NGOs and civil society
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Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)

They work to connect, inform and mobilize people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights.

Center for Women's Global Leadership - CWGL
The Center develops and facilitates women's leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide.

Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)
The DAWN network covers Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific. They work at the regional level and connect with the priorities of women's and civil society organisations in each region.

East African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women - EASSI
EASSI was formed in 1996 as a mechanism that would facilitate networking within the sub-region and build on the gains made following the Beijing 4th World Conference on Women.

Euro Step
European Solidarity Towards Equal Participation of People. Its two principal aims are first to influence official development co-operation policies of multilateral institution, and in particular those of the European Union; and secondly to improve the quality and effectiveness of initiatives taken by NGOs in support of people centred development.

Karat Coalition
Regional coalition of organizations and individuals that works to ensure gender equality in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, monitors the implementation of international agreements and lobbies for the needs and concerns of women in the region at all levels of decision-making fora.

Network Women in Development Europe - WIDE
European network of gender specialists, women active in Non-Governmental Development Organisations (NGDOs), and human rights activists.

Peace Women
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Social Watch
International network of citizens’ organizations struggling to eradicate poverty and the causes of poverty, to ensure an equitable distribution of wealth and the realization of human rights.

Women in Development Europe - WIDE
European network of development NGOs, gender specialists and human rights activists.

Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF)
WILDAF is a pan African women's rights network dedicated to promoting and strengthening strategies which link law and development to increase women's participation and influence at the community, national and international levels.

Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
WEDO is an international advocacy organization that seeks to increase the power of women worldwide as policymakers at all levels in governments, institutions and forums to achieve economic and social justice, a healthy and peaceful planet, and human rights for all.

Women's Human Rights Net (WHRNet)
WHRnet provides valuable information and analyses on women's human rights in English, Spanish and French.

Women’s International Coalition for Economic Justice - WICEJ
WICEJ works to link gender with macro-economic policy in international inter-governmental policy-making arenas, from a human-rights perspective.


News
Up-to-date current affairs information.
Gender equality: striving for justice in an unequal world
UNRISD prepared a research-based report in order to shed light on some of the critical policy issues highlighted in the Beijing Platform for Action. A question posed in this report is: what contribution does development policy make to bringing about favourable or unfavourable conditions for achieving greater gender equality? (Executive summary, pdf format)
U.N. urged to create separate agency for women
As the 191 member states get ready to discuss the political nuances and economic implications of Annan's recently-released landmark report on U.N. reform, there is an increasingly vociferous demand to rectify the gender shortcoming by creating a separate U.N. agency to deal with women's issues.
In depth reports
Detailed reports on key issues.
Cairo +10 - ICPD +10
Ten years on from the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), the review of the Programme of Action took place amidst a debate on the defence of sexual and reproductive rights.
Migrant sex work
By simply opting to talk about ‘migrant sex work’ rather than ‘trafficking’, one is taking sides in a complex debate.
The gender gap in education
Countries aren't fulfilling their commitment to getting girls and women into school.
Sexual and reproductive rights
Women’s involvement in contributing to expand the scope of the concept of human rights.
Women for peace
Women around the world reject the militarist tendency in global politics and demand a voice in peace processes.
Millennium Development Goals - MDGs
A comprehensive list of resources from the United Nations and civil society organizations.
Campaigns
NGO-organised actions.
50/50 Campaign
Launched in New York on June 8, 2000, during the five year review of the Beijing Platform for Action, the campaign's goals are to increase the percentage of women in local and national politics worldwide.
Act now to support unconditional reaffirmation of the Beijing Platform
Send an email in support of the unaltered Beijing Platform for Action. March 2005.

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