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The Flying Broom
The Flying Broom is aiming at raising conciousness on women’s rights issues through radio and television programs, women’s film festivals, conferences, workshops and panels.
Kadýn Adaylarý Destekleme ve Eðitme Derneði (KA-DER)
This NGO aims to increase the participation of women in politics, and to support all women who want to be involved in politics at any level.
Kadýn Emeðini Deðerlendirme Vakfý
KEDV aims to improve women’s quality of life and economic status and provide resourses for women’s enterprises through partnership with local municipalities, other NGOs and private companies.
Kaos
The grup organizes cultural activities, conferences, film showings to raise consciousness on the problems faced by homosexuals. The group founded the first gay library in Turkey and they also publish a magazine called Kaos GL.
ODTÜ, Kadýn çalýþmalarý Yüksek Lisans Programý
The program integrates education, research and advocacy, to contribute to the creation of public awareness and sensitivity on the social position and problems of women in society.
Lambda Ýstanbul
The grup works to voice the issues and promote the rights of homosexuals through riots, radio programs and press releases.
Mor Çatý Kadýn Sýðýnaðý Vakfý
Mor Çatý is an independent women’s organization that provides psychological counselling, legal counselling, employment counselling, support groups and shelter services to lighten women’s problems.
Kadýnýn Statüsü ve Sorunlarý Genel Müdürlüðü (KSSGM)
This is a directorship founded as a result of Turkey’s ratification of CEDAW, to ensure the implementation of CEDAW on the social level, through publications and projects.
Marmara Universitesi Kadýn Ýþgücü ve Ýstihdamý Araþtýrma ve Uygulama Merkezi
Ankara Üniversitesi Kadýn Sorunlarý Araþtýrma ve Uygulama Merkezi (KASAUM)
This division publishes newsletters, magazines and books, initiates research on women’s issues, and coordinates education programs for adult women.
Ege Üniversitesi Kadýn Sorunlarý Araþtýrma ve Uygulama Merkezi
EKAM is working to raise consciousness on gender equality and doing research on fields related to women and the family.
Istanbul Barosu Kadýn Haklarý Uygulama Merkezi
United Nations
The UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women
The site provides Internet space for global gender equality issues and supports the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action.
United Nations Population Fund
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The UNHCHR site provides databases on treaty bodies and charter-based bodies, reports on the outcomes of sessions and meetings, and announcements about agency events.
UNDP United Nations Development Program – Gender in Development
UNDP is the UNs' global development network. Organizations from different countries share strategies for sustainable development, from a gender perspective.
Women's Rights are Human Rights
The website gives basic information on the "women's rights as human rights" framework, as well as the latest news, conferences, and documents arising from the UN's work to promote women's rights.
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
This is the site for the International Criminal Court, which aims at dealing with individual responsibility in acts of genocide and egregious violations of human rights.
Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
The Committee works on the task of overseeing the implementation of the CEDAW by the States parties.
International
Center for Women's Global Leadership
The Center promotes the leadership of women and the advancement of feminist perspectives in policymaking processes in local, national, and international arenas.
International Women's Health Coalition
IWHC works to generate health and population policies, programs, and funding that promote the rights and health of women, particularly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Global Fund for Women
Global Fund for Women makes grants to seed, support, and strengthen women's rights groups around the world.
Madre
MADRE provides resources and training to enable sister organizations worldwide to meet immediate needs in their communities, especially on the issues of health, education, and economic development.
Sisterhood is Global Institude
This is an international women’s NGO dedicated to develop means of action to support women’s rights, freedom and power.
Hesperian Foundation
This foundation is a non-profit publisher of books and newsletters on community-based health care with special emphasis on the issues of women and health.
International Women's Rights Action Watch
This is an organization that carries out collaborative projects to facilitate the monitoring and implementation of the CEDAW, regionally and globally.
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
This is a legal advocacy organization that works on laws and regulations, which they believe are essential for protecting and advancing the reproductive rights of women.
International Planned Parenthood Federation
IPPF links Family Planning Associations (FPAs) worldwide to promote women’s and men’s right to the highest possible level of sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Association for Women in Development
The organization aims at connecting, informing and mobilizing persons and organizations that work on gender equality, women’s human rights and sustainable development.
The Women's Press
The Women’s Press is a publisher that is dedicated to publish incisive fiction and nonfiction from women writers around the world.
Lebanese Council to Resist Violence Against Women
This is a platform where Lebanese women can rally, support, and publicize regarding abuse and get free legal counciling.
Women, Ink Bookstore
Women, Ink. markets and distributes books on women and development worldwide. Also, it is the exclusive distributor of publications from UNIFEM.
Equality Now
International human rights organization Equality Now commits itself to protecting the civil, political, economic and social rights of girls and women around the world.
AVIVA - Women's Worldwide Web
AVIVA provides regularly updated news and action alerts for and about women from all over the world.
