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Migrants are commonly seen as both unwanted intruders and powerless victims, but Laura Agustin own ideas work to break down this duality and think about power in different ways. Laura Agustín writes as a lifelong migrant and sometime worker in both nongovernmental and academic projects about sex, travel and work.
GL is committed with media, governance and gender justice. Working with partners at local, national, regional and international level to promote gender equality in and through the media and effective campaigns for ending gender violence, HIV and AIDS.
The Sonke Gender Justice project tries to address the social aspects of the HIV epidemic, with a particular focus on gender issues. South Africa.
Women's human rights organization, which focuses on women's legal rights issues under the three systems of law - customary, statutory and religious laws in Nigeria.
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Gender and Environment
Gender and environment is an initiative for the Social Program of the World Conservation Union, Regional Office for Mesoamerica.
Gender and Water Alliance
Beacuse of the pooled experience and skills contained in this network, the GWA offers a mix of information and knowledge.
Gender Education Training Network (GETNET)
GETNET offers gender training for transformation, its focus is on women’s empowerment and men’s gender training. Its services contribute to addressing the vast need for skills, expertise and capacity to effect gender sensitive policies, practices and cultures within institutions and organisations. South Africa.
Gender Links - GL
GL's area of focus is the transformation of gender relations in and through the media. South Africa.
GenderIT
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) can contribute to the economic, political and social empowerment of women, and the promotion of gender equality. But that potential will only be realised if the gender dimensions of the information society - in terms of users' needs, conditions of access, policies, applications and regulatory frameworks - are properly understood and adequately addressed by all stakeholders.
Girl Child Network
GCN is a community based, activist, developmental organisation that seeks to promote the rights and empowerment of the girl child in the home, school and community in Zimbabwe.
Girls' Power Initiative Nigeria
Youth development organisation that equips girls between the ages of 10 and 18 years with human rights, comprehensive sexuality education (from a gender perspective).
Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women - GAATW
GAATW was formed at the International Workshop on Migration and Traffic in Women held in Chiang Mai, Thailand in October 1994. Since that time, GAATW has grown into a movement of members consisting of both organisations and individuals worldwide, and has coordinated, organised and facilitated work on issues related to trafficking in persons and women’s labour migration in virtually every region of the world. GAATW aimis to ensure that the human rights of trafficked persons are respected and protected by authorities and agencies.
GWS Africa
Gender and Women´s Studies for Africa´s transformation. An intellectual capacity-building and information technology development project.
Help & Shelter
It was founded to work against all types of violence, especially domestic violence and child abuse. Guyana.
Ilitha Labantu
Ilitha Labantu strives to end violence and abuse against women and children in disadvantaged communities (townships and in rural areas). The organisation provides emotional support, practical advice, education and training for coping with and addressing violence against women and children. South Africa.
Individual and Community Rights Advocacy Forum Inc. (ICRAF)
ICRAF was established to deal with human rights, environmental destruction and land rights issues in Papua New Guinea. ICRAF aims to provide legal services on human rights and environmental issues, to carry out awareness and educational campaigns and to monitor the abuse of human rights and environmental destruction. Programs are delivered through three desks and lawyers: Human Rights, Women's and Land & Environment Desks.
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