SELECTED
WEBSITES GENDER
Gender Database
www.oecd.org/dev/inst/GDI database
Gender and Project Cycle (source: ATOL)
http://www.fao.org/ag/aga/Presentations/John/John/sld001.htm
http://www.gdrc.org/gender/framework/g-framework.html
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Manuals/Gender_Checklists/Agriculture/agri0404.asp?
http://brazil.accc.ca/english/gender/guidelines/
http://www.worldbank.org/gender/resources/projc.htm
http://www.intercooperation.ch/sed/download/wep-manual/
http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/evaluation/methods/PCM_Manual_EN-march2001.pdf
http://www.pcm-group.com/download_materials/courses/en/pdf/1d_Terms_used_management.pdf
http://www.norad.no/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=967
http://www.nlc.co.za/train/six0.htm
http://www.change-management-toolbook.com/pcm.htm
http://www.adb.org/Gender/checklists.asp
http://www.worldbank.org/gender/module/techniq/promote.htm
http://www.apcwomen.org/gem/go4gem/element2w1.htm
http://www.undp.org/water/gender.html
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php@URL_ID=11484&URL_DO=DO_
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/mdtmanila/training/unit1/harvrdfw.htm
http://www.thecommonwealth.org/gender
http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/qsm/document
Gender Budgeting (source IDS
Bridge)
Siyanda
http://www.siyanda.org/
All the summaries and the full online documents from this Collection (plus
more) are featured in the Siyanda database (hosted by BRIDGE). Search using the
term 'budgets'.
BRIDGE
http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge
For online versions of this Cutting Edge Pack (and previous ones such as Gender
and Participation): http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/reports_gend_CEP.html
English, French and Spanish copies
of In Brief:
http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/Bri_bull.html
For BRIDGE gender and economics
online materials including Glossary on Macroeconomics from a Gender
Perspective and Women's and Gender Budgets: An Annotated Resource List:
http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/reports_gend_ec.html
Gender Responsive Budget
Initiatives (GRBI) website
http://http://www.gender-budgets.org/
This website is part of the UNIFEM/IDRC/Commonwealth Secretariat Gender
Responsive Budgeting Initiative. It features events, GRBI activities and an
online document library.
Heinrich Boll Foundation (Berlin)
http://e-education.uni-muenster.de/boell/
'Gender Budgets, Financial Markets, Financing for Development: The Gender
Dimensions of the Global Financial Architecture' conference website, February
19-20 2002. Features conference papers.
International Budget Project
(IBP)
http://www.internationalbudget.org/
The IBP assists researchers and NGOs in developing countries to improve budget
policies and decision-making processes. It encourages policy research, fosters
networking and provides information and technical assistance. The website
features online materials and contact details for members
(including those working on gender budgets).
Gender, Decentralization and
Public Finance Resources
http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/publicfinance/decentralization/gender.htm
This web page from the World Bank Institute contains links to a wide range of
public finance-related materials, with a significant number
on gender budget concepts and initiatives, including World Bank Institute
workshop materials from:
- Workshop on Gender-responsive Budgeting (April 3, 2002).
- Workshop on Gender-responsive Budgeting in Pakistan (November 20-21, 2002).
- Materials from a 3-hour training module in Moscow
and St. Petersburg
(2002) on gender-responsive budgeting as part of a larger training
programme on fiscal decentralisation.
-Gender
Equality Links of the GENDERNET
Gender Equality Links
Table of Contents
Agriculture:
Business/Enterprise Development:
Communication:
- http://alainet.org/mujeres/ : ALAI’s
(Agencia Latinoamericana de Información) Women’s Program actively promotes
the right to communicate, and a gender focus in communication. ALAI drew up proposals on communications for the 4th
World Conference on Women and, in concertation with other organisations,
contributed to the chapter on Women and Media of the Beijing Platform for
Action. This website gathers documentary material in these issues, in
Spanish, English and French.
- http://www.ips.org/: IPS-Inter Press Service, the
world’s leading provider of information on global issues.
Computing:
- http://www.cpsr.org/program/gender/index.html: Gender Page of
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR).
