Asia Pacific Gender Equality Network

Author: Womens UN Report Network

Date: December 4, 2006

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ASIA PACIFIC ONLINE NETWORK OF WOMEN IN POLITICAL GOVERNANCE
& TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP

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		This section contains online resources arranged into the categories found below. Websites featured in this section are online as of 01 April 2004.
		grants and funding \| news sources \| search engines \| training institutions virtual libraries \| online learning modules \| women and gender-related sites governance, leadership and citizenship documents


		GRANTS AND FUNDING INSTITUTIONS Asia Pacific Gender Equality Network Within the framework of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Asia Pacific Gender Equality Network (APGEN) strengthens regional coordination and cooperation towards addressing issues of feminization of poverty and gender inequality in decision-making. TOP \| HOME Asia Foundation Drawing on more than four decades of experience in Asia, the Foundation collaborates with partners from the public and private sectors in the region to support, through grants and other programs, the development of institutions, leadership, and policy in four broad program areas: governance, law, and civil society; economic reform and development; women’s political participation; and international relations. TOP \| HOME Canadian International Development Agency Equality between women and men, boys and girls, is integral to all CIDA initiatives. The Agency will build on its experience and comparative advantage in this area as it strengthens its programming in the Social Development Priorities of health and nutrition, basic education, HIV/AIDS and child protection. CIDA will ensure that all of these initiatives are planned using sound gender analysis, building on opportunities for the empowerment of women and men, respecting human rights, and working to help close gender gaps that stand in the way of social development. TOP \| HOME Global Fund for Women It support women’s human rights organization around the world working to address critical issues such as gaining economic indpendence, increasing girls’ access to education, and stopping violence against women. TOP \| HOME Noel Foundation The foundation encourages and supports the advancement of women around the world through entrepreneurial and educational programs. In Asia, it provides technical training and job skills to women in Thailand, the Philippines and Cambodia to produce goods for sale on the global market. TOP \| HOME Sara Lee Corporate Citizenship and Foundations In it’s 20 years, the Sara Lee Foundation has established its leadership role by enriching community life through building relationships, addressing areas of need and directing Sara Lee’s resources for the public good. TOP \| HOME Third Wave Foundation A US-based activist philanthropic organization of women between the ages of 15 and 30. As a grant-making organization, it strives to connect young women to the resources needed to counter any assault on their personal freedoms. TOP \| HOME United Nations Development Fund for Women UNIFEM promotes women’s empowerment and gender equality and works to ensure the participation of women in all levels of development planning and practice, supporting efforts that link the needs and concerns of women to all critical issues on the national, regional and global agendas. TOP \| HOME Womankind Wordlwide It is dedicated to aiding women in developing countries in their efforts to overcome poverty and ill health, to gain access to education and training, and to gain greater control of their lives. Womankind, a nonprofit organization, provides funding and information to developing communities worldwide Women’s Grants and Resources Comprehensive listing of links to grant-making institutions assisting women’s organizations, mostly in the United States. TOP \| HOME NEWS SOURCES ABC News International Section News from this major American TV network. TOP \| HOME Abyz News Links Unusually complete and current site, with links to many thousands of newspapers and other news sources from around the world, those with news content of widespread interest.TOP \| HOME American Journalism Review News Link Links to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and TV stations, and news services around the world. TOP \| HOME Asia Society The site offers educational and cultural programs, an events calendar, information and news plus a gateway to Asia. Walk through the Gateway to Live From Asia; clicking on the bicycle starts you on a trek across Asia. Jump to “For Educators” for professional development as well as grant and funding information. TOP \| HOME Asia Today Latest news stories from all over Asia. TOP \| HOME Bangkok Post The Post’s site features the full text of major stories, an archive of past stories, travel information and more. TOP \| HOME BBC News: Asia-Pacific This regularly-updated site from the BBC features the latest news and analysis, as well as special feature stories and foreign-language broadcasts in Arabic, Russian, Spanish, and Chinese. TOP \| HOME Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Newsworld News from a prestigious source, with much audio and video available. TOP \| HOME ChinaVista Newswire For the latest news from many of China’s primary news sources, try this site where you’ll find the headlines from more than thirty major domestic and international news sources including ChinaDaily, the Hong Kong