International Organizations and Women's Issues

General Site

• WSSLINKS, International Women
  American Library Association, Women's Studies Section
  Includes links to organizations, directories, lists, newsletters and journals, and much more relating to International Women.

International Organizations and Women's Issues

InterAmerican Development Bank

• Gender Equality in Development

International Labour Organization (ILO)

• Gender Equality Tool
  "The primary goal of the ILO [International Labour Organization] is to promote opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity."

Inter-Parliamentary Union

• Women in National Parliaments

United Nations

• WomenWatch
  • Women of the World
    Directory of UN resources on gender and women's issues
• Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
  • Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
  • Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
• United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
• United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)

United Nations Economic Commissions

• UN Economic Commission for Africa
  • African Centre for Gender and Development (ACGD)
• UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
  • Gender and Development Issues
• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Gender and Development
  • A Life Free of Violence : It's Our Right
    United Nations Inter-Agency Campaign on Women's Human Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean

United Nations Development Programme

• Human Development Reports
• Gender Beat
  Quarterly review of projects and activities around the world.

United Nations Conferences

• Fourth World Conference on Women -- Beijing, China - September 1995
  • Beijing Platform
  • Followup: Beijing+5
• International Women's Day

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

• Gender Mainstreaming

United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)

• Voices of Youth

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

• Human Rights Issues -- includes a section on women's rights. Also of interest: slavery and children

United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination
"...the forum which brings the executive heads of all organizations to further coordination and cooperation on the whole range of substantive and management issues facing the United Nations system".

World Health Organization

• Women's Health

World Bank

• Gender and Development
• World Bank Projects Database

Other Resources

• Women's Human Rights Resources Programme (formerly: Diana) -- includes links to international and national conventions.
• International Human Rights Instruments
  • Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
  • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
  • Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
  • Convention on the Politicial Rights of Women
  • Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict
  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • Convention on the Nationality of Married Women
  • Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, and Registration of Marriages
  • Recommendation on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, and Registration of Marriages