- http://cra.org/Activities/craw/: The goal of CRA
Committee on the status of Women in Computer Science and Engineering
(CRA-W) is to take positive action to increase the number of women participating in Computer Science
and Engineering research and education at all levels.
Conflict, Peace and Freedom:
Development:
- www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/bri_bull.html: BRIDGE: The BRIDGE bulletin,
development and gender in brief, aims to raise gender awareness among
policy makers and practitioners. Drawing on the body of BRIDGE reports,
and other current literature, the bulletin provides succinct,
state-of-the-art updates on specific themes. Previous issues covered
environmental projects, poverty reduction strategies, conflict, emergency
responses, and institutionalising gender. The bulletin is mailed to 2,500
interested individuals and organisations mainly in developing countries.
- http://awid.org/body_index.html: AWID-The
Association for Women in Development is committed to gender equality and a
just and sustainable development process trough out the world.
- http://www.sn.apc.org/: SANGONET –Southern Africa’s Non-profit Internet Service
Provider is a regional electronic information and communications network
for development and human rights workers.
- http://www.fao.org/sd/seaga/: SEAGA-The
Socio-economic and Gender Analysis Programme. Strengthening socio-economic
and gender analysis at regional, national and local levels by providing
development specialists with practical methods and tools.
- http://www.undp.org/gender/: UNDP’s
Gender in Development Program and Gender Good practice: Gender
Mainstreaming.
- http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~thiesmey/widenglish.html: The Women and
Development Online Information Project.
Economics:
Education: (and Career Development):
- http://www.feminist.com/bisas1.htm: BISA-Black
Women in Sisterhood for Action is a national non-profit corporation whose
purposes are to develop and promote alternative strategies for educational
and career development of black women in the world of work; provide
scholarship assistance to deserving youths; provide support and social
assistance to senior black women in the community; share information and
resources in meaningful ways with the community-at-large; and to provide
leadership, role models, and mentors for young people.
- http://www.unicef.org/girlsed/gelef.htm: UNICEF’s
web site on Girl’s education.
Electronic Forums - Global Internet sites - On-line
databases:
(see also General Women's Resources)
- http://www.dev-zone.org/knowledge/Gender/E-mail_Bulletins_You_Can_Subscribe_To/ : Dev-Zone
knowledge centre
- http://www.girlsgoglobal.org/index.html : The Girls Go
Global Project is an international initiative to bring
together contemporary and popular culture images of global feminism from
women and girls across the globe.
We invite you to share your visions to create a better
future.
- http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/130625/ : Development
Gateway: The Gender and Development page of the Development Gateway is
envisioned as an Internet platform for gender and development-related
resources, information, and dialogue. The objective is to enhance the
effectiveness of development efforts worldwide through sharing knowledge
of gender-sensitive analysis, actions and policies.
- www.siyanda.org: Siyanda (meaning “we are
growing” in isiZulu) meets practitioners’ needs for accessible and diverse
gender information. It provides a comprehensive online database of
summaries and links to gender materials such as tools, manuals, case
studies, policy papers and research, including Southern-originated and
non-English language resources. Siyanda also provides an interactive online
space for practitioners to share materials, discuss the latest issues, and
good and bad practice, in order to help meet the challenges of putting
policy into practice. Hosted by BRIDGE.
- http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/forums.html: Frequently
updated, award-winning listing of publicly-accessible electronic forums
related to women or to women-focused gender issues.
- http://www.femina.com/index.html (see FeMiNa under
General Women’s Resources)
- http://www.feminist.com/win.htm : WIN-Women’s
International Network News. A world-wide open participatory communication
system by, for and about women of all backgrounds, beliefs,
nationalities, and age groups.
- http://www.research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/forums.html : Women-and Gender
related e-mail lists/electronic forums. Extensive list of listservers and
discussion forums on a array of women’s issues.
Environment:
- http://www.wedo.org/ : WEDO-Women
Environment and Development Organisation. WEDO is committed to empowering
women. WEDO has a global information and advocacy network of more than
18.000. Women must have an equal say in decision-making on environment,
development, population, reproductive rights, technology, political
participation and other issues affecting their lives, their families and
the future of the planet, and healthy communities make a healthy planet.
In focusing on women’s roles, needs, and capacities in movements to
restore the environment to sustainable health.
