Association For Rural Advancement (AFRA)
http://www.afra.co.za
AFRA is dedicated to working on land rights and agrarian reform in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Behind the Mask
http://www.mask.org.za
A website magazine on lesbian and gay affairs in Africa.
Girls Power Initiative (GPI) Nigeria
http://www.gpinigeria.org/gpi.htm
GPI educates girls between the ages of 10-18 years concerning their health, rights, self reliance skills and needs from a gender perspective through information, communication, counselling and community intervention.
Hope Springs Institute
http://www.hopespringswomencenter.com
Hope Springs Institute, a retreat and learning center in Ohio, is a vessel for Activism in its many forms; a place to encourage discourse, advocate, promote, and plan, a place for
those who are involved in truly changing the world to retreat and revitalize themselves and their work. We are not just changing ourselves. We are working for peace, for the environment,
and towards ending all “isms”.
International Peace Research Association (IPRA)
http://www.ipraweb.org
The purpose of IPRA is to advance interdisciplinary research into
the conditions of peace and the causes of war and other forms of violence.
Intersex Society of North America (ISNA)
http://www.isna.org
The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female.
Intersex South Africa (ISSA)
http://www.intersex.org.za
ISSA is an organisation established to spread knowledge about intersex, to provide the space for the development of an intersexed voice in Southern Africa, and to combat discrimination on grounds of intersex.
Sisters in Islam (SIS)
http://www.sistersinislam.org.my
SIS is a group of Muslim women committed to promoting the rights of women within the framework of Islam.
Western Cape Network on Violence Against Women
http://www.wcnetwork.org.za
The Western Cape Network is a strong, united body which coordinates and integrates organizations and individuals through advocacy, public awareness, training and support with a developmental approach in order to progressively realize women’s right to a life free from all forms of violence.
World Social Forum 2008
http://wsf2008.net/eng/home
Since 2001, the World Social Forum is an open meeting place where civil society organizations opposed to neo-liberalism and a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism come together to pursue their thinking, to debate ideas democratically, for formulate proposals, share their experiences freely and network for effective action.
Women in Black
http://www.womeninblack.org
Women in Black is a world-wide network of women committed to peace
with justice and actively opposed to injustice, war, militarism and
other forms of violence. As women experiencing these things in different
ways in different regions of the world, we support each other’s
movements. An important focus is challenging the militarist policies
of our own governments. We are not an organisation, but a means of
communicating and a formula for action.
Read about Women in Black, Leuven.
http://snellings.telenet.be/womeninblackleuven/index_english.htm
Women 'Go Missing' by the Millions
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/24/opinion/edali.php
Author: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Published: Tribune Media Services International, 25 March 2006
The Mist of Misogyny
Link to article
Author: Rita J. Andrews
Why Soldiers Rape: Culture of misogyny, illegal ccupation, fuel sexual violence in military
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3848/
Author: Helen Benedict
Published: In These Times, August 13, 2008
Men-Women, Gatekeepers, and Fairy Mounds
Link to article
Author: Randy P.L. Conner
Published: Parabola, Spring, February 2000. Volume 25, No.1, pp. 71 - 77
Ingredients of Love: Bell Hooks
Link to interview with Bell Hooks
Interviewer: Juniper Glass
Published: Ascent, Winter, 2004.
Use Your Heart and Head When Giving
Link to article
Author: Perla Ni
Published: www.ft.com, March 15 2008
In-depth Study On All Forms of Violence Against Women:
Report of the Secretary-General
Link to article
Author: Secretary-General, United Nations
Published: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/SGstudyvaw.htm, July 6 2006
(note: related resolutions, summaries, background notes, presentations and statements can be found using this link)
Women in an Insecure World:
Violence Against Women - Facts, Figures and Analysis
English executive summary:
http://www.dcaf.ch/women/pb_women_ex_sum.pdf
French executive summary:
http://www.dcaf.ch/women/pb_women_ex_sum_fr.pdf
Order full document:
http://www.dcaf.ch/women/bk_vlachova_biason_women.cfm
Editors: Marie Vlachovà and Lea Biason
Published: Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces , September 2005
World's Women Have an Advocate.
More Than Half the Globe's People Need Their Own UN Agency: Stephen Lewis
Link to abstract
Author: Olivia Ward
Published: The Toronto Star,
Jul. 1, 2006
The Shadow Cast by Colonialism is Very, Very Long
Link to article
Author:
Gordon Aeschliman
Published: Cape Times, June 26, 2007, Edition 1
