| Includes anthropology, demography, sociology, ethnic groups,
women and gender studies, diasporas
Amnesty International (http://web.amnesty.org/library/eng-eri/index)
"Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement
that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards." This
link provides articles on human rights questions and abuses in
Eritrea.
Asmarino (http://asmarino.com/default.asp)
In Tigrinya and English.
AsylumLaw.org (http://www.asylumlaw.org/countries/index.cfm)
"Run by an international consortium of agencies that help asylum seekers
in Australia, Canada, the United States, and several countries in Europe. Over
95% of the content on this site is open to the public, including asylum seekers
from any country and the lawyers or advocates who represent them."
CARE USA (http://www.careusa.org/search.asp)
Use the "search site" feature to find reports about CARE's programs
in particular countries.
Derechos Cafe - A Human Rights Hangout (http://www.derechos.net)
Offers documents, web links arranged by region and country, news reports as well
as a directory of human rights organizations.
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/E/Eritrea.asp)
The site provides numerous narrative articles on Eritrea’s history, culture,
and politics.
Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=E)
This link provides lists and articles of the languages and linguistic groups
spoken and read in Eritrea.
Global
IDP Project (http://www.db.idpproject.org/Sites/idpSurvey.nsf/wCountries/Eritrea
)
"Raising awareness on the plight of people internally displaced by conflict."
Human Rights Watch (http://www.hrw.org/doc?t=africa&c=eritre)
"Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported
by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide." The
Search provides records for reports on the human rights records, abuses, etc.
of Eritrea.
INCORE:
Conflict Data Service: Regional Internet Guides (http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/services/cds/countries/eritrea.html)
Founded in 1993, INCORE (Initiative in Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity) offers
a number of publications and services, including internet guides to particular
countries involved in conflict. "Each guide lists sources which have unique,
relevant and preferably substantive content relating to ethnicity and/or conflict
in Eritrea/ region concerned."
International
Committee of the Red Cross (http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/eritrea?OpenDocument)
A search of this English language version of the ICRC site provides reports
on the current humanitarian initiatives of this organization in Eritrea.
International Monetary
Fund (http://www.imf.org/external/country/ERI/index.htm)
The IMF is an “organization of 183 member countries, established to promote
international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange;
to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary
financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment.” The
link offers reports on the IMF’s initiatives and programs in Eritrea
Open
Directory Portal Page on Islam (http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion%5Fand%5FSpirituality/Islam/Quran/)
The Open Directory Projects portal page on Islam offers hundreds of citations
on various aspects of Islam as practiced around the globe, as well as sites which
contain the complete Arabic and English texts of the Koran.
UNRISD On-Line (U.N. Research Institute for
Social Development) (http://www.unrisd.org/)
"UNRISD carries out research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems
affecting development. Through its research, UNRISD stimulates dialogue and contributes
to policy debates within and outside the United Nations system.
United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF) (http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/eritrea.html)
"Works for children's rights, their survival, development and protection,
guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child." Site offers reports
and information about the status and living situations of children in Eritrea.
United
Nations ReliefWeb (http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/bkg.nsf/doc200?OpenForm&rc=1&cc=eri&mode=cp )
“ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)... serving the information needs of the humanitarian
relief community”. The link offers news updates to crisis situations in
Eritrea and includes information about refugee camps and other relief efforts.
United States. Agency for International Development.
Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) (http://www.dec.org)
"The purpose of the DEC is to strengthen USAID's development projects,
activities, and programs by making ... development experience documents available
to USAID offices and mission staff, PVO's, NGO's, universities and research institutions,
developing countries, and the public worldwide."
United States. Department of
State Report on Human Rights Practices (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/)
This web site lists the reports for 1999-2001.
Welcome in Eritrea (http://site.voila.fr/eritrea)
In French and English. Offers a variety of photographs with descriptive captions. |