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Modernization of Arab Public Prosecution Offices: Related Links: Regional & Int'l NGOs
This section contains the website links for regional and international NGOs. As for National NGOs and Official Websites, they are available from pilot countries pages.
- Regional Sites
- International Sites
African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
[English]:
The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child aims to promote and protect the rights enshrined in the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child particularly and to monitor the implementation and ensure protection of the rights enshrined in the Charter.
American Bar Association
[English]:
The ABA provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public.
American Prosecutors Research Institute
[English]:
APRI provides state and local prosecutors knowledge and skills to ensure that justice is done and that public safety rights of all persons are safeguarded.
Amnesty International
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
Amnesty International
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
Working to protect human rights worldwide. AI is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. Amnesty International documents and publicizes human rights abuses and campaigns against legislation that violates human rights.
Arab Resource Collective
[English] [Arabic]:
The Arab Resource Collective (ARC) is an Arab independent non-profit organization that works with its partners to develop knowledge, build capacities and develop the resource culture in Arab societies.
Arab Women's International Forum
[English] [Arabic]:
Arab Women's International Forum (AWIF) is a non-profit organization that links Arab business and professional women in the Arab world with each other and with their counterparts in the international community. AWIF provides a networking opportunity where women can build their knowledge, develop their business and career potential and promote their respective organizations.
Association for Women's Rights in Development
[English] [French]:
AWID is an international membership organization connecting, informing and mobilizing people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights.
BRIDGE Institute of Development Studies - Gender publications
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
BRIDGE supports gender advocacy and mainstreaming efforts by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice with accessible and diverse gender information
Canadian Association for Mine and Explosive Ordnance Security
[English]:
The Canadian Association for Mine and Explosive Ordnance Security (CAMEO Security) is a non-profit charitable Society headquartered in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, which has as its mission to provide safe, professional, and cost-effective humanitarian land mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) services in war-torn societies.
Canadian International Development Agency
[English]:
CIDA is Canada’s lead agency for development assistance. It support sustainable development in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more secure, equitable, and prosperous world.
Canadian International Development Agency - CIDA Gender Equality
[English] [French]:
CIDA's mandate is to support sustainable development in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and contribute to a more secure, equitable, and prosperous world.
Canadian Landmine Foundation
[English] [French]:
The Canadian Landmine Foundation is a registered charity with a mission to raise awareness and funds to end the human and economic suffering caused by anti-personnel landmines. The Foundation has a strong history of building significant partnerships for mine action and of reminding Canadians of the international leadership provided by the Government of Canada.
Center for Women's Global Leadership
[English]:
The Center develops and facilitates women's leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide.
Centre for Women's Studies in Education
[English]:
The Centre aims to establish disciplinary and interdisciplinary feminist research, to implement programs and activities to facilitate the scholarly and professional development of staff and students, and to promote community outreach between the Centre and a wide range of professional and volunteer women's organizations.
Child Rights Information Network
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
The Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) is a global network that disseminates information about the Convention on the Rights of the Child and child rights amongst non-governmental organizations (NGOs), United Nations agencies, inter-governmental organization (IGOs), educational institutions, and other child rights experts.
Children's Defense Fund
[English]:
Children’s Defense Fund aims to leave no child behind and to ensure that every child has a healthy, fair, safe, moral and head start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
[English]:
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) is a non-governmental organization that promotes women's human rights. It works internationally to combat sexual exploitation in all its forms, especially prostitution and trafficking in women and children, in particular girls.
Commonwealth Gender and Development
[English]:
Works with Commonwealth people as a force for peace, democracy, equality, and good governance; a catalyst for global consensus building; and a source of assistance for sustainable development and poverty eradication.
Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute
[English]:
The Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute (CJEI) provides support and linkage among existing Commonwealth judicial education bodies and encourages the sharing of information.
Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association
[English]:
The Association was founded in 1970 as the Commonwealth Magistrates' Association and the current name was adopted in 1988.
Crime Prevention Institute
[English]:
CPI provides essential transitional services to individuals released from prison or jail back into the community.
Defense for Children International
[English]:
DCI is an independent non-governmental organization set up to ensure on-going, practical , systematic and concerted international action specially directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of the child.
De-Mining Systems
[English]:
De-Mining Systems provides a unique opportunity for philanthropists to make charitable donations or sponsor teams and machinery to remove landmines, with the added benefit of simultaneously providing the foundation for longer-term sustainable agricultural and community development.
Derechos
[English]:
works with human rights organizations in Latin America and the world to bring accurate and detailed information of the human rights situation in different countries, including the Middle East and North Africa.
End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes
[English] [French]:
End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT) is a network of organizations and individuals working together to eliminate the commercial sexual exploitation of children. It seeks to encourage the world community to ensure that children everywhere enjoy their fundamental rights free from all forms of commercial sexual exploitation.
Eurojustice Network of European Prosecutors General
[English]:
The Network aims to strengthen mutual understanding between prosecution services in the European Union.
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) is a network of more than 60 human rights organizations from over 20 countries in the Euro-Mediterranean region. It aims to contribute to the protection and promotion of the human rights principles embodied in the Barcelona Declaration of November 1995 and in the bilateral association agreements between the EU and its Mediterranean partners.
Financial Action Task Force
[English] [French]:
FATF is an inter-governmental policy-making body whose purpose is the development and promotion of national and international policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. FATF works to generate the necessary political will to bring about legislative and regulatory reforms in these areas.
Gender at Work
[English]:
Gender at Work is a new knowledge and capacity building network focused on gender and institutional change. It was created in June 2001 by Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID), Women's Learning Partnership (WLP), World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS), and United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
German Institute for Human Rights
[English]:
The German Institute for Human Rights, Berlin, reports on human rights issues in Germany and in other countries. Its intention is to contribute to the prevention of human rights violations and to the promotion and protection of human rights.
Global Integrity
[English]:
Global Integrity is an independent, non-profit organization tracking governance and corruption trends around the world. Global Integrity works with local teams of researchers and journalists to monitor openness and accountability.
Global Movement for Children
[English] [French]:
A world-wide movement of organizations, institutions, individuals and children, uniting efforts to build a world fit for children. Its mission is to build awareness of children’s rights at all levels of society.
Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption
[English] [French]:
The Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) is a non-profit organization and an international network of parliamentarians dedicated to good governance and combating corruption through peer support throughout the world.
Global Rights
[English]:
Global Rights is a human rights advocacy group that partners with local activists to challenge injustice and amplify new voices within the global discourse.
Global Witness
[English]:
Global Witness is an organization that exposes the corrupt exploitation of natural resources and international trade systems, to drive campaigns that end impunity, resource-linked conflict, and human rights and environmental abuses.
Government Accountability Office
[English]:
This office focuses on the U.S government's accountability through monitoring all federal programs. Its work affects the passage of legislation, and improves government operations.
Human Rights Education Associates
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
HREA is an international non-governmental organization that supports human rights learning; the training of activists and professionals; the development of educational materials and programming; and community-building through on-line technologies.
Human Rights First
[English]:
Human Rights First protects people at risk: refugees, victims of crimes against humanity, victims of discrimination, those whose rights are eroded in the name of national security, and human rights advocates who are targeted for defending the rights of others.
Human Rights First - the Middle East Initiative
[English]:
works in the United States and abroad to create a secure and humane world by advancing justice, human dignity and respect for the rule of law
Human Rights Watch
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization that investigates and exposes human rights violations and holds abusers accountable.
Human Rights Watch
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
Human Rights Watch aims to protect the human rights of people around the world, prevent discrimination, uphold political freedom, protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and bring offenders to justice.
