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lnternational Women's Organizations

• Vital Voices - Unleashing women's leadership potential to transform lives and accelerate peace and prosperity worldwide.
• Association for Women's Rights in Development - Strengthening movements to advance women's rights and gender equality worldwide.
• Women Thrive Worldwide - The leading non-profit shaping U.S. policy to help women in developing countries lift themselves out of poverty.
• UN Women - Entity for gender equality and empowerment of women.
• UN Women Watch - Information and resources on gender equality and empowerment of women.
• Half the Sky - A movement to emancipate women and fight global poverty.
• The Girl Effect - Raising awareness about women's issues in the developing world and advocating for change. Contributing to women's educational initiatives, microlending, and more.
• CARE - A leading humanitarian organization that focuses on working alongside poor women to fight global poverty.
• Women's Campaign International - Working in emerging democracies and post-conflict regions to advance opportunities for women to actively participate in public advocacy and political processes.
• World Pulse - A global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice.
• Centre for Development and Population Activities - Working to increase educational opportunities for girls, provide access to reproductive health and HIV/AIDS information and services, and promote women's leadership worldwide.
• Women's Learning Partnership - Leadership and empowerment programs encouraging women to take on leadership roles in their families, communities, and societies.

Women's Education Initiatives

• Camfed - Fighting poverty and AIDS by educating girls and empowering young women in Africa.
• Girls Helping Girls - Empowering girls to transform their world by mobilizing them to engage in cultural exchange and social change projects.
• Girls Learn International - Pairing middle and high school-based chapters in the US with partner schools to support girls' education in countries where they have traditionally been denied access to school.

Reproductive Health

• EngenderHealth - Improving lives through family planning, maternal health, and gender equity initiatives, along with many other programs.
• Pathfinder International - Working to improve reproductive health in the developing world.
• International Women's Health Coalition - A leader in the struggle for reproductive health rights around the globe.
• Maternal Health Task Force - Shaping collective efforts to improve maternal health worldwide.
• White Ribbon Alliance - an international coalition working to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for women and newborns.
• AMDD - strengthening national health systems to provide emergency care for women experiencing life-threatening obstetric complications.

Grantmaking Organizations

• Global Fund for Women - Promoting women's economic security, health, education, and leadership.
• Women's Funding Network - connects and strengthens organizations that fund women’s solutions across the globe.
• African Women's Development Fund - A grantmaking foundation which supports local, national and regional organizations in Africa working towards women’s empowerment.
• UNIFEM - A UN fund that provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programs that foster women's empowerment.
• The Channel Foundation - Combating gender inequality through grantmaking, advocacy, and collaboration with an international network of women's rights organizations and funders.
• The Fund for Global Human Rights - Supporting organizations working to address a wide range of human rights issues, including women's rights.
• Urgent Action Fund - supports women's rights defenders striving to create cultures of justice, equality, and peace.

Articles Relating to Women's Issues

• The Women's Crusade - How changing the lives of women and girls in the developing world can change everything.
• Women and the Food Crisis - How soaring food prices adversely affect women in developing countries.
• Empowering the Mothers of Africa - Part of the Guardian and Observer Katine project.
• MDG Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women - CARE assesses the progress in achieving the 3rd UN Millennium Development Goal and lays out policy recommendations.

Statistics

• UN Women Watch Statistics and Indicators - Directory of UN resources on gender and women's issues.
• United Nations Statistics Division - UN gender statistics sources.
• Global Health Observatory: Women and Health - The WHO's data on women's health worldwide.
• The Guardian Data Blog - Data, statistics, and reports relating to the Millennium Development Goals and the gender gap.