Internet Resource Guide

General International Organization Resources

Advancing Women is an international network for women in the workplace based on the premises that women face different challenges than men at work and that women need to network together in order to meet these challenges successfully.
http://www.advancingwomen.com

Alternative Mall is a working group of women researchers and activists who work towards a just social order based on gender equality, economic and racial justice, and environmental sustainability under the Center of Concern's Website.
http://www.coc.org/focus/private/vsmlinks.html

Amnesty International - Women's Human Rights Programs seeks to stop the particular violations of civil and political rights that women and girls experience.
http://www.amnesty-usa.org/women/index.html

Association for Progressive Communications is an international network of civil society organizations dedicated to empowering and supporting groups and individuals working for peace, human rights, development and protection of the environment, through the strategic use of information and communication technologies, including the Internet.
http://www.apc.org

Association of Women in Development is an international membership NGO consisting of practitioners, scholars and policy makers committed to gender equality and a just and sustainable development process. AWID works to build the capacity of individuals advocating for women's rights worldwide and to deepen the dialogue on specific Women In Development/Gender And Development (WID/GAD) issues.
http://www.awid.org

AVIVA is an international women's magazine which enables women all over the world to make contact with each other.
http://www.aviva.org/index.html

BBC Worldservice - Women in Power Reveal What It Takes profiles 11 female world leaders. Using exclusive material from recent interviews and the BBC archives, find out what motivates them, how they overcame the barriers they faced, and how they achieved success. Discover "what it takes."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/wiwp/index_static.shtml

BRIDGE, set up in 1992 as a specialized gender and development information service with the support of Member organizations of the OECD/DAC WID Expert Group, is now an established non-profit unit specializing in gender and development based at the Institute of Development Studies in the UK.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge

Center for Advanced Study of International Development at Michigan State University promotes and coordinates the work of faculty and students interested in international development from the perspective of the social sciences and liberal arts.
http://www.isp.msu.edu/CASID

Center for Global Education at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, provides cross-cultural educational opportunities in Latin America, Southern Africa, and other sites across the globe.
http://www.augsburg.edu/global

Center for Health and Gender Equity is an international reproductive health and rights organization that aims to integrate a gender and human rights perspective into the primary institutional actors that determine public health policies, such as USAID, World Bank, and the UN Population Fund.
http://www.genderhealth.org

Center for Women's Global Leadership develops and facilitates women's global leadership towards human rights and social justice worldwide, with an emphasis on violence against women, sexual and reproductive health, and socio-economic well-being.
http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu

Centre for Development and Population Activities empowers women at all levels of society to be full partners in development.
http://www.cedpa.org

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is a non-governmental organization that promotes women's human rights. It works internationally to combat sexual exploitation in all its forms.
http://www.catwinternational.org

Commission on the Advancement of Women promotes gender equality in national and international development and in humanitarian assistance organizations.
http://www.interaction.org/caw

Commission on the Status of Women is an intergovernmental body that monitors the situation of women and promotes their rights in societies around the world.
http://www.un.org/Conferences/Women/PubInfo/Status/Scrn5.htm

Commonwealth of Learning is an intergovernmental organisation created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to encourage the development and sharing of open learning/distance education knowledge, resources and technologies.
http://www.col.org

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research believes that agricultural research and science have a key role to play in reducing poverty and fighting hunger, and protecting our environment. Made up of an alliance of international organizations and research centers, CGIAR works towards environmental and human sustainability. Multilingual.
http://www.cgiar.org

Derechos Human Rights is the first Internet-based human rights organization working for the promotion and respect of human rights all over the world. Resources are available sorted by geographical region.
http://www.derechos.human-rights

Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era is a network of women scholars and activists from the economic South who engage in feminist research and analysis of the global environment and are committed to working for economic justice, gender justice, and democracy. DAWN works globally and regionally in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Pacific on the themes of Political Economy of Globalization.
http://www.dawn.org.fj

Development Gateway is an Internet platform for gender- and development-related resources, information, and dialogue. The objective is to enhance the effectiveness of development efforts worldwide through sharing knowledge of gender-sensitive analysis, actions, and policies.
http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/130625

DEVLINE is the development information service from the British Library for Development Studies (BLDS). DEVLINE serves all those with an interest in economic and social development and the relationships between rich and poor countries.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/devline

