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- United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE)
WomenWatch is a joint initiative of the Division on the Advancement of Women, the UN Development Fund for Women and the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women. It offers links to relevant UN and other websites. - Division for the Advancement of Women
The Commission on the Status of Women was established as a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council in 1946 to prepare recommendations to the Council on promoting women's rights in political, economic, civil, social and educational fields. - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
One of the most important documents on Gender Equality, CEDAW can be found on this site. - UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
To find "Women", go to "Quick find" on the very left side, then click "Women" - UNDP - Gender in Development
Recognizing that gender equality is a key element in development, UNDP has created this special website for gender issues: policies, programmes, capacity building and so on. - UNDP Gender library for Europe and CIS
Gender-related resources by topic and by country in the region. - Human Rights Watch - Women's Rights
This website provides access to recent reports of Human Rights Watch on Women's Rights (HR development, discrimination, role of the international community, violence against women etc.) as well as summary reports on women's rights. - The World Bank Group - GenderNet
The website of the Worldbank provides gender-disaggregated demographic data and tables on population dynamics, labor force structure, education and health for worldwide regions and countries. - European Women's Lobby
EWL is the largest co-ordinating body of national and European non-governmental women's organizations in the EU. Its goal is to achieve equality of women and men in Europe and to serve as a link between decision-makers and women's organizations. - Equality Now
Equality Now works for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organizations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women. - The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
The IHF is a self-governing group of non-governmental, not-for-profit organizations that act to protect human rights in Europe, North America and Central Asia. It aims to monitor compliance with the human rights provisions of the Helsinki Final Act. - International Organization for Migration
If you fill in the keyword "gender" to the search box, you will find links on the Working Group on Gender Issues, gender focal points, IOM Gender and Migration News Bulletin, IOM policy, key documents, related websites. - United Nations Development Fund for Women
UNIFEM provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security. - Women's Human Rights net
Women's Human Rights net provides comprehensive information and analysis on women's human rights and global issues. - Network Women in Development Europe
WIDE is a European network of development NGOs, gender specialists and human rights activists. It monitors and influences international economic and development policy and practice from a feminist perspective. - PeaceWomen - Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
The PeaceWomen Project monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. - Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Wilpf is an international NGO working toward world peace; total and universal disarmament; and the abolition of violence and coercion in the settlement of conflict and its replacement in every case by negotiation and conciliation. - Stop Violence against Women
STOPVAW is a forum for information, advocacy and change. It is a tool for the promotion of women's human rights in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Mongolia, and the UN Protectorate of Kosovo. - WAVE - violence against women directory
A collection of contacts of more than 4,000 women's help organizations in 46 countries of Europe, as well as information on research, international documents and the legal situation in each country. - NDP gender equality unit
Deptartment of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Ireland - Siyanda - mainstreaming gender equality
Siyanda is an web database of gender and development materials from around the world. It is also an interactive space where gender practitioners can share ideas, experiences and resources.