Penguin Atlas of Women in the World . 2009

Maps grouped by topic, including: Women in the World; Families; Birthrights; Body Politics; Working for Wages; To Have and To Have Not; The Vote; and World Tables on Demography and Health: School, Work, Power. Narrative for each map accompanied with charts and graphs providing regional or country comparisons.

Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide .   6v. 

Issues covered include: Education; Employment & Economics; Family & Sexuality; Health; Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality; Violence; and Outlook for the 21st Century. Each article is accompanied by extensive notes, a resource guide with websites and organizations, and a selected bibliography.

International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge.   4v.  2000

Pertinent entries that are covered by world region include Development, Education, Family:Religious and Legal Systems, Feminism, Health Care, Households and Families, Images of Women, Politics and the State, and Violence.

Additional headings related to women's rights include Adultery, Antidiscrimination, Class, Contraception, Democratization, Empowerment, Equality, Female Circumcision, Fundamentalism, Genocide, Human Rights, Islam, Marriage, Refugees, Sexuality, and Women's Movement. 

Women and Politics Around the World. 2009

Articles on countries and issues.

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Women's Roles and Statuses the World Over.  2006

Entries for 26 countries, arranged by world region. Provides analysis with data on demographic characteristics, literacy & education, work force participation, inheritance, citizenship, public office, military service, and health care. Although it purports to cover countries with a wide range of economic traits, coverage of developing countries is sparse. The organization of this volume makes it easy to draw comparisons among the countries covered.

Notes accompanying each regional entry are extensive, relying heavily on publications of the U.S. government and the United Nations.

Amnesty International Online

Nongovernmental organization that campaigns for human rights worldwide.  This site consists of news, feature articles, press releases, and documents. See Stop Violence Against Women campaign.

To search the site for publications on women's rights in a particular country, click on Advanced Search once you're on the website. Select Women as an Issue and a particular country from the dropdown menu.

Human Rights Watch: Women

Select from the list of issues covered such as women workers, domestic violence, sexual violence, trafficking, refugees, legal status.  

You can also select to search for a particular issue in a particular country by selecting from the dropdown menus with countries arranged by region.

UN Office of the High Commisioner for Human Rights: Women

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations maintains this site on women.  Highlighted issues include violence against women, racial discrimination, trafficking in persons, reproductive rights, traditional practices affecting health, and HIV/AIDS.

Association for Women's Rights in Development [AWID]

Analysis, interviews, perspectives, points of view, and current news stories on women's rights and global issues. Browse by Topic or by Region.

Includes papers on sexual rights, development, politics, water, media, migrants, refugees, and war and peace, written by scholars and activists.  

Madre: Demanding Human Rights for Women and Families Around the World

International organization that addresses issues of women and sustainable development, community improvement and health, violence and war, and discrimination and racism.

Country projects include Afghanistan, Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti, Iraq, Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Palestine, Panama, Peru, and Sudan.

Check the Press Room a talking points, blog, and news stories.

WomenWatch: Information Resources on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women

United Nations gateway to resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women in the world. Search by keyword or browse by Topic.

Check the area of the site devoted to Statistics and Indicators. Some of the publications available from this site are:

• Statistics and Indicators on Women and Men includes statistics in the areas of population, families, health, education, work and politics and human rights.
  
• Progress of World's Women 2011/2012 with a focus on politics & governance, access to public services, economic opportunities, justice, and assistance for development & security.  
  
• Human Development Reports including national and regional coverage of gender and development issues
• UNFPA sources of statistical data
• Global Employment Trends for Women
• World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education
• Population Growth and Reproductive Country Profiles
  
  

Gender and Development : World Bank

Resources on the World Bank's role in reducing gender inequality and  promoting women's involvement in economic development.

Resources include:

• World Bank Publications on Gender
• GenderSTATS - Statistics on women
• HIV/AIDS and Gender
• Gender Equality in Development (World Development Report 2012)

International Encyclopedia of Sexuality.   4v.  1997

Profiles 30 countries regarding topics dealing with women's sexuality.  These include reproductive issues, homosexuality, sexual abuse and incest, sexual harassment, and rape and family violence.  Each article includes references and suggested readings.

Sourcebook on Violence Against Women.   2001

Includes chapters on female genital mutilation, religious issues and violence against women, prostitution, the sex industry, and sex tourism, and violence against women as a human rights violation.

Women's Human Rights Resources Programme

A directory of links to women's rights resources on the Web maintained by the Bora Laskin Law Library of the University of Toronto. The focus of this site is legal.

Includes Women's Human Rights Resources Database which allows searching by keyword or browsing by general topic for annotated bibliographies including scholarly articles, books, documents and links.  Full text is available only from the links to documents and Web sites.