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Regional Links

AFRICA:

African Gender Institute (AGI), University of Cape Town, acts as a resource center for networking and advancing the work of intellectuals, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners committed to gender equality in Africa. AGI’s mission for gender justice targets the three arenas of formal education, policy and civil society, and networking/ resource sharing. On their website is available the latest projects, news, and research findings about their programmes. Interesting electronic gender and development links.
http://www.uct.ac.za/org/agi

Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) is a non-governmental development organisation for African women. It is based in the UK with a regional office in Kampala, Uganda. This website is an invaluable resource for linking the African Women’s Leadership Institute, training programs, small grants for women in leadership, and UK based programs for women as leaders.
http://www.akinamama.org/

Famafrique is the internet voice for women in francophone Africa. This website is in French only, and provides information on Beijing Plus Five, resources, announcements, international organisations, and links to other African Women’s websites.
http://www.famafrique.org/site/document1.html

FEMNET is the African Women’s Development and Communication Network, accessible in English and French. This Webster provides information on networking, information and communication, monitoring and advocacy for the implementation of the African and Global Platforms for Action, and advancement for gender equity and equality.
http://www.africaonline.co.ke/femnet

Flamme is a network of African sisters online, committed to strengthening the capacity of women through the use of ICTs to lobby, advocate, and participate in the Beijing Plus Five process regionally and globally. This website provides contacts, and documents relating to the Beijing Plus Five, in addition to links leading into other women’s sites.
http://www.flamme.org

Forum for African Women Education-alists (FAWE), with 30 national chapters throughout Africa, is dedicated to promoting gender equality in education on all levels. FAWE fulfills its mission through a holistic combination of advocacy, training, networking and research---such as curricula-bias awareness and reform, gender analysis in education policies, and targeting social factors and institutional mechanisms which negatively impact girls’ achievement in schools. On this website, you can easily hop to any of the 30 websites of FAWE’s national chapters to find out about their innovative programs, newsletters, and meetings as well as related sites.
http://www.home.africaonline.co.ke/fawe/

Isis-Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE) is an action oriented women's resource centre based in Kampala, Uganda. Currently, the focus of activities is on Women’s Voices in War and the website has a special section on that. Also included is information on the Exchange Programme, the Publications Programme and the Information and Documentation programme.
http://www.isis.or.ug

RAINBO-Research, Action and Information Network for the Bodily Integrity of Women, starts with the issue of female circumcision/female genital mutilation (FC/FGM), exploring means of preventing this and other forms of gender-based violence and violations. Their ultimate goal is to promote and protect the reproductive and sexual health and rights of women and girls. International in scope with a particular focus on Africa.
http://www.rainbo.org

SYNFEV-Synergy Gender and Development is an entity of ENDA Third World, an environment and development, non-profit organisation, based out of Dakar, Senegal. This website provides electronic solidarity for women in Africa working closely with the Association for Progressive Communication’s Women’s Networks Support Programme (APC), and includes annual reports communication for women’s programmes, studies, and publications. Available in English and French.
http://www.enda.sn/synfev/synfev.htm

Uganda’s Community Management and Development Programme focuses on community development techniques in rural regions. You will be able download training materials for community workers in the field as well as policy, strategies, methodology, curriculum, management and planning material useful to teams initiating or upgrading any community empowerment programme. This website breaks down useful and practical training guides into the areas of: empowerment, sustainability, democratization, partnerships, participation, and transparency.
http://www.scn.org/ip/cds/cmp

Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET), whose goal is to promote the use of information and communication technologies by women organisations and individuals for the better being of Ugandan women. In line with this, WOUGNET supports a mailing list and website for information exchange and dissemination. The WOUGNET website profiles women organisations based in Uganda (including links to their websites where available) as well as women related projects and activities in a variety of areas including health, agriculture, business, education, and women in parliament. You can visit the WOUGNET site at:
http://www.kabissa.org/wougnet/

