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Human Rights Organizations: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
 [ UN and its Agencies ]
Alliance for Arab Women:
The Alliance for Arab Women is a non-government organization that works in partnership with a network of NGOs and other organizations from the Arab countries to promote women through influencing policies and legislations and providing services and programs that offer them security and safety.
[ Jordan ]
Arab Regional Resource Center on violence against woman 'Aman':
The primary objective of the resource center is be to contribute and enhance the ongoing activities of institutions and individuals currently working in the field of ending violence against women by providing supportive and informative services.
[ Arab Countries ]
Arab Women Connect:
is the regional office in the Arab Countries for UNIFEM. The program aims to promote women's human rights and to eliminate all forms of violence against women.
[ International ]
Arab Women's International Forum:
Arab Women's International Forum (AWIF) is a non-profit organization that links Arab business and professional women in the Arab world with each other and with their counterparts in the international community. AWIF provides a networking opportunity where women can build their knowledge, develop their business and career potential and promote their respective organizations.
[ Jordan ]
Arab Women's Organization of Jordan :
Arab Women's Organization of Jordan (AWO) is a non-governmental organization that has been involved in the process of strengthening the status of Jordanian women to become equal and effective partners in development.
[ Arab Countries ]
Arab Women's Solidarity Association:
The association is a progressive organization founded in Egypt in 1982 by Nawal El Saadawi in order to promote Arab women's active participation in social economic cultural and political life.
[ Mauritania ]
Assistance to the disinherited Women and Children of the Iguidi region - Mauritania:
Promotes the self-sufficiency of women and children of the Iguidi region by encouraging market-gardening and artisan activities. Organizes activities to combat desertification, such as reforestation and sand dune fixation. Sensitizes women's groups on issues of health, hygiene, nutrition and the environment.
[ International ]
Association for Women's Rights in Development (French version):
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.
[ Mauritania ]
Association of Wadel Barka For the Prosperity of Mauritanian Families:
Needs to be translated to English
[ Comoros ]
Association of Women from Mutsamud - Comoros:
[ Bahrain ]
Bahrain Women Society (in Arabic):
The society aims to empower women to practice her leading role in the society and to achieve the values of social justice. The society also works to promote awareness on Gender issues and its importance in promoting social and humanitarian development.
[ Bahrain ]
Bahrain Women Society:
The society -BWS- works to defend and protect Women and Children's rights.
[ International ]
BRIDGE Institute of Development Studies - Gender publications (French version):
BRIDGE supports gender advocacy and mainstreaming efforts by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice with accessible and diverse gender information
[ International ]
Canadian International Development Agency - CIDA Gender Equality (French version):
CIDA's mandate is to support sustainable development in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and contribute to a more secure, equitable, and prosperous world.
[ Egypt ]
Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance Foundation:
The Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance (CEWLA) is a non-governmental organization that aims to offer Egyptian women legal support and assistance regarding their rights under the Egyptian Constitution, Egyptian laws and the international conventions.
[ Tunisia ]
Center for Research, Studies, Documentation and Information about Women (in Arabic):
CREDIF was initiated by the government in 1990, with the aim of consolidating women's rights. The centre permanently observes and evaluates the position of women and plays an intermediary role between diverse governmental and non-governmental institutions.
[ International ]
Center for Women's Global Leadership:
The Center develops and facilitates women's leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide.
[ International ]
Centre for Women's Studies in Education :
The Centre aims to establish disciplinary and interdisciplinary feminist research, to implement programs and activities to facilitate the scholarly and professional development of staff and students, and to promote community outreach between the Centre and a wide range of professional and volunteer women's organizations.
[ International ]
Commonwealth Gender and Development:
Works with Commonwealth people as a force for peace, democracy, equality, and good governance; a catalyst for global consensus building; and a source of assistance for sustainable development and poverty eradication.
[ International ]
Development Gateway - Gender and Development Portal (French version):
The gender page is envisioned as an Internet platform for gender and development-related resources, information, and dialogue. The objective is to enhance the effectiveness of development efforts worldwide through sharing knowledge of gender-sensitive analysis, actions and policies.
[ Egypt ]
Egyptian Center for Woman's Rights:
The center is an independent, nongovernmental and nonpartisan entity . It is mainly involved with the Promotion and support of Egyptian Women to achieve gender equality and to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women.
[ International ]
Eldis Gateway to Development Information - Gender Resource Guide:
ELDIS is a gateway to information on development issues. It provides summaries and links to online documents. ELDIS offers a directory of websites.
[ Yemen ]
Empirical Research and Women's Studies Center:
The center aims to improve the position of women in the Yemeni society. The center provides a documentation department to promote research and international communication. The center is located in Sana University in Yemen.
