 sharks listed, one on the strict list but almost all the great sharks have collapsed). - Coral reefs, mangroves, and sea grass communities are getting shredded. Mangroves have many domestic laws protecting them as commons, but the same countries sanction enclosure and tearing them down for shrimp ponds. - US failure to sign Kyoto - the fizzle of the National Acid Precip. Assess Project... - why the local public utility commission doesn't promote least cost procurement that includes energy efficiency and/or renewable energy, and internalizes true socio-environmental costs of all energy alternatives Other References: - Paul F. Steinberg Understanding Policy Change in Developing Countries: The Spheres of Infuence Framework Global Environmental Politics 3:1, February 2003 Ludwig et al, about 1993 had a great short piece in either Science or Nature, on failure of fishery policy. - Dimitrov, Radoslav S., Detlef F. Sprinz, Gerald M. DiGiusto, and Alexander Kelle. 2007. International Nonregimes: A Research Agenda. International Studies Review 9 (2):230-258. - Rado S. Dimitrov, Confronting Non-Regimes: Science and International Coral Reef Policy, Journal of Environment and Development, vol. 11, no. 1 (March 2002), pp. 53-78. - EEA (2005) Environmental policy integration in Europe - State of play and an evaluation framework, EEA Technical report No. 2/2005, European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, http://reports.eea.eu.int/technical_report_2005_2/ (7/6/05). - OECD (2002) Improving Policy Coherence and Integration for Sustainable Development: A Checklist, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, www.oecd.org/dataoecd/60/1/1947305.pdf - Jordan, A. and Lenschow, A. (2000) 'Greening' the European Union: what can be learnt from the 'leaders' of EU environmental policy?, European Environment, 10, 109-120. - Jordan, A. and Schout, A. (2005) National EU policy coordination and 'integration' in EU policies. In Environmental Policy Integration Mechanisms and Tools, CSERGE-UEA, 21-22 March 2005, Norwich. Available at http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/cserge/highlights/march%20conf/ envpol_integration_programme.htm (22/3/05). - Lenschow, A. (2002a) Conclusion: what are the bottlenecks and where are the opportunities for greening the EU? In Environmental Policy Integration: Greening Sectoral Policies in Europe (Ed, Lenschow, A.) Earthscan, London, pp. 219-233. - Lenschow, A. (2002b) Greening the European Union. In Environmental Policy Integration: Greening Sectoral Policies in Europe (Ed, Lenschow, A.) Earthscan, London, pp. 3-21. - Liberatore, A. (1997) The Integration of Sustainable Development Objectives into EU Policy Making: Barriers and prospects. In The Politics of Sustainable Development: Theory, policy and practice within the European Union (Eds, Baker, S., Kousis, M., Richardson, D. and Young, S.) Routledge, London. Shannon K. Orr, Ph.D. Graduate Coordinator (MPA)/Assistant Professor Department of Political Science 110 Williams Hall Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403-0220 (419)372-7593
Re: GEF funding
Hi Phillip, Sorry to say that my reply may not directly serve your query. However, your note did remind me of a group I recently came across- the Poverty Action Lab at MIT, which ultimately assesses the effectiveness of development aid spending (does it fall short of what is really needed? does it really help?). I think it's a great research question - with obvious practical implications. For more information http://www.povertyactionlab.com/ Thanks! ruba On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Phillip Stalley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am looking for estimates of GEF budget shortfalls. I am trying to get a sense of the extent to which actual funding falls short of needed funding. Information on the GEF budget is easy to obtain, but I am looking for scholarly estimates of what the GEF might need to more effectively achieve its mandate. I am also looking for a breakdown of donor nations and amount pledged by each donor at the most recent replenishment agreement. If anyone can direct me to this information, I'd appreciate it. You can respond to me directly and, if necessary, I will distribute the answers to the listserv in a single email. Best, -- Phillip Stalley Assistant Professor, Political Science DePaul University [EMAIL PROTECTED]
fishing hooks - industry research
Hi All, I am trying to understand the industry for fishing hooks - particularly circle hooks. Am interested to know the system from production to market and costs. . .Does anyone have an idea of where I might find such information? Many thanks! ruba
Mark Kurlansky
Hi All, Shot in the dark here, but does anybody happen to know Mark Kurlansky, author of *Cod *and *Salt*? He's a former commercial fisherman turned journalist. . .I'd like to contact him about his research and approach him as a potential speaker at an upcoming event. Many thanks, ruba
Re: Mark Kurlansky
Hi All! Thanks for your help! I found that searching his publishers' websites alone only lead to email or fax options to a namely, numberless destination - not direct communication. I needed to reach him more urgently and so through making some calls to a series of other speaking events that I learned Mr. Kurlansky has done, I've gotten in touch with his publicist at Random House. If anyone is interested, his publicist is Brian Mclendon; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 212-572-2681. Thanks again! ruba Larry - can't say that Brian and I are best friends yet...but I'll let you know! :) On 5/1/07, Ruba Marshood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, Shot in the dark here, but does anybody happen to know Mark Kurlansky, author of *Cod *and *Salt*? He's a former commercial fisherman turned journalist. . .I'd like to contact him about his research and approach him as a potential speaker at an upcoming event. Many thanks, ruba