Womensnet is a vibrant and innovative networking support programme designed to enable South African women to use the Internet to find the people, issues, resources and tools needed for women's social action.
http://www.womensnet.org.za/

ASIA/PACIFIC:

AWORC-The Asian Women's Resource Exchange, is an Internet-based women's information service and network in Asia. It is an initiative geared towards developing cooperative approaches and partnerships in increasing access and exploring applications of new information and communication technologies for women's empowerment. This website links Asian Women’s Resource Center websites based out of Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Manila, Mongolia, and the Philippines. It also contains a multilingual search engine, a Beijing Plus Five section that includes a directory of NGOs in the Asia Pacific region, and information on campaigns, publications, and reports.
http://www.jca.ax.apc.org/aworc/org/front.html

Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) is a non-partisan, non-profit and non-governmental regional organization (NGO) dedicated to promoting equal participation of women in politics and decision-making. CAPWIP was established in 1992 by a group of women from the Asia-Pacific region who share a vision of governance that affirms gender equality, and accountability, excellence, sustainable development and peace. This website provides information on upcoming events, newsletters, publications, conferences, and women’s experiences in politics.
http://www.capwip.org

Child Workers in Asia, Based in Thailand, advocates and creates awareness of the rights of children, coordinates action, and develops networking among NGOs at national and regional levels. Their website includes archived newsletters, their book Behind Closed Doors - Child Domestic Workers, examples of children’s voices on this issue, and a variety of references on child labour listed by region or subject. The site provides an extensive list of web resources including the following categories: Networks, Directories, United Nations Agencies, Child Sexual Exploitation, Child Soldiers, Campaigns, Data on Women and Children, and Child Slave Labor News
http://www.cwa.tnet.co.th

Children's House is a network of organizations working for children’s human rights that facilitates the translation of the benefits of research and programming into policy and practice. Each topic, such as Child Health or Children’s Rights has a dedicated web page that is moderated by a member organization. The vast Information Resources section, maintained by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, provides extensive links under the following headings: General, Advocacy and Policy, Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, Child Health and Child Poverty, Children and Cities, Children and War, Children’s Rights, Early Childhood, Homeless Children and Street Kids, Youth and Adolescents, Journals with Relevance to Children, and Internet Resources for Children.
http://childhouse.uio.no

Concerned for Working Children (CWC) empowers working children by employing strategies that preserve their rights and dignity. With offices in India, their site provides extensive information about CWC’s projects and initiatives, and the section on "Lessons Learnt" features an interesting list of new insights gained from their work.
http://workingchild.org

End Child Prostitution, Pornography, and Trafficking is a global network of organisations and individuals working together for the elimination of these practices and the protection of children’s rights. While this site focuses on the activities of ECPAT Australia, it contains valuable links to more information on these issues.
http://www.ecpat.org

FWCC -Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre, provides crisis counseling and legal, medical and other practical support services for women and children who are sufferers and survivors of violence committed against them. The Centre is also involved in public advocacy and community education on gender violence. It’s strategies are based on the conviction that violence against women is a fundamental human rights and development issue. The Centre's work addresses all forms of violence against women including rape, beating, sexual harassment and abuse of children.
http://www.fijiwomen.com

Global March Against Child Labour began with a worldwide march in 1998 to build awareness and participation against this issue, and the Global March International Secretariat is located in New Delhi, India. Global March’s website contains extensive resources including status reports on child labour in different regions of the world and ideas to take action. Also featured is an outgrowth of the Global March, their new crusade, The Global Campaign for Education, which aims to "mobilise public pressure on governments to fulfil their promises to provide free, quality education for all people, in particular for our children and women."
http://www.globalmarch.org

Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood (GROOTS) in South Asia, pioneered the Working Women’s Forum (WWF) as a successful workable solution to alleviate poverty. WWF-India mobilizes the poorest and the most marginalized sector of the workforce—poor women workers constrained and oppressed in their occupations, caste, class, and gender—for education, training, leadership and counseling to improve their economic condition. WWF once an experimental venture has stood out as an impressive example of what collective action and bargaining can accomplish in bettering women’s lives.
http://www.workingwomensforum.org