Human Rights Watch - Women
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
Human Rights Watch is a human rights organization that conducts fact-finding investigations into human rights abuses in all regions of the world, then publishes those findings, generating extensive coverage in local and international media. Women Rights is one of the main fields of interest of this organization, the website offers numerous studies and useful links in this area.
Index for Free Expression
[English]:
Index on Censorship was founded in 1972 by a team of writers, journalists and artists in defense of the basic human right of free expression.
Institute for Women's Policy Research
[English]:
The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities, and societies. IWPR focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, health and safety, and women's civic and political participation.
International Association of Prosecutors
[English]:
The IAP is a non-governmental and non-political organisation, that aims to promote greater international co-operation between prosecutors.
International Bureau for Children's Rights
[English] [French]:
The International Bureau for Children's Rights (IBCR) is an international non-governmental organization whose mission is to contribute to the promotion and protection of the rights of the Child as laid out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines is committed to an international ban on the use, production, stockpiling, and sale, transfer, or export of antipersonnel landmines.
International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Rights & Democracy)
[English] [French]:
Rights & Democracy (International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development) was created by Canada's Parliament in 1988. Through working with individuals, organizations and governments in Canada and abroad, it encourages and supports the universal values of human rights and the promotion of democratic institutions and practices around the world.
International Center for Transitional Justice
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
The ICTJ assists countries pursuing accountability for past mass atrocity or human rights abuse. The Center works in societies emerging from repressive rule or armed conflict, as well as in established democracies where historical injustices or systemic abuse remain unresolved.
International Commission of Jurists
[English] [French]:
is dedicated to the primacy, coherence and implementation of international law and principles that advance human rights. The ICJ provides legal expertise at both the international and national levels to ensure that developments in international law adhere to human rights principles and that international standards.
International Committee of the Red Cross
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
ICRC is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. It directs and coordinates the international relief activities conducted by the Movement in situations of conflict. It also endeavors to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles.
Established in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
International Council on Human Rights Policy
[English] [French]:
The International Council on Human Rights Policy is an independent organization that conducts useful research into problems and dilemmas that face organizations working in the field of human rights. The Council provides a forum for applied research, reflection and forward thinking on matters of international human rights policy.
International Council on Human Rights Policy
[English]:
The ICHRP conducts applied policy research on issues that face organizations working in the field of human rights.
International Development Law Institute
[English] [French]:
The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) is an inter-governmental development organization, which aims to promote sustainable development through improvement and maintenance of the legal and judicial systems of the developing countries and countries in economic transition.
International Development Research Centre - IDRC Gender Unit
[English] [French]:
IDRC Gender Unit aims is to increase the capacity for critical and meaningful engagement in gender and development problems, issues and debates.
International Federation for Human Rights
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
The aim of the FIDH is to obtain effective improvements in the protection of victims, the prevention of Human Rights abuse and the prosecution of those responsible. FIDH’ s mandate is to contribute to the respect of all the rights defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
International Federation for Human Rights
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
FIDH aims to obtain effective improvements in the protection of victims, the prevention of human rights abuse and the prosecution of those responsible.
International Group for Anti Corruption Coordination
[English]:
The International Group for Anti-Corruption Coordination (IGAC) is dedicated to strengthening the international anti-corruption coordination and collaboration to avoid unnecessary duplication and in order to ensure effective and efficient use of existing resources.
International Human Rights Network
[English]:
A non-governmental organization that supports others in applying Human Rights Based Solutions in their work.
International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement
[English]:
The center is the source, the intermediary and the supplier of information and documentation for all those who occupy themselves with the position of women, whether it concerns books, periodicals, data, addresses, archives, visual materials, current or historical, national or international.
International Institute for Public Ethics
[English]:
The IIPE is an international professional association for practitioners and scholars working in the field of Public Sector Ethics. Its objective is to develop an international and professional community of public sector ethicists, and to offer support for scholars and practitioners.