[ Morocco ]
Ennakhil Association for Women and Children:
The Association is is an independent, non-profit NGO in the Tensift-El Haouze region in the south of Morocco. Its aim is to improve the social, legal, economic and sanitary situation of women and children by offering a framework for reflection and resolution of problems.
[ North Africa ]
Famafrique, site of women in French-speaking Africa:
[ International ]
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Gender and Development (French version):
A program of the Sustainable Development Department,
[ International ]
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Gender and Development documents (French version):
The Sustainable Development Department (SD) serves as a global reference centre for knowledge and advice on biophysical, biological, socio-economic and social dimensions of sustainable development.
[ Palestine ]
General Union of Palestinian Women:
GUPW is the official representative body for Palestinian women around the world. It aims to mobilize women within Palestinian communities to participate in various social, economic and political processes.
[ Bahrain ]
Information Center for Women and Children:
ICWC is considered as an information network that will serve the Kingdom of Bahrain and GCC states with a view to providing information, data and publications relevant to children and women in the region.
[ International ]
Institute for Women's Policy Research :
The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities, and societies. IWPR focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, health and safety, and women's civic and political participation.
[ Lebanon ]
Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World:
Promotes networking between Arab women and women all over the world and aims to empower women through action programs.
[ UN and its Agencies ]
Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality :
The Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) is a network of gender focal points in United Nations (UN) entities. IANWGE monitors and oversees the mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the programmatic, normative and operational work of the UN system.
[ International ]
International Development Research Centre - IDRC Gender Unit (French version):
IDRC Gender Unit aims is to increase the capacity for critical and meaningful engagement in gender and development problems, issues and debates.
[ International ]
International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement:
The center is the source, the intermediary and the supplier of information and documentation for all those who occupy themselves with the position of women, whether it concerns books, periodicals, data, addresses, archives, visual materials, current or historical, national or international.
[ International ]
International Labor Organization (ILO) - Gender Equality (French version):
the Organization's central gender unit.
[ International ]
International Women's Tribune Centre:
The centre is an international non-governmental organization. It's work is grounded on the premise that access to information and the ability to communicate are basic to the process of women's empowerment, to women's ability to re-defining development paradigms, to women's participation in the public policy arena and to the building of democratic societies.
[ Iraq ]
Iraqi Women's Rights Coalition:
The Coalition is a network of various women’s rights activists and organizations aiming to influence the policy-making of the new Government in Iraq and to ensure that women’s equal rights are secured and a secular constitution is established.
[ Palestine ]
Jerusalem Center for Women:
JCW supports the empowerment and involvement of women in all aspects of Palestinian civil society and development.
[ Jordan ]
Jordanian National Forum for Women:
JNCW is one of the first semi-governmental commissions established in the Arab world to promote women's issues.
[ International ]
Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights:
Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights is a charitable, educational organization which focuses upon the domestic and global issues of human rights for Muslims. Karamah stands committed to research, education, and advocacy work in matters pertaining to Muslim women and human rights in Islam
[ Lebanon ]
Lebanese Council to Resist Violence Against Women (LCRVAW):
The Council aims to raise public awareness against violence , as well as work on legislating laws for the protection of abused women.
[ Lebanon ]
Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering:
The women's gathering aims to remove all restrictions on the implementation of international regulations calling for the abolition of all kinds of discrimination against women.
[ Arab Countries ]
Machreq/Maghreb Gender Linking and Information Project (French version):
Is a forum for learning, communication and exchange of women and development in the Arab world.
[ International ]
MADRE:
An international organization that works in partnership with community-based women’s organizations in conflict areas on the issues of development and human rights.
[ International ]
Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies :
The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) is a non-profit organization which promotes and contributes to projects of social, political, and economic themes relating to gender.
[ Morocco ]
Moroccan Association for the Development of Rural Women:
The association is a non-governmental organization that is active in the struggle against illiteracy, raising awareness, promoting political participation and establishing income-generating projects for women.
[ Lebanon ]
National Commission for Lebanese Women:
NCLW was established as a national mechanism for women's advancement and gender equality, in compliance with global resolutions put forth during the Beijing world conference on Women in 1995.
[ Lebanon ]
National Committee for the Follow-Up of Women's Issues (Post Beijing):
is a non governmental committee which aims to coordinate a network of various non-governmental organizations dealing with women’s affairs , it 's mission is to promote women’s participation in social, political and economic fields, and to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women.
[ Egypt ]
National Council for Women:
was established in 2000 by the Presidential Decree No.90 as an autonomous entity with the purpose of advancing the status women in Egypt.
