Internet Resource Guide

MSU's Center for Gender in Global Context, the host program for Gender, Development and Globalization (GDG), is a non-profit organization for the promotion of teaching and research on issues of women and the development process. Among our activities and programs, we maintain an active publications program that includes the GPID Working Papers Series and the GPID Bulletin which features articles, resources, and book reviews.

This Internet Resource Guide includes sites from the internet which pertain to the field of Gender, Development and Globalization. These sites were accessed through an extensive search and from suggestions by individuals in the field. The sites have been categorized by region and include a wide variety of resources. The name of the organization is included as well as a description of its goals, followed by the Web address. As the Internet is constantly expanding and changing, this guide is an ongoing endeavor. Please send us the addresses of other sites with which you are familiar!

General International Organization Resources

African Resources

Asian, Middle East, and Pacific Resources

Canadian and US Resources

European Resources

Latin American and Caribbean Resources

* Also try searching individual country home pages. Often these have information on women that pertain specifically to that area.

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

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

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.casid.isp.msu.edu

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.nsf.gov/od/cawmset/

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.dawnnet.org

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

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://futuresgroup.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://userpages.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

African Resources

ActionAID is a technical and financial support to help national NGOs and communities to develop their capacities to respond to HIV/AIDS, promoting the participation and the leadership of HIV+ people and the use of participative methodologies which take into account the questions of gender, power, culture, and poverty as factors which have an influence on the impact of HIV in the community. ActionAID also does development work with women and children to alleviate poverty.
http://www.actionaid.org

Africa Action -- Strategic Action Issue Area: African Women's Rights contains links and documents on women.
http://www.africapolicy.org/action/women.htm

AfricaBib is a searchable bibliography of 25 years of Africana research, consisting of two bibliographic databases covering Africana periodical literature and women's literature. Also includes a bibliography of women travelers, explorers, and missionaries to Africa, 1763-2000.
http://www.africabib.org

African Centre for Gender and Development (ACGD) is a division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). Established in 1975, the ACGD is the regional structure that deals with gender issues and the advancement of women within the United Nations system in Africa. In this capacity, it works in conjunction with national, sub-regional and regional structures engaged in the advancement of women and gender equality.
http://www.uneca.org/fr/acgd/en/800x600/acgd.htm

African Gender Institute (University of Cape Town) has a vision of Africa as a continent liberated from the legacies of colonial and patriarchal domination, and transformed into a powerful and united region in which women and men are respected as equal, and social justice is a reality for all its people. The AGI's mission is to contribute to the realization of this mission by building intellectual capacity and establishing an African resource dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of intellectuals, researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners committed to the attainment of gender equity.
http://www.uct.ac.za/org/agi

African Lives consists of a series of occasional articles, written by Stephen Buckley for the Washington Post, chronicling the joys and struggles in the everyday lives of African peoples.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/africanlives/front.htm

The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) was set up in 1988 to share information, experiences, ideas, and strategies among African women's non-governmental organizations through communications, networking, training, and advocacy, so as to advance women's development, equality, and other women's human rights in Africa.
http://www.femnet.or.ke

African Women's Media Center works with existing women's media organizations to provide women journalists the support necessary to compete with their male colleagues.
http://www.awmc.com

AFROL News offers articles on Africa from various sources (UNICEF, World Bank, IPS, etc.)
http://www.afrol.com

Agenda is a feminist project in South Africa committed to giving women a forum, a voice, and skills to articulate their needs and interests to transform unequal gender relations.
http://www.agenda.org.za

Ahfad University for Women is a private university in Sudan dedicated to educating women, strengthening women's roles in national and rural development, and achieving equity for women in Sudanese society.
http://www.ahfad.org

AIDS Help International manufactures hand-crafted fundraising items, providing income for communities affected by HIV/AIDS. Profits are injected into community projects focusing on education, women, and children.
http://www.aidshelp.co.za

Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) is an international, pan-African, non-governmental development organization African women based in the UK with an Africa regional office in Kampala, Uganda. AMwA was set up in 1985 by women from different parts of African resident in the United Kingdom. Translated from Swahili, the name means 'solidarity among African women,' signifying African sisterhood. AMwA was founded to create space for African women to organize and build links with other African women active in the areas of their own development.
http://www.akinamama.org/welcome.html

AllAfrica Global Media - Women posts stories daily in English and French and offers a diversity of multi-lingual streaming programming as well as a 400,000-article searchable archive (which includes the archive of Africa News Service dating from 1997).
http://www.allafrica.com/women

An Eternity of Forest is an exhibition of essays and artwork by Mbuti (Democratic Republic of Congo) women.
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibits/mbuti

APC-Africa-Women is a network of organizations and individuals that work to empower African women's organizations to access and use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for equality and development. APC-Africa-Women is the Africa regional program of the Association for Progressive Communications' (APC) Women's Networking Support Programme. Working with women in Africa and all over the world, APC-Africa-Women focuses on African women's empowerment through information facilitation, regional support, lobbying and advocating around gender and ICTs, delivering ICT training, conducting research into gender and ICTs, and participating in regional and global events.
http://www.apcafricawomen.org

Association of African Women Scholars is a worldwide organization that promotes scholarship on African women.
http://www.iupui.edu/~aaws

Camfed works with rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa to enable more girls to go to school and secure a livelihood.
http://www.camfed.org

Coalition on Violence Against Women - Kenya is a women's human rights organization that is committed to the eradication of all forms of violence against women and the promotion of women's human rights.
http://www.covaw.or.ke

Commission on Gender Equality is one of the mechanisms that freedom-loving South African women and men fought for, in order to promote and protect gender equality, as part of the pursuit of social justice and democracy.
http://www.cge.org.za

Empowerment for African Sustainable Development (EASD) is a private non-profit corporation focusing on the empowerment of African people and institutions operating in the areas of environmental management and sustainable development.
http://www.easd.org.za

ENDA - Synergy and Development is conducting activities that benefit women by promoting gender equity, peace, and sustainable development. In 1995, SYNFEV launched the "Communication for Women" program, primarily aimed at Francophone African women. The initial phase (1995-1997) of this program was devoted to the creation of the femmes-afrique network. The second phase (1998-2000), "Francophone African women are active in the cyberspace," focused on training, network diversification, and partnerships building. The current phase (2001-2003) aims to consolidate previous actions and deepen research and discussions on the dynamic relations between "Gender, Communication, and Diversity".
http://www.enda.sn

Flame: African Sisters Online was a project that ran from July 1999 - June 2000 and provided women and women's NGOs in Africa with information about the Dakar and Beijing Platforms for Action assessment process in Africa, information about the UN and regional process, NGOs input, and linkages with other regional review processes. The Flame Project was a joint initiative of APC-Africa-Women and FEMNET. This Website is now a valuable archive but is no longer updated. There are also links to information on the Beijing+10 process and to the debates.
http://www.flamme.org

Forum for African Women Educationalists aims at ensuring that girls have access to school, complete school, and perform well.
http://www.fawe.org

The Gender Advocacy Programme (GAP) is an independent, non-governmental advocacy and lobbying organization based in Cape Town, South Africa, that aims to bridge the "gap" between government and civil society, especially for poor black women. GAP focuses on its work in seven areas: Domestic Violence, Social Policy and Gender, Gender Advocacy and Lobbying Training, Reproductive Health, Women and Governance, Local Government and Gender, and Women and the Media.
http://www.gender.co.za

Gender and Economic Reforms in Africa (GERA) is a pan-African research and advocacy program established in 1996 by women from across Africa in order to influence economic policies and decision-making processes in Africa from a gender perspective. Committed to gender equality and economic justice, the programme supports African women to undertake a variety of African-designed policy research and advocacy projects that meet country and region-specific needs. Since 1996, GERA has supported 16 action-research projects in 11 sub-Saharan African countries.
http://www.twnafrica.org/gera.asp

Gender and Women's Studies for Africa's Transformation is creating a network of scholars working on gender issues in order to work locally on gender justice with analytical and policy advocacy skills.
http://www.gwsafrica.org

Gender, Biodiversity, and Local Knowledge Systems to Strengthen Agricultural and Rural Development in Southern Africa is an FAO project that works with a diverse range of organizations in four countries of Southern Africa - Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe - to explore the linkages between gender, biodiversity, and local knowledge systems.
http://www.fao.org/sd/links/gebio.htm

Gender Education and Training Network (GETNET) is an independent organisation committed to working for the establishment of a non-racist, non-sexist and democratic South African society through education and training on gender issues. It is an active, dynamic networking organisation. It is linked to a broad South African and Southern African network of individuals, organisations institutions and agencies who are practitioners in the field of gender and organisational change.
http://www.getnet.org.za

Gender in Africa Information Network (GAIN) aims to facilitate communication, discussion, and information sharing between organizations and people interested in gender and women's issues in Africa. As a network, GAIN is committed to making indigenous information on women and gender valued, visible, and accessible globally and participate in the global information socity in order to promote gender justice and women's rights in Africa.
http://womensnet.org.za/links/gainbroch.htm

GENNET is an electronic discussion list intended as an open forum for the discussion of gender-related topics, primarily (although not exclusively) in Southern Africa.
http://www.geocities.com/~anntothill/gennet/

Growth Through Learning seeks to provide and enhance educational opportunities by offering scholarship aid to deserving East African girls and young women. In addition, the organization encourages a cross-cultural exchange of information and ideas between countries.
http://www.growththroughlearning.org

Institute for Gender Studies at the University of South Africa includes a focus on Women's Studies, Men's Studies, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Studies. In addition to offering courses and programs to students, the Institute is involved in community services and projects, as well as research into gender-related issues.
http://www.unisa.ac.za/dept/gen

Isis - Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange carries out the vision of its founders - communicating ideas, creating solidarity networks, and sharing information to overcome gender inequalities. Isis-WICCE is located in Uganda, with the objective of tapping African women's ideas, views, and problems and sharing the information with women at the international level.
http://www.isis.or.ug

Journalists Environment Association of Tanzania (JET) works in the fields of environment, women's affairs, and sustainable development, both nationally and internationally.
http://www.jet.or.tz

Niger Delta Women for Justice works in close collaboration with other grassroots organizations and women's groups in all of the 15 ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta. It is committed to improving the personal, economic, and educational status of women and to ensuring that their environmental and human rights are upheld.
http://www.ndwj.kabiss.org

Organization of Women Writers of Africa is a nonprofit organization formed for the purpose of establishing links between professional women writers from Africa and its Diaspora.
http://www.owwa.org

PENDUKA is a non-profit, non-governmental development project that works with women's groups in the rural, underdeveloped areas of Namibia. In the Oshiwambo and Herero language the word PENDUKA means 'Wake Up' but to us it means: "Women should wake up and become aware of themselves." The aim of PENDUKA is to help rural women from all over Namibia to create their own jobs by becoming aware of, and building on, skills and resources they already have.
http://www.universal.nl/users/penduka

Reading Women Writers and African Literatures provides an overview of African women writers writing in French (with Website and many materials available in English). It provides an opportunity to find out more about the authors' lives and interests and to get acquainted with their novels, short stories, plays, and poetry.
http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/AFLIT/FEMEChomeEN.html

Reproductive Health Research in South Africa - Directory of Health System Research links to research on eight categories of issues of women's reproductive health, including abstracts and project contact information. Many of the project descriptions articulate particular health concerns, as well as the economic, social, and political context under which health evaluations were made.
http://www.hst.org.za/healthstats/index.php?indtype_id=003006

