African Centre for Gender and Social Development
(of the United Nations Econlmic Comission for Africa) http://www.uneca.org/acgs/
AGCS publishes Gendernet, a publication that looks at a variety of gender issues across the continent.
Information and resources on gender equality and the empowerment of women
Links to all UN entities specialising in gender issues http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
United Nations Development Fund for Women
- provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality http://www.unifem.org/
United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) http://www.un-instraw.org/en/
The DAC Guidelines for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (1998) provides practical tools for promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women. It draws on lessons of experience and incorporates illustrations of improved efficiency, effectiveness and coherence in development co-operation. The Guidelines give a valuable set of definitions of key concepts and approaches which guide and deepen the reader's understanding of gender equality issues and how to address them.
Wikigender, an information sharing platform on gender equity, was officially launched on 7 March 2008 on the occasion of International
Women's Day. The site is now open and freely accessible to thepublic. Wikigender invites everybody to actively use and participate in this new online resource.
Wikigender is a project initiated by the OECD Development Centre to facilitate the exchange and improve the knowledge about gender- related issues around the world. A special focus of this project is to collect empirical evidence and to identify adequate statistics and measurement tools of gender equality. In this respect, Wikigender serves as a pilot project for the OECD Global Project on Measuring the Progress of Societies.
In particular, Wikigender aims to highlight the importance of social institutions such as norms, traditions and cultural practices that impact
on gender equality.
For more information, please go to: http://www.wikigender.org/wiki/
Eldis is a knowledge service from the Institute of Development Studies. It provides thousands of documents on topics related to development work. All documents are available for free. http://www.eldis.org/go/topics/resource-guides/gender
BRIDGE provides a fast route to gender information, bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice with accessible and diverse gender information in print and online. http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/
Siyanda is an on-line database of gender and development materials from around the world. It is also an interactive space where gender practitioners can share ideas, experiences and resources. http://www.siyanda.org/
Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals - a collaborative effort of the UN Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality , the OECD/DAC Network on Gender Equality, and the Multilateral Development Bank Working Group on Gender. http://www.mdgender.net/
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Development Cooperation Directorate Gender Equality page, provides access to information and documents on gender equality issues in OECD member countries, per theme or country. http://www.oecd.org/department
World Bank gender page, provides links to regional and thematic pages, data and tools for gender mainstreaming, documents and reports, news and links. www.worldbank.org/gender/
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United nations (FAO)
Sustainable Development Department Gender page http://www.fao.org/sd/pe1_en.htm
DIMITRA project
Rural Women and Development. Dimitra is a tool for women and their organisations to make their voices heard at the national and international level. Its main goal is to empower rural women and to improve their living conditions and status by highlighting the extent and value of their contributions. http://www.fao.org/dimitra/
International Fund for Agricultural Development gender page (IFAD)
Information about policy, programmes, tools, guidelines, publications. http://www.ifad.org/gender/
The International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) works with partner organizations and governments throughout the world to promote gender equitable development, reduce poverty, and change the lives of millions of women and girls and their communities - undertaking focused, evidence-based, action-oriented research; providing technical assistance to partner organizations, donors and governments; and advocating for new or improved policies and programs. http://www.icrw.org/
Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international membership organization connecting, informing and mobilizing people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. Our goal is to cause policy, institutional and individual change that will improve the lives of women and girls everywhere. http://www.awid.org/
The Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO) is an international organization that advocates for women's equality in global policy. WEDO accomplishes its work through four program areas, economic & social justice, gender & governance, sustainable development, and US global policy. http://www.wedo.org/
Women organising for Change in Agriculture (WOCAN) and NRM is a global network of professional women engaged in agriculture and natural resource management who are committed to organizational change for gender equality and environmentally sustainable development. http://www.wocan.org/index.html
