Useful Links

Discrimination / Equal Opportunities / Human Rights

• Amnesty's UK
  http://www.amnesty.org.uk - Fighting against abuse and torture.
• Black Britain
  http://www.blackbritain.co.uk - Part of a network of Internet sites - The Colourful Network - primarily targeted at the UK black African Caribbean community.
• The Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland
  http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/ceres - Educate and Act against Racism.
• Commission for Racial Equality
  http://www.cre.gov.uk - CRE is a publicly funded, non-governmental body set up to tackle racial discrimination and promote racial equality.
• Directgov - information for disabled people and carers
  http://www.direct.gov.uk/disability - Directgov provides a single point of online access to government services and information - including employment, financial support, rights, education, independent living and much more.
• Disability Rights Commission
  http://www.drc-gb.org - an independent body set up by the Government to help secure civil rights for disabled people.
• Engender
  http://www.engender.org.uk - An information, research and networking organisation for women in Scotland, working with other groups locally and internationally to improve women's lives and increase their power and influence.
• Equal Opportunities Commission
  http://www.eoc.org.uk - Key site for information on sex discrimination with overviews of relevent legisation, EOC publications and a useful set of links.
• European Commission against Racism
  http://www.coe.int/t/E/human_rights/ecri/ - Combating Racism and Intolerance.
• GreenNet
  http://www.gn.apc.org - a not for profit collective, GreenNet is an Internet Service Provider dedicated to supporting and promoting groups and individuals working for peace, human rights and the environment through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs).
• Human Rights on the Internet
  http://www.hri.ca - Human Rights Internet (HRI) is a world leader in the exchange of information within the worldwide human rights community.
• International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
  http://www.irct.org - an independent, international health professional organisation that promotes and supports the rehabilitation of torture victims and the prevention of torture through nearly 200 rehabilitation centres and programmes around the world.
• Population Report
  http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/l11edsum.shtml - The John Hopkins report calling on the world's health care community to respond to physical and sexual abuse as a major public health concern and a violation of human rights.
• Quine online
  http://www.quine.org.uk - Quine is nonprofit and uses cyberspace to highlight the activities, interests and concerns of women in Scotland.
• Safehouse, the home of Panahghar
  http://www.safehouse.org.uk - a charity supporting Asian women and their families in the West Midlands.
• Victim Support Scotland
  http://www.victimsupportsco.demon.co.uk - free, confidential, independent help when you need it.
• Women Watch
  http://www.un.org/womenwatch - The UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women.
• Women Working Worldwide
  http://www.poptel.org.uk/women-ww - A small UK voluntary organisation working with a global network of women worker organisations.