Research Action and Information Network for the Bodily Integrity of Women (Rainbo) is an international not-for-profit organization working on issues within the intersection between health and human rights of women. Starting with the issues of Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation, Rainbo explores means of preventing this and other forms of gender-based violence, with the ultimate goal of promoting and protecting African women's and girls' full sexual and reproductive health and rights.
http://www.rainbo.org

SANGONeT is a facilitator in the effective and empowering use of information communication technology (ICT) tools by development and social justice actors in Africa.
http://www.sn.apc.org/index.html

South Africa--Women & Gender offer an introduction to the many online resources related to Women's and Gender Studies.
http://www.geocities.com/~anntothill

South African Women for Women is a diverse organization committed to supporting South African women, contributing to the empowerment of the women of South Africa, honoring those who have struggled, and celebrating those who have achieved.
http://www.interlog.com/~saww

Tanzania Gender Networking Program is committed to facilitating social transformation leading to the creation of a vibrant Tanzanian society. It seeks to promote gender equality and social equity through the empowerment of women and other marginalized groups of the community.
http://www.tgnp.org/

Tostan is an international NGO based in Senegal. Dedicated to women's health and human rights, Tostan (Wolof translation: breakthrough) developed an innovative basic education program that emphasizes literacy, numeracy, improving life skills and family income, and encourages women to participate in village decision making.
http://www.tostan.com

UNESCO - Girls' and Women's Education in Africa offers online information on educating women and girls in Africa.
http://www.unesco.org/education/mebam

Women in Development: Southern Africa Awareness provides access to information, working closely with the Southern African Development Community and national partners in 14 member countries. Regional in focus and action-oriented, WIDSAA aims to act as a catalyst and a service for governments, NGOs, and agencies in the region, as well as for the media and the public at large, in the formulation of policy affecting women.
http://www.sardc.net/widsaa

Women of Uganda Network is an NGO coalition of women's organizations in Uganda that encourages use of information and communication technologies by women in order to work on sustainable development issues.
http://www.wougnet.org

Women's Action for Development (WAD) is a self-help organization that aims at uplifing the socio-economic and socio-political situation of primarily Namibian rural women.
http://www.kas.de/proj/home/home/8/1/webseite_id-1660/

Women'sNet is an innovative networking support program designed to enable South African women to use the Internet to find the people, issues, resources, and tools needed for women's social activism.
http://www.womensnet.org.za

Women's Struggles is a site maintained by the African National Congress which contains documents concerning women in the liberation struggle.
http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/women/index.html

World Bank Group - Gender in Sub-Saharan Africa offers related documents of Sub-Saharan gender projects and issues.
http://www.worldbank.org/afr/gender

Zimbabwe Women's Resource Center and Network is a gender and development organization involved in gathering, analyzing, repackaging, and disseminating information on gender and development issues, especially those on gender, HIV/AIDS, and the economy.
http://www.zwrcn.org.zw

Asian, Middle Eastern, and Pacific Resources

Arab Women Connect is an Arabic and English language site run by UNIFEM. The site contains studies, reports, and statistics about Arab women.
http://www.arabwomenconnect.org

Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center strives for a society that is based on gender justice, ecological sustainability, as well as local and global democracy.
http://www.aworc.org/org/ajwrc/ajwrc.html

Asian Development Bank: Gender and Development focuses on gender mainstreaming as a key strategy for promoting gender equity and engendering development.
http://www.adb.org/gender

Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development is a coordinating body working to generate support and perpetuate cooperation among Asian parliamentarians in the area of population and development.
http://www.afppd.org

Asian Pacific Women's Information Network Center aims at promoting women's informatization and women-related communication technologies in the Asian Pacific region, focusing on South Korea and North Korea.
http://apwinc.sookmyung.or.kr/ehome

Asian Women in Business contains entrepreneurial information, a directory of Asian American business and more.
http://www.awib.org

