A list of regional and international groups from www.peacewomen.org that provides information in women, peace and security: Contact person - Sarah@peacewomen.org. This GENERAL NEWS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          top AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (AI) News, including the latest AI press releases Homepage: http://www.amnesty.org/ (Click on "NEWS") AVIVA Aviva is a free monthly women's 'Webzine,' based in the UK, that includes listings of national and international news stories covering women's issues, upcoming events, women's organizations, courses and resources. Homepage: http://www.aviva.org/ News: http://www.aviva.org/press.htm   AWID'S RESOURCE NET (email service) The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) e-service includes job postings, information on upcoming international events and important announcements - from campaigns to research opportunities. AWID's Resource Net includes the "Friday File" which provides analysis on articles, books, events, meetings. To subscribe, send an e-mail with the words "subscribe resource" in the body of the message to lists@awid.org For more information about AWID's Resource Net: http://www.awid.org/input.html Homepage: http://www.awid.org BBC - 'women' search Homepage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/default.stm CENTER FOR GENDER AND REFUGEE STUDIES (CGRS) CGRS provides legal expertise and resources to attorneys representing women asylum-seekers fleeing gender related harm, at both the practice and policy levels, and seeks to track decisions in these cases. CGRS also works to coordinate legal and public policy advocacy efforts through domestic and international networking, and engages in public education efforts in order to educate decision-makers and the public and contribute to the formulation of national and international policy and practice. Homepage: http://www.uchastings.edu/cgrs/ CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR The Christian Science Monitor is an international daily newspaper published Monday through Friday. The Monitor runs independent writers based in 11 countries. Homepage: http://www.csmonitor.com EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN WOMEN ACTION (ENAWA) ENAWEA is a network of media, ICT, information and advocacy organizations strengthening and integrating a feminist analysis in the information and media landscape in relation to social movements and the women's movement in our region and the world. Homepage: http://www.enawa.org/ For News, Click here FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION: GLOBAL FEMINIST NEWS WIRE To receive the news in a weekly email digest form, visit: http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswire.asp Homepage: http://www.feminist.org/ Global News: http://www.feminist.org/global/index.asp GLOBAL IDP PROJECT - ‘women’ search The Global IDP Project is the leading international body monitoring internal displacement worldwide, and a major centre of expertise on internally displaced people (IDPs). Homepage, includes IDP news alerts and press releases: http://www.db.idpproject.org GUARDIAN UNLIMITED WORLD LATEST - ‘women’ search For information about the Guardian's many email services,visit: http://www.guardian.co.uk/index/services/0,3109,,00.html Homepage: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/ HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS - LATEST NEWS This page includes HRW press releases, commentaries, letters, memorandums, information about new HRW reports and briefings on women's human rights issues. HRW has many other email lists, including weekly and monthly updates and regional news updates. For more information, visit:http://www.hrw.org/act/subscribe-mlists/subscribe.htm Free Women's Rights email List: http://www.hrw.org/act/subscribe-mlists/subscribe.htm Homepage: http://www.hrw.org/ News: http://www.hrw.org/women/press.php INSTITUTE FOR WAR AND PEACE REPORTING (IWPR) - website and email newsletter IWPR is a London-based independent non-profit organization that aims to strengthen local journalism in areas of conflict. By training reporters, facilitating dialogue and providing reliable information, it supports peace, democracy and development in societies undergoing crisis and change. IWPR provides free electronic publications, in 9 languages, covering crises in Afghanistan, the Balkans, Belarus, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Iraq as well as the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. To subscribe to the email newsletters: http://www.iwpr.net/sub_form.html Homepage: http://www.iwpr.net INTERNATIONAL ACTION NETWORK ON SMALL ARMS (IANSA) WOMEN'S PORTAL IANSA is the global network of civil society organisations working to stop the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons (SALW). IANSA's Women’s Portal is a gateway to information and action on women and gun violence. Here you will find contacts for organisations, campaign material, academic papers, and action updates. Homepage: http://www.iansa.org News: http://www.iansa.org/news/index.htm IANSA Women's Portal: http://www.iansa.org/women/index.htm INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (ICRC): FOCUS ON WOMEN AND WAR Homepage: http://www.icrc.org/eng (includes general news list) Focus on Women and War, includes news: http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/women?OpenDocument#listanchor2 INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION (IPPF) IPPF provides international news on sexual and reproductive health and rights. Homepage: http://www.ippf.org