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For Corporate, Foreign Service, Military, and Missionary Spouses Overseas:
www.aafsw.org
Site of the Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide, addresses the interests and concerns of Foreign Service spouses, employees, and retirees. The site provides a recommended Foreign Service reading list, which includes a very favorable review for A Portable Identity. The site also hosts Livelines, an internet discussion group for members of the Foreign Service community.
www.expatexpert.com
Robin Pascoe, author of four best-selling books and inspirational speaker on expatriate life, is best known as the Expat Expert. She is an advocate for the needs of expatriate families, especially expatriate women. Robin's site keeps you up to date on events and news of concern to expatriates abroad and has two chatrooms related to the topics of her acclaimed books.
www.figt.org
Families in Global Transition is an organization that sponsors conferences for the purpose of networking between academic, diplomatic, military, corporate and mission sectors about the issues families face during international relocation.
www.inspiredbeijing.com
Inspired Beijing is a platform designed to support the personal and professional development needs of expat accompanying spouses in Beijing. Inspired organizes stimulating workshops, seminars, and luncheons on the topics "My Career", "My Self", "My Inspiration" and "My China".
www.nmfa.org
National Military Family Association site, originally created by military wives and widows, provides information and also advocates for improvement in the quality of life of military families.
www.thetrailingspouse.com
Yvonne McNulty's site is devoted to the concerns of trailing spouses, with relevant articles and information, including The Trailing Spouse Survey, published in 2005. Her findings are the result of her research on the challenges and issues facing the modern trailing spouse. It is receiving unprecedented recognition as the survey of choice amongst universities, relocation companies and corporate HR departments wanting to understand the critical role of spouses on international assignments and what can be done to help them.
For the International Expatriate Woman:
www.bambi-bangkok.org
Bangkok based site for mothers that gives information about playgroups, parenting programs, and special events. This organization is a model for what can be accomplished when a small group of women with similar needs comes together to create a support for themselves and their children while living in a foreign country.
www.career-in-your-suitcase.com
Jo Parfitt's site dedicated to the career needs and concerns of the international expatriate woman. She advocates for the "portable career", and her site offers surveys and exercises as well as information about her book A Career in your Suitcase.
www.expatmum.com
A free, on-line magazine for expatriate women. Country profiles and many articles are written by women living overseas. The site includes chatboards for expatriate women to share information about living abroad.
www.ExpatWomen.com
A free web site helping all expatriate women from all nationalities in any country in the world, share experiences and advice, find resources for living in a foreign country, with a monthly newsletter featuring the success story, mentor, reader story, book of the month, plus other interesting articles.
www.fawco.org
Site of the Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas, which sponsors clubs as a support network for women moving, living, and working overseas. FAWCO has over 18,000 members in 35 countries.
www.female-expat.org
The Female Expat Project is a collection of writing, art, and audio that archives and reflects the lives of female expatriates living throughout the world. Rather than focusing on the practical challenges of women constructing lives overseas, this website concentrates on the subtle shifts in perception that occur when women choose to move from their country of origin. The site depends on submissions by women who are or have been expats and feel a connection to the content of the site. The most recent and exciting part of the site is the addition of an audio blog where women can hear each other’s voices and leave messages for future generations of female expats.
www.homeworkersexpats.com
A website for international homeworkers and expatriates that has an international book store and expatriate resources for women living overseas. The site also offers relocation, job, education, travel, medical, and investment and tax information.
www.justmoved.org
Susan Miller, of N.E.W. Ministries, offers support for women moving overseas from a Christian perspective.
www.momsclub.org
An international support group for stay-at-home mothers of any age children. Mothers and their children are welcome at informative meetings, activities, and play groups. There are chapters currently in the USA, Canada, Czech Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, Portugal, and Sicily, Italy and they would like to expand to other countries as well.
www.wnpan.org
"Who's New of Panama" is a non-profit organization which is part of a larger network of international women's organizations. The purpose of Who's New is to welcome newcomers to Panama, to provide assistance in orientation, and to promote culture and friendship among women of all nationalities.
www.wow-net.org
Women of the World is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing helpful information to expatriate women living in Frankfurt, Germany. Information on the site includes a newcomer's guide, clubs and organizations, finance and career, health and fitness, family and education, style and home, and leisure.
About Moving, Working, and Living Overseas:
www.alloexpat.com
Connecting Expats Worldwide-Portal for the expatriate community around the world. Includes useful country dedicated resources and discussion forums.
www.amsterdam-expats.info
Amsterdam Expats provides practical information for expatriates coming to, or living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
www.asia-expatsforum.com
Community forum for expatriates living or traveling in Asia Pacific and Southeast Asia.
www.BritishCornerShop.co.uk
British Corner Shop - British food shopping online delivered worldwide.
www.culturecrossing.net
Cultural information for every country in the world, including greetings, gestures, gender issues, taboos, social etiquette, business protocol, student life and much more!
www.easyexpat.com
Practical and up to date information for Expatriates:
Careers & Jobs, Move, Taxes, Accommodation, Healthcare, International
Schools, Childcare, Repatriation, Social Life ...
