Research and Course Guides: Women's Leadership: Countries & cultures

Cultures and Customs

CultureGrams This link opens in a new window
Includes 208 country-specific reports about the people, customs, lifestyle, and society of each location, including images, data tables, and even recipes.
World Folklore and Folklife This link opens in a new window
A database of folk traditions from around the world that includes celebrations and rituals, food and drink, holidays, and other traditions.
Daily Life This link opens in a new window
Daily life (material, religious, domestic, political, recreational, intellectual, and economic) from ancient times to the present throughout the world

Country Research Guide
Wide variety of links, including those to data collected by the United Nations and by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD]

U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets
U.S. Department of State profiles about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of states of the worlds.
World Factbook
The CIA provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Compares countries on 58 variables.
BBC Country Profiles
history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. Also includes audio and video clips from BBC archives and links to print and broadcast media in each country.