Standard, the Shanghai Daily News and Guangzhou Daily. TOP \| HOME Cable News Network (CNN) Christian Science Monitor Excellent online content from an award-winning U.S. daily with an international perspective. TOP \| HOME Economist The outstanding global news weekly from London, with library and searchable archives. Their Global Agenda feature is a concise analysis of major international issues and events. Note the Country Briefings , summaries with “articles from The Economist, background profiles, forecasts and statistics from the Economist Intelligence Unit, market and currency updates, newswires and links.” TOP \| HOME Environmental News Network: Excellent for news, features, multimedia, and special reports. TOP \| HOME EuroNews European news and weather in several languages, from EuroNews, a European public TV network. TOP \| HOME Far Eastern Economic Review The interactive edition of Far Eastern Economic Review. TOP \| HOME International Herald Tribune Japan Times: English-language daily from Japan.TOP \| HOME Kathmandu Post The daily English-language newspaper from Nepal’s capital features many of their articles online as well as an archive of past issues. TOP \| HOME Kiosken: Complete links to news media worldwide. Over 15,559 links to 213 countries. TOP \| HOME Lankapage This site offers news and news links for Sri Lanka, plus basic weather information, exchange rates, and share price indices. TOP \| HOME Media Links From Editor & Publisher, a really complete full service and global coverage of online newspapers, magazines, news services, radio and television stations, association listings, and city guides. TOP \| HOME NewsDirectory.com A guide to English-language media online, worldwide–newspapers, magazines, TV, others. TOP \| HOME News Feeds on Women Issues It features news concerning women’s rights and issues from around the world. TOP \| HOME Newspapers Online Worldwide listings by type and country. TOP \| HOME Newspapers of the World on the Internet Covers newspapers worldwide, organized by region. TOP \| HOME Oneworld Online Based in London, Oneworld is an excellent resource center for international news, media, guides, education, partners, a gallery of artwork, and a take-action bulletin. Oneworld is the recipient of the best non-commercial site award. TOP \| HOME Reuters Top world and business news stories from this prestigious agency. TOP \| HOME South China Morning Post Interactive The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s premier source for news, features much of their daily content on their site with an emphasis on business information. And for those who miss know the Post well, they’ll be happy to find Nury Vittachi onsite in all his glory. TOP \| HOME Voice of America News News and special reports, printed and audio (in scores of languages), from this U.S. government international service. TOP \| HOME Washington Post World Section With regional news pages, and searchable by countries, topics, or keywords. Interactive maps. Also check out the Search the World page for access by country and other features. TOP \| HOME Wings: Women’s International News Gathering Service The site features real-time broadcast from WINGS, an all-women independent radio production company that produces and distributes news and current affairs programs by and about women around the world. It also offers online consultations and training for women in community radio production and updates on stories about women’s media. TOP \| HOME MAJOR SEARCH ENGINES Altavista Ask Jeeves Direct Hit Excite Fast Search Google HotBot Lycos Meta Search Asia MSN Search Northernlight Yahoo TOP \| HOME TRAINING INSTITUTIONS Center for Development and Population Activities The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) is a women-focused nonprofit international organization founded in 1975. CEDPA’s mission is to empower women at all levels of society to be full partners in development. It offers the following training courses for women: Masters Trainer Certification and Women in Management. TOP \| HOME Center for the Education of Women Originally called the Center for Continuing Education of Women, it was the nation’s first comprehensive, university-based women’s center of its kind, and from the beginning had a commitment to helping women further their educational and employment goals, as well as focusing on research and advocacy for women. TOP \| HOME International Center for Research on Women ICRW’s Fellows Program gives development researchers and practitioners from developing countries the opportunity to spend time in Washington, DC, at ICRW, where they gain policy and project perspectives on the gender dimensions of development. TOP \| HOME Institute of International Studies List of research and training programs from Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley. TOP \| HOME Leadership Training Courses UK It provides advice and recommend sites where you can find: General advice on becoming a better leader; Online tutorials on improving leadership skills; and Training courses that help you to become a better leader. TOP \| HOME Women’s Studies Programs, Departments, & Research Centers Links to more than 600 women’s studies (including “gender studies”) programs, departments, and research centers around the world that have web sites. TOP \| HOME VIRTUAL LIBRARIES International Information Centre and Archives for the Women’s Movement The IIAV is the source, the intermediary and the supplier of information and documentation for all those who occupy themselves with the position of women, whether it concerns