Shinnyo-en is an international Buddhist community that teaches laypeople how to use each day as an opportunity to connect with others and seek enlightenment. Currently led by Shinso Ito, Shinnyo Buddhists promote the values of peaceful coexistence and cooperation. Its website includes a list of sanctuary locations worldwide. 

Kaydor Aukatsang is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and president of the Asia Freedom Institute. He previously served as head of the Office of Tibet in New York; special adviser to Lobsang Sangay, the elected leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile; and president of the Tibetan Association of Northern California.

Women Can Be Priests calls itself a scholarly website, and it gathers research, resources and other information supporting the ordination of women as Catholic priests. It maintains a page of international scholars who support or oppose the ordination of women and provides contact information.

This half-hour CBS News special aired Dec. 16, 2013.

The New York Times maintains an archive of all its coverage on national immigration and emigration issues.

The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women is an international network of nongovernmental organizations. Its website includes FAQs on trafficking and on victim assistance and prevention, as well as numerous reports and working papers on the issue. The alliance’s secretariat is based in Bangkok. Email through the website.