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Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era is a network of women scholars and activists who engage in feminist research and analysis of the global environment and are committed to working for economic justice, gender justice and democracy. http://www.dawnnet.org

Women's Human Rights Net provides information and analysis on women's human rights issues and policy developments globally. http://www.whrnet.org/

World Bank Gender Statistics is an electronic database of gender statistics updated continuously as new information becomes available. http://devdata.worldbank.org/genderstats/home.asp

Beijing Declaration: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/platform/declar.htm

Beijing Platform for Action: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/platform/

Documents relating to Beijing +10: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/49sess.htm

Political Declaration: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/followup/ress232e.pdf

Outcome Document: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/outcome.htm

The Global Fund for Women is an international network of women and men who advocate for and defend women's human rights by making grants to support women's groups around the world. http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/

International Women's Rights Action Watch is a non profit international women's organisation that promotes the domestic implementation of international human rights standards by building the capacity of women advocates to claim and realise women's human rights. http://www.iwraw-ap.org

The International Women's Tribune Centre is an international non governmental organisation committed to empowering people and building communities by providing communication, information, education and organising support services to women's organisation and community groups. http://www.iwtc.org

Division of the Advancement of Women, Commission on the Status of Women: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/

CEDAW concluding comments and government reports for each country:
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw

The CEDAW Committee's General Recommendations:
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/recommendations.htm

Summaries of the CEDAW sessions for each country:
http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord2003/index.htm

The International Gender and Trade Network is a network of feminist gender specialists who provide technical information on gender and trade issues to women's groups, NGOs, social movements, governments and academic institutions and acts as a political catalyst to enlarge the space for a critical feminist perspective and global action on gender, trade and globalisation issues. http://www.igtn.org

The Women's International Coalition for Economic Justice works to link gender with macro-economic policy in international inter-governmental policy making arenas from a human rights perspective. http://www.wicej.addr.com/

The World Bank Gender Equality as Smart Economics website provides information on World Bank policy, strategy and implementation, as well as useful tools to integrate gender issues into analytical work, development operations and capacity building. http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTGENDER/0,,menuPK:336874~pagePK:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:336868,00.html

Equality Now is an international human rights organisation that commits itself to protecting the civil, political, economic and social rights of girls and women around the world. Its Women Action Network, composed of women's rights groups and advocates from around the world, serves as the centre of information gathering and dissemination of international appeals and protests. http://www.equalitynow.org/english/index/html

Social Watch: An international network informed by national citizens' groups dedicated to monitoring government activities related to the attainment of gender equality and eradication of poverty. These national groups, through the national Social Watch report, monitor the progress or regression towards international commitments and goals. http://www.socwatch.org.uy

Women in Literacy is a programme of ProLiteracy Worldwide that sponsors educational programmes and services that empower women by assisting them to gain the literacy skills needed. http://www.proliteracy.org/intl_prog/wil.asp

Women's Environment and Development Organisation advocates for women's equality in global policy by working in key global forums to empower women as decision makers to achieve economic, social and gender justice, a healthy, peaceful planet and human rights for all. http://www.wedo.org/

Engender Health improves women's health worldwide, addressing family planning, maternal/ child health, reproductive health care for men, post abortion care and the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infection and cervical cancer. http://www.engenderhealth.org

Family Health International works in partnership with universities, ministries of health and non governmental and faith based organsiations to improve reproductive and family health around the world through biomedical and social science research, innovative health service delivery interventions, training and information programmes. http://www.fhi.org/en

The International Centre for Research on Women conducts research and technical support for capacity building and advocacy to support women as community leaders and agents of change, economic providers and innovators, and nurturers and caregivers. http://www.icrw.org

International Planned Parenthood Association is an international organisation that focuses on the rights of women and men to choices in sexual and reproductive health and promotes equality between women and men. http://www.ippf.org/en

The International Women's Health Coalition provides financial and technical support to organisations in Africa, Asia and Latin America and is involved in policy advocacy on women's sexual and reproductive rights. http://www.iwhc.org

Population Action International works to mobilise political and financial support for population, family planning and reproductive health policies and programmes. http://www.popact.org

The Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights is a worldwide network of groups and individuals who promote and protect women's reproductive rights. http://www.wgnrr.org

