Middle Eastern Groups 

REGIONAL GROUPS / IRAN / IRAQ / ISRAEL / JORDAN /KUWAIT / LEBANON/ PALESTINE / SYRIA


REGIONAL GROUPS
 
  • Coalition of Women from Asia & the Middle East (CWAME)

    • Tel: (310) 815 9968
    E-mail: cwame@cwame.org
     
  • Committe to Defend Women's Rights in the Middle East

    • Struggling for Women's Human Rights
    Tel: +44 (0) 788 4040 835. Fax: +44 (0) 870 831 0204
    E-mail: cdwrme@yahoo.co.uk Website: www.eclipse.co.uk/women
     
  • Nisswa and Development Organisation (NAD):

    • NGO concerned with issues of: globalisation, sustainability and gender.
    Tel/Fax: + 39 06 68212631.
    E-mail: secretariat@nadnet.org
    Website: http://nadnet.org


    IRAN
     
  • Association of Iranian Women USA (AIW.US)

    • 85 South Bragg St. Suite 200 A, Alexandria VA 22312.
    Tel. 703 - 941 8584. Fax: 941-3810
     
  • Beit Noam:

    • Centre for intimacy-violence offenders
    P.O.Box 696, Ra'a'nana, Israel 43104.
     
     
  • Office of the National Committee of Women for a Democratic Iran

    • Washington D.C.
    Tel: (202) 726 3653
    E-mail: ncwdi@igc.org
     
  • Organisation for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV)

    • Committed to promoting a non-violence culture. Operates a rehabilitation centre.
    P.O.Box 16765-911, Tehran, Iran
    Tel: 98 21 886 49 28, Fax: 98 21 65 30 91
    E-mail: odvv@neda.net
    Website: www.odvv.org
     
  • Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran

    • 17, Rue des Gords, 94530 Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
    E-mail: Secretariate@mail.aiac.fr
     
  • Women Living under Muslim Laws

    • Network of women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws based on interpretations of the Koran.
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University, 1445 Blvd. De Masionneuve Montreal, Quebec H3G1M8.
    Tel: (1-514) 848-2166. Fax: (1-514) 8484539
    E-mail: hhoodfar@aol.com

    IRAQ

    Iraqi Women's Rights Coalition
    E-mail: iraqwrc@hotmail.com
     



    ISRAEL
     
  • Adalah: Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel

    • PO Box 510, Shafa Amr 20200.
    Tel: +972 4 950 1610 Fax: +972 4 950 3140
    Website: www.adalah.org
     
  • Adva Centre

    • P.O Box 36529, Tel Aviv 61364
    Tel: 972-3-5608871; Fax: 972-3-5607108
    E-mail: advainfo@netvision.net.il
    Website: www.adva.org
     
  •  Al-Fanar, Palestinian Feminist Organisation

    • PO Box 44477, Haifa
    E-mail: alfanar@baraka.org
     
  • "The Agudah", Association of Gay Men, Lesbians and Bisexuals in Israel

    • PO Box 37604, Tel Aviv 61375.
    Tel: 972 3 620 4327 / 629 6381, Fax: 972 3 525 2341
    E-mail: suppr@netvision.net.il
     
     
  • Association of Conscientious Objectors:

    • Pacifist Organisation
    P.O. Box 4090, Haifa 31040
    Tel: 04 8641368
    E-mail: gdavydov@study.haifa.ac.il
     
  • Bat Shalom:

    • Center for women working for Peace
    (together with the Jerusalem Centre for Women) also known as, The Jerusalem Link.
    PO Box 8083, Jerusalem 91080.
    Tel: 972 2 563 1477. Fax: 972 2 561 7983
    E-mail: batshalo@netvision.net.il
    Website: http://www.batshalom.org
    Website: http://www.j-c-w.org (The Jerusalem Centre for Women)
     
  • B'TSELEM:

    • The Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in Occupied Territories
    43 Emek Refaim St. Jerusalem 93141.
    Tel: 972-2 -561-7271 Fax: 972-2-561-0756.
    E-mail: btselem@actcom.co.il
    Website: http://www.btselem.org
     
