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Networks / Directories / Studies
NETWORKS
www.vrouwen.net/vweb/europa.html
Linklist - of European Feminist, Women and Lesbian Initiatives on the Web. Created by Maja van der Velden, Netherlands.
www.neww.org/
Network of East-West Women - "NEWW links women across national and regional boundaries to share resources, knowledge and skills. NEWW's mission is to empower women and girls throughout the East (Central and Eastern Europe, and NIS and the Russian Federation) and the West by dialogue, networking, campaigns, and educational and informational exchanges. NEWW supports action and joint projects inspired by feminist principles."
www.rimaweb.com.ar/
RIMA Red Informativa de Mujeres de Argentina - "es una lista de distribución por correo electrónico coordinada por la RIMA - Red Informativa de Mujeres de Argentina de Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. En este momento la red está conformada por más de 400 mujeres de nuestro país (14 provincias), América Latina y el Caribe, y Europa. Las hay abogadas, periodistas, psicólogas, médicas, oficinistas, académicas, escritoras, fotógrafas, diputadas, concejalas. Hay suscriptas diferentes ONGs. RIMAweb es el sitio que surge a partir de los materiales que comenzaron a circular por la lista, y de la iniciativa de Gabriela De Cicco e Irene Ocampo, quienes tenían experiencia en el armado y mantenimiento de páginas web, como así también del uso de las nuevas tecnologías de información y comunicación (NTIC).“
www.sigi.org/
Sisterhood Is Global Institute - "is an international non-governmental, non-profit organization dedicated to the support and promotion of women's rights at the local, national, regional, and global levels. With members in 70 countries, and a network of more than 1300 individuals and organizations worldwide, SIGI works toward empowering women and developing leadership through human rights education.“
allwomencount.net/
All Women Count - "is the web page of the International Wages for Housework Campaign (WFH) and of WinWages (Women’s International Network for Wages for Caring Work) which the WFH coordinates. In 2002, WFH will celebrate its 30th anniversary. We are an anti-sexist anti-racist women’s network which is not aligned with any political party, government or religion. We make visible the work that women and girls everywhere contribute – at least 2/3 of the world’s work is done by women and girls, mostly unwaged, the rest for low wages. We demand recognition and payment for all our work – from housework and childcare, to growing and preparing food, taking care of people at home, in schools and hospitals, the burden of the double and triple day and the non-traditional jobs which many of us are doing to get out of the violence of poverty and financial dependence.“
www.whrnet.org/
WHRnet - "Founded in 1997, WHRnet is an international network of women's human rights organizations that seeks the effective utilization of all available information and communication technologies (ICTs) toward the advancement of Women's human rights.“
www.wluml.org/
Women Living Under Muslim Laws - "is an international Network that provides information, solidarity and support for all women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam. The Network aims to increase the autonomy of women by supporting the local struggles of women from within Muslim countries and communities and linking them with feminist and progressive groups at large; facilitating interaction, exchanges and contacts and providing information as well as a channel of communication.“
www.wougnet.org/
The Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) - "is a place to share news, information and activities on women related issues in Uganda. WOUGNET's goal is to promote the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) by women organisations and individuals for the better being of Ugandan women.“
DIRECTORIES
STUDIES
www.pscw.uva.nl/SOCIOSITE/TOPICS/activism.html
Activism, Collective Action, Social Movements, Utopianism - a well-done summary site of all different kinds of activism by Albert Benschop, Sociology Department, University of Amsterdam
www.uct.ac.za/org/agi/
African Gender Institute (University of Cape Town) - "The AGI's Vision is of Africa as a continent liberated from the legacies of colonial and patriarchal domination, and transformed into a powerful and united region in which women and men are respected as equal, and social justice is a reality for all its people. The AGI's Mission is to contribute to the realization of this vision by building intellectual capacity and establishing an African resource dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of intellectuals, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners committed to the attainment of gender equity."