[ Tunisia ]
National Family and Population Bureau:
The Center is specialized in the fields of reproductive health and population policy.
[ Morocco ]
National Union of Moroccan Women:
The activities of the Union focus on education and training of urban and rural women. UNFM organizes literacy campaigns, it is active in the field of distributing information, legal advice and setting up socio-economic projects for women.
[ Syria ]
Nissa Souria (in Arabic):
an observatory concern about Syrian society issues.
[ UN and its Agencies ]
Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women :
The Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women’s (OSAGI) main objective is to promote and strengthen the effective implementation of the Millennium Declaration, the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW) held in Beijing in 1995 and the Outcome Document of the special session of the General Assembly on Beijing+5.
[ Iraq ]
Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq:
Works to defend women's rights in Iraq and calls for equal rights.
[ International ]
Pan American Health Organization - Gender and Health resources:
PAHO's Gender, Ethnicity and Health Unit (GH) provides technical co-operation and assistance to PAHO's technical units and Member States to promote gender and ethnic equality and equity in the development of health policies and programs.
[ International ]
Peace Women, (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom):
is a project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). The Project monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, which addressed the disproportionate impact of armed conflict on women and called for women's participation as active agents in peace and security.
[ Jordan ]
Princess Basma Women's Resource Centre:
The PBWRC was established after the Beijing conference on women, to act as a support mechanism for women's groups, linking grassroots and policy making bodies. The PBWRC, is currently compiling a database on research related to Jordanian women.
[ International ]
Refugee Women in Development :
Refugee Women in Development (RefWID), Inc works for women who have experienced human rights abuses, domestic violence, rape, and war. RefWID's programs build capacity in developing countries, by empowering marginalized women to assume leadership and contributing their valuable experience to the development of democratic societies.
[ Sudan ]
Salmmah Center for Women Empowerment:
The centre was founded to contribute to gender equality and social justice. It is active in the field of training, research and documentation of manuals and education materials.
[ International ]
Sisterhood Is Global Institute:
is an international non-governmental, non-profit organization dedicated to the support and promotion of women's rights at the local, national, regional, and global levels.
[ Sudan ]
Southern Women Group for Peace:
The Southern Women Group for Peace is a non profit and non political organization. It's main objectives are achieving sustainable peace, development of women, and the promotion of the participation of women in decision making especially on issues that affect their lives.
[ International ]
United Nations - Women Watch:
is a gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality throughout the United Nations system.
[ International ]
United Nations and the Commonwealth Systems Gender Training Resources Collection initiative:
provides enhanced access to gender mainstreaming capacity support materials from the United Nations and Commonwealth systems.
[ International ]
United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF Gender Equality (French version):
is a critical aspect of all UNICEF programs that aim to end gender bias and discrimination as crucial in the empowerment of women and girls and the achievement of gender equality in education.
[ UN and its Agencies ]
United Nations Development Fund For Women:
UNIFEM promotes gender equality and links women's issues and concerns to national, regional and global agendas by fostering collaboration and providing technical expertise on gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment strategies.
[ Arab Countries ]
United Nations Development Fund for Women: UNIFEM Arab States Regional Office:
provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation, and economic security in the region.
[ Arab Countries ]
United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region - Gender & Citizenship Initiative:
The G&C initiative works to raise public and media awareness about the gender inequalities that are inherent in key legislations, such as nationality laws and promote overall women's rights in the Arab region.
[ International ]
United Nations Development Programme - UNDP Human Development Reports on Gender:
The Human Development Report (HDR) aims to put people back at the center of the development process in terms of economic debate, policy and advocacy.
[ International ]
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Gender in Development Programme (GIDP):
advises, supports, and facilitates UNDP's gender equality policy, dialogue and practice, and promotes the empowerment of women.
[ Arab Countries ]
United Nations Development Programme- Programme on Governance in the Arab Region - UNDP- POGAR Gender Publications:
UNDP- POGAR Gender Publications is a program that disseminates information reports and research on the status of women in the Arab World in terms of the legislation relating to the rights of nationality amongst other issues that are related to women's rights in the Arab region.
[ UN and its Agencies ]
United Nations 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, aiming to ensure the participation of women as equal partners with men in all aspects of human endeavor.
[ Arab Countries ]
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia - ESCWA Centre for Women:
Aims to raise the status of Arab woman and promotes her empowerment and participation on a social economic and political level through raising awareness about Gender equality.
[ International ]
United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (French version):
INSTRAW, in collaboration with governments, civil society and the United Nations System, has carried out research and training activities on different topics at national, regional and international levels.
