Violence Against Women Bibliography & Resources

• 2007 16 Days Bibliography and Resource List: English (PDF); English (Microsoft Word)
• 2006 16 Days Bibliography and Resource List: English (PDF); English (Microsoft Word)
• 2005 16 Days Bibliography and Resource List: English, Spanish (PDF); English, Spanish (Microsoft Word)
• 2004 16 Days Bibliography and Resource List: English (PDF); English (Microsoft Word)
  • An additional list of publications concerning gender-based violence meant to be supplemental to the bibliography in the Take Action Kit (PDF, Microsoft Word).
  • A comprehensive, worldwide list of organizations and initiatives including their titles, websites, and descriptions in the areas of Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights, HIV/AIDS and Violence Against Women (PDF, Microsoft Word).
• 2003 16 Days Bibliography and Resource List: English, Spanish (PDF); English, Spanish (Microsoft Word)

Additional Resources

• Reproductive Health and VAW
  • Violence Against Women
  • Working with Men to End Violence Against Women
• Reproductive Health and Rights
• HIV/AIDS - Gender and Violence Against Women-Related Websites
• HIV/AIDS
• Violence Against Women

Reproductive Health and VAW

• Bringing Rights to Bear: an Analysis of the Work of the UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies on Reproductive and Sexual Rights, Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, 2002. http://www.reproductiverights.org/pub_bo_tmb.html
• Diagnostic and Treatment Guidelines on Family Violence. American Medical Association, 1999. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3548.html
• The Economic Dimensions of Interpersonal Violence, World Health Organization, 2004. http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/publications/violence/economic_dimensions/en/
• Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the National Violence against Women Survey. 2000. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/181867.htm
• Gender and Public Health Series, published by PAHO, contains the following GBV-related topics: Nº1: Battered Women: A Working Guide for Crisis Intervention, 1999; Nº7: Helping Ourselves to Help Others: Self-Care Guide for Those Who Work in the Field of Family Violence, 1999. http://www.paho.org/English/HDP/HDW/gphseries.htm
• Gender Dimensions of Alcohol and Alcohol-Related Problems in Latin America and the Caribbean. World Bank, 2001. http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/external/lac/lac.nsf/Sectors/Gender/1664193800FD252185256B75006A0324?OpenDocument
• The Integrated Model of Care of Intra-Family Violence. Pan American Health Organization, 2001. http://www.paho.org/English/DPM/GPP/GH/LessonsFinal.pdf
• Interagency Manual on Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. UNFPA, 2001. http://www.unfpa.org/emergencies/manual/
• La ruta crítica que siguen las mujeres afectadas por la violencia intrafamiliar. Pan American Health Organization, 2000. Translated into English as: Domestic Violence: Women's Way Out. Spanish: http://www.paho.org/Spanish/HDP/HDW/rutacritica.htm; English: http://www.paho.org/English/HDP/HDW/womenswayout.htm
• National Consensus Guidelines: On Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence Victimization. Family Violence Prevention Fund, 1999. http://endabuse.org/programs/healthcare/files/Consensus.pdf
• Building Data Systems for Monitoring and Responding to Violence against Women. 1998. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4911a1.htm
• Reproductive Health and Rights: Reaching the Hardly Reached. 2002. http://www.path.org/materials/materials-search-results.php?searchtype=advanced&st=reaching&Submit=Search
• Reproductive Health, Gender, and Human Rights: A Dialogue. 2001. http://www.path.org/materials-details.php?id=427
• The Screen Show on Intimate Partner Violence during Pregnancy. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and CDC, 2000. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/drh/violence/ipvdp.htm
• Supplemental Issue on The Role of Health Professionals in Addressing Violence against Women. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 78 (Supplement 1), 2002. http://www.sciencedirect.com
• The Value of Advocacy in Promoting Social Change: Implementing the New Domestic Violence Act in South Africa, Reproductive Health Matters, 8(16): 55-65, 2000. http://www.soulcity.org.za/downloads/RHM%20Article.pdf

