INTERNATIONAL NGOs and Other Links

The Refugee Women's Network
www.riwn.org
Created in 1995, the Refugee Women’s Network, Inc. (RWN) is a national organization of refugee women dedicated to address the special needs of refugee women through leadership training, education and advocacy. RWN is governed by representatives of a diverse constituency of refugee women in the United States.


NGO Statement on Refugee Women
UNHCR Global Consultations on International Protection, Track IIIMay 22-24, 2002, Geneva http://www.refugeecouncilusa.org/0205ngowomenst.html


Rights and Options for Battered Immigrant, Migrant and Refugee Women
http://www.tapestri.org/domesticViolence1.html


UN Women Watch
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/un/unagency.htm
Here you can access women and gender information available from the UN system. The brief introduction states the policy approach to women and girls and highlights activities.


Asian Women’s Resource Exchange (AWORC)
www.jca.ax.apc.org/aworc

AWORC is an Internet-based women's information service and network in Asia. It is an initiative geared towards developing cooperative approaches and partnerships in increasing access and exploring applications of new information and communication technologies for women's empowerment.


TAPESTRI, Inc.,
http://www.tapestri.org/
The Refugee and Immigrant Coalition Against Domestic Violence in Atlanta, GA.


The United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
www.undp.org.vn
UNDP seeks to eradicate poverty, promote the advancement of women and foster development that balances economic progress with environmental protection for the benefit of present and future generations. UNDP strives for sound governance and policies, which expand people's choices and allow them to participate in the decisions affecting their lives. The basis of these goals is sustainable human development. The principle of sustainable human development is putting people first. That's what UNDP is about.


The United Nations AIDS Program (UNAIDS)
www.unaids.org.vn
This is part of UNAIDSs efforts in providing basic information and knowledge to people on HIV/AIDS through the Internet.


Links

Famine Early Warning System www.fews.net
Africa Policy Information Center www.africaaction.org
Debt Relief www.debtlinks.org/africa
Human Rights Relief Web http://www.reliefweb.net
Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org
Immigration issues http://www.immigrationwatch.info
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights http://www.iccpr.info
Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.udhr.info
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child http://www.uncrc.info
UN Convention Against Torture http://www.uncat.info
Migrant Rights Convention http://www.migrantrights.info
Conflict Trends www.accord.org.za/web.nsf/Pub\ConflictTrends2002-2
Dispatches - Jesuit Refugee Service http://www.jrs.net/dispatch/
Disasters www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/journals/DISA/permiss.htm
European Journal of Migration and Law http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1388-364X
Field Exchange http://www.ennonline.net/fex/index.html
Humanitarian Affairs Review http://www.humanitarian-review.org/
Humanitarian Information Network http://www.reliefweb.int/hin/news/hin_2.pdf
Humnaitarian Practice Network http://www.odihpn.org/
Humanitarian Times http://www.humanitariantimes.org
Institute for War and Peace Reporting http://www.iwpr.net
Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) http://www.irinnews.org/
InterAction - Communications & Media http://www.interaction.org/media/
International Journal of Refugee Law http://www3.oup.co.uk/jnls/list/reflaw/
International Review of the Red Cross http://www.icrc.org/eng/review
IOM News (International Organization for Migration) http://www.iom.int/iomwebsite/Publication/
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Journal de Forum réfugiés http://www.forumrefugies.org/pages/journal.htm
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies http://www.cemes.org/publicat/JEMS/jems.htm
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (Cambridge) http://www.jha.ac/
Journal of Refugee Studies (Oxford) http://www3.oup.co.uk/refuge/
Media Action International http://www.mediaaction.org/
MediaMonitors Net http://www.MediaMonitors.net/
Migration News http://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/mntxt.html
Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution http://trinstitute.org/ojpcr/
PRDU Newsletter http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/prdu/revival.htm
Refuge (York University, Canada) http://www.yorku.ca/crs/refuge.htm
Refuge Magazine http://www.refuge-magazine.com/
Refugee Survey Quarterly http://www3.oup.co.uk/refqtl/
Refugees (UNHCR) http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/publ
ReliefWeb (OCHA) http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf
Security Watch http://www.isn.ethz.ch/infoservice/index.cfm?service=cwn&menu=1
Statewatch News http://www.statewatch.org/news/newsfull.htm
Talk Back (ICVA) http://www.icva.ch/cgi-bin/browse.pl?doc=information#TB
UNHCR - News http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/news
Updates on World Conflicts, Carter Center http://www.cartercenter.org/default.asp?bFlash=False
Uprooted People: World Council of Churches http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/international/uprooted/upindex.html
East African Center http://www.eastafricancenter.org
Women’s Commission http://www.womenscommission.org


 
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