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UK sites:
- Engender:
an information, research and networking organisation
for women in Scotland, working with other groups
locally and internationally to improve women's
lives and increase their power and influence.
More information about the Scottish WBG can
be found on this site.
- Fawcett
Society: Fawcett is the UK's campaign for
equality between women and men.
- Oxfam:
A development, relief, and campaigning organisation
dedicated to finding lasting solutions to poverty
and suffering around the world
- WNC,
Women's National Commission: An umbrella
Organisation for women's organisations in the
UK
UK
Government sites:
- EOC,
The Equal Opportunities Commission: Is the
leading agency working to eliminate sex discrimination
in 21st Century Britain.
- HM
Treasury: UK Finance Ministry.
- Women
and Equality Unit: Has responsibility across
the UK for policy and legislation on gender
equality and sponsors the Equal Opportunities
Commission and the Women's National Commission.
It also has responsibility for co-ordinating
sexual orientation policy.
International
sites:
- The
Commonwealth: Is a voluntary association
of independent sovereign states promoting respect,
encourages trust and friendship and works towards
economic prosperity for all its members. Gender
equality is a fundamental value of the Commonwealth.
- European
Union: Gender equality in the European Union.
- International
Association for Feminist Economics: A non-profit
organization advancing feminist inquiry of economic
issues and educating economists and others on
feminist points of view on economic issues.
Publish the journal Feminist Economics
- Gender
Responsive Budget Initiatives: A collaborative
effort between the United Nations Development
Fund for Women, The Commonwealth Secretariat
and Canada's International Development Research
Centre.
- The
International Budget Project: The IBP assists
civil society organizations around the world
to improve budget policies and decision-making
processes.
- OECD,
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development:
An international organisation helping governments
tackle the economic, social and governance challenges
of a globalised economy.
- Siyanda:
Siyanda is an on-line database of gender and
development materials. It is also an interactive
space where gender practitioner can share ideas,
experiences and resources.
- UNIFEM,
United Nations Development Fund For Women:
Working for Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality.
- World
Bank: The World Bank seeks to reduce gender
disparities and enhance women's participation
in economic development through its programs
and projects
WBG
Funders:
- Barrow Cadbury Trust http://www.bctrust.org.uk/:
Are a foundation that seeks to encourage a just,
equal, peaceful and democratic society. They
support groups, usually registered charities,
working nationally to achieve such objectives
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- Joseph Rowntree Foundation http://www.jrf.org.uk/:
One of the largest social policy research and
development charities in the UK, spending about
£7 million a year on a research and development
programme that seeks to better understand the
causes of social difficulties and explore ways
of overcoming them.
- Lipman-Miliband Trust http://www.lipman-miliband.org.uk:
The Lipman-Miliband Trust continues to play
a vital role as one of the very few charities
able to respond to the needs of those engaged
in socialist education. We encourage new work
within this broad field, taking into consideration
new areas of cultural and political work in
institutions of learning but also in community
organisations and among NGOs.
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