DIANA: International Human Rights Database is a collaborative database of electronic materials devoted to women's human rights.
http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/about.htm

Different National and Ethnic Feminisms provides information on feminism across the globe and is organized by region. Bibliographies are by location, interest area, and topic.
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/ethnic.html

Duke Journal of Gender, Law and Policy is an interdisciplinary publication devoted to the discussion of gender issues in the context of law and public policy.
http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/djglp

Eldis Gender Resource Guide provides news, links, gender-related databases, and other resources for research in gender and development issues worldwide.
http://www.eldis.org/gender

Equality Now is an international human rights organization dedicated to action for the civil, political, economic and social rights of women.
http://www.equalitynow.org

Family Care International is a non-profit organization established to improve women's sexual and reproductive health and rights in developing countries, with a special emphasis on making pregnancy and childbirth safer. FCI addresses a range of urgent health issues within a framework of the comprehensive, women-centered approach to reproductive health, which was endorsed by 179 countries at the International Conference on Population and Development in 1994.
http://www.familycareintl.org

Family Health International works to improve reproductive health around the world with an emphasis on developing countries.
http://www.fhi.org

Female Genital Mutilation Education and Networking Project is a project of the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers and offers information, resources, and links pertinent to the issue of FGM worldwide.
http://www.fgmnetwork.org

Feminist.com is a resource database covering topics such as business, articles, health, politics, art, etc. from a global as well as national perspective.
http://www.feminist.com

Feminist International Radio Endeavor is a groundbreaking women's media network that began short-wave radio broadcasts from their base in Costa Rica in 1991 and Web-based radio broadcasts in 1998. The site contains both written and broadcast interviews with women worldwide, available in Spanish and English.
http://www.fire.or.cr

Feminist Majority Foundation includes research, information and opportunities for action in women's issues worldwide.
http://www.feminist.org

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was founded to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity and to better the condition of rural populations. The site contains news and highlights as well as a section on women and population.
http://www.fao.org

Futures Group specializes in the design and implementation of public health and social programs for developing countries. Futures Group responds to the world's most pressing public health and social issues by offering a range of services in social marketing, advocacy, policy development, monitoring and evaluation, and strategic planning.
http://www.tfgi.com

Gay and Lesbian Arabic Society (GLAS) is an international organization based in the United States with chapters worldwide. GLAS is a support network for gay and lesbian people of Arabic descent or those living in Arabic communities who wish to promote a positive image of gay and lesbian lifestyles and end discrimination based on sexual orientation.
http://www.glas.org

GDNET is the Global Development Network's online community linking local development research and policy.
http://www.gdnet.org

Gender and Food Security is a Website hosted by the FAO that contains topics related to women and food security, including education, population, agriculture and the environment.
http://www.fao.org/gender

Gender Mainstreaming, hosted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), promotes gender equality and the self-empowerment of women and girls.
http://www.unesco.org/women

Gender Policy Review is the Website for a monthly magazine geared toward policy professionals and individuals interested in gender and international development, and domestic politics.
http://gender-policy.tripod.com/journal

Gender-Related Electronic Forums is an annotated, frequently-updated, alphabetical listing of publicly-accessible electronic forums (or e-mail lists) related to women or to gender issues. There are 16 topical listings including an international list.
http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/forums.html

GenderStats in an online database of gender statistics. The Website is an excellent resource for statistics that are available by country on gender profile summaries, basic demographic data, population dynamics, labor force structure, education and health.
http://genderstats.worldbank.org

Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women is a movement of worldwide organizations and individuals working on issues related to human trafficking and women's labor migration in every region of the world. Through a strategy of promoting the involvement of grassroots women, they aim to ensure that the human rights of trafficked persons are respected and protected by authorities and agencies.
http://www.gaatw.org

Global Coalitions for Voices of the Poor is a Website dedicated to supporting the advancement of coalitions that aim to create spaces in the international fora for the voices and priorities of poor people.
http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/voices/globcoal/index.htm

Global Fund for Women provides grants to women's human rights organizations around the world, working to address critical issues such as gaining economic independence, increasing girls' access to education, and stopping violence against women.
http://www.globalfundforwomen.org

Global List of Women's Organizations provides a comprehensive listing of women's organizations all over the globe.
http://www.distel.ca/womlist/womlist.html

