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Women and the Law

International Women's Issues

Trafficking

Trafficking in Persons Report, 2009 - State Department
The Exploitation of Women and Children: A Comparative Study of Human Trafficking Laws between the United States-Mexico and China-Vietnam
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) - issues relate to trafficking in women and girl children; it links to many applicable UN conventions.

Female Genital Mutilation

Title IX

Fast Facts about title IX
Gender Equity in Sports - provides online access to court cases, statistics and more relating to Title IX

Economic & Human Rights Issues

Unifem - The United Nations Development Fund for Women
Women In International Law: Research Resources - Suggested books, articles, and web sites maintained at the U. of Chicago Law School by Lyonette Louis-Jacques.
International Law Guide IV: International Women's Human Rights and Humanitarian Law - Outline of Major Documents and a Brief Research Guide from the U. of Toronto
Legal Resources for Women - Part of a larger list of internet resources for women at SunSITE, U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor - Home page for the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor. Contains a variety of information on legal and economic issues of interest to Women.

United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - Coordination and Outreach Unit of the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women.

Women's Human Rights Resources - from the Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto, in affiliation with Project Diana.

Human Rights Watch on Women's Rights

The Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq