Peace Action: A grassroots peace and justice organization. Peace Action's site includes a variety of examples of what can be done with the web from an organizing perspective. The site includes information about all of the organizations various campaigns and initiatives, downloadable flyers, press releases, and other aides to forming your own local actions.
Amnesty International: International human rights organization. This site highlights Amnesty's activities around the world, provides resources for further research, and offers materials for local Amnesty organizers as well as individuals with an interest in a topic.
Protest.net: A central site for protest actions from around the world, although mostly centered on the United States. Supplies new and general guidelines for those interested in social justice.
Public Interest Resource Groups: The PIRG's are locally oriented organizations that focus on providing information about issues of interest in a particular area, specifically in relation to the environment, consumer protection and politics. This site provides information about specific issues, but also allows visitors to send email directly to the targets of of protest, such as corporations or the US government. The site also offers an email list to disseminate updated information and action alerts.
Human Rights Watch: Another international human rights organization. The HRW site is dominated by information, news, and reports compiledby HRW staffers. Targetted towards those seeking information about the issue of humand rights around the world.Multilingual, and provides an email list.
Derechos: A wonderful and comprehensive human rights site. Extremely international in scope. Includes a directory of organizations, listings of electronic resources, email lists, and a variety of other information for those interested in any subject related to human rights in almost any region. English and Spanish.
A16 Protest Site: How to organize an event using the internet. The recent protests at the 2000 Washington meeting of the World Bank were almost entirely organized over the internet. This site kept participants aware of the issues at hand, of the plans for the demonstrations, and of the philosophy of the organizers. Participants were also able to post their responses or reactions to the planning of the event as it approached. The site presents a variety of information,including legal aid, nonviolence training, first aid and housing. During the event, they broadcast a radio feed over the internet to update those who could not attend. After the event, they continued to post updates on arrests and further developments on the issues involved. See also the A20 protest site which did the same for last month's Quebec protests.
50 Years Is Enough: Another globalization site.A good example of how to organize both an event and a movement through the internet. The site offers general information about the issue, as well as specific organizing tools. 50 Years was founded by a Kenyan woman, Njoki Njoroge Njehu.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom: A wide variety of resources for diverse issues, from disarmament to health care to worker's rights. Although coming from a US perspective, the site does include a report on women and growth in Africa. This site is mostly informational, but does provide links to other sites and resources on the web.
Aviva: An online feminst magazine based in London that attempts to facilitate communication among women on an international level.Includes an African section and a useful collection of African women's organizations. A very valuable collection of resources.
Women Law and Development: An international NGO promoting women's rights. Site includes information about the organization, resources and publications, and updates on current projects.
Women's Net: A South African site dedicated to using the internet to create women's social action. A well organized site that presents information in a way that might be useful to those developing support and interest. Also provides a variety of resources, both electronic and otherwise.
International Women's Democracy Center: This organization promotes the development of women's leadership throughout the world. Includes references and resources for developing and sustaining women's leadership in the political arena.
Abantu: Abantu is an organization that studies Africa from a gendered perspective. This is a very good organizational site in terms of explaining and defining the group and its goals.
Flame: Bejing +5 in Africa. A follow up on the 1995 Beijing conference on women in the world. A bulletin board, email list, and other resources make this an interesting site.
WomenAction: This site offers an information and communication network that enables NGOs to actively engage in the Beijing+5 review process with the long term goal of women's empowerment, with a special focus on women and media. Spanish, French and English.
Women and Information Technology: A long report on African women and development in relation to information and communication technologies. Although dense, very informative.
Women in Africa: A list of links relating to African Women. Developed by Stanford University, this list includes a wide variety of international resources in both English and French. Includes not only organizational sites but also online journals and other informational materials.
Women in Development: A collection of resources about women in development created by About.com.
Women's related email lists: A seemingly comprehensive listing of email discussion lists related to women's issues, including many international lists.
Enda synfev: A French language email list about women in development. Originating in francophone West Africa.
famafrique: A French language site focusing on women in development.
Femnet: Part of Africaonline, this site focuses on women in development. The organization seeks to foster communication among African women. A thorough presentation of the organization's objectives, goals and programs. An interesting look at what other women in Africa are trying to do. French and English.
Kudirat Initiative for Democracy: KIND is a Nigerian based democratic organization. Although at the moment this site is not greatly developed, it does provide information about the goals and programs of the KIND.
Derechos African Links: Derechos (see above) African human rights resources. While many of these links are limited, they do provide additional resources, especially in relation to Nigeria.
Africa online: A commercial site that provides information and connections to Africa. Includes news, chat rooms, and an email list. Includes a Ghana section
African Policy Institute: This site is heavy on information and textual documents about Africa and international policy relating to Africa. Includes a recent electronic roundtable in French and English.
Human Rights Links: A list of links relating to human rights in Africa from the University of Minnesota.