MDG3 Global Call to Action campaign focuses on the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG 3) on gender equality and women's economic empowerment. Half-way to 2015 we are still far from achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals to halve extreme poverty, which range from providing universal primary care to environmental sustainablility. We need to get on track.

IWRAW Asia Pacific is an international women's organisation that promotes the domestic implementation of international human rights standards by building the capacity of women and human rights. advocates.

Running Start is an organization that brings young women to politics so that they are knowledgeable about the process, invested in the outcome, and interested in participating as elected leaders.

Women's Centre for Democracy and Human Rights is a nongovernmental organisation aimed at developing democratic society based on human rights, gender equity and social justice. The organization achieve its goals through education, advocacy and research.

This chart shows the number of women in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago (1962 - present). View chart at Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago website

KARAT is a regional coalition that works to ensure gender equality in the CEE/CIS countries, monitors the implementation of international agreements and lobbies for the needs and concerns of women in the region at all levels of decision-making fora.

This website highlights the efforts to build capacity in peacekeeping missions on gender issues and brings together materials that can be used in gender training.

CAWTAR is an independent regional institution promoting gender equality in the Arab World through research, training, networking, and advocacy.

The objective of the glossary is to provide on-line, interactive and accessible information about key terms related generally to women's human rights and gender and development work

Reconciliation Resource Network (RRN)is an online forum for sharing information, best practices, links and other resources among the diverse and geographically dispersed community of reconciliation practitioners, analysts and policy makers.

The International Federation of Women in Legal Careers fights against the eradication of all forms of discrimination against women and promotes their human rights.

The WomanStats Project aims to provide researchers, policymakers, governmental and non-governmental organizations, students, and laypersons with the most comprehensive compilation of information on the status of women in the world.

The Women’s Parliamentary Club in the Assembly of Macedonia is the only parliamentary group where members of all parties represented in the Assembly meet and discuss legislative strategies to improve the situation of women in the country. The Club provided proposals and amendments to the laws on election, labor, violence, gambling and health care.

Contact information:

Cvetanka Ivanova, Chair of the Club
Women's Parliamentary Club
Assembly of Republic of Macedonia
Add. 11 Oktomvri bb
1000 Skopje, Macedonia
Tel.: + 389 2 3213 128
e-mail: cvetanka_i@yahoo.com

The Gender Responsive Budgeting website strives to support efforts of governments, women’s organizations, members of parliaments and academics to ensure that planning and budgeting effectively respond to gender equality goals. The site also provides practitioners with a variety of resources, assessments and training materials on gender responsive budgeting.

Community Education and Development Services (CEDS), is a non-profit, nonsectarian and non-governmental organization that works with grassroots communities in Northwest and South provinces of Cameroon. The goal of the organization is to improve the living conditions in communities by empowering women through integrated developmental programs such as the Women’s Empowerment program, the Reproductive Health and Rights program, and the Advocacy and Networking program.

Contact information:
Community Education and Development Services
Room 301, NWCA Building
Commercial Avenue Bamenda
P.O. Box 5153 Nkwen-Bamenda
Email: cedsbda@yahoo.com