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Welcome to International Women, part of
WSSLinks, developed and
maintained by the
Women's Studies Section of the
Association of College and Research
Libraries.
Bibliographies |
Electronic
Discussion Forums |
Newsletters and Journals |
Organizations, Institutions and Research Center |
General Sites
for International Women's Issues
Africa
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Asia/Pacific |
Canada |
Europe |
South
America |
Middle East
Bibliographies
FGC
Comprehensive Bibliography
Compiled by the Female Genital Cutting Education and Networking Project,
it lists books, articles, and reports on the topic.
http://www.fgmnetwork.org/reference/biblio.html
Women's
Human Rights Resources From DIANA: the International Human Rights
Database.
It contains unannotated articles, books, and reports on
general and country specific women's rights, as well as cites on issues
such as prostitution, refugees, health, sexual orientation, domestic
violence.
http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/
Women
Immigrants 1945 to the Present: A Bibliography
Compiled by Eleanore O. Hofstetter, this unannotated
bibliography is an update and supplement to Women in Global Migration,
1945-2000: A Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Bibliography. Topics
discussed include demographic information on women immigrants, personal
narratives, educational resources, and sociological resources.
http://pages.towson.edu/hofstet/
Electronic Discussion Forums
Women-Related International Email Lists
A comprehensive list of email lists about women's issues
with a focus outside the United States and Canada. This list is compiled
and updated frequently by Joan Korenman, who established the well-known
electronic forum on women's studies, WMST-L.
http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/f_intl.html
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Newsletters and Journals
Advancing Women in Leadership
A refereed journal from Texas concentrating on "topics of interest
to international women leaders representing diverse professions."
http://www.advancingwomen.com/awl/awl.html
Agenda
Journal
The site for this publication from South Africa includes tables of contents for current and back issues,
excerpts, and a searchable index.
http://www.agenda.org.za/content/view/119/88888933
Feminist Africa
This forum for feminist intellectual dialogue and gender research on the
African continent is a publication of the African Gender Institute. It
is currently hosted by the University of Cape Town.
http://www.feministafrica.org/
Geekgirl
A "cyberfeminist zine" (now blog) from Australia. It contains art, fiction, and
articles on international women's issues.
http://geekgirl.com.au/
Gender
Forum
E-journal with an international editorial board dedicated to discussion
of women's and gender studies issues.
http://www.genderforum.uni-koeln.de/
IIAV
International News
Newsletter producted by the International Information Centre and
Archives for the Women's Movement in Netherlands; provides stories
relating to the advancement of women around the world. In English,
French, and Spanish.
http://www.iiav.nl/eng/ic/newsletter/index.html
International Alliance of Women Newsletter
Reports on organization and UN activities to further equal rights for
women as well as news reports from around the world.
http://www.womenalliance.org/newsletter.html
JENdA: a
Journal of Culture and African Women's Studies
Published by Africa Resource Center, Inc., Jenda is a peer reviewed
ejournal promoting the research of African women.
http://www.jendajournal.com/index.htm
Journal of
International Women's Studies
A multidisciplinary, cross-cultural journal for scholars, activists and
students.
http://www.bridgew.edu/soas/jiws
Journal of South
Asia Women Studies
An interdisciplinary scholarly e-journal dedicated to South Asian
women's issues. Published by the Asiatica Association.
http://www.asiatica.org/jsaws
Lesbo
A Slovenian lesbian, political, social quarterly published by ŠKUC-LL.
In Slovenian with summaries of articles in English.
http://www.ljudmila.org/lesbo/
LOLApress
Uruguay-based feminist journal with an international editorial boad.
Published twice annually with an additional online-only issue. In
Spanish and English.
http://www.lolapress.org/
Manushi
A journal from India that aims to share information about women's lives
in different communities in India. Includes selected articles from the
print edition. In English.
http://www.indiatogether.org/manushi/
NIKK Magasin
Published by the Nordic Institute for Women, the annual edition in
English offers articles from the Scandinavian issues and additional
articles aimed at an international audience. Presents gender research
from Nordic countries.
http://www.nikk.uio.no/publikasjoner/nikkmagasin/index_e.html
Il paese delle
donne
A journal with articles on international women's issues from Italy. In
Italian.
http://www.womenews.net/spip/
Suomi-Neito: Finnish Maiden
A list of links covering various Finnish women's issues.
http://www.suomi-neito.net/eneito.shtml
Women in Judaism
A journal from Canada on Jewish women worldwide. Includes
many links to resources, articles, biographies, etc. In English.