[ International ]
United Nations Population Fund - Promoting Gender Equality (French version):
UNFPA funds population and reproductive health programmes. It helps governments in the world's poorest countries, and in other countries in need, to formulate population policies and strategies in support of sustainable development and promoting women's equality.
[ International ]
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development - Gender and Social Policy (French version):
UNRISD is an autonomous UN agency engaging in multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development.
[ International ]
United States Agency for International Development - USAID Office of Women in Development:
The Office of Women in Development (EGAT/WID) has a critical role in the Agency as the central point of technical leadership and expertise on gender issues in social, economic and political development.
[ Euro-Med ]
WomanKind WorldWide:
A UK charity dedicated to working internationally to raise the status of women.
[ Palestine ]
Women Affairs Technical Committee:
WATC aims to promote for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women's rights and to foster for a civil democratic community where justice and equality prevail.
[ Egypt ]
Women in Development Facilitation Initiative - UNIFEM:
The project was established to respond to the need for an increased flow of information on Women in Development (WID) and Gender and Development (GAD) policies, programs and projects.
[ Euro-Med ]
Women in the Middle East:
is a bulletin that reflects the state of women's rights in the Middle East.
[ International ]
Women Living Under Muslim Laws (French version):
is an international solidarity network that provides information, support and a collective space for women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam.
[ Palestine ]
Women’s Affairs Center- Gaza:
promotes Woman’s rights and gender equality within Palestinian society.
[ International ]
WomenAction (French version):
is a global information, communication and media network that enables NGOs to actively engage in the Beijing+5 review process with the long term goal of women's empowerment, with a special focus on women and media.
[ Somalia ]
Women's Action For Advocacy and Progress Organization:
is a non-governmental, non-political voluntary women's organization, and a member of Nagaad Umbrella Association. WAAPO strives for the empowerment of the Somaliland women through advocacy, attitude building programs, creation of sources of income for women projects, lobbying methods for women's participation of policy.
[ Bahrain ]
Women's Al-Arida Committee (in Arabic):
The committee is involved with defending and promoting women's rights in the society.
[ Palestine ]
Women's Center for legal Aid and Counseling:
WCLAC is a Palestinian NGO working to promote legal and social status of Palestinian woman. WCLAC provides legal and social network of protection for women in need of it.
[ Arab Countries ]
Women's Court: The Permanent Arab Court to Resist Violence Against Women:
is a symbolic popular court that aims at fighting all forms of violence practiced against women in Arab societies. The main purpose of the Court is to put an end to the intensifying and multifaceted violence against women.
[ International ]
Women's eNews:
is the definitive source of substantive news covering issues of particular concern to women and providing women's perspectives on public policy. It enhances women's ability to define their own lives and to participate fully in every sector of human endeavor.
[ Yemen ]
Women's Forum for Research and Training :
The forum is a non-governmental association that works for women's rights and democratic rights by upgrading the work of civil society organizations, problem solving, creative thinking, training in areas of cooperation, coordination and communication skills, and by encouraging women's effective participation in social life.
[ International ]
Women's Human Rights Net- A project of AWID (French version):
WHRNet updates readers on women's human rights issues and policy developments globally and provides information and analyses that support advocacy actions.
[ International ]
Women's Initiatives for Gender and Justice:
The Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice is an international women’s human rights organization advocating for gender-inclusive justice and working towards an effective and independent International Criminal Court (ICC).
[ International ]
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom:
(Wilpf) was founded as an international organization to work globally. Its aims and objectives are to bring together women of different political views and philosophical and religious backgrounds determined to study and make known the causes of war and work for a permanent peace.
[ Morocco ]
Women's Research, Information and Training Agency:
A.R.I.F.F. was founded to inform and train women in Morocco, to promote their political and economical participation and to strengthen their capacities to ensure a sustainable development based on peace.
[ Lebanon ]
Women's Rights Monitor:
A collection of Lebanese NGOs set to monitor women’s rights and implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in Lebanon.
[ Palestine ]
Women's Studies Center:
The center aims to achieve gender equality and women’s rights.
[ International ]
Women's World Summit Foundation (French version):
The Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF) is a humanitarian, non-governmental and non-profit organization with United Nations consultative status (ECOSOC, UNFPA and DPI), that works for a new development paradigm with and for women and children with the principal objective of empowering women, children and NGOs.
[ International ]
World Health Organization - WHO Gender and Women's Health Department (French version):
is charged with helping WHO’s various programs and departments undertake the challenge of integrating gender considerations into their work. It provides research on topics related to gender and women's health,.
[ International ]
World March For Women (French version):
Aims to Strengthen and maintain a vast solidarity movement of grass-roots women’s groups so that the March constitutes a gesture of affirmation by women of the world and to promote equality between women and men and between peoples.
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