back to the top

Violence Against Women

• Addressing Gender Violence in a Reproductive and Sexual Health Program in Venezuela. A chapter in "Responding to Cairo: Case Studies of Changing Practice in Reproductive Health and Family Planning," Nicole Haberland and Diana Measham, eds. (Population Council, 2002). Authors: Alessandra C. Guedes (IPPF/WHR), Lynne Stevens, Judith F. Helzner (IPPF/WHR), Susana Medina; Publisher: Population Council. Publication Date(s): 2002
• Afkhami, Mahnaz and Haleh Vaziri. (1996) Claiming Our Rights: A Manual for Women's Human Rights Education in Muslim Societies, Bethesda, Maryland, USA: Sisterhood is Global Institute. Contact: Sisterhood is Global Institute, 1200 Atwater, Suite 2, Montreal, QC, Canada H3Z 1X4, http://www.sigi.org.
• Afkhami, Mahnaz, Greta Hofmann Nemiroff and Haleh Vaziri. (1999) Safe and Secure: Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls in Muslim Societies, Bethesda, Maryland, USA [available in Arabic and English]: Sisterhood is Global Institute. Contact: Sisterhood is Global Institute, see below.
• Amnesty International. (2000) Respect, Protect, Fulfill Women's Human Rights: State responsibility for abuses by 'non-state actors,' London, United Kingdom: Amnesty International. Contact: Amnesty International, 1 Easton Street, London WC1X 0DW, United Kingdom, http://www.amnesty.org.
• Ashworth, Georgina. (1993) Changing the Discourse: A Guide to Women and Human Rights, London, UK: CHANGE. Contact: CHANGE, International Reports: Women and Society, 106 Hatton Square, 16-16a Baldwins Gardens, London EC1N 7RJ, United Kingdom.
• Asociación Dominicana Pro-Bienestar de la Familia (PROFAMILIA) (2001). Legal Guides for Service Providers Who Work With Women Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
• Asociación Dominicana Pro-Bienestar de la Familia (PROFAMILIA). (2001). 2001Legal Guides for Service Providers Who Work With Women Survivors of Gender-Based Violence.
• Benninger-Budel, Carin (2000) Violence against Women: 10 Reports/Year 2000 For the Protection and Promotion of the Human Rights of Women, Geneva, Switzerland: World Organisation Against Torture, Contact: World Organisation Against Torture, P.O Box 21, 8 Rue de Vieux-Billard, 1211 Geneva 8, Switzerland.
• Beyond Victims and Villains: Addressing Sexual Violence in the Education Sector, Panos Institute, 2003. http://www.panos.org.uk/PDF/reports/Beyond%20Victims.pdf
• Brasileiro, Ana Maria. (1997) Women Against Violence: Breaking the Silence, New York, NY, USA: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Contact: Women, Ink., 777 UN Plaza, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10017, USA, http://www.womenink.org
• Bunch, Charlotte, and Niamh Reilly. (1994) Demanding Accountability: The Global Campaign and Vienna Tribunal for Women's Human Rights, New Brunswick, NJ, USA: Center for Women's Global Leadership with United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), New York, NY, USA. Contact: Center for Women's Global Leadership, see below.
• Bunch, Charlotte, and Roxanna Carrillo. (1991) Gender Violence: A Development and Human Rights Issue, New Brunswick, NJ, USA: Center for Women's Global Leadership. Contact: Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 160 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8555, USA, http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu.
• Butegwa, Florence, Stella N. Mukasa and Susan Mogere. (1995) Human Rights of Women in Conflict Situations, Harare, Zimbabwe: Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF). Contact: WiLDAF, P.O. Box 4622, Harare, Zimbabwe, http://www.wildaf.org.zw.
• Callamard, Agnès. (1999) Sexual Violence: Documenting Human Rights Violations by States Agents, Montreal, Canada: Amnesty International and the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (ICHRDD). Contact: ICHRDD, see below.
• Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. (2003) Violence Against Women issue of Human Rights Dialogue (Series 2, Number 10). Available at: http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/media/1061_hrd2-10.pdf?PHPSESSID=f33f27d8f83530fcb2240ad245eee4b1.
• Center for the Study of Human Rights. (1996) Women and Human Rights: The Basic Documents, New York, NY, USA: Center for the Study of Human Rights. Contact: Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, 420 West 118th Street, 1108 International Affairs Building, Mail Code: 3365, New York, NY 10027, USA.
• Center for Women's Global Leadership. (1994) Gender Violence and Women's Human Rights in Africa: A Symposium, New Brunswick, NJ, USA: Center for Women's Global Leadership. Contact: Center for Women's Global Leadership, see below.
• Changing Community Norms on Partner Abuse: A Project in Iztacalco, Mexico. ICRW Report-in-Brief. 1999, 4 pages. http://catalog.icrw.org/docs/ribs/IMIFAP.pdf
• Clarke, Roberta. (1998) Violence Against Women in the Caribbean: State and Non-State Responses, New York, NY, USA: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Contact: Women, Ink., see below.
• Convention on Violence Against Women," Lanham, MD, USA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Contact: Center for Women's Global Leadership.
• Cook, Rebecca J. ed. (1994) Human Rights of Women: National and International Perspectives, Philadelphia, PA, USA: University of Pennsylvania Press. Contact: Women, Ink., see below.
• Corrêa, Sonia with Rebecca Reichmann. (1994) Population and Reproductive Rights: Feminist Perspectives from the South, St. Michael, Barbados: Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) and Zed Books Ltd. Contact: Zed Books Ltd., 57 Caledonian Road, London N1 9BU, UK or 165 First Avenue, Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07716, USA, http://www.zedbooks.demon.co.uk.
• Corrin, Chris ed. (1996) Women in a Violent World: Feminist Analysis and Resistance Across 'Europe,' Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press. Contact: Edinburgh University Press, 22 George Square, Edinburgh, Scotland.
• Crooms, Lisa A. (1999) "Using a Multi-Tiered Analysis to Reconceptualize Gender-Based Violence Against Women as a Matter of International Human Rights," 33 New England Law Review 881, Boston, MA, USA: New England School of Law. Contact: Center for Women's Global Leadership.
• Danieli, Yael, Elsa Stamatapoulou and Clarence Dias eds. (1999) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Fifty Years and Beyond, New York, NY USA: United Nations and Baywood Publishing Company, Inc.
• Davies, Miranda ed. (1994) Women and Violence: Realities and Responses Worldwide, London/Atlantic Highlands: Zed Books Ltd. Contact: Women, Ink. or Zed Books Ltd., see below.
• Elimination of Violence through Research and Education: Promoting Women's Human Rights in Bulgaria. ICRW Report-in-Brief. 1999, 4 pages. http://catalog.icrw.org/docs/ribs/MAHR.pdf
• Elson, Diane ed. (2000) Progress of the World's Women 2000, New York, NY, USA: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Contact: Women, Ink., see below.
• Family Violence Prevention Fund and Center for Women's Global Leadership. (1997) Migrant Women's Human Rights in G-7 Countries: Organizing Strategies, New Brunswick, NJ, USA: Center for Women's Global Leadership. Contact: Center for Women's Global Leadership, see below.
• Finney Hayward, Ruth (2000) breaking the earthenware Jar: Lessons from South Asia to End Violence against Women and Girls, New York, NY USA: United Children's Fund (UNICEF). Contact: UNICEF, see below.
• Fisher, Elizabeth and Linda Gray MacKay. (1996) Gender Justice: Women's Rights are Human Rights, Cambridge, MA, USA: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. Contact: Women, Ink., see below.
• Fitzpatrick, Joan. "The Use of International Human Rights Norms to Combat Violence Against Women," in Cook, Rebecca J., ed., Human Rights of Women: National and International Perspectives, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994.
• for Organisations in East and Southern Africa, Modern Litho Press, Nairobi, Kenya: Raising Voices in collaboration with UNIFEM and ActionAid Uganda. Contact: Raising Voices, 16 Tufnell Drive, Kamwokya, P O Box 6770, Kampala, Uganda, www.raisingvoices.org.
• Fragoso, Julia Moñarrez. (2002) "Serial Sexual Femicide in Ciudad Juárez: 1993-2001," Debate Feminista, 13th Edition, Vol. 25, April 2002. Contact: Center for Women's Global Leadership.
• Gender-Based Violence: A Human Rights Issue. Mujer y Desarrollo Series #16. Economic Comisión for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1996. http://www.eclac.cl/publicaciones/UnidadMujer/7/lcl957/lcl957i.pdf
• Green, December. (1999) Gender Violence in Africa: African Women's Responses, New York, NY, USA: St. Martin's Press. Contact: St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA.
• Human Rights Dialogue: Violence Against Women, Series 2, Number 10 (Fall 2003), Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. Impunity and Women's Rights in Ciudad Juárez: Lydia Alpízar explains how women's organizations are responding to the systematic killings of women in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Charlotte Bunch notes that their efforts have opened doors for the human rights movement to address other important issues. http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/viewMedia.php/prmID/1057
• Human Rights Watch - Women's Rights Project. (1995) The Human Rights Watch Global Report on Women's Human Rights, New York, NY, USA: Human Rights Watch (see also numerous country-specific reports on violations of women's human rights). Contact: Human Rights Watch, 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Fl., New York, NY 10118-3299, USA, http://www.hrw.org.
• Human Rights Watch. (2003) We'll Kill You If You Cry: Sexual Violence in the Sierra Leone Conflict. Available at: http://hrw.org/reports/2003/sierraleone/.
• Ilkkaracan, Pinar ed. (2000) Women and Sexuality in Muslim Societies, Istanbul, Turkey: Women for Women's Human Rights (WWHR). Contact: WWHR, Inönü Cad. Saadet Apt. No: 37/6, Gümüsuyu 80090, Istanbul, Turkey.
• International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. (1995) Unspoken Rules: Sexual Orientation and Women's Human Rights, San Francisco, California, USA: International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC). Contact: IGLHRC, 1360 Mission Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, http://www.iglhrc.org.
• International Women's Tribune Centre. (1998) Rights of Women: A Guide to the Most Important UN Treaties on Women's Human Rights, New York, NY, USA: International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC). Contact: Women, Ink., see below.
• Kempadoo, Kamala and Jo Doezema eds. (1998) Global Sex Workers: Rights, Resistance and Redefinition, New York, NY, USA: Routledge. Contact: Women, Ink., see below.
• Kvinna till Kvinna Report - Voices From the Field about women testifying against sexual violence (info@iktk.se or Telephone: +46-8-702 98 20; www.iktk.se)
• Landsberg-Lewis, Ilana ed. (1998) Bringing Equality Home: Implementing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), New York, NY, USA: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Contact: Women, Ink., see below.
• Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network. (1996) The Right to Live Without Violence: Women's Proposals and Actions, Women's Health Collection, Vol 1: Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network. Contact: Women, Ink., see below.
• Maramba, Petronella, Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi and Rosalie Tiani Webanenou. (1995) Structural Adjustment Programs and the Human Rights of African Women, Harare, Zimbabwe: Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF). Contact: WiLDAF, see below.
• Mertus, Julie with Mallika Dutt and Nancy Flowers. (1999) Local Action/Global Change: Learning About the Human Rights of Women and Girls, New Brunswick, NJ, USA: Center for Women's Global Leadership and New York, NY, USA: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Contact: Women, Ink.., see below.
• Meyer, Mary K. (1999) "Negotiating International Norms: The Inter-American Commission of Women and the
• Michau, Lori and Naker, Dipak. (2003) Mobilising Communities to Prevent Domestic Violence: A Resource Guide
• Naraghi Anderlini, Sanam. (2000) Women at the Peace Table: Making a Difference, New York, NY, USA: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Contact: UNIFEM, 304 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017, USA.
• Petchesky, Rosalind and Karen Judd eds. (1998) Negotiating Reproductive Rights: Women's Perspectives across Countries and Cultures, New York, NY: International Reproductive Rights Research and Action Group. Contact: Women, Ink., see below.
• Rahman, Anika and Nahid Toubia eds. (2000) Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Laws and Policies Worldwide, New York, NY, USA: ZED Books in association with Center for Reproductive Law & Policy and Research, Action and Information Network for the Bodily Integrity of Women. Contact: Zed Books, see below.
• Ravikant, Namratha S. (2000) "Dowry Deaths: Proposing a Standard for Implementation of Domestic Violence Legislation in Accordance with Human Rights Obligations," 6 Michigan Journal of Gender & Law 449, MI, USA. Contact: Center for Women's Global Leadership.
• Rehn, Elisabeth and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. (2002) Progress of the World's Women 2002: Women War Peace, The Independent Experts' Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Women's Role in Peace-Building, New York, NY, USA: United Nations Development Fund for Women. Contact: UNIFEM.
• Reid, Sheila. (2003) Preventing violence against women: a European perspective. ISBN : 92-871-5291-8. Council of Europe Publishing, Palais de l'Europe, 67075 Strasbourg Cedex, France; E-mail: publishing@coe.int; Visit our site : http://book.coe.int; Tél. : +33 (0)3 88 41 25 81; \ Fax : +33 (0)3 88 41 39 10.
• Reilly, Niamh. (1996) Without Reservation: The Beijing Tribunal on Accountability for Women's Human Rights, New Brunswick, NJ, USA: Center for Women's Global Leadership. Contact: Center for Women's Global Leadership, see below.
• Richter-Lyonette, Elenor ed. (1996) In the Aftermath of Rape: Women's Rights, War Crimes and Genocide, Givrins, Switzerland: The Coordination of Women's Advocacy. Contact: The Coordination of Women's Advocacy, Ancien Collège, CH-1271, Givrins, Switzerland.
• Rothschild, Cynthia (2000) Written Out: How Sexuality is Used to Attack Women's Organizing, New York, NY, USA: International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and Center for Women's Global Leadership. Contact: IGLHRC, see below.
• Sajor, Indai Lourdes ed. (1998) Common Grounds: Violence Against Women in War and Armed Conflict Situations, Philippines: Asian Centre for Women's Human Rights (ASCENT). Contact: Women, Ink., see below.
• Schuler, Margaret ed. (1992) Freedom from Violence: Women's Strategies from Around the World, New York, NY, USA: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Contact: Women, Ink., see below.
• Sweetman, Caroline, ed. (1998) Violence Against Women, Oxford, United Kingdom: OXFAM International. Contact: Women, Ink., see below.
• The Russian Women Lawyers' Advocacy Project: Improving Knowledge and Services for Survivors of Violence Against Women. ICRW Report-in-Brief. 1999, 4 pages. http://catalog.icrw.org/docs/ribs/WLDI.pdf
• Thomas, Dorothy Q. (1996) All Too Familiar: Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons, New York, NY, USA: Human Rights Watch (HRW). Contact: HRW, see below.
• Tomasevski, Katarina. (1993) Women and Human Rights, London/Atlantic Highlands: Zed Books Ltd. Contact: Zed Books Ltd., see below.
• Turshen, Meredith and Clotilde Twagiramariya, eds. (1998) What Women Do in Wartime: Gender and Conflict in Africa, London/Atlantic Highlands: Zed Books. Contact: Women, Ink. or Zed Books Ltd., see below.
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (2000) Domestic Violence Against Women and Girls, Florence, Italy: UNICEF. Contact: UNICEF - Innocenti Research Centre, Piazza SS. Annunziata - 12, 50122 Florence, Italy, http://www.unicef-icdc.org
• United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). (1999) Women@Work to End Violence: Voices in Cyberspace, New York, NY, USA: UNIFEM. Contact: Women, Ink., see below.
• United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). (2000) With an End in Sight: Strategies from the UNIFEM Trust Fund to Eliminate Violence Against Women, New York, NY, USA: Available at http://www.unifem.undp.org/public/tfbook/ or via Women, Ink., see below
• United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). (2003) Not a Minute More: Ending Violence Against Women, New York, NY, USA: UNIFEM. Contact: Women, Ink., see below.
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. (1995) Sexual Violence Against Refugees: Guidelines on Prevention and Response, Geneva, Switzerland: High Commissioner for Refugees. Contact: High Commissioner for Refugees, Case Postale 2500, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland, http://www.unhcr.ch.
• United Nations. (18 December 1979) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. RES. 34/180. Contact: Division for the Advancement of Women, 2 United Nations Plaza, Room DC2-1220, New York, NY, USA, http://www.un.org/daw.
• United Nations. (1995 - 1999) Reports submitted by Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Its Causes and Consequences. Doc. E/CN.4/1995/42 (1995); Doc. E/CN.4/1996/53 (1996); Doc. E/CN.4/1997/47 (1997); Doc. E/CN.4/1998/54 (1998); Doc. E/CN.4/1999/68 (1999). Geneva, Switzerland: Commission on Human Rights. Contact: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, see below.
• United Nations. (1996) Platform for Action and the Beijing Declaration, New York, NY, USA: Department of Public Information. Contact: Department of Public Information, Room S-1005, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY 10017, USA.
• United Nations. (23 February 1994) Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women. A/RES/48/104. Contact: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Centre for Human Rights, New York Office, United Nations, New York, NY 10017 USA, or Centre for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, http://www.unhchr.ch.
• United Nations. (25 June 1993) World Conference on Human Rights: The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. A/CONF.157/23.25. Contact: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, see below.
• Watts, Charlotte, Susanna Osam and Everjoice Win, eds. (1995) The Private is Public: A Study of Violence Against Women in Southern Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe: Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF). Contact: WiLDAF, see below.
• Wijers, Marjan and Lin Lap-Chew. (1997) Trafficking in Women, Forced Labour and Slavery-like Practices in Marriage, Domestic Labour and Prostitution, Utrecht, The Netherlands: Foundation Against Trafficking in Women (STV) and Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW). Contact: STV, Postbus 1455, 3500 BL Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• Wolper, Andrea and Julie S. Peters. (1995) Women's Rights, Human Rights: International Feminist Perspectives, New York, NY, USA: Routledge. Contact: Women, Ink, see below.
• Women, Law and Development International and Human Rights Watch. (1997) Women's Human Rights Step by Step: A Practical Guide to Using International Human Rights Law and Mechanisms to Defend Women's Human Rights, Washington, DC, USA: Women, Law and Development International. Contact: Women, Law and Development International, see below.
• Women-Initiated Community Level Responses to Domestic Violence: Summary Report of Three Studies. Duvvury, Nata et al. ICRW Research Report. 2002, 84 pages. http://www.icrw.org/docs/DVIndia_Report5_702.pdf

