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Regional
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ISSUES
Development
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Commission
on the Advancement of Women (1997) Gender Equity and the World Bank
Group. Report by Women’s Eyes on the World Bank October 1997 http://www.interaction.org/caw/wewb4.htm
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Engendering
Development Through Equality Rights, Voice and Resources. The
World Bank. Forthcoming
(2001) Policy Research Report on Gender and
Development. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank. Draft and background
papers: www.worldbank.org/gender/prr
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Poverty
Reduction Strategies: a part for the poor? Report from the Institute
for Development Studies (2001). http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/publicat/briefs/brief13.html
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Social
Development / Copenhagen +5 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/wssd
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SocialWatch is an NGO watchdog that monitors government commitments made at the World Summit for Social Development
(WSSD) and the Beijing World Conference on Women to erase poverty and achieve gender equity.
http://www.socwatch.org.uy
Education
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Afghanistan
- Training courses for youth. Peace Child International Project http://www.peacechild.org/bethechange/projects/proj_display.asp?id=50
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Education
statistics from the World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/data/wdi2001/pdfs/tab2_14.pdf
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Educating
girls: An Investment in the Future. Baha'i international Community http://www.bahai.org/article-1-7-6-9.html
Environment
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ENERGIA is an international network on women and sustainable energy through information exchange, training, research, advocacy and action.
http://www.energia.org/
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Gender
Perspectives For Earth Summit 2002 – Energy, Transport, Information
for Decision Making. Report on the International Conference, Berlin,
2001. www.earthsummit2002.org/workshop
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The Gender and Water Alliance. At the World Water Forum (The Hague, March 2000) many women’s organisations and gender experts agreed to continue working together to translate plans for gender mainstreaming in action.
http://www.irc.nl/wwforum/pr_gender.html
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Women,
Pesticides and Sustainable Agriculture Ransom,
P. (2000) Women’s Environment and Development Organization http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2000/english/ch01.html
Food
security
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Gender
and food security. Facts and figures.
FAO http://www.fao.org/GEnder/en/labb2-e.htm
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Hunger
Project, with 19 regional offices, the Hunger Project empowers women food farmers through local leadership, literacy, micro-business, credit and agro-training programmes.
http://www.worldhunger.org
Health
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Health and
Environment: Pesticides http://www.earthsummit2002.org/wcaucus/Caucus%20Position%20Papers/agriculture/pestices1.htm
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Gender
and HIV: The facts about Women and HIV/AIDS published
by UNAIDS http://www.unaids.org/fact_sheets/files/GenderFS_en.pdf
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HIV/AIDs
info from UNIFEM http://www.unifem.undp.org/hiv_aids/ungass/
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The
HIV/AIDS Epidemic -An Inherent Gender Issue:
http://www.thecommonwealth.org/gender/pdf/HIVAIDSLeaflet.pdf
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ICW, International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS. 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
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IPPF, The International Planned Parenthood Federation links national autonomous Family Planning Associations (FPAs) in over 150 countries worldwide.
http://www.ippf.org
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IWHC, International Women’s Health Coalition, is a nonprofit organisation working with individuals and groups in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to promote women’s reproductive and sexual health
and rights. http://www.iwhc.org/whm.html
Human
rights and security
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AI/WHRP, Amnesty International/Women’s Human Rights Program focuses on promoting women’s human rights within Amnesty’s mandate.
In English and Spanish. http://amnestyusa.org/women/index.html#program
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Human
Rights Initiative: A research project of the Carnegie Council on
Ethics and International Affairs. Aims to provide a critical
perspective of what happens when international human rights confront
realities on the ground.
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Human Rights Internet (HRI) founded in 1976 and is a world leader in the exchange of information within the worldwide human rights
community. http://www.hri.ca
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Gender and
humanitarian Assistance Resource kit. UNICEF/WFP initiative. http://www.reliefweb.int/library/GHARkit/
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Windhoek
Declaration: The
Namibia Plan of Action On ‘Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective
In
Multidimensional Peace Support Operations’ http://www.reliefweb.int/library/GHARkit/FilesFeb2001/windhoek_declaration.htm
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Women’s Human Rights
Net. (whrNET), in English, French and
Spanishresources section at http://www.whrnet.org/resources.html
International
commitments
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for further information on: International Agreements. Rich text file
Participation
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The Huairou Commission for grassroots women leaders and their organisations to participate in local, regional, and international
decision-making. http://www.huairou.org
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Multi-Stakeholder Processes for Governance and Sustainability.
