Links
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FAO
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Home Page
FAO - Gender and Population Division
FAO - Gender and Food Security - This website provides gender information on nine key aspects of food security - agriculture, the environment, forestry, fisheries, rural economies, population, nutrition, education and the gender division of labour.
FAO - Capacity Building Portal - Capacity building is at the heart of FAO's mandate. This Portal contributes to achieving FAO's vision to strengthen the national capacities of its member states to achieve their goals in food security and agricultural development.
FAO - Research and Extension Portal - This Portal provides a gateway to sound information on research, technology, extension and their linkages in order to enable decision-makers, research institutes, extension services and regulatory bodies, to make informed decisions.
FAO - Right to Food information and knowledge system- This is a knowledge platform to support the progressive realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the context of national food security.
Other UN Agencies
DAW, Division for the Advancement of Women
Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals - A collaborative effort of the UN Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality, the OECD/DAC Network on Gender Equality, and the Multilateral Development Bank Working Group on Gender.
IANGWE, Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality
INSTRAW, United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
OSAGI, Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
Rural Poverty Portal (IFAD) - A website where rural poor people, policy-makers, donors, research institutes, non-governmental organizations and other development partners can share information about eradicating rural poverty. Themes: gender; water; land; market access; rural finance…
UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund (Gender Equality)
UNIFEM, United Nations Development Fund for Women
UNIFEM – Web Portal on Gender and HIV/AIDS
UNIFEM - Web portal on Women, Peace and Security - this portal is meant to serve as a centralized hub of information on the impact of armed conflict on women and girls from a wide variety of sources, with links to reports and data from the UN system to information and analysis from experts, academics, NGOs and media sources.
WomenWatch - a central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the UN system, including the UN Secretariat, regional commissions, funds, programmes, specialized agencies and academic and research institutions.
World Bank - Gender and Development
World Bank - Gender and Rural Development
Belgium
DGDC - Belgian Development Cooperation
King Baudouin Foundation - The KBF supports projects and citizens with a commitment to build a better society. It looks for sustainable ways of bringing about justice, democracy and respect for diversity. The KBF is independent and pluralistic. Its mission: working together for a better society.
Gender
African Gender Institute - A resource dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of intellectuals, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners committed to the attainment of gender equity.
ENERGIA - international network on gender and sustainable energy, mainly focusing on capacity development to integrate gender and energy in policy, programmes and projects for sustainable development. Its goal is to contribute to the empowerment of rural and urban poor women through a specific focus on energy issues.
Engender - Research and capacity building for communities of people on genders and sexualities, human rights, justice & peace.
Famafrique - A French language website which aims to strengthen women's groups working for the promotion of sustainable development, gender equality and peace.
GBV Prevention Network - interactive website on gender-based violence (GBV) Prevention in the Horn, East and Southern Africa.
GEMSA - Gender and Media Southern Africa
Gender at Work - promotes women’s empowerment and gender equality through institutional change, analyzing an organization’s culture, policies and leadership, and by encouraging practical changes that have a direct, positive impact both on the organization and the communities it serves.
Gender, Citizenship & Governance - information portal of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) that provides access to more than 200 free, full-text electronic resources.
Gender Responsive Budgeting - Website which strives to support efforts of governments, women's organizations, members of parliaments and academics to ensure that planning and budgeting effectively respond to gender equality goals. It also provides practitioners with a variety of resources, assessments and training materials on gender responsive budgeting. It also aims to promote cross-regional information-sharing on country experiences and facilitates networking and collaboration amongst countries, civil society and international organizations.
Gender, Science and Technology Gateway (GST) - a resource for researchers, policy makers, and NGOs, this site provides key links and information on research, practice, policy and partners in sustainable development which focuses on gender equality to promote sustainable and equitable science and technology for development.
Gender Training Wiki - Contains links to gender related training institutions with an updated calendar of events, training materials and new publications.
Genre en Action - French-language portal with information and resources on gender and development.
GWA, Gender and Water Alliance - The mission of GWA is to promote women’s and men’s equitable access to and management of safe and adequate water, for domestic supply, sanitation, food security and environmental sustainability. GWA believes that equitable access to and control over water is a basic right for all, as well as a critical factor in promoting poverty eradication and sustainability.
Le Monde selon les femmes - A Belgian NGO dedicated to awareness-raising and training in gender and development.
Siyanda - Mainstreaming Gender Equality - An on-line database of gender and development materials from around the world. It is also an interactive space where gender practitioners can share ideas, experiences and resources.
Sonke Gender Justice Network - The network works with men, women, youth and children in the SADC region to achieve gender equality, prevent gender-based violence, and reduce the spread of HIV and the impact of AIDS.
Wikigender - an online platform of the OECD Development Centre which aims to help you find and exchange information related to gender equality.
ICTs
Africa'nti - European-African research project on the impact of ICTs (in French).
EuroAfrica-ICT - A web portal devoted to research & development cooperation between Europe and Africa in the field of ICTs.
GAID, Global Alliance for ICT and Development
GenderIT.org - Changing the way you see ICT.
GEM - Gender Evaluation Methodology for Internet and ICTs
Itrainonline - A selection of computer and Internet training resources for development and social change
MobileActive.org - A resource for activists using mobile technology worldwide
Women's ICT-Based Enterprise for Development - Online guidance and networking about women's ICT-based enterprises in developing countries. The purpose of this project is to help increase the number of sustainable ICT-based enterprises run by groups of poor women in developing countries.
World Summit on the Information Society
Other useful links
Abantu for Development - An international NGO established in 1991 by African women.
AMARC Africa, World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
CTA, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU
e-Agriculture.org - a global initiative to enhance sustainable agricultural development and food security by improving the use of information, communication, and associated technologies in the sector.
Global Fund for Women - A grantmaking foundation supporting women's organisations around the world.
Huairou Commission - a global coalition of networks, institutions and individual professionals that recognize the value of grassroots women's local development knowledge and create opportunities for it to be shared among grassroots groups, policy makers, advocacy groups and institutions. Currently, the network focuses its joint efforts on five campaigns: Governance, AIDS, Disaster, Land and Housing and Peace Building.
ICRW, International Center for Research on Women
ID21, Communicating Development Research
IDRC, International Development Research Centre - Helping developing countries use science and knowledge to find practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental problems they face.
ILEIA, Centre for Information on Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture
IMDP Visual Training Manuals - Techniques and examples for developing illustrated training manuals for non-literate people in developing countries for use by individuals and organisations.
International HIV/AIDS Alliance - a global partnership of nationally-based organisations working to support community action on AIDS in developing countries.
Isis-WICCE - Isis-WICCE (Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange) was founded in response to the increasing information needs of women from various regions of the world to communicate ideas, create solidarity networks, and share information to overcome gender related inequalities.
IWTC, International Women's Tribune Centre - Communication, information, education, and organising support services to women's organisations and community groups working to improve the lives of women.
Mapping the World of Women's Information Services - A database of women's information services available throughout the world.
Pambazuka News - Weekly Forum for Social Justice in Africa.
Panos - Twenty years of communicating for development.
Institut Panos Paris - focusing on giving support to media pluralism.
The Rural Hub - Supporting development in Western and Central Africa - The Hub’s goal is to assist West and Central African stakeholders to promote coherence in rural development programmes worldwide.
Rural Innovation Systems (RIS) Information Portal - This information portal not only provides free access to full-text electronic documents on RIS but also offers relevant links to newsletters, discussion groups, websites, and bibliographic databases, as well as access to directories of organizations and projects.
Soul Beat Africa - Sharing information about communication for change and development in Africa.
WEDO, Women's Environment & Development Organization - an international organization that advocates for women’s equality in global policy. Working in key global forums such as the UN, WEDO advocates for and seeks to empower women as decision makers to achieve economic, social and gender justice, a healthy, peaceful planet and human rights for all.
WIDSAA, Women in Development Southern Africa Awareness
Women'sNet - a hub for information by women, about women and gender, with a focus on South African and African content. It helps women to find the people, issues, resources and tools they need for social activism.
WO=MEN - the Dutch Gender Platform WO=MEN (pronounced women equals men), is a network association of over 40 organisations and individuals who have committed themselves to equal participation of women worldwide.
