Congo - Websites , Media & Information Sources
The following list represents Websites , Media & Information Sources about news and campaigns related to the Congo, Women & Justice:
Human Rights Groups, focused on Congo and violence against women:
Office of Special Rapporteur on Sexual Violence
http://www.ohchr.org
Rights & Democracy /Droits et Democratie , Canada-
Stop Violence Against Women
The Stop Violence Against Women website (STOPVAW) is a global forum for information, advocacy and change.
RDC's Congo Sexual Violence Rights campaign
http://www.rdcviolencesexuelle.org/site/en/node/58
Human Rights Watch - Africa, women's and HIV/AIDS divisions
www.hrw.org (human rights watch)
Amnesty International
The International Rescue Committee
Global Rights
The UN Refugee Agency
www.uhhcr.org
UN Peacekeeping Unit (MONUC)
Juristes sans frontières
http://www.juristessansfrontieres.org
Global & Grassroots Organizations
Congo Advocacy Coalition,
The Greatest Silence film
Friends of the Congo
Congo Watch blog
Women for Women International
Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Settings
http://www.rhrc.org
Heal Africa
Congo Global Action Coalition
www.congoglobalaction.org
Enough Project
www.enoughproject.org/region/eastern-congo/overview.php
Provocate:
www.provocate.org/more-info/about-congo/about-women-and-conflict-in-congo-and-africa
Handup Congo
www.handupcongo.org
Urgent Action Fund (global, helping women's groups in conflict zones
V-Day's Congo initiative
Women, Law & Development International
http://www.wld.org/
Women's Caucus for Gender Justice
http://www.iccwomen.org
Sisterhood Is Global Institute (SIGI)
http://www.sigi.org/
Media:
Pambazuka News Weekly Forum for Social Justice in Africa
pambazuka.org/en
An advocacy tool for social justice, designed specifically for those working in Africa.
Plus News
PlusNews is an online news and analysis service on HIV and AIDS, from UN and
Irin news. www.plusnews.org
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
IWPR builds democracy at the frontlines of conflict and change through the power of professional journalism.
Pan-African News Wire. The Pan-African News Wire is an international electronic press service designed to foster intelligent discussion on the affairs of African people. http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/
All Africa.com
News about Africa
Relief Web (on Africa):
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc115?OpenForm&rc=1
Reuters and BBC news syndicates are solid sources for breaking news from Africa.
World Pulse & PulseWire
pulsewire.net (global online community - Congolese voices)
UN Irin News, Humanitarian news, Analysis about Africa, Asia, Middle East
Committee to Protect Journalists
http://www.cpj.org/regions_08/africa_08/africa_08.html
World Pulse & PulseWire
pulsewire.net (global online community - Congolese voices)
Resources & Databases:
Derechos Human Rights Links
This website provides you with links to human rights groups in Africa.
http://www.derechos.net/links/ngo/regional/africa.htm
African Human Rights Resource Center (University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota School of Law, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota)
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/
This site provides access to the full texts of legal instruments for very basic human rights research and advocacy on the continent of Africa.
African International Courts and Tribunals (Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; New York University, New York).
http://www.aict-ctia.org/index.html
"This website [under construction] provides a centralized source for scholars, practitioners and laypersons working in or on the Continent and a reference to the work of these courts and tribunals for others studying the global phenomenon."
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa (CSVR)
Africa Union
International Crisis Group
www.crisisgroup.org
