RELATED LINKS
Delaware HelpLine (1-800-464-HELP)
Department of Labor
Legal Assistance - Representing Yourself
National Association of Commissions for Women
Equal Rights Advocates
LINKS to WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- American Association of
University Women
Descriptions of AAUW projects, issues, fellowships and grants. - American Political Science Association. Women and Politics Research Section. Newsletter.
- American Psychological Association Division 35: Psychology of Women
- American Sociological Association Section on Sex and Gender and Section on Race, Gender, and Class
- Association for Jewish Studies has a Women's Caucus.
- Association for Middle East Women's Studies site includes older titles of articles (and some articles in fulltext) from its quarterly AMEWS Review. AMEWS' official publication is JMEWS: Journal of Middle East Women's Studies.
- Association for Women Geoscientists
- Assocation for Women in Communications
- Association for Women's Rights in Development includes practitioners, scholars, and policy makers.
- Association for Women in Science (AWIS) site includes articles from AWIS Magazine.
- Association for
Women in Slavic Studies
Includes member information, bibliographic resources, and a translation registry. - Association of Women Professionals is a networking organization for women executives.
- Coordinating Council for Women in History maintains a list of affiliated organizations.
- Feministas Unidas, a coalition of feminist scholars in Spanish, Spanish American Luso-Brazilian, Afro-Latin American, and U.S. Latina/o Studies
- History of Science Society Women's Caucus
- Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
- International Association for Feminist Economics
- International Studies Association, Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section
- National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) promotes feminist teaching, learning, and research, professional and community service at all educational levels, and the interdisciplinary field of women's studies.
- Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender and its affiliate publication, Women and Language.
- Society for Music Theory Committee on the Status of Women site includes a Bibliography of Sources Related to Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Feminism, and Music
- Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP) site includes syllabi, articles, and other resources, maintained by Cynthia Freeland, University of Houston.
- Society of American Archivists Women's Collections Roundtable
- Women in French promotes feminist scholarship in French language, literature, and civilization.
- Women in German promotes feminist scholarship in German language, literature, and culture.
- Women's Classical Caucus seeks to incorporate feminist and gender-informed perspectives in the study and teaching of all aspects of ancient Mediterranean cultures.
- Women's history associations list from H-Net H-Women List.
- Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries
- About-Face combats negative and distorted images of women. Site includes a gallery of offenders.
- American Association of
University Women
Descriptions of AAUW projects, issues, fellowships and grants. - AWORC, the Asian Women's Resource Exchange, is an Internet-based women's information service and network in Asia.
- AWARE is a non-profit organization that teaches women about effective self-protection options.
- Canadian Council of Muslim Women assists Muslim women in Canada. Site includes several issues of a newsletter.
- Catalyst works to advance women in business and related professions. Site includes descriptions of research reports conducted by Catalyst.
- Center for Reproductive Rights (formerly Center for Reproductive Law & Policy) has numerous publications concerning the U.S. and other countries.
- Disabled Peoples International has a Women's Committee. Search the site for "women."
- EMILY's List
Information on pro-choice Democratic women candidates. - European Profeminist Men's Network site has a bibliography, glossary of equality words, newsletter, and more.
- FeministCampus.org is a project of the Feminist Majority Foundation.
- Feminists for Animal
Rights
Includes a description of a book by Sudie Rakusin featuring women and animals; description of the FAR newsletter; and programs. - Feminists for Free Expression promote free speech in all areas (arts, Internet, responses to pornography and sexual harassment, etc.)
- The Feminist Majority
Online
Includes reports from The Feminist Majority, daily feminist newsbytes, media watch, and other information about the organization. - Flora Tristan is the site of the Centro de la Mujer Peruana (in Spanish)
- Gender and Social Policy Organizations in the Washington DC area, compiled by Jennifer Sleboda, on the website of the Women's Studies Program, George Washington University, provides information on numerous national organizations with headquarters in Washington.
- Global Fund
for Women
International grantmaking organization. - Guerrilla Girls are a group of women artists and arts professionals who make posters about discrimination.
- The International Women's Rights Project (IWRP) was founded in 1998 to strengthen the capacity of women's NGOs, both in Canada and internationally, and to influence the implementation of international human rights standards, for the benefit of women, through collaborative and participatory research and evidence-based advocacy.
- The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities and society.
- International Federation of University Women in Geneva links over 180,000 women university graduates who are members of 67 national federations and associations.
- Isis International in Manila site includes articles from its periodical Women in Action.
- League of Women Voters is a U.S.-based membership organization that "encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government." There are state and local chapters including in Wisconsin.
- Ma'yan acts as a catalyst for change in the Jewish community in ways to make it more inclusive and responsive to women.
- Ms. Foundation has projects on health and safety, economic development, and girls' issues.
- NARAL
Pro-Choice America (formerly National Abortion and Reproductive Rights
Action League)
Factsheets, publications, and other NARAL resources, plus links to pending legislation, family planning information, reproductive health news, stories from women and more. - National
Organization for Women Homepage
Press releases and other information about N.O.W. concerns and links to other sites. - National Partnership for Women & Families, formerly the Women's Legal Defense Fund, advocates on behalf of "fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family."
- National Women's History Project disseminates materials on women's history.
- National Women's Political Caucus is "dedicated to increasing the number of women in elected and appointed office at all levels of government, regardless of party affiliation."
- Network of East-West Women (NEWW) has projects in Central and Eastern Europe
- Next GENDEReration Network is a European network of students and graduates working in various fields of women's, feminist and gender studies.
- Radical Women is a socialist feminist organization.
- Society of Women Engineers site contains a number of career services.
- Third Wave is devoted to young feminist activism for social change. Site includes articles, speeches, and resource information.
- WHOA: Women Halting Online Abuse educates the online community about harassment, helps formulate voluntary policies to discourage harassment, and empowers victims.
- WIDNET:
Women in Development NETwork
contains a directory, statistics on women, a database on themes related to women, many international documents, and links to related sites. - Wisconsin Women of Color Network sponsors a statewide conference, confers awards, provides leadership development, and more.
- Wisconsin Women's Network advocates on behalf of women and families.
- Web, by Women, for Women is an anti-censorship organization.
- Women for Women, an inter-faith, non-profit, humanitarian organization, helps women regardless of their nationality or religion. It originally started with a focus on helping women in Bosnia, but has now expanded to other troubled areas.
- Women in Decision-Making
is a network of experts working for gender balance in decision making within the European Commission. - Women in Engineering of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) site includes description, meeting minutes, and a newsletter.
- Women in Periodical Publishing (WIPP) supports women in print and online magazine publishing.
- Women Leaders Online is an advocacy group created on the Internet.
- Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
- Women's International Center
San Diego, CA-based educational organization. - Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is the oldest and largest women's peace and justice organization in the world. See also other women and peace sites
- Women's National Book Association supports women in publishing.
- WomensNet
Women's Resources at the Institute for Global Communications (IGC).