Food Security and Gender:
Health, Population, Sexual and Reproductive Rights:
- http://www.oecd.org/health : OECD- Health
- http://www.oecd.org/health/healthdata : OECD-Health Data
2003
- http://www.genderandaids.org: UNIFEM with UNAIDS
created a portal on gender and HIV/AIDS
- http://www.eldis.org/healthsystems/gender/ : ELDIS has
produced a useful guide, with the help of IDS BRIDGE, on Gender and Health
documents.
- http://www.feminist.com.health.htm/: General women’s
health issues.
- http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Register/pop-ctr.html: Harvard Center
for Population and Development Studies. Gender and Population Policies:
the program has a central focus on issues of gender equality and
empowerment of women, and includes a perspective on ethics and women’s
movement. Recently the Centre has carried out various complementary
activities as a follow-up to the Cairo
proceedings.
- http://www.iwhc.org/: International Women’s Health
Coalition.
- http://www.qweb.kvinnoforum.se/: Q Web Sweden
a women’s empowerment base. A global knowledge for exchange of knowledge,
experience and ideas on women’s health and gender issues.
- http://www.who.int/gender/en/ : WHO-World
Health Organisation’s Department of Gender and Women’s Health is charged
with helping WHO’s various programs and departments undertake the
challenge of integrating gender considerations into their work. It is also
responsible for researching and disseminating information on neglected
topics directly pertaining to women's health, such as gender-based
violence against women.
- http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org: The HIV/AIDS
Impact on Education Clearinghouse contains hundreds of downloadable
documents exploring the impact of HIV/AIDS on Education as well as the
ways in which education can mitigate the effects of the epidemic. Users
can also consult our online calendar of upcoming HIV/AIDS-related events,
participate in online discussion, etc.
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights:
- http://www.crlp.org/: The Centre of Reproductive
Law and Policy (CRLP) is a non-profit legal and policy advocacy
organisation is dedicated to promote women’s reproductive rights all over
the world (consult the world-wide link of CRLP). CRLPs domestic and
international programs engage in litigation, policy analysis, legal
research. And public education seeking to achieve women’s equality in
society and ensure that all women have access to appropriate and freely
chosen reproductive health services.
- http://www.fordfound.org/: The Ford
Foundation: sexual and reproductive health. Global offices in this
program: Cairo; Hanoi; Jakarta; Lagos; New Delhi; Mexico City; Moscow; Rio
de Janeiro; and Santiago.
- http://www.feminist.com/repro.htm: Links to
related web sites.
Human Rights - Law-:
- http://www.igc.apc.org/gfw/: Global Fund for
Women, promotes women’s rights groups around the world.
- http://www.iwtc.org/ : IWTC-The International
Women’s Tribune Centre. IWTC's work is grounded on the premise that access
to information and the ability to communicate are basic to the process of
women's empowerment, to women's ability to re-defining development
paradigms, to women's participation in the public policy arena and to the
building of democratic societies. IWTC's work is focused in five programme
areas: (1) human rights, (2) advocacy and accountability with a focus on
the Beijing
plus Five meeting, (3) information access and communication
capacity-building; (4) networking and organizational support; and (5)
Women, Ink, a knowledge-brokering service.
- http://www.equalitynow.org/: Equality
Now: Human Rights and Women’s Actions.
- http://www.hrcr.org/: Human & Constitutional
Rights. Human Rights web site posting country reports, international-and
national links, and documents.
- http://www.iwraw-ap.org/resources/human_rights.htm :
IWRAW-International Human Rights Watch-Asia Pacific is an international
network of activists, scholars, and organisations that focus on
advancement of women's human rights,served by a resource and
communications centre based at the University of Minnesota's
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. In 1993 an IWRAW Asia Pacific
program was established, based in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia,
to monitor Convention(CEDAW) implementation and provide training and
public education on using the Convention effectively in policymaking in
the Asia Pacific region.
- http://www.madre.org/: MADRE: a international
women’s human rights organisations with local women’s organisations in
different parts of the world.
- http://www.unifem.org/index.php?f_page_pid=24 : UNIFEM: web site
on promoting women’s human rights.
- http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/sites.htm: University of Toronto; Women’s Human Rights
Resources. List of International women’s human rights web sites, useful
addresses.
