Costa Rica

NGO Contacts
United Nations Contacts
Governmental Contacts
New York Permanent Mission Contacts

NGO CONTACTS

Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress
Issues: promotes Civil Society
Apdo. Postal 8-6410-1000, San Jose
Ph#: (506) 255 2955,
Fax #: (506) 255 2244
E-mail: cph@arias.or.cr

Centro Feminista de Información y Acción (CEFEMINA) /
Feminist Centre for Information and Action
200m oeste de Facultad de Derecho, San Pedro, Costa Rica 5355-1000
Ph#/Fax#: (506) 224 3986
Correo electrónico: info@cefemina.or.cr or anacarcedo@hotmail.com
Sitio web: www.cefemina.or.cr

Colectivo de Mujeres Pancha Carrasco
Issues: Contribute to the strengthening of the women's movement and to the strengthening of self-empowerment for women's leaders.
Apartado 7-3200, San José
Ph #: (506) 283-9793
Fax #: (506) 283-6018
Email: pancha@sol.vasca.co.cr

Feminist Centre for Information and Action
Information For Women
Apartado 949, San Jose 1000

Frente Centroamericano de Mujeres por la Paz
Postal 106, Curridabat, San Jose

Inter-American Institute of Human Rights /
Women's Human Rights Program - Derechos mujer
PO Box 10.081, San Jose
Ph#: (506) 234-0404+ADs
Fax#: (506) 234-0955
Email: derechos.mujeres+AEA-iidh.ed.cr
Web-site: www.iidh.ed.cr/

Liga Internacional de Mujeres por la Paz y la Libertad (LIMPAL)
Issues: Disarmament (total and universal). Defense and holistic promotion of human rights. Elimination of discrimination against women based on gender and class. Work towards the development of a sustainable environment. Work for childhood and adolescence. Integral human development.
LIMPAL Costa Rica P.O. Box 8295-1000, San José, 1000
Ph #: 506-285-4829
Fax #: 506-256-2406

Radio Internacional Feminista
Feminist International Radio Endeavour(FIRE)
E-mail: fuegocr@sol.racsa.co.cr
Web-site: www.fire.or.cr/indexeng.htm

Women, Gender and Justice Program
UN Latin American Institute for Crime Prevention (ILANUD)
Ph / Fax #: 506-225-3784
Fax #: 506-233-7175
Email: aldaf@expreso.co.cr

Women's Information Programme
Women and Development Documentation Centre
National University, Apartado 1009, Cento Colon
Ph #: 376363 ext. 2458

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
The organization aims to bring together women of different political beliefs and philosophies who are united in their determination to study, make known and help abolish the causes and the legitimization of war; to work toward world peace; total and universal disarmament; the abolition of violence and coercion in the settlement of conflict and its replacement in every case by negotiation and conciliation
P.O. Box 8295, 1000 San Jose
Ph/Fax #: (+506) 256 24 06
Email: limpal@sol.racsa.co.cr

UNITED NATIONS CONTACTS

United Nations Latin American Institute for Crime Prevention - ILANUD,
Programa Mujer.
Website: www.ilanud.or.cr

GOVERNMENT CONTACTS

Instituto Nacional de la Mujer (INAMU)
100 oeste ICE, San Pedro
58-2015 Registro Público
Ph #: (506) 253-9772 / 253-9624
Fax #: (506) 253-8823/ (506) 225-1049
E-mail: inamucr@sol.racsa.co.cr

NEW YORK PERMANENT MISSION

Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations
211 East 43rd Street, Room 903, New York, NY 10017, USA
Ph#: (212) 986-6373
Fax#: (212) 986-6842
E-mail: missioncr@aol.com or fobp@aol.com