Fwd: California Climate Change Policy Forum
This may be of interest to the group! best, ruba -- Forwarded message -- From: William H. Schlesinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mar 7, 2007 8:39 PM Subject: [Everyone] Fwd: Climate Change To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:49:35 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Charles D. Kolstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Climate Change X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.3.7.153933 Bill, We are doing a policy forum here on California Climate Policy, which will be webcast at http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/events/climate_forum.htm Thanks. Charlie William H. Schlesinger James B. Duke Professor, Biogeochemistry Dean The Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences Duke University Durham, NC 27708 919-613-8004 919-613-8061 fax ___ Everyone mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.nicholas.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/everyone
Carbon fasting for the holidays; faith-based environmental action
Fyi. This information was forwarded to me from a colleague at Duke U's Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences... Best, ruba -- Forwarded message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Feb 13, 2007 12:36 PM Subject: [Profstudents] Tired of missing your favorite foods? Try carbon fasting for Lent!!! To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Heard about this from Alice Lloyd of the NC Interfaith Coalition on Climate Change. Consider carbon fasting this Lent as an alternative to giving up fried foods or sugar. Help youself and the Earth this Lint, make a larger impact with your faith and your environmentalism! Learn more from the Monthly Eco-Justice bulletin below from the NC Interfaith Coalition. Monthly Eco-Justice Bulletin February Edition 2007 To help people of faith and their communities address the causes and consequences of global climate change through education and public policy advocacy. NC Interfaith Power Light: A program of the North Carolina Council of Churches Formerly Climate Connection www.ncipl.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Go on a Low Carbon Diet! Two resources Caring for Creation: A Prayer/Action Guide for a Lenten Fast from Carbon. Traditionally Lent, the 40 days before Easter, has been a time of self-evaluation, repentance, and renewal. Typical spiritual practices include prayer, almsgiving, and fasting. This year, NC Interfaith Power and Light invites you to fast from carbon, that is, to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide you put into the atmosphere. http://www.nccouncilofchurches.org/areasofwork/committees/climate_connection/resources.htm Low Carbon Diet, A 30 Day Program to Lose 5000 Pounds is an illustrated workbook that offers much more than a list of eco-friendly actions. It walks you through every step of the process, from calculating your current CO2 footprint to tracking your progress. It's publisher the Empowerment Institute calls it a fun, accessible, easy to use guide that will show you, step-by-step, how to dramatically reduce your CO2 output in just a month's time. Visit www.empowermentinstitute.net and also read this Christian Science Monitor article which profiles both Low Carbon Diet and Interfaith Power and Light. http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1228/p14s01-sten.html Want to learn about carbon offsets? The Tufts Climate Initiative recently issued a thorough study about purchasing voluntary carbon offsets to offset air travel emissions. You can find all the information at http://www.tufts.edu/tci/carbonoffsets Download the full report as well as the consumer handout. Few guidelines are available for consumers on how to choose the best offset company, but Interfaith Power Light's national website offers links to three. http://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org/ ___ Profstudents mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.nicholas.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/profstudents - End forwarded message - ___ Profstudents mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.nicholas.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/profstudents
Re: GEP - Wikipedia
As a graduate student...and one who remembers spending endless hours in the library making sure to copy exactly all the relevent information from variousbooks in order to hand write papers in my earlyschool years and an avid Googler, I'd like to suggest Wikipedia as an optional starting point for reference. While I do not consider Wikipedia a resource for my research on international environmental policy, endangered species and natural resource management, it was certainly useful in helping me to explain off-sides during the World Cup. Wikipedia has a place in providing knowledge to society, but I think students gain a better appreciation for research and in the development of their own ideas from actually having to conduct literature research and from learning to distinguish credible sources from the non-credible. It's easy to select the easiest way to conduct researchwith all the technology that becomes available, and though I'm very happy to use any internet source that can speed up the process, I frankly do not consider Wikipedia a credible resource, though in some cases it may reference credible sources for its content. If this is the case, I suggest the student go straight to the source. my two cents... ruba On 9/13/06, Paul Steinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The way I cast this argument is to note that the quantity ofinformation problem has been solved (to put it mildly), and the new challenge is to identify quality information.This leads to adiscussion about peer review.More broadly, the challenge is to findshortcuts that can help the student to access quality sources.One trick is to include the