Grameen Bank reversed conventional banking practices by giving credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh without any collateral. Today, Grameen Bank has 2.3 million borrowers 94% of which are women--with a repayment rate of over 95%. Grameen Bank’s impact on Bangladesh’s poor has been a case study for many outside agencies working on poverty and development issues, and it has inspired 223 replication programs in 58 countries in the last decade. Browse slowly through this website about this fascinating microcredit program which has commanded world attention, its history, its successes, and its future challenges. Be sure to take a look at the "16 Decisions of Grameen Bank" for a wonderful visual portrayal of Grameen Bank’s principles and aspirations!
http://www.grameen-info.org

Isis International, based in Manila, is a feminist NGO dedicated to women’s information and communication needs, focusing on advancing women’s rights, leadership and empowerment in Asia and the Pacific. This website is an invaluable resource for women on the net, advocacy, and publications. It also includes a resource center, archive, and links to sister organizations.
http://www.isiswomen.org

South Asian Women's Network - extensive directory on women's issues.
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet

Women’s Feature Service (WFS) is a news-feature service that reports from 40 countries in all regions of the world. WFS's network of women journalists produces approximately 400 articles a year, written from a women's perspective, with a special focus on developing countries. This website contains recent articles and news from different parts of the world.
http://www.igc.org/wfs

Women's Health Action Trust
Women's Health Action is a charitable trust with the aims of providing women with high quality information and education services to enable them to maintain their health and make informed choices about their health care. We have a health promotion and disease prevention focus, with a special interest in screening. We approach health within a holistic framework of the whole of women's lives, rather than from a narrowly medical perspective.
http://www.womens-health.org.nz/

EUROPE:

BRIDGE is a gender development organisation that supports gender mainstreaming efforts by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice with accessible gender information. Based out of the United Kingdom, this website provides online gender and economic reports, free paper copies of bulletins, subscription information, glossaries, internet materials, and reviews with information about the Beijing Plus Five process.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/index.html

CDEACF-Le Centre de documentation sur l'éducation des adultes et la condition féminine. Plus qu'un centre de documentation! Carrefour d'échanges et d'information, le Centre de documentation sur l'éducation des adultes et la condition féminine (CDÉACF) est le seul du genre au Québec. Le CDÉACF acquiert, organise, administre, gère et anime une documentation spécialisée en éducation et en alphabétisation des adultes ainsi qu'en condition féminine.
http://www.cdeacf.ca/

Child Rights Information Network is based in London, UK and works to improve the lives of children through the exchange of information about child rights. The site contains a vast children’s rights publications database, a calendar of events, and CRIN newsletters. Their featured "Theme Desk" provides current news, policy and briefing papers, publications and links to organisations working within the field of that issue, such as HIV/AIDS or Child Labour.
http://www.crin.org

European Network of Women with Disabilities. A small website with contact information for women with disabilities. WorldEnable - Women with Disabilities http://www.worldenable.net/women/resources.htm

European Women's Lobby (EWL) is the largest co-ordinating body of national and European non-governmental women's organisations in the European Union, with over 2,700 member associations in the 15 Member States. The website includes information on campaigns, actions, and projects dealing with Beijing Plus Five in addition to publications and useful links to other women’s issue websites. Available in English and French.
http://www.womenlobby.org

IIAV- International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement, based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands is a library, documentation centre and archives on the position of women and women's studies
http://www.iiav.nl/

International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, is a registered UK charity, established by a group on HIV positive women in 1992. This website provides information on issues and needs facing all women living with HIV, support groups, and key contacts in five regions of the world.
http://www.icw.org

KARAT Coalition. A Central and Eastern European network of women's NGOs was first conceived by several representatives who participated in the NGO forum of the UN Fourth World Conference on Women. The network of 10 CEE countries was formally established as the KARAT Coalition at a conference held in Warsaw on 1 February 1997. It's main aims are the empowerment of women in the region, the strengthening the role of women's NGOs in the democratic transformation process, and advocating for representation of our region at the international level. Major activities include Platform for Action summary leaflets in Albanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Russian, 1998, and a Regional Report on Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women prepared for 43rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, Warsaw 1999.
http://www.karat.org

