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Women with Disabilities icon International Associations

*Disabled Peoples' International

Disabled Peoples' International Women's Committee
http://www.dpi.org/women.html

Contacts:
Justine Kiwanuka
101-107 Evergreen Place
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3L 2T3
Tel.: +1-204-287-8010/Fax.: +1-204-453-1367
E-mail: dpi @ dpi.org

Or:
Anneli Joneken
Kistavagen 7
S-192 67 Sollentuna
Sweden
Tel.: +46-8-754-6420/Fax.: +46-8-651-8905
E-mail: anneli @ joneken.se

Or:
P.O. Box 22114
S-104 22 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel.: +46-8-652-0720/Fax.: +46-8-651-8905

*Disabled Women's Alliance

http://www.igc.org/beijing/ngo/widnet.html

Contact:
World Institute on Disability
510 16th Street, Suite 100
Oakland, CA 94612
U.S.A.
Tel.: +1-510-251-4355/ Fax.: +1-510-763-4109
E-mail: wid @ igc.apc.org

*Disabled Women on the Net

http://www.disabilityhistory.org/women

*Inclusion International

http://www.who.int/ina-ngo/ngo/ngo141.htm

Contact:
Mr. John O'Gorman
Secretary General
Inclusion International
c/o International Disability Centre
13D chemin du Levant
F-01210 Ferney-Voltaire
Tel.: +33-4-50-40-01-97/Fax.: +33-4-50-40-01-07
E-mail: inclus @ club-internet.fr

*International Leadership Forum for Women with Disabilities

http://www.dinf.org/ilf/

*Mobility International USA

http://www.miusa.org/intldev/women/index.html

Special Projects:
International Symposium on Microcredit for Women with Disabilities

Contact:
P.O. Box 10767
Eugene, OR 97440
U.S.A.
Tel.: +1-541-343-1284 (v/TTY)/Fax.: +1-541-343-6812
E-mail: womenleaders @ miusa.org

*Rehabilitation International

http://www.rehab-international.org

Contact:
25 East 21st Street
New York, NY 10010
U.S.A.
Tel.: +1-212-420-1500/Fax.: +1-212-505-0871
E-mail: rehabintl @ aol.com

*Whirlwind Wheelchair International

Whirlwind Women
http://whirlwind.sfsu.edu/general_info/whirlwind_women
/whirlwind_women1.html

Contact:
Whirlwind Women
San Francisco State University
Division of Engineering
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
U.S.A.
Tel.: +1-415-338-6277/Fax.: +1-415-338-1290
E-mail: whirlwind @ sfsu.edu
jkernsesq @ aol.com (Jenny Kerns, Program Director)

*World Blind Union

http://cnib.org/organization/wbu/wbu4.htm

Special Project:
The World Blind Union: Blind Women
http://www.cnib.org/organization/wbu/bu4.htm

Contact:
Kristina Nordstrom
Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired
12288 Enskede
Sweden
Tel.: +46-8-39-9000/Fax.: +46-247-14165

*World Federation of the Deaf

Contact for Women's Issues:
Anne Marie Wikstrom
Granvagen 9
S-793 33 Leksand
Sweden
Tel.: +46-247-12186/ +46-247-64112
Fax.: +46-8-39-91-77

*World Institute on Disability

http://www.wid.org/

Special projects:
Global Strategies to Increase Employment of Women with Disabilities

Contacts:
Kathy Martinez, Project Manager
World Institute on Disability
510 16th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel.: +1-510-251-4362/ Fax.: +1-510-763-4109
E-mail: kathy @ wid.org

Or:
Barbara Duncan, Project Manager
Rehabilitation International
25 East 21st Street
New York, NY 10010
Tel.: +1-212-420-1500/Fax.: +1-212-505-0871
E-mail: bjdnycla @ aol.com

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Africa

Asia/Pacific/Oceana

Caribbean

Europe

Middle East

North America

South America

Women with Disabilities icon Regional Associations

AFRICA

GABON

*Handicap Sans Frontières

Contact:
Ms. Marie-Josette Minko
Présidente du Comité des Femmes (President of the Women's Committee)
Handicap San Frontières
B.P. 16-409
Libreville
Gabon
Fax.: +241-74-34-99

MALI

*Association Malienne des Femmes Handicapées

Contact:
Mrs. Djikine Hatouma Gakou, Presidente
B.P.E. 1918
Bamako, Mali

NIGERIA

*NMO Honorable Minister of Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development

Contact:
Federal Government Secretariat
Shehu Shagari Way, Abuja
Nigeria
Tel.: +234-9-523-0970/Fax.: +234-9-523-364

