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These sites provide information, links and databases relating to civil society, women's studies, anthropology, and ethnic minorities.
Forum europeen de cooperation internationale
(EUFORIC) (http://www.euforic.org)
Europe's Forum on International Cooperation serves as a platform for information, communication, and debate on global development issues focusing on the role of the European Union and its institutions. Links to a database of NGOs in each country of Europe, newsletter, projects, information about the organization and its members, and more. Searchable. In French and English.
U.S. Department
of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Country Reports on
Human Rights Practices-2004: Belgium (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41672.htm)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Ethnic Groups in Belgium
Binnenlandse Aangelegenheden (http://binnenland.vlaanderen.be)
Flemish community. In Dutch.
Communauteé française de Belgique (http://www.cfwb.be)
Belgium's French Community. The official site of the French community in Belgium links to information on its history, population, community and region institutions, cities and communes, political context, and more. In French, German, and English.
Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=BE)
Provides information on known living languages and their populations in Belgium and a language map.
Eurominority (http://www.eurominority.org)
Information on European minorities, their flags and political parties, and links to related resources. Search for a minority within a state (Flanders, German community in Belgium, Luxembourgers, Wallonia), by alphabetical listing, type, type of conflict, and type of claims. In English, French, and German.
Jewish Belgium (http://www.haruth.com/JewsBelgium.html)
Links to Jewish communities, museums, and synagogues in Belgium, keeping kosher, and more. From Harruth Communications, Jewish Communities of the World.
Belgians in the USA
U.S. Census
Bureau. American FactFinder (http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en)
Provides information from the 2000 census, including a section on language and ancestry.
Women's Studies
Amazone (http://www.amazone.be)
A national contact center for women and women's organizations as well as a resource center for equality between men and women. Based in Brussels, site links to services, catalog, database, related links, and more. In Dutch, French, and English.
RoSa Documentation
Centre and Archives on Feminism, Equal Opportunities, and Women's Studies (http://www.rosadoc.be/site/maineng/frame1.htm)
A pluralistic and politically independent center in Brussels. Links include the library, catalog, collections, services, publications, fact sheets, and more. In Dutch, French, and English.
Women's Organisations:
Belgium (http://www.distel.ca/womlist/countries/belgium.html)
List of women's organizations in Belgium by postal code. Includes contact information and sometimes a description. In Dutch, French, and English. By Denise Osted.
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