Information centers

The Mapping the World database contains addresses and information about more than 400 women’s information centers around the world.

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Women’s rights and empowerment through information

As far as Aletta is concerned, access to information is absolutely essential for women to be empowered and to secure their rights. In many places in the world, it is difficult for women to find or access the information they need. That is why Aletta developed the Mapping the World database.

What are women’s information centers?

  • Libraries, archives and other institutions where information at the local, national or international level is gathered for and about women
  • Women’s documentation and research centers that are affiliated with universities
  • Women’s information resource centers affiliated with government organizations

The Mapping the World database

Mapping the World is available in both English and Spanish and is fully searchable online. The database is also available on a CD-ROM for women living or working in areas with little or no Internet access.
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Finding women’s information centers

If you perform a search using the integrated search engine on this website, the search results will also include information on women’s information centers. If you would like to restrict your search to women’s information centers, you can use the search option below to search in the English-language version of the database Mapping the World.

Mapa del Mundo

Since 2009, the database has also been available in Spanish and is called Mapa del Mundo.

Submitting information on information centers

If the women’s information center where you work is not in the Mapping the World database, please let us know. Using the form provided, you can submit information to be included in the database.

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