http://www.utoronto.ca/wjudaism/journal/journal_index.html
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Organizations, Institutions and Research Centers
Amnesty
International: Women's Human Rights
Includes programs, actions, links for human rights for women. Also
includes most of their publications with full-text. In English.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/women/index.do
APC Women's
Networking Support Program
A global organization dedicated to promoting gender equity in
information and communication technology. In English.
http://www.apcwomen.org/eng_index.shtml
CEDPA: Centre for Development and
Population Activities
This non-profit organization with offices in Washington, D.C., Egypt,
India, Nepal, Nigeria, and South Africa, provides grants to local women
organizations working to improve educational opportunities for women and
girls and ensure access to reproductive health care.
http://www.cedpa.org/
Center for Reproductive
Rights
The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP) is a non-profit legal
advocacy group defending women's reproductive rights internationally. In
English, Spanish, and French.
http://www.reproductiverights.org/
Global Fund for Women
From Palo Alto, California, USA. Funds international women's grassroots
organizations. Includes newsletter and links to organizations that have
received funding.
http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/
Global List of
Women's Organisations
A list of women's organizations worldwide arranged alphabetically by
country or territory.
http://www.distel.ca/womlist/womlist.html
ICRW, International Center for
Research on Women
Based in Washington, DC, USA, it promotes "social and economic
development with women's full participation." Includes information about
projects, seminars, grants, publications, activism in developing
countries.
http://www.icrw.org/
International Gay and Lesbian Human
Rights Commission
Includes "World Watch" which contains information and news stories from
different countries. Also "Allies" which contains other links under such
topics as immigration, religion, human rights. In English, French, and
Spanish.
http://www.iglhrc.org
International
Labour Organization: ILO's Gender Equality page
Includes links to various briefs on gender issues and gender equity
projects. In English, Spanish and French.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/gender.htm
International Women's Media Foundation
A worldwide organization advocating for the strengthening of women's
voices in all media. In English.
http://www.iwmf.org
IWTC, International Women's
Tribune Center
A major information, education, communication, networking, technical
assistance and training resource for women worldwide Also a
publisher/distributor of books, reports, pamphlets, UN documents,
postcards, and posters through Women, INK. Based in New York, USA.
http://www.iwtc.org/
MADRE
An international women's human rights organizations originating in the
United States which works with sister organizations in Central America,
Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, and the former Yugoslavia. Includes information on
those projects and organizations.
http://www.madre.org
NIKK: Nordic Institute
for Women's Studies and Gender Research
NIKK organizes seminars, conducts research projects, and publishes a
magazine and journal dealing with gender and sexuality. Also provides
access to bibliographic databases of women's studies monographs,
periodicals, and PhD theses produced by various Nordic entities.
http://www.nikk.uio.no/index_e.html
WEDO, Women's Environment and
Development Organization
A women's advocacy organization for environmental issues worldwide.
Contains reports, action items, United Nations information and more.
http://www.wedo.org
WILPF, Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom International
Includes information, political actions, messages, and resources. In
English.
http://www.wilpf.org/
Women without Borders
Vienna based organization that does advocacy for women around the
world. Site provides news of the organization's activities, various
reports, and articles from their newsletter.
http://www.women-without-borders.org
Women's Global Network for
Reproductive Rights
Network of groups and individuals from around the world who are working
for women's reproductive rights.
http://www.wgnrr.org/home.php
Women's Human Rights Net
Includes information about women's human rights issues, announcements,
and bulletin boards. In English, French, and Spanish.
http://www.whrnet.org
World Bank: Gender and Development
Includes country gender profiles, statistics, and links to World Bank
projects for women.
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTGENDER/0,,menuPK:336874~pagePK:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:336868,00.html
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General Sites for International Women's Issues
International Women's Web Sites
A selected list of international web sites on women focused outside the
United States and Canada compiled by Joan Korenman of University of
Maryland, Baltimore County, USA.
http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links_intl.html
Social Watch
From the Instituto del Tercer Mundo in Uruguay. Includes many statistics
on health, housing, literacy internationally. Tracks countries'
committments from Beijing Conference on Women. Has search capabilites.
http://www.socialwatch.org/en/portada.htm
Women Watch
Produced and maintained by the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on
Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE). It is a gateway to UN information
and data and an evolving forum on global women's issues.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
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Africa
AfricaBib
A searchable bibliography of 25 years of Africana research. Consists of
two bibliographic databases covering Africana periodical literature. One
is just on African women's issues. Also includes a bibliography of women
travelers, explorers and missionaries to Africa, 1763-2000.