International Labor Organization - Gender Equality
[English] [French]:
International Monetary Fund
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
IMF is an organization of 186 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world. The IMF places great emphasis on good governance when providing policy advice, financial support, and technical assistance to its member countries. The Fund's approach to combating corruption emphasizes prevention, concentrating on measures to strengthen governance and limiting the scope for corruption. The IMF promotes good governance by helping countries ensure the rule of law, improve the efficiency and accountability of their public sectors, and tackle corruption. It has also been involved in international efforts to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
[English]:
The International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) is a coalition of organizations and activists from around the world dedicated to advancing economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR).
International Network to Promote the Rule of Law
[English]:
The international network (INPROL) assists specialists working on conflict prevention and stabilization of war-torn societies. It provides a platform for information sharing and exchange with other experienced practitioners as well as access to relevant documents, best practices, and related materials – thus turning “lessons learned” into lessons applied.
International Women's Tribune Centre
[English]:
The centre is an international non-governmental organization. It's work is grounded on the premise that access to information and the ability to communicate are basic to the process of women's empowerment, to women's ability to re-defining development paradigms, to women's participation in the public policy arena and to the building of democratic societies.
Islamic Corporation for Insurance of Investments and Export Credits
[English]:
The Islamic Corporation for Insurance of Investments and Export Credits (ICIEC) is an international institution, which offers Islamic compatible products for investments and export credit, as well as country risk insurance and reinsurance instruments.
Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) aims to strengthen and promote cooperation among Member States and consolidate it in the fields of education, science, culture and communication. It also seeks to consolidate understanding among Muslim peoples and contribute to the achievement of world peace and security through various means, particularly through education, science, culture and communication.
Japan International Cooperation Agency
[English]:
The Japan International Cooperation Agency is an agency offering technical assistance for institution building, organization strengthening, and human resources development that will enable developing countries to pursue their own sustainable socioeconomic development.
Judicial Studies Board
[English]:
The JSB is directly responsible for training judges in England and Wales, and for overseeing the training of Lay magistrates and chairmen and members of Tribunals.
Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
[English] [Arabic]:
Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights is a charitable, educational organization which focuses upon the domestic and global issues of human rights for Muslims. Karamah stands committed to research, education, and advocacy work in matters pertaining to Muslim women and human rights in Islam
Kenya National Commission on Human Rights
[English]:
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights is an independent National Human Rights Institution established by an Act of Parliament. Its core mandate is to further the protection and promotion of human rights in Kenya.
Lawyers Without Borders
[English] [French]:
ASF is a non-governmental organization acting in the field of law and justice. It works to promote, to strengthen, and to protect civil, political, social and cultural human rights of individuals and people.
MADRE
[English]:
An international organization that works in partnership with community-based women’s organizations in conflict areas on the issues of development and human rights.
Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies
[English]:
The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) is a non-profit organization which promotes and contributes to projects of social, political, and economic themes relating to gender.
National Human Rights Institutions Forum
[English]:
An international forum for researchers and practitioners in the field of national human rights institutions. The website provides access to key global and regional documents, information on and from national human rights institutions, bibliography and research materials and capacity building and training resources.
Open Democracy
[English]:
OpenDemocracy, committed to human rights and democracy, offers an in-depth, independent ideas from the people who have lived through the events, from those on the ground, from scholars with expert knowledge.
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development - Fighting Bribery and Corruption
[English] [French]:
The OECD's Anti-Corruption web site, which serves as the focal point within the OECD Secretariat to support the work of the OECD in the fight against bribery and corruption in international business transactions.
Organization of Islamic Conferences
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is an inter-governmental organization grouping fifty-seven States. These States decided to pool their resources together, combine their efforts and speak with one voice to safeguard the interest and ensure the progress and well-being of their peoples and those of other Muslims in the world over.
Pan American Health Organization - Gender and Health resources
[English]:
PAHO's Gender, Ethnicity and Health Unit (GH) provides technical co-operation and assistance to PAHO's technical units and Member States to promote gender and ethnic equality and equity in the development of health policies and programs.
