Traditional Knowledge External Use Only-Women General (TK XU-WG)

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TK holders: This label should be applied when the material that is being accessed by external users is traditionally material that should only be shared between women in the community. This label can be used to make external users recognize that within the community there are specific protocols and conditions of use and that the external user needs to respect and to enter into dialogue about the appropriate use of this material outside the community. This label is designed to recognize that some knowledge is gendered, and that certain knowledge can only be shared among specific members of the community. This is a women’s general label and restricts access and use to women within the community. It should be used to compliment already existing customs and protocols of access and use.

TK users: This material has specific gender restrictions on access. It is usually only to be accessed and used by women in the community. If you are recognized as part of the community you may access this material and share it freely within your community context with regard to the gendered conditions of access and use. If you are not from the community and you have accessed this material, the X community requests that you do not download, copy, remix or otherwise circulate this material to others without express community [oral/written] permission. [If you have come across this material freely online, you may wish to contact the community directly to let them know of its existence beyond their community archive.]