Important General Resources

Library of Congress Subject Headings: Women — Developing countries — Social conditions
Women — Developing countries — Economic conditions
Women — Legal status, laws, etc. — Developing countries
Women — Social Conditions
Women in development — Developing countries
Sex discrimination against women — Developing countries
Women in conservation of natural resources — Developing countries
Women’s Rights

Reference Books

A to Z of women in world history
New York : Facts On File, c2002.
REFERENCE SHELVES CT3202 .K84
Demographic yearbook. Annuaire démographique
New York [etc.] Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, United Nations
REFERENCE SHELVES HA17 .D45 2002
Encyclopedia of women social reformers
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2001.
REFERENCE SHELVES HQ1236 .R29 2001 2 vol.
Encyclopedia of women’s health issues
Westport, Conn. : Oryx Press, 2002.
REFERENCE SHELVES RA778 .G39 2002
Encyclopedia of world cultures
Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1991-1996
REFERENCE SHELVES GN307 .E53 1999
The Europa world year book
London, England : Europa Publications Limited, c1989-
REFERENCE SHELVES D2 .E82 2004
Gale country & world rankings reporter
Detroit, MI : Gale Research Inc., c1995-
REFERENCE SHELVES HA154 .G35 1997
The Greenwood encyclopedia of women’s issues worldwide
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood ; 2003
REFERENCE SHELVES HQ1154 .G74 2003(6 vol.)
Historic documents
[Washington] Congressional Quarterly, inc
REFERENCE SHELVES E839.5 .H57 2004
Notable twentieth-century Latin American women : a biographical dictionary
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
REFERENCE SHELVES CT3290 .N68 2001
Statistical yearbook = Annuaire statistique
[Paris : Unesco], 1964-
REFERENCE SHELVES HA40.C8 U5
Women in the Third World : a reference handbook
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1997.
REFERENCE SHELVES HQ1870.9 .K58 1997
Women in the Third World : an encyclopedia of contemporary issues
New York : Garland Pub., 1998.
REFERENCE SHELVES HQ1870.9 .W6548 1998
Women in world history : a biographical encyclopedia
Waterford, CT : Yorkin Publications, c1999-2002
REFERENCE SHELVES HQ1115 .W6 1999(17 vol.)
World development report
[New York] Oxford University Press
REFERENCE SHELVES HC59.7 .W659 2006
Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life
Detroit, MI : Gale, c1998
REFERENCE SHELVES GN333 .W67 1998
Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations
New York, Gale Research, 1960-
REFERENCE SHELVES G103 .W67 2004

Internet Resources

American Friends Service Committee

America’s Development Foundation (ADF)
America’s Development Foundation (ADF) is a U.S. nonprofit private
voluntary organization (PVO) established in 1980. It is dedicated to assisting
the international development of democracy and respect for human rights.
ADF provides technical assistance, training, and grants to nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs) building civil society in support of democracy in
countries throughout the world. ADF has experience working in twenty-four
countries in Africa, the Caribbean, Centra Americal, Eastern Europe,
Russia/NIS, and the Middle East.

Amnesty International
Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. In particular, Amnesty International campaigns to free all prisoners of conscience; ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners; abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners; end political killings and “disappearances”; and oppose human rights abuses by opposition groups.
AWID: Association for Women’s Rights in Development
an international membership organization connecting, informing and mobilizing people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women’s human rights. Our goal is to cause policy, institutional and individual change that will improve the lives of women and girls everywhere. We do this by facilitating ongoing debates on fundamental and provocative issues as well as by building the individual and organizational capacities of those working for women’s empowerment and social justice.
Center for Women’s Global Leadership

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments

The Hunger Project

IGC Internet

The Institute for Global Communications (IGC) is a nonprofit organization that provides alternative sources of information as well as online access and comprehensive Internet services for progressive individuals and organizations.

International Development Research Centre
The International Development Research Centre is a public corporation created by the Canadian government to help communities in the developing world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through research.

Oxfam

Third World Network: Women’s Rights and Gender Issues

The United Nations

Women’s Environmental and Development Organization
WEDO is an international advocacy organization that seeks to increase the power of women worldwide as policymakers at all levels in governments, institutions and forums to achieve economic and social justice, a healthy and peaceful planet, and human rights for all.
WHRnet: Women’s Human Rights net
Providing comprehensive information and analysis on women’s human rights and global issues
World Factbook

Periodical Literature:

Academic Search Premier
Contemporary Women’s Issues(health and human rights)
LexisNexis
FirstSearch
Please contact Alice Staples (astaples@plymouth.edu) to obtain password for Firstsearch
Databases available in FirstSearch that may be helpful:
AGRICOLA: Materials relating to all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science
ClasePeriodica: Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanties (Spanish language)
“P.A.I.S” (Public Affairs Information Service) International: Database chronicling global public policy and social issues
SIRS Researcher
Christian Science Monitor
Note: Use this index and get the article on microfiche in the library.

Part I: Women in Central America

Madre (Organization for Human Rights)
Political Database of the Americas

Part II: Women in the Middle East

Maryams’s.Net: Muslim Women and Their Islam
RAWA: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
Submission: Women in Islam

Part III: Women in Africa

Africa: Women Issues
Association of African Women Scholars

Part IV: Women in Asia

Asiatica Association
The Asiatica Association is a non-profit, non-governmental, cultural association, which has been established to promote and diffuse the study of the Asian cultures. It is open to all bona fide scholars whose interest is the knowledge of Asian countries and the encounter between Asian values, Human Rights values, and Western values.SAWNET: South Asia Women’s NETwork
A forum for those interested in South Asian women’s issues. South Asia is taken to include Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri LankaSoutheast Asia Women Studies Bibliography
University of California, Berkeley Library

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