Peace and Justice Program
[English]:
The Program has two major tracks, human rights and international cooperation and governance and civil society.
Peace Women - Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
[English]:
is a project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). The Project monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, which addressed the disproportionate impact of armed conflict on women and called for women's participation as active agents in peace and security.
Penal Reform International
[English]:
Penal Reform International is an international non-governmental organization working on penal and criminal justice reform worldwide.
Penal Reform International
[English]:
Penal Reform International is an international non-governmental organization working on penal and criminal justice reform worldwide. It aims at the development and implementation of international human rights instruments in relation to law enforcement and prison conditions, the elimination of unfair and unethical discrimination in all penal measures, and the abolition of the death penalty
People Against Landmines
[English] [French]:
Based on humanitarian principles, the organization "People against Landmines" (MgM) is dedicated to providing a safe environment and promoting peaceful development everywhere. It concentrates on tackling the growing worldwide threat to civilians of land mines and seeks to reduce the risk of severe injury and death and especially to alleviate the bottleneck to development that mines cause in post war regions.
Physicians for Human Rights
[English]:
PHR promotes health by protecting human rights. PHR members have worked to stop torture, disappearances, and political killings by governments and opposition groups; to improve health and sanitary conditions in prisons and detention centers; to investigate the physical and psychological consequences of violations of humanitarian law in internal and international conflicts.
Plan International
[English]:
The organization is developmental and works in partnership with children, families and communities, to develop sustainable ways to end the cycle of poverty.
Refugee Women in Development
[English]:
Refugee Women in Development (RefWID), Inc works for women who have experienced human rights abuses, domestic violence, rape, and war. RefWID's programs build capacity in developing countries, by empowering marginalized women to assume leadership and contributing their valuable experience to the development of democratic societies.
Refugees International
[English]:
Refugees International (RI) is a non-governmental organization that generates lifesaving humanitarian assistance and protection for displaced people around the world and works to end the conditions that create displacement. RI's advocacy generates increases in resources and policy changes by governments and UN agencies that improve conditions for refugees and displaced people.
Rule of Law Foundation
[English]:
The Foundation is a charitable non-profit and non-governmental organization. It is financed from private donations and grants.It aims to protect legal, social, economical and cultural human rights.
Save the Children USA
[English]:
A leading independent organization creating real and lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world. It is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance. It works with families to define and solve the problems their children and communities face.
Sisterhood Is Global Institute
[English]:
is an international non-governmental, non-profit organization dedicated to the support and promotion of women's rights at the local, national, regional, and global levels.
Sumoud, A Political Prisoner Solidarity Group
[English]:
Sumoud is a political prisoner solidarity group established by a group of activists in Toronto, Canada. They campaign primarily around Palestinian political prisoners being held by Israel. They also take up the imprisonment of indigenous, immigrant and radicalized people in North America, as well as the role of the prison industrial complex in criminalizing poverty and political resistance.
Swiss League for Human Rights [French]:
The Swiss League of Human Rights (LSDH) is an association affiliated with the International Federation of Human Rights. Its mission is to promote equality, freedom, and justice, and the principles that modern societies rely on and that are proclaimed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the European Convention on Human Rights (1950).
The World Bank
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
The World Bank is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance, works on number of development needs; health, education, social development, including governance, and institution-building as key elements of poverty reduction, the protection of the environment, the support of private business development and the promotion of reforms for development. Many governance and anti-corruption initiatives are taking place throughout the World Bank Group. They focus on internal organizational integrity, minimizing corruption on World Bank-funded projects, and assisting countries in improving governance and controlling corruption.
Tiri Making Integrity Work
[English]:
Tiri is an independent non-governmental organization that works with governments, business and civil society to find practical solutions to making integrity work. Tiri considers integrity as an essential component of sustainable development, of the safeguarding of human rights, of strengthening democracy and of poverty reduction.
