WGST 210 - Gender in a Transnational World

This guide is a good place to start to get ideas about potential topics, and explore issues relevant to particular regions of the world.

World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations Directory allows access to information on NGO's in 170 nations. Browse by country or search by keyword.

Using the advanced search feature in Google allows you to limit your search to sites with the domain name .org. Many non-profit organizations choose to use the .org domain to identify themselves, so using this feature will bring many groups that do advocacy work to the top of the results list. On the search form, include the term .org in the blank labeled "Search within a site or domain."

Try a search using a term describing the women's issue under study, the country or region that interests you, and NGO: example: Sexual assault and united states and ngo

You can find news stories from around the world with Google News. In the search box, click on the small down arrow to the far right to see the advanced search options. To limit to news published in a particular country, use the "Source Location" field to enter your country of interest. Or include the country name in a regular Google News search.

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