SOUTH AFRICA

*Disabled People of South Africa (DPSA)

*Disabled Women's Development Program (DWDP)

http://www.womensnet.org.za/hr/dpsa1.htm

Contact:
Hendrietta Bogopane
Disabled Women's Coordinator
7th Floor Lancet Hall
207 Jeppe Street
Johannesburg

P.O. Box 39008, Booysens 2016
P.O. Box 1568, Johhanesburg 200
South Africa
Tel.: +011-333-4505/Fax.: +011-333-4822/Cell.: +082-200-6370

UGANDA

*National Representative of Women with Disability

Contact:
Honorable Florence Nayiga
Parliament House
P.O. Box 7178
Kampala, Uganda
Fax.: +256-41-231296

*Uganda Disabled Women's Association

Contact:
Betty Kinene
P.O. Box 3368
Kampala, Uganda

ZAMBIA

*Zambia's National Assembly of Disabled Women

Contact:
Patricia Daka
P.O. Box 37879
Lusaka, Zambia

ZIMBABWE

*AM Southern Africa Federation of the Disabled (SAFOD)

Contact:
P.O. Box 2247
No. 1 Crescent Court
130 Herbert Chitepo Street
12 Avenue, Bulawayo
Zimbabwe
Tel.: 263-744-26/34 Fax: 263-9-74398
E-mail: safod @ telconet.co.za

*Medunsa Organization for Disabled Entrepreneurs (MODE)

http://www.medunsa.ac.za/mode.htm

Contact:
Mrs. V. Zwennis, Project Manager
Tel.: +012-529-4775/5627
Fax.: +012-529-4303/5654
E-mail: atu @ mcd4330.medunsa.ac.za
medicos @ wn.apc.org.za

*Southern African Federation of the Disabled (SAFOD)

Contact:
Ms. Dorothy Muskanya
Assistant Regional Women's Development Co-ordinator
No. 1 Crescent Court
130 Herbert Chitepo Street
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Or:
12th Avenue
P.O. Box 2247
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

ASIA/PACIFIC/OCEANIA

*Asia Blind Union: Women's Committee

Contact:
Mrs. Anurdha Mohit
The National Association for the Blind
Sector 5
R.K. Puram
New Delhi - 110 022
India

AUSTRALIA

*Disability Action Inc.

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~disactn/

Contact:
Disability Action Inc.
62 Henley Beach Road
Mile End SA 5031
Australia
Tel.: +08-8352-8599/Fax.: +08-8354-0049
E-mail: email @ disabilityaction.in-sa.com.au

*Disability Information & Communication Exchange

http://www.dice.org.au/

Contact:
Tel.: +61-2-6280-8858/Fax.:+ 61-2-6280-8868
Email: dicenet @ dice.org.au

*The Disability Information & Resource Center

Disability Information in Southern Australia
http://www.dircsa.org.au/

Contact:
The Disability Information & Resource Center, Inc.
195 Gilles Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Australia
Tel.: +08-8223-7522/ Fax.: +08-8223-5082
E-mail: dirc @ dircsa.org.au

*Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA)

http://www.wwda.org.au/index.htm

Contact:
P.O. Box 229 Dickson
Australian Capital Territory 2609
Australia
Tel.: +61-2-6242-1310/Fax.: +61-2-6242-1314; TTY: +61-2-6242-1313
E-mail: wwda @ ozemail.com.au

AZERBAIJAN

*Azerbaijani Society of Disabled Women

http://www.friends-partners.org/ccsi/nisorgs/
azerbaij/diswmn.htm

Contact:
6-Ci-Mikrorayon
Proyezd 1410, Blok 3215
Baku
Azerbaijan
Tel.: +99-412-684-819/+99-412-947-036/Fax.: +99-412-981-301
E-mail: office @ oxfam.baku.az (attn: Yelena Taranova)

GEORGIA

*Georgian Disabled Women's International Association

http://solar.cini.utk.edu/partners/ccsi/nisorgs/
georgia/geodisab.htm

Contact:
34 Dzembi Zubalashvilebi Street
Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel.: +99-532-92-09-11/Fax.: +99-532-92-14-61
E-mail: gdwia @ access.sanet.ge

INDIA

*Indian Women Online: Women & Disabilities

http://www.indianwomenonline.com/womenhome/
naari/Women&Disability/Home.asp
 

JAPAN

*Asia Disability Institute

Contact:
Yukiko Nakanishi, President
2-7-7-194 Myojin-cho
Hachioji, Tokyo
Japan 192
Tel.: +81-426-45-221
E-mail: YukiN @ din.or.jp
YHY02306 @ nifty.ne.jp

