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
Mothers
Are Women
Canadian organization of feminist mothers
Childcare
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
Is
Work Working for You?
From the Canadian Labour Congress
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
Equality@Work
International Labour Organization's information base on
equal employment opportunities for women and men
The Carer
UK-based organization focused on advice to carers of all ages and professions
Women
and Poverty Fact Sheet
From CRIAW
Canadian
Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
A Report Card on Women and Poverty in Canada
The
G8, Globalization, and Human Security
Education and action kit
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
UNIFEM
Women and Trade Liberalisation
UN women's agency documentation of the impact of trade on
women around the world
50
Years is Enough!
Bailouts for Bankers, Burdens for Women' documenting the
effects of IMF policies on women in developing countries
International
Gender and Trade Network
International network of gender advocates actively working
to promote equitable, social, and sustainable trade
Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Research on gender and food security
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
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
Gender
and Migration
A BRIDGE Cutting Edge pack featuring extensive resources
