Women in Local Government

Links

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Women in Local Government Partners

• Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities (UNSM)
• Association of Municipal Administrators, Nova Scotia (AMANS)
• Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
• Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women
• Halifax YWCA

International Scope

• Women Watch - UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women
• United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women
• Engendering Governance and Leadership - UNIFEM
• Democracy Forum - International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
• National Democratic Institute for International Affairs - NDI
• Zarate's Political Collections - Women Leaders
• International Women's Democracy Center
• Women's Environment and Development Organization
• BBC World Service: Women in Power

Regional and national Scope

Africa

• Famafrique (in French)

Americas

• "Celebrating Women's Achievements" - National Library of Canada
• National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC)
• Emily's List
• Fifty Plus One
• League of Women Voters of the United States
• National Organization for Women (NOW)
• Women's Campaign School - Yale University
• Women and Politics Institute
• Women Leaders Online
• Institute for Women's Policy Research
• The White House Project

Asia and the Pacific

• Women in Australian Parliament
• Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics
• Asia Pacific Online Network of Women In Politics, Governance and Transformative Leadership

Europe

• Equality between women and men: Council of Europe
• European Database on Women in Decision-Making
• Open Women Line - Russian Federation

Bibliographic Databases

• "Women in Politics" bibliographic database of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
• Women's Human Rights Resources - Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto
• African Women's Bibliographic Database

Directories and Internet Resources Collections

• IGC: Women - Internet Resources Collection
• FeMiNa
• Women- and Gender-Related E-mail Lists/Electronic Forums
• WSSLINKS - Women and Gender Studies - Web Sites

Other Links

• Still Counting: Women and Politics Across Canada
• Equal Voice
• Canadian Women Voters Congress
• FCM’s Project for Increasing Women’s Participation in Municipal Government
• Women’s Enterprise Centre
• One Woman One Vote
• Democracy Through Partnership Between Men and Women in Politics
• Queen’s University Belfast, Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics
• International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
• Women and Equality Unit of the Government of the United Kingdom