Gender and Women

 

 

 

 

 

 The UN Web Sites:
  1. UNFPA - Working to Empower Women: http://www.unfpa.org/tpd/gender/index.htm
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    Promoting Gender Equality in Population and Development Programmes Best Practices and Lessons Learned

  2. The United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women http://www.undp.org/fwcw/daw.htm#DAW
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    The Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) is responsible for servicing the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the main UN policy-making body for women. It also services the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, a human rights treaty for women.

  3. UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: UNDP - Gender in Development http://www.undp.org/gender/
  4. Women Watch: The UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women

    5. http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
  5. UNIFEM : Working for Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality http://www.unifem.undp.org/
  6. PROGRESS OF THE WORLD'S WOMEN 2000 A New Biennial Report

    7. http://www.undp.org/unifem/progressww/

    This report examines the progress of the world's women from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. It concentrates on the economic dimensions of gender equality and women's empowerment in the context of globalization.

  7. The United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women

    8. http://www.undp.org/fwcw/daw1.htm

  8. WomenAction @ the UN General Assembly Beijing +5 Special Session

    9. http://www.womenaction.org/ungass.html

  9. UNICEF and Beijing +5 http://www.unicef.org/programme/gpp/new/beijing5/index.html
  10. Beijing +5: Women 2000 http://www.un.org/womenwatch/followup/beijing5/index.html
  11. United Nations Foundation: Women and Population http://www.unfoundation.org/
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    Full equality [for women] means more than the accomplishment of statistical objectives: the culture has to change. -- Kofi Annan UN Secretary-General, 1997- See details on this Page

  12. Fourth World Conference on Women

    13. http://www.un.org/Conferences/Women/index.html

    Documents - Background Papers - Public Information Materials - Information on Non governmental Organizations - Other United Nations Material on Women - Information for the Media

  13. Promoting Decent Work for Women & Men ILO & Beijing+5 http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/gender/beijing5/index.htm
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  14. UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-first session Agenda item 11

    15. War Rape http://www.webcom.com/hrin/parker/c95-11.html

  15. CONVENTION ON THE POLITICAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN (31 Mar 53)

    16. http://www.tufts.edu/departments/fletcher/multi/texts/BH290.txt

  16. Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict: United Nations Response http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/cover.htm
  17. The World Bank Group: GENDERNET http://www.worldbank.org/gender/
  18. World Bank Resources on Gender & Education
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Other Useful Web Sites:
  1. Archives for Research on Women and Gender* http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Archives/arwg.html

    2. A Project of the Center for the Study of Women and Gender the Special Collections and Archives Department of the UTSA Libraries

  2. APGEN - Asia and Pacific Gender Equality Network*
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    http://www.apgen.apdip.net/

    Challenging Inequalities through Women's Economic and Political Empowerment

  3. Gender & Race in Media: Feminist Media http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Ecommstud/resources/GenderMedia/femmedia.html

    4. University of IOWA: Links to Communication Studies Resources

  4. Gender-Related Electronic Forums* http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/forums.html

    5. is an annotated, frequently-updated, award-winning listing of publicly-accessible e-mail discussion forums (also known as "lists" or "listservs") related to women or to women-focused gender issues.

  5. gender Inn*: the Women’s and Gender Studies Database on the Internet. http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/englisch/datenbank/e_index.htm

    6. Gender Inn is a searchable database providing access to over 6000 records pertaining to feminist theory, feminist literary criticism and gender studies focusing on English and American literature.

  6. Women's Studies Resources http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/wstudies/
  7. Women'space E-Zine http://www.womenspace.ca/
  8. WIDNET* : Women in Development Network http://www.focusintl.com/widnet.htm
  9. INTERNET RESOURCES ON WOMEN: Using Electronic Media in Curriculum Transformation

    10. http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/updates.html

  10. Rutgers University Libraries Women's Studies Web Guide http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/womens_studies/womens_studies.shtml

    11. This online resource on women and gender includes links to reference sources, full-text articles, women's studies programs around the world and many feminist web sites.

  11. Amnesty International* : Women's Human Rights http://www.amnestyusa.org/women/

    12. Recent reports of sexual abuse and intimidation of female prisoners by male guards in New York jails and prisons point to the pressing need to restrict the role of male guards in female facilities.

  12. Eserver: Feminism and Women's Studies http://eserver.org/feminism/
  13. VOICE OF THE SHUTTLE: GENDER STUDIES PAGE: http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/gender.html

    14. The "Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research" was woven by Alan Liu. Send suggestions.

  14. GENDERS Online Journal http://www.genders.org/
  15. Women's studies database http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/ The University of Maryland women's studies database, begun in September 1992, serves those people interested in the women's studies profession and in general women's issues
  16. Beijing 95*: Follow Up & Implementation http://www.womensnet.apc.org/beijing/  
  17. SAWNET: South Asian Women's Network http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/
  18. Women Leaders Online http://wlo.org/  The first and largest women's activist group on the internet -- empowering women in politics, media, society, the economy and cyberspace.
  19. WWWomen Com: The Premier Search Directory for Women Online http://www.wwwomen.com/
  20. WOMEN'S STUDIES COURSES VIA THE INTERNET, SYLLABI, AND OTHER COURSE MATERIALS

    21. http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/others.htm#syllabi ARTICLES/PAGES ON VIRTUAL WOMEN'S STUDIES

  21. The World-Wide Web Virtual Library : WSSLINKS Women and Gender Studies Web Sites http://libraries.mit.edu/humanities/WomensStudies/wscd.html

    22. The purpose of WSS Links is to provide access to a wide range of resources in support of Women's Studies.

  22. One World: A value based Network: Beijing Past 5* an in-depth evaluation:  http://www.oneworld.org/whrnet/beijing/beijing5.htm