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Submitted by jcravens42@yahoo.com on January 1, 2007 - 7:08pm.

This is a list of my favorite sites providing regularly-updated development news that you can receive via email (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.) or via an RSS Feed. They are both "mega" sites that compile information from a variety of development/aid organizations, and ICT4D or gender-focused (a reflection of my own interest). I find a lot of information in these publications that help me in my work.

What are your favorite email newsletters or RSS feeds relating to aid work, particularly those that support your activities in the field?

UNESCO CI WebWorld Weekly Newsletter
News from UNESCO's Communication and Information Sector web site and related activities.
http://www.unesco.org/webworld

DB CLICK - The Communication Initiative
Provides several email updates relating to specific development areas: HIV/AIDS, Environment, ICT4D, Democracy & Governance, Edutainment, Health Journalists, South Asia, Girls, Radio, Health, Children, Immunisations, Vaccines & Polio, Integrated Early Childhood Development, Human Rights, and Sustainable Development. Subscribe to any of these via the web site.
http://www.comminit.com/subscribe_drumbeat.html

Development Gateway email updates
Provides a way to subscribe to topic-focused email updates that list new resources and announcements that have been added to the Gateway's ever-growing database. Topics you can subscribe to include HIV/AIDS, environmnt, civil society, women, and capacity-building. Subscribe via the web site.
http://www.developmentgateway.org

INSTRAW News
an electronic newsletter published twice monthly in English, French and Spanish by the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW). Each edition announces events, publications, funding and employment opportunities in addition to other relevant gender-related information. To subscribe, send an email to INSTRAW-NEWS-request@un-instraw.org with the word "subscribe" (but without quotes) in the subject line.
http://www.un-instraw.org

LWATI - SANGONeT
The monthly e-newsletter of the Southern African Non-Governmental Organisation Network (SANGONeT). "Lwati" is an isiSwati word meaning information. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to sangonet-enewsletter-request@lists.sn.apc.org with the word 'Subscribe' in the subject line.
http://www.sangonet.org.za

Siyanda Update Mailing List
a monthly update of new materials added to the Siyanda website. The website aims to assist busy gender practitioners with locating essential gender mainstreaming resources, quickly and easily. It is also an interactive space. To subscribe, send an email to lyris@lyris.ids.ac.uk with this in either the subject line or the body of the message, but without quotes: "subscribe siyanda your name" (replace "your name" with your first/given and last names).
http://www.siyanda.org/archive.htm

UN Wire
A daily listing of summaries and links to stories about the United Nations by a variety of news sources (and, therefore, has a variety of opinions, both pro and con, re: various UN initiatives). Subscribe via the web site.
http://www.smartbrief.com/un_wire/