Women's Rights (18 links)

Assiwar: Feminist Arab Movement in Support of Victims of Sexual Abuse
A feminist organization based in Haifa that focuses on providing support for victims of sexual abuse.

 

Association for Women's Rights in Development
An organization whose mission is to strengthen the influence of women’s rights advocates internationally to effectively advance the rights of women.

 

Asuda: Combating Violence Against Women
Based in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, this organization works to stop violence against women such as honor killings.

 

The Global Campaign to Stop Killing & Stoning Women
Coordinated by the network Women Living Under Muslim Laws, this campaign raises awareness of practices that violate women's human rights, such as stoning.

 

Global Fund for Women	Featured listing
An international network that makes grants to support women's groups around the world.

Human Rights Watch: Women's Rights	Featured listing
Human Rights Watch's updates on the state of women's rights around the world.

International Campaign Against Honor Killings
A campaign that attempts to stop honor killings and bring those who commit this crime to justice.


International Museum of Women
A museum designed to put the spotlight on women and their accomplishments; it organizes exhibitions, forums, and curricula, including a global online exhibition, Women, Power, and Politics.


Kafa: Enough Violence & Exploitation
A Lebanese non-profit organization that seeks to help victims of violence and exploitation of women and children.

 

Knowing Our Rights: Women, Family, Laws and Customs in the Muslim World - from Women Living Under Muslim Laws
This third and completely revised version of the "Knowing Our Rights" handbook is a comprehensive resource detailing the state of family law in a broad range of Muslim countries across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

 

Manual: Claiming Rights, Claiming Justice: A Guidebook on Women Human Rights Defenders
A guidebook that covers specific kinds of human rights violations that affect women activists because of their gender, as well as means of protecting female human rights defenders.

 

Sisterhood is Global
An international NGO that aims to create a fundraising engine that will benefit women.

Special Report: Women's Rights in the Middle East & North Africa, 2010, from Freedom House	Featured listing
A detailed report on the state of women's rights in each Arab country in the Middle East/North Africa. See also the 2005 report.

Women, Laws, & Initiatives in the Muslim World - from Women Living Under Muslim Laws
An action-oriented publication, this booklet examines some of the central themes which are integral to the status of women in Muslim societies: the multiple sources and forms of law; family, patriarchy, and laws; women and the culture of violence; nationalism, identity, and women; political and social dynamics of power. It also details a number of strategies, both successful and less successful, which have been used by women in Muslim societies to meet the challenges they face. These strategies range from direct personal actions for change to international networking.


Women for Women International
An organization that mobilizes women to sponsor and help women who have survived war through a year-long program that empowers these survivors and give them skills training.

Women Living Under Muslim Laws	Featured listing
An international solidarity network that provides information and support for women whose lives are shaped or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam.

Women's International League for Peace & Freedom
This United Nations project works toward implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security.

Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, & Peace	Featured listing
A network dedicated to women's leadership and empowerment, working in cooperation with 18 independent partner organizations in the Global South, particularly in Muslim-majority societies.