Resources

General Resources and Statistics

• Gender Inequality Index - UN Development Programme (multiple indexes by nation)
  hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/gii
• Women’s Indicators and Statistics Database
  unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/gender/wistat/
• MENA Development Report – Opening Doors: Gender Equality and Development in the Middle East and North Africa
  openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/12552/751810PUB0EPI002060130Opening0doors.pdf?sequence=1
• Directory of UN Resources on Gender and Women’s Issues – Statistics and Indicators
  www.un.org/womenwatch/directory/statistics_and_indicators_60.htm
• Amnesty International
  www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/countries/middle-east-and-north-africa/
• Arab Barometer
  www.arabbarometer.org/instruments-and-data-files
• Pew Research Center – Middle East and North Africa
  www.pewglobal.org/topics/middle-east-and-north-africa/
• Voice of the People - Social Science Data Archive – Middle East
  dataarchives.ss.ucla.edu/da_catalog/da_catalog_SearchResults.php?searchTerm=middle+east
• World Values Survey
  www.worldvaluessurvey.org

Political Participation

• Women in Parliament
  www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm
• Women’s Learning Partnership – Political Participation Resources
  www.learningpartnership.org/political-participation-resources
• AGORA – Parliamentary Development and Activities
  www.agora-parl.org/node/10298
• National Democratic Institute – Women’s Political Participation
  www.ndi.org/womens-political-participation
• National Endowment for Democracy
  www.ned.org/research/democracy-research-guide/womens-political-participation

Economic Empowerment

• World Bank
  www.worldbank.org/en/region/mena
• World Economic Forum – Gender Gap (includes country profiles)
  www.weforum.org/issues/global-gender-gap
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) – Social Institutions and Gender Index
  genderindex.org/ranking/Middle%20East%20and%20North%20Africa
• UN ESCWA - Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
  www.escwa.un.org/divisions/ecw.asp?division=ecw

Human Rights

• Arab Network for Human Rights Information
  www.anhri.net/en/
• Human Rights Watch - MENA
  www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa
• UN Human Rights Watch – MENA
  www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/MENARegion/Pages/MenaRegionIndex.aspx
• International Federation for Human Rights - MENA
  www.fidh.org/en/north-africa-middle-east/
• Middle East Institute
  www.mei.edu/issues/human-rights
• Al-Karama
  en.alkarama.org/

Resources by Country

Algeria

• La Ligue Algérienne pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme (Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights)
  www.la-laddh.org/
• Council of the Nation of Algeria (Upper house of Parliament) - Arabic
  www.majliselouma.dz/
• People’s National Assembly (Lower house of Parliament) - Arabic
  www.apn-dz.org/
• Algeria Watch
  algeria-watch.org/index_en.htm

Bahrain

• Bahrain Center for Human Rights
  www.bahrainrights.org/
• Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain
  adhrb.org/
• Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights
  byshr.org/
• Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society
  www.bhrws.org/eng/
• Bahrain Monitor
  www.bahrainmonitor.org/
• European-Bahraini Organization for Human Rights
  www.ebohr.org/
• Bahrain Forum for Human Rights
  www.bfhr.org/english/

Egypt

• The National Council for Women
  www.ncwegypt.com/index.php/en/
• The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights
  en.eohr.org/
• The National Council for Human Rights
  www.nchregypt.org/index.php/en/
• The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
  eipr.org/en
• Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
  www.cihrs.org/?lang=en
• Afro-Egyptian Human Rights Organization
  www.aehro.org/inside.aspx?op=introduction&x=2
• United Nations Population Fund - Egypt
  egypt.unfpa.org/english/Staticpage/2091d235-c9bf-45a9-88ad-295f00cf53a4/Gender_Equality_and_Human_Rights.aspx
• Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights
  ecesr.com/en/

