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Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
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. Their
goal is to cause policy, institutional and individual change that
will improve the lives of women and girls everywhere.
Council of Europe's activities in the field of equality between
women and men at intergovernmental level
www.coe.int/T/e/human_rights/equality
Website set up by the Council of Europe to provide information
on its "activities in the field of equality between women
and men at intergovernmental level". The site features a
news section, details of the past and current activities of the
Equality Committee and publications. The site has English and
French versions.
Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
www.un.org/womenwatch/daw
Grounded in the vision of equality of the United Nations Charter,
the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) advocates the
improvement of the status of women of the world, and the achievement
of their equality with men-as equal actors, partners, and beneficiaries
of sustainable development, human rights, peace and security.
Together with Governments, other entities of the United Nations
system, and civil society, including non-governmental organizations,
DAW actively works to advance the global agenda on women's rights
issues and gender equality and ensure that women's voices are
heard in international policy arenas.
Gender Advocacy Programme (GAP)
www.gender.co.za
The Gender Advocacy Programme (GAP) is an independent, non-governmental
advocacy and lobbying organisation based in Cape Town. They see
their position as bridging the gap between women in civil society
and structures of governance and to increase the participation
of women in policy formulation and decision-making.
Gender and Development (The World Bank)
www.worldbank.org/gender
The World Bank adopted a gender and development mainstreaming
strategy in 2001 and issued a revised Operational Policy and Bank
Procedures statement in 2003. Implementation of the strategy has
been documented continuously since its inception. This page has
links to these and related documents.
GenderStats
http://devdata.worldbank.org/genderstats/home.asp
GenderStats is an electronic database of gender statistics and
indicators designed with user-friendly, menu-driven features.
It offers statistical and other data in modules on several subjects.
The data in each module is presented in ready-to-use format.
The International Labour Organization (ILO)
www.ilo.org
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is devoted to advancing
opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive
work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity.
Its main aims are to promote rights at work, encourage decent
employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen
dialogue in handling work-related issues.
RoSa
www.rosadoc.be/site/nieuw/start.htm
Documentatiecentrum en Archief voor Gelijke Kansen, Feminisme
en Vrouwenstudies.
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
www.unifem.org
UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides
financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and
strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality.
United Nations Development Fund for Women, East and Southeast
Asia Regional Office (UNIFEM)
www.unifem-eseasia.org
UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides
financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and
strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality.
United Nations-INSTRAW
www.un-instraw.org
UN-INSTRAW is the leading United Nations Institute devoted to
research, training and knowledge management in partnership with
governments, the United Nations System, civil society and academia
to achieve gender equality and women's empowerment
WHRnet-Women's Human Rights net
www.whrnet.org
WHRnet aims to provide reliable, comprehensive, and timely information
and analyses on women's human rights. WHRnet updates readers on
women's human rights issues and policy developments globally and
provides information and analyses that support advocacy actions.
A team of regionally based content specialists provides regular
News, Interviews, Perspectives, Alert and Campaign information,
and Web Highlights.
WHRnet is a project of the Association for Women's Rights in Development
(AWID)
Women in parliaments, women in politics (Inter-Parliamentary
Union)
www.ipu.org/english/home.htm
The IPU is the international organization of Parliaments of sovereign
States (Article 1 of the Statutes of the Inter-Parliamentary Union).
It was established in 1889. The Union is the focal point for world-wide
parliamentary dialogue and works for peace and co-operation among
peoples and for the firm establishment of representative democracy.
Women Watch (United Nations)
www.un.org/womenwatch/asp/user/list.asp?ParentID=10
Information and Resources on Gender Equality and Empowerment of
Women.
Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO)
www.wedo.org
Founded in 1991, the Women's Environment & Development Organization
(WEDO) is an international organization that advocates for women's
equality in global policy. Working in key global forums such as
the UN, WEDO advocates for and seeks to empower women as decision
makers to achieve economic, social and gender justice, a healthy,
peaceful planet and human rights for all.