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RESOURCE LINKS

Center for Women's Global Leadership
http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/
The Center for Women's Global Leadership develops & facilitates women's leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide. 

Cultural Survival
http://www.culturalsurvival.org/
A global leader in the fight to protect indigenous lands, languages, and cultures around the world. In partnership with indigenous peoples, we advocate for native communities whose rights, cultures, and dignity are under threat. 

Foro Internacional de Mujeres Indigenas
http://www.fimi-iiwf.org/
Ampliar las voces de las mujeres indígenas en el ámbito internacional.

The Girl Effect
http://www.girleffect.org/
The Girl Effect is a MOVEMENT. It's about about ending poverty. And it's about doing so by investing in girls. Learn. Explore. And get involved. 

Global Exchange
http://www.globalexchange.org/
An international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. 

Global Fund for Women
http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/
Standing with women worldwide since 1987. Investing in and advocating for women's human rights in over 174 countries.

Global Giving
http://www.globalgiving.org/
The world is full of problems. GlobalGiving is full of solutions.

Global Partnership for Education
http://globalpartnership.org/
We work with partners in more than 50 developing countries to achieve the common goal of getting all children into school for a quality education.

Indignacion
http://indignacion.org.mx/
Nuestra ambición es ser un espacio de encuentro y discusión para latinos envueltos en ocupaciones y otros movimientos alrededor del mundo, además de recoger esas experiencias de lucha y estrategias para nutrir el movimientos de Ocupa. Además de este portal cibernetico hay una edición impresa del periódico que se distribuye en NY y en ocupaciones de EE. UU. 

Maya Works
http://www.mayaworks.org
MayaWorks believes that community development happens through economic development of women. MayaWorks is a nonprofit social venture that empowers indigenous women of Guatemala to achieve economic security by providing markets for their handcrafted products, access to microcredit loans and expanded educational opportunities. 

Mayan Hands
http://www.mayanhands.org
Mayan Hands now partners with approximately 200 weavers, organized in groups of 10 to 30 women, living in different communities around the western and northern highlands of Guatemala. Mayan Hands has two bases of operation. In Guatemala, we work closely with the weavers and acquire the beautiful products we send to the US. In Maryland, USA, we warehouse and distribute the goods, mostly through the fair trade network.

Mujeres Unidas
http://www.mujeresunidas.net/
A grassroots organization of Latina immigrant women with a double mission of promoting personal transformation and building community power for social and economic justice. 

NISGUA
http://www.nisgua.org/resources/guatemala_basics/history.asp  
The Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) links people in the U.S. and Guatemala in the grassroots global struggle for justice, human dignity andrespect for the Earth.

Pachamama
http://www.pachamama.org/
Building critical mass to bring forth a sustainable, just and thriving world - starting with you! 

Rainforest Action Network
http://ran.org/
Campaigns for the forests, their inhabitants and the natural systems that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace through education, grassroots organizing and non-violent direct action. 

Reading Village
http://readingvillage.org/ 
Reading Village empowers Mayan youth in rural Guatemala to eradicate illiteracy and lead their villages out of poverty. 

Starfish One by One
http://starfishonebyone.org/
Starfish One by One transforms impoverished Mayan families and communities by empowering and educating young women. 

UN Development Goals 

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/mdgoverview.html

UN Women
http://www.unwomen.org/
UN Women is the UN agency for gender equality & women's empowerment. It was established to accelerate progress on meeting the needs of women & girls worldwide. 

Unicef: Guatemala
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/guatemala.html

Women's Global Education Fund
http://www.womensglobal.org/
Women's Global Education Project was founded on the idea that everyone is entitled to an education, regardless of gender or economic status. 

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