Chapter 9 Web Links

Chapter nine: Women and Gender

http://www.amnesty.org
Amnesty International, with a global campaign to stop violence against women.

http://www.awid.org
Association for Women’s Rights in Development (English, Spanish, French).

http:/www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/
Development-Gender, Brighton Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, offers ‘cutting-edge’ packs on trade, migration, citizenship, participation, and other issues.

http://www.globalfundforwomen.org
Global Fund for Women (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Arabic).

http://www.ipu.org
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is an up-to-date source for women’s political representation in national representative institutions.

http://libarts.wsu.edu/polisci/rngs
Research Network on Gender Politics and the State.

http://www.sewa.org
Self-Employed Women’s Association, India.

http://www.un.org/womenwatch
United Nations gateway on women’s advancement and empowerment.

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw
United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women.

http://www.undp.org/women/
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Women’s Empowerment home page.

http://www.unifem.org
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).

http://www.wedo.org
Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO).

http://www.who.int/gender/en/
World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Gender, Women, and Health.

http://www.wluml.org
Women Living under Muslim Laws (WLUML).

http://www.womensenews.org
A website and source of daily news about women.

http://www.worldbank.org/gender
World Bank Gender home page.