  • CLAF, Community of Feminist Lesbians

    • PO Box 22997, Tel Aviv.
    Tel: 03-6995606.
    Website: http://www.aquanet.co.il/vip/klaf
     
  • Coalition of Women for a Just Peace

    • E-mail: info@coalitionof women4peace.org
    Website: www.coalitionofwomen4peace.org
     
  • Counseling Centre for Women:

    • Provides Feminist-Informed Therapy to Women and Couples.
    Rehov Herzl 8, Ramat Gan, 52431
    Tel: 03 673 9006 Fax: 03 673 9032
    E-mail: ccw@netvision.net.il
    Website: www.ccw.org.il
     
  • Equality for Women in Israel:

    • Documentation and distribution of Information on Women.
    PO Box 1146 Michmoret, Israel 40297.
     
  • Haifa Feminist Centre:

    • Women's Rights
    124 H'nassi Avenue, Haifa.
     
  • Haifa Women's Coalition

    • Iaha L'Isha - Haifa Feminist Centre
    47 Hillel Street, Haifa 33727.
    Tel: 04 853 0159, Fax: 04 851 1954
    E-mail: mills@netvision.net.il

     

  • The IFLAC BRIDGE: Israeli Peace Movement

    • Jewish and Arab/ Palestinian Women 
    POB 9934, 57 Horev Street, Haifa, Israel 34343
    Tel: 972 4 8243230 Fax: 972 4 8261288
  • E-mail: adah@matav.net.il Website: http://tx.technion.ac.il/~ada/home.html

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  • International Network for Sex Equity in Education (INSEE)

    • Towards equity in education for girls.
    P.O.Box 709, Raanana 43106.
    Tel: 972 9 7712172 Fax: 972 9 7712364
    E-mail: jaemativ@beitberl.ac.il
     
  • The Israel Committee Against House Demolitions

    • Coordinator Jeff Halper, Rehov Tiveria 37, Jerusalem.
    Tel. 972 2 624-8252 / 5637731 / 9523261. Fax: 5662815.
    E-mail: halper@iol.co.il or rhr@inter.net.il
    Website: http://www.net-a.org/hdemol
     
  • Israel Feminist Forum

    • E-mail: iff-@research.haifa.ac.il
     
  • Israel Feminist Movement:

    • Campaigns for women's participation
    PO Box 30441, Tel Aviv.
    Tel: 03 234314.
     
  • Israel Women's Network:

    • Campaigns for improved status of women
    33 Pierre Koenig st. PO Box 53186, Jerusalem 91531.
    Tel: 972-2-671 8885. Fax: 972-2-671 8887.
    E-mail: resource@iwn.org Mailing list: iwnorg-subscribe@egroups.com
    Website: http://www.iwn.org
     
  • Israeli War Widows:

    • A Voice for Peace
    Tel: 02 673 6629.
    Peace petition: E-mail: warwid@zahav.net.il
     
  • Israel / Palestine Centre for Research and Information:

    • Women's Issues
    PO Box 51358, Jerusalem 91513.
    Tel: 972-2-627-4382 Fax: 972-2-627-4382
    Website: http://www.ipcri.org
     
  • Israel/ Palestine Women's Technical Affairs Committee (WATC)

    • PO Box 20576, East Jerusalem via Israel
    Tel/Fax: 972 2 953 778
    orRadio Street, Ramallah, Palestine.
    Tel:00972 2 998 7783 Fax: 00972 2 998 6497
    E-mail: watc@planet.edu
    Website: http://www.pal-watc.org
     
  • Jerusalem Centre for Women

    • Beit Hanina, Al-Hirbawi Building, Fourth Flr.,
    PO Box 51630, Jerusalem
    Tel: 02 2347068/ 02 2347653 Fax: 02 2347069
    E-mail: JCW@palnet.com Website: www.j-c-w.org
     
  • Kidma:

    • Project for the Advancement of Women
    University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905.
    Tel: 972 4 824 0318 Fax: 972 4 824 0436
    E-mail: kidma@psy.haifa.ac.il
    Website: http://psy.haifa.ac.il/~kidma
     
  • Kol Ha-Isha:

    • Women's grassroot organisation
    PO Box 37157, Jerusalem 91371.
    Tel: + 972 2 6222455 Fax: 972 2 6256187
    E-mail: kolisha@netmedia.net.il
     
  • Latet: Israeli Humanitarian Aid

    • 118 Ahad Ahram Street, Tel-Aviv 65208
    PO Box 11724, Tel Aviv 61116
    E-mail: shachar@latet.org.il
     
  • LAW - Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment:

    • Monitoring Human Rights
    PO Box 20873, Jerusalem.
    Tel:(972) (2) 5833298/5833430/5833530/5833537,  Fax: (972) (2) 5833317
    E-mail: law@lawsociety.org
    Website:http://www.lawsociety.org/
     
  • Lo Be - Veit Sifrenu:

    • A Feminist Group Against Sexual Harassment on Campus
    c/o Natalie Rothham, Unit for Culture Research, Faculty of Humanities, Tel-Aviv University
    Tel/Fax: +972-3-5375059, ICQ 13813667
     
  • MERETZ - Democratic Israel:

    • Equality between the Sexes
    2 Choma U'Migdal st. POB 20177 Tel- Aviv 61016.
    Tel: 03-6360111. Fax: 03-5375107
    E-mail: hasbara@meretz.israel.net
    Website: http://www.meretz.org.il
     
  • NASHIM, A journal of Jewish Women's Gender Studies:

    • Information publication.
    13 Ein Gedi St. Jerusalem 93383.
    Tel: (02) 671 6096
     
  • New Profile

    • Feminist Movement for the Civil-ization of Israeli Society
    Website: www.newprofile.org
     
  • Nisan Young Women Leaders

    • Dedicated to the advancement of both Jewish and Arab /Palestinian women between the ages of 15 and 25.
    Post Office Box 3185, Nazareth 16130 
    Tel: 972-4 656 1604 Fax: 972-4  608 1131
    E-mail: nisan@netvision.net.il
    Website:www.nisan.org
     
  • Palestinian Affairs Technical Committee

    • Coalition of women assisting in the establishment of a deocratic society where all discrimination against women is eliminated.
    E-mail: Watcorg@palnet.com
    Website: www.pal-watc.org
     
  • Palestinian Center for Human Rights

    • Tel/Fax: + 972 7 824 776/ 825 893
    E-mail: pachr@trendline.co.il
     
  • Palestinian Union of Women Workers:

    • SocialistFeminist Organisation.
    PO Box 20576, Jerusalem.
     
  • Rape Crisis Centers:

    • For Victims of Sexual Assault
    Jerusalem.
    Tel: 972- 2-6255558.
     
  • Tel-Aviv Sexual Abuse Crisis Centre

    • POB 26368, Tel-Aviv 61263
     
  • Workers Advice Centre (WAC) and Arab Women's Workers' Project (AWWP):

    • Support Group Project.
    POB 41199 Jaffa 61411.
    Tel: 972 - 3- 6839145. Fax: 972 3 6839148.
     
  • Women Federation (WFWP)

    • Tel/Fax: 972 2 6794636
    E-mail: wfwp@actcom.co.il
     
  • Women Legal Aid and Counselling Center:

    • Equality in Legal provisions
    Institute of Criminology and School of Social Work, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem.
    Tel: 972 2 6282635, Tel: 972 2 6282635.
     
  • Women's Affairs Technical Committee (WATC):

    • Working for Palestinian Women's Rights
    E-mail: watcorg@Palnet.com
     
  • Women's Anti-Discrimination League:

    • Umbrella Organisation
    c/o Conflict Resolution - Technion, 57 Horev St. Haifa, Isreal 34343.
    Tel: 972 4 8243230 Fax: 972 4 8261288
     
  • Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC):

    • Local, regional and international reference centre in the defence of the social and legal rights of Palestinian women.
    AL Dahya Intersection, Al Hirbawi Blg. 3rd Floor, PO Box: 54262, Jerusalem 91516
    Tel/Fax: 970 2 2342172, Tel: 970 2 2347438.
    E-mail: wclac@netvision.net.il
    Website: http://www.nisaa.org/wclac
     
  • Women's Organisation for Political Prisoners (WOFPP)