Global Reproductive Health Forum is an Internet resource center providing a space for discourse regarding gender and reproductive health rights. Initiated by the Harvard School of Public Health, the Website includes numerous discussion lists, electronic forums, and an extensive research library.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf

H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online is an international interdisciplinary organization of scholars and teachers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web. It provides edited lists and Websites to publish peer-reviewed essays, multimedia materials, and discussion for colleagues and the interested public.
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu

H-WOMEN is a member of the H-NET humanities and social sciences on-line initiative at Michigan State University. It encourages scholarly discussion to communicate current research and teaching interests, to discuss new approaches, methods and tools of analysis, to test new ideas and to share comments on current historiography as it relates to women.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~women

Human Rights Library is an online human rights search engine sponsored by the University of Minnesota. It has over 10,000 documents, including the proceedings of the Human Rights Commission, the Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities and the human rights treaty bodies, including CEDAW. Database can be accessed in English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Japanese, and Russian.
http://www.umn.edu/humanrts

Human Rights Watch is an independent NGO dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.
http://www.hrw.org

Human Rights Web is designed to explain human rights, access documents, promote human rights and list resources.
http://www.hrweb.org

Hypatia, a journal of feminist anthropology, has its roots in the Society for Women in Philosophy which is intended to encourage and communicate many different kinds of feminist philosophies.
http://www.iup.journals.org/hypatia

Idealist is a project of Action Without Borders. The Website provides information on international non-profit organizations, job openings, volunteer opportunities, and more.
http://www.idealist.org

Improving Women's Access to Credit is a resource for women maintained by the Virtual Library on Microcredit. It includes information relevant to women's economic situations in the developing world.
http://www.gdrc.org/icm/wind/wind.html

Institute for Global Communications brings advanced communications technologies to grassroots organizations worldwide working for peace, human rights, environmental sustainability, women's rights, conflict resolution and worker rights. Over 250 nonprofit organizations host their websites with IGC, helping to disseminate information on social justice causes.
http://www.igc.org

Institute for Women's Policy Research is an independent, scientific research organization established to rectify the limited availability of policy research on women's lives and to inform and stimulate debate on issues of critical importance for women.
http://www.iwpr.org

Instituto del Tercer Mundo (Third World Institute) performs information, communication and education activities on an international level, concerning development and environment-related activities. Working as a civil society organization, Instituto del Tercer Mundo encourages citizen involvement in issues of international importance. In Spanish and English.
http://www.item.org.uy

Integrated Regional Information Networks, part of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, pioneered the use of e-mail and Web technology to deliver and receive information to and from some of the most remote and underdeveloped places in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia cheaply and efficiently. Its reporting focuses on strengthening universal access to timely, strategic, and non-partisan information.
http://www.irinnews.org

International Center for Research on Women is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of women in poverty, advance women's equality and human rights, and contribute to the broader economic and social wellbeing. ICRW accomplishes this, in partnership with others, through research, capacity building, and advocacy on issues affecting women's economic, health, and social status in low- and middle-income countries.
http://www.icrw.org

International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS is a UK-based international organization that seeks to fulfill the needs of HIV positive women around the world by providing support, information, services, and resources.
http://www.icw.org

International Development Research Center - Gender and Sustainable Development Unit works to integrate a gender perspective in all IDRC programs and initiatives. The site is meant to serve as a useful starting point for researchers looking for gender-related information at IDRC.
http://www.idrc.ca/gender

International Development Research Information Services is a database containing information on activities in all fields of development research, funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) since its inception in 1970.
http://www.idrc.ca/library

International Federation of Human Rights Leagues is an NGO which promotes the implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the other international instruments protecting human rights. In French and English.
http://www.fidh.org

International Feminist Journal of Politics is a unique cross-cultural and international forum to foster debate and dialogue at the intersection of international relations, politics, and women's studies. The journal is available both online and on paper.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/14616742.html

International Food Policy Research Institute was established to identify and analyze policies for sustainably meeting the food needs of the developing world. Research at IFPRI concentrates on economic growth and poverty alleviation in low-income countries, improvement of the well-being of poor people, and sound management of the natural resource base that supports agriculture.
http://www.ifpri.org

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance - Gender and Political Participation focuses on the quantitative and qualitative impact of women on political decision-making. This Website provides an extensive array of links, news, and publications. IDEA provides a forum for interaction and exchange of experience among a variety of global actors involved in the promotion of democracy.
http://www.idea.int/women

