Gender and Development: Topics

UNGEI – United Nations Girls' Education Initiative

IAFFE – International Association For Feminist Economics
Feminist Economics

World Economic Forum – Global gender gap report
This annual report examines four critical areas of inequality between men and women in 130 economies around the globe.

CHANGE – Center for Health and Gender Equity

IWHC – International Women’s Health Coalition

WHO – Gender (UN)

UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women
Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979, and "often described as an international bill of rights for women, it consists of a preamble and 30 articles, and defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end suchdiscrimination. Each country that has ratified or acceded to the convention conducts a country report every four years.
HEIBR 3694

UN – Directory of UN Resources on Gender and Women's Issues
International Instruments and Treaty Bodies.

Research Guide - Women and Gender Equality
by the UN library in Geneva

FAO – Gender and land rights
Country level information on social, economic, political and cultural issues related to the gender inequalities embedded in those rights.

WITNESS – Gender-Based Violence
An international nonprofit organisation that uses the power of video and storytelling to open the eyes of the world to human rights abuses.