Asiatica Association is a non-profit, non-governmental, cultural association, which has been established to promote and diffuse the study of the Asian cultures. It is open to all scholars interested in the knowledge of Asian countries and the encounter between Asian values, human rights values, and Western values. The Association publishes, in a fairly inexpensive form, electronic and hard copy journals, monographs, translations, new editions, reports, conference volumes, collection of papers, catalogs, and whatever serves their purpose.
http://www.asiatica.org

Association for Middle East Women's Studies is an international organization of scholars and academics whose objective is to further the study of women in the Middle East.
http://www.amews.org

Association of Women for Action and Research, based in Singapore, is a social service organization and an activist empowerment group. AWARE's mission is to achieve total gender equality so that women can develop their full potential, participate fully in both public and private life, and face challenges with both courage and confidence.
http://www.aware.org.sg

Bat Shalom is a feminist peace organization of Israeli women. We work toward a just peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors that includes recognition of a Palestinian state side-by-side with Israel, with Jerusalem as the capital of both. Within Israel, Bat Shalom works toward a more just and democratic society shaped equally by men and women. Bat Shalom and the Jerusalem Center for Women comprise the Jerusalem Link, working not only toward a treaty of mutual deterrence, but a culture of peace and cooperation between our peoples.
http://www.batshalom.org/

Bhutan Women and Children Organisation is an international human rights organization that promotes democratic values, women's rights, and the rule of law through peaceful and non-violent means.
http://www.geocities.com/bhutanwomen

Bikash is a project in Bangladesh committed to pursuing women's issues in some of the country's poorest districts.
http://www.foundation.novartis.com/social_development/women_development.htm

Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics is a non-governmental, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization that promotes political participation and inclusion in decision making for women of Asia.
http://www.capwip.org

Columbia University - Area Studies: Middle East Studies contains an extensive set of links about women in the Middle East.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/MiddleEast/women.html

Ecowoman is a Fiji-based organization and networking resource which promotes equal access to science and technology and celebrates women's knowledge of the environment.
http://www.wigsat.org/ofan/activities/ecowoman.html

Feminist Majority Foundation's Campaign for Afghan Women and Girls works to restore women's rights in post-Taliban Afghanistan.
http://www.feminist.org/afghan/

Friends of Tibetan Women's Association is a nonprofit educational organization committed to aiding Tibetans living in exile and expanding worldwide awareness of the refugee experience.
http://www.fotwa.org

Gender Center for Sustainable Development is a Mongolian organization that researches and raises public awareness about gender issues, serves as a network and database, and promotes women's empowerment through education and training.
http://www.wirc.mn

Human Rights in China is an international non-governmental organization founded by Chinese scientists and scholars. HRIC believes human rights are universal and indivisible. This includes all rights recognized by international human rights instruments, including political and civil rights, and economic, social, and cultural rights.
http://iso.hrichina.org/iso

International Federation of Iranian Refugees is committed to organizing the protests of Iranian refugees and asylum seekers in support of political and social campaigns.
http://www.hambastegi.org

International Organization of Pakistani Women Engineers aims to change the perception of Pakistani women by promoting education among future generations.
http://www.iopwe.org

Iran-e-Azad, the homepage of the supporters of National Council of Resistance of Iran, contains sections on repression of women and human rights violations.
http://www.iran-e-azad.org

IranDokht, IranDokht is an independent media company focused on Iranian women providing information, service, and support within the global community.
http://www.irandokht.com

ISIS International Manila features newsletters, articles, stories, organizations, and an excellent list of Asian and Pacific women's Websites.
http://www.isiswomen.org

Japan International Cooperation Agency is responsible for the technical cooperation aspect of Japan's Official Development Assistance programs. JICA's basic policy and gender/WID includes the expansion of projects aimed at the empowerment of women along with the full-scale adoption of gender mainstream.
http://www.jica.go.jp/english/global/wid

Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning works in population, reproductive health/family planning, women's empowerment, and related fields in collaboration with international agencies and organizations, the Japanese government, and governments and local organizations of developing countries.
http://joicfp.or.jp/eng

