General Resources: Discussion Groups

CSD NGO Discussion Groups

CSDGen, general NGO list server around CSD issues and process. Send an email to owner-csdgen@undp.org to join or visit the CSD NGO Steering Committee web-site at http://www.igc.org/csdngo

CSD NGO Caucuses

Agriculture safs-csd-subscribe@egroups.com

Education education-csd-subscribe@egroups.com

Energy energy-csd-subscribe@egroups.com

Finance and Trade finance-csd-subscribe@egroups.com

Forests forests-csd-subscribe@egroups.com

Freshwater freshwater-csd-subscribe@egroups.com

Oceans oceans-csd-subscribe@egroups.com

Tourism tourism-csd-subscribe@egroups.com

Transport transport-csd-subscribe@egroups.com

Women women-csd-subscribe@egroups.com

Consumption contact: jbarber@econet.org

2002 contact UNED-UK at una@mcr1.poptel.org.uk

Voluntary Initiatives contact: anped@antenna.nl

Other Gender-Related Discussion Groups

BEIJING +5 GLOBAL FORUM
WomenWatch Online Working Groups in preparation for Beijing +5
A Global Forum of various online working groups to provide input into the Beijing +5 review (New York, June 2000), conducted by WomenWatch in 1999 and 2000. Working groups will be conducted via moderated list servers, summarised and published.

DEVELOPMENT-GENDER
A moderated discussion list run by the Gender, Research and Training (GREAT) unit of the School of Development Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK, which "aims to bridge divides between gender and development researchers, practitioners and individuals at dispersed locations." Much of the discussion is relevant to gender, agriculture and rural development. To subscribe, send the message "Subscribe development-gender" to: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
Queries should be sent to: development-gender-request@mailbase.ac.uk

ECOFEM
An unmoderated discussion list with discussants mainly from academia which provides "an open space for dialogue, allowing a diversity of thought and multiple approaches to women and environment." To subscribe, send the message "Subscribe ecofem your name" to: listserv@csf.colorado.edu
The list manager can be reached at: rixeckes@kea.lincoln.ac.nz

GENDER-CG
The discussion list run by the Gender Research Network, which is sponsored by the CGIAR Gender Program to "link researchers at CGIAR centers, national research institutes, and universities who are involved in gender and intra-household research." Information on the network as well as the network's online newsletter can be found at the web site. To subscribe, send the message "Subscribe Gender-CG" to: listserv@cgnet.com

GEOGFEM
A discussion list of the International Geographical Union's Committee on Gender Relations. Open to the discussion of all topics relating to gender issues in geography, including discussion of theoretical and empirical work/issues as well as book reviews, calls for papers, and information on conferences. geogfem-request@lsv.uky.edu To subscribe, send a message to: listserv@lsv.uky.edu Information on the list can be obtained by sending an email to: The list's manager can be reached at: jajones02@ukcc.uky.edu

GIRA - GENDER IN RURAL AREAS
A low-key discussion list that "brings together those interested in gender issues in rural environments and societies" involving researchers and some rural people in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and North America. The list's manager is Elizabeth Teather who can be reached at: eteather@metz.une.edu.au To subscribe send the message "Subscribe gira" to: majordomo@listserver.hkbu.edu.hk

RURAL WOMEN
The list's hosts, the "Global Network for Rural Women" (see Web Site links), provides this discussion list where "rural women have ready access to a global forum to debate vital issues such as trade agreements, food security and women's rights. They also have the opportunity to share cultural, social, technical and practical agricultural information; to trade and advertise their products, and make friends." To join the Global Network for Rural Women's electronic mailing list: send an e-mail to majordomo@lists.vicnet.net.au and in the body of the message write: subscribe ruralwomen

RURWMN-L
A not very active list with mainly rural women participants from the U.S. To subscribe, send the message "Subscribe rurwmn-L your first and last name" to: listserv@bingvmb.cc.binghamton.edu

Find a larger collection of discussion groups, UN related list servers and online conferences at http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/women/network/discuss.htm