back to the top

Working with Men to End Violence Against Women

• Abrahams N et al. Sexual violence against intimate partners in Cape Town: prevalence and risk factors reported by men. Bulletin of the World Health Organization: 82 (5). May 2004.
• Barker G et al. Men, gender-based violence and sexual and reproductive health: a study with men in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, Instituto Promundo.
• Femnet- men against gender based violence: http://www.femnet.or.ke/campaigns.asp?id=2
• Greig A, Kimmel M and Lang J. Men, Masculinities & Development: Broadening our work towards gender equality. Gender in Development Monograph Series #10: UNDP. May, 2000.
• Haj-Yahia, MM. Beliefs about wife beating among Arab man from Israel: The influence of their patriarchal ideology. Journal of Family Violence, Vol. 18, No. 4. Aug 2003.
• Men against Sexual Violence: http://www.menagainstsexualviolence.org/
• Men as Partners Program: http://www.engenderhealth.org/ia/wwm/index.html
• Men Can Stop Rape: http://www.mencanstoprape.org/
• Men Stopping Rape: http://www.men-stopping-rape.org/
• Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP): http://www.jacksonkatz.com/mvp.html
• UNIFEM. Masculinity and Gender-Based Violence. UNIFEM Gender Fact Sheet No. 5. 2000. http://www.unifem-eseasia.org/resources/ factsheets/UNIFEMSheet5.doc.