Jerusalem Center for Women, a Palestinian women's peace organization, aims to advance Palestinian women's rights - and the status and involvement of women within Palestinian society. JCW is also committed to the protection of human rights, and the realization of a Middle East peace based on Justice. JCW and Bat Shalom comprise the Jerusalem Link, working not only toward a treaty of mutual deterrence, but a culture of peace and cooperation between our peoples.
http://www.j-c-w.org

Jordanian National Commission for Women is a semi-governmental commission that acts as Jordan's authority on women's issues and activities in the public sector. The Commission works with NGOs and public institutions to evaluate and formulate policies and legislation that would improve the legal, political, and economic status of women in Jordan.
http://www.jcnw.jo

Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq is the senior coalition political partner in the Kurdish Regional Government and Kurdish National Assembly, working for human rights for their people throughout the area, and especially in the nascent government of Iraq. Multilingual.
http://www.kdp.nu

Lebanese Women's Awakening is a non-governmental, non-political organization that provides an education forum for Lebanese and Lebanese-American women to come together. The goal is to provide a space for critical reflection and discussion on issues relevant to Lebanese women in North America.
http://www.lebwa.org/index.php

Muslim Women's Homepage presents information about the stance Islam takes on gender issues and the role of women.
http://www.jannah.org/sisters

National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women focuses on mainstreaming gender and development concerns in the bureaucracy, partnerships with women NGOs, civil society, and advocating for women's advancement and gender equality, both nationally and globally.
http://www.ncrfw.gov.ph

New Israel Fund is a charitable organization working to strengthen Israel's democracy and to promote freedom, justice and equality for all of Israel's citizens. NIF particularly promotes fighting for civil and human rights, promoting religious tolerance and pluralism, and closing the social and economic gaps in Israeli society. Also available in Hebrew.
http://www.nif.org

Nisan Young Women Leaders is the only organization dedicated to the advancement of young women in Israel. Nisan's innovative programs develop the leadership potential of Jewish and Arab Israeli young women, support their initiatives, and foster communication and cooperative partnerships among them.
http://www.nisan.org

Oxfam Community Aid Abroad supports community based self-help development projects in over 30 countries around the world, as well as responding to disasters and emergencies. The bulk of their program work addresses seven themes: human rights, the environment, sustainable agriculture, gender and development, community health, community education, and indigenous peoples.
http://www.caa.org.au/index.html

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan is the oldest political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy, and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan.
http://www.rawa.org

Sabrang is an Indian group which explores perceptions of sexualities and encourages tolerance.
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/sabrang.html

SAFE - Help Educate Girl Children in India, a group of students at Duke and elsewhere, is working with a nonprofit organization in India called Sri Ramakrishna Tapovanam to help fund the education expenses of girls students. SAFE feels the sociological benefit of assisting in the education for these girl children is more than providing food for children regardless of sex.
http://www.cse.nd.edu/~surendar/safe

Salam Iran provides official gender statistics and other information on women in Iran.
http://www.salamiran.org/Women

Self-Employed Women's Association is a trade union of poor, self-employed women workers. SEWA's main goal is to organize women workers for full emploreliance.
http://www.sewa.org

South Asian Women for Action is a collective group of women of South Asian descent committed to acting on, advocating, and revising their agenda as well as those of others committed to the fight for social and economic justice.
http://www.way.net/sawa

South Asian Women's Network is a forum for women's issues covering Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Mardives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu:80/users/sawweb/sawnet//index.html

Taliban's War on Women offers a report and photo gallery on the situation of women in Afghanistan.
http://www.phrusa.org/research/health_effects/exec.html

Tamilnadu Corporation for Development of Women Ltd. is concerned with building capacity of poor and disadvantaged women in order that they are enabled to cross all social and economic barriers, and thereby facilitate their full development into empowered citizens.
http://www.tamilnaduwomen.org

