National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR): This is an activist
organization that strives to serve immigrants and refugees in the U.S. by discussing
relevant issues and advocating for immigrant and refugee rights. The web site offers a list
of related Internet links.
See http://www.nnirr.org/ (United States)
National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada
(NOIVMWC) is a non-profit, non-partisan and non-sectarian organization. The mission of NOIVMWC is to ensure equality for immigrant and visible minority women, within a bilingual Canada.
See http://www.noivmwc.org/noivmwcen/index.php (Canada)
National Anti-Racism Council of Canada (NARCC) “is a national, community-based,
member-driven network that provides a strong, recognized, effective and influential
national voice against racism, racialization and all other forms of related discrimination
in Canada. It strives to effectively address racism, racialization and all other forms of related discrimination by sharing and developing information and resources; by building,
supporting and helping to coordinate local, regional, national as well as international
initiatives.” Health and education are two issues of concern to NARCC.
See
http://www.narcc.ca//index.html (Canada)
Women’s Health in Women’s Hands Community Health Centre “is a pro-choice,
anti-racist, multilingual, participatory community health centre for women of diverse
backgrounds in Metropolitan Toronto and surrounding municipalities. Its mandate emphasizes ensuring excellence in all aspects of quality care with a particular focus on
addressing the damaging influence of racism on women's physical and mental health.”
Women's Health in Women's Hands conducts research on the effects of racism on the
health care of “immigrant and/or refugee women, women with disabilities, young women
and older women in Toronto.”
See http://www.whiwh.com/who.htm (Canada)