books, periodicals, data, addresses, archives, visual materials, current or historical, national or international. TOP \| HOME Gender Studies of South Asia The topics covered in the following bibliographies are somewhat specific, and not necessarily comprehensive. These include bibliographies on history and culture of South Asia, on women development studies and political economy. TOP \| HOME Project South Asia: Women’s Studies Housed at Missouri Southern State College, Project South Asia is a Web-based digital library for improving the study and teaching of South Asia, focusing especially on India and Pakistan. This section includes Encyclopedia of South Asian Women’s Studies, Source Documents in South Asian Women’s Studies; Image Bank for South Asian Women’s Studies; Timeline of Important Events in South Asian Women Studies; and important weblinks among others. TOP \| HOME Resources on Gender and Governance This is an electronic database divided into following categories: gender perspective, women’s rights, women’s participation in politics, advocacy on women’s issues, and women and electoral politics. Conceptualized and maintained by the Philippine-based Center for Legislative Development through the Asia-Pacific Women in Politics Research and Documentation Project (APWIP-RDP). TOP \| HOME South Asian Women’s Library Comprehensive listing of bibliographies TOP \| HOME Women In Asia: Publications from the Asian Studies Association of Australia Online bookstore that features various books, research papers, case studies and other documents on Asian women. TOP \| HOME Women’s studies information sources Provides links to full text electronic journals on women’s studies available at York University. TOP \| HOME Women’s Studies Electronic Journal Links to full text electronic journals in women’s studies. Also a selective list of other women’s studies electronic journals currently available. TOP \| HOME The Women’s Library Documents the changing role of women in society, in the past, now and in the future. It collects materials relating to the changing role of women in society and to make these available to personal and to remote users, however they make contact. It maintains links with other women centered libraries.TOP \| HOME The Women’s Presses Library Project It is a coalition of women-owned independent presses. These presses produce books that address a range of subjects and concerns for women and girls not regularly dealt with by the mainstream houses. TOP \| HOME The Schlesinger Library The Schlesinger Library draws thousands of researchers each year to study the history of women in the United States. The library holds letters and diaries, photographs, books and periodicals, ephemera, oral histories, and audiovisual materials that document the history of women, families, and organizations, primarily in the 19th and 20th centuries. TOP \| HOME ONLINE LEARNING MODULES Making Governance Gender Responsive Learn more about governance which is based on people-centered development, and works towards addressing the needs of all citizens, regardless of gender. Click the title above to start learning. TOP \| HOME ICT Policy for Civil Society: Training Curriculum The ICT Policy for Civil Society training course builds the capacity of civil society organisations to understand policy and regulation related to information and communication technologies (ICT) so that they can begin to engage and influence policy processes affecting ICT adoption and implementation at national, regional and global levels. TOP \| HOME WOMEN AND GENDER-RELATED SITES Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) The 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. TOP \| HOME Asia-Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) The online home of APWLD, an independent and non-profit organization committed to enabling women to use law as an instrument of social change for equality, justice and development. The site has sections on network news and publications. TOP \| HOME Asociacion de Comunicaciones Feminist Interactive Radio Endeavor (AC FIRE) AC Fire was borne out of Feminist International Radio Endeavor or FIRE, originally a showrtwave radio program by and about women. The website features livebroadcast of the program plus nes and other information on women. TOP \| HOME Aviva It is a free webzine run by an international group of feminists based in London. It provides free listings service for women everywhere. TOP \| HOME Be active, Be emacipated – BaBe B.a.B.e. is a Women’s Human Rights Group working in Croatia. It is a strategic lobbying and advocacy group working for the affirmation and implementation of women’s human rights. TOP \| HOME BRIDGE BRIDGE was set up in 1992 as a specialised gender and development research and information service within the Institute of Development Studies, UK. BRIDGE supports gender mainstreaming efforts of policymakers and practitioners by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice with accessible and diverse gender information.TOP \| HOME Coalition Against Trafficking In Women–Asia Pacific The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women-Asia Pacific is an international network of feminist groups, organizations and individuals fighting the sexual exploitation of women globally. TOP \| HOME Center for Legislative Development (CLD) CLD addresses the need for both capability-building of legislatures and strengthening participation of civil society in legislative decision-making to ensure the passage of responsive and gender-fair legislation. TOP \| HOME Centre For Women’s