Contacts for Publications:

• Amnesty International, 1 Easton Street, London WC1X 0DW, United Kingdom, http://www.amnesty.org.
• Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, 420 West 118th Street, 1108 International Affairs Building, Mail Code: 3365, New York, NY 10027, USA.
• Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 160 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8555, USA, http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu. cwgl@igc.rutgers.edu.
• CHANGE, 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 910, Takoma Park, Maryland 20912, USA, http://www.genderhealth.org
• CHANGE, International Reports: Women and Society, 106 Hatton Square, 16-16a Baldwins Gardens, London, EC1N 7RJ, United Kingdom
• Edinburgh University Press, 22 George Square, Edinburgh, Scotland.
• Human Rights Watch, 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Fl., New York, NY 10118-3299, USA, http://www.hrw.org.
• International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (ICHRDD), 1001 de Maisonneuve Blvd. East, Suite 1100, Montreal, Quebec, H2L 4P9 Canada, ichrdd@ichrdd.ca
• International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), 1360 Mission Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, http://www.iglhrc.org.
• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Centre for Human Rights, New York Office, United Nations, New York, NY 10017 USA, or Centre for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, http://www.unhchr.ch.
• Sisterhood is Global Institute, 1200 Atwater, Suite 2, Montreal, QC, Canada H3Z 1X4, http://www.sigi.org
• The World Bank, Distribution Unit, Office of the Publisher, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington DC 20433, USA
• UNIFEM, 304 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017, USA.
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), UNICEF House, 3 United Nations Plaza, New York, New York 10017, U.S.A. 1.212.326.7000, email: info@unicef.org, http://www.unicef.org
• Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF), P.O. Box 4622, Harare, Zimbabwe, http://www.wildaf.org.zw.
• Women, Ink., 777 UN Plaza, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10017, USA, http://www.womenink.org.
• World Organisation Against Torture, P.O Box 21, 8 Rue de Vieux-Billard, 1211 Geneva 8, Switzerland.
• Zed Books Ltd., 57 Caledonian Road, London N1 9BU, UK or 165 First Avenue, Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07716, USA, http://www.zedbooks.demon.co.uk.

