Subject: IWTC Women's GlobalNet #126
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 01:25:03 +0900
Seq: 7
---------------- Original message follows ---------------- From: "iwtc@green.igc.org" <iwtc@igc.org> To: iwtc-womensglobalnet@igc.org Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 19:31:24 -0400 Subject: IWTC Women's Globalnet #126 -- IWTC WOMEN'S GLOBALNET #126 Women's Initiatives and Activities Worldwide by Anne S. Walker July 23, 1999 ONLINE INFORMATION ABOUT BEIJING PLUS FIVE As part of the NGO Global Communications Network project (WomenAction 2000), an outcome of meetings between national, regional and international women's media networks during PrepCom I for Beijing Plus Five in March 1999, we are making efforts to locate web-sites that carry information on the Beijing Plus Five review process. Here is a preliminary listing of web-sites that we are currently aware of. Please note that it is a beginning list only and some sites are still under construction. Let us know of other sites that would be of interest to people looking for Beijing Plus Five information, and we will add these to this listing. A. Global web-sites: 1. <http://www.womenaction.org> WomenAction 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: <http://www.womenaction.org/preview.html> 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. B. Africa: 4. <http://womensnet.org.za>. 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. 6. <http://www.isis.or.ug> Brand new web-site of Isis WICCE (Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange) based in Kampala, Uganda. 7. <http://wwwenda.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 women b. <http://www.enda.sn/synfev/fainfo.htm>: Electronic information service in French about women in Africa c. <http://www.famafrique.org/toileindex.html> La toile d'elles: Bimonthly liaison bulletin for francophone African women d. <http://www.famafrique.org/fem2000.html>" Femmes2000: Information in French about the preparations of Beijing+5 in Africa and worldwide C. Asia/Pacific: 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). D. Latin America: 11. <http://alainet.org> ALAI web site out of Ecuador. English, French and Spanish 12. <http://www.fempress.cl> Fempress web-site out of Chile. Contains articles and other materials about women in LA, many related to Beijing Plus Five plans and preparations. Spanish. 13. <http://www.isis.cl> Brand new web-site of Isis International/Santiago, with plans for a Beijing Plus Five section later. Spanish. E. North America: 14. <http://www.awid.org> 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. F. Europe: 16. <http://www.iiav.nl>. 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. G. United Nations: 18. <http://www.un.org/womenwatch/followup/beijing5/index.html> The site for UN follow-up to Beijing activities and events 19. <http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/followup/beijing+5.htm> Division for the Advancement of Women 20. <http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/> Web-site for UN Commission on the Status of Women H. UN Regional Commissions: 21. <http://www.unescap.org> UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia/Pacific. 22. <http://www.unece.org> UN Economic Commission for Europe 23. <http://www.uneca.org> UN Economic Commission for Africa 24. <http://www.unescwa.org> UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia 25. <http://www.eclac.org> Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carribean IWTC Women's GlobalNet is produced by: International Women's Tribune Centre 777 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Tel: (1-212) 687-8633 Fax: (1-212) 661-2704 e-mail: <iwtc@igc.apc.org>