Beyond Deadlock and Conflict. Hemmati,
M. (with Felix Dodds, Jasmin Enayati, and Jan McHarry) 2001 [in press]
.London: Earthscan http://www.earthsummit2002.org/msp
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International Women’s Tribune Centre (IWTC) supports the initiatives of women in the Global South (i.e. Africa, Asia/Pacific, Latin America/Caribbean, Middle East, Eastern Europe and Central Asia) to promote equitable and active participation of women in the development. Website:
http://www.iwtc.org
Sustainable
Development
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Agenda
21 Ch. 24 Global Action for Women Towards Sustainable and equitable
Development http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/agenda21chapter24.htm
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IISD Key Resources on Women and Sustainable
Development at http://www.iised1.iisd.ca/women/read4.htm
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The
Stakeholder Toolkit for Women http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/women/index.htm
Work
and Economy
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GENPROM
an
ILO global programme on " More and Better Jobs for Women", in response to
the successful implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform
of Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women. http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/gems/eeo/index.htm
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Home
sweet home? Codes for home workers Tate, J (2001) http://www.id21.org/society/Insights36art9.html
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ILO
Employment Sector dialogues http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/sectors.htm
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ILO conventions:
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Training
and promotion: Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No.
142) http://ilolex.ilo.ch:1567/scripts/convde.pl?C142
and Recommendation No. 150 http://ilolex.ilo.ch:1567/scripts/convde.pl?R150.
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Wages:
Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) http://ilolex.ilo.ch:1567/scripts/convde.pl?C100;
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Family
Rights: Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No.
156) http://ilolex.ilo.ch:1567/scripts/convde.pl?C156
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Maternity
rights: Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952 (No. 103) http://ilolex.ilo.ch:1567/scripts/convde.pl?C103;
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Against
discrimination in the work place: The Discrimination
(Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) http://ilolex.ilo.ch:1567/scripts/convde.pl?C111;
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Review of Gender budget activities –
Debbie Budlender, Community agency for Social Enquiry. International
Budget Project http://www.internationalbudget.org/resources/library/GenderBudget.pdf
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WICEJ, Women’s International Coalition for Economic Justice, is an international coalition representing 32 organisations from all regions of the globe.
http://www.wicej.org
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WWB, Women’s World Banking, is a women-led global network with the vision of providing economic access through credit to poor women.
WWB network members currently provide micro-finance to over 10 million poor women. A network of over 50 affiliate organisations spreading over 40 countries provides women access to financing, information and markets. In English and Spanish.
http://www.womensworldbanking.org
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Organisations
Academic
Institutes and information resources
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BRIDGE is a gender development organisation that supports gender mainstreaming efforts
from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex (UK). http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/index.html
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The
François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights: The
first academic center to focus exclusively on health and human rights,
the FXB Center combines the academic strengths of research and
teaching with a strong commitment to service and advocacy.
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IFUW, The International Federation of University Women, advocates to national governments and international organisations that education improves girls and women’s lives.
http://www.ifuw.org
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Information
Services, an online database of more than 325 women’s information centres and libraries that are open to the public.
http://www.iiav.nl/eng/databases/mapping/index.html
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International
Gender Studies Resources: This site offers general and specific
bibliographies and filmographies on issues pertaining to women and
gender in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Arab World,
and among minority cultures in North America and Europe. Connected to
the University of Berkeley.
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Library of Women’s Issues Oriented Web Links
http://women3rdworld.about.com
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WLP, Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace, is dedicated to empowering women to restructure their roles and to improve their status in their families, communities and societies.
http://www.learningpartnership.org
Business
Faith
Communities
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Catholics
for a Free Choice (CFFC): Working in the Catholic social justice
tradition, CFFC engages in research, policy analysis, education, and
advocacy on issues of gender equality and reproductive health. http://www.cath4choice.org
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Baha'i
International Community. "The role of religion in promoting
the advancement of women" http://www.bahai.org/article-1-9-2-10.html
and "Toward the Goal of Full partnership: 150 years of the
advancement of Women" http://www.bahai.org/article-1-7-6-2.html
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World
Vision International. Christian Emergency Relief and Long Term
Development Charity. USA "Women of Vision" programme http://www.worldvision.org/worldvision/wvususfo.nsf/wov?OpenFrameset
International
agencies
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UNAIDS:
The Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNICEF; UNDP; UNFPA, UNDCP, UNESCO, WHO, World Bank), www.unaids.org
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UNCHS:
Habitats. Gender Policy http://www.unchs.org/documents/default.asp?documentid=5&articleid=144
and the Women and Habitat Programme http://www.unchs.org/unchs/english/women/womenbody.htm
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UNDP:
UN Development Programme. Gender in Development http://www.undp.org/gender/
including a "Men's group for Gender Equality" http://www.undp.org/gender/programmes/men/men_ge.html
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UNICEF.