www.erlimited.com
Executive Resources Limited offers international human resource, employee benefit & compensation, salary survey & expatriate services. Their site has a section on resources for expatriates (click on "Resources" at the bottom of any page of their site to find "Expatriate").
www.escapeartist.com
One of the most extensive websites for expatriates with information about: working and living overseas, expatriate resources, embassies, country profiles, travel, and buying and selling real estate, boats, barges, and yachts.
www.expaticia.com
Expatica provides news and information for English-speaking expatriates and internationals living in, working in, or moving to Europe. Join us for your daily news in English, events, information on relocation, housing, job searching – and make the most of your life abroad.
www.expatkit.org
Two expatriate women established this site useful to families, schools and companies interested in supporting successful transitions to living abroad. They sell kits for children designed to ease the adjustment to expatriate life.
www.expatsreunite.com
The international site for expats everywhere, reuniting friends and families all over the world.
www.globalgophers.com
Missing your favorites from home? With Global Gophers, you can order all of your favorite food, clothing, cosmetics and more and have them shipped to your door. We can get American, British, French, Canadian and Australian goodies. You name the product, we'll get it for you. Why do without, when you can have all the comforts of home with Global Gophers?
www.globaloutpostservices.com
The Outpost website, sponsored by Shell, is a great expatriate resource which provides information and links for specific countries, relocation, education, leisure, finance, health, travel, media sources, and books on moving, working, and living overseas.
www.labourmobility.com
Expertise in Labour Mobility offers professional advice for successful expatriation, and guides on job hunting in 40 countries. They help businesses and individuals become an integral part of the global workplace.
www.languageland.co.uk
Specializes in high quality educational language products for children and equally suitable for adults.
www.livinginegypt.org
Community Services Association (CSA) offers programs and activities in support of the expatriate community working and living in Egypt. CSA is located in Maadi, Cairo.
www.peoplegoingglobal.com
A Communications consulting firm based in Washington DC specializing in cross-cultural management, global diversity, and relocation training. They have an extensive bookstore specific to moving, working, and living overseas and they provide a link to Amazon.
www.talesmag.com
Tales from a Small Planet grew from a small publication put together by two Foreign Service spouses to become an on-line magazine where expats can contribute stories, essays, advice, and satires that capture the experience of moving and living abroad. It also offers two e-groups, Abroadview and Spousesview, and useful country-specific information from expats worldwide (the "Real Post Reports").
Authors and Speakers of Expatriate Topics:
www.branchor.com
Website of Beverly Roman, a relocation expert, speaker, author, and publisher of books on domestic and international relocation. Expatriate resources on her site include a monthly newsletter, articles, and helpful links.
www.expatguide.info
Melissa Hess and Patricia Linderman are two Foreign Service spouses who co-authored The Expert Expatriate: Your Guide to Successful Relocation Abroad, a comprehensive guide for making the transition to life abroad.
www.expatriatepress.com
Robin Pascoe is the Expat Expert. In addition to being the author of four best-selling books on expatriate life, she is an inspirational speaker. Robin travels the world conducting workshops and seminars for expatriate spouses, couples, international schools, international human resource managers, and relocation professionals.
www.likeheaven.it
The "Like Heaven Writing Holiday" in Tuscany was set up by two long-time expatriate women whose paths crossed in Italy. They have been writing about the experience of living outside of their places of birth (the US and Trinidad), and want to invite others to join them for writing workshops, beginning in June 2006.
www.transition-dynamics.com
Barbara Schaetti, PhD, principal consultant of Transition Dynamics, a consultancy serving the international expatriate and repatriate community by offering coaching, seminars, and leadership services.
Research in progress to improve the lives of expatriate accompanying spouses, families, and children:
www.expatexpert.com/survey
Family Matters Survey, conducted by Robin Pascoe (author, speaker and advocate for accompanying spouses and families), requests input from accompanying spouses, working partners, and high school children in the family to help find answers to this question: "Are you getting the relocation support you need in order to succeed as a moveable family?". To complete the survey by June 15, 2008, go to www.expatexpert.com/survey.
www.ninacole.net
Dr. Nina Cole, an HR professor and researcher from Toronto Canada, is requesting expat spouses to provide input for her study of how organizations can provide more effective assistance to expat families. Her goal is to learn from expat spouses themselves (both male and female) the types of organizational assistance that would be most valuable to them and then to provide this knowledge to the HR community. Her study is funded through the Society for Human Resource Management in the US. The questionnaire can be accessed at www.ninacole.net by clicking on '07-08 Sabbatical in Asia' and then on 'Spousal Questionnaire'. Completed questionnaires should be emailed back to Dr. Cole at n2cole@ryerson.ca.
www.nwlaconnect.org/surveystop/
This research will provide evidence to companies on the importance of including pre-departure and post-departure training for expatriate families. To participate in this study on expatriate family adjustment, please click on the above link and select "students log in here". For "professor user name", type "expat". For the group name, select the one that corresponds to who you are: expatriate worker, type "expatriate"; expatriate spouse, type "spouse"; or, expatriate student (ages 11-19), type "student". If you have questions, contact Dr. Kelly Weeks at Centenary College of Louisiana (expat@centenary.edu).
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