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Research Guide: International Women's Issues


SELECTED REFERENCE SOURCES IN THE MONTEREY INSTITUTE LIBRARY

A to Z of Women in World History
REFERENCE CT3202.K84 2002

American Women: Who They Are & How They Live
BUSINESS REFERENCE HQ1421.A486 2006

Encyclopedia of American Women in Business: From Colonial Times to the Present
REFERENCE HD6054.4.U6K753 2004

Encyclopedia of Birth Control
REFERENCE HQ766.R442 2000

Encyclopedia of Russian Women's Movements
REFERENCE HQ1665.15.E5 2001

Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures
REFERENCE HQ1170.E53 2003

Encyclopedia of Women's History in America
REFERENCE HQ1410.C85 2000

Gender Equality: a Decade of Commonwealth Action: a Reference Book for Gender Ministers
REFERENCE HQ1075.5.C723G46 2005

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide
REFERENCE HQ1115.G74 2003

Historical and Multicultural Encyclopedia of Women's Reproductive Rights in the United States
REFERENCE HQ766.5.U5H57 2002

Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
REFERENCE HQ1787.S44 2005

International Encyclopedia of Women's Suffrage
REFERENCE JF851.H28 2000

Political and Historical Encyclopedia of Women
REFERENCE HQ1236.5.E85E52 2003

Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge
REFERENCE HQ1115.R69 2000

The World's Women...: Trends and Statistics
REFERENCE HQ1101.W675 2005


PERIODICALS

Fu nu yan jiu = Women's Studies
Gender and Development
Josei joho = Women's Information
Journal of Women, Politics & Policy
Ms
Signs
Zhongguo fu nu = Women of China



WEBSITES

Africa
African Women on the Internet
An extensive list of links to projects and organizations compiled and maintained by Stanford University Libraries.

African Women's Bibliographic Database
A bibliographic database with citations to articles from conferences and research organizations.    Compiled and maintained by library staff at the Economic Advancement Research Center at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock.


Asia
Gender and Development Section: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Links to statistics and publications.

Gender Equality and Women's Development in China
A white paper published by the State Council Information Office.

Gender Information Site
The bilingual website of the Gender Equality Bureau of Japan.  Links to key documents. 

National Commission for Women
The national organization of India charged with promoting women's rights.  The website focuses on legal issues and research.

Southeast Asia Women Studies Bibliography
Bibliographies of print and online sources relating to the region as well as individual countries.  A project of the UC Berkeley Library.


Europe

European Women's Lobby
An NGO which focuses on women's equality issues in the European Union.  The website includes news, legislative information, and links to full text of EWL publications.

Gender Equality: European Commission
News and legislation from the European Union.

Gender Statistics
A website of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.  Both economic and social statistics.


Health
Gender, Ethnicity and Health
A Pan American Health Organization website with links to full text reports and statistical publications.

The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS
A collaborative education and advocacy project of the United Nations and other agencies.  The website links to reports and speeches.

Women's Health
A website of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. 

Women's Health Statistics
Statistics primarily for the United States.


Latin America

LANIC: Women and Gender Studies
Extensive links to both regional and country resources.  The Latin American Network Information Center is a web project of the University of Texas at Austin.

Unidad mujer y desarollo
A division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.  Links to documents and publications of the organization.


Pacific Area

Office for Women: Australian Government
A key website for information on legislative issues in Australia.  Includes a link to the website Window on Women which provides statistical information for women in the country.


Politics

Democracy through Partnership Between Men and Women in Politics
A website of the Inter-Parliamentary Union with links to research and statistics on women's involvement in politics.  Includes a link to a searchable database of bibliographic information for books on women in politics.


Population Issues
Center for Reproductive Rights
A nonprofit legal advocacy organization with an international focus. Links to regional publications on reproductive rights issues.

Public Agenda Issue Guide: Abortion
A discussion of the abortion issue in the United States with pro and con arguments and extensive information on public opinion.  Published by Public Agenda, a nonpartisan research organization.

UNFPA: Promoting Gender Equality
Information on health, migration and domestic violence.


Statistics
GenderStats
A World Bank statistical database.

United Nations Statistics and Indicators on Women and Men
Includes a link to the publication The World's Women


United Nations
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
History and status of the key women's rights treaty.

WomenWatch
A collaborative project of the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, INSTRAW, and UNIFEM.  Links to reports and documents of UN agencies relating to gender equality.


United States

Institute for Women's Policy Research
A research organization focusing on economic, political and social issues facing women in the United States.  The website includes links to online publications of the organization and the Status of Women in the States project.


Women's Rights
Human Rights Watch: Women's Rights
Links to Human Rights Watch publications relating to international women's rights issues.

International Women's Rights Action Watch (IWRAW)
An NGO that focuses on international human rights treaties and women's rights.

WHRNet: Women's Human Rights Net
A web project of the Association for Women's Rights in Development.  Links to news stories, documents and treaties.

Women's Commission for Refugee Women & Children
A resource and advocacy organization based in New York.  Their website publishes news, and reports.  The Resources and Links pages has good links to NGOs and legal instruments.

Women's Human Rights
Amnesty International's campaign for women's rights.  Links to Amnesty International documents and reports.

Women's Human Rights Resources
A website of the University of Toronto.  The Women's Human Rights Resource Database searches articles, documents and websites relating to international and Canadian women's rights law.


Women and Development

Eldis Gender Resource Guide
Extensive links to reports and articles relating to issues such as health, migration, gender mainstreaming and politics.  Eldis is a project of the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex.

IADB: Gender Equality in Development
Publications and projects of the Inter-American Development Bank.

International Center for Research on Women
A research and advocacy organization with a focus on economic, health and violence issues.  Publications and reports are available in full text.

OECD: Gender Equality
Links to news and publications of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

UNDP: Women's Empowerment
Projects and publications of the UNDP.

USAID: Women in Development Publications
Links to publications by region.

WIDE: Network Women in Development Europe
A network of European NGOs and gender specialists.  Their website links to news and publications of the organization.
 
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