Building Constituencies - Resources

Resources

Report from the Strengthening Women's Citizenship in the Context of Statebuilding Seminar held in Madrid on 11 November 2008. The report is by Clare Castillejo at FRIDE

Useful Links

Aletta - Institute for Women's History
Aletta's collection contains an extensive range of resources on women's history and women's position in society. There are several databases which can consulted online. (Website also in Dutch)

BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights
A not for profit, non-governmental women's human rights organisation, which focuses on women's legal rights issues under the three (3) systems of law - customary, statutory and religious laws in Nigeria.
http://www.baobabwomen.org/

Centre for Women's Global Leadership
The Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) based at Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, US, develops and facilitates women's leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide.

The Council of Women World Leaders
The Council of Women World Leaders is a network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers.

Equality Now
Equality Now works for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organisations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilises international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses. (website in Arabic, English, French and Spanish)

Feminism Resources
List of organisations and resources dedicated to women and women's issues.

Gender, Citizenship and Governance Portal
Gender, Citizenship and Governance (GCG) is an information portal that provides access to about 250 free, full-text electronic resources on women’s political participation and representation, women’s rights, women/gender and decentralization, women/gender and local government , gender and accountability, gender and institutional mainstreaming, and gender in policy processes.

Gender at Work
An international collaboration that strengthens organisations to build cultures of equality and social justice.

The Institute for Inclusive Security
The Institute for Inclusive Security includes The Women Waging Peace Network, a network of women peacemakers from conflict areas around the world.

International Women's Democracy Center
Supports women's global leadership through training, education, networking and research in all facets of democracy.

Madre
MADRE is an international women's human rights organisation that works in partnership with community-based women's organisations worldwide to address issues of health and reproductive rights, economic development, education, and other human rights.
(website in English and Spanish)

Mano River Women's Peace Network
The Mano River Women’s Peace Network advocates for and promotes at all decision-making levels the involvement of women and youth in the prevention, management and resolution of conflict in the Mano River sub-region, throughout Africa and the world.
(website in English and French)

Peace Women International
The PeaceWomen Project monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation of
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.
(website in English, French and Spanish)

Strengthening women’s leadership and participation in politics and decision-making in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW) and Center of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR) (website in English, French and Arabic)

Take Back the Tech
A global network of women who support women networking for social change and women's empowerment, through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs).

UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
INSTRAW promotes applied research on gender, facilitates information sharing, and supports capacity building through networking mechanisms such as GAINS and multi-stakeholder partnerships with UN agencies, governments, academia and civil society.
(website in English, French and Spanish)

UN WomenWatch
WomenWatch is the central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system.

UNIFEM: Women, Peace and Security
A portal providing access to the information and analysis that is currently available on the impact of armed conflict on women and women's role in peace-building.

Vital Voices
Vital Voices Global Partnership is an organisation which iinvests in emerging women leaders.

WHRnet
WHRnet aims to provide reliable, comprehensive, and timely information and analyses on women's human rights in English, Spanish and French.

Women's Learning Partnership
Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) supports women's leadership and empowerment.
(website in Arabic, English and French)

Women's Rights and Citizenship - International Development Research Centre
A programme aimed at supporting applied research in the field of women’s rights, citizenship and development.