    • PO Box 31811, Tel Aviva.
    Tel/ Fax: 972 3 522 7124.
    E-mail: trn1@zahav.net.il



    JORDAN
     
  • Sisterhood is Global Institute

    • 5 Nadim Al-Mallah Street, Jebel El-lweibdeh, Amman
    Tel/Fax: 962 6 462 3773
    E-mail: sigi@firstnet.com.jo
    Website: http://www.sigi.org/programs/KPP/kppjordn.htm
     
  • UNIFEM Western Asia Regional Office:

    • Umbrella Organisation.
    7 Abassan Street, near Khalidi Hospital PO Box 830 896, Amman 11183.
    Tel: 962 6 619727/8 Fax: 962 6 610944
    E-mail: unifem@nets.com.jo
     
  • Women Oriented Cottage Industries

    • PO Box 5617 Zahran, Ibn Khaldoon Street, #77, 4th Circle/ Jabal Amman, Amman 11183
    Tel: 962-6-4644778/463615/5531817, Fax: 962-6-5531817/5337197
    E-mail: sos@index.com.jo


     KUWAIT
     
  • Women, Cultural and Social Society

    • E-mail: sasem@hotmail.com


    LEBANON
     
  • Council of Lebanese Women:

    • Umbrella Organisation
    PO Box 16, 5640 Beirut.
     
  • Lebanese Association of Women Researchers

    • Centre Toufic TABBARAH, al-Zarif, Marie 'ADI Street.
    Tel. & Fax: 01 - 739 726
     
  • Lebanese Council to Resist Violence Against Women (LCRVAW):

    • Aims to eliminate all forms of violence against women and to establish a just legal support system for women.
    PO Box: 14/5745 Beirut, Lebanon.
    Tel/Fax: 961 1 612899, 961 1 612846.
    E-mail: lecorvaw@inco.com.lb or awcourt@dm.net.lb
    Website: www.arabwomencourt.org or www.lebanesewomen.org
     
  • Machreq/ Maghreb Gender Linking & Information Poject (GLIP)

    • Publishing a a monthly newsletter in hard copy & online
    MACMAG GLIP, PO Box 165302, Beirut
    Tel: (961-3) 615 046. Fax: (961-1) 611 079
    E-mail: glipcoord@intracom.net.lb
    Website: http://www.women-machreq-maghreb.com
     
  • Rasssemblement Democratique des Femmes Libanaises

    • Working for implementation of CEDAW
    E-mail: rdfl@inco.com.lb

    PALESTINE
     

  • Arab Human Rights Association (HRA)

    • P.O. Box 215, Nazareth 16101.
    Tel: 972 6 656 1923 Fax: 972 6 656 4934
    E-mail: hra@g-ol.com
     
  • LAW - Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment:

    • Monitoring Human Rights
    PO Box 20873, Jerusalem.
    Tel:(972) (2) 5833298/5833430/5833530/5833537,  Fax: (972) (2) 5833317
    E-mail: law@lawsociety.org
    Website:http://www.lawsociety.org/
     
  • Media & Gender Department

    • Institute of Modern Media
    Al Quds University
    Tel: 009 722 295 9273/4
    E-mail: Benazb@hotmail.com
     
  • Palestinian Affairs Technical Committee

    • Coalition of women assisting in the establishment of a deocratic society where all discrimination against women is eliminated.
    E-mail: Watcorg@palnet.com
    Website: www.pal-watc.org
     
  • Palestinian Center for Human Rights

    • Tel/Fax: + 972 7 824 776/ 825 893
    E-mail: pachr@trendline.co.il
     
  • Palestinian Union of Women Workers:

    • SocialistFeminist Organisation.
    PO Box 20576, Jerusalem.
     
  • Palestinian Working Women's Society for Development

    • PO Box 25113, East Jerusalem
    Tel: 972 2 2986761. Fax: 296 3288
    E-mail: pwwsd@planet.edu


    SYRIA
     
  • Syria's Friends On-Line:

    • For Peace in the Middle East
    Tel/Fax: 46 (0) 23 69173
    E-mail: sfol@olgonet.se
    Website: http://www.algonet.se/~sfol