word syllabus in google searchers; professors serve as information filters as we sort through a mass ofbooks and articles on a given topic in search of something worthassigning.References that appear on several syllabi are likely to bekey sources. Another trick is to think in terms of brand names.Even a computerscience major is not going to disassemble a computer before buying it;rather, s/he will likely rely on brand name as a short cut to indicate quality.Including brand names like the National Academy of Sciencesand other reputable research sources (organizations, individuals) inone's searches is a way to access quality research.Once can also limit google searches with site:.eduBut how can a student (and citizens generally) distinguish brandquality?To the non-specialist, the Foreign Policy Council appearsindistinguishable from (to make up a name) the Foreign Policy Analysis Center, which could be no more than an individual with strong opinionsand a big bank account.This is an area in which faculty can providesome guidance.But what of the citizen, outside of academia, who would like to become informed about an information-intensive socialcontroversy like global warming or intelligent design of impacts ofpesticides?I believe Google Scholar could be a very significant part of the answer; I looked into it this summer and it certainly outperformsmy library's search engines.But the peer-reviewed work it pulls up ismade inaccessible to the public, unless one pays a fee. And why pay, when there are these free (and often misleading) information sources outthere on the web?To my mind the democratization of knowledge - and the informedparticipation of citizens - will require less wikipedia and more free access to scholarship.This is where I include a disclaimer acknowledging the importance ofnon-scholarly sources for many research endeavors, both to escape theassumptions and emphasis of the academy and to access cutting edge insights from the grey literature.Paul--Paul F. SteinbergAssistant Professor of Political Science Environmental PolicyHarvey Mudd College301 E. Platt BoulevardClaremont, CA 91711 tel. 909-607-3840
Re: developing countries GEP
Dear Beth, Lilian, Kia and All: In your searches, may I recommend that you also look for (eco)-tourism establishment, protected areas and conflict in the less developed countries. Generally, I find issues of developing countries and GEP to be ingrained in such issues as outside interest in the nation's resources or ecology increases. Consider as an example the development of the Bimini Bay Resort and Casino on the Bahamas' Bimini islands essential fish habitatliterally on top of theNorth Sound Lagoon. A good overview is provided here: http://www.miami.edu/sharklab/news_protectbimini.html. The main question is of courseover thevalue of economic development through environmental degradationversus that through a more conservative means.Haiti andpressures it faces, especially as adumping ground for waste frommore developed countries in the last few decades, I think,offers another example. If these issues and others like it are of your interest, I'd be happy to elaborate.Just say the word! Otherwise, most of the literature that I've seen on the issue tends to deal with logging. Unfortunately, I'm quite removed from my library on these materials at the moment but will try to send some other lit suggestions soon. Hope this helps in the meantime. Best wishes, ruba On 2/1/06, Ken Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I apologize if this has already been suggested, but the infamous SummersMemo (copy attached) always starts a rollicking discussion. Regards,Ken CousinsHarrison Program on the Future Global AgendaDepartment of Government and PoliticsUniversity of MarylandCollege Park, MD 20742T: 301-405-6862F: 301-314-9690 [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/kcousinshttp://augmentation.blogspot.com The important thing is not to stop questioning.Curiosity has its own reason for existing. Albert Einstein
shark finning
Hello Again Everyone! I am looking at the issue of shark finning post-the ICCAT recommendation to ban the activity. I'm interested in the response of the bigger shark finning nations, (i.e. China, Korea) to the ICCAT ban (will they accept the ban?) as well as nations that have developed an interest in finning in order to export to the Asian market. This is a foggy period for this research because early efforts (FAO and IUCN resolutions) have been met with minimal cooperation and it is perhaps too soon to tell the efficacy of the ICCAT ban. I wonder if anyone can help me in discoving how this international agreement of ICCAT as well as CITES may shed some light on what will come - or on room for improvement. I'd like to find information on the position of interested nations to this issue, and am having a difficult time. Thanks for any help! ruba
Haiti - Coastal Management
Dear All- I am enrolled in a mini-seminar,"Land Management Plannning in LDC and Transition Countries,"and have been asked to present a short brief on any issue describing the planning problem, key stakeholders and their perspectives along with an assessment and suggestions for moves towards the development of a solution. I am interested on issues involving Haiti's coastal development. I'd like to touch on the toxic wastes that have been shipped over from the US, though I am interested in Haiti's current plans toward coastal sanitation and develpment overall. I do not have much time for this assignment which I will complete this evening, however, I thought I'd see if any of you might have some research tips. I've looked at World Bank, USAID and a few UN sites, as well as general Google searches for "Haiti/Caribbean Development." I appreciate in advance any advice! I apologize for my haste in my request- have just returned from weekend's work at the marine lab in Beaufort! Thank you so much! ruba__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