International Institute for Sustainable Development analyzes policies, identifies and disseminates information about best practices, demonstrates how to measure progress and builds partnerships to amplify these messages. Its mission is to promote sustainable development in decision making internationally and within Canada.
http://iisd1.iisd.ca

International Labour Organization of the United Nations: Gender Equality Tools considers gender equality a key element of its vision of Decent Work for All toward social and institutional change to bring about equity and growth. Gender equality, along with development, has been identified by the ILO as a cross-cutting issue of the strategic objectives of its global agenda of Decent Work.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/gender

International Muslimah Artists Network is an international organization by and for Muslim women artists, promoting the artwork of Muslim women around the globe. IMAN is a support structure, lending help through regular exhibits, articles, and educational events.
http://www.hammoude.com

International Peace Bureau is the world's oldest and most comprehensive international peace federation, bringing together people working for peace in many different sectors; not only pacifists, but also women's, youth, labor, religious, and professional bodies
http://www.ipb.org

International Planned Parenthood Federation is committed to promoting the right of women and men to decide freely the number and spacing of their children and the right to the highest possible level of sexual and reproductive health. IPPF works to set standards in contraceptive safety, program management, service provision, and gender equity.
http://www.ippf.org

International Women's Democracy Center seeks to strengthen women's global leadership through training, education, networking, and research in all facets of democracy with a particular focus on increasing the participation of women in policy, politics, and decision-making within their own governments.
http://www.iwdc.org

International Women's Development Agency undertakes projects in partnership with women from around the world, giving priority to working with women who suffer poverty and oppression.
http://www.iwda.org.au

International Women's Health Coalition promotes women's reproductive and sexual health and rights. IWHC works with a growing international women's health movement that advocates health and population policies to better meet the needs of women and their families, communities and countries.
http://www.iwhc.org

International Women's Tribune Centre: Connecting Women Globally for Social Change provides communication, information, education, and organizing support services to women's organizations and community groups working to improve the lives of women in the developing world.
http://www.iwtc.org

Ipas is a non-profit, international organization that provides training, research, and technical assistance in the areas of women's health and reproductive rights.
http://www.ipas.org

John Snow, Inc. Research and Training Institute is a healthcare consulting firm dedicated to individual and community health around the world. JSI conducts research and provides technical assistance to enable agencies and health professionals to effectively and compassionately address the needs of families and individuals they serve, especially the poor and under served.
http://www.jsi.com

Library of Congress Country Studies is a continuing series of books containing studies on 85 countries. Type in keyword "women."
http://lcweb.loc.gov
This gets you to the home page for the Library of Congress, which is a secured site and you have to click on "Search our Site" then click on the "Browse an Alphabetical Index." Then click "C" and scroll down to "Country Studies/Area Handbooks."

Linkages, a multimedia resource for environment and development policy makers, contains a site with information on the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing, in 1995.
http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/women.html

Madre is an international human rights organization that works in partnership with women's community based groups worldwide to address issues of health, economic development, and other human rights.
http://www.madre.org

Management Systems International is a woman-owned consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. with clients worldwide. MSI provides management consulting over several areas of expertise.
http://www.msi-inc.com

Mapping the World of Women's Information Services is a database with over 350 women's information centers and libraries from more than 125 countries.
http://www.iiav.nl/mapping-the-world

Men, Masculinities, and Gender Relations in Development is a Website containing links to papers presented as part of the Economic Social Research Council funded Seminar Series on "Men, Masculinities, and Gender Relations in Development." The seminars arose out of a need to explore issues relating to men and masculinities within the context of gender and development, questioning whether established policy regarding gender and development has evolved into a gender equitable approach, or whether it has maintained an overriding focus on women.
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/dppc/gender/mandmweb/contents.html

Microcredit Summit Campaign is working to ensure that 100 million of the world's poorest families, especially the women of those families, are receiving credit for self-employment and other financial and business services by the year 2005.
http://www.microcreditsummit.org

Minnesota Women's Center at the University of Minnesota is a place for women and men to share information, resources and advocacy. Their Internet site includes volunteer opportunities, programs, links and a newsletter.
http://www.umn.edu/women/programs.html

Monterrey Institute of International Studies, on the California coast, provides graduate degrees to those seeking a career in international settings. Emphasis is placed on foreign languages and applied research, with alumni working everywhere from Canada to Kazakhstan.
http://www.miis.edu

