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Anti-Slavery International
www.antislavery.org/
Campaigns to end bonded labour and forced prostitution across the world. Campaigns often focused on women and children most at risk of exploitation.

Asylum Aid
www.asylumaid.org.uk
Advice and information for women asylum seekers and refugees.

Clean Clothes Campaign
www.cleanclothes.org/
For information on the garment trade, traditionally a women’s industry, plus links to other campaigns worldwide against sweatshops.

Daycare Trust
www.daycaretrust.org.uk
National UK childcare charity. Helpline provides free information and advice for parents. Also advises providers, employers, trade unions and policymakers.

European Women's Lobby
www.womenlobby.org
Largest co-ordinating body of non-governmental women's organisations in the European Union, with over 2,700 member associations in the 15 Member States.

Fairtrade
www.fairtrade.org.uk/
How business can support suppliers and help them develop new ways of trading which do not exploit workers.

Feminist.com
www.feminist.com
Articles and speeches on a range of subjects including domestic violence; good links and bookstore.

Feminist Majority Foundation Online
www.feminist.org/
Excellent resource for women with up-to-date articles, news and information.

Girlfrenzy
www.ampnet.co.uk/girlfrenzy.html
The UK's only underground girlzine. Launched in 1991, it contains features and comic strips.

Greenham Common
www.web13.co.uk/greenham/
Official Greenham Common website calls for commemoration of the historic women’s peace camp and provides background to the camp and history.

HomeNet
www.homenetww.org.uk
International network set up in 1994 to co-ordinate lobbying for homeworkers worldwide. Based in the UK and India. Networks with trade unions, women’s groups, co-operatives and other organisations.

International Labour Organisation
www.ilo.org/
A source of information on issues such as women in management.

International NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations)
www.internationalngos.org/
Global database of individuals and institutions associated with the social and developmental sector, includes list of NGOs working on women's issues.

Madre
www.madre.org
US-based women's organisation campaigning for human rights and improved women's lives worldwide. Excellent international links

National Women's Network
www.nwn.dircon.co.uk
Networking and information exchange between women's groups and individuals concerned with women's rights internationally. Formed in March 1985 in the run up to the Third World Conference on Women in Nairobi.

Oxfam
www.oxfam.org/
Information on development issues concerning women and children worldwide.

Quine
www.quine.org.uk
Quine is a non-profit-making organisation which uses cyberspace to highlight the activities, interests and concerns of women in Scotland.

The Women's National Commission
www.thewnc.org.uk/
Official, independent, advisory body giving the views of women to government.

The Women's Press
www.the-womens-press.com
Another major women’s publisher.

The Women's Stand
www.womenstand.com
UK feminist shopping.

Trade Union Congress
www.tuc.org.uk
For issues affecting women at work and within trade unions.

United Nations Development Fund for Women
www.unifem.undp.org
Empowering women politically, economically and socially, worldwide. Good links and information on the issues affecting women worldwide.

Virago Press
www.virago.co.uk
The largest women's publisher in the world.

Wewomen
www.wewomen.com
Links to culture, writing, art, social issues and health.

Womankind Worldwide
www.womankind.org.uk
UK charity dedicated to women's development and women's human rights globally

Women Against Fundamentalism
www.gn.apc.org/waf/background.htm
Set up in 1989 by women across the world to challenge the rise of fundamentalism in all religions. Brief reading list and education resources but no contact details.

Women Connect
www.womenconnect.org.uk/
Network of women's organisations in England, including women's refuges, women's centres, an older women's project, health information advice centres and a national network.

Women Watch
www.un.org/womenwatch
A gateway to archives, commissions, linked organisations, news and on line forums focusing on women's rights. Connected to United Nations. Loads of information on Beijing and Nairobi conferences.

Women's Human Rights Net
www.whrnet.org/
Partnered with organisations around the world. Excellent for facts on how women are affected by specific issues, laws, conventions, news.

WomensNet
www.igc.org/igc/gateway/wnindex.html
Part of a global partnership of computer networks linking activists worldwide.

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