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Global List of Women's Organizations

Source: Denise Osted, editorial staff member of Women'space Magazine (The Netherlands)
Contents: searchable list of women's organizations from around the world
Special Features: many of the organizations listed have contact information and websites

International Information Centre and Archives of the Women's Movement (IIAV)

Source: IIAV
Mission: provides resources on women's studies and the position of women in society
Contents: Mapping the World Database to locate women's information centers worldwide, profiles of ten women's centers from around the world, links to related sites, and more.

MADRE: An International Human Rights Organization

Source: MADRE
Mission: work with community groups to address women's survival needs, increase training opportunities and health resources, and work at the international level to enhance human rights laws
Contents: history and programs of MADRE

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

Source: Division for the Advancement of Women of the Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development
Mission: advance women's rights and assess whether the terms of the Platform of Action enacted by the Fourth World Conference on Women are put into effect worldwide
Contents: full-text policy statements and press releases of the CSW

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

Source: United Nations
Mission: empower women and promote gender equality and work at the country level with the UN Resident Coordinator to implement programs
Contents: UNIFEM publications, conferences, projects, policy statements, and networking opportunities

Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)

Source: WEDO
Mission: social, political, economic and environmental justice and the advancement of women into decision-making positions
Contents: WEDO publications, press releases, fact sheets, activities in other international groups, full-text of current and previous WEDO newsletters, results of WEDO's monitoring international compliance with the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women

Women's Human Rights Program

Source: Amnesty International
Mission: work towards the release of women jailed for "peaceful activitism", eliminate gender-specific forms of torture, stop actions against women refugees and asylum-seekers
Contents: "Not Part of My Sentence" - violations of women's rights in prisons in the U.S., actions taken by Amnesty International, selected articles from "Interact" - a quarterly newsletter on women's human rights, links to women's human rights groups

Women's International Center

Source: WIC
Mission: to create an international center for education and information for women
Contents online art of famous historical women, historical information on the status of women in the U.S., and Living Legacy Award recipient information

Women Watch

Source: Collaborative effort between Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), and United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
Mission: advance and empower women
Contents: UN agency links and descriptions, conferences, conventions, viewpoints, news, listservs, stastical databases, transcripts of women's issues on UN radio, and Women of the World - statistics, actions, and agencies listed by country

WomensNet

Source: Institute for Global Communication (IGC)
Mission: use online tools to enhance work towards peace, justice, human rights, environmental protection
Contents: full-text international news on women's issues, links to IGC discussion groups, Issues Directory with links to relevant resources and agencies