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.

The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers includes indigenous women from the Americas, Asia and Africa who first convened in 2004. Their alliance emphasizes prayer and education to protect the Earth and indigenous ways of life. The group’s office is in Sonora, Calif. Contact using the form on their website.

Who Does What Where, also known as 3W, is a directory of organizations, agencies and others that provide emergency humanitarian response. The United Nations’ emergency response coordination office maintains the list, which is searchable by country and type of organization.

Read a Nov. 11, 2013, Reuters story about how the typhoon is prompting calls for action on climate change.