The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS is an international network run for and by HIV positive women founded in response to the lack of support, information and services available to women living with HIV worldwide and the need for women to have influence and input on policy development. http://www.icw.org/

Feminist Studies http://www.feministstudies.org/

Gender and Development: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1355-2074&subcategory=SS320000

Human Rights Quarterly http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/human_rights_quarterly/

Journal of Human Development: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14649888.asp

Network: the UN Women's Newsletter http://www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/fpnetworks.htm

Asia Pacific Women's Watch http://www.un.org/womenwatch/

Association for Women's Rights in Development http://www.awid.org/index.php

The Women's Commission advocates for the rights of refugee and displaced women, children and adolescents around the world. http://www.womenscommission.org

Report of the Millennium Taskforces:
http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/html/docs%20and%20reports.shtm

MDGs in China: http://www.undp.org.cn/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&catid=10&sid=5

Resources on gender equality and the MDGs: http://www.mdgender.net/

Millennium Declaration: http://www.un.org/millennium/declaration/ares552e.htm

Millennium Development Goals: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

Women's International Coalition for Economic Justice, Seeking Accountability on Women's Human Rights: Women Debate the UN Millennium Development Goals (2004):
http://www.wicej.addr.com/mdg/index.html

Millennium Project Taskforce on Child Health and Maternal Health, Interim Report (2004): http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/html/tf4docs.shtm

Millennium Project Taskforce on Education and Gender Equality, Interim Report: From Promises to Action: Recommendations for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (2004)
http://unmillenniumproject.org/html/tf3docs.shtm

Millennium Project Taskforce on Environmental Sustainability, Interim Report (2004): http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/html/tf6docs.shtm

Millennium Project Taskforce on Poverty and Economic Development, Interim Report: An Enhanced Strategy for Reducing Poverty by the Year 2015 (2004):
http://www.unmilleniumproject.org/html/tf1docs.shtm

Online Women in Politics is a network of Asia Pacific women involved in politics, governance, decision making and transformative leadership. http://www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org/china/chinmain.htm

The Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace is dedicated to women's leadership and empowerment and works to increase the number of women taking on leadership and decision making roles at family, community and national levels. http://www.learningpartnership.org/

CARE is a humanitarian organisation fighting global poverty that focuses on working alongside poor women as they have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE's efforts to improve education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. http://www.care.org

Peace Women is a project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom that aims to enhance the visibility of women's peace efforts by creating a centralised repository of information on women's peace activities, databases of contacts and campaigns and outreach material. http://www.peacewomen.org

Women and War is the website of the International Committee of the Red Cross on the influence on war and armed conflict on the lives of women. http://www.icrc.org/en/women

The Gender and Water Alliance promotes women's and men's equitable access to and management of safe and adequate water for domestic supply, sanitation, food security and environmental sustainability. http://www.genderandwateralliance.org

United Nations Development Fund for Women: http://www.unifem.org/

United Nations Development Fund for Women Resouces: http://www.unifem.org/resources/

UNIFEM East and South-East Asia Regional Office: http://www.unifem-eseasia.org/

United Nations Development Fund for Women Web Portals

Women, War and Peace: http://www.womenwarpeace.org/

Gender and HIV/ AIDS: http://www.genderandaids.org/

Gender Responsive Budgeting: http://www.gender-budgets.org/

Gender Equality and the MDGs: http://www.mdgender.net/

Food and Agriculture Organisation, Gender and Food Security: http://www.fao.org/gender

Gender Related Indicators: http://www.womenwarpeace.org/hdr04_gender_indicators.pdf

ILO: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/gender

UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW): http://www.un-instraw.org/en

UNDP China Publications: http://www.undp.org.cn/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&catid=18&sid=16

UNDP Human Development Report (2006): http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/

United Nations Development Programme, Millennium Development Goals: National Reports Through a Gender Lens (2003): http://www.mdgender.net/resources/monograph_detail.php?MonographID=8

UNESCO: http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=3160&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

UNFPA: http://www.unfpa.org/gender/index.htm

UNICEF; Basic Education and Gender Equality: http://www.unicef.org/girlseducation/index.php

UNICEF; UN Cyber School Bus on the Girl Child: http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/briefing/girl

Women Watch: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/

WHO Women's Health: http://www.who.int/topics/womens_health/en/