- http://www.wld.org/: WLD-Women, Law and
Development is a non-profit, NGO (category II consultative status to the
UN Economic and Social Council). WLD promotes women’s full and equal
participation in nations all around the world by advancing universal
respect for human rights, expanding rights education and legal literacy
among women, and challenging discriminatory socio-economic barriers.
General Women’s Resources:
(see also Electronic Forums-Global Internet Sites-On-line)
- www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/bri_bull.html: BRIDGE bulletin In
Brief. BRIDGE, the gender and development information service based at
the Institute of Development Studies, UK, produces Gender and Development
In Brief on topical gender issues. This popular bulletin is
produced with the input of partners (writing and dissemination). It
contains an overview as well as two articles by Southern-based
practitioners. Topics covered have included gender and armed conflict;
gender and budgets; and gender and HIV/AIDS. The printed and electronic
versions are currently distributed to over 6000 readers in English, French
and Spanish.
- http://www.femina.com/index.html: FeMiNa is a
large, searchable directory of links to women’s sites and information on
the WWW including a database and search engine.
- http://feminist.com/gen.htm: General
women’s resources: various types of web sites.
- http://www.aviva.org/: AVIVA is an
international women’s listing magazines, rum by an international group of
women based in London.
Featuring international links related to women, news on migrants and women’s
issues, information on political actions, art, women’s fiction, women’s
studies, events, resources, and organisations. Searchable by region and
country.
- http://www.penelopes.org/ : Les Penelopes is
a French non-profit association promoting and disseminating information
about and for women.
- http://www.igc.org/home/womensnet/index.html : WomensNet
- http://www.csudh.edu/wc/womenctr.htm: Women’s
Centre at California
State University.
Interesting links to different gender-related subjects.
- http://www.womenink.org/: Women, ink.
is a project of the International Women’s Tribune Centre to market and
distribute books on women and development world-wide. It is the exclusive
distributor of publications from UNIFEM.
- http://women3rdworld.miningco.com/:
"Women’s Issues-3rd World" provides NetLinks to
different countries and various topics.
Governance, Leadership and Politics:
Politics:
- http://www.int-idea.se/women/index.html: International
IDEA-Institute for democracy and election assistance. Women in Politics:
Beyond Numbers. Its focus is
the quantitative and qualitative impact of women on political
decision-making. Its objective is to improve and enhance women’s
effectiveness in political positions and to strengthen their impact in
decision-making forums.
- http://www.ipu.org/iss-e/women.htm:
IPU-Inter-Parliamentary Union posts a web site on gender partnership;
democracy through partnership between
men and women in politics.
- http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/world.htm: IPU: Women
in national Parliaments, statistics.
- http://www.ndi.org/globalp/women/women.asp : NDI-The National
Democratic Institute for International Affairs is committed to promoting
the equitable participation of women in politics and government. Support
for increased participation of women in political leadership is consistent
with NDI's mandate to strengthen the inclusive and representative
character of democratic institutions world-wide. NDI organises programs
devoted primarily to encouraging and enabling women to assume
responsibility for their own increased participation and makes the
participation of women as participants and presenters a facet of all its
programs. To date, NDI's programs to enhance women's political
participation range across the spectrum of NDI program activities. This
paper summarises NDI's women's programs which address issues in election
processes, democratic governance, political party building and civic participation.
Labour Markets and Gender: (see also Economics
section and Women’s Budgets section)
Land Tenure - Property Rights:
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs):
- http://www.worldbank.org/gender/mdgworkshop/: International
Workshop “Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals“, 19-20
November 2003, Washington, D.C.
An International Workshop on Gender Equality and the Millennium
Development Goals, jointly sponsored by the UN Interagency Network of
Women and Gender Equality, the OECD/DAC GENDERNET and the Multilateral
Development Bank Working Group on Gender.
- http://www.undp.org/mdg/ UNDP: Web site on
MGDs
Poverty Reduction:
- http://www.crop.org/: CROP-Comparative
Research Programme on Poverty (rather poor on gender issues, however relevant
on poverty reduction). CROP, established by the International Social
Science Council in collaboration with United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is a program founded on the
logic that reliable data and sound theories provide a basic tool for
poverty alleviation. CROP has created an arena for social scientists from
all over the world, working on different aspects of poverty.