News: http://ippfnet.ippf.org/pub/IPPF_News/   INTERNEWS Internews has a number of media programs in several countries that specifically address women’s issues. These include a program combating trafficking of women in Ukraine, a campaign against domestic violence in Russia, the first women’s radio program in Indonesia, and a documentary about the Rwandan genocide thatpays special attention to women’s experiences. Website: http://www.internews.org/activities/gender_issues/gender_issues.htm INTEGRATED REGIONAL INFORMATION NETWORKS (IRIN): LATEST NEWS ON GENDER ISSUES IRIN is part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and focuses on the region of sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia. IRIN services are provided free-of-charge and are available in a range of forms, including analytical reports, fact sheets, interviews, daily country updates and weekly summaries in English, French and Kiswahili. For information on IRIN's free email services, visit: http://www.irinnews.org/Subscriptions/default.asp Homepage: http://www.irinnews.org/homepage.asp Latest News on Gender Issues: http://www.irinnews.org/frontpage.asp?SelectTheme=Gender_issues ISIS INTERNATIONAL MANILA A feminist international NGO dedicated to women’s information and communication needs, Isis International Manila has sister offices in Uganda and Chile. The website includes regularly updated news stories. Homepage: http://www.isiswomen.org   NEW YORK TIMES - ‘women’ search Website: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html NEWSPAPERS.STAR4ALL.COM Providing news sources for the countries. It has almost every country. Website: http://newspapers.start4all.com/ RELIEF WEB - 'women' search ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Website: http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf REUTERS - 'women' search Website: http://www.reuters.com   THE ASSOCIATION FOR PROGRESSIVE COMMUNICATIONS (APC) - NEWS ON WOMEN AND ICTS The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international network of civil society organisations dedicated to empowering and supporting groups and individuals working for peace, human rights, development and protection of the environment, through the strategic use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), including the Internet. The website includes an updated list of news on women and ICTs. Homepage: http://www.apc.org/english/index.shtml News: http://www.apc.org/english/news/women_index.shtml UN REFUGEE AGENCY (UNHCR): REFUGEE WOMEN IN THE NEWS Homepage: http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home Refugee Women in the News: click here UN WIRE: WOMEN, CHILDREN AND POPULATION UN Wire is a free daily news service sponsored by the United Nations Foundation and its sister organization, the Better World Fund. The daily news service covers a wide range of issues, including health, environment and sustainable development, women and population, international human rights, UN reform, and peacekeeping and security. UN Wire also provides a free daily email alert. To subscribe to UN Wire's free email alert, visit: http://www.unfoundation.org/unwirelogin/unf_listadmin.asp Homepage: http://www.unwire.org/ Women, Children and Population News: http://www.unwire.org/Channels/WCP.asp UNIFEM CURRENTS (email news bulletin) CURRENTS is the monthly electronic news bulletin of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), which provides up-to-date information briefs on UNIFEM initiatives, successes, events, projects and activities worldwide. To receive CURRENTS, email majordomo@undp.org with the following command in the body of your message: subscribe unifem-currents <e-mail address of new subscriber> Please leave the subject line in the e-mail blank. For more information, and for past issues of CURRENTS, visit: http://www.unifem.undp.org/newsroom/currents/#receive http://www.womenwarpeace.org/index.htm V-DAY: V-NEWS V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop worldwide violence against women and girls including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM), and sexual slavery. Homepage: http://www.vday.org V-News: http://www.vday.org/contents/vday/news WASHINGTON FILE: WOMEN IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY Washington File, maintained by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs, covers a variety of issues, including international security, US foreign policy, international trade, human rights and environmental issues. Homepage: http://usinfo.state.gov/usinfo/products/washfile.html News on Women in the Global Community: http://usinfo.state.gov/dhr/human_rights/women.html WASHINGTON POST - 'women' search Free registration required to view news stories. Homepage: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ WOMEN'S EDGE COALITION Women's Edge Coalition advocates for international economic policies and human rights that support women worldwide in ending poverty in their lives, communities and nations. The website compiles news on Agriculture & Environment, Economy & Trade, Education & Health, Human Rights, US Foreign Policy and War. Homepage: http://www.womensedge.org/index.jsp News: http://www.womensedge.org/pages/newsandevents/index.jsp WOMEN’S ENEWS Women's eNews is a nonprofit independent news service covering the issues that are of particular concern to women. WeNews also provides a free email news service, sending daily news stories, or daily news summaries and/or a weekly summary, with links to the full text. WeNews is also available in Arabic. Homepage: http://www.womensenews.org/ Arabic Homepage: http://awomensenews.org/index.cfm To subscribe to the email news service, visit: http://www.womensenews.org/subscribe.cfm WOMEN'S GLOBALNET (email bulletin) Women’s GlobalNet is a bi-weekly bulletin on activities and initiatives of women worldwide, produced by the International Women’s Tribune Center (IWTC). To subscribe, send a blank message to: iwtc-womensglobalnet-subscribe@igc.topica.com For back issues of IWTC Women's GlobalNet, go to: http://www.iwtc.org and click on Women's GlobalNet IWTC Homepage: http://www.iwtc.org WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS NET (WHRnet): WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE NEWS WHRnet, a project of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID, aims to provide reliable, comprehensive, and timely information and analyses on women's human rights in English, Spanish and French. WHRnet updates readers on women's human rights issues and policy developments globally and provides information and analyses that support advocacy actions. WHRnet also provides a free e-list that features e-news bulletins, updates and new additions to the site, as well as occasional action alert information. Homepage, includes news lists: http://www.whrnet.org/ To subscribe to the WHRnet e-list, visit: http://www.whrnet.org/subscribe.html WOMEN-IN-WAR LIST, NETWORK OF EAST-WEST WOMEN (NEWW) Women-in-Wr, an email list of the Network of East-West Women, is dedicated to the discussion of issues surrounding women from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Newly Independent States (NIS) who are either directly involved in political conflicts, participate in conflict resolution projects, or work in media reporting of conflict situations and their impact on women. To subscribe, visit: http://lists.partners-intl.net/mailman/listinfo/women-in-war/ For NEWW’s other e-lists, visit: http://www.neww.org/listinfo.htm Homepage: http://www.neww.org   AFRICA - GENERAL                                                                             top AFRICA ACTION Africa Action is the oldest organization in the U.S. working on African affairs. In partnership with activists and civil society organizations throughout the United States and in Africa, Africa Action is working to change U.S. foreign policy and the policies of international institutions in order to support African struggles for peace and development. "African Women's Rights" is a Strategic Action Issue Area of Africa Action. Homepage: http://www.africaaction.org/index.php Newsroom: http://www.africaaction.org/newsroom/index.php African Women's Rights page: http://www.africaaction.org/action/women.htm AFRICAFILES AfricaFiles is a network of volunteers committed to promoting human rights and economic justice in Africa and to hearing African perspectives and alternative analyses toward human rights and economic justice for Africa. AfricaFiles also provides a free email service called "Africa InfoServ," featuring up-to-date reports on African events, issues and people, drawn from a variety of sources, including AfricaNews, All Africa News Agency, IRIN, New People, SARDC, allafrica.com, as well as other news groups and individuals. Topics featured in Africa InfoServ include: gender, human rights, youth and children, resource extraction and trade and AIDS. Homepage: http://www.africafiles.org/ To subscribe to the Africa InfoServ e-news service, visit: http://africafiles.org/memberform.asp   FAMAFRIQUE Dakar-based organization working on women in Francophone Africa. It has regular women and gender news in French. It also has two electronic information services. Subscription available Homepage: http://www.famafrique.org AFROL: GENDER - WOMEN NEWS Afrol News is a news agency that exclusively covers the African continent, both in English and in Spanish. The website includes updated news stories on women and gender issues. Homepage: http://www.afrol.com Gender-Women News: http://www.afrol.com/prueba/categories/gender_women/news ALLAFRICA AllAfrica Global Media is the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide, posting over 800 stories daily in English and French. The website includes daily updated news on women and gender issues. Homepage: http://allafrica.com/ Women and Gender News: http://allafrica.com/women/ BBC AFRICA: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/default.stm   COLUMBIA LIBRARY Link to the African studies collection in Columbian Library. Electronic journals, newspapers and etc. are available Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/ejournals.html   GENDER AND WOMEN STUDIES FOR AFRICA'S TRANSFORMATION The mission of the AGI's GWS Africa Project is to strengthen African teaching and research in gender and women's studies by bringing teachers and researchers based in African universities together in a series of carefully-designed training, research and publishing activities, and a combination of online communications and workshops. Website: http://www.gwsafrica.org/   GUARDIAN - 'women' search Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldnewsguide/africa/0,11376,,00.html   PAMBAZUKA Pambazuka News(Information service for social justice in Africa) is a weekly electronic newsletter covering news, commentary, and analysis, and a range of other resources on human rights and development in Africa. News category called Women and gender is available. News e-mail services are available (information is on website) - Subscription is free Website: http://www.pambazuka.org THE NORWEGIAN COUNCIL FOR AFRICA (formerly the Norwegian Council for Southern Africa) The NCA has since 1967 spearheaded the Norwegian