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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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 |
Ministry of Women's Affairs, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Type: Governmental Organizations | Topic: Women |
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR): Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
In the discharge of the mandate the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences transmits urgent appeals and communications to States regarding alleged cases of violence against women; undertakes fact-finding country visits. Type: United Nations | Topic: Women |
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR): Women's Human Rights and Gender Unit (WRGU)
Type: United Nations | Topic: Women |
Online Women in Politics
Type: Non-Governmental Organizations | Topic: Women |
Open Society Foundations International Women's Program
Type: Non-Governmental Organizations | Topic: Women |
Sisterhood is Global Institute (SIGI)
Among its other activities, the Institute pioneered the first Urgent Acton Alerts regarding womenís rights; the first global campaign to make visible women's unpaid labor in the census; and the first human rights manuals (in 12 languages) specifically for women in Muslim societies. Type: Non-Governmental Organizations | Topic: Women |
UNHCR - Refugee Women
Type: United Nations | Topic: Women |
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. Type: United Nations | Topic: Women |
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women): Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
"The Commission on the Status of Women is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women." (from website) Type: United Nations | Topic: Women |