Resource List

This page is provided for those who are looking for books, movies and websites to learn
more about women's issues.  The Zonta Club of Newport Harbor and Zonta International
take no responsibility for the information published via the books, movies and organizations
listed below.

Books

Movies
  • A Walk to Beautiful,  Director Mary Olive Smith. A documentary about fistula repairs
    in Africa. (2007)
  • A Powerful Noise, Director Tom Cappello.  A documentary about three women as
    they lead day-to-day battles against ignorance, poverty, oppression and ethnic strife.
    (2008)
  • The Business of Being Born, Director Abby Epstein. A documentary about
    America's maternity care system, juxtaposing hospital deliveries against the growing
    popularity of at-home, natural childbirths. (2007)
  • Crude, Director Joe Berlinger. This documentary explores the ongoing battle waged
    by 30,000 indigenous Ecuadorans and their lawyers against the oil industry for
    dumping billions of gallons of toxic oil waste into the Amazon. (2009)
  • Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Director Gini Reticker. A documentary about the power
    of women uniting to force peace talks to end the civil war in Liberia. (2008)
  • Iron Ladies of Liberia, Director Daniel Junge and Siatta Scott Johnson. A
    documentary about Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first freely elected female head of state
    in Africa. (2007)
  • The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo, Director Lisa Jackson. A documentary
    about the tens of thousands of women and girls who have been systematically
    kidnapped, raped and mutilated and tortured by soldiers from both foreign militias
    and the Congolese army. (2007)
  • Soraida, Woman of Palestine, Director Tahani Rached. A documentary about
    Soraida and her own battle despite the military occupation, violence and oppression,
    she is determined not to lose her humanity.
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Websites
  • Zonta International website has a wealth of information on international programs,
    violence against women statistics, advocacy resources, scholarships and fellowships.
  • UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and
    technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's
    empowerment and gender equality.
  • The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) tackles the
    complexities of the world's most pressing problems — poverty, hunger and disease
    — by demonstrating that a focus on women and gender is necessary for lasting
    social and economic change.
  • The Coalition For Adolescent Girls is committed to creating lasting change for
    communities in the developing world by driving investments to adolescent girls.
    When girls are educated, healthy and financially literate, they will play a key role in
    ending generations of poverty.
  • The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood is an international coalition
    bound together by a common goal: to ensure that pregnancy and childbirth are safe
    for all women and newborns in every country around the world.
  • The White Ribbon Campaign is the largest effort in the world of men working to
    end violence against women. In over fifty-five countries, campaigns are led by both
    men and women with the focus being on educating men and boys.
  • Soroptimist is an international women's organization for business and professional
    women who work to improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and
    throughout the world.
  • The National Organization for Women's (NOW) goal has been to take action to
    bring about equality for all women. NOW works to eliminate discrimination and
    harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of
    society; secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all
    forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and
    promote equality and justice in our society.
  • The Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force (OCHTTF) works with
    Orange County Law Enforcement, Federal Law Enforcement, Victim Service
    providers, community and faith based organizations to identify, rescue, and serve
    victims of human trafficking in Orange County.
  • Peace Over Violence (POV) is a social/service / social change agency dedicated
    to building healthy relationships, families, and communities free from sexual,
    domestic, and interpersonal violence.
  • Stand Up Against Poverty is a grassroots movement holding governments
    accountable to their promises made in the United Nations Millennium Development
    Goals.
  • United Nations Millennium Development Goals
  • Women For Women International helps women survivors of war rebuild their lives.
  • Women For A Change brings together women globally to promote understanding
    between different backgrounds and cultures.
  • World Bank Resources:
  • World Bank Data by Country
  • World Bank Data by Topic
  • World Bank Education Stats
  • World Bank Gender Stats
  • World Bank Health, Nutrition and Population Stats
  • World Bank Rural Development Indicators
  • World Bank World Development Reports
  • (Please send more suggestions to: efbrewer@gmail.com)