Muslim Women's Homepage provides information aimed at allowing for greater understanding of the true stance Islam takes on gender issues and the role of women.
http://www.jannah.org/sisters

n. paradoxa is an international feminist art journal exploring the paradoxes of feminism and the art world today.
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/n.paradoxa/index.htm

NetAid is a US-based non-profit organization that is committed to ending extreme poverty worldwide. The organization connects people with international projects and organizations that help people in impoverished areas of the world.
http://netaid.org

NGONET - Women and Development is a decentralized NGO information-sharing mechanism on global issues aimed to address the information needs of Southern groups. NGONET aims at "closing the circle" from the negotiation and lobbying process at the international level to the actual protagonists at the grassroots.
http://fp.chasque.apc.org:8081/ngonet/mujer/eng/index.htm

Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development is involved in poverty-alleviating programs and projects in developing countries. Search keyword "women."
http://foundation.novartis.com/nfhome.htm

Pacific Institute for Women's Health is dedicated to improving women's health and well-being of women and girls, locally and globally. We work through advocacy, training, community involvement, applied research and evaluation. Fundamental to our efforts is the principle that women's health is a human right.
http://www.piwh.org

Peace Women is a resource center that facilitates communication between women's groups involved in fostering global peace and women's equality through the United Nations. They are particularly interested in UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which addresses the impact of war on women and their contributions to conflict resolution and sustainable peace.
http://peacewomen.org

People's Movement for Human Rights Education is a non-profit, international service organization that works directly and indirectly with its network of affiliates - primarily women's and social justice organizations - to develop and advance pedagogies for human rights education relevant to people's daily lives in the context of their struggles for social and economic justice and democracy.
http://www.pdhre.org

Physicians for Human Rights works to promote health by protecting human rights through medical investigation, research, and forensic science. PHR is involved in numerous campaigns, including a ban on landmine usage, a health campaign for asylum seekers, and an AIDS action network, among others.
http://www.phrusa.org

Population Reference Bureau is the leader in providing timely and objective information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications. PRB informs policymakers, educators, the media, and concerned citizens working in the public interest around the world through a broad range of activities.
http://www.prb.org

Program for Appropriate Technology in Health is an international, non-profit organization whose mission is to improve health, especially for women and children. An emphasis is placed on reproductive health services and on preventing and reducing the impact of widespread communicable diseases.
http://www.path.org

Q-Web is a worldwide network for exchange of knowledge, experience, and ideas on women's health and gender issues. This site contains Internet links under the following categories: gender equality; society and women's health; sexuality and reproduction; violence and abuse; adolescents; and trafficking.
http://www.qweb.kvinnoforum.se

Safe Motherhood Initiative is a worldwide effort that aims to reduce the number of deaths and illnesses associated with pregnancy and childbirth. Since 1987, the Initiative has become a unique partnership of governments, donors, technical agencies, NGOs, and women's health advocates in more than 100 countries.
http://www.safemotherhood.org

Sakyadhita: The International Association of Buddhist Women is a resource page for women that provides information on events, back issues of the Sakyadhita ("Daughters of the Buddha").
http://www.sakyadhita.org

Save the Children's Economic Opportunities Programs focus on gender equality, empowerment, and sustainability. They serve ultimately to help children and are designed to have an impact that's measurable and lasting. The philosophy is simple but effective: help women help themselves economically, and there is a measurable, positive impact on children.
http://www.savethechildren.org/economic_opportunities

SDdimensions: People, a service of the Sustainable Development Department (SD) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), is designed to take a more holistic and strategic approach to development support and poverty alleviation.
http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/PEdef_en.htm

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States - SIECUS International began its international sexuality education initiative in 1993. Because of the increase in couples of reproductive age, as well as growth of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, many cultures are forced to be more open about sexuality issues and more receptive to sexuality and HIV/AIDS education which stress safe and responsible sexual behavior.
http://www.siecus.org/inter/index.html

Sisterhood is Global Institute is an international feminist think-tank network of individuals and organizations working to promote women's rights. Their activities include support campaigns for persecuted women, publication of women's manuals and projects, and the maintenance of a resource center with articles, reports, periodicals, and books on gender issues and activism throughout the world.
http://www.sigi.org