back to the top

Reproductive Health and Rights

• Advocates for Youth http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/
  Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates provides information, training, and strategic assistance to youth-serving organizations, policy makers, youth activists, and the media in the United States and the developing world.
• Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) http://www.agi-usa.org/
  The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) is a nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education. AGI publishes Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, International Family Planning Perspectives, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy and special reports on topics pertaining to sexual and reproductive health and rights. The Institute's mission is to protect the reproductive choices of all women and men in the United States and throughout the world. It is to support their ability to obtain the information and services needed to achieve their full human rights, safeguard their health and exercise their individual responsibilities in regard to sexual behavior and relationships, reproduction and family formation.
• AMANITARE - the African Partnership for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women http://www.amanitare.org/
  AMANITARE evolved from the need for a coordinated Pan-African effort to consolidate the skills, knowledge and institutional resources of groups and individuals active in the field of sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, and women's rights. AMANITARE is a ten-year initiative (1999-2009) with a mandate derived from the outcomes of The World Conference on Human Rights (Vienna 1993), The International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo 1994), and The Fifth World Conference on Women (Beijing 1995). In the course of these conferences declarations were drawn by national governments emphasizing the importance of a wide range of women's sexual and reproductive health and rights for overall social development. All forms of gender-based violence and violations were deemed unacceptable.
• ASTRA - Central and Eastern European Women's Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights http://www.astra.org.pl/astra_network_online.htm
  Striving to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights in the region, while simultaneously hoping to bridge the gaps in women's issues, health issues and rights issues, ASTRA has been established by organisations of the region who share common concerns and goals. ASTRA will strive to increase awareness about these issues and to ensure that the specific reality of women's sexual and reproductive rights and health in Central and Eastern Europe receive the highest attention and are treated with adequate priority on international and regional agendas.
• Australian Reproductive Health Alliance http://www.arha.org.au/
  The Australian Reproductive Health Alliance's mission is to promote public support for enhanced reproductive and sexual health in Australia and internationally, and promote the advancement of the status of women and girls by means of and including: the production of educational materials; the organisation of seminars and workshops; the preparation of briefing materials for members of the press; networking with parliamentarians, government departments and other interested parties as required; and the support and promotion of alliances with opinion makers with comparable aims and objectives.
• Black Women's Health Imperative http://www.blackwomenshealth.org/site/PageServer
  Black Women's Health Imperative, the new name of the National Black Women's Health Project, is a leading African American health education, research, advocacy and leadership development institution. Founded in 1983 by health activist Byllye Y. Avery, it has been a pioneer in promoting the empowerment of African American women as educated health care consumers and a strong voice for the improved health status of African American women. The organization is gaining the well-earned reputation as the leading force for health for African American women. Black Women's Health Imperative possesses national stature as the only national organization devoted solely to the health of the nation's 19 million Black women and girls. Our mission is to promote optimum health for Black women across the life span-physically, mentally and spiritually.
• Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) http://www.catholicsforchoice.org/indexengflash.htm
  Catholics for a Free Choice, an independent not-for-profit organization, is engaged in research, policy analysis, education, and advocacy on issues of gender equality and reproductive health. Working in the Catholic social justice tradition, CFFC is affiliated with Catholic Organizations for Renewal and the Women-Church Convergence, both based in the United States, and with the European Network/Church on the Move.
• Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) http://www.cedpa.org/
  Founded in 1975, CEDPA has provided services to millions of women through partnerships with 138 organizations in 40 countries. We begin with the individual to assure her access to high quality reproductive health and voluntary family planning. To sustain the services she needs and provide life-enriching skills, we strengthen community organizations that provide those choices and other vital support. Leaders of those groups, now more than 5,000 strong, form a powerful global CEDPA network. Together, we advocate at national and global levels to bring about lasting change for women.
• Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) http://www.genderhealth.org/
  The Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) is a U.S.-based non-governmental organization focused on the effects of U.S. international policies on the health and rights of women, girls, and other vulnerable populations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. We believe that every individual has the right to the basic information, technologies, and services needed to enjoy a healthy and safe sexual and reproductive life free from coercion and preventable illness. Our mandate is based on the premise that it is the responsibility of US organizations, connected to US constituencies, to foster accountability of our government's policies abroad. Our overarching goal therefore is to ensure that U.S. international policies and programs promote sexual and reproductive rights and health through effective, evidence-based approaches to prevention and treatment of critical reproductive and sexual health concerns, and through increased funding for critical programs.
• Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) http://www.reproductiverights.org/
  The Center for Reproductive Rights is a non-profit legal advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and defending women's reproductive rights worldwide. Reproductive rights, the foundation for women's self-determination over their bodies and sexual lives, are critical to women's equality. We believe laws and policies that protect and advance these rights are essential. They must allow women the freedom to decide whether and when to have children. They must respect women's ability to exercise their reproductive choices without coercion. They must also secure women's access to basic health services, including contraception, abortion, education, and safe pregnancy care. Ultimately, reproductive rights are imperative to ensuring justice for all members of society -- women, children, and their families.
• Center for Research in Women's Health (CRWH) http://www.crwh.org/
  With its roots in both clinical and academic medicine, CRWH takes a broad approach to the study of women's health. While some of our researchers focus on clinical questions and methods of improving service delivery, others look at the context of women's lives, the social and cultural factors that influence women's wellbeing and women's experiences of illness. Our perspective is also expanding to include the basic science of sex differences, the underlying biology that makes women's bodies unique. CRWH draws social scientists, clinicians, basic scientists and public health experts together in a multi-faceted women's health research community that encourages interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) http://www.cafs.org/
  The Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) is an African institution dedicated to strengthening the capacities of organisations and individuals working in the field of reproductive health, population and development in order to contribute to improving the quality of life of families in sub-Saharan Africa. CAFS was founded by the International Planned Parenthood Federation - Africa Region (IPPF-AR) and has been serving Africa since 1975. It is now a fully autonomous international non-governmental organisation.
• Cervical Barrier Advancement Society (CBAS) http://www.cervicalbarriers.org/
  The Cervical Barrier Advancement Society (CBAS), officially launched in June 2004, is an international professional networking organization that aims to raise the profile of cervical barriers, both for preventing pregnancy and potentially HIV and other STIs.
• Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/sph/
• Countdown 2015: Sexual and Reproductive Rights for All http://www.countdown2015.org/
  Countdown 2015: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All is an initiative dedicated to assessing the progress and mapping the future for the key goals of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo in 1994. With ten years left until 2015, this initiative is about identifying future directions, recruiting new allies, and recognizing the critical role of young people in the next decade of efforts to both fulfill the commitments made at ICPD and bring real change to people's lives. Countdown 2015 comprises a series of activities and events that will be held throughout 2004 and into 2005 - and is a key element of efforts by NGOs and civil society to mark the tenth anniversary of ICPD at the national, regional and international levels.
• EngenderHealth http://www.engenderhealth.org/
  EngenderHealth works worldwide to improve the lives of individuals by making reproductive health services safe, available, and sustainable. We provide technical assistance, training, and information, with a focus on practical solutions that improve services where resources are scarce. We believe that individuals have the right to make informed decisions about their reproductive health and to receive care that meets their needs. We work in partnership with governments, institutions, and health care professionals to make this right a reality.
• EU/UNFPA Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in Asia (RHIYA) http://www.asia-initiative.org/
  The EU/UNFPA Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in Asia (RHIYA) expands upon the successful multi-country intervention, entitled the EC/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia (RHI). The RHIYA continues the successful collaboration between the European Union (EU), the UNFPA, European and local NGOs towards improving the sexual and reproductive health of the most vulnerable populations in South and South East Asia. This large-scale, multi partner Initiative, spans seven South and South East Asian countries, namely Bangladesh, Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam.
• Family Care International (FCI) http://www.familycareintl.org/
  FCI is dedicated to improving women's sexual and reproductive health and rights in developing countries, with a special emphasis on making pregnancy and childbirth safer. FCI addresses a range of urgent health issues within a framework of the comprehensive, women-centered approach to reproductive health, which was endorsed by 179 countries at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994. Our work encompasses family planning, unsafe abortion, and gender violence, and we place particular emphasis on safe motherhood and adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
• Family Health International (FHI) http://www.fhi.org/en/index.htm
  Formed in 1971, Family Health International (FHI) is among the largest and most established nonprofit organizations active in international public health with a mission to improve lives worldwide through research, education, and services in family health.
• Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development UK (Forward Foundation) http://www.forwarduk.org.uk/
  FORWARD is the leading voluntary organisation in the United Kingdom working towards elimination of FGM worldwide. It does this through sponsorship of local and international health programmes in the countries directly concerned. It advocates remedial policies be adopted in those countries where harmful traditional practices (such as FGM) have a strongly negative impact on health, including child mortality and reproductive morbidity.
• FPA Health http://www.fpahealth.org.au/index.html