UN Children's Fund. "Human Rights for Children and Women: How
UNICEF helps make them a reality" http://www.unicef.org/pubsgen/humanrights-children/humanrightseng.pdf
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UNIFEM:
The United Nations Development Fund for Women, www.unifem.undp.org
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The
World Bank http://www.worldbank.org
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WomenWatch:
The United Nations Internet Gateway to the Advancement of Women, www.un.org/womenwatch
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Gender
Statistics from the World Bank: This site enables searching for
general or specific information about indicators of health and
economic well-being using gender-related factors.
Local
Authorities
Media
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Aviva, An international women’s magazine, enabling women all over the world to network, and acting as a “host” site to women’s groups and services globally.
http://www.aviva.org
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IIAV,
International Information Centre and Archives for the Women’s Movement.
Mapping the World of Women’s Information Services, an online database of more than 325 women’s information centres and libraries
that are open to the public. www.iiav.nl/eng/databases/mapping/index.html
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WomenAction, a global information, communication and media network on the Beijing+5 review process at
www.womenaction.org
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WFS, Women’s Feature Service, is a news-feature service that reports from 40 countries in all regions of the world.
http://www.igc.org/wfs
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WINGS, Women’s International News Gathering Service is an independent radio production company producing and distributing news and current affairs programs by and about women around the world.
http://www.wings.org
Trade Unions
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International
Confederation of Free Trade U - Equality programme http://www.icftu.org/focus.asp?Issue=equality&Language=EN
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IPU, Inter-Parliamentary Union, is the world organisation of parliaments of sovereign states, established in 1889. IPU’s website contains updated, and detailed analysis of women in politics.
http://www.ipu.org
Women's
groups and NGOs
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50
Years is Enough: A coalition of 205 grassroots, faith-based,
policy, women's, social and economic justice, youth, solidarity,
labor, and development organizations dedicated to the profound
transformation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
http://www.50years.org
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Alternative
Women in Development/NY (AltWID/NY): A working group who are
seeking to incorporate gender, race and class to economic and social
issues affecting women in the global North and South.
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APC/WNSP, Women’s Networking Support
Programme, provides information in research and evaluation, policy and advocacy,
training, and online experiences of women. In English, French, and Spanish.
http://www.gn.apc.org/apcwomen
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AWID, Association for Women in Development, is an international
organisation committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and human rights for everyone.
http://www.awid.org
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CEDPA, Centre for Development and Population Activities. The website provides information on training programs, workshops, and and women’s empowerment.
http://www.cedpa.org
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Center
for Reproductive Law & Policy (CRLP): A legal organization
dedicated to defending women’s rights to reproductive freedom around
the world. http://www.crlp.org
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Center
for Women’s Global Leadership: Develops and facilitates
women’s leadership initiatives worldwide. http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu
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CWGL, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, promoting the leadership of women and advance feminist perspectives.
http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu
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Development
Group for Alternative Policies (Development GAP): Through its
collaboration with citizens' organizations overseas, it works to
ensure that the knowledge, priorities and efforts of the women and men
of the South inform decisions made in the North about their economies
and the environments in which they live. http://www.igc.apc.org/dgap/
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ECPAT, End Child Prostitution, Pornography, and Trafficking, is a global network for the elimination of these practices and the protection of children’s rights.
http://www.ecpat.org
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Equality
Now: An international human rights organization dedicated to
action for the civil, political, economic and social rights of girls
and women. http://www.equalitynow.org
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Grassroots
International: Provides financial and material support for
community-led development in Brazil, Eritrea, Haiti, Mexico, and
Palestine. http://www.grassrootsonline.org/
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IGC Womensnet, providing information on women’s
political activities. http://www.igc.org/igc/womensnet/
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Madre - International
Women's Human rights network http://www.madre.org/resources/wtc1.html
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Women's
Caucus to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, www.earthsummit2002.org/wcaucus/csdngo.htm
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Women’s
Caucus for Gender Justice : The Caucus is a network of individuals
and groups committed to strengthening advocacy for women's human
rights and helping to develop greater capacity among women in the use
of International Criminal Court, the Optional Protocol to CEDAW and
other mechanisms that provide women access to different systems of
justice. http://www.iccwomen.org
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Women’s
Environment and Development Organization (WEDO): An international
organization working to increase women's visibility, roles and
leadership nationally, regionally, and internationally. http://www.wedo.org
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Women’s
Human Rights Net: A partnership of women’s human rights
organizations around the world; provides links to organizations and
explanations of systems and strategies for women’s human rights
work.