- http://www.eurostep.org/pubs/position/gender/logender.htm : EUROSTEP: the Eurostep
position paper “Poverty Eradication and Gender Equality. A Benchmark for
the Successor Agreement between
the EU and the ACP”, which was produced for the Ministerial negotiations
taking place in July 1999, we would like to comment on the results of the
negotiation concerning poverty eradication and gender equality.
- http://www.undp.org/toppages/focus%20areas/focus.htm: UNDP Links
on Poverty, Environment, Gender and Governance.
- http://www.unrisd.org/engindex/research/rescurr3.htm:
UNRISD-United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. Gender
Program on Poverty and Wellbeing.
(Current research projects).
Refugee Women: (See also Conflict, Peace and
Freedom section).
Research and Studies on Gender Equality:
- http://www.icrw.org/: CRWL-International Center
for Research on Women.
- http://www.id21.org/: This is the ID21
Development Research reporting service, a selecting of the latest and best UK-based development research. This online
service offers hundreds of summaries of problem-solving work on critical
development dilemmas around the world. This Information for Development
in the 21st Century is drawn from; over 40 top UK
research centres; conference papers, unpublished reports; research by aid
and development agencies and pressure groups; research consultants. Many
contain gender equality relevant material.
- http://www.cgiar.org/ifpri/themes/mp17/gender/gender.htm: IFPRI: The
Gender Research Network was initiated by the CGIAR Gender Program and is
sponsored by the USAID/WID "Strengthening Development Policy Through
Gender Analysis" project at IFPRI to link researchers at CGIAR
centres, national research institutes, and universities who are involved
in gender and intra-household research. The network includes GENDEV
(formerly Gender CG), an e-mail network; a printed newsletter;
Gender-Prop, an e-mail conference on gender and property rights (now
concluded); and a new Gender and Development Policy Discussion
simultaneous with brown bag Seminar on
"Gender and Development Policy".
- http://www.igc.org/home/womensnet/index.html : WomensNet -
IGC:Women: Internet-Resources Collection. Extensive directory on women’s
issues, including economics, health & reproductive rights, resources
on the net, violence, women & technology, women’s organisations and
women’s studies.
- http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/research/gsintro.shtml :
Gender Research Group,University
of East Anglia, School of Development
Studies.
- http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/women/ :USIA-United States
Information Agency: Resources on Women. Implementing the Platform for
Action.
- http://www.library.yale.edu/wss/:
WSSLINKS-Women’s Studies Section Links. This web page is an excellent
resource to search for women’s studies links on a wide range of topics.
Research from the South:
Science and Technology:
Statistical:
Trade Liberalisation
and Women:
Violence against Women: (See also UNDAW under
Part IV and CEDAW under Part V).
Water Management and Sanitation: (See World Bank:
Sectoral Indicators).
Women’s Budgeting: (See also UNIFEM, under Part
III, Oberservers).
- http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/platform/institu.htm:
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women. The Platform for
Action, underscores the need to develop a more comprehensive knowledge of
all forms of work and calls on national, regional and international
statistical services and relevant governmental and UN agencies "to
develop an international classification of activities for the time-use
statistics that is sensitive for the differences as between
women and men in remunerated and unremunerated work" (para. 206 (f)
and (g).
- http://www.wedo.org/ffd/kit.htm : Financing for
Development Gender Policy Briefing Kit. A Joint Project of the United
Nations Development Programme and the Women's Environment &
Development Organization.
- www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/bri_bull.html: BRIDGE: The BRIDGE bulletin,
development and gender in brief, aims to raise gender awareness among
policy makers and practitioners. Drawing on the body of BRIDGE reports,
and other current literature, the bulletin provides succinct,
state-of-the-art updates on specific themes. Previous issues covered
environmental projects, poverty reduction strategies, conflict, emergency
responses, and institutionalising gender. The bulletin is mailed to 2,500
interested individuals and organisations mainly in developing countries.
see also Part III
Africa:
Asia and the Pacific:
- http://www.arrow.org.my/: ARROW-Asian
Pacific Resources & Research Centre for Women.