Les Pénélopes ont pour but de promouvoir, d'éditer et de diffuser des informations, utilisant tous types de médias, du point de vue des femmes et de favoriser toutes activités assurant l'échange, le traitement, la mise á jour, la centralisation et la diffusion de ces informations en faveur de toutes les femmes du monde.
http://www.penelopes.org/

Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), based in The Netherlands, has been active in the field of gender and development since the 1980's. KIT has adopted a strategy to incorporate gender perspectives into development programmes. This website, Woman, Gender & Development Programmes, provides information on KIT’s training courses that draw participants from a wide range of countries, as well as initiatives, advice, and institutional collaboration on promoting gender equity.
http://www.kit.nl/cmo/html/body_gender.htm

Womankind is a Uk-based women’s foundation. Their website provides educational information, and statistics about women in decision-making positions, CEDAW, the gender gap, and publications dealing with women’s issues.
http://www.womankind.org.uk

LATIN AMERICA:

ACCION International fights poverty through microlending. One of the world’s leading microfinance organizations, Accion nurtures tiny businesses in Latin America and the United States. You will be able to find in their Latin American Network— comprising of 14 countries--links to country programs, participating banks and initiatives.
http://www.accion.org

ALAI -The Agencia Latinoamericana de Informacin is a communications organization committed to full respect for human rights and the participation of social movements in Latin American development. Its action pursues the democratization of communication as a basic prerequisite for democratic society and social justice. This website provides a vast amount of information about advocacy, social networking, training, women’s programmes, campaigns, events, links and resources. This website is available in English, French, and Spanish.
http://alainet.org/mujeres

CAFRA-Caribbbean Association for Feminist Research and Action, is a regional network of feminists, individual researchers, activists and women’s organisations that respond to the needs of the feminist movement and seek to encourage regional collaboration and solidarity. This website provides information about communication and networking, education, institutional development, research, actions, international campaigns, as well as publications.
http://www.CAFRA.org

FIRE-Feminist International Radio Endeavour , a ground-breaking women’s media network that began short-wave radio broadcasts from their base in Costa Rica on May 1, 1991 and web-based radio broadcasts on the Internet in May 1998. The site contains both written and broadcast interviews from women worldwide, and is available in Spanish and English. The Real Player programme needed to hear the broadcasts can be downloaded from the site. Definitely worth a visit! Covers Beijing plus Five and all the critical areas of concern from the Beijing Platform for Action as well as other activities of feminists in the region.
http://www.fire.or.cr

Isis Internacional, based in Santiago, Chile, is an information and communications service for women. The site contains information on their documentation centre, publications, networks and other cativities, with a focus on issues such as violence against women and follow-up to the Beijing plus Five Special Session in new York. Isis Internacional is a partner with ALAI in Latin American WomenAction 2000 activities.
http://www.isis.cl

LACWHN -Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network is a network formed of people and groups working in health education, development, human rights, and the environment. This website links womenís health networks in the region, provides information on human resource training in womenís health, public policy, campaigns, and publications.
http://www.reddesalud.org/english/sitio/portada.htm

MIDDLE EAST

Migrants Rights International (MRI) is the independent global monitoring body focusing on human rights of migrants founded in Cairo in 1994. Its purposes are to promote recognition and respect for the rights of all migrants. This website provides information about campaigns, world conferences, bulletins, articles, and other resources dealing with the human rights of migrants.
http://www.migrantwatch.org

NORTH AMERICA

AWID -Association for Women in Development, is an international membership organization that connects, informs and mobilizes people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and human rights for everyone. AWID works across disciplines, regions and sectors to cause policy, institutional and individual change that will improve the lives of women and girls around the world.
http://www.awid.org

Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW), founded in 1960, works locally, nationally and internationally to promote peace, social justice, human rights and development. VOW sponsors a number of events including nonviolence training and the peace website provides links to other national and international NGOs. A 'Women and a Culture of Peace' kit can be ordered on site.
http://home.ca.inter.net/~vow/

Captive Daughters is dedicated to ending the sex trafficking of children with special emphasis on the girl child. Based in California, US, their site is rich in resources, offering research reports and media articles of current interest, actions and initiatives, relevant publications and materials, background information about sex trafficking and other related issues such as child prostitution and pornography and exploitation of immigrant women. The site also lists links and contact information for other organizations who work on these issues.
http://www.captive.org

Equality Now website, in addition to general information about Equality Now activities to end human rights violations against women, has information about their campaign to support organizations and individual activists working to stop female genital mutilation. The website is available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.
http://www.equalitynow.org/brochure_eng_why.html

FAFIA- Feminist Alliance for International Action, is an alliance of over 40 Canadian women's equality-seeking non-governmental organizations formed in February 1999 at a national consultation of women's organizations held in Ottawa. The alliance is coordinated through an elected Steering Committee and is anchored as a Secretariat.
http://www.fafia.org/

Feminist Majority Foundation website is a mediated list of internet resources on violence against women. It is grouped around the following themes: General Information, Emotional Abuse, Research, Organizations, Shelters, Services, Resources, Stalking, and Self Defense.
http://www.feminist.org/gateway /vs_exec2.html

IGWG, established in 1997, is a network of NGOs, including the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Cooperating Agencies (CAs), and the Center for Population, Health and Nutrition (PHN) of the USAID. The IGWG promotes gender equity within PHN programs, in order to improve Reproductive Health/HIV/AIDS outcomes and foster sustainable development. Through our five task forces, we raise awareness and commitment to synergies between gender equity and RH outcomes, collect empirical data on gender and RH, advance knowledge through the development and dissemination of operational tools for the integration of gender approaches into PHN programming, and advance best practices through technical assistance to the field. http://www.IGWG.org

InterAction is a coalition of over 170 non-profit, US based organization working worldwide for sustainable development, refugee and disaster assistance, and humanitarian aid. InterAction’s Commission on the Advancement of Women (CAW) promotes gender equity in the policy and practice of InterAction members, national, and international development and humanitarian assistance organizations. This website provides information on gender and organizational change, gender integration in field programs, Beijing Plus Five, CEDAW, publications, and links to other gender-related websites.
http://www.interaction.pair.com/caw

New Moon is a US-based media house committed to empowering adolescent girls. They also produce materials geared for people who work with girls such as parents, mentors, counselors, and teachers. Their website contains interactive links for girls, articles in their current publications, and lists of web resources about girls.
http://www.newmoon.org

US Women Connect is a network that developed after the 1995 UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing out of a series of consultations between 1996-1999 with representatives of over 100 US women’s organizations and NGOs which are listed below. Its mission is to connect together US women and girls working for rights and empowerment, and to link them with other activists and advocates around the globe. US Women Connect is governed by a 15 member board elected in June 1999, whose members encompass the diversity of women and girls throughout this country.
http://www.uswc.org

White Ribbon Campaign is a campaign of men working to end men's violence against women, and came out of the massacre of women students at a university in Montreal, Dec. 4, . Based in Canada, it welcomes international participation, and has organized a number of awareness raising activities inc. 2 radio Public Service Announcements.
http://www.whiteribbon.ca/wrchome htm

Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND) is a grassroots, US organization with members in all fifty 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 Network PEI is a not-for-profit Canadian organization that works to strengthen and support the efforts of Prince Edward Island (PEI) women to improve the status of women in society. The Women in Politics Initiative was initiated with the goal of increasing the number of women holding elected positions in municipal government. The focus is on working towards improving the participation of women in municipal politics. The website provides information about the network, calendar of events, and links to other women and politics websites.
http://www.wnpei.org/wpolit.htm
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