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Africa

Agenda, as a feminist media organisation in South Africa, is committed to giving women a forum, a voice and skills to articulate their needs and interests towards transforming unequal gender relations. We target in particular members of women's organisations, individuals and organisations interested in gender equality. We aim to question and challenge current understandings and practices of gender relations. We contribute to the development of new knowledge about how gender relations can be transformed. In particular we contribute to the development of women and their capacity to organise themselves, reflect on their experiences and to write about this.
Agenda, South Africa

Feminist Africa is a publication of the African Gender Institute and the continental Feminist Studies Network. Initiated in 2001, and currently hosted at the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town, it is produced by an editorial team in conjunction with an international editorial advisory group drawn from the feminist scholarly community. Feminist Africa is a unique forum for progressive, cutting-edge feminist intellectual dialogue and gender research on the African continent. It offers a space for theoretical and strategic debates that challenge the prevailing technocratic approaches to global development, and the reductionism of economic and policy approaches that neglect the lived realities, ingenuity and cultural production of Africa’s diverse and dynamic peoples. Feminist Africa challenges the shared continental history of exploitation and marginalisation by attending to the complex cultures of resistance and local strategy that characterise the postcolonial era, while at the same time remaining attentive to the shifting global geopolitical configurations of power.
Feminist Africa, South Africa

the gadexchange is produced by Women In Development Southern Africa Awareness (WIDSAA), the gender programme of Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC). The WIDSAA programme is regional in focus and aims to be a catalyst and information service to the region’s governments, parliamentarians, NGOs and agencies, the media and the public and the formulation of policy affecting women in SADC. This is done through the collection, production and dissemination of information and enabling the capacity to generate and use information. The publication is produced with the support of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
the gadexchange, Zimbabwe & Mozambique

Created in 1990, WiLDAF/FeDDAF ( WOMEN, LAW and DEVELOPMENT in AFRICA) is a network which goal is to promote and strengthen strategies that link law and development for the emergence of a culture for the exercise and respect of women’s rights in Africa. It is the only pan-African regional network dedicated to the promotion of women’s rights as an integral part of development. It brings together 500 organizations and 1200 individuals who, spread in 27 countries, are sharing the aims of the network and fighting for their fulfillment at local, national and regional levels.
WiLDAF/ FeDDAF Newsletter, Togo (West Africa sub-regional office)

Americas

The Canadian Women’s Foundation is Canada’s only national public foundation dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls. The Foundation raises funds to support programs that focus on three areas fundamental to the well-being of women and girls: ending violence against women, moving low-income women out of poverty, and building resiliency in girls.
The Canadian Women’s Foundation Newsletter, Canada

Asia

Aichi Shukutoku University's Institute for Gender and Women's Studies officially opened in April 1994. Following twelve months of groundwork the Institute actually commenced operations in April the following year to coincide with the university becoming completely co-educational. The objectives of the Institute are to reevaluate the fixed roles asinged to women and men in society, and to gather information on cases of gender-based discirmination worldwide. These materials will be presented for educational and research purposes, and to contribute to the realization of a better society where women and men live and paticipate in equality.
Institute for Gender and Women's Studies Newsletter, Japan

The Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW) was formally established in 1993 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as a regional non-profit and non-governmental organisation concerned with ensuring that development policies and plans influencing women’s health status included women’s and gender perspectives. Co-founded by Rita Raj and Rashidah Abdullah , ARROW’s vision is for women in Asia and the Pacific to be better able to define and control their lives, particularly in the area of women's health and rights. Since 1993, ARROW has been able to make significant progress towards this vision.
ARROW, Malaysia

The Asia Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to the development of a peaceful, prosperous, just, and open Asia-Pacific region. The Foundation supports programs in Asia that help improve governance, law, and civil society; women's empowerment; economic reform and development; and international relations. Drawing on 50 years of experience in Asia, the Foundation collaborates with private and public partners to support leadership and institutional development, exchanges, and policy research.
The Asia Foundation Bulletin, US (Foundation headquarters)

The Centre for Social Research (CSR) is one of the leading Women's Institutions working in the field of social action since 1983. CSR was founded by a group of concerned social scientists dedicated to promote the empowerment of women, deprived castes and groups. CSR aims to empower women and provide them with the resources to be self-reliant individuals. We work at the grassroots, regional and international levels to raise women's awareness of their rights, build inroads into decision-making institutions from Panchayats to Parliament and to eliminate violence against women. Our goal is to achieve economic self-sufficiency and raise awareness of social, political and legal issues. Our Vision is of a humane and equitable society where gender justice is realized. Our Mission is to restructure gender relations through research, development, counseling, capacity building and networking & advocacy.
CSR Newsletter, India

Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law, & Development (APWLD) is an independent, non-government, non-profit organization. It is committed to enabling women to use law as an instrument of social change for equality, justice and development. It has a consultative status at the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC). Objectives: 1) To enable women in the region to use law as an instrument of change for the empowerment of women in their struggle for justice, peace, equality and development; 2) To promote basic concepts of human rights in the region as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discriminations Against Women (CEDAW) and other relevant international human rights instruments.
Forum News, Thailand

