Διεθνείς Οργανισμοί

Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
www.awid.org
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. Their goal is to cause policy, institutional and individual change that will improve the lives of women and girls everywhere.

Council of Europe's activities in the field of equality between women and men at intergovernmental level
www.coe.int/T/e/human_rights/equality
Website set up by the Council of Europe to provide information on its "activities in the field of equality between women and men at intergovernmental level". The site features a news section, details of the past and current activities of the Equality Committee and publications. The site has English and French versions.

Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
www.un.org/womenwatch/daw
Grounded in the vision of equality of the United Nations Charter, the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) advocates the improvement of the status of women of the world, and the achievement of their equality with men-as equal actors, partners, and beneficiaries of sustainable development, human rights, peace and security. Together with Governments, other entities of the United Nations system, and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, DAW actively works to advance the global agenda on women's rights issues and gender equality and ensure that women's voices are heard in international policy arenas.

Gender Advocacy Programme (GAP)
www.gender.co.za
The Gender Advocacy Programme (GAP) is an independent, non-governmental advocacy and lobbying organisation based in Cape Town. They see their position as bridging the gap between women in civil society and structures of governance and to increase the participation of women in policy formulation and decision-making.

Gender and Development (The World Bank)
www.worldbank.org/gender
The World Bank adopted a gender and development mainstreaming strategy in 2001 and issued a revised Operational Policy and Bank Procedures statement in 2003. Implementation of the strategy has been documented continuously since its inception. This page has links to these and related documents.

GenderStats
http://devdata.worldbank.org/genderstats/home.asp
GenderStats is an electronic database of gender statistics and indicators designed with user-friendly, menu-driven features. It offers statistical and other data in modules on several subjects. The data in each module is presented in ready-to-use format.

The International Labour Organization (ILO)
www.ilo.org
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is devoted to advancing opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. Its main aims are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue in handling work-related issues.

RoSa
www.rosadoc.be/site/nieuw/start.htm
Documentatiecentrum en Archief voor Gelijke Kansen, Feminisme en Vrouwenstudies.

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
www.unifem.org
UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality.

United Nations Development Fund for Women, East and Southeast Asia Regional Office (UNIFEM)
www.unifem-eseasia.org
UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality.

United Nations-INSTRAW
www.un-instraw.org
UN-INSTRAW is the leading United Nations Institute devoted to research, training and knowledge management in partnership with governments, the United Nations System, civil society and academia to achieve gender equality and women's empowerment

WHRnet-Women's Human Rights net
www.whrnet.org
WHRnet aims to provide reliable, comprehensive, and timely information and analyses on women's human rights. WHRnet updates readers on women's human rights issues and policy developments globally and provides information and analyses that support advocacy actions. A team of regionally based content specialists provides regular News, Interviews, Perspectives, Alert and Campaign information, and Web Highlights.
WHRnet is a project of the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)

Women in parliaments, women in politics (Inter-Parliamentary Union)
www.ipu.org/english/home.htm
The IPU is the international organization of Parliaments of sovereign States (Article 1 of the Statutes of the Inter-Parliamentary Union). It was established in 1889. The Union is the focal point for world-wide parliamentary dialogue and works for peace and co-operation among peoples and for the firm establishment of representative democracy.

Women Watch (United Nations)
www.un.org/womenwatch/asp/user/list.asp?ParentID=10
Information and Resources on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women.

Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO)
www.wedo.org
Founded in 1991, the Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO) is an international organization that advocates for women's equality in global policy. Working in key global forums such as the UN, WEDO advocates for and seeks to empower women as decision makers to achieve economic, social and gender justice, a healthy, peaceful planet and human rights for all.