The following resources were compiled by Equality Now

• Asia/Pacific
• Canada
• Europe
• Latin America and the Carribean
• North Africa & Middle East
• Sub-Saharan Africa

Prisoners' Action Group & Justice Action
Trades Hall - Lv 2, Suite 204, 4 Goulburn St Sydney
NSW Australia 2000
Phone: +612 9283 0123
Fax+612 9283 0112
Web: www.justiceaction.org.au
Seeks to empower prisoners and provide a voice for incarcerated people. Focus includes the special needs of women prisoners to emphasize the relationship between domestic violence and the incarceration of women.

Women Living Under Muslim Laws -Asia Coordination Office
Address:c/o Shirkat Gah Women�s Resource Center, PO Box 5192, Lahore 15
Email: [email protected]
It is a worldwide network of women and women's groups living in Muslim countries and Muslim communities. It provides information through dossiers and facilitates between Muslim women and progressive and feminist groups at large.

Mongolian National Centre Against Violence
Bldg. 40, Flat# 3,6, Ulaanbaatar-46 Chingeltei District, Mongolia
Phone: 976-11-318086/976-11-329850/976-7011-9949
Fax: 976-11-318087
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
National network against violence. Raises public awareness on violence and advocates to change laws for gender equality. Promotes legal education and psychological counseling services for families dealing with violence.

NariPokkho Durbar Network/Bangla Mahila Parisad
Address: House 51 Road 9/A, Dhanmondi R.A., Dhaka 1201, Bangladesh.
Tel: 88-2-8119-917/815-3967
E-Mail: [email protected] / [email protected]/ [email protected]

Project Against Domestic Violence (PADV)
Address: PO Box 2459, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tel: 855-23-219-184
Email: [email protected]
Dedicated exclusively to the prevention and elimination of domestic violence. Conducts public awareness raising campaigns and research projects on violence in Cambodia.

Qianxi Women's Law Service Center
Address: Qianxi County, Hebei Province, PRC
Tel: 86-315-561-8305
Fax: 86-315-561-0821
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.qianxiwlsc.org
Non-governmental public welfare organization consisting of a group of social volunteers including lawyers and legal advisors, who are specialized in providing legal services for women and popularizing legal knowledge.

The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
Address: PO Box 374, Quetta, Pakistan
Phone: 0092-300-5541258
E-Fax: 0044-870-8312326 (UK)
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.rawa.org
Independent political organization of Afghan women fighting for human rights and for social justice in Afghanistan. Conducts education, health and income generation activities as well as political agitation on behalf of women in Afghanistan.

Rifka Annisa Women's Crisis Center
J.Jambon IV/69A, Perum. Jatimulyo Indah, Yogyakarta, 55241 Indonesia
Tel: 62-274-553-333 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rifka-annisa.or.id A group of women and men dedicated to the problems experienced by female victims of violence such as sexual harassment, rape and domestic violence. Provides assistance a, advocacy and community awareness using an approach based on the woman's own importance and self-interests.

Mungchi / Korea Women�s Hotline
82-2-2269-2962 South Korea
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.hotline.or.kr

Maiti Nepal
PO Box 9599, Gaushala, Nepal 977-1-449-2904
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.maitinepal.org

Saathi
Address: P.O. Box 7770, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: +977 (1) 5554560
Fax: +977 (1) 5554543
Email: [email protected]
Non-governmental organization working in the area of violence against women and girls through youth mobilization camps, community and social mobilization training, income generating victim support programs and women's rights advocacy campaigns.

Shirkat Gah Women's Resource Centre
Flat # A-2, 2nd Floor, Parin Lodge Apartment, Bath Island Road, Karachi
Tel: 92-21-5831140 & 5830563
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.shirkatgah.org
Works towards women's empowerment for social justice and social justice for women's empowerment. Focuses on law and status, and women and sustainable development, including reproductive rights. They have offices in several cities including Peshawar and Karachi.

CANADA

National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC)
Address: 506-251 Bank Street Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1X3
Toll Free: 1-877-319-0993
Local: (613) 232-5025
Fax: (613) 232-8419 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ncwc.ca
Non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian federation of voluntary women's organizations, working to improve the status of women, families and society, through education and advocacy.

Ontario Women's Justice Network
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The goal of the Ontario Women's Justice Network (OWJN) is to promote an understanding of the law with respect to the issue of violence against women and their children.
Address: 158 Spadina Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 2T8, Canada
Phone: 416-392-3135/ 416-392-3031
(TTY) | 1-877-558-5570
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.owjn.org

Springtide Resources
Address: Suite 220, 215 Spadina Avenue, Toronto M5T 2C7
Phone: 416-968-3422
Fax: 416-968-2026
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.springtideresources.org/
The organization informs and educates the community about the issue of wife assault/woman abuse in order to decrease the incidence of physical, psychological, emotional and sexual violence against women and the effect that woman abuse has on children.

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EUROPE

Stigamot
354-800-562-6868, Simi Iceland
Email: [email protected]

National Organization for Battered Women's Shelters in Sweden
Address: Hornsgatan 66, 1 trappa, Stockholm S - 11821 Sweden
Phone: 08-442 99 30
Fax: 08-612 73 25
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.roks.se
Mission: Organizes most of the women's shelters in Sweden. Educates, arranges conferences, publishes a magazine "Kvinnotryck" and books and pamphlets on all forms of sexual violence against women and girls, initiates feminist research and gives service to our member organizations and to the public.