struggle against apartheid, and worked for democracy and justice in Southern Africa. A key activity in this work has always been to spread information and knowledge in Norway. The NCA has supported grass root movements in the region and worked with educational projects in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South-Africa, Namibia, Tanzania and Angola. Website: http://www.afrika.no   NORTH AFRICA   Western Sahara Archives : http://es.groups.yahoo.com/group/sahara-info-archivos/messages/1" To subscribe to the listserve: sahara-info-subscribe@yahoogroups.com   WEST AFRICA   Côte d'Ivoire ABIDJAN POST Daily news provided by World News Network, in english. Website: http://www.abidjan.com FRATERNITE MATIN Daily news, in french. Search femmes. http://www.fratmat.co.ci/content/index.php 24 HEURES Daily news, in french. Search femmes. Website: http://www.24heuresci.com/ Ghana GHANAHOMEPAGE Search women, The GhanaHomePage is a comprehensive resource about the country Ghana. On this website you can find lots of news, information and entertaining stuff and get in touch with (fellow) Ghanaian people. Website: http://www.ghanaweb.com News: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/   Guinea-Bissau BISSAU.COM News provided by World News Network. Women search. Website: http://www.bissau.com RELIEFWEB Frequently updated news, with a focus on refugees status and UN initiatives. Website: http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/ByCountry/Guinea-Bissau?OpenDocument&StartKey=Guinea-Bissau&Expandview Liberia LIBERIA LIFE Liberia news provided by World News Network Website: http://www.liberianews.com/ ALL ABOUT LIBERIA: http://www.allaboutliberia.com/ Mali INFO-MATIN Daily news in french, search for femmes. Website: http://www.info-matin.com/ Mozambique MOZAMBIQUE NEWS AGENCY Weekly news updates. Website: http://www.poptel.org.uk/mozambique-news/ MOCAMBIQUE ONLINE Weekly news updates in portuguese and english. Website: http://www.mol.co.mz/noticias/headline.html Nigeria AFRICA ACTION In partnership with activists and civil society organizations throughout the United States and in Africa, Africa Action is working to change U.S. foreign policy and the policies of international institutions in order to support African struggles for peace and development. Website has a section called ‘newsroom’ which provides updated news about africa including Nigeria. Website: http://www.africaaction.org/docs01/nig0110.htm         Sierra Leone         top HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Including press release Website: http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/sierra/index.htm SIERRA HERALD Website: http://www.sierraherald.com/ SIERRA LEONE NEWS As a branch of World News Network, the website has a wide range of news regarding Sierra Leone. Search for ‘women’ Website: http://www.sierraleonenews.com/ SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE The website includes Court Journal which reports news and press release. Website: http://www.sc-sl.org/ YAHOO NEWS OF SIERRA LEONE Website: http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=World&cat=Sierra_Leone   GREAT LAKES ARIB Daily news on region, in french. Website: http://www.arib.info/flash-info.htm BBC Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/greatlakes/   Burundi ARIB Daily news on Great Lakes region, in french. Website: http://www.arib.info/flash-info.htm Central African Republic (CAR) ALLAFRICA Daily news updates. Website: http://allafrica.com/centralafricanrepublic/ CENTRAFRIQUE PRESSE Daily news on central africa, in french. Website: http://www.centrafrique-presse.com/ Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) THE HIRONDELLE FOUNDATION an organization of journalists operating media services in crisis areas. It provides monthly PDF file news. Website: http://www.hirondelle.org/hirondelle.nsf/ae38da31f7d9e228c125658b006bd2a4?OpenView   Rwanda INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA Updated news provided Website: http://www.ictr.org/default.htm THE HIRONDELLE FOUNDATION an organization of journalists operating media services in crisis areas. It provides monthly PDF file news. Website: http://www.hirondelle.org/hirondelle.nsf/ae38da31f7d9e228c125658b006bd2a4?OpenVie   RWANDA INFORMATION EXCHANGE Website: http://www.rwanda.net/ RWANDAN GOVERNMENT Website: http://www.gov.rw/government News page: http://www.gov.rw/government/newsupdate.htm     Uganda Back to top WOMEN OF UGANDA NETWORK (WOUGNET) WOUGNET e-newsletter (monthly) To subscribe/unsubscribe to the WOUGNET Update Newsletter, send a message to wougnet-update-request@wougnet.org with the following command in the subject or body of your message: subscribe/unsubscribe Website: http://www.wougnet.org   EAST AFRICA/ HORN OF AFRICA   Eritrea PEOPLE'S FRONT FOR DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE - 'women’ search Website: http://www.shaebia.com/ Ethiopia ETHIOPIAN WOMEN'S ALLIANCE Website: http://www.ethiopianwomen.org/news/index.html   Somalia SOMALIA NEWS Website: http://www.somalianews.com SOMALI PRESS ONLINE Website: http://somalipress.com/wsite/default.asp Sudan SUDAN.NET The website has compiled Sudan news from various news sources. Website: http://www.sudan.net/news/news.html     SOUTHERN AFRICA   Angola ANGOLA PEACE MONITOR Website: http://www.actsa.org/Angola/apm/index.htm ANGOLA PRESS Website: http://www.angola.org/news/news.cfm Namibia THE NAMIBIAN Daily news source, women search. Website: http://www.namibian.com.na/ THE NAMIBIA ECONOMIST Daily news source, women search. Website: http://www.economist.com.na/ South Africa