Study Abroad Programs on Gender, Women and Development at the Center for Global Education at Augsburg College offers quality undergraduate study abroad programs which focus on gender issues and women's struggles for economic justice, appropriate development and human dignity in the regions of Mexico, Central America and Southern Africa.
http://www.augsburg.edu/global

Trickle Up Program, operating in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the United States, helps the lowest income people worldwide take their first step up out of poverty, by providing conditional seed capital and business training essential to the launch of a microenterprise This proven social and economic model is implemented in partnership with local agencies.
http://www.trickleup.org

United Nations and the Status of Women: Setting the Global Gender Agenda is the UN body dealing with policy decisions on women's status, monitoring women's situations and preparing recommendations for the UN and its member states.
http://www.un.org/Conferences/Women/PubInfo/Status/Home.htm

United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women provides information about the status and functions of the CEDAW human rights treaty and state parties that have ratified or acceded to it.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw

United Nations Development Fund for Women is the UN organization that provides funding and technical assistance for programs that promote women's human rights, political empowerment, and economic security around the world.
http://www.unifem.undp.org

United Nations Development Program: Gender in Development includes extensive resources, including their on-line newsletter, programs, statistical data, and on-line papers.
http://www.undp.org/gender

United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women promotes the vision of equality of the UN Charter, advocating improvement in the status of women and the achievement of equality with men.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: Women and Gender Equality Unit promotes and facilitates UNESCO's efforts to integrate a gender perspective in its work. The Unit's main tasks are to coordinate UNESCO's program and policy regarding the empowerment of women and gender equality.
http://www.unesco.org/culture/women

United Nations Population Fund supports developing countries, at their request, to improve access to and the quality of reproductive health care, particularly family planning, safe motherhood, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS. The Fund also supports women's rights and supports data collection and analysis to help countries achieve sustainable development.
http://www.unfpa.org

United Nations Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women stimulates and assists through research, training, collection and dissemination of information. It promotes the advancement of women by making women's contribution to development more visible and assists in the efforts of inter-, non- and governmental organizations in this regard.
http://www.un-instraw.org

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development has a gender page pertaining to strengthening the capacity of researchers in analyzing the way in which macro-economic policies affect gender inequalities and to feeding their findings into the policy formulation process. Click on "Gender" category on the left-hand column.
http://www.unrisd.org

USAID Office of Women in Development assists the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with integration of gender concerns into all USAID programs, coordinates with the donor community, and identifies emerging issues where gender is a key concern.
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/wid/

Voices from Beijing is a series of interviews from participants at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women.
http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/4wcw/voices.html

Voices of Women is a journal and resource guide in which women tell their stories, discuss real issues, and share hard-won wisdom.
http://www.voicesofwomen.org

Womanist Theory and Research is an interdisciplinary, international journal on women of color. It provides a forum for exchanging feminist research, theory, and ideas among scholars and students.
http://www.uga.edu/~womanist

Women Acting Together for Change is a non-profit, apolitical and secular NGO with the commitment to attempt an alternate approach to self-reliant and sustainable development.
http://www.panasia.org.sg/nepalnet/watch

WomenAction is a global information, communication, and media network that enables NGOs to actively engage in the Beijing +5 review process with the long-term goal of women's empowerment, with a special focus on women and media.
http://www.womenaction.org

Women and Environment International Magazine is an unique international magazine which examines women's multiple relations to their many environments from a feminist perspective.
http://www.weimag.com

Women and Gender in Global Perspectives at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is concerned with the role of women in developing societies and the impact of international development on women, children and men throughout the world.
http://www.ips.uiuc.edu/wggp

Women and International Development: Resources in the Michigan State University Libraries and on the WWW is a source for materials relevant to studying women and development issues at MSU.
http://www.lib.msu.edu/schaubm1/wid.htm

Women for Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife, and other conflicts with tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty into a civil society that promotes and protects peace, stability, and self-sufficiency.
http://www.womenforwomen.org

Women in Development Network, rated best of the web by Netguide, is a WID database offering statistics and other information on women's health, education, labor, political participation, etc. around the world.
http://www.focusintl.com/widnet.htm

Women in Development of the Inter-American Development Bank enhances women's contribution to development and ensures their equitable participation in bank funded programs, as well as the benefits of development.
http://www.iadb.org/sds/wid/index_wid_e.htm