www.aware.org.sg
Asscociation of women for action & research (AWARE) - "was registered in Singapore in November 1985 as a voluntary organisation of women with three main areas of focus: Support, Research and Advocacy. We conduct research, publish books, work to raise awareness of women's status and rights, and seek to empower women so they can make their own life choices.“
www.laneta.apc.org/
www.laneta.apc.org/cdahl/cendoc.htm
Centro de Documentación y Archivo Histórico Lésbico de México y America Latina "Nancy Cárdenas" CDAHL - "Ante la gran dificultad para rearticular la historia del movimiento lésbico en América Latina, debido a la gran dispersión de las fuentes de información y archivos y a que la militancia lésbica en América Latina sigue siendo semi-clandestina. En el IV Encuentro Lésbico Nacional se expresó la urgente necesidad de formar un archivo histórico lésbico para evitar la pérdida de la historia del movimiento lésbico mexicano y de las lesbianas en general."
www.cews.org
Center of Excellence Women and Science CEWS - "wurde am 29. September 2000 an der Universität Bonn eröffnet. Es ist eine nationale Koordinierungs-, Informations- und Beratungsstelle mit internationaler Ausrichtung für mit Chancengleichheit in Wissenschaft und Forschung befasste wissenschaftliche und politische Institutionen, Frauen- und Chancengleichheitsbeauftragte sowie Wissenschaftlerinnen aus dem In- und Ausland.“
www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/
Center for Women’s Global Leadership (Global Center) - "The Global Center's programs promote the leadership of women and advance feminist perspectives in policy-making processes in local, national and international arenas. Since 1990, the Global Center has fostered women's leadership in the area of human rights through women's global leadership institutes, strategic planning activities, international mobilization campaigns, UN monitoring, global education endeavors, publications, and a resource center. The Global Center works from a human rights perspective with an emphasis on violence against women, sexual and reproductive health and socio-economic well-being. The Global Center's programs are in two broad areas of policy & advocacy and leadership development & global education.“
www.ecn.cz/gender/
Centrum pro Gender Studies - Praha.
www.icrw.org/
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) - "is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting social and economic development with women's full participation. ICRW generates quality, empirical information and technical assistance on women's productive and reproductive roles, their status in the family, their leadership in society, and their management of environmental resources. ICRW advocates with governments and multilateral agencies, convenes experts in formal and informal forums, and engages in an active publications and information program to advance women's rights and opportunities. ICRW was founded in 1976 and focuses principally on women in developing and transition countries."
www.iiav.nl
International Information centre and Archives for the Women's Movement (IIAV) - "is the source, the intermediary and the supplier of information and documentation for all those who occupy themselves with the position of women, whether it concerns books, periodicals, data, addresses, archives, visual materials, current or historical, national or international. Specialist queries can be answered directly thanks to the computer database facilities and the Women's Thesaurus. In view of the rapidly growing amount of information on women and the fact that it is impossible to collect every piece of information which exists, the IIAV focus their collection policy for the coming years on the developments in, and contemporary theories on women's studies and on providing information about black, migrant and refugee women."
www.jagori.org/
Jagori - "„was started in 1984 as a women'sdocumentation, training and communication centre. We are organically linked to the women's movement and our work is committed to the creation of a just society. Here, emotions are as legitimate as empirical evidence and our shared personal experiences as women shape our politics and commitment to bringing seasons of change: change within ourselves, change within others and change in society. Jagori, at its simplest, is a documentation & resource center on women-related issues. Jagori, at its most intricate, is where feminist theory meets practice.“
www.siyanda.org/
siyanda (isiZulu) - "The name Siyanda is symbolic of what we hope this gateway will become: an ever growing resource of materials to support the work of gender practitioners in mainstreaming gender. As the name indicates, this is not an end, but a process. We hope that Siyanda will become a meeting place and haven that represents diversity, growing toward a more equitable society. Siyanda is about participation in and adding our voices to a growing network of those committed to supporting and reflecting the gender mainstreaming needs of policy workers, gender activists, programme and project workers, field workers and researchers alike. We invite you to share your work and ideas in this space.“
www.sosig.ac.uk/roads/subject-listing/World/women.html
Social Science Information Gateway - Search in all subjects within Women's Studies, Women and Education, Women and Employment, Women and Philosophy, Women and Politics, Women and Religion, Women and the Arts, Women and the Law, Women's History, Women, Development and the Environment, Women, Science and Technology.
research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/programs.html
Women Studies Programs Worldwide - "What follows are links to approximately 500 women's studies (including "gender studies") programs, departments, and research centers around the world that have web sites."
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