Links
News, comment, analysis and
education resources on women's human rights
AWID –
Association of Women's Rights in Development
www.awid.org
The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international membership organization connecting, informing and mobilizing people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. Its goal is to cause policy, institutional and individual change that will improve the lives of women and girls everywhere. AWID's website contains a huge range of publications for download. In addition to themed publications which cover the areas of Feminist Movements and Organizations, Women’s Rights and Economic Change, Young Women and Leadership and Gender Equality and New Technologies, there are journals, handbooks and materials on everything from women and HIV/AIDS to globalization and employment.
DAWN –
Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era
www.dawnnet.org
Dawn 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's web site includes articles and other resources on the themes of the Political Economy ofGlobalization, Political Restructuring and Social Transformation; Sustainable Livelihoods; and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, in partnership with other global NGOs and networks.
WEDO –
Women’s Environment and Development Organisation
www.wedo.org
WEDO is an international organization that advocates for women’s equality in global policy. It seeks to empower women as decision makers to achieve economic, social and gender justice, a healthy, peaceful planet and human rights for all. Programme areas include: economic justice, sustainable development and gender and governance. WEDO's website includes an extensive library on issues ranging from globalisation and trade to natural resources. WEDO's 2007Resource: Changing the Climate: Why Women's Perspectives Matter is available for download from the web-site.
WIDE –
Women in Development Europe
www.wide-network.org
WIDE is a European feminist network of women's organisations, development NGOs, gender specialists and women's rights activists. WIDE monitors and influences international economic and development policy and practice from a feminist perspective. Banúlacht is the Irish Platform of WIDE. The website includes briefing papers on a wide range of issues related to trade and development policy, privatisation, alternative economics and economic literacy.
WLUML –
Women Living Under Muslim Laws
www.wluml.org
An international solidarity network that provides information, support and a collective space for women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam. The site features a 'news and views' section with an extensive range of articles from international media sources on topics including empowerment, sexual and reproductive rights and violence against women,
WUNRN – Women’s UN Report Network
http://www.wunrn.com/news/news.htm
The Women's UN Report Program & Network
(WUNRN) is a non-governmental organization to implement the conclusions and
recommendations of a United Nations Study on Freedom of Religion of Belief and
the Status of Women From the Viewpoint of Religion and Traditions
(E/CN.4/2002/73/Add.2). WUNRN issues daily briefings from NGOs around the world
that are relevant to gender equality and women’s human rights. These include
links to videos, reports, photographic exhibitions. Many of the resources
posted on Banúlacht’s website were sourced through WUNRN. Click here for an
index of the briefings:
UN-focused websites
UN Women Watch
wwww.un.org/womenwatch/
www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/
WomenWatch is the central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system. The website provides links to a vast range of information and analysis on gender issues; information on the outcomes of, as well as efforts to incorporate gender perspectives into follow-up to global conferences; links to the texts and officials sites of the major international treaties on women's human rights.
International Women's Rights Action Watch - Asia Pacific
www.iwraw-ap.org
IWRAW Asia Pacific is a non-profit international women's organisation that promotes the domestic implementation of international human rights standards by building the capacity of women and human rights advocates to claim and realise women's human rights. The website provides official and practical information on the application of the UN (Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and other international human rights treaties.
Peacewomen Project
www.peacewomen.org
A project of the Women’s International League for Peace and
Freedom, this website monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation
of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and
security.
UN Women
UN Women is the United Nations agency established to foster women’s empowerment
and gender equality throughout the world. UN Women’s website is a good source of
information and resources on gender and development: key thematic areas are:
Campaign and solidarity websites
Clean Clothes Campaign
www.cleanclothes.org
The Clean Clothes Campaign is an international campaign, focused on improving working conditions and to empower workers in the global garment industry, in order to end the oppression, exploitation and abuse of workers in this industry, most of whom are women. The website features information and analysis about the conditions of women workers in the garment industry, as well as campaign resources and briefings. You can sign up to an urgent action e-mail list. A 2005 report, Made by Women: Gender, the Global Garment Industry and the Movement for Women Workers’ Rights, published by the Clean Clothes Campaign, is available for download from the website.
Women Working Worldwide (WWW)
www.poptel.org.uk/women-ww
Women Working Worldwide is a UK based organisation that works with an international network of women workers. WWW focuses on supporting the rights of women working in supply chains that supply the UK and other European countries with consumer goods. The organisation's ethos is that it is women themselves who are calling for change in their working conditions and networks such as WWW can make sure that their voices are heard and not ignored. The website gives details of WWW's campaigns such as the flower campaign focusing on using consumer power to demand that supermarkets give a better deal to women workers in East Africa.