Women in World History Curriculum is an interactive site full of information and resources about women's experiences in world history.
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com

Women, Ink. is a project of the International Women's Tribune Centre to market and distribute resources on women and development worldwide.
http://www.womenink.org

Women Living Under Muslim Laws is an international network that provides information, solidarity and support for all women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam. The Network aims to increase the autonomy of women by supporting the local struggles of women within Muslim countries and communities. The network facilitates interaction, exchanges and contacts these women and other feminists worldwide.
http://www.wluml.org

Women Waging Peace aims to change the public policy paradigm to fully integrate women throughout formal and informal peace processes to prevent violent conflict, stop war, and sustain peace in fragile regions.
http://www.womenwagingpeace.net

Women's Action for New Directions is a grassroots, US organization with members in all 50 states, which seeks to empower women to act politically, to reduce militarism and violence, and to redirect excessive military resources toward human and environmental needs. The Website offers women a number of opportunities to take action in the fields of disarmament and women's empowerment.
http://www.wand.org

Women's Caucus For Gender Justice is built upon the recognition that women's human rights are human rights and the call for accountability for violations and integration of gender concerns throughout the UN human rights system. It also monitors the Optional Protocol to the Women's Convention, CEDAW, so that women around the world will have access to remedies to violations of human rights.
http://www.iccwomen.org

Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children works to ensure that refugee and displaced women, children, and adolescents are given protection, encouraged to participate, and have access to education, health services, and livelihood opportunities.
http://www.womenscommission.org

Women's Environment and Development Organization is an international advocacy organization that seeks to increase the power of women worldwide as policymakers at all levels in governments, institutions, and forums to achieve economic and social justice, a healthy and peaceful planet, and human rights for all.
http://www.wedo.org

Women's Human Rights Net links partner organizations and women's human rights advocates worldwide via the Internet.
http://www.whrnet.org

Women's Human Rights Resources at the University of Toronto is a collaborative venture of a consortium of law librarians, university-based human rights centers and other NGO human rights organizations which collaborate to create a database of electronic materials essential to human rights research.
http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana

Women's Intercultural Network, Inc. creates a setting for women to come together to exchange skills in political, professional and economic leadership and to foster a better understanding for cross-cultural friendships.
http://www.win-cawa.org

Women's International Center is a non-profit education and service foundation dedicated to acknowledging, honoring, celebrating, informing, and educating women.
http://www.wic.org

Women's International News Gathering Service is a news and current affairs radio program that has featured speeches and interviews with distinguished women of the world.
http://www.wings.org/about.html

Women's Networking Support Programme is a network of over 80 women from 30 countries who support women networking for social change and gender justice, through the use of information and communication technologies. WNSP promotes gender equity in the design, implementation, and use of information and communication technologies, with special focus on inequities based on women's social or ethnic background.
http://www.apcwomen.org/eng_index.html

Women's Resource Center at Michigan State University is committed to creating and implementing strategies that promote the status of women. Its mission is to provide a supportive climate which enables women to become full and active participants in the development of policy, decision making, and the achievement of equity.
http://www.msu.edu/unit/wrc

Women's Studies Program at Michigan State University emphasizes the position of women in culture and society and the intersections of gender with other social identities including race, class, religion, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation and nationality. This page provides information on curriculum, faculty and other women's studies activities.
http://www.cal.msu.edu/ws

Women's Studies Resources: Women in Development this site was compiled and edited by Karla Tonella, University of Iowa.
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/wstudies/wid.html

Women's World Banking is a women-led global network that aims to expand low-income women's economic participation and power by opening access to finance, information, and markets.
http://womensworldbanking.org

WomensNet@igc supports women's organizations worldwide by providing and adapting telecommunications technology to enhance their work. The site includes action alerts, headlines, highlights, features and issues.
http://www.igc.org/igc/womensnet/index.html

WomenWatch is an evolving forum on global women's issues which serves as a gateway to UN information and data on women worldwide.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch

World Bank is comprised of five organizations with the purposes of lending and other forms of economic assistance to developing countries. Search keyword "women."
http://www.worldbank.org

World Fact Book, published by the US Central Intelligence Agency, is available in printed and Internet versions.
http://www.odci/gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

World Health Organization aims to attain the highest level of health for all people. WHO develops, establishes, and promotes international standards concerning foods and biological, pharmaceutical, and similar substances.
http://www.who.int