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The Centre has been exploring the specific needs of refugee women and children since the early 1980s. Women Refugees in International Perspectives
Feminist Majority Online Internet Gateway is a searchable mediated listing of links to sites on women's reproductive rights, global feminism, violence against women and many more topics. The Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing) includes the summary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, final versions of the Platform for Action and the Beijing Declaration, official documents considered at the FWCW, background papers and regional reports. Global List of Women's Organizations is an extensive country list of women's organizations including many working on women's human rights or refugee women's issues. The site was created by Canadian-born writer and feminist Denise Osted, who currently lives in the Netherlands and is an editor with Women'space Magazine. Mujeres en Red (Spain) addresses women's issues in Latin American and some Middle Eastern countries. The site focuses on three major campaigns that strive to stop violence against women in Algeria, Afghanistan and Chiapas, Mexico, and also includes country information on women's rights actions. Network of East/West Women links women across national and regional boundaries to share resources, knowledge and skills. NEWW's mission is to empower women and girls throughout the East (Central and Eastern Europe, and NIS and the Russian Federation) and the West by dialogue, networking, campaigns, and educational and informational exchanges. NEWW supports action and joint projects inspired by feminist principles. The site includes women's reports from the Kosovo-affected crisis regions. Refugees
and Reproductive Health is featured on the United Nations Population
Information Network (POPIN) site which includes links to relevant UN
sites, a selected bibliography on reproductive health for refugees,
and a health needs assessment and Selected bibliography on refugee women, 1990 - June 2005 (UNHCR) is a comprehensive and useful bibliography on refugee women's issues found on the UNHCR's Refworld site. It contains six sections: protection concerns, special needs, durable solutions, women's rights, women's rights violations, and training camps; reference materials. The materials listed are not online. Sisterhood Is Global Institute (SIGI) is an international non-government, non-profit organization dedicated to the support and promotion of women's rights at the local, national, regional, and global levels. With members in 70 countries, and a network of more than 1300 individuals and organizations worldwide, SIGI works toward empowering women and developing leadership through human rights education. SIGI Action Alerts Status of Women Canada - Condition féminine Canada is the federal government agency which promotes gender equality, and the full participation of women in the economic, social, cultural and political life of the country. SWC focuses its work in three areas: improving women's economic autonomy and well-being, eliminating systemic violence against women and children, and advancing women's human rights. Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children is committed to improving the lives of refugee women and children through public education and advocacy. Each year the Women's Commission reports first-hand on the conditions faced by refugee women and children, sending fact-finding delegations to visit refugee sites worldwide. Women's Human Rights Resources, University of Toronto, Bora Laskin Law Library includes research and links on varied topics including FGM, property & housing issues, trafficking and an extensive bibliography on a number of specific human rights issues. This site is part of the Diana international human rights database and includes links to other DIANA sites. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) works for "the equality of all people in a world free of sexism, racism, classism, and homophobia, the guarantee of fundamental human rights including the right to sustainable development, an end to all forms of violence: rape, battering, exploitation, intervention and war, the transfer of world resources from military to human needs, leading to economic justice within and among nations, world disarmament and peaceful resolution of international conflicts via the United Nations." |
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