Receive the weekly sampler of posts and "Resource of the Week".
Subscribe »

Enter your
email address:

My Account »


Bookmark and Share

Testimonial?
If you find ResourceShelf useful, please supply a testimonial »








Home > ResourceBlog > Article

« All ResourceBlog Articles

 

Bookmark and Share   Feed

Friday, 25th June 2010

Database: In Development: The International Models Project on Women’s Rights (from American Bar Association)

From the ABA Journal Article:

The ABA [American Bar Association] is launching a new project that will harness the modern power of the Internet to help counter political forces and cultural traditions that support oppression against women in many societies around the world.

The International Models Project on Women’s Rights—dubbed IMPOWR—is a response to the continuing plight that women face in many societies despite decades of efforts to implement national laws recognizing gender rights.

Plans call for IMPOWR to create an online database that collects information on gender-related legal issues, laws and reform efforts in countries around the world. The project will include a significant collaborative element that allows experts both “in country” and on the outside to contribute information, and will hold links to resources and other materials that can be accessed by others using the database.

Access Complete Article

More From an IMPOWR Web Page

The IMPOWR website and database will cover over 100 countries. The main feature will be a rich database on gender-related legal issues, laws and law reform efforts, created through wiki technology with information contributed from a broad array of local and international experts. Wiki entries will be organized by country under a standard set of topics in the areas of civic life, healthcare, marriage and family relations, economic and social life, crimes and violence, access to justice and treaty obligations.

The searchable wiki database will describe the current state of law in each topic area, the role of law enforcement, law reform projects that have been undertaken and the role of civil society as well as community traditions in the effectiveness of reforms. Wiki entries will include robust links including to the texts of pertinent laws through access to the Library of Congress Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) and other sources as well as to additional information on law reform projects and other useful websites and primary and secondary source documents including articles, books and project reports. In addition to the wiki database, the IMPOWR website will also include a directory of experts and an open forum on issues of current interest.

Sources: ABA / IMPOWR

Views: 2014




blog comments powered by Disqus

« All ResourceBlog Articles

 

Read about the FreePint FamilyFreePint Family

A family of resources to help information workers be more effective, raise the value of information in their organisations and contribute to success. Read more »


FeedLatest Family Articles:


Click to view the article Quilting big data threads
Thursday, 24th May 2012

Recently I have found myself cooing over visualisation maps (and heat maps) of health and well being resources. The content rich data is overlayed with mapping technologies, and some interesting themes and patterns are emerging.


Click to view the article The fallacy of information overload
Wednesday, 23rd May 2012

A lot of the talk around social media in the last year has been around information overload. Social media has provided us with new and exciting ways to create content. But it has also meant learning new ways to manage and engage with social media tools. Are we teetering on the edge of an information overload precipice?


Click to view the article Information overload: fact, fantasy or filter failure?
Wednesday, 23rd May 2012

Information overload is a figment of your imagination. Or a failure of your filter. Or a symptom of your technological submissiveness. Depends on who you ask.


Click to view the article Newsdesk: tracking millions of pieces of information a day
Tuesday, 22nd May 2012

What if you had to sort through 3.5 million articles and social media posts a day and try to pull out the most relevant items for your organisation? What if you then had to cobble it all together into something readable for your top groups and executives in your organisation?


Click to view the article Alacra Compliance adds managerial oversight
Tuesday, 22nd May 2012

Alacra Compliance saves time by aggregating information from both free and fee-based sources and enabling users to conduct an accurate federated search across these sources (coined “simultaneous search” by Alacra).


All Family Articles »
Family Articles by Category »


Tell us what you're working on,
and we'll talk to you about how FreePint can help »


FreePint Family Testimonials

"Fabulous resource to learn of unique tools and insights. Very useful." Manager, Futures and Forecasting, Virginia, USA

More testimonials »






Subscribe

Subscribe to the ResourceShelf Newsletter and receive the weekly sampler of posts and Resource of the Week.

Find out more »

ResourceShelf sponsored by:

Article Categories

All Article Categories »

Archive

All Archives »