WORLD
& MULTI-AREA SITES
Area studies information
on countries worldwide compiled by the USA government
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
www.export.gov. click under :market research" and again
under "country guide"
International Business Resource
Connections
Business and cultural information about Australia, Germany, India, Indonesia,
Israel, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, UK, Venezuela,
and Vietnam
http://www.ibrc.bschool.ukans.edu/Cultural_Perspectives/cultural_perspectives.htm
International Trade Administration
(ITA), US Dept of Commerce,Trade
information Center
Worldwide country information, market research, calendars, etc.
http://www.trade.gov/td/tic/
News
The New York Times: International
Maps, five-day weather forecasts, and news organized by: Africa, Americas, Asia
Pacific, Europe, Middle East (Look under International News on the left.)
http://www.nyt.com/pages/world/index.html
Silk Road Communications
has a section called Mother Countrywith links to
information about the following countries:
CENTRAL ASIA: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan. Kazakhstan. Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan. Uzebkistan
EAST ASIA: China, Indonesia
EUROPE: Turkey
MIDDLE EAST: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen
http://www.silkrc.com/Mother/TOC_Mother.htm
ARAB/ISLAMIC
Arab Net
Business and cultural information on 22 countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros,
Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman,
Palestine, Qatar, Saudi, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and
Yemen
http://www.arab.net/saudi/saudi_contents.html
ASIA
PACIFIC
CHINA
FRANCE
JAPAN
Japan Information Network,
including governmental links, statistics, virtual
reality tours of places and arts, kids' pages, and web links on Japan
http://jin.jcic.or.jp
The Japan Intercultural
Institute
Sezaru Ikebukuro Kanamecho #504
Chihaya 2-15-2
Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0044 Japan
Phone - 03-5966-9193 (+81-3-5966-9193 from outside Japan)
To be on the JII mailing list, send an email to the director, Joseph Shaules
shaules@japanintercultural.org.
Nikkei Net Interactive delivers comprehensive business news, market data and
the latest stock information from Tokyo to your desktop, with the backing of
Japan's leading financial news group, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.
http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/FR
www.nativeweb.org
NativeWeb is an international,
nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to
using telecommunications including computer technology and the Internet to
disseminate information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and
organizations around the world; to foster communication between native and non-
native peoples; to conduct research involving indigenous peoples' usage of
technology and the Internet; and to provide resources, mentoring, and services
to facilitate indigenous peoples' use of this technology.
KOREA
MEXICO
Mexican Newspapers in English
Mexican Newspapers in Spanish:
www.holland.nl links to all types of organizations in English
and Dutch
Dutch only
POLAND
ROMANIA
Romanian Cultural Resources
http://www.culture.ro/
RUSSIA
SWITZERLAND
TURKEY
Daughters of ATATURK
Sema Karaoglu, Founder, 18 Calle Ameno, San Clemente, CA 92672 USA
http://www.DofA.org
+1(949) 361-8436
USA
STAT-USA/Internet
A service of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The site for the U.S. business,
economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the
Federal government.
http://www.stat-usa.gov/
USA Women
Center for Research on Women
An interdisciplinary community of scholars engaged in research, programs
and publications, which examine the lives of women, men, and children in a
changing world.
Wellesley Centers for Women
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
Tel: (781) 283-2500
Fax: +1 (781) 283-2504
wcw@wellesley.edu
www.wcwonline.org
USA Black
www.bcw.org
Black Career Women serves as
a nucleus of support to identify and address
the critical needs of black women in the workforce as it relates to their
career mobility and achievement.
USA Jewish
Anti-Defamation League of
B’nai B’rith (ADL)
ADL is the world’s leading organization fighting anti-semitism through programs
and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.
823 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
+1 (212) 885-7970
new-york@adl.org
www.adl.com
American
Jewish Committee
To promote the ideas of pluralism and to enhance the quality of life for Jews
globally.
Jacob Blaustein Building
165 East 56th Street
New York, NY 10022
+1 (212) 751-4000
Fax: +1 (212) 838-2120
PR@ajc.org
www.ajc.org
USA Latino
www.hispanic.com
Hispanic.Com provides information,
services, and technology access to the
global Hispanic community. We have as our mission the creation of a cyber-
barrio where we can meet and help each other through the Internet to
improve the quality of family life and active economic success and political
empowerment.
http://www.hispanic.bz/
Hispanic.bz is the website of
the American Hispanic Coalition now forming
across the USA. Our purpose is to become the advocate on national issues
for all Hispanics, from native born to those who arrived here last night.
www.latino.com
The starting point to doing any
search on the web in Spanish.
Latino Institute
The Latino Institute is a “think tank” serving as a resource on Latino issues
for legislators, educators, media, corporations, and other organizations in
Chicago and throughout the world.
14 E. Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1220
Chicago, IL 60004
+1 (312) 663-3603
ino@altinoinstitute.org
www.latinoinstitute.org
Mexican American Legal Defense
&Educational Fund
(MALDEF)
A civil rights organization working on behalf of Latinos living in the United States.
Has an education wing and publications.
634 S. Spring Street, 11th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90014
+1 (213) 629-2512
+1 (213) 629-0266
maldefone@AOL.com
www.maldef.org
National Hispanic Coalition
http://www.Hispanic.bz
Hawai'i
Strange Lands Specialists provide seminars, workshops, consultation
and
other intervention programs designed to prepare, train and support persons,
teams and organizations as they encounter the adjustment, interaction and
motivation challenges of what we call "Strange Lands " - new and rapidly
changing ecologies characterized by new people, places, cultures and
technologies.
National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force (NGLTF)
NGLTF is a leading progressive civil rights organization that supports grassroots
organizing and advocacy for issues related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender rights.
1700 Kalorama Road N.W.
Washington D.C. 20009-2624
+1 (202) 332-6483
Fax: +1 (202) 332-0207 TTY: (202) 332-6219
smindeaux@ngltf.org
www.ngltf.org
www.qrd.org/grd
The QRD (short for Queer
Resources Directory) is an electronic library with news
clippings, political contact information, newsletters, essays, images, hyperlinks,
and every other kind of information resource of interest to the GLBO community.
Information is stored for the use of casual network users and serious researchers
alike.
www.tmaonline.net
The Multicultural Advantage is an online empowerment
tool that provides
resources to help minorities lead and succeed |
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