Tibet Justice Center advocates self-determination for the Tibetan people. Through legal action and education, the Center promotes human rights, environmental protection, and peaceful resolution of the situation in Tibet.
http://www.tibetjustice.org

Tibetan Women's Association is an international organization that seeks to raise public awareness of the human rights abuses committed against women in Chinese-occupied Tibet.
http://www.tibetanwomen.org

Torture of Women in Turkey is an Amnesty International site urging protest against the Turkish government's abuses of women.
http://www.amnesty-usa.org/turkey/women.html

Turkish Republic State Ministry for Women's Affairs and Social Services focuses on education/training of women, improving the health of women, eliminating violence, and integrating women into policy-making and the economy. In Turkish and English.
http://www.kssgm.gov.tr

United Nations Development Fund for Women: East and South East Asia works to promote gender equality between women and men and to advance the status of women, focusing in particular on implementing the Beijing Platform for Action and other UN global commitments through political and economic empowerment of women, and through the full realization of women's human rights.
http://www.unifem-eseasia.org

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific: Gender and Development is devoted to a broad range of women's issues in the Asian and Pacific region and is intended to provide a valuable source of information for all who are interested in the advancement and empowerment of women.
http://www.unescap.org/esid/GAD/index.asp

WAINIMATE - Women's Association for Natural Medicinal Therapy is a Fiji-based group which promotes women's knowledge of traditional medicine.
http://www.wigsat.org/ofan/activities/wainimate.html

War Against Rape is a Pakistan-based organization of men and women committed to building a society free of gender-based oppression, discrimination, exploitation, and violence. WAR provides support for survivors of sexual violence through moral, social, legal, psychological, and medical help.
http://www.warlahore.itgo.com

Women Acting Together for Change is a nonprofit, apolitical and secular NGO, founded with commitment to grassroots level organizing and action research. The vision of this organization is to attempt an alternate approach to self-reliant and sustainable development.
http://www.panasia.org.sg/nepalnet/watch/home.html

Women and Gender in the Middle East - Cultural Studies/Islam/History is an extensive bibliography of articles and books compiled in December 1996.
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/GlobalGender/mideastdev.html

Women for Israel's Tomorrow (Women in Green) is a grassroots women's movement dedicated to the security and Jewish heritage of historic Israel.
http://www.womeningreen.org

Women in Islam was written with the objective of briefing individuals on Islamic teaching regarding women laid down by the Quran and prophet Mohammed.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/humanrelations/womeninislam

Womenet seeks to educate and change society's views on Taiwanese women. Contains news and links.
http://www.womenet.org.tw

Women's India Trust endeavors, despite the odds, to provide training and employment opportunities to needy and unskilled women of all communities in and around Bombay.
http://wit.org.in

Women's Organization for Political Prisoners advocates and supports female political prisoners in Israel.
http://www.ariga.com/humanrights/wopp.shtml

Women's Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran was formed in order to achieve religious, socio-cultural, and political objectives in national and international fields.
http://salamiran.org/Women/Organisations/wsiri.html

Zan is a nonpolitical, non-religious, interactive Directory/Anthology of the arts and ideas of Iranian women, which serves as a networking channel as well as a means to destroy stereotypes.
http://www.zan.org

Canadian and US Resources

Canadian International Development Agency is a Canadian government aid organization supporting social and economic development programs with its partner countries around the world. Pledging to help eradicate poverty, hunger, and AIDS, CIDA is dedicated to many diverse issues of social justice. In English and French.
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca

Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women is a national, not-for-profit organization committed to advancing women’s equality through research. Founded in 1976, CRIAW is a bilingual, membership-based organization which bridges the gap between the community and academe, and between research and action.
http://www.criaw-icref.ca

Canadian Women's Studies On-Line is sponsored by the Graduate Collaborative Program in Women's Studies at the University of Toronto. It provides information about women's studies, programs, resources and organizations in Canada.
http://www.utoronto.ca/womens/cdnwomen.htm