Research The Centre has 15 years of research experience on women in Sri Lanka with a view to facilitating the realization of their full potential in achieving equality. One special section of the website is the Sri Lanka Women’s NGO Forum, which serves as a lobbying and advocacy body on women’s concerns. Its main focus is to popularize the Beijing Platform for Action. TOP \| HOME Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP) A non profit organisation dedicated to promoting women’s equality worldwide by guaranteeing reproductive rights as human rights. Reproductive rights, the foundation of women’s self determination over their bodies and sexual lives, are critical to all women’s ability to achieve their full potential. TOP \| HOME Center for Women’s Global Leadership (Global Center) The Center for Women’s Global Leadership (Global Center) develops and facilitates women’s leadership for women’s human rights and social justice worldwide. TOP \| HOME Centre For Social Research Online home of the Centre for Social Research, one of the leading women’s institutions in India devoted to the objective of restructuring the existing gender relations for the empowerment of women. TOP \| HOME Commonwealth Gender This is the Commonwealth homepage on gender and development. You will find information on the Commonwealth’s core activities defined by the 1995 Commonwealth Plan of Action on Gender and Development. You can also find out about programmes specifically designed to: Improve the relationships between the 1.7 billion women and men in the Commonwealth; Promote the sharing of best practices and partnerships; and Deal with issues of concern to men and women in the 21st century. TOP \| HOME Contemporary Women World Leaders This site provides the visitors with short profiles of women leaders which have been in power from 1945 – 2001. The compilation includes queens, presidents, prime ministers, governor-generals, parliamentary chairwomen and party leaders.TOP \| HOME FemAid FemAid aims at bringing women together across the world and involving them in ongoing projects in a practical way. Women’s rights, environment, poverty, war victims are all fields where your help and input will be valued. Because there are a lot of women fighting to get adequate medical care, school books, basic toiletries and just friends. TOP \| HOME FemiNet Korea FemiNet Korea is an online space established in November 1996. Its goal is to develop the creative power of women through the “Movement for Women’s Information Empowerment” and to contribute to the establishment of an electronic democracy through the spreading of an information culture. TOP \| HOME Feminist Majority The Feminist Majority is committed to empowering women and winning equality through research, the sharing of information of value to feminists everywhere, and effective action. The site is a gateway to other Internet resources on feminism and gender equality. Mostly US-maintained websites. TOP \| HOME Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre (FWCC) FWCC provides crisis counseling as well as legal, medical and other practical support services to women and children survivors of all forms of violence . TOP \| HOME Fourth World Conference on Women A link site that is becoming the one-stop center for information related to the UN conference. Major categories include late breaking news, background information, lists of other Beijing-realted web sites, and copies of Earth Negotiations Bulletin. Many of the documents are geared toward actual conference participants (subway maps, visa information). TOP \| HOME Gender and Political Participation: International and Regional Weblinks This page from the International Insitute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) features 105 weblinks to non-profit organizations, academic institutions and online resource centers from all over the world. TOP \| HOME Great Women Short biographies of notable women of the world. TOP \| HOME Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) GAATW is a worldwide movement of organizations and individuals that organize and co-ordinate work on issues related to trafficking in persons and women’s labor migration. It promotes the involvement of grassroots women in all work against trafficking so that any work done addresses the real problems. TOP \| HOME Global Center for Women’s for Women’s Studies and Politics (GLOW) Glow , a subsection of the Feminist Institute in the Heinrich Böll Foundation, stands for global information, global discussion and learning for women worldwide. It is a virtual center for women’s studies and women’s politics, established by the Feminist Institute of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin, Germany. TOP \| HOME Global Reproductive Health Forum Maintained by the Harvard School of Public Health, the website internet networking project that aims to encourage the proliferation of critical discussions about reproductive health and gender on the net. GRHF provides interactive electronic forums, global discussions, distributes reproductive health and rights materials from a variety of perspectives as well as maintains an extensive, up-to-date research library. TOP \| HOME International Women’s Democracy Center The International Women’s Democracy Center was established to strengthen women’s global leadership through training, education, research and networking in all facets of democracy with a particular focus on increasing the participation of women in policy, politics and decision-making.

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