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G D R C    M o s a i c
www.gdrc.org

February 2004
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THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHT: Gender Analysis Framework
from GDRC's Programme on Gender and Development

Gender Analysis Frameworks are step-by-step tools 
for carrying out gender analysis, which help to 
raise questions, analyze information, and develop 
strategies to increase women's and men's 
participation in and benefits from projects and 
programmes.

http://www.gdrc.org/gender/framework/framework.html

As with all sections of GDRC, contributions,
comments and suggestions are always welcome from
users and subscribers! Please contact GDRC's
Coordinator at - mosaic@gdrc.org
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FOCUS ON GDRC: Hand-up, not Hand down

This section focuses on information management 
lessons learnt in coordinating GDRC's activities.

The UN Secretary General, in a speech, highlighted 
that what we need are more "hand-ups and not 
hand-downs" This is a critical message that calls 
for more information and knowledge that enables
proper and relevant decision-making to be done.
Local decisions need to be taken at the local 
level, by local people - not 'handed-down' from
top.

How can awareness be built so that the right 
decision is taken at the right time, at the 
right level, by the right people? This question
is constantly asked when different webpages and
online features are developed. 
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WHAT'S NEW AT GDRC'S WEBSITE?

- All GDRC: A new feature, "Do your bit ..." 
  focussing on International Days that highlight 
  global development issues. 
- Urban Environmental Management: Resources on 
  Sustainable Tourism were edited and updated! 
- Urban Environmental Management: Japan Urban 
  Observatory - information was added and updated 
- NGO Cafe: Flash! - Info on UNV Online Volunteer
  Service added 
- NGO Cafe: Bungee Jumps - The Access Initiative 
- NGO Cafe: Bungee Jumps (Human Rights) - Project 
  for Global Democracy and Human Rights 
- Gender and Development: Gender and Governance 
  - SURF Knowledge Map on Gender 

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MONTHLY STATISTICS FOR GDRC'S WEBSITE

Total Hits - 719,153 
Total Files - 597,928 
Total Pages - 206,759 
Total Visits - 74178 
Total KBytes - 4,879,165 
Pages per Day - Avg. 7,129; Max.13,845 
Visits per Day - Avg. 2,557; Max. 3,249

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ABOUT GDRC MOSAIC

The "GDRC Mosaic" is a monthly email newsletter 
that provides information bites, and summarizes 
programme activities of GDRC, including new items 
added to the website. 

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CONTACT ADDRESS:

Global Development Research Center
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Osaka 534-0027, Japan
Tel / Fax: +(81-6) 6925-8005
Email: mosaic@gdrc.org
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