If you are ready for more web reading,
here are our suggestions of websites on the following topics:
Women's
Economic Independence and Security (PDF Format)
Put
Your Husband in the Kitchen
A fun analysis by Helen Keller, published in 1932
Women in Development Europe (WIDE)
a European based feminist organization that monitors and seeks to change economic and development policy and practice. Many publications available for download.
The Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action
CAFRA developed stories as tools for women’s economic literacy available here.
Banulacht
Irish feminist organization that has been educating and advocating for women’s economic literacy in order to challenge neo-liberal policy.
Association of Women In Development
Native Women’s Association of Canada
Childcare
Coalition of Manitoba
Working towards a fully accessible, comprehensive, high
quality child care system in Manitoba.
Child
Care Advocacy Association of Canada
National organization advocating for childcare entitlements
for all children in Canada
Fact Sheets on Women’s Economic Equality
From the Canadian Labour Congress. Women and Work, Racialized Pay Gap, EI, Childcare, etc.
Canada
Immigrant Job Issues
Exploring racism in the Canadian job market. English and
Spanish version.
Global
Women's Strike
A challenge to invest in caring not killing
Women
Working Worldwide
UK-based organization supporting the struggles of women
workers in a global economy
Women in
Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)
Worldwide coalition of institutions and individuals concerned
with improving the status of women in the economy's informal
sector
International
Labour Association (ILO)
For more on global labour trends
Gender and Employment
International Labour Organization's information base on
gender and employment
The Carer
UK-based organization focused on advice to carers of all ages and professions
ACTEW
A fact sheet about women’s employment and childcare in Canada
Where Having It All Doesn’t Mean Equality
New York Times Article about women, work and cultural expectations in France
CRIAW
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. Research on Women’s health, poverty, diversity, history including many Fact Sheets.
Canadian
Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
Articles, papers, fact sheets, research on Canadian policy. Fact Sheets on Women’s Poverty. The View From Here: Manitobans call for a poverty reduction plan. A Report Card on Women and Poverty in Canada
Mother of Red Nations
Toolkits on Employment Income Assistance, housing and child welfare in Publications section.
The G8, Globalization, and Human Security
Education and action kit
Bilaterals.org
Articles, multimedia, discussion about world trade agreements
Aid Watch
Action on Aid, Trade and Debt
OXFAM Canada’s G8/G20 Campaign
Arena
Aotearoa/New Zealand network of individuals and organizations committed to resist corporate ‘globalization’ in all its forms.
Americas Policy Program
The Americas Policy Program provides independent analysis on U.S. Latin American policy, economic integration, immigration, environment, the right to know, and democracy and human rights in Latin America from writers and activists throughout the continent.
Centre for Research on Globalization
Focus on the Global South
Reclaiming the commons, climate justice, deglobalization, peace and democracy
Global Exchange
Global Economy Campaign page
Public Citizen
Globalization and Trade Campaign
Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Our World Is Not For Sale
Jubilee South
A network of jubilee and debt campaigns, social movements, people's organizations, communities, NGOs and political formations. The Jubilee South network aims to and is in the process of emerging and developing as an international South movement on the debt.
The Public Services International Research Unit
Researches the privatisation and restructuring of public services around the world, with special focus on water, energy, waste management, and healthcare. It produces reports and maintains an extensive database on the multinational companies involved
Third World Network
Fair Trade Web
Canada’s Voice in Global Governance: A Civil Society Handbook.
The Group of 8 (G8)
Global Justice Ecology Project
Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network
War on Want
Halifax
Initiative
Canadian coalition working to transform the global economy
Canadian
Women and Globalization
Article exploring implications and strategies
Women's
Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
Information on 'Social and Economic Justice' for women under
the 'Programs' area
Women and the World Bank
Center of Concern’s Global Women’s Project
Gender and Trade Network
A web based resource platform interlinking research, advocacy and action across the commonwealth countries
International Gender and Trade Network
International network of gender advocates actively working to promote equitable, social, and sustainable trade
Hemispheric Social Alliance
Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Research on gender and food security
Brighter Green
Action tank that works to transform public policy and dialogue on the environment, animals, and sustainability, both globally and locally, with a particular focus on equity and rights.
Food Matters Manitoba
Food security in Manitoba
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Report on access to land and the effects of agrofuels, urbanization and conversion to industrial use
ETC
Group (formerly RAFI)
Winnipeg-based international organization working to ensure
agricultural biodiversity
Food
First (US)
Institute for food and development policy with many excellent
resources
Via
Campesina
International movement coordinating peasant organizations
of small and middle-scale producers, agricultural workers,
rural women, and indigenous communities from Asia, Africa,
America, and Europe
Food Crisis and the Global Land Grab
GRAIN
(Genetic Resources Action International)
International NGO promoting sustainable management and use
of agricultural biodiversity
Gabriela
- Philippines
Campaign against sex-trafficking of Filipina women and children
December
18
A portal for the promotion and protection of the rights
of migrant workers
Migrant
Rights International
An independent global monitoring body focusing on the human
rights of migrants
Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants
Gender
and Migration
A BRIDGE Cutting Edge pack featuring extensive resources
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
The Human Rights of Migrant Workers
Background paper by The People’s Movement for Human Rights Education
Human Trafficking
A resource for NGO’s and victims of human trafficking in Canada