This collection of external links is a directory of organizations dealing with refugee, asylum and human rights topics or provide (country-specific) information otherwise useful for practitioners. The directory contains over 3000 links to relevant internet sources and has been compiled and organized by type of organization, topic/mandate, regions and countries they relate to. This additional service has been provided to facilitate research by providing a mechanism to access information that may be relevant for decision makers and is not as such included in Refworld.
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Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation
IKWRO is a registered charity founded in 2002. We provide advice, support, advocacy and referral in Arabic, Kurdish, Turkish, Dari and Farsi to women, girls and couples living in Britain, in particular helping women facing domestic violence, forced marriage and 'honour'-based violence. Type: Non-Governmental Organizations | Topic: Women |
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Islamic Republic of Iran
Type: United Nations | Topic: Country Profiles/Information |
Kurdish Media
Type: News/Media Organizations |
Kurdish Women's Action Against Honour Killing
Kurdish Women Action Against Honour Killing (KWAHK) is a network of Kurdish and non-Kurdish activists, lawyers and academic researchers. It was established in March 2000 in London. Its formation coincided with the first international Womens Day in the third millennium. It started with an important gathering of the Kurdish community in London; more than 500 women and men came together to celebrate the launch of this organization, with its slogan - No Honour in Murder. Type: Non-Governmental Organizations | Topic: Women |
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Type: United Nations | Topic: Country Profiles/Information |
Persian2English
"Persian2English is a grassroots blog which aims to expose Irans violations of human rights to the international audience. We are a team of volunteers from across the world with a shared purpose: to break the language barrier on human rights. We strive to further the amount of Iranian human rights news used by international media outlets. Citizen awareness is imperative to the Iranian peoples struggle for freedom and civil liberty." (from website) Type: News/Media Organizations |
RAHANA - Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran
Type: Non-Governmental Organizations | Topic: Human Rights |
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) - Iran
Type: News/Media Organizations | Topic: Country Profiles/Information |
ReliefWeb - Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Type: Reference Information | Topic: Country Profiles/Information |
The Green Voice of Freedom
Type: Non-Governmental Organizations | Topic: Human Rights |