Research resources
- Interactions (Eldia Project): real-time research on the empowerment of women and girls - This Interactions guide on women and girls' empowerment aims to keep you up to date with development research processes as they happen.
- Eldis Resouce Guide to Gender and Health - Includes cross-cutting resources on gender and health.
- List of research reports, papers and articles on Gender discrimination and preference from the British Library for Development Studies
- Saumya Uma. Rights of Adolescent Girls in India: A Critical Look at Laws and Policies (1st ed). Mumbai: Vacha Publications, 2012.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/saumyauma/32 - Adolescent Girls, Cornerstone of Society: Building Evidence and Policies for Inclusive Societies
- Post Conference webpage: 5th Sion International Conference on the theme: The right of the child and the adolescent to his/her sexual orientation and gender identity. -2013
- GIRLS DISCOVERED: Global Maps of Adolescent Girls.
Research Institutions and Networks
- International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW)- Programme on Adolescence
- NOVA - Norwegian Social Research Norway
- CINDE, The International Center for Education and Human Development Colombia
- Caribbean Child Development Centre Consortium for Social Development and Research University of the West Indies Jamaica
- Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge, UK England
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay India
- Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (Codesria) Senegal
- Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, Clemson University USA
IGO and NGO resources
- Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- Coalition for Adolescent Girls
- Working Group on Girls
- Fourth World Conference on Women Platform for Action: The Girl Child
- Because I am a Girl Campaign - Plan International (external link)
- UNGEI United Nations Girls' Education Initiative was launched in 2000 by the UN Secretary-General to assist national governments as they fulfil their responsibilities towards education and gender equality for all children, girls and boys alike. (external link)
- CEDPA Centre For Development and Population Activities - Girls Education and Youth Development - Cedpa is now a part of Plan International USA
- Rainbo - Health and Rights for African Women
- Institut international des Droits de l'Enfant - Fight Against Female Genital Mutilation
Reports:
- State of the WORLD’S MOTHERS 2005 The Power and Promise of Girls’ Education - Save the Children (pdf file)
- Making the grade: A model national policy for the prevention, management and elimination of violence against girls in school Action Aid International and Open Society Initiatve for Southern Africa (pdf file)
- Girl power: The impact of girls’ education on HIV and sexual behaviour - By James Hargreaves and Tania Boler CIDA Canadian International Development Agency and Action Aid - 2006 (pdf file)
- AIDE - Memoire Expert Group Meeting:The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child 2006 - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for the Advancement of Women
- State of the World's Women and Children 2007: The Double Dividend of gender Equality
- Because I am a Girl: the state of the world's girls 2008 Special Focus: In the shadow of war. The 2008 report examines the state of girls in conflict situations around the world
- The Dynamics of Social Change: Towards the abandonment of FGM/C in five African countries -2012
International Standards
- Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women (1979)
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (1999)
- Convention against Discrimination in Education (1960)
- Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - General recommendations
- Day of general discussion on the girl child. 23 January 1995 (summary) pdf
- Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict