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INCORE guide to
Internet sources on Women and Conflict
Version 2 (December 2000)
Contents
Inclusion in this guide does not imply an endorsement by INCORE
of the views expressed in any of these sources. If you have a complaint
about this guide or believe that we have omitted a relevant source
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policy'.
- Prime sources (A select list drawn from
the categories below)
- Institutions
- Non Governmental Organisations
- Academic Articles and Reports
Various sources
This is a short list of internet sources which have a lot
of content relating directly to "Women and Conflict". This list does not
imply a recommendation of the sources or
an endorsement of the views expressed in any of these sources. It is a select
list drawn
from the other categories in this document.
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Amnesty International
The Amnesty International website contains a thematic section on
women. This provides news and reports on issues directly effecting
women from around the world. Most of the stories highlight infringements
of women's human rights.
http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/THEMES/WOMEN
- United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees
UNHCR's Refworld page provides a variety of information on women
in various countires. Of paricular interest are;
http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/welcome.htm
- US State Department
The Office of the Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues
provides information and fact sheets on women's situation in several
countries.
http://www.state.gov/www/global/women/index.html
- United Nations
Division for the Advancement of Women
These pages provide analysis of women's rights issues in a global
context, promoting awareness of such issues and advocating for gender
equality. They also deal with the everyday issues faced by women
who are living in conflict
situations and promote women's contribution to fostering a culture
of peace.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/index.html
- Women Waging Peace
An initiative of the Women and Public Policy Program at
Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Hunt's Alternatives.
Women Waging Peace connects women addressing conflcit around the
world in the belief that they have a role to play, "in preventing violent
conflict, stopping war, reconstructing ravaged societies, and sustaining
peace in fragile areas around the world".
http://www.womenwagingpeace.net/
- International Centre for Human
Rights and Democratic Development
A Canadian centre which encourages and supports the promotion, development
and strengthening of democratic and human rights institutions and
programmes. They provide;
http://www.ichrdd.ca/
- Human Rights
Watch
Extensive information on women's human rights developments around
the world is provided by Human Rights Watch.
* 2001
Report on Women's Human Rights
* 2000 Report on
Women's Human Rights
* 1999 Report on Women's Human
Rights
http://www.hrw.org
- The International Committee
of the Red Cross
The ICRC provides a section of its website dedicated to the issue
of women and war. This includes useful reports and statements on
the issue.
http://www.icrc.org/eng/women
- Conflict Archive
on the Internet
CAIN provides several academic articles on the subject of women
and conflict including:
http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/index.html
- The
United Nations and the Status of Women
Subtitled, 'Setting the Global Gender Agenda', these pages provide
information on women's rights and other issues. There is, for example,
a section on the Commission on the Status of Women and also one
on the role of women in development.
http://www.un.org/Conferences/Women/PubInfo/Status/Home.htm
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