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Africabib.org Two online bibliographic databases covering Africana periodical literature and African Women's literature, and a comprehensive bibliography on women travelers and explorers to Africa. The site is hosted by The African Studies Centre (ASC) in Leiden, The Netherlands.
African Gender Institute: Electronic Gender Links Annotated listings of African and Southern web sites with a focus on women and gender issues. From the website of the African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town.
African Women on the Internet Links to online resources from Stanford University Libraries
Documents on Women's Issues in Uganda The Bibliography of Research on Uganda Women 1986-2001 contains citations of books, chapters and journal articles on the following subjects: Agriculture/Rural Development, Civil Society/Activism, Conflict/Post-Conflict, Economics, Education Gender/Feminism/Women, General Health, AIDS, Reproductive Health/Sexuality, History, Law and Land/Property Rights, Marriage/Family/Violence, Media, Politics and The State. The bibliography is part of the Women of Uganda Network website (WOUGNET), which also contains lists of women organizations in Uganda, women in Parliament, and links and resources for - particularly Ugandan - women.

Archives and Libraries

GALA Gay and Lesbian Archives for South Africa At the University of the Witwatersrand. General information and a guide to the GALA archival collections.
Gender Project Documentation Centre The Centre, at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, houses a specialist collection of published and unpublished materials in the field of gender equality and women's rights. General information.

Special Topics

GALA Gay and Lesbian Archives for South Africa At the University of the Witwatersrand. General information and a guide to the GALA archival collections.
Widowhood among the Igbo of Eastern Nigeria By Chima Jacob Korieh. Online version of thesis, University of Bergen, Norway, 1996

Journals

Ahfad Journal: Women and Change Journal of Ahfad University for Women, Sudan
Feminist Africa Online journal published by the African Gender Institute and its Gender & Women's Studies Project (GWS Africa).
Jenda. A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies

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Last updated 11 February 2013