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About "Women in Islam" - A Resource Page
A detailed list of links regarding the status of women and their rights in Islam, critical views on their status in Islam and other related issues. Language: English
afrol News - Gender Country Profiles
afrol News is an independent news agency, established in 2000, covering Africa. Its gender profiles for more than 35 countries contain information on social data, family and tradition, gender sensitivity in society, health data and violence against women. Language: English
Center for Reproductive Rights
Information on national laws and policies that affect contraceptive access for women worldwide, searchable by region and full text search. Languages: English, Spanish, French, Arabic
Equality Now
Information on violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world. Languages: English, French, Spanish, Arabic
Female genital mutilation in Africa, Middle East and Far East
Article regarding female genital mutilation in Africa, Middle East and Far East; and debate about it among Moslims. Language: English
Global List of Women's Organisations
List of women's organisations all around the world, sorted by country and containing detailed contact information. Language: English
International Center for Research on Women
A number of studies on the issues of HIV, nutrition, violence against women, reproductive rights of women and other themes. Language: English
Karamah - Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
A broad collection of articles especially on women´s rights and human rights. Focus on domestic violence. Language: English and Arabic
Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation
A list of African countries where FGM is conducted, and news articles relating to the topic. Language: English
SAWNET The South Asian Women's NETwork
A number of links well sorted according to issues such as domestic violence, weddings and divorces, health issues and legal issues for women in South Asia. Language: English
UN Division for the Advancement of Women
Webpage containing CEDAW country reports, national action plans, a number of women-related publications that can be downloaded. Language: English
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) - Country Reports on the State of Women in Urban Local Government
Country reports (13 countries) and a Comparative report, all of them with analyses of issues in women´s participation and representation in government and related gender statistics. Language: English
WHO - Women´s Health and Development Search Page
UN agency specialized for health; its women´s subsection contains factsheets on AIDS, female genital mutilation, contraception. Related links offer gender-specific topics and health impacts on certain categories of women. Language: English, Russian, French, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish
Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organising
A global research and policy analysis network; focuses on the working poor women in informal economies. research and statistics on the informal economy; a number of publications and links to articles relating to informal employment Language: English
Women waging peace
Launched at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Inclusive Security; an operating program of Hunt Alternatives Fund The webpage provides a broad selection of articles related to women in war; case studies on many countries in the world; focuses on conflict prevention, peace negotiation and post-war reconstruction, all of them with relation to women. Language: English
Women´s Environment and Development Organisation
NGO advocating women’s equality in global policies. The webpage focuses on conflict, peace, gender and governance, poverty, sustainable development, UN reform in relation to women, providing a lot of fact-sheets, government positions, papers. Language: English
Women´s Learning Partnership
NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the UN; The webpage is targeting women in the developing world. It offers a list of national legislations; an overview of family laws in Islamic societies; bibliographies with focus on women´s human rights, violence against women; a list of women´s organisations sorted according to regions and activities. Language: English
Women's Human Rights Resources
A very detailed and well-sorted database of references to documents, articles, books and links which concern different issues regarding women´s human rights. Annotations of the sources available. Language: English
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Women's peace organisation founded in April 1915. Newsletters, booklets, statements made to UN Human rights Commission, a number of speeches on topics of peace, disarmament, racial problems, environment Language: English
WomenWatch - The UN Internet Gateway to the Advancement and Empowerment of Women
Initiative of The Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE); the page addresses women equality and empowerment of women. It contains a number of sources, namely legal instruments, focuses on women-related issues, statistics and publications, newsletters, covering all the world. Language: English, some of the subsections also available in French and Spanish