- http://www.aware.org.sg/:
AWARE-Association of Women for Action and Research is a Singaporean
organisation that conducts research and training on issues of concern to
women. AWARE also runs a helpline for women in distress.
- http://www.signposts.uts.edu.au/contacts/Singapore/NGO/659.html: ENGENDER-Centre
for Environment, Gender and Development is a Singapore-based non-profit
women’s organisation developing analysis and strategies in sustainable
livelihoods, sustainable health, and sustainable habitats.
- http://www.unescap.org/wid/ : ESCAP-United
Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific’s web site on WID.
- http://www.smeru.or.id/ : SMERU is an
independent institution for research and policy studies which provides
accurate and timely information and objective analysis, professionally and
proactively, on various socio-economic and poverty issues which are
considered most urgent and relevant for the people of Indonesia.
- http://www.jaring.my/wimnet/: Malaysia - Women’s Institute
of Management is a non-profit
organisation, based in Malaysia.
It promotes women’s leadership in all sectors of society and increased
income and better skills for
women.
- http://www.apgen.apdip.net/ and http://www.undp.org.vn/mlist/develvn/111999/post135.htm : UNDP: Promoting
Gender Equality in the Asia Pacific Region. List of UNDP Gender Focal
Points in RBAP region.
- http://www.isiswomen.org/womenet/links.html: Philippines
Asia-Pacific Women’s Web Sites (organisations, networks).
- http://umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet:
SAWNET-South Asian Women’s NETwork.
- http://www.women-connect-asia.com/seagep/index.htm: Singapore: SEAGEP-South Asia
Gender Equity Program. SEAGEP, a project of the CIDA, supports activities
that raise awareness of gender equity issues, advance gender responsive
development, and assists Southeast Asia
women in the advancement of the Beijing Platform for Action.
- http://www.women-of-asia.com/issue4/index.htm: Women of Asia; a quarterly magazine for executives and
leaders. Provides information on current issues; business network;
leisure; women in focus; and men in focus.
Australia and Oceania:
Central and Eastern Europe:
- http://www.neww.org/: NEWW-Network of
East-West Women links women across national and regional boundaries to
share resources, knowledge and skills. Its mission is to empower women and
girls throughout the East and the West by dialogue networking, campaigns
and educational and informational exchanges. Provides links to women’s
resources in Central and Eastern Europe and NIS.
Latin America and the Caribbean:
Middle East:
North America:
- http://www.herplace.org/ : CWIA - Canadian
Women’s Internet Association. The web site serve as a resource and meeting
place for Canadian women. It contains hundreds of links to sites relevant
to women, with a special focus on Canadian content.
- http://www.honorearth.org/aboutiwn.html : IWN-The Indigenous
Women’s Network.
Western Europe:
- http://www.genreenaction.net/ : Network Genre en Action - the gendre and
development information portal based at Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noir,
IEP, Bordeuax. Supported by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- www.ids.ac.uk/bridge
- www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/bri_bull.html
- www.siyanda.org: BRIDGE supports gender
mainstreaming efforts of policymakers and practitioners by bridging the
gaps between theory, policy and
practice with accessible and diverse gender information. This is
undertaken through accessible and appropriate knowledge creation, sharing,
and management, in long-term collaboration involving mutual
capacity-building with Southern and Northern partners. BRIDGE produces
bulletin Gender and Development In Brief and hosts an on-line
database Siyanda of gender and development materials.
- http://agence.francophonie.org/deposez/appel_prop_fiche.cfm?prj_id=181: Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie – projects “Women
and development”. Based in Paris.
- http://www.amazone.be/Main/Frameset.asp?reference=01-01&lang=en&sess=253810277& : Amazone,
the national resource center on equality between
women and men.This site also hosts the website of the Archive Center for Women's History and
provides access to the pages of the women's organisations with an
office in Amazone.
- http://www.engender.org.uk/ : ENGENDER is an
information, research and networking organisation for women in Scotland,
working with other groups locally and internationally to improve women's
lives and increase their power and influence. The organisation campaigns
to ensure that women and their concerns have greater visibility and equal
representation at all levels of Scottish society.
- http://eurplace.org/orga/eudif/index.html:
EUDIF-Women’s European Network of Documentation and Information.