The New Japan Women's Association (NJWA or Shinfujin) was founded on October 19, 1962 at the call of 32 women including Hiratsuka Raicho (pioneer of the Japanese women's movement,) Nogami Yaeko (writer) and Iwasaki Chihiro (artist of pictures for children.) Shinfujin activities are carried out in over 10,000 groups, which are organized all over the country; in workplaces and communities, including rural areas. Shinfujin has a head office that unites chapters working in all the 47 prefectures and branches in 880 municipalities. Under the five objectives, Shinfujin works to realize all kinds of women's demands concerning such issues as women's rights, equality with men, better working and living conditions, measures to support child-care, education, environmental protection, peace and abolition of nuclear weapons.
NJWA Newsletter, Japan

Zi Teng is a non-governmental organization formed by people of different working experiences. They are social workers, labor activists, researchers specializing in women studies and church workers etc. who care and concern about the interest and basic rights of women.
Zi Teng, Hong Kong (scroll down and click the Newsletter link)

Australia/Oceania

International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) is an Australian non-profit organisation that creates positive change for women and their communities. Our practical and rights-based projects directly address poverty and oppression in developing countries. For over 20 years, IWDA has worked with more than 100 grassroots organisations in the developing world, to support and advance the life choices and well being of women and their families. IWDA undertakes projects in partnership with women from the Asia Pacific region. These projects are devised and managed by women who live and work in the communities themselves, which fosters practical and innovative responses to the issues women view as most critical.
IWDA Newsletter, Australia

Europe

BRIDGE supports gender advocacy and mainstreaming efforts of policymakers and practitioners by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice with accessible and diverse gender information. BRIDGE was set up in 1992 as a specialised gender and development research and information service within the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), United Kingdom (UK). BRIDGE seeks to transform development practice by supporting global gender advocacy and mainstreaming efforts down to the operational level, by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice. This will be undertaken through accessible and appropriate knowledge creation, sharing, and management, in long-term collaboration involving mutual capacity-building with Southern and Northern partners.
BRIDGE Gender and Development In Brief Bulletin

International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA)-Europe is a non-governmental umbrella organisation which represents its members, principally organisations of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, at the European level. Its membership consists of some 200 organisations from across Europe. ILGA-Europe's mission is: 1) To act as a voice at European level for the rights of those who face discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression; To promote the right to equality and freedom from discrimination by lobbying and advocacy, and by educating and informing the European institutions, media, and civil society; To strengthen the capacity of European human rights organisations fighting against sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression discrimination to work for equality through their involvement in advocacy campaigns and networking, the exchange of best practice, the dissemination of information and capacity building programmes.
ILGA-Europe Newsletter, Belgium
ILGA-Europe Electronic Bulletin

Founded in 1991, The Network of East-West Women-Polska (NEWW) is an international communication and resource network supporting dialogue, informational exchange, and activism among those concerned about the status of women in Central and Eastern Europe, the Newly Independent States, and the Russian Federation. NEWW coordinates research and advocacy that supports women's equality and full participation in all aspects of public and private life. (NEWW is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. NEWW's overarching goal is to support the formation of independent women's movements and to strengthen the capacities of women and women's NGOs to influence policy regarding women's lives.
NEWW Newsletter, Poland

Middle East

Al-Raida is a quarterly journal published by the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW). Its mission is to enhance networking between Arab women and women all over the world; to promote research on the condition of women in the Arab world, especially with respect to social change and development; and to report on the activities of IWSAW and the Lebanese American University. Each issue of Al-Raida features a file which focuses on a particular theme, in addition to articles, conference reports, interviews, book reviews, and art news.
Al-Raida , Lebanon

Global

IIAV International News is a twice-yearly newsletter published by the International Information Centre and Archives for the Women’s Movement (IIAV). The IIAV’s mission is to make knowledge relating to the position of women available and accessible and to promote research that will contribute to the quality of women’s lives. IIAV International News informs public policy makers, students, researchers, women’s organizations and the media about the activities the IIAV and its partners initiate to make sure that information works for women’s human rights. You too can contribute and present information on your services and projects.
IIAV International News, The Netherlands

Women for Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil societies. Outreach is Women for Women International's newsletter that focuses primarily on our activities overseas. Each issue includes a message from Women for Women International President and CEO Zainab Salbi, updates on our programs overseas, stories from our participants and supporters, and new ways you can get involved in Women for Women International’s community.
Outreach , US (headquarters)

The International Federation for Research in Women's History-Federation Internationale Pour la Recherche en Histoire des Femmes (IFRWH/FIRHF) was founded in April 1987. The Aim of IFRWH/FIRHF is to encourage and coordinate research in all aspects of women's history at the international level, by promoting exchange of information and publication and by arranging and assisting in arranging large-scale international conferences as well as more restricted and specialized meetings. National Committees serve as liaison between communities of researchers and the Federation.
IFRWH/FIRHF Newsletter, Bulgaria (headquarters)

In 1902, the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Legal Citizenship (IAW) was founded by leading American suffragists at a meeting in Washington attended by women from eleven countries.
IAW Newsletter, Germany

Office of the Special Advisor on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI)- The Network Newsletter serves as forum for the dissemination and exchange of information on gender issues. It provides regular updates on gender statistics, recent resolutions, administrative instructions, and other policies and issues concerning gender. In addition, the newsletter includes articles on subjects such as career management, networking, women in peacekeeping and monitoring.
The Network Newsletter, The United Nations

Religions for Peace is the largest international coalition of representatives from the world’s great religions dedicated to promoting peace. Respecting religious differences while celebrating our common humanity, Religions for Peace is active on every continent and in some of the most troubled areas of the world, creating multi-religious partnerships to confront our most dire issues: stopping war, ending poverty, and protecting the earth.
Mosaic, The United Nations