The database

Mapping the World of Women's Information Services is an online database of about 400 women's information centers and libraries from over 130 countries throughout the world. The database includes contact information for each center as well as a brief description of each center’s history and areas of concentration. The database can be searched by name, country, subject, sort of organization and other key words. It also includes web site links. You can search directly in the online database.

In Focus
10 examples of women's information centres operating in Europe, Asia and the Pacific, North America, South and Central America, the Middle East and Africa are in the session in Focus. Read about women's art documentation centres, virtual documentation centres, lesbian archives and documentation and communication networks. You will read about the history, vision and focus of these centres and as well as the political and socio-economic environment in which they operate.

Quick Reference Guide
The English and French Quick Reference Guide of the Mapping the World Database can be ordered at no cost from pr@iiav.nl.
The Guide is also available online in English, French, English PDF format and French PDF format . +

Participate
If the women's information center you work with is not included in the database, please let us know by filling in online form

Partners
Partners in the Mapping the World-project are: Unesco (Paris), Alai (Equador), Enda Synfev (Senegal), the African Gender Institute (South Africa) and HIVOS (The Netherlands).

Contact information. You can contact the IIAV for information about Mapping by telephone (+31-20-6651318), by post (Obiplein 4 / 1094 RB Amsterdam / the Netherlands) or via e-mail (info@iiav.nl).

For questions or more information please contact: info@iiav.nl
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