Informational Links on BAIDO Topics

General Links

[Hunger]

International Food Policy Research Institute's report providing various statistics on hunger

Food & Agriculture Organization

Food First's list of myths about hunger

World Hunger Notes homepage

"Focusing on Women to Help Children" By Freedom From Hunger

[United Nations]

United Nations Development Program

United Nations University

United Nations Children's Fund

United Nations Environment Program

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

United Nations in Canada

[International Philanthropy]

International Donor's Dialogue: News and information about international philanthropy, with links to international non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

[Development NGOs]

Interaction: Coalition of 165 international sustainable development and aid organizations; site provides political and world news, member profiles, action alerts.

About.com's links to international NGOs and world news, sorted by region and issues.

Third World Network

Multinational Resource Center World Network

[Information Resources]

The Communication Initiative: a partnership of development organizations seeking to support advances in the effectiveness and scale of communication interventions for positive international development.

Eldis: a huge gateway to development information

Virtual Library on International Development: Canadian International Development Agency's collection of dozens of global links, listed by topic and region.

A collection of reports on development research in the U.K.

Panos: an international non-profit institute providing information on global issues with a developing country perspective

A collection of links to sources of international statistics

An excellent super-site for development information

Global Development Research Center

A super-site on global issues

A gateway to human rights and humanitarian relief information

International Development Network's information about development issues; some information, including an electronic newsletter, is fee-based.

WorldViews: Educational resource materials and information about world affairs in Africa, Asia and Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East

A site with topic-specific information on international development

Society for International Development

The International Institute for Sustainable Development: Policy research and recommendations for creating sustainability in international trade, climate change and natural resources management.

Multinational Monitor: an online magazine that tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World, focusing on the export of hazardous substances, worker health and safety, labor union issues and the environment.

[Online International News]

Site of the New Internationalist magazine: go to the "teaching global issues" section

Inter Press Service: The Global News Agency subscription alternative news service with coverage issues including environment, development and emergency aid

Toward Freedom: Online version of international news, analysis and advocacy journal covering topics including environment, labor and health

Popvox, a new unedited international bulletin board for reports from the field

Mediachannel: a site for information and advocacy on global media

OneWorld: a global online portal that aggregates the content of over 1000 partner organizations worldwide working in human rights and sustainable development. This website provides comprehensive daily coverage of global issues and a platform for civil society worldwide.

[Other Related Links]

Country Specific

[Afghanistan]

Afghan Crisis

[Guatemala]

Human Rights Watch

Network in Solidarity with Guatemala

United Nations Verification Mission (MINUGUA)

University of Texas Latin America News and Information

[India and Bangladesh]

A reference for South Asian Ngos and issues

UNESCO's resources

Embassy's information

AskIndia

Barefoot College

Indev

Myrada

Indowave

[Iraq]

Sanctions Against Iraq

[Mexico]

Human Rights Watch Mexico reports

International Service for Peace (SIPAZ)

Mexico Solidarity Network

Mexico Labor News and Analysis

Global Exchange's information on Mexico

[Nicaragua]

Maquila Solidarity

Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua

[Philippines]

International Development Bank

Boondocksnet

[Zimbabwe]

Zimbabwe country Profile (Zimbabwean Embassy)

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[Africa]

Africana.com

[Americas]

Americas.org

Economics

[General]

Global Economy 101 by Global Exchange

The New Economy Glossary

Center for Economic & Social Justice

Corporate watchdog site that provides news, analysis and action resources; sponsored by the San Francisco-based Transnational Resource and Action Center (TRAC)

[World Bank]

Probe International World Bank Campaign: focuses on the environmental, social, and economic effects of aid and trade

World Bank Policy documents, information on current projects and other information for Bank watchers

Bank Information Center: provides information and strategic support to NGOs and social movements on the projects, policies and practices of the World Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs)

50 Years in Enough: U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice: a coalition of 205 grassroots, policy, women's, social- and economic- justice, labor, and development organizations committed to making international financial institutions, like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), accountable to those who have to live with the effects of their policies and practices

Economic Justice Now: provides education and action alerts about global economic issues, promotes reform of World Bank and other international financial institutions.

[Micro-credit]

A research brief on microcredit by Greenstar

Grameen Bank's website

[Trade]

Fair Trade Federation's website

Education

[General]

World education statistics, by UNESCO

[Travel]

A site of international volunteer and internship opportunities

Partners in Responsible Tourism - a network of responsible tourism organizations

The World Guide and Information Network to Voluntary Work In Nature Conservation

Planeta: a website on eco-travels in Latin America

Transitions Abroad: a magazine on alternative world travel

Green Travel's directory of travel organizations

Environment

[General]

World Resources Institute: provides information, ideas, and solutions to global environmental problems

Worldwatch Institute: News and feature stories about global environmental trends

Global Citizen: a bi-weekly column by Donella H. Meadows (1941-2001), director of the Sustainability Institute and adjunct professor at Dartmouth College

Global Climate Change: articles from the scientific and mainstream press, compiled by the Pacific Institute in Oakland, California

Environmental Media Services

Environment Canada

Pesticide Action Network's links on many environmental topics

Climate change advocacy site

Heat Is Online: updates on climate change worldwide

Health

[General]

World Health Organization

[Research]

Global Forum Health: a website dedicated to examining issues of health research worldwide.

Site on health research in Cuba

[Family Planning]

Population Action International: dedicated to advancing policies and programs that slow population growth in order to enhance the quality of life for all people

Family planning super-site funded by the Packard Foundation

[AIDS]

UNAIDS: the United Nations agency focussed on analyzing and coordinating the global public response to AIDS/HIV.

University of California's comprehensive scientific/medical database for AIDS/HIV treatment, prevention, and public policy

Global Treatment Access Campaign: an advocacy organization working to make AIDS drugs affordable and available throughout the developing world; runs HealthGAP mailing list dealing with treatment access issues

Human Rights

[General]

An international human rights database

Human Rights News Services: compilation of magazine and news service articles about human rights, gathered from around the world

Amnesty International

Human Rights Watch

[Women's Empowerment]

Global Sisterhood Network: News, women's development projects and women's organizations from around the globe

Sisterhood is Global Institute: Canada-based network for education and training on women's human rights issues.

About.com's news about women's issues in the Third World, plus links to organizations, biographies and events

Women's Human Rights Net: Advocacy and education about women's human rights issues, with links to global women's groups and on-line forums, in French, English and Spanish

Womenwatch: United Nations-sponsored site with news and education about women's issues, on-line forums and a searchable "good practices" database

Global women's human rights strategies, issues and women's rights documents from the Fourth World Conference on Women, in Beijing, China, in 1995 to present

The United Nations Population Fund's 2000 Report: focused on global evidence that discrimination against women and girls holds back efforts to reduce poverty, improve health, stem the spread of HIV/AIDS and slow rapid population growth

International Center for Research on Women's reports on policy issues including gender integration, reproductive health and family planning, adolescence and development and women's issues in food security and the global spread of AIDS

The Center for Women's Global Leadership's aticle archive and links to women's human rights information

[Sex Workers]

Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce

[Discrimination]

International Lesbian and Gay Association's site on the status of homosexuality in Egypt; includes laws covering sexuality, asylum issues, transgender rights, and information on HIV