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Women's Human Rights

Women's Human Rights Online Resources and Websites

Women's Human Rights Net (merged with AWID)
http://www.awid.org/

Human Rights Watch: Alerts and updates on women's rights
http://www.hrw.org/women/

Network for European Women's Rights Project (NEWR)
http://www.newr.bham.ac.uk/

Women's Caucus for Gender Justice: International Criminal Court
http://www.iccwomen.org/

Women Action
http://www.womenaction.org/

International Women's Tribune Center
http://www.iwtc.org/

Inter-American Commission of Women
http://www.oas.org/cim/default.htm

Center for Women’s Global Leadership
http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu

BRIDGE: Development and Gender
http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/

Center for Reproductive Rights: Bringing Rights to Bear
http://reproductiverights.org/en/press-room/bringing-rights-to-bear-anew-2008-update

Center for Reproductive Rights: Selected Shadow Reports on Sexual and Reproductive Rights
http://reproductiverights.org/en/resources/publications/Shadow-Letters-%2526-Reports

CLADEM
http://www.cladem.org/english/publications/index.asp

Siyanda
http://www.siyanda.org

Women's Human Rights Resources
http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/

Women, Inc.
http://www.womenink.org/

Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)
http://www.wluml.org

Women’s United Nations Report Network (WUNRN)
http://www.wunrn.com

UN Entities Specialising in Gender Issues

WomenWatch
An inter-agency website that is a central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the UN system.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch

Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
http://www.un.org/women/daw

Commission for the Status of Women (CSW)
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw

International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
http://www.un-instraw.org/en/

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
http://www.unifem.org/

Women and Armed Conflict

International Women's Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/resguide/women2.htm

UNIFEM Portal on Women, Peace and Security
http://www.womenwarpeace.org/

United Nations Women Watch Women, Peace and Security Page
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/wps/index.html

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
http://www.peacewomen.org/

Securing Equality, Engendering Peace: A Guide to Policy and Planning on Women, Peace and Security (UN SCR 1325), prepared by UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
http://www.un-instraw.org/en/docs/1325/1325-Guide-ENG.pdf

Security Council Report on Women, Peace and Security
http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/site/c.glKWLeMTIsG/b.2087359/k.A18D/October_2006BRWomen_Peace_and_Security.htm

International Committee of the Red Cross: Women and War
http://www.icrc.org/eng/women

Resources on Women and Refugees, Displaced Persons

Refworld
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain

Refworld: Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/idps.html

Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, 11 February 1998
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=search&docid=3d4f95e11

UNHCR Handbook for the Protection of Women and Girls
http://www.unhcr.org/protect/PROTECTION/47cfae612.html

Forced Migration Online
http://www.forcedmigration.org/

Refugee Caselaw Site
http://www.refugeecaselaw.org