http://www.africabib.org
African Gender
Institute
From the University of Capetown, South Africa. Includes projects,
research, newsletters and other links.
http://web.uct.ac.za/org/agi/index.htm
African
Women: on the Internet
A link to various sites, including papers, articles in newspapers,
newsletters, directories, UN and development programs on African women's
issues.
http://library.stanford.edu/africa/women.html
allAfrica.com - Women
Commercial site gathers news stories from 125 African news
organizations. Also provides some links.
http://allafrica.com/women/
APC-Femmes-Afrique/APC-Africa-Women
Site of the APC-Africa-Women Network. Includes information about their
programs, documents, and links. In French and English.
http://www.apcafricawomen.org/home.html
FAMAFRIQUE
A site for Francophone African women. In French.
http://www.famafrique.org/index.html
FEMNET: the African Women's
Development and Communication Network
Based in Kenya, the organization works with NGOs focusing on women's
development, gender violence, and other human rights. Site includes
notice of events, descriptions of campaigns, and publications.
http://www.femnet.or.ke/
African National Congress Women's
League
From the ANC (African National Congress) focusing on women's roles in
the liberation struggle. Contains speeches and biographies.
http://www.anc.org.za/wl
Women's Net/Gender in Africa
Information Network(GAIN)
A networking support program for South African women to search the
Internet for resources related to social activism.
http://www.womensnet.org.za/
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Asia/Pacific
Asia Pacific Forum on Women,
Law, and Development
NGO devoted to helping women use the law as a tool for social change,
justice, and equality. Site provides information about programs and
publications, with some full -text. There are lLinks to other
organizations.
http://www.apwld.org/index/htm
Asia Pacific Women's
Watch
From Manila, The Philippines. In English. Features newsletters,
articles, stories, organizations, and an excellent list of Asia and
Pacific Women's web sites.
http://apww.isiswomen.org/index.html
Centre for Women's
Development Studies
Based in New Delhi, this organization promotes and coordinates research
on women and development. Some of the resulting papers are
available on the site.
http://www.cwds.org/
Committee for Asian Women
Based in Bangkok, this is a network of women's organizations dealing
with the issues of working women. Site presents reports on CAW's
activities, news stories about women workers' activism, and various web
links.
http://www.cawinfo.org/index.html
Gabriela
Philippines
Coalition of over 200 organizations working to better women's lives
politically, economically, and socially.
http://www.gabrielaphilippines.org/index.php
National
Foundation for Australian Women
In addition to providing information on social policy related to women
and efforts to preserve historical documentation on women, this site
provides a searchable database of the Australian Women's Archive
Project.
http://www.womenaustralia.info/index.html
SAWNET
Extensive information for and about South Asian women. Includes notice
of books. In English.
http://www.sawnet.org/
Women of India
Section of a family-created web page providing information, pictures,
and primary materials on the culture and history of women in India.
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/women
Tibetan Women's Association
An organization devoted to social change for women living in Tibet and
in exile. Includes a video about Tibetan women that can be viewed
online. In English.
http://www.tibetanwomen.org
The
Women's Foundation
This organization funds projects and research related to girls and women
in Hong Kong. Includes links to other Hong Kong women- related web
sites.
http://www.thewomensfoundationhk.org/english/resources_hk.html
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Canada
Canadian Women's Foundation
Dedicated to change that will bring about the equality of girls and
women in Canada, this organization funds projects that foster economic
independence and an end to violence against women. Includes the
organization's newsletter and various reports. In English and French.
http://www.cdnwomen.org/
Status of Women Canada
A government agency that promotes gender equality and women's full
participation in the life of the country. Includes full-text of some
agency reports. In English and French.
http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/
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Europe
Amazone
Covers the Belgian women's movement and includes archives of women's
history, women's organizations, and other links. In French, English, and
Dutch from Belgium.
http://www.amazone.be/Main/Lang_Choice.asp?reference=01%2D01&lang=&sess=161886949&
L'Annuaire au Feminin
A documentation centre from France with listings to organizations in
Europe, Africa and the United States, conferences, and a forum. In
French and English.
http://www.annuaire-au-feminin.net
Ariadne
A women's information and documentation center at the Austrian National
Library in Vienna. In German. Includes newsletters, bibliographies, and
links to other organizations..
http://www.onb.ac.at/ariadne/index.htm
Azerbaijan Gender
Information Center
National gender portal provides gender related news from around the
world and promotes the work of women's organizations in the South
Caucasus. In English, Azerbaijani, and Russian.
