Links
List of web-sites that carry information related to the Beijing Plus Five review process.
A. Global web-sites
B. Africa
C. Asia/Pacific
D. Latin America
E. North America
F. Europe
G. United Nations
H. UN Regional Commissions
A. Global web-sites:1. http://www.womenaction.orghttp://www.womenaction.org/preview.htmlWomenAction site for Beijing Plus Five planning (currently under construction). However, the second issue of IWTC's special bulletin on B+5 info entitled Preview 2000 is already available at:
More sections will be added as funds and information become available.
2. http://www.oneworld.org/whrnet
Women's Human Rights site still under construction, but some information already available.
3. http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cwgl/humanright
Center for Women's Global Leadership site, with special B + 5 section.
Website for WomensNet, South Africa, including regular updates on all > matters related to gender (including Beijing Plus Five) in Africa, also international news
5. http://www.africaonline.co.ke/femnet
FEMNET Africa site out of Kenya, in English and French.
Brand new web-site of Isis WICCE (Women's International Cross Cultural > Exchange) based in Kampala, Uganda.
7. http://www.enda.sn/synfev/synfev.htm
Web-site of ENDA-Synfev, Senegal. The following 4 web-sites are also > part of ENDA-Synfev, which is part of the APC Women's Network Support Programme.
a. http://www.famafrique.org
Famafrique : web site for francophone African womenb. http://www.enda.sn/synfev/fainfo.htm
Electronic information service in French about women in Africac. http://www.famafrique.org/toileindex.html
La toile d'elles: Bimonthly liaison bulletin for francophone African womend. http://www.famafrique.org/fem2000.html
Femmes2000: Information in French about the preparations of Beijing+5
in Africa and worldwide
Flame is a network of African sisters online committed to strengthening the capacity of women through the use of ICTs to lobby, advocate and participate in the Beijing +5 process regionally and globally.
8. http://www.isiswomen.org/
Isis International/Manila's site for Asia/Pacific women.9. http://www.jca.apc.org/aworc/bpfa/
This site is run by the Asian Women's Resource Exchange (AWORC) for > Asia/Pacific Beijing Plus Five planning.
10. http://www.jca.apc.org/aworc/notes/ict/19990317.html
Part of the AWORC site for Asia/Pacific, includes good coverage of the Beijing Plus Five PrepCom and the beginnings of the Global Communications project (WomenAction 2000).
11. http://alainet.org
ALAI web site out of Ecuador. English, French and SpanishFempress web-site out of Chile. Contains articles and other materials about women in LA, many related to Beijing Plus Five plans and preparations. Spanish.
Brand new web-site of Isis International/Santiago, with plans for a Beijing Plus Five section later. Spanish.
Association for Women in Development, based in Washington, DC. AWID also has a regular e-mail bulletin entitled AWID Exchange. Contact: awid@awid.org
15. http://www.sympatico.ca/criaw
CRIAW (Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement). Has section for Beijing Plus Five plans and preparations in Canada.
International Archives for the Women's Movement in Amsterdam. There will soon be a new European B + 5 site launched through them that will feature lots of information on NGO organizing around Beijing plus Five in Eastern and Western Europe.
17. http://www.gn.apc.org/apcwomen
The GreenNet/APC (Association for Progressive Communications) women's > site, UK.
18. http://www.un.org/womenwatch/followup/beijing5/index.html
The site for UN follow-up to Beijing activities and events19. http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/followup/beijing+5.htm
Division for the Advancement of Women20. http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/
Web-site for UN Commission on the Status of Women
21. http://www.unescap.org
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia/Pacific.22. http://www.unece.org
UN Economic Commission for Europe23. http://www.un.org/depts/eca
UN Economic Commission for Africa24. http://www.unescwa.org
UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia25. http://www.eclac.org
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carribean
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