Amnesty International
www.amnesty.ie (Irish
Section); also www.amnesty.org
Amnesty International
needs no introduction: the site features details of the Global Stop Violence
Against Women Campaign and other campaigns, as well as information on issues
such as trafficking of women.
Human Rights Watch
www.hrw.org
Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human
rights of people around the world. The website features an extensive section on
women's human rights (www.hrw.org/women/) with thematic and regional overviews
of women's rights.
Solidarity Network
www.maquilasolidarity.org
The Maquila Solidarity Network
(MSN) is a labour and women's rights advocacy organization promoting solidarity
with grassroots groups in Mexico,
Central America, and Asia working to improve
conditions in maquiladora factories and export
processing zones. The organisation aims to make retailers accountable for the
conditions under which their products are made. As well as resources and
thematic features, the site includes details of MSN campaigns focusing on a
range of countries, including background information, urgent actions and sample
letters.
Stop Rape Now
www.stoprapenow.org
Website of the UN Action Against Sexual Violence in
Conflict, a new, cross-UN initiative, committed to prevent all forms of
gender-based violence in conflict and to support survivors.
Research and policy resources
BRIDGE
http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/
A central point for gender and development information in relation to gender
mainstreaming. In addition to providing diverse information in one place, you
will find many other improvements including: more information on BRIDGE products
and ongoing work; better and easier search functions; and many other features.
Gender Actionnn
www.genderatwork.org
Gender Action is dedicated to promoting gender equality and women's rights in all International Financial Institution (IFI) investments such as those of the World Bank, the largest public source of development financing in the world. Gender Action's goal is to ensure that women and men equally participate in and benefit from all IFI investments. Gender Action's vision is a World Bank and other IFIs with mandatory gender policies and strategies that are implemented to increase women's economic empowerment opportunities and eliminate their human rights violations. Themes covered by the website include, gender and economic restructuring, women's rights in peace and conflict, women and the environment. A 2006 publication, Gender Guide to World Bank and IMF Policy-Based Lending, by Suzanna Dennis and Elaine Zuckerman is available to download from the website.
Gender at Work
www.genderatwork.org
Gender at Work works to increase political accountability and support organizations to challenge social norms and gender inequity in the society in which they work. The website has a range of thought-provoking articles on gender and development for download and a catalogue of books which can be ordered on line.
International Gender and Trade Network (IGTN)
www.igtn.org
IGTN is a network of feminist gender specialists who provide technical information on gender and trade issues from a critical feminist perspective. It is a Southern-led network that builds South/North cooperation in the work of developing more just and democratic policy. IGTN is organised in Asia, Latin America, Caribbean, Central Asia, Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Gulf and North America. The website includes comment and analysis of the current round of World Trade Organisation negotiations, an overview of international trade policy issues from a gender perspective and resources for economic literacy.
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
www.icrw.org
ICRW is a global research institute comprised of social scientists,
economists, public health specialists and demographers, all of whom are experts
in gender relations. ICRW's mission is to empower women, advance gender equality
and fight poverty in the developing world. To accomplish this, ICRW works with
partners to conduct empirical research, build capacity and advocate for
evidence-based, practical ways to change policies and programs.
The Inter-Parliamentary Union: Women in National Parliaments
http://www.ipu.org
The
Inter-Parliamentary Union compiles data on the basis of information provided
by National Parliaments. Comparative data on the
percentage of women in each National Parliament as well as data concerning
the two
regional parliamentary assemblies elected by direct suffrage can be found on
separate pages. You can use the
PARLINE database to view detailed results of parliamentary elections by
country. There is also an
archive of statistical data on women in National Parliaments.
UNRISD
www.unrisd.org
The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
(UNRISD) is an autonomous UN agency engaging in multidisciplinary research on
the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development. The
Gender and Development section has an extensive range of documents on:
- Political and Social Economy of Carers
- Religion, Politics and Gender Equality
- Gender Dimensions of Judicial Reform
- Decentralization, Redistribution and Women’s Access to Welfare
UNRISD also has
programmes and areas of research on: social policy and development; democracy,
governance and well-being; civil society and social movements; markets,
business and regulation; and identities, conflict and cohesion.
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