Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Topics LibGuide

"This programme has the goal to create a radical shift in how gender statistics are used, created, shared and accessed."

From the Office of the Women's Studies Librarian, Karla Strand, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Useful for historical purposes as these guides are no longer being published but there are copies of the previous works.

Useful web tool to compare government-related information. Designed by the Inter-American Development Bank.

Country information on population, biodiversity, energy resources, economics, climate, poverty and more.

Website specialized in development studies. Information can be found either by topic or country.

LibGuide by, Cathy Dwyer, University at Albany, Government Documents Librarian.

LibGuide by, Cathy Dwyer, University at Albany, Government Documents Librarian.

Open source database addressing African resources.

Affiliated with Rutgers University. Some resources available in French and Spanish.

An independent research and educational organization concerned with understanding and appreciating indigenous peoples and their cultures. Includes research on domestic and international policy. "The Fourth World Institute" and related sites indicate their emphasis on research, education, and policy analysis for Fourth World nations.

Use the home page button on the bottom of the page to access titles and reports like "Initial Impacts of Welfare Reform on the Incomes of Single-Mother Families."

Includes resources, organizations, Web sites, and a listserv relating to Chicana/Latino Studies.

Gender equality legislation, treaties, council reports, gender mainstreaming and other very useful documents from the European Commission.

Global Gateway is a searchable gateway to rich primary source materials relating to history and culture throughout the world. This Library of Congress site offers more than 80 thousand digital items. In addition, it is a portal to international research centers and collections, presentations, exhibitions with links to many important resources.

A UN site that describes what the United Nations has done for the equal treatment of women. It also lists committees within the UN responsible for supporting women's rights. The United Nations Charter was the first global treaty which called for equality between women and men.

Twentieth Anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979-1999.

HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN:
Twentieth Anniversary of the adoption of the
United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979-1999.

U of Wisconsin-Madison, Women's Studies Librarian.

Selected sites on women outside the U.S. and Canada.

"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."

News and Action alerts on global issues from the National Organization of Women.Global Feminism
NOW Foundation & the “Gender Shadow Report”
In 2006, a coalition of women’s and human rights organizations submitted a wide-ranging report on the status of women’s rights in the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UN HRC) for consideration during its 87th session in Geneva. The report documents the failure of the U.S. to conform its laws and policies to promote equality for women as required by a treaty ratified by the U.S. in 1992, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

United Nations Women is the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.

(UNIFEM merged with UN WOMEN as of 2011)
"The UN Women Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) was established in Cairo, Egypt, in 2012. ROAS covers 17 countries across the Arab States region, including countries with low, medium and high income and several countries currently experiencing serious crisis impacting on overall human development.":