Community Development Leadership by Women
Suggested links:
Approaches and Skills
Advocacy and Networking
- The Communication Initiative
- ISIS International Manila works through media and ICTs towards achieving women's human rights and facilitating networking and information sharing of women's movements in the global South.
- Network of East-West Women (NEWW)
- Peace Women - links page for women's networking initiatives.
- UNESCO - Gender Equality
Community Driven Development
Empowerment
- Community Classroom: Women's Empowerment contains lesson plans and video modules that encourage students to learn about international struggles. Four documentaries explore women's empowerment and leadership around the world.
- Empowerment, publications and resources from Eldis.
- Pathways of Women's Empowerment, a collection of publications concerning empowerment, equality and justice, sexuality, work, and communications.
- Women's Empowerment, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Fundraising
- African Women's Development Fund
- Funding Sources for Gender Equality and Women-Focused Projects, BRIDGE, (2006).
- NGOs and Fundraising, includes manuals and directories to assist organizations seek project funding.
- Global Fund For Women: Women's Fundraising Handbook (80K pdf)
- Mama Cash - Provides grants to projects by women's groups who want to change the socio-political and cultural position of women in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe.
- UNIFEM Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence Against Women
Gender Mainstreaming
- BRIDGE supports gender advocacy and mainstreaming efforts by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice.
- DAC Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women′s Empowerment in Development Co-operation.
- DAC Source Book on Concepts and Approaches Linked to Gender Equality
- Gender Mainstreaming in Practice: Handbook (3rd ed.), UNDP, 2007.
- Gender Mainstreaming Learning & Information Packs
- Gender Manual: A Practical Guide for Development Policy Makers and Practitioners
- Gender at Work
- Organisational Capacity Building Framework
- SEAGA, Socioeconomic and Gender Analysis Programme.
- Siyanda - Mainstreaming Gender Equality online database of gender information and materials.
Information Communication Technologies (ICT)
- Bellanet - has online training modules at ITrain.
- ICT, The Exchange, No. 35, (2001). Peace Corps' Women in Development Newsletter. (792K pdf)
- Making the internet connection count: effective use of the internet in seven steps - Produced by USAID's Leland Initiative, the manual is intended for decision makers and staff of NGOs, educational institutions, and government agencies that currently do not have, or have very limited, access to the Internet. (641K pdf)
- Resources for Internet Trainers - from The Association for Progressive Communications: Internet and ICTs for Social Justice and Development.
Listservs / Online Newsletters
- Gender Related Electronic Forums, a listing of publicly-accessible e-mail discussion forums related to women or to women-focused gender issues.
Organizational Management and Women's Leadership
- Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling: Women in Management 2004, ILO report, PDF document. (340K pdf)
- Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
- Center for Gender in Organizations - "linking gender and organizational effectiveness.
- Profiles of Women, Section15 features profiles of women.
- Free Management Library - a collection of articles on a wide range of management topics.
- Gender At Work analyzes an organization's culture, policies and leadership, encourages changes that have an impact both on the organization and the communities it serves.
- Getting to the Gate, online tool for women who wish to enter politics.
- Leadership for a Changing World
Sectors
Development
- AWID: Association for Women's Rights in Development
- Bejing +10, World Bank action since Beijing.
- Civicus Network
- ELDIS gender resources
- New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD)
- Oneworld Network promotes human rights awareness and fighting poverty worldwide.
- Wageningen UR, development research and resources.
Good Governance / Women in Politics
- Engendering leadership: Nine profiles commissioned by Heinrich Boell Stiftung, documenting women in politics in Africa.
- IDEA: Democracy and Gender
- Whitman, T. & Gomez, J. (2009). Bringing women into government. Strategies for Policymakers, 1. (535K pdf)
- Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Health
- Gender and Health Equity Resource Guide - comprehensive listing of resources and tools to promote gender equity in health. (437K pdf)
- Gender, women and health, World Health Organization resources.
HIV/AIDS
- Gender, HIV and Human Rights - training manual from UNIFEM.
- SHAAN Online - Inter-Press Service online magazine, January 2002 issue focuses on HIV/AIDS.
- UNICEF Resources on Gender and HIV/AIDS
Human Rights
- AWID: Association for Women's Rights in Development
- Equitas: International Centre for Human Rights Education
- Women's Human Rights Resources Programme, Bora Laskin Law Library.
Peacebuilding
- Eldis Conflict and Security Guide
- Women Building Peace: From the Village Council to the Negotiating Table is an international campaign promoting women's role in peacebuilding.
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
Statistics and Comparative Data
- ELDIS Country Profiles
- Genderstats, World Bank.
- UNICEF
- WomenWatch, UN Statistics and Indicators.
Violence and Conflict
- Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women and Children
- The Impact of Conflict on Women and Girls in West and Central Africa and the UNICEF response, UNICEF (2005).
- McKay, S. (1998). The effects of armed conflict on girls and women. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 4/4, 381-392.
- A Life Free of Violence is our Right, video available for download from UNIFEM. The video introduces the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women.
- Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in War and Its Aftermath: Realities, Responses, and Required Resources, J. Ward & M. Marsh, (2006). (240K pdf)
- Violence Against Women (35K pdf), Chapter 1 from Women, War, Peace: The Independent Experts' Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Women's Role in Peace-Building, edited by E. Rehn & E. J. Sirleaf, (2002).
- Violence against women, resources from UNIFEM.
- Violence Against Women, Amnesty International USA.
- Women, War and Peace, publications and resources from WomenWarPeace.org.
Regions
- Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)
- IWTC Regional Links - listing of women's organisations and resources in Africa, Asia & Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and North America.
Africa
- Agenda Magazine
- GWS Africa: Gender and Women's Studies for Africa's Transformation
- Kabissa is a network connecting people and organizations working in Africa for peer learning and information sharing.
- Women'sNet is a feminist organization working to advance gender equality and justice in South Africa through the use of ICTs.
Asia
- ARROW - Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women promotes and defends women's health and rights.
- Isis International Manila
- ProPoor is a portal providing information, resources and news about development work in South Asia.
- SAWNET - a forum for women interested in gender issues in South Asia. Includes a listserv.
Latin America
Middle East
- Arab Women Connect - developed by UNIFEM.
Resources
- Changemakers Library - Tools for Social Change
- Aletta Institute for Women's History is home to the International Archives for the Women's Movement.
- WomenWatch, the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE).
- World Bank. (2012). World development report 2012: Gender equality and development.