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Musawah - for Equality in the Family is a good source generally on equality in the family and Muslim communities.
Jannah.org is a non-profit public website with no affiliation to any particular Islamic group or party. Jannah.org provides information to help understand the true stance Islam takes on gender issues and the role of women. Content includes women status in Islam, marriage and family life.
International Land Coalition is a global alliance of civil society and intergovernmental organizations working together to promote secure and equitable access to and control over land for poor women and men through advocacy, dialogue and capacity building. Its website has a section on arguments for women's access to land, initiatives, participatory research, an annotated bibliography etc.
The International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC) is an independent, non-profit research organisation established in 1995. It is an Association under Articles 60ff of the Swiss Civil Code. It has offices in the International Environment House in Geneva (Switzerland) and Nairobi (Kenya). IELRC has a directly related to issues of equity, for instance concerning the situation of women in environmental management (gender concerns) or the relations between states in international law (differential treatment).
A global research institute with headquarters in Washington, D.C., and regional offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and New Delhi, India. It also has project offices in Mumbai and Hyderabad. ICRW is comprised of social scientists, economists, public health specialists and demographers, all of whom are experts in gender relations. We are thought leaders driven by a passion to alleviate poverty and rectify injustice in the world.
A particular focus of HIC-SARP work is on promoting and protecting the equal rights of women to housing, land, property and inheritance. HIC-SARP aims to achieve its goals through advocacy, research, human rights education, and outreach through network building at local, national and international levels.
The Global Land Tool Network (GLTN)’s main objective is to contribute to poverty alleviation and the Millennium Development Goals through land reform, improved land management and security of tenure. The GLTN has developed a global partnership on land issues, pulling together global partners, as well as many individual members. These partners include international networks of civil society, International Finance Institutions, international research and training institutions, donors and professional bodies.
Online database produced by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) contains Country level information on social, economic, political and cultural issues related to the gender inequalities embedded in land rights. Includes national legal framework, customary law, international treaties.

International network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - page on women's land rights. Includes tools, articles and brochures, and regional lists of organisations and resources.

Dimitra est un projet d'information et de communication participative qui contribue à améliorer la visibilité des populations rurales, particulièrement des femmes. Le but de Dimitra est de mettre en lumière les rôles en tant que producteurs et productrices des hommes et des femmes, pour que leurs intérêts respectifs soient davantage pris en compte et qu’ils puissent participer pleinement au développement rural de leurs communautés et leur pays. Le projet renforce les capacités des populations rurales, des femmes en particulier, par la diffusion d’information et l’échange d’expériences.
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