NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2005

Welcome		Gender, migration and HIV/AIDS
Welcome to the third edition of the GMGN Newsletter. The Global Migration and Gender Network is still growing and we now have over 275 subscribed members. I am very pleased to introduce our new Network coordinator, Nina Allen (nallen@gcim.org). Nina has an MA in Gender and International Development from the University of Warwick, and has a particular interest in gender, migration and HIV/AIDS, which is the focus of this newsletter. Just as the gender of migrants affects the migration experience, so does gender, and the gendered aspects of migration, affect the spread and consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. We are also featuring several articles, as well as our usual links. The first of these is an overview of gender and migration by BRIDGE, published in August 2005. The second is an article by Belinda Dodson of the Southern African Migration Project on gender and cross-border migration to South Africa. Thirdly, Laura Agustín’s article on ‘Sex, Gender and Migrations: Facing Up to Ambiguous Realities’ offers a critique of a reductionist debate on trafficking. As usual, we welcome your feedback on the contents of the newsletter. Please contact us at gender@gcim.org if you have any comments about this edition or suggestions for future editions. As in previous editions we have issued a call for papers (see below) and welcome contributions. As many of you know, the final report of the Global Commission on International Migration was presented to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in New York on 5 October 2005. You can find it on the GCIM website www.gcim.org. We hope you will feed back to us on its content and conclusions. Jeff Crisp, Director of Policy and Research, GCIM		Articles AIDS, Gender and the Refugee Protection Framework by Katharine Williamson Migration and AIDS in Africa: a gender analysis by Joy Hamilton From Challenges to Opportunities - Response to Trafficking and HIV/AIDS in South Asia UNDP Regional HIV and Development Programme (South and North East Asia) "Women Have No Tribe": Connecting Carework, Gender, and Migration in an Era of HIV/AIDS in Botswana by Rebecca L Upton, Gender and Society 2003 17:314-322 Discussion paper prepared for the round table on human rights, gender and HIV/AIDS during the 2005 UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS UNDP, UNHCR, UNIFEM and the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS Mobility, Gender and HIV UNIFEM East and Southeast Asia Regional Office Migration, Sexuality, and the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Rural South Africa by Mark N Lurie (Southern African Migration Project) Migration, Gender and HIV/AIDS in Central America and Mexico by M. Caballero, A. Dreser, R. Leyva, C. Rueda and M Bronfman Labour Migration and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa by Daan Brummer (IOM) No Status: Migration, Trafficking and Exploitation of Women in Thailand Health and HIV/AIDS Risks for Burmese and Hill Tribe Women and Girls by Physicians for Human Rights HIV/AIDS prevention: How empowering men and boys to promote gender equality can help ILO Links Caram ASIA: Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility Eldis HIV/AIDS and migration Eldis Gender and HIV/AIDS Dossier: Migration The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS UNESCO’s action against HIV/AIDS UNIFEM Gender and HIV/AIDS portal

GMGN resources		GMGN resources ...
Gender, migration and ethnicity Bibliography produced by the Faculty of History, Leiden University, the Netherlands 1. Race, Gender and Class 2. Health 3. Gender, Home and Nation: A Century of Writings by South Asian Women in Canada The Centre for Feminist Research, York University, Toronto, Canada: Gender, migration and citizenship resources project Basic bibliography on Women and Immigration Rutgers University Library Global migration trends for women: A review of the latest United Nations World Survey on the Role of Women in Development International Migration and the Millenium Development Goals UNFPA Trafficking Gendered Migration, Sex Work and Exploitation: Trafficking in Women and Prostitution Beyond Gender: Illegal Laws, Ethnicity, Armed Conflicts and Trafficking Child Trafficking Digital Library Human Rights The rights of women in armed conflict: an activists' guide Remittances More remittances from women emphasize feminization of migration Gender, Migration and Remittances: Worldwide Context Refugees Sites of Violence: Gender and Conflict Zones edited by Wenona Giles and Jennifer Hyndman Reproductive Health Response in Conflict (RHRC) Consortium		Beijing: the 10th Anniversary Commemoration of the Fourth World Conference on Women Statement by Louise Arbour: 49th Session of Commission on Status of Women Message of the UN Secretary-General Towards gender equality and common development NEWS Sex with trafficked women is rape, says UK minister 16 October 2005 Job brokers held for human trafficking 16 October 2005 World Rural Women's day 15 October 2005 UN Population Fund urges faster pace towards gender equality to reduce world poverty 12 October 2005 Siyanda Update: Migration, Issue No. 36, September 2005 IOM Gender and Migration News September 2005 Anti-Slavery: Trafficking news monthly September 2005 UN Secretary-General: More effort to prevent violence against women migrants Joint response to the Mayor of London consultation on the second London Domestic Violence Strategy 60 million girls missing out on education Save the Children report, September 2005

Featured essays		Events and activities
Gender and Migration BRIDGE - In Brief - October 2005 issue Sex, Gender and Migrations: Facing Up to Ambiguous Realities by Laura Agustín Women on the Move: Gender and Cross-Border Migration to South Africa by Belinda Dodson (Southern African Migration Project) Masculinities: Male Roles and Male Involvement in the Promotion of Gender Equality Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children Studying refugees and asylum seekers: notes on the politics of knowledge by Ellen Lammers (a paper written for the GCIM Global Migration Perspectives series) Global care chains: a critical introduction by Nicola Yeates (a paper written for the GCIM Global Migration Perspectives series)		Programme in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Malmö, Sweden Jan 23 – Feb 17 2006 Gender and Organizational Development Course Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 17 - 28 October 2005 (next course 3rd - 15th July 2006) Seminar on "Women, Migration and Human Rights" Amman and Irbid, 7-9 March 2006 Research on migrant workers: can we talk to you? The Working Lives Research Institute at London Metropolitan University is carrying out research on the employment of migrant workers in England and Wales. The research focuses on health and safety at work and is looking at ways to make sure that migrant workers are protected. Click here for more information Forced Migration Review: call for papers Issue 25 - March 2006 Human Smuggling and Trafficking History, Gender and Migration Conference Paris, École Normale Supérieure and Université Paris I 27-29th of March 2006

Job vacancies		Call for papers
Mama Cash is looking for researchers UK, Germany, Italy, France PICUM director Brussels International Rescue Committee: Consultant for Gender and Development Indonesia		This is an invitation to all GMGN members to contribute papers, articles, book reviews and news of forthcoming events or publications to be posted on the GMGN website. GMGN will deliver a quarterly newsletter including a special feature on a particular aspect of Gender and Migration. Please use the 'Contribute' page on the left-hand menu bar to contribute papers, articles, reviews and upcoming events. If you have a suggestion or topic that you would like discussed, please use the 'Comments' box on the contribute page. For all other information, please email gender@gcim.org.

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