Below is a collection of useful links
GENDER
Websites of Institutions and Organisations
Europe
European Commission – Gender Equality
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament
European Institute for Gender Equality EIGE
European Network of Equality Bodies – Equinet
The European Community of Practice on Gender Mainstreaming
UK Equality and Human Rights Commission
International
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women – UN Women
http://www.unwomen.org/
The United Nations Development Programme UNDP – Women’s Empowerment
http://www.undp.org/content/
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/
The World Bank Group’s Gender section
http://www.worldbank.org/en/
OECD Gender Equality
http://www.oecd.org/gender/
International Labour Organization ILO – Bureau for Gender Equality
http://www.ilo.org/gender/
The World Economic Forum – Global Gender Gap
http://templatelab.com/global-gender-gap-report/
The Inter-Parliamentary Union IPU
http://www.ipu.org/english/
The World Health Organization WHO – Gender, women and health
http://www.who.int/gender/en/
WikiGender
http://www.wikigender.org/
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