- http://www.ifor.org/: IFOR-International
Fellowship for Reconciliation-Women Peacemaker’s Program.
- http://www.kvinfo.dk/: KVINFO is an
information centre and cultural centre concerned with the dissemination of
information on women and gender research to a wider audience. KVINFO’s
primary activity is its research library, which is open to the public. At
our Research Library site, you can find links to Danish and Nordic
information and research resources. (Denmark).
- http://www.lige.dk/: (only available in
Danish).
- http://www.nikk.uio.no/index_e.html : The Nordic
Institute for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, University of Oslo.
- http://www.owl.ru/eng/index.htm: OWL-Open
Women Line wants to provide access to new information technologies and
international communications for Russian women’s organisations.
- http://www.db-decision.de/GenderMainstreaming/belgium.html : The European
Database Women in Decision-Making provides a valuable source of
information for politicians and researchers, social partners, the media
and NGOs. It will also prepare the ground for qualitative studies and
strategies to increase participation and impact of women in
decision-making.
- http://www.eurosur.org/wide/porteng.htm: WIDE-Women
in Development Europe works to influence European and International
policies and to raise awareness on gender and development issues among
important sectors of opinion in Europe, with the objective of empowering
women world-wide. Belgium.
- http://www.uia.ac.be/women/wise/ : WISE-Women’s
International Studies Europe stands for the promotion of women’s studies
research, teaching and publication in Europe,
and the defence of women’s studies on a European and international level
in all appropriate institutions and organisations. Belgium.
- http://women-www.uia.ac.be/women/: Women’s
EuroMap. Belgium.
Infomation on women studies.
- http://www.womansearch.com/: New search
engine for women’s sites. Can be
search by keyword or category.
PART
III: GENDERNET Members/Observers/
Non-DAC OECD countries/Others
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see also Part II
1. GENDERNET Members:
Australia:
Austria:
Belgium:
- http://www.dgdc.be: This is the official website
of the Directorate General for Development Co-operation. Under
"Topics" there is a link to Gender.
Canada:
Denmark:
European Commission:
Finland:
- http://global.finland.fi/gender/ : Ministry for
Foreign Affairs, Development Cooperation: Understanding Gender site. On
this site you will find information about the concept of gender, and of
gender analysis. You can also explore examples of what impacts gender
related activities have had in existing projects and find information on
current activities.
France:
Germany:
Greece:
Ireland:
Italy:
Japan:
Luxembourg:
Netherlands:
New Zealand:
Norway:
- http://www.norden.org/lige/ligeuk97_2/2-97_04.htm: The
Norwegian government decided in June to found a new centre to further the
promotion of gender equality. The new centre belongs
under the Norwegian Ministry of Children and Family Affairs. The aim is to
create a lively and user-friendly centre to promote gender equality in Norway.
Portugal:
Spain:
Sweden:
Switzerland:
- http://www.sdc.admin.ch/index.php?nav=2,173,286,501&l=e : Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation(SDC), Gender
and Developemnt Cooperation
- http://www.sdc.admin.ch/dossier.php?dnav=169,169,169,169&userhash=1731161&l=e : Gender Tool Kit
- http://www.sdc.admin.ch/portal.php?nav=3,3,3,3&userhash=1731161&l=e : Gender Equality,
A key for poverty alleviation and sustainable development, document
- http://www.sdc.admin.ch/portal.php?nav=3,3,3,3&userhash=1731161&l=e : Strategies and
Tools along the project cycle, A new working tool, facilitating
gender-oriented entrepreneurship promotion, document
United Kingdom:
- http://www.dfid.gov.uk/: Department for
International Development. Search Sitemap->Social Development
Department->Work in detail-> Gender
United States:
2. GENDERNET Observers:
IMF:
UNDP:
UNIFEM:
World Bank:
- http://www.worldbank.org/gender : GenderNet.
This site describes how the
Bank seeks to reduce gender disparities and enhance women's participation
in economic development through its programs and projects. It summarizes
knowledge and experience, provides gender statistics, and facilitates
discussion on gender and development.
- http://devdata.worldbank.org/genderstats/: 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.
- http://www.worldbank.org/gender/tools/sectoral.htm: Sectoral
indicators for agriculture; health; water and sanitation; credit; and
education. This section contains possible indicators, by sector, for
monitoring gender-related aspects of policies/projects. As this is a new
and emerging area of focus in gender-related work, the indicators
available here have been
gathered from various sources, internal end external, and in some cases
represent work in progress that will be
updated as more refined indicators become
available.
- http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/130625/ : Development
Gateway: The Gender and Development page of the Development Gateway is
envisioned as an Internet platform for gender and development-related
resources, information, and dialogue. The objective is to enhance the
effectiveness of development efforts worldwide through sharing knowledge
of gender-sensitive analysis, actions and policies.
- http://www.worldbank.org/gender/mdgworkshop/: International
Workshop “Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals“, 19-20
November 2003, Washington, D.C.
An International Workshop on Gender Equality and the Millennium
Development Goals, jointly sponsored by the UN Interagency Network of
Women and Gender Equality, the OECD/DAC GENDERNET and the Multilateral
Development Bank Working Group on Gender.
3. Non-DAC OECD Countries:
Korea:
Mexico:
Turkey:
4. Others:
United Nations:
BRIDGE:
- http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge: BRIDGE supports
gender mainstreaming efforts of policymakers and practitioners by bridging
the gaps between theory, policy
and practice with accessible and diverse gender information. This is
undertaken through accessible and appropriate knowledge creation, sharing,
and management, in long-term collaboration involving mutual
capacity-building with Southern and Northern partners.
- http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/bri_bull.html: BRIDGE bulletin
Gender and Development In Brief
- http://www.siyanda.org: Siyanda is an
on-line database of gender and development materials. It is also an
interactive space where gender practitioners can share ideas, experiences
and resources. Hosted by BRIDGE.
PART IV: International
Organisations with Gender Equality pages
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Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty-usa.org/women/index.html: The Women’s Human
Rights Program of AIUSA seeks to stop the particular violations of the civil
and political rights that women and girls experience. Links to other women’s
human rights web pages.
FAO: http://www.fao.org/gender/
ILO: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/gender/gender.home
INSTRAW: http://www.un.org/instraw: INSTRAW-United Nations
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women.
OXFAM: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/: Oxfam.
UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org/girlsed/gelef.htm: UNICEF’s web
site on Girl’s education.
United Nations:
UNDP:
UNESCO:
UNHCR:
UNIFEM:
WHO:
- http://www.who.int/gender/en/ : WHO-World
Health Organisation’s Department of Gender and Women’s Health is charged
with helping WHO’s various programs and departments undertake the
challenge of integrating gender considerations into their work. It is also
responsible for researching and disseminating information on neglected
topics directly pertaining to women's health, such as gender-based violence
against women.
World Bank:
- http://www.worldbank.org/gender : GenderNet.
This site describes how the
Bank seeks to reduce gender disparities and enhance women's participation
in economic development through its programs and projects. It summarizes
knowledge and experience, provides gender statistics, and facilitates
discussion on gender and development.
- http://devdata.worldbank.org/genderstats/: 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.
- http://www.worldbank.org/gender/tools/sectoral.htm: Sectoral
indicators for agriculture; health; water and sanitation; credit; and
education. This section contains possible indicators, by sector, for
monitoring gender-related aspects of policies/projects. As this is a new
and emerging area of focus in gender-related work, the indicators
available here have been
gathered from various sources, internal end external, and in some cases
represent work in progress that will be
updated as more refined indicators become
available.
- http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/130625/ : Development
Gateway: The Gender and Development page of the Development Gateway is
envisioned as an Internet platform for gender and development-related
resources, information, and dialogue. The objective is to enhance the
effectiveness of development efforts worldwide through sharing knowledge
of gender-sensitive analysis, actions and policies.
- http://www.worldbank.org/gender/mdgworkshop/: International
Workshop “Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals“, 19-20
November 2003, Washington, D.C.
An International Workshop on Gender Equality and the Millennium
Development Goals, jointly sponsored by the UN Interagency Network of
Women and Gender Equality, the OECD/DAC GENDERNET and the Multilateral
Development Bank Working Group on Gender.
PART V: International Conventions
and Declarations
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Gender-Related Conventions and
Declarations-International Instruments: