Building Constituencies - Resources

Resources

Men's Traveling Conference - Eastern and Southern Africa
In an effort to mobilise groups of men to combat gender discrimination, The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) enabled more than 100 men - faith leaders, policemen, lawyers, sportsmen, artists, students, and persons living with HIV/AIDS aged between 19 and 81 from Zambia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa - to travel across eastern and southern Africa. These men sought to raise awareness and mobilise other men to support gender equality and end gender-based violence.

See Soulbeat Africa http://www.comminit.com/africa/experiences/pds32004/experiences-2498.html: Communication for Change website

Useful Links

BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights
A not for profit, non-governmental women's human rights organisation, which focuses on women's legal rights issues under the three (3) systems of law - customary, statutory and religious laws in Nigeria.
http://www.baobabwomen.org/

Centre for Women's Global Leadership
The Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) based at Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, US, develops and facilitates women's leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide.
http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/index.html

The Council of Women World Leaders
The Council of Women World Leaders is a network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers.
http://www.womenworldleaders.org/

Equality Now
Equality Now works for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organisations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilises international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses.
http://www.equalitynow.org/ (website in Arabic, English, French and Spanish)

Gender at Work Dialogues
An interactive and productive space for conversations and collaboration on working towards gender equality through organisational change.
http://www.genderatwork.org/dialogues/

Initiative for Inclusive Security
The Initiative for Inclusive Security includes The Women Waging Peace Network, a network of women peacemakers from conflict areas around the world.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/7_the_initiative_for_inclusive_security.cfm

International Women's Democracy Center
Supports women's global leadership through training, education, networking and research in all facets of democracy.
http://www.iwdc.org/

Madre
MADRE is an international women's human rights organisation that works in partnership with community-based women's organisations worldwide to address issues of health and reproductive rights, economic development, education, and other human rights.
http://www.madre.org/ (website in English and Spanish)

Mano River Women's Peace Network
The Mano River Women’s Peace Network advocates for and promotes at all decision-making levels the involvement of women and youth in the prevention, management and resolution of conflict in the Mano River sub-region, throughout Africa and the world.
http://www.marwopnet.org/ (website in English and French)

Peace Women International
The PeaceWomen Project monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation of
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.
http://www.peacewomen.org/ (website in English, French and Spanish)

Take Back the Tech
A global network of women who support women networking for social change and women's empowerment, through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs).
http://www.takebackthetech.net/frontpage

UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
INSTRAW promotes applied research on gender, facilitates information sharing, and supports capacity building through networking mechanisms such as GAINS and multi-stakeholder partnerships with UN agencies, governments, academia and civil society.
http://www.un-instraw.org/ (website in English, French and Spanish)

UN WomenWatch
WomenWatch is the central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/

UNIFEM: Women, Peace and Security
A portal providing access to the information and analysis that is currently available on the impact of armed conflict on women and women's role in peace-building.
http://womenwarpeace.net/

Vital Voices
Vital Voices Global Partnership is an organisation which iinvests in emerging women leaders.
http://www.vitalvoices.org/

WHRnet
WHRnet aims to provide reliable, comprehensive, and timely information and analyses on women's human rights in English, Spanish and French.
http://whrnet.org/

Women's Learning Partnership
Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) supports women's leadership and empowerment.
http://www.learningpartnership.org/ (website in Arabic, English and French)

Women's Rights and Citizenship - International Development Research Centre
A programme aimed at supporting applied research in the field of women’s rights, citizenship and development.
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-29737-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html