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Women’s
Net: Links to women’s organizations and posts regularly updated
news announcements about women from the Institute for Global
Communications, which links the on-line progressive community. http://www.whrnet.org/
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Women Working
Worldwide network http://www.poptel.org.uk/women-ww/the_www_network.htm
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WIDE - Network of
Women's Development organisations in Europe http://www.iepala.es/wide/home.htm
Youth
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Peace
child International. "Be the Change" projects http://www.peacechild.org/bethechange/
e.g. "Tapping of drinking water in rural Nepal" http://www.peacechild.org/bethechange/projects/proj_display.asp?id=39
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World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts enables girls and young women to develop their fullest potential as responsible citizens of the world.
http://www.wagggsworld.org
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Regional
groups
Asia
and Pacific:
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UNIFEM
East and South East Asia Web Site http://www.unifem-eseasia.org/Resources/GenderAids/genderaidstop.htm
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The Women Leaders’ Network
(WLN), Promotion of gender perspectives into APEC (Asia Pacific Cooperation)
http://www.bellanet.org/partners/wln/
Central Africa:
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The African Gender Institute
(AGI), South Africa, Furthering institutional change and women’s leadership at
http://www.uct.ac.za/org/agi/
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FEMNET, Kenya, a network of African women’s organisation to monitor Beijing follow-up in development practice, at
http://www.africaonline.co.ke/femnet/index.html
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Integrated
Regional Information Network (IRIN): A news source compiled by the
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs;
provides news briefs for every region and nation in Africa. http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN
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UNECA
(UN Economic Commission for Africa) Strengthening African Networks on
Gender and Development http://www.uneca.org/aknf2001/strength.htm
Europe
and North America:
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The European Women’s Lobby
the largest coordinating 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 EWL's goal
is to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and to link
political decision-makers and women's organisations at EU level.
http://www.womenlobby.org
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Witness
for Peace: A politically independent, grassroots organization that
works to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the
Americas by changing US policies and corporate practices which
contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the
Caribbean. http://www.witnessforpeace.org
Latin America and the Caribbean:
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ALAI, Agencia Latinoamericana de Información, Ecuador, Communication initiative for feminist movements in Latin America and the Caribbean
Ecuador, http://www.ecuanex.apc.org./alai/comgenen.html
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Centro
de Investigaciones Economicas y Politicas de Accion Comunitaria (CIEPAC):
Provides news updates and activist information about Chiapas.
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Center
for Cuban Studies: Dedicated to providing information and
activities relating to contemporary Cuba and contributing to a
normalization of relations between Cuba and the U.S.
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Cuba
Solidarity web links: An extensive list of sites dedicated to
partnerships with Cuba and anti-embargo work.
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Enlace
Civil: Provides news updates and activist information about
Chiapas.
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Latin
America Net: Links the on-line progressive community working on
issues related to Latin America and posts news updates and event
information.
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Latin
America Working Group (LAWG): A coalition of over 65 religious,
human-rights, grassroots, foreign-policy, research, peace and
development organizations committed to just and humane US policy
toward Latin America. LAWG maintains an email network of people
interested in promoting change in US/Cuba policy.
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Network
in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA): Works to
provide moral and material support to grassroots movements; reorient
US policy towards Guatemala; build support in the United States for
the ongoing peace negotiations to end Guatemala's civil war; and
educate the US public about the current situation in Guatemala.
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Network of NGOs of
Trinidad & Tobago for the Advancement of Women (Commonwealth
Women's Network) http://www.community.wow.net/womenngo
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Partners
in Health: A nonprofit corporation that works with community-based
organizations to improve the well-being of people struggling against
poverty; assists partner projects in Haiti, Peru, Mexico, and the
United States.
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URACCAN:
MADRE’s sister organization in Nicaragua
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ECLAC
(UN Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean). Gender
indicators project http://www.eclac.cl/publicaciones/unidadmujer/6/lcl1186/lcl1186i.pdf
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The
Washington Office on Haiti (WOH): Supports democracy, human rights
and self-determined development through public education, information
and analysis, particularly in terms of the effects of U.S. policy on
the Haitian poor.
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Washington
Office on Latin America (WOLA): Facilitates dialogue between
governments and NGO’s, monitors the impact of policies and programs
of governments and international organizations, and promotes
alternatives through reporting, education, training, and
advocacy.
Middle East:
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Badil
Resource Center: A Palestinian NGO that serves as a resource
center for Palestinian residency and refugee rights.
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B’Tselem:
The Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories:
Endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers
about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories.
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Ibdaa:
MADRE's partner organization in Palestine.
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Land
and Water Establishment for Legal Studies and Services (LAWE): A
human rights and environmental law firm that provides free legal
services to those in need in the West Bank and Gaza
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