Women and International Development Program, Michigan State University http://www.isp.msu.edu/WID/
WID, MSU, 202 Center for International Programs East Lansing, MI 48824-1035 Ph: (517) 353-5040 Fax: (517) 432-4845 E-mail: WID@msu.edu.The Women and International Development Program at Michigan State University (MSU-WID) is recognized nationally and internationally for its unique program in publishing papers, sponsoring speaker series, and providing resources relating to women and international development.
SEARCHABLE INFORMATION RESOURCES African Women's Bibliographic Database, http://www.africabib.org/
This English language database contains over 19,000 citations from 1986 to current. The database indexes 6 types of materials: books & government documents; articles appearing in edited books; periodical & journal articles; Masters theses & Ph.D. dissertations as well as a few BA theses and honors papers; conference papers; and videocassettes.
HISTORY Great African Kings and Queens , http://www.swagga.com/queen.htm
Experience the power, the glory, the splendor, the greatness, the intelligence and the beauty of Great African Queens, the makers and creators of the world first known high civilizations.About Islam and Women
University of Northumbria at New Castle, United Kingdom
http://www.unn.ac.uk/societies/islamic/Various articles on the Distortions and Intolerance of Muslim Women, The Status of Women in Islam, and the Status as enshrined in the Quran.
CENTERS & ASSOCIATIONS African Centre for Women Economic Commission for Africa (ACW) http://www.un.org/Depts/eca/divis/acw/index.htm (ACW) POB 3001, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ph: 251-1-51-72-00 ext.: 33300/33301, Fax: 251-1-51-27-85/51-44-16. E-mail: ouedraogoj@un.org
The African Centre for Women (ACW) is a division within the Economic Commission for Africa. Established in 1975, ACW is the regional Women in Development (WID) structure in the United Nations system in Africa. The Centre services national, regional and subregional structures involved in the advancement of women. Within ECA's strategy, there is a new and greater emphasis on gender issues as cross-cutting concerns in the priority areas of focus which are: Economic and Social Policy Analysis; Development Management; Food Security and Sustainable Development; Information for Development; Regional Cooperation and Integration.
African Women Global Network (AWOGNet), http://www.osu.edu/org/awognet
(AWOGNet) is a global organization that networks all men and women, organizations, institutions and indigenous national organizations within Africa, whose activities are targeted towards the improvement of the living conditions of women and children in Africa. AWOGNet is Action oriented, and will support other organizations that have programs for the improvement of life within Africa, especially those designed for women and children.
Womens Net, http://www.womensnet.org.za/about/origin.htm
"Empowering Women in the Information Society: Building a Women's Information and Communication Network for South Africa - A Joint Project of SANGONeT and the Commission on Gender Equality."
South Africa is experiencing a major effort towards achieving gender equality through the efforts of government and civil society. At the same time, access to information and communications technologies (ICTs) is increasing. The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) and SANGONeT are partners in Women's Net, a two-year initiative intended to support South African women in harnessing ICTs to facilitate women's empowerment.Women in Nigeria Overview, http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/landow/post/nigeria/precolwon.html
Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English, Articles on. Women in Pre-Colonial Nigeria, Women in Colonial Nigeria, and Women in Nigeria Today
PUBLICATIONS Abantu for Development, http://www.abantu.org/publications.asp
Easily accessible information on all aspects of development for African women. ABANTU aims to produce high quality, easily accessible information with African and gender perspectives on all aspects of development. CATALOGUE includes publications on: African women's organizations in civil society, Transforming the state and the economy Africa and Europe, Economic reform and equitable development, Using information technology to strengthen African women's organizations African women and governance, and Towards action for women's participation in decision-making.OneWorld Magazine
WOMEN OF POWER IN ETHIOPIAN LEGEND AND HISTORY, by Rita Pankhurst
http://www.webstories.co.nz/focus/etiopia/women.html"Highly placed Ethiopian women, who combined worldliness, politics and religion are seen again and again in Ethiopian history. Rita Pankhurst recalls how women have been as important and influential as any man."
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