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
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