Women in Development: Home

This archive last updated in 2018, includes bibliographies, briefings, overviews and reports on gender and development issues.

Europe's largest research collection on economic and social change in developing countries.

"Adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination."

Provides free access to relevant, up-to-date and diverse research on international development issues.Eldis includes over 30,000 summaries and links to free full-text research and policy documents.

The Center's online catalog includes a selection of recent and archived publications as pdf downloads.

This unique archive collects research on societal structures in Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America. These materials reflect the impact of women in rural and urban settings. They discuss issues of education, economic growth and legal rights among other topics. Collected here is the research of scholars such as Elsa Chaney, Susan Poats, Helen Safa, Anita Spring, Marianne Schmink, and others who have pioneered research into women’s issues in developing countries. These resources serve not only as research archive, but also as a means for building infrastructure to better support women in developing societies.