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Asian Women Workers Newsletter (AWWN): Quarterly publication, Mainly news of struggles of Asian women workers.

AVIVA; Women's World-Wide Web  links with 1,000s of International Resources. Note the brief updates on women's activism around the world.

Equality Now: The site of a marvelous organization devoted to taking action against human rights violations against women and girls around the world. Find up-to-date documentation of current abuses, discriminatory laws, and actions by women to change them.

Feminist Theory Website:  A global look at contemporary feminists and their work and updates of fields within feminism.

Feminist Theory Website: Feminism in Japan: List of links to explore contemporary issues in Asia.

Global Feminism  Links to on-going issues related to organizations concerned with women's advancement.

Global List of Women’s Organizations:  Sorted by country or territory, this growing list includes organizations which have current WEB access sites (the majority), and those which do not.

Heads of State: 20th Century:  Links to female presidents, prime ministers, and queens.

Human Rights for Workers: List of links to Asian Women Workers sites.

International Gender Studies Centre:  A British institution with a long and distinguished record of cross-cultural research and publications.

International Women's Web Sites:  Listing of sites specific to regions, international organizations, and issues of concern to women. Updated frequently. A perfect place to begin your search.

New Pride of Place for Japanese Women: Newspaper article on contemporary life.

Progress of the World’s Women - 2000:  UNIFEM’s biennial report lets you use charts and tables to assessing women’s progress. A summary is provided. An update from the year 2002 may be available.

Promoting Women's Human Rights: UNIFEM's site to support women's efforts to forward the principle that the "protection of women's human rights is fundamental to ensuring women's self-realization and full participation in society."

whrNET: an information and communication project formed by a number of international coalitions to strengthen their advocacy/strategies for women's human rights. Great for current news alerts, announcements, and links to relevant human rights systems and documents, and training resources.

Women in Biography: List of seventeen websites focused on women in scientific and technology fields. Many with international focus.

Women of Color Resource Center:  Lessons on the impact of the global economy on women.

Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO):  Information about global advocacy efforts to increase the power of women as policy makers, and to achieve economic and social justice.

Women's Human Rights Resources:  Articles, documents, and links that discuss women's human rights.

Women, Ink   This unique source for women-and-development books contains material from human rights, to environment, to culture. Look for "The World's Women: Trends and Statistics" published by the United Nations. A must resource.

Women's International Center Biography Index   Comprehensive list of resources on women on the Web, from "Activism" to "International." Up coming is history of women through heroines.

Women's Issues in 3rd World Countries  Brief articles on contemporary issues from selected countries. A way to link past history to present women's concerns.

Women in Japanese Society: Their Changing Roles: Essay on contemporary stituation.

Women and Politics:  Links to sites such as GENDER AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, information on women’s roles in politics.

Women Watch:  A way to find out what the UN is doing to empower women. Current news from various regions and on-line conference forums included.

WWW Women Diversity/Culture section.   A way to connect with women around the world.

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