  FPA Health (formerly Family Planning NSW) has been providing reproductive and sexual health services in New South Wales for over 60 years. We are an independent, not-for-profit organisation responsible to a voluntary board of directors. Our mission is to promote the reproductive and sexual health of the people of NSW and to
  contribute to, collect and disseminate reproductive and sexual health knowledge, information and learning.
• Global Reproductive Health Forum, Harvard University (GRHF) http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf
  The Global Reproductive Health Forum@Harvard (GRHF) is an internet networking project that aims to encourage the proliferation of critical discussions about reproductive health and gender on the net. GRHF provides interactive electronic forums, global discussions, distributes reproductive health and rights materials from a variety of perspectives through our clearinghouse as well as maintains an extensive, up-to-date research library. Our goal is to reach out to, involve and meet the needs of under served groups globally, the reproductive health community worldwide, academics and people who are dedicated to women's rights and gender issues. GRHF is the premiere reproductive health-focused internet project which encourages global discussion. We hope to create on-going dialogues, partnerships and strategic planning sessions which take place via the web within countries and across continents.
• Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/fxbcenter/
  The François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights is the first academic center to focus exclusively on health and human rights. The Center combines the academic strengths of research and teaching with a strong commitment to service and policy development.
• Health Canada - Women's Health and Violence Against Women http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/women/facts_issues/facts_violence.htm
  Health Canada's role is to foster good health by promoting health and protecting Canadians from harmful products, practices and disease. Violence against women, a prime area of concern as a health issue, is rooted in the social, economic and political inequality of women. Health Canada's activities through the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence focus on synthesizing and disseminating best practices to prevent and treat family violence, including violence against women.
• International Center for Reproductive Health (ICRH) http://www.icrh.org
  The main objective of ICRH is to improve the acceptability, accessibility and quality of health services, with the emphasis on reproductive health. This objective is put into practice by developing integrated health care services of high standards, training of health care workers, community involvement, health systems and policy research.
• International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) http://www.icrw.org/html/issues/violence.htm
  The International Center for Research on Women was created in 1976 to fill the gaps in understanding the complex realities of women's lives and their role in development. Since then, we have focused on improving women's status by connecting insight and action.
• International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) http://www.iglhrc.org/site/iglhrc/
  The mission of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) is to secure the full enjoyment of the human rights of all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual orientation or expression, gender identity or expression, and/or HIV status. A US-based non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO), IGLHRC effects this mission through advocacy, documentation, coalition building, public education, and technical assistance.
• International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) http://www.ilga.org
  The International Lesbian and Gay Association is a world-wide federation of national and local groups dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people everywhere. Founded in 1978, it now has more than 400 member organisations. Every continent and around 90 countries are represented. ILGA member groups range from small collectives to national groups and entire cities. ILGA is to this day the only international non-profit and non-governmental community-based federation focused on presenting discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation as a global issue.
• International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) http://www.ippf.org/
  The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) links national autonomous Family Planning Associations (FPAs) in over 180 countries worldwide. It is registered as a charity in the United Kingdom and is the largest voluntary organization in the world to be concerned with family planning and sexual and reproductive health. IPPF and its member Associations are committed to promoting the right of women and men to decide freely the number and spacing of their children and the right to the highest possible level of sexual and reproductive health. They believe that the balance between the world's population and its natural resources and productivity is a necessary condition for improving the quality of life on the planet.
• International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) http://www.iwhc.org/
  Founded in 1984 by Joan Dunlop and Adrienne Germain, the International Women's Health Coalition works in three ways to build political will and influence the policies of governments, donors, and international agencies to secure girls' and women's sexual and reproductive health and rights: we provide professional assistance and financial support, $1.5-2.0 million annually, to local organizations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America; we inform professional and public debates in the United States and abroad through policy analyses, reports on effective programs and strategies, and media outreach; we advocate at intergovernmental conferences, and collaborate with the UN Population Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, and other international agencies to generate essential policies and resource flows that benefit women and their families
• Ipas http://www.ipas.org/english/
  Ipas has worked for three decades to increase women's ability to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights and to reduce deaths and injuries of women from unsafe abortion. Ipas's global and country programs include training, research, advocacy, distribution of equipment and supplies for reproductive-health care, and information dissemination.
• Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network (LACWHN) http://www.reddesalud.org/english/sitio/portada.htm
  The Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network, LACWHN, was created in 1984 during the First Regional Women and Health Meeting held in Tenza, Colombia. LACWHN is a network of organizations and individuals in the women's health movement working to promote women's health and the full exercise of women's human rights and citizenship through the cultural, political and social transformation of our region and the world from a feminist perspective. The Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network unites hundreds of organizations and individuals from a wide range of nationalities, ethnicities, social backgrounds, ages, religious beliefs and sexual orientations. Numerous national and international networks also have joined forces with LACWHN.
• Marie Stopes International Australia (MSIA) http://www.mariestopes.org.au/
  Marie Stopes International Australia (MSIA) is an Australian not for profit, non-government, tax deductible organisation (NGO), working with local partners and governments to provide vital reproductive health services in low income communities in Asia and the Pacific. We also work with Australia's Indigenous communities through MSIA's fully-owned charity, Marie Stopes Australia. MSIA works for the improvement of the health and quality of life of women and their families, helping them to exercise their right to enjoy reproductive health and have Children by Choice, Not by Chance. MSIA and its partners are committed to saving lives through reproductive health care.
• National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) http://www.naral.org
• National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC) http://www.4woman.gov/violence/index.htm
  The National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC), is a service of the Office on Women's Health in the US Department of Health and Human Services. The NWHIC provides a gateway to the vast array of Federal and other women's health information resources. Our site on the World Wide Web can help you link to, read, and download a wide variety of women's health-related material developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, other Federal agencies, and private sector resources.
• Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) http://www.nswp.org/
  The NSWP was founded in 1991 as an informal alliance which participates in independently financed projects in partnership with member organizations and technical support agencies. The Network has recently established a secretariat, which was based in Cape Town in 2002 and moved to Rio de Janeiro in 2003. A board has been established to take the network as a legally constituted international organisation to promote sex workers health and human rights.
• Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International (NNVAWI) http://www.nnvawi.org
  The Nursing Network on Violence Against Women (NNVAW) was formed to encourage the development of a nursing practice that focuses on health issues relating to the effects of violence on women's lives. NNVAW was founded in November of 1985 during the first National Nursing Conference on Violence Against Women held at the University of Massachusetts/ Amherst. We now have international members and have added "International" to our name (NNVAWI). The abuse and exploitation of women is a social problem of epidemic proportions which adversely affects the health of millions of women each year. The Network's ethic fosters the ideal of nursing practice designed to provide assistance and support to women in the process of achieving their own personal empowerment. The ultimate goal of NNVAWI is to provide a nursing presence in the struggle to end violence in women's lives.
• Pacific Institute for Women's Health http://www.piwh.org/index.html
  The Pacific Institute for Women's Health believes that women's health is a human right, and that access to contraception, reproductive freedom and gender equality are central to women's empowerment and social justice. Our mission is to increase the ability of women to make informed decisions about their sexuality and reproduction. We advance reproductive choice and defend sexual and reproductive rights for women and girls around the world. We work to guarantee access to safe reproductive technology and abortion, improve protection against STIs and HIV, and eliminate gender-based violations of human rights. We conduct action research, education and advocacy in collaboration with activists, scholars, policy-makers and health providers to strengthen grassroots organizations and promote change.
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) http://www.paho.org/
  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public health agency with 100 years of experience in working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas. It serves as the specialized organization for health of the Inter-American System. It also serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization and enjoys international recognition as part of the United Nations system.
• PANOS Institute http://www.panos.org.uk/
  The word "Panos" means torch or beacon in classical Greek. A "panas" is a Nepali word for a lamp, lit when people need to gather round and discuss an issue. It symbolises the principle aims of the Panos Institute when it was founded over 15 years ago - to illuminate and provide insights from developing countries into issues facing us globally; and to stimulate informed, enlightened discussion around such issues.
• Pathfinder International http://www.pathfind.org/site/PageServer
  Working in 23 countries throughout Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia and the Near East, Pathfinder is committed to making family planning and reproductive health services available to all who want them. By partnering with local governments and grassroots organizations, Pathfinder creates innovative programs that are responsive to the health needs of individual communities. In isolated rural areas, Pathfinder trains community members to provide their neighbors with contraceptive services and reproductive health counselling in their own homes. With Pathfinder's support, young women who come to hospital emergency rooms suffering from botched illegal abortions receive live-saving treatment and are provided with counselling and contraception before they leave the hospital. Pathfinder's projects go directly to the people who need them most, bringing HIV/AIDS information and services into the workplace, marketplace, schools, community groups, and youth centers.
• Physicians for Human Rights http://www.phrusa.org/
  Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) promotes health by protecting human rights. We believe that human rights are essential preconditions for the health and well-being of all people. Using medical and scientific methods, we investigate and expose violations of human rights worldwide and we work to stop them. We support institutions that hold perpetrators of human rights abuses, including health professionals, accountable for their actions. We educate health professionals and medical, public health and nursing students and organize them to become active in supporting a movement for human rights and creating a culture of human rights in the medical and scientific professions.
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America http://plannedparenthood.org/
  Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., is the world's largest and most trusted voluntary reproductive health care organization. Founded by Margaret Sanger in 1916 as America's first birth control clinic, Planned Parenthood believes in everyone's right to choose when or whether to have a child, that every child should be wanted and loved, and that women should be in charge of their own destinies.
• The Policy Project http://www.policyproject.com/
  Building on more than 25 years of experience in population and development, the POLICY Project works with host-country governments and civil society groups to achieve a more supportive policy environment for family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH), HIV/AIDS, and maternal health. Multisectoral engagement, community and organizational empowerment, and promotion of human rights and gender equality characterize POLICY's approaches to better reproductive health policies and programs.
• Population Action International (PAI) http://www.populationaction.org/
  Population Action International (PAI) is an independent policy advocacy group working to strengthen public awareness and political and financial support worldwide for population programs grounded in individual rights.
• Population Services International (PSI) http://www.psi.org/
  A nonprofit group based in Washington, D.C., PSI is the leading social marketing organization in the world, with programs in almost 70 countries. PSI uses social marketing to deliver health products, services and information that enable low-income and other vulnerable people to lead healthier lives.
• Promundo http://www.promundo.org.br/
  Promundo is a Brazilian NGO, which seeks to promote gender equity and prevent violence against children, youth and women in Brazil and internationally. Promundo develops methodologies and materials for working with individuals and communities and evaluates and documents the results to influence public policy in Brazil and abroad.
• The Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics (TRC) http://www.religiousconsultation.org
  The Religious Consultation (TRC) is an international, multi-faith network of progressive feminist religious scholars and leaders. We seek out the positive, renewable moral energies of our faith traditions, directing them to the issues of population, consumption, ecology, reproductive health and the empowerment of women.
• Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium (RHRC) http://www.rhrc.org/
  The Reproductive Health Response in Conflict (RHRC) Consortium is dedicated to the promotion of reproductive health among all persons affected by armed conflict. The RHRC Consortium promotes sustained access to comprehensive, high quality reproductive health programs in emergencies and advocates for policies that support reproductive health of persons affected by armed conflict. The RHRC Consortium believes all persons have a right to quality reproductive health care and that reproductive health programming must promote rights, respect and responsibility for all.
• Reproductive Health Outlook (RHO) http://www.rho.org/
  Welcome to Reproductive Health Outlook (RHO), the reproductive health website produced by Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH). RHO is especially designed for reproductive health program managers and decision-makers working in developing countries and low-resource settings.
• Reproductive Technologies Web http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/rt21
  The Reproductive Technologies Web is dedicated to exploring the many ways scientific and medical developments participate in broader processes of social reproduction. Each section features articles and links to related resources.
• Research, Action, and Information Network for the Bodily Integrity of Women (RAINBO) http://www.rainbo.org/
  Established in 1994, RAINBO is an African led international non-governmental organisation working on issues of women's empowerment, gender, reproductive health, sexual autonomy and freedom from violence as central components of the African development agenda. RAINBO specifically strives to enhance global efforts to eliminate the practice of Female Circumcision /Female Genital Mutilation (FC/FGM) through facilitating women's self-empowerment and accelerating social change.
• Right to Decide http://www.righttodecide.org/
  Right To Decide is a web initiative on reproductive and sexual rights and health. Right To Decide provides an open forum for the permanent exchange of best practices, views and news for anyone who is interested. In order not to approach the wide field of reproductive rights and health all at once the themes that are started with are Youth and Conflict.
• Scarleteen http://www.scarleteen.com/
  Committed to delivering the best contemporary teen sex ed on the net since 1998.
• Sexual Health Exchange http://www.kit.nl/frameset.asp?/ils/exchange_content/default.asp&frnr=1&
  Sexual Health Exchange is a quarterly, 16-page newsletter produced by KIT in collaboration with SAfAIDS - Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service - in Harare, Zimbabwe.
  In line with current developments and thinking, HIV/AIDS and STDs are related to a wider reproductive and sexual health framework. The newsletter provides policy guidance and ideas for possible initiatives. It serves as a forum for the exchange of innovative programme experiences world-wide. Subscriptions for organizations and individuals in developing countries are FREE.
• Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) http://www.siecus.org/
  SIECUS-the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States-has served as the national voice for sexuality education, sexual health, and sexual rights for almost 40 years. SIECUS believes that sexuality is a natural and healthy part of life and that all people have the right to the information, skills, and services they need to make responsible sexual decisions.
• She's in Recovery - The Online Community for Women in Recovery http://www.shesinrecovery.com
  The goals of She's In Recovery include to create a community of support for each other as women on our recovery journey from addictions, especially to alcohol and drugs; to provide an ongoing relapse prevention resource that is relevant to women; to provide current addictions news, information and research about women, for women.
• Site Specializing in the Treatment of Domestic Violence for Health Care Professionals (SIVIC) http://www.sivic.org/
  This site discusses the various practical aspects relating to the detection and the medical monitoring of women who are victims of domestic violence. It is therefore directed towards all heath sector professionals who wish to have information on the subject of domestic violence and its consequences in health terms and who wish to know, as health professionals, what action they should take. We consider domestic violence to include all forms of violence used by a partner or ex partner against his woman with the aim of permanently destroying her self esteem and keeping her under his control. Conjugal violence, or domestic violence is a very real public health problem. This site has been created within the framework of the European Commission's Daphné Initiative and is translated into 4 languages (French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese).
• The Supply Initiative: Meeting the Need for Reproductive Health Supplies http://www.rhsupplies.org/
  The Supply Initiative: Meeting the Need for Reproductive Health Supplies; was established to create a forum in which leading reproductive health organisations can work together to identify the main causes of supply shortages, and make recommendations to governments and donors on solving these shortages.
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) http://www.undp.org/
  At the United Nations Millennium Summit, world leaders put development at the heart of the global agenda by adopting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which set clear targets for reducing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women by 2015. On the ground in 166 countries, UNDP uses its global network to help the UN system and its partners to raise awareness and track progress, while it connects countries to the knowledge and resources needed to achieve these goals.
• UNESCO: Electronic articles on Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health http://www.unescobkk.org/ips/arh-web
  The UNESCO office in Bangkok was established in 1961 as the Asian Regional Office for Primary and Compulsory Education. The Office was later extended to cover all divisions of the education sector and the countries of the Pacific region. Further growth included the incorporation of activities relating to the culture, communication, and social and human science sectors, which led to the eventual renaming of the office as the Principal Regional Office for Asia and Pacific (PROAP) in 1987.
• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) http://www.unfpa.org/
  UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is the world's largest international source of funding for population and reproductive health programmes. Since we began operations in 1969, the Fund has provided nearly $6 billion in assistance to developing countries.
• White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood http://whiteribbonalliance.org
  The white ribbon is dedicated to the memory of all women who have died in pregnancy and childbirth. Worldwide, every minute of every day, a woman dies of pregnancy-related complications - nearly 500,000 women each year. Most of these deaths can be prevented. The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood unites individuals, organizations and communities who are working to increase public awareness about this needless loss of life and to promote safe motherhood worldwide.
• Women, Health & Development (HDW) http://165.158.1.110/english/hdp/hdwmuje.htm
  The mandate of PAHO's Women, Health and Development Program (HDW) is to provide technical cooperation to member countries to promote equitable and sustainable development with a gender perspective. This mandate calls for the redistribution of responsibilities and power between women and men in order to improve the physical, psychological, and social well-being of the entire population. Within this framework, HDW seeks identify and reduce the inequalities between women and men that are unnecessary, unjust, and avoidable with regard to: health outcomes and its determinants, access to resources and quality care that serve the specific needs of women and men from different social groups, allocation of public and private health resources, equitable redistribution of the division of labor and power at the family and community level, and within the health system.
• Women's Health Hotline (newsletter) http://www.libov.com
  This site was created and is maintained by women's health advocate Charlotte Libov for the purpose of enhancing public education about women's health issues.
• Women's Health Project http://www.whealth.org/
  The first of its kind in the country, the Women's Health Project is an initiative of the National Health Sciences Consortium(NHSC), a group of nine top science institutions across the country, of which the Maryland Science Center is a member and the lead organization for this project.
• World Health Organization - Department of Gender and Women's Health http://www.who.int/gender/en/
  The Department of Gender and Women's Health is charged with helping WHO's various programs and departments undertake the challenge of integrating gender considerations into their work. It is also responsible for researching and disseminating information on neglected topics directly pertaining to women's health, such as gender-based violence against women.
• YouthNet http://www.fhi.org/en/Youth/YouthNet/index.htm
  YouthNet is a global program to improve reproductive health and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS among people 10 to 24 years old.
• Youth-Policy.com http://www.youth-policy.com/
  Youth-policy.com is a collaboration of the POLICY Project and YouthNet. Youth-policy.com is an online resource for improving youth reproductive health and HIV/AIDS policy worldwide.

