International organizations

LSE Library resources

• LSE Library has a special collection of materials from key and intergovernmental organisations. These include publications, statistics and reports.
• European Union - LSE library is a European Union Documentation Centre and has legislation, COM Documents, Statistics and the official journal.
• United Nations - The Library is also a UN documentation centre. This includes UNICEF and UNIFEM documents which deal directly with gender issues.
• Other key collections which contain information about the roles and position of men and women include materials from the OECD, World Bank and International Labour Organization.

Internet resources

Increasingly reports from international organisations are accessible free of charge on the internet. Key examples are:

• UN Women
  (UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) Created in 2010, this United Nations body seeks to promote and implement women's rights worldwide.
• World Bank Gender and Development Programme 
  Access reports and statistics.
• OECD Gender , Equality and Development Resources
  Access programme reports, statistics from countries in the OECD region.
• ILO Gender Equality Resources
  Materials from the International Labour Organization. There is also a useful resource guide which links directly to key documents/ statistics.

Free statistics sites 

An increasing number of international organisations are offering free access to their statistics online.

• Genderstats
  Free access to statistics relating to Gender from the World Bank - topics covered include demographics, education, health and political participation. United Nations Statistics on Men and Women website - in 6 fields of population, families, health, education, work and decision making.
• United Nations Commission for Europe
  Statistics database has a section on men and women in Europe.
• Social Institutions and Gender Index 
  Measure of gender discrimination in 102 non-OECD nations. Covers civil liberties, family and ownership rights.
• Gender and Land Rights Database
  Free access to information from the FAO
• IPU (Interparliamentary Union ) has a Women in politics website which has comparative data relating to women's political representation worldwide.