Links By
Area/Ethnicity/Religion
- African Cinema
Videography
Connects to the University of California
at Berkeley's Media Resources Center.
- African
Women Fiction Writers
"Voices of Change" from the
University of Florida provides biographical summaries and bibliographic
references for such African women writers as Ama Ata Aidoo, Miriama Ba,
Buche Emecheta, Bessie Head and Nadine Gordimer.
- African Women Online
Warning: this site is
graphic-heavy, but it can be worth the extra time involved. Includes
detailed and updated news and information on women's issues in Cote
D'Ivorie, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, and other countries.
- Africa Online Griots Talk
Listing of African
Writers, links to the African Writers Journal, and lists of African
Organizations and other information.
- Supporting Women's
Use of Information Technologies for Sustainable Development, a study by
Sophia Huyer
An extensive study from 1997 study on the
topic of "African women's use of information and communication technologies
(ICTs). This includes issues of access, the benefits African women
experience and can expect to experience from ICTs, and the role they can
and do play in the production and dissemination of information." Includes
case studies.
- "The Personal is Political," or Why Women's Rights
are Indeed Human Rights: An African Perspective on
International Feminism
Takes you to the Human Rights
Quarterly Journal and this article by J. Oloka-Onyango and Sylvia Tamale.
The journal contains numerous articles on Women and Human Rights which can
be reached through this link.
- Women--Afric
a
From Stanford, an extensive list of further links and
listserves having to do with African women. Includes links to articles,
master theses, and other hard-to-find sources.
- Women of Africa
Resources
A beautiful site, containing articles and
links to other sites relevent to Africa and the African diaspora, ranging
in issues from arts and literature to economics and development to female
circumcision.
-
Women of the ANC
A site from the ANC (African National Congress) focusing on women's roles
in the liberation struggle. Contains documents of important sppeches and
biographies of some women liberation leaders.
Return to: Gender and
Women's Studies of Africa Page
- Huma's Muslim
Sisters Homepage
This site from Albany, New York aims
to correct misconceptions about Muslim women but it is much more than this
as well, containing an extensive number of articles on specific aspects of
the Koran and hadiths, as well as articles on more general topics faced by
Muslim women worldwide. Also provides an extensive list of links to other
sites.
- Women in
Islam articles at USC
More articles on women in Islam,
islamic Law, and beliefs about Muslim women.
- Women in the Middle East
An excellent site from
Columbia University Middle East Studies Department which contains a
comprehensive listing of articles and links to sites spanning from ancient
times to the present, and including the areas of Armenia, Turkey, Arab
World, Israel, the Kurds, and Iran.
Return to Gender and
Women's Studies of Middle East Page
- National Report
on Tibet Women
This national report on Tibetan women is
the first of its kind, prepared by the Women's Issues Desk of the
Department of Information and International Relations, Tibetan
Government-in- Exile. The report documents the conditions of Tibetan women
inside occupied-Tibet as well as in exile. It touches upon the concerns of
Tibetan women.
- Women Watch in Asia
and the Pacific
Contains "Commitments of Governments to
Implement the Beijing Platform for Action" (Background Paper prepared by
the Division for the Advancement of Women based on the statements delivered
during the Fourth World Conference on Women). Classified by country,
including China and Japan.
Return to: Gender and
Women's Studies of East Asia Page
- A
Bibliography on Literature Written by South Asian Women
From the University of Washington Libraries in Seattle, this site
provides information about South Asian Women's writing from as early the
8th century through the present.
- Journal of
South Asian Women's Studies
A new, transnational
on-line journal covering the area of South Asia from a multi-disciplinary
perspective.
- Manushi
This site carries select articles from the issues of Manushi, a
journal founded in 1978. The magazine analyses political, economic and
social issues from a people-oriented perspective. One of the main goals of
Manushi is to build an information-gathering process about the life
situations of the people of different communities within India. This is
done through articles on women's lives and work, civil liberties and human
rights issues, interviews, historical pieces, film and book reviews,
fiction, poetry, and responses from readers.
- South Asian
Women's Net (SAWNET)
This site covers the area of South
Asia in a comprehensive fashion, including articles and information on such
issues as art, film, and literature, health, and political organizations.
Of note is the up-to-date listing of news articles on women's issues from
throughout South Asia.
- SAWNET Bookshop: Books by and for South Asian Women
Contains biographies of authors, photographs, and otrdering
information.
- South
Asian Studies Library Women Studies Bibliography
A list
of materials on South Asian women available at the University of California
at Berkeley library.
Return to Gender and
Women's Studies of South Asia Page
- Child Workers
in Asia
Contains testimonials from Cambodian Workers and Declaration
and Agenda for action in Prevention and Psycho-social Rehabilitation of
Child Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation
- Collection of
Southeast Asian NGO Directories
Takes you to Chiang Mai University's list of NGOs in Southeast Asia--mainly
Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand--to which you can connect directly.
- East Timorese
Women's Message to Beijing Women's Conference
Features
a letter written by East Timorese women unable to attend the conference to
the attendees of the conference.
- East
Timor Women's Issues
A frequently up-dated page
featuring articles on the women of East Timor, personal testimony from East
Timorese women now in exile, and those who remain in East Timor, and
information on the history of the East Timor situation.
- Southeast
Asian Studies Library Women Studies Bibliography
A list
of works on Southeast Asian women available at the University of California
at Berkeley library.
- Women Watch in Asia
and the Pacific
Contains "Commitments of Governments to
Implement the Beijing Platform for Action" (Background Paper prepared by
the Division for the Advancement of Women based on the statements delivered
during the Fourth World Conference on Women). Classified by country,
including Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and
Singapore.
Return to Gender and
Women's Studies of Southeast Asia Page
- Asian American Writers
Workshop
A New York-based site featuring the Asian American Bookseller
which offers over 1000 titles of fiction and non-fiction with many brief
descriptions. Also includes the Asian American Pacific Journal and
Ten, an Asian Pacific Literary Newsletter.
- List of Asian
American Organizations in the Bay Area
A comprehensive
listing of organizations for labor, law, students, gay and lesbian issues
including local and e-mail addresses when available.
-
Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center Clearinghouse of
Educational Materials
The Resource Center prepares and
develops health education materials for distribution to Native American
audiences. These materials have been requested by tribes and agencies
throughout the United States and Canada. Reports. posters, pamphlets, and
videos on several topics including AIDS, Cancer Prevention, Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome, Environmental Issues, Diabetes and Native Women's Reproductive
Health are available through the
Clearinghouse.
- Women's History
and Literature Media: her Own Words
Provides
descriptions and ordering information for "Her Own Words" videos on Women's
History pertaining to Native Americans and Pioneers, as well as videos on
women artists and "women in non-traditional occupations."
Return to Gender and Women's
Studies of Latin America Page
Return to International Gender
Studies Resources Homepage