KAZAKHSTAN

*Association of Mother-Invalids (TAUKEMET)

Contact:
Ms. Imangazina Bibigul Kh.
Abai Avenue 42/44
Almaty
Kazakhstan
Fax.: +223-22-61-82

KOREA

*Human Rights and Realities of Disabled Women in Korean Society

http://www.rehab-international.org/publications/Pages13-16.html

Contact:
Ms. Kwang L. Kim
Director
Research Institute of the Differently Abled Rights in Korea (RIDRIK)
(137-061) 922-16
Bangbe-Idong
Sochoj-ku
Seoul, Korea
Tel.: +02-521-5364/Fax.: +02-584-7701
E-mail: chalunha @ hanil.com

NEPAL

*AM Nepal Disabled Women Society

Contact:
Post Box 5445
Nepal
Tel.: +977-1-535770/531324/Fax.: +977-1-535142
E-mail: Sushila- @ coho.wlink.np

SIBERIA

*SIECUS International Program

Special project:
Women, Disability and Health Care in Siberia
http://www.siecus.org/inter/russia/ppnne/ppne0002.html

CARIBBEAN

*The Disabled Women's Network - Trinidad and Tobago

http://dpa.org.sg/DPA/publication/dpipub/fall98/dpi27.htm

EUROPE

*DISWEB: European Network of Women with Disabilities

http://www.stakes.fi/sfa/disweb0.html

Contacts:
Elisa Pelkonen
Mariankatu 24 E 40
FIN-001 70 Helsinki
Finland
Tel.: +358-9-1603880/Fax.: +358-9-1604312
E-mail: Elisa.Pelkonen @ STM.VN.mailnet.fi

Or:
Dolores Schembri, Secretary
4 Busewdien RD
Wardija Street
St. Paul's Bay
Malta

DENMARK

*Danish Women with Disabilities

Contact:
Mrs. Janne Sander-Knudsen
Gadekaervej 28
2500 Valby
Denmark

GERMANY

*NOSEVI: Network of Disabled Feminists Against Sexual Violence

Contact:
Dinah Radtke
Zentrum für Selbstbestimmtes Leben Behinderter e.V. Erlangen
Marquardsenstr. 21
91052 Erlangen
Germany
Tel.: +49-91-31-205022

UNITED KINGDOM

*Disability Awareness in Action

http://www.directions-plus.org.uk/
az/disab_aware_action.html

Contact:
11 Belgrave Road
London SW1V 1RB
United Kingdom
Tel.: +44-171-821-9812/ Fax.: +44-171-821-9539
E-mail: DAA_ORG @ compuserve.com

MIDDLE EAST

YEMEN

*Disabled Women Committee (Yemen)

*Yemeni Association for the Care of the Physically Handicapped

http://www.yemeni-women.org.ye/english/sec2_2_5.htm

NORTH AMERICA

CANADA

*Aboriginal Women with Disabilities

http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/disable6/prefac-e.html

*DisAbled Women's Network Ontario (DAWN Ontario)

http://dawn.thot.net

MEXICO

*Acceso Libre A.C.

Contact for Women's Issues:
Dra. Mabel Prado Picón
Asesor de Programas de Mujeres
Centro de Rehabilitación Integral
Armenta y López No. 616,
Centro, Oaxaca, CP 68000
Mexico
Tel./Fax.: +951-6-57-75
E-mail: libroax @ antequera.com
acoax @ antequera.com
paloax @ antequera.com

*CEVIMUDI (Independent Living Center for Women with Disabilities)

Contact:
Alicia Contreras
1a. Priv. De Lopez 505-6D
Col. Julian Carrillo
San Luis Potosi, SLP Mexico
CP. 78340
Tel.: +52-48-15-7726/Fax.: +52-48-15-5972
E-mail: aliciac @ infosel.net.mx

U.S.A.

*African American Women with Disabilities: An Overview

http://www.odc.state.or.us/tadoc/divers13.htm

*American Indian Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (AIRRTC)
Institute for Human Development at Northern Arizona University

Contact:
Tel.: +1-520-523-4791/ Fax.: +1-520-523-9127
E-mail: ihd.uap @ nau.edu

*Deaf Women United

http://www.dwu.org/

Contact:
E-mail: MJBienvenu @ aol.com

*Disabled Women Veterans (U.S.A.)

http://www.militarywoman.org/disabled.htm

*Girl with Disabilities On-Line (Minnesota)

http://www.rehab-international.org/publications/gold.html

Contact:
PACER Center
4826 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Fax.: +1-612-827-3065

*Rehabilitation Research and Training Center of the Pacific (RRTCP)

San Diego State University Interwork Institute
- Issues concerning Pacific Islanders with disabilities
http://www.interwork.sdsu.edu/projects/rrtcp/

Contact:
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center of the Pacific
5850 Hardy Avenue, Suite 112
San Diego, California
U.S.A.
Tel.: +1-619-594-0139/ Fax.: +1-619-594-4208
E-mail: guerrero @ interwork.sdsu.edu (Gregory Guerrero)

*Women with Developmental Disabilities (California)

http://www.npi.ucla.edu/wdw/

Contact:
E-mail: bstoffmacher @ MEDNET.ucla.edu

SOUTH AMERICA

BRAZIL

*Associação Bahiana de Deficientes Físicos

Contact:
Luiza Cámera, Presidente
Av. Sete de Setembro, 281
Palácio da Aclamação
Passeio Público
CEP 40080-001
Salvador-Bahia
Brazil
Tel.: +55-71-321-5500

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Advocacy Training

Disability Management

Employment

Health

Multicultural Perspectives

Online Fora

Reproductive Issues

Research/Policy Development

Sexuality

Violence/Abuse

Women with Disabilities icon Links by Subject

ADVOCACY TRAINING

*Disability Action Inc.

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~disactn/advocacy.html

Contact:
Maurice Corcoran
Disability Action Inc.
62 Henley Beach Road
Mile End SA 5031
Australia
Tel.: +08-8352-8599/Fax.: +08-8354-0049
E-mail: maurice @ disabilityaction.in-sa.com.au

DISABILITY MANAGEMENT

*National Institute of Disability Management and Research

http://www.nidmar.ca

Contact:
The National Institute of Disability Management and Research
3699 Roger Street
Port Alberni, BC V9Y 8E3
Canada
Tel.: +1-250-724-4344/8745/Fax.: +1-250-724-8776
Email: burns @ nic.bc.ca

EMPLOYMENT

*Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network on Employment and Training (GLADNET)

http://www.gladnet.org/

Special Project:
Global Strategies to Increase Employment of Women with Disabilities
http://www.gladnet.org/womendis.htm

Contact:
Carl Raskin
GLADNET Executive Director
Box 612 Station "B"
Ottawa, Canada K1P 5P7
Tel.: +1-613-825-6193/Fax.: +1-613-825-2953
E-mail: info @ gladnet.org

*Mobility International USA

http://www.miusa.org/women/women.html

Special Projects:
International Symposium on Microcredit for Women with Disabilities
http://www.miusa.org/development/Micro/micro.html

Contact:
P.O. Box 10767
Eugene, OR 97440
U.S.A.
Tel.: +1-541-343-1284 (v/TTY)/Fax.: +1-541-343-6812
E-mail: womenleaders @ miusa.org

*World Institute on Disability

http://www.wid.org/

Special projects:
Global Strategies to Increase Employment of Women with Disabilities
http://wid.org/gsiewd/index.htm

Contacts:
Kathy Martinez, Project Manager
World Institute on Disability
510 16th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel.: +1-510-251-4362/ Fax.: +1-510-763-4109
E-mail: kathy @ wid.org

HEALTH

*Center on Emergent Disability

University of Illinois at Chicago
http://www.uic.edu/depts/idhd/ced/

Special projects:
Research Healthpage for Older Women with Disabilities
http://www.uic.edu/~lisab/health.htm

*National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC)

A Project of The Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.4women.gov/wwd/index.htm

Contact:
E-mail: 4woman @ soza.com

MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES

*Aboriginal Women with Disabilities

http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/disable6/prefac-e.html

*African American Women with Disabilities: An Overview

http://www.odc.state.or.us/tadoc/divers13.htm

*American Indian Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (AIRRTC)
Institute for Human Development at Northern Arizona University

Contact:
Tel.: +1-520-523-4791/ Fax.: +1-520-523-9127
E-mail: ihd.uap @ nau.edu

*Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA)

"Triple Disadvantage: Women from Non-English Speaking Backgrounds Living in Australia" (An article by Lina Pane)
http://www.wwda.org.au/nesb.htm

ONLINE FORA

*GimpGirl On-Line Community

http://www.gimpgirl.com/

*Girl with Disabilities On-Line (Minnesota)

http://www.rehab-international.org/publications/gold.html

Contact:
PACER Center
4826 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Fax.: +1-612-827-3065

REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES

*Disabled Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Resource Packet

http://www.empowermentzone.com/repropak.txt

Contact:
Barbara Waxman Fiduccia, Project Director
Americans with Disabilities Act Project
California Family Health Council
Satellite Office
1314 Lincoln Avenue, Suite C
San Jose, CA 95125
U.S.A.
Tel. +1-408-283-9226/ Fax.: +1-408-283-9188
E-mail: bfwaxman @ aol.com

RESEARCH/POLICY DEVELOPMENT

*Berkeley Planning Associates

http://www.bpacal.com/

*Center for Research on Women with Disabilities (CROWD)

Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Margaret Nosek, Ph.D.
http://public.bcm.tmc.edu:80/crowd/about/about_crowd.htm

Contact:
CROWD Staff
E-mail: chanpong @ bcm.tmc.edu

*Gender and Disability

http://web.syr.edu/~thechp/gendis.htm

*National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR)

http://www.ncddr.org/index.html

SEXUALITY

*Disabled Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Resource Packet

http://www.empowermentzone.com/repropak.txt

Contact:
Barbara Waxman Fiduccia, Project Director
Americans with Disabilities Act Project
California Family Health Council
Satellite Office
1314 Lincoln Avenue, Suite C
San Jose, CA 95125
U.S.A.
Tel. +1-408-283-9226/ Fax.: +1-408-283-9188
E-mail: bfwaxman @ aol.com

*National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC)

A Project of The Office on Women's Health in the
Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.4women.gov/wwd/index.htm

Contact:
E-mail: 4woman @ soza.com

*Sexual Health Network

Sexuality and Disability
http://www.sexualhealth.com/

VIOLENCE/ABUSE

*Education Wife Assault (EWA): Women with Disabilities

http://www.womanabuseprevention.com/html/
women_with_disabilities.html

Contact:
Education Wife Assault
427 Bloor Street West - Box 7
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1X7
CANADA
Tel.: +1-416-968-3422/Fax.: +1-416-968-2026
E-mail: info @ womanabuseprevention.com

*International Coalition on Abuse and Disability (ICAD)

International electronic mailing network
http://www.infoability.org/resources/abuse_disability.html

*Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA)

Disabilities and Violence
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/vdisab.asp

*National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR)

http://www.ncddr.org/index.html

*National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC)

A Project of The Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.4women.gov/wwd/index.htm

Contact:
E-mail: 4woman @ soza.com

*NOSEVI: Network of Disabled Feminists Against Sexual Violence

Contact:
Dinah Radtke
Zentrum für Selbstbestimmtes Leben Behinderter e.V. Erlangen
Marquardsenstr. 21
91052 Erlangen
Germany
Tel.: +49-91-31-205022

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Personal Homepages

Women with Disabilities icon General Disability Links
Including Women's Issues

*Axis Disability Rights Website

http://www.normemma.com/

*Disability Resources Monthly (DRM)

Guide to Disability Resources on the Internet
http://www.geocities.com/~drm/index.html

*Ethnic Minorities with Disabilities

Disability Advocates of Minorities Organization (DAMO)

Contact:
P.O. Box 31204
Oakland, CA 94604
U.S.A.
Tel.: +1-415-841-5953 (Leroy Moore)/ +1-510-234-5278 (Gary Gray)

*Independent Living

http://www.independentliving.org/

Personal Homepages:

*Barbara Robertson's Women and Disability Resources

http://members.tripod.com/~Barbara_Robertson/Women.htm

*Speak Out: Noemi Sohn. Disability & Identity: Looking at Ableism & Other Oppressions

http://www.speakersandartists.org/
People/NoemiSohn.html

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Women with Disabilities icon General Women's Human Rights Links

*DIANA: International Human Rights Database: Women's Human Rights Resources

http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/

*Global Fund for Women

http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/

Contact:
Sarah Vaill
Global Fund for Women
425 Sherman #300
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Tel.: +1-650-853-8305/Fax.: +1-650-328-0384
E-mail: sarahv @ igc.apc.org

*Sisterhood is Global

http://www.sigi.org/

*South Asian Women's Net (SAWNET)

http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet

*University of Minnesota Human Rights Library: Women's Human Rights

http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/

*Women's Human Rights Resources

Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto
http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/

*Women in Development Network

http://www.focusintl.com/widnet.htm

*Women's Opportunity Fund

http://www.womensopportunityfund.org/

Contact:
P.O. Box 3695
Oak Brook, IL 60522
U.S.A.
Tel.: +1-800-7WE-WILL

*Women's Net - South Africa

http://www.womensnet.org.za

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