back to the top

HIV/AIDS - Gender and Violence Against Women-Related Websites

• AIDS Law Project South Africa (ALP) http://www.alp.org.za/view.php?file=/index.xml
  The AIDS Law Project (ALP) is at Wits University Centre for Applied Legal Studies. It is an organisation that specialises in helping people with HIV/AIDS to deal with these problems. We also research many of the difficult social, legal and human rights issues around AIDS. We use this research to develop law, policies and "best practice" recommendations on questions such as AIDS and employment, AIDS and pregnancy, AIDS and development, AIDS and women.
• Eldis Gender and HIV/AIDS Dossier http://www.eldis.org/gender/dossiers/
  A dossier is an online, dynamic guide that provides narrative and up-to-date resources to guide the user through the key issues and debates on a specific development theme. The editors ensure the dossiers remain relevant and cutting-edge by regularly updating and incorporating new debates, case-studies and research papers. The editors also welcome new contributions from researchers and practitioners.
• European Network for HIV/STD Prevention in Prostitution http://www.europap.net/links/tampep.htm
  Europap is a network across 18 Western and Central European countries, linking over 400 specialist health projects, sex workers' projects and social support programmes. The members of our network include health and other project staff, sex workers and academics across Europe working on HIV prevention and other health and safety issues. We share information and experience in order to promote best practice in local projects.
• Global Campaign for Microbicides http://www.global-campaign.org/
  The Global Campaign for Microbicides is a broad-based, international effort to build support among policymakers, opinion leaders, and the general public for increased investment into microbicides and other user-controlled prevention methods. Through advocacy, policy analysis, and social science research, the Campaign works to accelerate product development, facilitate widespread access and use, and protect the needs and interests of users, especially women.
• Global Coalition on Women and AIDS http://womenandaids.unaids.org/
  The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS is not a new organization but a movement of people, networks and organizations, launched in London on 12 February 2004, with four key goals: to raise the visibility of issues related to women, girls and AIDS; to catalyse action to address those issues; to facilitate collaboration at all levels; and, to scale up action that will lead to concrete, measurable improvements in the lives of women and girls.
• Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/
  The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was created to dramatically increase resources to fight three of the world's most devastating diseases, and to direct those resources to areas of greatest need. As a partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities, the Global Fund represents an innovative approach to international health financing.
• Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+) http://www.gnpplus.net/
  The Global Network of People living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+) is a global network for and by people with HIV/AIDS. The mission of GNP+ is to work to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS.
• Health Canada - HIV and Sexual Violence Against Women http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/hiv_aids/you/sex_violence/
  This guide has been prepared to raise awareness among counsellors of the issues related to HIV and sexual violence and to provide counsellors with current information and guidance on these issues, assist counsellors in responding to the immediate and short-term needs of survivors with regard to HIV issues, including assessment of HIV risk, increase the probability that survivors of sexual violence will receive thorough, up-to-date information related to HIV and sexual violence upon which to base their choices and decisions, encourage consistency among counsellors with regard to the information and care related to HIV and sexual violence that they offer survivors.
• International Coalition of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) http://www.icaso.org/
  ICASO's mission is to: Mobilize communities and their organizations to participate in the response to HIV/AIDS; Articulate and advocate the needs and concerns of communities and their organizations; Ensure that community-based organizations, particularly those with fewer resources and within affected communities, are strengthened in their work to prevent HIV infection, and to provide treatment, care and support for people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS; Promote the greater involvement of people living with, and affected by, HIV/AIDS in all aspects of prevention, treatment, care and support, and research; and Promote human rights in the development and implementation of policies and programs responding to all aspects of HIV/AIDS.
• International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) http://www.icw.org
  ICW's vision is of a world where all HIV positive women: Have a respected and meaningful involvement at all political levels, local, national, regional, and international, where decisions that affect their lives are being made;
  Have full access to care and treatment; and Enjoy full rights, particularly sexual, reproductive, legal, financial and general health rights; irrespective of our culture, age, religion, sexuality, social or economic status/class and race.
• International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS Latina (ICW-Latina) http://www.icwlatina.org
  La Comunidad Internacional de Mujeres Viviendo con VIH/SIDA (ICW), es la únicaRed Internacional dirigida por y para mujeres con VIH positivo. ICW fue fundada respondiendo a las desesperadas faltas de apoyo, información y servicios disponibles para mujeres viviendo con VIH en todo el mundo y a las necesidades de estas mujeres de poder influenciar y participar en el desarrollo de las políticas. ICW fue formada por un grupo de mujeres seropositivas de diferentes paísesque participaban en 8va. Conferencia Internacional de SIDA en Ámsterdam en julio de 1992. Estas mujeres positivas compartieron historias y estrategias con el fin de copiar e idear planes de acciones para el futuro.
• International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) http://www.ipm-microbicides.org/
  The International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) was established in 2002 to accelerate the discovery, development and accessibility of microbicides to prevent transmission of HIV. The organization's goal is to deliver a safe and effective microbicide for women in developing countries as soon as possible.
• MTCT Plus - Columbia Mailman School of Public Health http://www.mtctplus.org/
  The MTCT-Plus Initiative takes a team approach toward the care and treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS in resource limited settings. Administrative, clinical, and training efforts are coordinated to develop multidisciplinary treatment at MTCT-Plus sites for comprehensive care of participants and their families. Supported by a coalition of private philanthropic organizations and leading international agencies, the MTCT-Plus Initiative aims to develop a model for care that can be replicated around the world.
• Sidaweb http://www.sidaweb.com/index.htm
  Ce site est réalisé par l'ALS - Association de Lutte contre le Sida.
• Society for Women and AIDS in Africa (SWAA) http://www.swaainternational.org/en/home.html
  SWAA's mission is to advocate on behalf of women, children and families in the fight against HIV/AIDS. SWAA mobilizes communities by strengthening capacity to prevent, control, and mitigate the impact of the epidemic. SWAA's institutional vision is a world free of HIV/AIDS, where African women and children are empowered to claim equal rights, access to health care, education, and economic and socio-cultural opportunities.
• South African Gender-Based Violence and Health Initiative (SAGBVHI) http://www.mrc.ac.za/gender/sagbvhi.htm
  SAGBVHI, which was formed in 2000, is a partnership of 15 organisations working on gender based violence and health issues. SAGBVHI is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. SAGBVHI, with sponsorship from INTERFUND, hosted its first annual conference on gender based violence and health in April 2002. With over 250 local and international participants, the conference has set a high standard for other conferences to follow.
• South Asia Against AIDS Foundation (SAAAIDS) http://www.saaaids.org/
  We at South Asia Against AIDS Foundation, Inc. (SAAAIDS), a NYC-based not-for-profit organization, recognize that South Asia's HIV/AIDS epidemic shall only be rolled back when we fight the primary cause fueling infection and death - women and children's extreme societal inequality and the violation of their human rights to their own lives, health and bodies. Our mission, therefore, is to help South Asia's women and children lead lives of true self-empowerment through our SHE strategy (Shelter, Healthcare and Education) as an effective, structural and long-term strategy to fight South Asia's HIV/AIDS epidemic.
• Synergy Project http://www.synergyaids.com/
  The Synergy Project provides technical assistance and services to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to design, evaluate, and coordinate HIV/AIDS programs and identify and disseminate lessons learned from these programs.
• Transnational AIDS STI Prevention Among Migrant Prostitutes (TAMPEP) http://www.tampep.com/
  TAMPEP (Transnational AIDS/STI Prevention Among Migrant Prostitutes in Europe) is an international networking and intervention project operating in 24 countries in Europe, including 7 countries in Central and Eastern Europe.
• UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) http://www.unaids.org/en/default.asp
  The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, is the main advocate for global action on the epidemic. It leads, strengthens and supports an expanded response aimed at preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS, and alleviating the impact of the epidemic. UNAIDS Gender Resources: http://unaidsapict.inet.co.th/gend.htm
• UNIFEM Gender and HIV/AIDS Web Portal: Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS http://www.genderandaids.org/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=9
  UNIFEM, in collaboration with UNAIDS, has developed this comprehensive gender and HIV/AIDS web portal to provide up-to-date information on the gender dimensions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The site aims to promote understanding, knowledge sharing, and action on HIV/AIDS as a gender and human rights issue.
• Women, Children and HIV Resources for Prevention and Treatment http://www.womenchildrenhiv.org
  Goals include: disseminate state-of-the-art clinical information and training resources on mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) and related topics; communicate the best practices in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and caring for infected children; disseminate PMTCT program resource materials; disseminate state-of-the-art clinical information and training resources on perinatally acquired pediatric HIV infection; implement services responsive to the needs of the CDC Global AIDS Program (CDC/GAP).
• World Health Organization Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS http://www.who.int/gender/violence/vawandhiv/en/
  The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. It was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
• World YWCA HIV/AIDS http://www.worldywca.org/aids/index.html
  The primary objective of YWCA programmes is the empowerment of women and girls. In the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, this means enabling women and girls to take responsibility for their own lives and to provide leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

back to the top

HIV/AIDS

• A Closer Walk http://www.acloserwalk.org/
  A Closer Walk is the first film to depict humankind's confrontation with the global AIDS epidemic.
• Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) http://www.actsa.org/
  Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) campaigns with the people of Southern Africa as they strive to build a better future. Working for peace, democracy and development across the region, ACTSA is the successor organisation to the Anti-Apartheid Movement.
• Advocates for Youth http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/index.htm
  Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates provides information, training, and strategic assistance to youth-serving organizations, policy makers, youth activists, and the media in the United States and the developing world.
• AEGIS http://www.aegis.org/
  AEGiS began in the mid-1980s and has continued to be the definitive web-based reference for HIV/AIDS-related information. The collaborative effort of many organizations and individuals has enabled the creation of this vast database of facts regarding the history, prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS...to date over 1 million files.
• AIDS Consortium http://www.aidsconsortium.org.za/
  The AIDS Consortium is a network of over 1000 members, mainly community-based organisations focusing on HIV/AIDS related issues.
• AIDS Education and Training National Resource Center (AETC) http://www.aids-etc.org/aidsetc?page=home-00-00
  The AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program of the Ryan White CARE Act currently supports a network of 11 regional centers (and more than 130 local performance sites) that conduct targeted, multi-disciplinary education and training programs for healthcare providers treating persons with HIV/AIDS. The AETCs serve all 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the six U.S.-affiliated Pacific Jurisdictions. The mission of the AETCs is to improve the quality of life of patients living with HIV/AIDS through the provision of high quality professional education and training. The AETC Program is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS Bureau.
• AIDS Law Project, PA, USA http://www.aidslawpa.org/
  People with HIV and AIDS may need a lawyer as much as a doctor. All too often, society's bigotry, bureaucracy and ignorance cause serious legal problems for people with HIV/AIDS. But most people with HIV/AIDS can't afford a lawyer. For 15 years, the AIDS Law Project of PA has been fighting for the rights of Pennsylvanians living with HIV/AIDS.
• AIDS Law Project South Africa http://www.alp.org.za/view.php?file=/index.xml
  The AIDS Law Project (ALP) is at Wits University Centre for Appl