Iraq

• Iraq Foundation
  www.iraqfoundation.org/projects_overview.htm
• The Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq
  www.owfi.info/
• The Kurdish Human Rights Project (Iran/Iraq)
  www.khrp.org/
• Women Empowerment Organization Iraq
  www.weoiraq.org/

Jordan

• National Center for Human Rights – Jordan
  www.nchr.org.jo/english/home.aspx
• Amman Center for Human Rights Studies
  www.achrs.org/english/
• Adaleh Center for Human Rights Studies
  www.adaleh-center.org/new/

Kuwait

• Kuwait Society for Human Rights (Arabic)
  kuwaithumanrights.org.kw/
• The Kuwait Association of Basic Evaluators for Human Rights
  www.humanrights.org.kw/
• Women’s Cultural and Social Society
  www.kwtwcss.org/

Lebanon

• The Lebanese Center for Human Rights
  www.cldh-lebanon.org/english
• League for Lebanese Women’s Rights
  llwr.org/english.html

Libya

• Libya Human Rights Commission
  libyanhumanrightscommission.org/about.php
• Libyan League for Human Rights
  libyanleague.org/

Morocco

• Moroccan Association of Human Rights
  www.amdh.org.ma/En
• Conseil National Des Droits de L’homme (National Council of Human Rights)
  www.ccdh.org.ma/an

Oman

• National Human Rights Council of Oman
  www.nhrc.om/en/
• Monitor of Human Rights in Oman
  humanrightsconnected.org/organizations/monitor-of-human-rights-in-oman-mhromn
• National Human Rights Commission of Oman
  www.nhrc.om/en/about-us/nhrc-oman-members/
• Gulf Cooperation Council Human Rights
  www.gcchumanrights.org/oman.html
• The National Committee for Human Rights in Oman
  www.omaninfo.com/oman/national-committee-human-rights.asp

Qatar

• National Human Rights Council Qatar
  www.nhrc-qa.org/en/
• National Commission for Human Rights Qatar
  www.aehrd.info/j02/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=17%3Athe-national-commission-for-human-rights-qatar&catid=34%3Aaehrd-member-organisations&Itemid=58&lang=en
• Global Women Qatar
  www.globalwomenqatar.com/

Saudi Arabia

• Human Rights First Society – Saudi Arabia
  hrfssaudiarabia.org/
• National Society for Human Rights
  nshr.org.sa/en/
• Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
  www.cdhr.info/
• Institute for Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
  www.ihrsaudiarabia.org/

Syria

• Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
  syriahr.com/en/
• Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies
  www.dchrs.org/english/news.php?aboutus
• Eyes on Syria (Amnesty International)
  www.eyesonsyria.org/
• Syrian Human Rights Committee
  www.shrc.org/
• Syrian Network for Human Rights
  www.dchrs.org/english/news.php?aboutus

Tunisia

• Conseil National pour les Libertés en Tunisie (National Council for Liberties in Tunisia)
  cnlt-majless.tn/web/qui-somme-nous/
• Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (French)
  femmesdemocrates.org/

United Arab Emirates

• Emirates Center for Human Rights
  www.echr.org.uk/
• UAE Embassy – Women in the UAE
  www.uae-embassy.org/uae/women-in-the-uae
• Sheikh Mohammed – Women in the UAE
  www.sheikhmohammed.co.ae/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=7d3c4c8631cb4110VgnVCM100000b0140a0aRCRD

West Bank and Gaza

• Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
  www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/
• The Arab Association for Human Rights
  www.arabhra.org/hra/Pages/Index.aspx?Language=2
• Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
  adalah.org/eng/
• The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group
  www.phrmg.org/
• Palestinian Human Rights Organization
  www.palhumanrights.org/
• Human Rights in Palestine
  humanrightsinpalestine.com/
• Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights
  auphr.org/
• Union of Palestinian Women Committees
  www.upwc.org.ps/

Yemen

• Ministry of Human Rights – Yemen
  mhrye.org/eng/
• Yemen Rights Monitor (blog)
  yemenrightsmonitor.blogspot.com/