http://www.gender-az.org/index_en.shtml
BaBe
A women's human rights project in Croatia. Includes newsletters,
reports, and documents. In Croatian and English.
http://www.babe.hr
Council of
Europe: Equality between Women and Men
Web site provides documents and news of events related to equality
issues in Europe. In English and French with additional material
in other languages.
http://www.coe.int/T/e/human_rights/equality/
Danish
Research Centre on Gender Equality (CeLi)
Center conducts research and distributes information on equality between
men and women. In Danish.
http://www.celi.dk/template/t00.php?menuId=2
European Women's Lobby
Large umbrella organization of women's groups in the European Union with
23 countries represented. Works to promote women's rights and equality
in European Union member states. Site includes news, and information
about the organization's activities and publications. In French and
English.
http://www.womenlobby.org/
Feminismus
A site on feminism and women in the Czech Republic; includes the Centre
for Gender Studies in Prague. In Czech.
http://www.feminismus.cz
FOKUS: Forum for Women and
Development
FOKUS coordinates Norwegian women's organizations' support to and
collaboration with women in the South. FOKUS has 50 affiliated women's
organizations, including women's committees. In Norwegian and English.
http://www.fokuskvinner.no/
Gender Inn
A searchable database, with an English and German thesaurus, on feminist
theory, literary criticism, and gender studies. From the University of
Koln in Germany.
http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/englisch/datenbank/e_index.htm
IIAV
International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement,
based in Amsterdam. In English and Dutch.
http://www.iiav.nl/
KARAT Coalition
Headquartered in Poland, this is a coalition of women's NGO's in Central
and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Includes
information about the organization's projects, publications, and news
from the region.
http://www.karat.org/
KETHI: Research
Center for Gender Equality
Center conducts research and provides information and statistics on
gender issues in Greece. In Greek and English.
http://www.kethi.gr/english/indexen.htm
KVINFO: The Danish Centre for Information on
Women and Gender.
Includes Forum, their online magazine with articles in English and
Danish.
http://www.kvinfo.dk
KVINNSAM
A database from Sweden which documents books and articles with a search
system. In English and Swedish.
http://www.ub.gu.se/kvinn/kvinnsam/
die media - frauen information
online
Includes mailing lists, web sites, workshops, conferences,
bibliographies, seminars. In German.
http://www.diemedia.de/
Network of
East-West Women
Contains information on conferences, projects, publications and a
listing of organizations by country in Central and Eastern Europe and
the former Soviet Union.
http://www.neww.org/en.php/home/index/0.html
NIKK
From the Nordic Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Research.
Includes virtual library, Nordic databases, archives, and other links on
gender research. Databases in all Scandinavian languages and English.
http://www.nikk.uio.no/index_e.html
OSKA
Compiled from the National Women's Information Center in Poland.
Includes summaries of the Center's Bulletin, news articles, links on
women's issues in Central and Eastern Europe. In Polish and English.
http://www.oska.org.pl/
OWL/Open Women Line
Compiled by ZhIF Vostok-Zapad in Moscow, Russia. Includes information
about Russian and international women's organizations. In Russian and
English.
http://www.owl.ru/
Les Pčnčlopes
A French organization which aims to collect and disseminate information
on women's issues. In French.
http://www.penelopes.org/
Q Web Sweden
"A base for Women's empowerment." Links to articles, organizations,
information about empowerment, health, reproduction, sexuality,
violence, and adolescents. In English and Swedish.
http://www.qweb.kvinnoforum.se/
Rosa Luxemburg Institut
From Vienna, Austria. Has many links, including a directory of women's
studies in Switzerland. In German and English.
http://www.rli.at/
Russian
Feminism Resources
Contains articles, information on Russian women, links to other sites,
such as women's organizations in other post-Communist countries, art,
literature, and news. In Russian and English.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2533/russfem.html
Stiftung
Frauen-Literature-Forschung
From the Foundation for study of women's literature in Bremen, Germany.
Includes information on a database on women writers in Germany. In
German.
http://www.dasind.uni-bremen.de/
La Strada Ukraine
A non-governmental organization in Ukraine for prevention of trafficking
in women. In English and Russian.
http://www.brama.com/lastrada/
Storia delle Donne
In Italian. Sites on women's studies in Italy.
http://www.storiadelledonne.it/
Women and Cultural
Diversity: a Digest of Cases
Searchable database of British court cases in which gender and culture
coincide, dating from as far back as the 1970s. Provided by the
LSE Gender Institute.
http://webdb.lse.ac.uk/gender/
Women, State, Culture in the
Former Yugoslavia
Developed by Kristina Mihalec. Links to articles, news, women's centers
in all the countries of the former Yugoslavia.
http://k.mihalec.tripod.com/
Women's Studies EuroMap
Information and links to women's studies in Europe, including WISE, a
professional organization for Women's Studies.
http://webhost.ua.ac.be/women/
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South and Central America
Articulacion Feminista Marcosur
Network of South American organizations working regionally and with
world partners on women's rights issues. Site provides links to
related regional organizations and to the organization's bulletin.
In English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
http://www.mujeresdelsur.org.uy/i_menu.htm
Casa de la Mujer de la Union
From Uruguay. Links to many other sites. Texts on women's rights. In
Spanish.
http://www.chasque.apc.org/chasque/barrio/mujer/index.html
CEM: Centro de Estudios de
la Mujer
Chilean non-profit organization which supports social science research
on gender issues. Site provides news about projects and links to
related organizations. In English and Spanish.
http://www.cem.cl/eprincipal.htm
CENDOC-Mujer
Cendoc is a women's organization in Peru which provides documents on
women's issues. In Spanish.
http://www.cendoc-mujer.org.pe/lechnza.html
Centro de la Mujer
Peruana Flora Tristan
Organization of feminists in who have been working for full
citizenship for Peruvian women since 1979. Site includes
statistics on women in the country, information about the organization's
activities, and a number of reports. In Spanish
http://www.flora.org.pe/index.htm
CFEMEA: Centro Feminista de
Estudos e Assessoria
Brazilian feminist organization working to improve conditions for women
in their country. Site includes information about government
activities that effect women and their monthly newsletter. In
Portuguese with English front page.
http://www.cfemea.org.br/
Isis International
From Chile. Includes programs, publications, other sites. In Spanish.
http://www.isis.cl
MEI - FundaciŰon
Mujeres en Igualdad
A non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging women's participation
in politics. In Spanish and English, from Argentina.
http://www.mujeresenigualdad.org.ar/
Mujeres en Red
An activist site that contains news stories, articles, and alerts
concerning women's issues from various countries including Latin
America. In Spanish.
http://www.nodo50.org/mujeresred/
La Neta
Links to sites of organizations, such as CIDHAL and conferences of women
in Mexico. In Spanish.
http://www.laneta.apc.org/laneta
Radio Internacional Feminista
A women's media organization which interviews women on the radio and
also presents the interviews in writing and in audio on this web site.
Many speeches and interviews from the Beijing Conference on Women and
Beijing + 5 in New York. In Spanish and English, from Costa Rica.
http://www.fire.or.cr/
Women @ ALAI
ALAI is a "regional communications initiative serving women's and
feminist movements in Latin America and the Caribbean. This Web site
gathers documentary material on gender issues." From Ecuador, in
Spanish, French, Portuguese, and English.
http://alainet.org/mujeres/
Women in Latin
America -- LANIC
Links to resources on Latin American women by country. From the
University of Texas, U.S.A.
http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/women/
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Middle East
Bat SHALOM of Jerusalem
An Israeli Women's Center which works with a Palestinian Women's Center
in Jerusalem. Includes activities, statements, calendar, and photos of
both centers.
http://www.batshalom.org/
Israel Women's Network
A resource center in Israel with publications on women's issues and a
newsletter. In Hebrew and English.
http://www.iwn.org.il/index.asp
Resources for and About
Muslim Women
Compiled by Huma Ahmad, contains information, articles, and sites on
women and Islam.
http://www.jannah.org/sisters/
RAWA Revolutionary Association of the
Women of Afghanistan
Contains the newsletter, Payam-e-Zan, in Persian and Pashtu with
translations in English and Urdu. In Farsi and English.
http://www.rawa.org/
Women's Forum against Fundamentalism
in Iran
Based in Boston, this organization's web site features news stories on
women in Iran, a newsletter, and general information about the status of
women in that country.
http://www.wfafi.org
Women in the Middle East
A comprehensive listing of articles and links for information about Arab
women, Afghani women, Iranian women, Israeli/Jewish women, Kurdish
women, and more. From Columbia University.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/women.html
Women in the Negev
Searchable database provided by Be-Gurion University of the Negev.
In Hebrew and English.
http://dahab.bgu.ac.il/F/X3HRH9C89FATCUNNUXEAP3PAJVK3DHCK6P2KGJVPA2PVQG86BG-00579?func=file&file_name=find-b&local_base=bgw
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