Development

See also:

• Society: Organizations: Development  (161)
• Society: People: Women: Issues: Aid and Development  (3)

Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) - - An international membership organization committed to gender equality and just sustainable development. In English, French, and Spanish.

CENIT - Center for the Working Girl - - Nonprofit NGO in Quito, Ecuador providing a variety of educational, vocational, and health services to working girls and their families. Information on programs, longterm follow-up, and volunteering.

Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund - - Statewide non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women, girls and their families to achieve equal opportunities in their personal and professional lives. Details of mission, programs, publications and membership.

Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS) - - An international non-governmental organisation working on issues of gender, peace and development in Africa, particularly with women peace-builders. Information about their organization, activities, events, publications and press releases. [English and French.

Geoseed Project - - Non-profit group in Silicon Valley sends recent issues of National Geographic to schools in developing countries to encourage girls to continue their education.

Integrated Women Development Institute (IWDI) - - Community organization for social action and development in the Dalit community in Tamil Nadu. Describes goals and programs.

International Women's Tribune Centre - - Provides communication, information, education, and organizing support services to women's organizations and community groups in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

Passages Northwest - Seattle - - Dedicated to educating and motivating girls and women to develop leadership and courage through the integrated exploration of the arts and the natural environment.

Street Girls Project - - Non-profit organization based in Lusaka, Zambia explains its aims of promoting girls' rights and teaching them how to protect against HIV/AIDs.

TEWA - - Aims to increase the self-reliance of Nepalis by reducing dependency on foreign donors, with special focus on women. Describes goals and lists board and staff.

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) - - Details the fund's activities plus resource packs and forthcoming events.

Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) - - Works nationally and in its home community of Washington, DC to achieve economic independence and equality of opportunity for women and girls.

Women, Ink. - - A project of the International Women's Tribune Center to market and distribute books on women and development in the Global South region.

Women's Alliance for Development - - Projects and publications from Bulgarian group working with women's organisations, informal groups or individual women for sustainable development of the society and its human resources. [English/Bulgarian.

Women's Housing Coalition - - Baltimore. A non-profit organization provides transitional and permanent housing combined with supportive services for homeless, low-income, and at-risk women.

Work Of Women (WOW) - - A global organization within World Neighbors investing in the power and potential of women through funding health, education and micro-credit programs.