Center of Concern promotes global justice and peace. It provides leadership and moral vision to advocacy networks working for more just institutions and policies in the US and in the international arena, including women and gender specific projects and publications.
http://www.coc.org

Council on American Islamic Relations is a non-profit, grassroots membership organization established to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims in America.
http://www.cair-net.org

Institute for Teaching and Research on Women at Towson University promotes the creation of research on women and the integration of scholarship on women into the curriculum. While the major purpose of the Institute is creating research on women, it also brings the results of that research to the public through various forums.
http://pages.towson.edu/itrow

Johns Hopkins POPLINE is the world's largest bibliographic reproductive health database. The site provides citations with abstracts of the worldwide literature in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues.
http://db.jhuccp.org/popinform/basic.html

Mobility International USA is a US-based national non-profit organization. The mission of MIUSA is to empower people with disabilities around the world through international exchange, information, technical assistance, and training, and to ensure the inclusion of people with disabilities in international exchange and development programs.
http://www.miusa.org

Muslim Women's League is a nonprofit American Muslim organization working to implement the values of Islam and bolster women's status as free, equal and vital contributors to society. The Muslim Women's League's goal is to strengthen the role of Muslim women through increased awareness of their rights guaranteed by Islam.
http://www.mwlusa.org

Thirdspace is a a Canada-based site for emerging feminist scholars. It is home to both a peer-reviewed, feminist journal and an online community.
http://www.thirdspace.ca

Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives is a resource guide to people, ideas, and information compiled by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, in partnership with the Sustainable Development Research Institute, Vancouver.
http://www.iisd.org/women/wguide1.htm

European Resources

Armenian International Women's Association seeks to unite Armenian women worldwide and to address the critical issues facing them everywhere.
http://www.aiwa-net.org

The Balkans Pages is an index of resources addressing issues surrounding the war in the former Yugoslavia. Written by men and women of all ethnicities, this website promotes ending war and ethnic divisions in the Balkans and works for human rights.
http://balkansnet.org

Be Active, Be Emancipated is a strategic lobbying and advocacy group located in Zagreb, Croatia, working for the affirmation and implementation of women's human rights. In English and Croatian.
http://www.babe.hr/eng

Czech Feminist Trailblazers is a new page containing biographies of important Czech women.
http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/czech/czech.html

Gender, Place, and Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography provides a forum for debate in human geography and related disciplines on theoretically-informed research concerned with gender issues, highlighting the significance of such research for feminism and women's studies. The journal is available in print and online versions.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/0966369X.html

Gender Studies Centre of the Czech Republic contains lecture notes on gender from a variety of universities, as well as recently published resources, projects and news.
http://www.ecn.cz/gender

Khujand Women Center runs a program for economically deprived women in Tajikstan.
http://www.qweb.kvinnoforum.se

Network of East-West Women strengthens the capacity of women activists and women's NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe, the Newly Independent States, and the Russian Federation (CEE/NIS) to raise awareness of gender issues and influence public policy affecting women's lives.
http://www.neww.org

NONA International is home to women's writing and painting from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia expressing the perspective of women in war.
http://www.videodocument.org/nona

ONA: Society of Independent Women Activists, a non-profit NGO located in Tver, Russia, aims to bring together women who are capable of contributing to the development of civil society and participating in the independent women's movement. In Russian and English.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2533/ona.html

Open Women Line creates and develops information resources for women's organizations and provides them with access to information technologies. In English and Russian.
http://www.owl.ru

Russian Feminism Resources is a directory of resources about Russian women, women's studies, and the women's movement in Russia.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2533/russfem.html

Women Against Violence Europe is the European network of NGOs working to combat violence against women and children.
http://www.wave-network.org

Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal aims to promote the reconceptualization of the study of Judaism by acknowledging and incorporating the roles played by women, and by encouraging the development of alternative research paradigms.
http://www.utoronto.ca/wjudaism

Women, State, Culture...provides resources and research relevant to women in the Balkan region.
http://k.mihalec.tripod.com

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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