Gender Networks and Research Organisations

Resources

Journals/web portals

A comprehensive database of summaries and links to gender materials such as tools, manuals, case studies, policy papers and research. There is also a gender experts and consultants database.

Provides general information about development, with excellent special sections on gender and other themes. The site contains an enormous library of online documents and an organisational directory of development related services.

Catalysts for Change

A web-based resource portal created to serve as a focal point for discussion and dissemination of information on strengthening the political participation of women in the Caribbean region.

Organisations

African Evaluation Network (AfrEA) 

AfrEA develops and shares gender evaluation tools and methodologies, and encourages the implementation of gender-sensitive evaluations across the continent.

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The Caribbean Association for Feminist Research & Action (CAFRA)

A regional network of feminists, individual researchers, activists and women’s organisations that define feminist politics as a matter of both consciousness and action.

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A specialised gender and development  research and information service, based at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK.

The home of the renowned collection, the International Archives for the Women's Movement. By collecting and making our heritage available, Aletta aims to inspire, to expand knowledge on the position of women and to promote research in this area.

Feminist.com 

A grassroots network of activists providing resources and information on a variety of women's health, political, and educational issues.

Gender, Institutions and Development - Data Base (GID-DB)

A tool for researchers and policy makers to determine and analyse obstacles to women’s economic development. It covers a total of 160 countries and comprises an array of 60 indicators on gender discrimination.

Global Center for Women's Studies and Politics (GLOW)

Online portal that offers information, interaction and education opportunities for women. GLOW promotes building networks for a global feminist community.

International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)

ICRW undertake focused, evidence-based, action-oriented research; providing technical assistance to partner organizations, donors and governments; and advocating for new or improved policies and programs.

Oxfam, Great Britain (Gender pages)

A development, relief, and campaigning organisation, comprised of 13 independent non-government organizations that works with others to overcome poverty and suffering around the world.

Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

An independent centre of knowledge and expertise in the areas of international and intercultural cooperation, operating at the interface between theory and practice and between policy and implementation.

Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA)

An action oriented research organization in seven countries of Southern Africa.

Gender and Development Network (GADN)

A diverse membership network of leading practitioners, academics and consultants working on gender and development issues in the UK.

Grassroots Organisations Operating Together in Sisterhood (GROOTS)

A flexible network linking leaders and groups in poor rural and urban areas in the South and the North.

The Huairou Commission

A global coalition of networks, institutions and individual professionals that linksgrassroots women’s community development organizations to partners. It links development professionals to on-the-ground practice.

International Indigenous Women's Forum (FIMI)

A network of Indigenous women leaders from Asia, Africa, and the Americas. FIMI's mission is to bring together Indigenous women activists, leaders, and human rights promoters from different parts of the world.