Women's Net
Women’s Net contains links to women’s organizations and posts updated news and announcements about women from the Institute for Global Communications, which links the on-line progressive community.
Women's Human Rights Net
This is a partnership of women’s human rights organizations around the world. It provides links to these organizations and explanations of systems and strategies for women’s human rights work.
Center of Concern - Global Women's Rights Project
The project aims to approach questions of women's human rights and equity through a tradition of research, theological reflection, advocacy, outreach, and popular education.
Women, Law & Development International
WLDI identifies and publicizes violations of women's human rights, networks with women's rights leaders and organizations, and trains women to become women's rights advocates.
Human Rights Watch - Women's Rights Division
This is the women’s rights division of Human Rights Watch. The group stands with victims to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, and to bring offenders to justice.
Women's Caucus for Gender Justice
This is that helps to develop greater capacity among women in the use of mechanisms that provide women avenues of and access to different systems of justice.
Feminist Majority Foundation
FMF utilizes research and action to empower women economically, socially, and politically and to achieve gender equality, women’s reproductive health and nonviolence.
off our backs - a women's news journal
Women's Studies Center
This is a Palestinian NGO that works with teachers, students, community leaders and the media to establish the principle of equality between men and women.
International Center for Research on Women
ICRW aims to contribute to a broader economic and social well-being of women through research, capacity building, and advocacy, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
Bora Laskin Law Library
Bora Laskins Law Library of University of Toronto provides extensive literature on many issues related to women’s human rights and links to other relevant documents and web sites.
BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies University of Sussex
The organization seeks to bridge the gaps between theory, policy, and practice of issues regarding gender equality, in collaboration with its partners.
AMAN - The Arab Regional Resource Center on Violence Against Women
AMAN’s aim is to improve the quality and the quantity of information available to professionals who are working on combating violence against women.
MACMAG GLIP - The Machreq/Maghreb Gender Linking Information Project
MACMAG GLIP is a forum for debate, learning, and exchange on women, gender, and development among interested groups in the Middle East and Maghreb region.
Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
HREA works with individuals, NGOs, and governments interested in implementing human rights education programs by providing assistance, research, evaluation and training.
WCLAC - Womens Center for Legal Aid and Counselling
WCLAC, a Palestinian organization, seeks to promote the development of a social, political and legal order where human rights are respected and women's rights are protected.
The Women's Court: The Permanent Arab Court To Resist Violence Against Women
This is a symbolic popular court that wants to raise awareness on the issue of violence practiced against women in Arab societies.
The Jerusalem Center for Women
This is a Palestinian women’s NGO that provides Palestinian women with training in democracy, human rights, advocacy and life skills.
Isis International
ISIS International is a feminist NGO dedicated to creating opportunities for women’s voices to be heard, strengthening feminist analyses through information exchange, and promoting solidarity across the globe.
Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
WEDO is an international advocacy network that seeks to increase the power of women worldwide as policymakers in governance and in policymaking institutions.
Women's International Coalition for Economic Justice
This is an international coalition that links gender with macroeconomic policy at international policymaking arenas from a human rights perspective.
AAHUNG
Based in Pakistan, AAHUNG works primarily on issues related to women and health. Their major projects include AIDS Awareness Program and Karachi Reproductive Health Project.
Shirkat Gah Women’s Resource Center
This Pakistanian NGO mostly focuses on the positions of women in economy and law, and the actions that can be taken to improve women's position.
FORWARD - Foundation for Women’s Health Research & Development
FORWARD is an international NGO dedicated to improve the well-being of African women, regardless of where they reside.
Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network
LACWHN is a regional network that coordinates groups and activities on women's health and rights, especially sexual and reproductive rights.
Womens Global Network for Reproductive Rights
WGNRR is a worldwide network to promote and protect women's reproductive rights.
GAWH - Global Alliance for Women's Health
GAWH works to improve women’s health through advocacy, education and program implementation by working in partnership with experts, religious leaders, and media on the field.
Women's Information Services: Mapping the World Database
This is a database where women’s organizations can be found listed by continent, language, type, country and name. Site also contains a search engine on women’s issues.
WWWomen
WWWomen is an online resource for finding websites and sharing information and experiences related to women and motherhood.
Femina
Femina provides women with a comprehensive, searchable directory of links to female friendly sites and information on the World Wide Web.
Siyanda: Practitioner-focused Gender Mainstreaming Website
Siyanda is an on-line database of selected gender and development materials and an interactive forum for people who work on gender mainstreaming.
Genie: Donor-focused Gender Information Exchange Website
BRIDGE Gender and Development: BRIDGE resources Website
Development-Gender (BRIDGE) is an information resource on gender mainstreaming in development.
Women's e-News
Women's eNews is a nonprofit, independent news service covering the issues that are of particular concern to women.
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