LATIN AMERICA & THE CARRIBEAN

Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA)
Address: POB 1599, Castries, St. Lucia
Tel: Tel 758-452-3146 and 458-2693 fax 453-1608
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.cafra.org
Promotes women's human rights in the Caribbean through research, public awareness-raising and advocacy.

Casa Amiga
Calle Durango, 1916, Paseo de las Torres, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Phone: (656) 690-8300, (656) 690-8301
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.casa-amiga.org

Moviemiento El Pozo
Rep�blica de Portugal, 492, Bre�a, Lima 5, Peru
Email: [email protected]

Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra
Rua Professor Primo Ferreira, 22 Santos, SP 11045-150 Brazil
55-13-3877-9455
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
Website: www.casadeculturadamulhernegra.org.br
Provides legal aid for women escaping domestic violence to offering a variety of classes. Runs a gift shop and restaurant to help finance their projects.

CEFEMINA
Address: Apartado Box 5355-1000 San Jose Costa Rica
Tel: 506-2224-3986 / 2224-6190
Email: [email protected]/ [email protected]
Website: www.cefemina.org
Working for human development and the promotion of the quality of life and equality in opportunities for women, through capacity building, research and raising public awareness.

Comite de America Latina y El Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (CLADEM)
Address: Apartado Postal 11-0470 Lima 11 Peru
Tel: 51-14-639-237
Fax: 51-14-639-5898
E-mail: [email protected]/ [email protected]
Website: www.cladem.org
A network of women and women's organization joining force to defend the human rights of women in the Latin American/Caribbean region.

NORTH AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST

KIDMA
Address: The University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, 31095
Israel Contact Person: Claudia Goodich-Avram
Tel: 972-4-8240318 Fax: 972-4-8249014
Email: [email protected]
Website: kidma.haifa.ac.il
Project for the Advancement of Women in Israel, Haifa, Israel, provides women from all sectors of Israeli society opportunity, information and access to subjects that can help them advance personally, professionally, financially and socially. The Women who come to project KIDMA include among others Jews and Arabs, new immigrants, students, and professionals dealing with women's issues such as sexual harassment. KIDMA is a non profit organization located at The University of Haifa.

Isha L�isha
118 Arlozorov Street, 33276 Jerusalem
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.isha.org.il
972-4865-0977 / 4864-1072
Isha L�Isha, established in 1983, is the oldest grassroots feminist organization in Israel and one of the leading voices of women�s rights in the country. Isha L�Isha is based in Haifa and works primarily in the northern part ofIsrael. However, many of our projects focus on implementing system-wide solutions to issues pertaining to women's lives. As a result, Isha L'Isha has a national influence, reaching target audiences throughout the country.
Our mission is to advance the status of all women in Israel by: (a) empowering them and encouraging them to become leaders in their communities; (b) advocating for full civil rights and equal opportunities for women; (c) opposing all forms of violence against women; (d) developing and encouraging new projects to address women's needs; and (e) promoting collaboration between women's organizations

Arab Women Organization
PO Box 840725 Amman 1118 Jordan
962-6-465-0414 Fax: 962-6-438-5478
Email: [email protected]

Assoc. Marocaine des Droits des Femmes (AMDH)
BP 1740 RP Rabat, Morocco
212-37-730-961 Fax: 212-37-738-851
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
Web: www.amdh.org.ma

Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance (CEWLA)
9, kamel El Gedeed Street, 2nd floor, Boulaq El Dakrour, Cairo
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.cewla.org
CEWLA is a non-governmental organisation founded in 1995 and one of the most active organisations in Egypt in the field of women's human rights. CEWLA operates to raise awareness of law and of human rights principles among grassroots communities, legal bodies and NGOs. CEWLA campaigns for equality of women, with an emphasis on legal equity and the amendment of discriminatory laws

Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counseling (WCLAC)
PO Box 51678 Jerusalem VIA 91516
972-2-234-5028 (Hotline) Emg
972 2 295 617/8
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.wclac.org

Women's Solidarity Association of Iran
Address: P.O. Box 13165-117 Tehran, Iran
Tel: 98-21-641-3636
Fax: 98-21-640-6840
Email: [email protected]
A women's human rights organization working for the progress of the women of Iran through advocacy and awareness raising on the national and international levels.

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA)
Network of women lawyers working for the promotion of women's human rights. Offices throughout Africa include:

Legal & Human Rights Centre
PO Box 75254, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Email: [email protected]
255-22-277-3048 Fax: 255-22-277-3037

Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices (IAC)
c/o ECA, P.O Box 3001, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel/Fax: (+251)-11-551 57 93
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.iac-ciaf.net

International Women's Resource Centre
based in Kampala, Uganda (Isis-WICCE)
Address: Plot 23 Bukoto Street, Kampala Uganda
Tel: (256 41) 543-953 Fax: (256 41) 543-954
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.isis.or.ug
Working to eliminate injustice based on unequal power relations to improve women's economic, social and political situation.