Links

The Nordic countries
Nordiska ministerrådets pages on equality. Goals for the equality program in the Nordic countries as well as statistics and news. www.norden.org

Denmark
The Danish government's pages on equality. www.lige.dk

Norway
The Norweigian government's pages on equality. The Department of Children and Families governs and coordinates civic questions on equality. odin.dep.no

Sweden
The Swedish government's pages on equalitywww.regeringen.se

D O Ombudsman against discrimination based on ethnicitywww.do.se

The Statistical Central Agency's pages on equality www.scb.se

Ombudsman for equality JämO oversees equal rights among men and women in the workplace. Sexual harassment, gender discrimination, equality opportunities plan and salary discrimination are among some of the issues presented on this page. www.jamombud.se

Kammarkollegiet is a registry of authorized translators. The information is found under Vår verksamhet/ Auktorisation av tolkar och översättare/ Sök tolk online. www.kammarkollegiet.se

The Nordic countries
NIKK - the Nordic institute for women and gender research is an interdisciplinary Nordic research institution financed by the Nordiska ministerrådet. NIKK is a collaborative agency for feminism, female, male, gender and equality research in the Nordic countries. www.nikk.uio.no

Denmark
Coordination of gender research in Denmark www. sociology.ku.dk

KVINFO is the Danish Centre for Information on Women and Gender. The centre's primary objective is to promote the results of women and gender research to the general public. www.kvinfo.dk

Finland
SUNS - Suomen Naistutkimuksen Seura r.y. - The society for Women's research in Finland r.f. www.uta.fi/jarjestot/suns/swe/index.htm

Iceland
Rannsóknastofu i kvennafræðum
Center for Women Studies www.rikk.hi.is

Norway
KILDEN Center for information and documentation on women and gender research in Norway kilden.forskningsradet.no

Sweden
National office of gender research www.genus.gu.se

The Women's History Collection at Göteborg University Library is a special library for women's, men's and gender studies. www.ub.gu.se/kvinn/

GENA is a database of references for dissertations in the areas of female, male and gender research. www.databasengena.nu

Europe
The European Women's Lobby (EWL) is the largest co-ordinating body of national and European non-governmental women's organisations in the European Union, with over 3000 member associations in the 15 Member States. The EWL's goal is to achieve equality of women and men in Europe and to serve as a link between political decision-makers and women's organisations at EU level. www.womenlobby.org

Denmark
Kvinderådet
The Women's Council in Denmark is an umbrella organization for 51 organisations with a total of more than one million members.The Women's Council works for women's rights as well as social, professional, economic and cultural interests. The object of The Women's Council is to strengthen women's rights and influence in society and create real equality between women and men. The Women's Council represents member organisations as the co-ordinating body, dealing with the government, Parliament, public authorities and so on, as well as in national and international organizationswww.kvinderaadet.dk

Norway
MIRA-Senteret
The aim of The MiRA Resource Centre is to promote equality for black, immigrant and refugee women in Norway. www.mirasenteret.no

FOKUS-Forum for Women and Development www.fokuskvinner.no

Sweden
IKF - The Organization of International Women
IKF is a member organization for international women's organizations in Sweden. IKF is non-political and non-religious.
http://hem.spray.se/ikf-sverige/

RIFFI - Riksförbund för invandrarkvinnors organisationer
RIFFI includes about 20 local organizations in Sweden. The organisation is non-political and non-religious. RIFFI lobbies to improve immigrant women's situations and to act as counsel in civics and society. www.riffi.org

A center against racism
A website about the ongoing work against racism and ethnic discrimination. www.sverigemotrasism.nu

The immigrants' institute
An information and documentation center for questions on immigration and refugee policies. www.immigrant.org

Denmark
Arbejdsformidlingen i Danmark. The Danish central employment agency. www.jobnet.dk

Finland
Arbetsministeriet / Työministeriö. The Finnish Ministry of Labor. Job ads and information on the Finnish job market. www.mol.fi

Iceland
Vinnumála stofnun. The Icelandic central employment agency. www.vinnumalastofnun.is

Norway
Arbeidsmarkedsetaten. The Norweigian central employment agency. www.aetat.no

Sweden
Arbetsförmedlingen. The Swedish central employment agency. www.ams.se

Affärsskolan
Affärsskolan is a web-based education for those who want to start their own company. Based out of Sweden. www.affarsskolan.nu

Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. www.hrw.org

Iceland
Women's Shelter in Iceland - Women who have been victims of domestic violence, either emotionally, physically or sexually can seek refuge at the Women's Shelter for themselves and their children. www.kvennaathvarf.is

Sweden
Kvinnofridsportalen
Kvinnofridsportalen is an information center on the Internet about violence and abuse against women. Several links for more information. www.kvinnofrid.se

Terrafem
Support and counselling in 35 different languages currently. www.terrafem.org

Sofianytt
Posts women's seminars, conferences and courses in Sweden and all over the world. www.sofia.se/sofianytt

EU-stafetten
The EU2004-commission aims to encourage debate and spread information on current EU issues. www.eustafetten.nu

Folksams rikskundtjänst.
The insurance company Folksam in collaboration with LO, offers a nationwide multilingual service with information on insurance and the union. www.folksam.se

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women. It defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination. www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw