Internet Resource Guide
African ResourcesABANTU for Development is an international non-governmental organization founded by African women that focuses on training, providing information, and advice on mobilizing resources towards sustainable development in Africa.
http://www.abantu.orgAfrica Action -- Strategic Action Issue Area: African Women's Rightscontains links and documents on women.
http://www.africapolicy.org/action/women.htmAfrica Online: Women is a research guide providing African news, and business, travel, education, and much more information.
http://www.africaonline.com/AfricaOnline/coverwomen.htmlAfricaBib is a searchable bibliography of 25 years of Africana research, consisting of two bibliographic databases covering Africana periodical literature and women's literature. Also includes a bibliography of women travelers, explorers, and missionaries to Africa, 1763-2000.
http://www.africabib.orgAfrican Centre for Women promotes women in decision-making, advocates for impoverished women, and works to mainstream gender into institutional policy.
http://www.un.org/Depts/eca/divis/acw/index.htmAfrican Gender Institute (University of Cape Town) has a vision of Africa as a continent liberated from the legacies of colonial and patriarchal domination, and transformed into a powerful and united region in which women and men are respected as equal, and social justice is a reality for all its people. The AGI's mission is to contribute to the realization of this mission by building intellectual capacity and establishing an African resource dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of intellectuals, researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners committed to the attainment of gender equity.
http://www.uct.ac.za/org/agiAfrican Lives consists of a series of occasional articles, written by Stephen Buckley for the Washington Post, chronicling the joys and struggles in the everyday lives of African peoples.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/africanlives/front.htmAfrican Women Global Network targets the improvement of the living conditions of women and children in Africa.
http://www.osu.edu/org/awognet/main.htmlAfrican Women's Development and Communication Network is concerned with the sharing of information and ideas between African NGOs so that NGOs will focus more on women's role in development.
http://www.africaonline.co.ke/femnetAfrican Women's Media Center works with existing women's media organizations to provide women journalists the support necessary to compete with their male colleagues.
http://www.awmc.comAFROL News offers articles on Africa from various sources (UNICEF, World Bank, IPS, etc.)
http://www.afrol.comAgenda is a feminist project in South Africa committed to giving women a forum, a voice, and skills to articulate their needs and interests to transform unequal gender relations.
http://www.agenda.org.zaAhfad University for Women is a private university in Sudan dedicated to educating women, strengthening women's roles in national and rural development, and achieving equity for women in Sudanese society.
http://www.ahfad.orgAllAfrica Global Media - Women posts stories daily in English and French and offers a diversity of multi-lingual streaming programming as well as a 400,000-article searchable archive (which includes the archive of Africa News Service dating from 1997).
http://www.allafrica.com/womenAn Eternity of Forest is an exhibition of essays and artwork by Mbuti (Democratic Republic of Congo) women.
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibits/mbutiAssociation of African Women Scholars is a worldwide organization that promotes scholarship on African women.
http://www.iupui.edu/~aawsCameroonian Women's Association (Associations de Femmes Camerounaises - AFAC) contains a directory of women's organizations in Cameroon and publishes Femmes Actualities. (In French)
http://www.gcnet.cm/afacCamfed works with rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa to enable more girls to go to school and secure a livelihood.
http://www.camfed.orgCentre for the Strategic Initiatives of Women is a non-partisan, non-profit organization working with women's rights organizations in the Horn of Africa, filling the gap between the needs of women in the Horn and the limited international support to promote civil society. CSIW strengthens women's political participation in civil society for peace, democracy, and human rights.
http://www.csiw.orgCoalition on Violence Against Women - Kenya is a women's human rights organization that is committed to the eradication of all forms of violence against women and the promotion of women's human rights.
http://www.covaw.or.keCommission on Gender Equality is one of the mechanisms that freedom-loving South African women and men fought for, in order to promote and protect gender equality, as part of the pursuit of social justice and democracy.
http://cge.org.zaENDA - Synergy and Development is conducting activities that benefit women by promoting gender equity, peace, and sustainable development. In 1995, SYNFEV launched the "Communication for Women" program, primarily aimed at Francophone African women. The initial phase (1995-1997) of this program was devoted to the creation of the
network. The second phase (1998-2000), "Francophone African women are active in the cyberspace," focused on training, network diversification, and partnerships building. The current phase (2001-2003) aims to consolidate previous actions and deepen research and discussions on the dynamic relations between "Gender, Communication, and Diversity". http://www.enda.sn/synfev/plact01-03en.htm
Forum for African Women Educationalists aims at ensuring that girls have access to school, complete school, and perform well.
http://www.fawe.orgGender and Women's Studies for Africa's Transformation is creating a network of scholars working on gender issues in order to work locally on gender justice with analytical and policy advocacy skills.
http://www.gwsafrica.orgGender, Biodiversity, and Local Knowledge Systems to Strengthen Agricultural and Rural Development in Southern Africa is an FAO project that works with a diverse range of organizations in four countries of Southern Africa - Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe - to explore the linkages between gender, biodiversity, and local knowledge systems.
http://www.fao.org/sd/links/gebio.htmGender Learning Network (Kenya) consists of 23 women-led grassroots NGOs, which are involved in promoting the social, economic, and political rights of women in Kenya. Resource include a directory of women's organizations in education, economic empowerment, and legal rights.
http://www.arcc.or.ke/glnGrowth Through Learning seeks to provide and enhance educational opportunities by offering scholarship aid to deserving East African girls and young women. In addition, the organization encourages a cross-cultural exchange of information and ideas between countries.
http://www.growththroughlearning.orgInstitute for Gender Studies at the University of South Africa includes a focus on Women's Studies, Men's Studies, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Studies. In addition to offering courses and programs to students, the Institute is involved in community services and projects, as well as research into gender-related issues.
http://www.unisa.ac.za/dept/genIsis - Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange carries out the vision of its founders - communicating ideas, creating solidarity networks, and sharing information to overcome gender inequalities. Isis-WICCE is located in Uganda, with the objective of tapping African women's ideas, views, and problems and sharing the information with women at the international level.
http://www.isis.or.ugNiger Delta Women for Justice works in close collaboration with other grassroots organizations and women's groups in all of the 15 ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta. It is committed to improving the personal, economic, and educational status of women and to ensuring that their environmental and human rights are upheld.
http://www.ndwj.kabiss.orgOrganization of Women Writers of Africa is a nonprofit organization formed for the purpose of establishing links between professional women writers from Africa and its Diaspora.
http://www.owwa.org/html/owwa.htmlReading Women Writers and African Literatures provides an overview of African women writers writing in French (with Website and many materials available in English). It provides an opportunity to find out more about the authors' lives and interests and to get acquainted with their novels, short stories, plays, and poetry.
http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/AFLIT/FEMEChomeEN.htmlReproductive Health Research in South Africa - Directory of Health System Research links to research on eight categories of issues of women's reproductive health, including abstracts and project contact information. Many of the project descriptions articulate particular health concerns, as well as the economic, social, and political context under which health evaluations were made.
http://www.hst.org.za/pubs/directory/repro.htmResearch Action and Information Network for the Bodily Integrity of Women (Rainbo) is an international not-for-profit organization working on issues within the intersection between health and human rights of women. Starting with the issues of Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation, Rainbo explores means of preventing this and other forms of gender-based violence, with the ultimate goal of promoting and protecting African women's and girls' full sexual and reproductive health and rights.
http://www.rainbo.orgSANGONeT is a facilitator in the effective and empowering use of information communication technology (ICT) tools by development and social justice actors in Africa.
http://www.sn.apc.org/index.htmlSouth Africa--Women & Gender offer an introduction to the many online resources related to Women's and Gender Studies.
http://www.geocities.com/~anntothillSouth African Women for Women is a diverse organization committed to supporting South African women, contributing to the empowerment of the women of South Africa, honoring those who have struggled, and celebrating those who have achieved.
http://www.interlog.com/~sawwTanzania Gender Networking Program is committed to facilitating social transformation leading to the creation of a vibrant Tanzanian society. It seeks to promote gender equality and social equity through the empowerment of women and other marginalized groups of the community.
http://www.tgnp.co.tzTostan is an international NGO based in Senegal. Dedicated to women's health and human rights, Tostan (Wolof translation: breakthrough) developed an innovative basic education program that emphasizes literacy, numeracy, improving life skills and family income, and encourages women to participate in village decision making.
http://www.tostan.comUNESCO - Girls' and Women's Education in Africa offers online information on educating women and girls in Africa.
http://www.unesco.org/education/mebamWomen in Development: Southern Africa Awareness provides access to information, working closely with the Southern African Development Community and national partners in 14 member countries. Regional in focus and action-oriented, WIDSAA aims to act as a catalyst and a service for governments, NGOs, and agencies in the region, as well as for the media and the public at large, in the formulation of policy affecting women.
http://www.sardc.net/widsaaWomen of Uganda Network is an NGO coalition of women's organizations in Uganda that encourages use of information and communication technologies by women in order to work on sustainable development issues.
http://www.wougnet.orgWomen'sNet is an innovative networking support program designed to enable South African women to use the Internet to find the people, issues, resources, and tools needed for women's social activism.
http://www.womensnet.org.zaWomen's Struggles is a site maintained by the African National Congress which contains documents concerning women in the liberation struggle.
http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/women/index.htmlWorld Bank Group - Gender in Sub-Saharan Africa offers related documents of Sub-Saharan gender projects and issues.
http://www.worldbank.org/afr/genderZimbabwe Women's Resource Center and Network is a gender and development organization involved in gathering, analyzing, repackaging, and disseminating information on gender and development issues, especially those on gender, HIV/AIDS, and the economy.
http://www.zwrcn.org.zw