Equality Now
http://www.equalitynow.org/
Human rights violations against women have for too long been denied the attention and concern of international organizations, national governments, traditional human rights groups and the press. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of girls and women around the globe continue to endure debilitating and often fatal human rights abuses.

Friends & Partners - Women's Issues
http://www.friends-partners.org/friends/life/women_issue/index.html
Good site, lots of links, main part of this site is about Russia. This is a site that was jointly developed by friends in US and Russia for better understanding of people.

Literacy and Social Change: From a Woman's Perspective
http://www.literacy.org/products/ili/pdf/ilprocus.pdf

Off Our Backs (A women's newsjournal)
http://www.offourbacks.org/
The mission of the paper is to provide news and information about women's lives and feminist activism; to educate the public about the status of women around the world; to serve as a forum for feminist ideas and theory; to be an information resource on feminist, women's, and lesbian culture; and to seek social justice and equality for women worldwide.

Pan-Pacific & South-East Asia Women's Association International
http://www.ppseawa.org/
Objectives: "Strengthen the bonds of peace by fostering a friendship and better understanding among women in all areas of Pacific & SE Asia, to promote cooperation among women of these regions for the study and improvement of social, economic, cultural conditions."

Update on The Hunger Project's Work in Malawi - March 2000
http://www.thp.org/malawi/
The information on this site includes what the Hunger Project's Epicenter are, which include women's issues (rural bank, food processing training, literacy centers, etc.) It doesn't link to any others sites - just gives info on this particular project.

Where There is Life, There is Hope - Women Literacy Students and Discrimination
http://www.nald.ca/CLR/lifehope/cover.htm

Women2Women
http://women2women.com/
Good site for women - has a wide range of information (news, articles, getting involved).

Women and Literacy
http://www.sil.org/literacy/wom_lit.htm
"Development agencies have found two predictable indicators for longevity among women in developing countries: accessible clean water and literacy skills. Another well-known fact is that in some societies, discrimination exists in educational opportunities based on a gender bias. "