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Internet Resource Guide

Latin American and Caribbean Resources

Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action is a regional network of feminists, individual researchers, activists, and women's organizations that define feminist politics as a matter of both consciousness and action. Committed to understanding the relationship between the oppression of women and other forms of oppression in the society, the group is working actively for change.
http://www.cafra.org

Centro de Estudios de la Mujer (Center for Women's Studies) is dedicated to the study of gender focusing on the areas of work and employment, citizenship, political participation, and public politics. Based in Chile, in Spanish.
http://www.cem.cl

Chiapas, And the Women? This is a collection of documents concerning the condition and presence of women in the Mexican state of Chiapas during the conflict of 1994.
http://www.eco.utexas.edu:80/Homepages/Faculty/Cleaver/begin.html

Ciudadanas en Movimiento por la Democracia (Women Citizens' Movement for Democracy) is an organization of nonpartisan, civil, pacifist women, united by the conviction to impel a visible and protagonist feminist citizenship as a fundamental part in the construction of a true democracy. Based in Mexico, in Spanish.
http://www.laneta.apc.org/ciudadanas

Comunicación e Información de la Mujer (Women's Communication and Information) is a civil association that began in 1988 with the objective of maintaining a bond between communicators, groups, institutions, and proposals which favor the discussion, analysis, and information sharing regarding gender conflict. Based in Mexico, in Spanish.
http://www.cimac.org.mx

Comunicación, Intercambio y Desarollo Humano en America Latina A.C. provides assistance through services, education and research. CIDHAL A.C.'s mission is to contribute to the development of human beings through a gender perspective. The programs are aimed towards women in general, and in particular towards women of scarce resources in urban and rural sectors. Based in Mexico, in Spanish.
http://www.laneta.apc.org/cidhal

Cotidiano MUJER is a feminist magazine in Uruguay with many interests, including the situation of women. In Spanish, with "About" section also in English.
http://www.chasque.apc.org/cotidian

Discriminación de la Mujer (Discrimination Towards Women) examines the discrimination against women in the workforce as well as the impact and social consequences this has on women. Based in Argentina, in Spanish.
http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/arg/onga/mujer.htm

Grupo de Educación Popular con Mujeres (Group of Popular Education for Women) is a Mexican non-governmental organization that works with organized women from popular sectors in an effort to contribute to the transformation and betterment of women's life conditions. In Spanish.
http://www.laneta.apc.org/gem

Hispanic Online is a Hispanic Magazine that speaks to Latina working women.
http://www.hispaniconline.com

Instituto Social y Politico de la Mujer works to change women's position in Argentina. In Spanish, with an English briefing.
http://www.ispm.org.ar

Inventando Ciencia y Tecnología Accesible is a Mexican non-governmental organization that dedicates its educational actions towards the prevention of disease, self maintenance, and women's health. In Spanish.
http://www.laneta.apc.org/incita

Las Mujeres contains information about notable Latin American women writers, painters, singers, and leaders.
http://www.lasmujeres.com

Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights is a collection of women and women's organizations which united in order to protect women's rights in Latin American and the Caribbean.
http://www.cladem.org/english

LOLA Press is an international feminist journal based out of Uruguay. In Spanish and English.
http://www.lolapress.org

MANA: A National Latina Organization is an organization advocating for Hispanic women on the local and national levels. MANA is a national community of informed Latin activists working to create a better quality of life for all Hispanics. In English.
http://www.hermana.org

Mujer-L is the home page for a listserve dealing with Latina and Chicana issues.
http://lmri.ucsb.edu/mailman/listinfo/mujer-l

Mujeres Latinoamericanas en Cifras (Latin American Women in Number) is a study of women's situations in Latin America focusing on urban and rural sectors, socio-economic levels, and ethnicity. In Spanish.
http://www.eurosur.org/FLACSO/mujeres

Organización Puertorriqueña de la Mujer Trabajadora (Puerto Rican Organization of Working Women) was founded with the premise of defending the rights of Puerto Rican women at work, and developing an organized project oriented in defense of Puerto Rican women workers. In Spanish.
http://members.tripod.com/opmt

Program for the Support of Women's Leadership and Representation works to increase the women's citizen participation and their access to leadership positions in public and civic life in Latin America and the Caribbean. In Spanish and English.
http://www.iadb.org/sds/prolead

Servicio Nacional de la Mujer - Gobierno de Chile is an organization that is concerned with public policy and the discrimination of women.
http://www.sernam.cl

Zapatista Women *Mujeres Zapatistas is a ZapNet project consisting of a group of artists, activists, writers, historians, economists, performance artists and others who are exploring and participating in the Zapatista Revolution.
http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/~geneve/zapwomen/enter.html


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