Transparency International
[English]:
TI is a global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption. Founded in 1993, TI raises awareness and diminishes apathy and tolerance of corruption, and devises and implements practical actions to address it. Transparency International is a global network including more than 90 locally established national chapters and chapters-in-formation. These bodies bring together relevant players from government, civil society, business and the media to promote transparency in elections, in public administration, in procurement and in business. TI’s global network of chapters and contacts also use advocacy campaigns to lobby governments to implement anti-corruption reforms. Since 1998, TI releases every year the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI ) that measures the perceived level of public-sector corruption in 180 countries and territories around the world.
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre
[English]:
Established in 2002, the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre assists donor practitioners in more effectively addressing corruption challenges through their development support. Through this extensive online resource centre,U4 guides users to relevant anti-corruption resources, including applied research and communicate the work of the U4 partner agencies through a searchable database of projects and initiatives. U4 also offers a Help Desk service and provide online as well as in-country training on anti-corruption measures and strategies for partner agencies and their counterparts.
UNDP Human Development Reports on Gender
[English]:
The Human Development Report (HDR) aims to put people back at the center of the development process in terms of economic debate, policy and advocacy.
United Against Corruption
[English]:
United Against Corruption (UNICORN) is a Global Unions Anti-corruption Network. Its overall aim is to mobilize and support trade unions to combat corruption. It also works on democracy building, development, debt relief, and public sector reform
United for Peace and Justice
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A coalition of hundreds of American groups opposed to the warfare policy of the USA. It presents information about the situation in Iraq, resources for organizing and links on the occupation of Iraq.
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development - Gender and Social Policy
[English] [French]:
UNRISD is an autonomous UN agency engaging in multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development.
United States Agency for International Development
[English]:
USAID is an independent federal government agency that conducts foreign assistance and humanitarian aid to advance the political and economic interests of the United States.
Universal Periodic Review
[English]:
The UPR is a state-driven review process taken by every UN member state and under the auspices of the Human Rights Council to report on each member state’s human rights obligations and commitments once every four years.
WomenAction
[English] [French]:
Women Action- a coalition network of members from around the world- intended to be a global information, communication and media network that enables NGOs to actively engage in the Beijing+5 review process with the long term goal of women's empowerment, with a special focus on women and media.
Women's Democracy Network
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
The Network seeks to enable women to take part in the democratic development of their countries and to provide training and mentoring opportunities that address the specific needs of women throughout the world.
Women's eNews
[English] [Arabic]:
Women's E-News is a source of news covering issues of particular concern to women and providing women's perspectives on public policy. It enhances women's ability to define their own lives and to participate fully in every sector of human endeavor.
Women's Human Rights Net- A project of AWID
[English] [French]:
WHRNet updates readers on women's human rights issues and policy developments globally and provides information and analyses that support advocacy actions.
Women's Initiatives for Gender and Justice
[English]:
The Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice is an international women’s human rights organization advocating for gender-inclusive justice and working towards an effective and independent International Criminal Court (ICC).
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
[English]:
(Wilpf) was founded as an international organization to work globally. Its aims and objectives are to bring together women of different political views and philosophical and religious backgrounds determined to study and make known the causes of war and work for a permanent peace.
Women's World Summit Foundation
[English] [French]:
The Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF) is a humanitarian, non-governmental and non-profit organization with United Nations consultative status (ECOSOC, UNFPA and DPI), that works for a new development paradigm with and for women and children with the principal objective of empowering women, children and NGOs.
World Intellectual Property Organization
[English] [Arabic] [French]:
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system, which rewards creativity, stimulates innovation and contributes to economic development while safeguarding the public interest.
World March For Women
[English] [French]:
Aims to Strengthen and maintain a vast solidarity movement of grass-roots women’s groups so that the March constitutes a gesture of affirmation by women of the world and to promote equality between women and men and between peoples.
World Vision International
[English]:
WVI is a Christian relief and development organization working for the well being of all people, especially children. The organization provides emergency relief, education, health care, economic development and promotion of justice.
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