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Harper
Library Materials
Life
roles, values, and careers : international findings
of the Work Importance Study
HF5549.5 C35 L54 1995
Raising
Cain (audiocassette)
HQ775 .K562 2000
Statistical
Resources
Gender
2000 (2001)
Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to read this document. This report based
on data collected in the 2000 Census "presents the number who are
male and female in regions, states, counties and places 100,000 or more
and highlights comparisons with data from the 1990 census."
Web Journals and
Articles
U.S.
Government Resources
Men's
Health (General) - MedlinePlus Health Information
Includes, news, research and other resources on men's health issues.
President's
Interagency Council on Women
Electronically archived materials from the Clinton administration, this
page especially highlights the
Women 2000: Beijing Plus Five Conference.
U.S.
Department of Labor - Women's Bureau
Includes reports about and resources for women in the labor force.
U.S.
Department of State - International Women's Issues
Includes reports and highlights from the Bush administration.
Women's
Health (General) - MedlinePlus Health Information
Includes, news, research and other resources on women's health issues.
State and Local Resources
Organizations
Women's
Human Rights
This site has sections for the Women's Human Rights Treaty (CEDAW, "Honor"
Killings, Female Genital Mutilation, Domestic Violence, Gender-based Asylum,
Women in Prison, Women Human Rights Defenders and Torture of Women. An
quality list of women's human rights organizations is available by clicking
on "other web links"
National Organization for Women
Includes action alerts, links to NOW Times, legislative information and
NOW PACs.
The Men's Issues Page
Includes an alphabetical and topical hierarchy of mens issues with links.
Women
Leaders Online - International Activist Links
This page provides an excellent list of core nongovernmental and governmental
organizations at the
domestic, regional and international level. Includes several international
calendars of events.
WomenWatch
"WomenWatch is a joint initiative of: DAW , UNIFEM and INSTRAW Website
features include The UN
Working for Women; UN Global Conferences and Women; Follow-up to Beijing;
Women of the World; News and Views; Statistics and Indicators; Global
Forum." -description from Amnesty International's Web Site
See General Multicultural
Resources page to find more national organizations or
advocacy groups related to your subject, or diversity in general.
Related Links
Comprehensive
Women's Web Sites
Links to about 20 of the most extensive women's web sites with descriptions
of content.
DIANA:
International Human Rights Database
Access to documents from governmental and nongovernmental organizations.
Also includes various
reports and research guides.
Gifts
of Speech - Women's Speeches From Around the World
This site provides links to the full text of contemporary women's speeches.
Includes a search engine,
browsable index, nobel lectures and women highlighted with some full text
links in a list of the Top 100
American Speeches.
International
Women's Web Sites
An extensive list of women's sites focused outside the U.S. and Canada.
While it is a lengthy alphabetized list, the annotations are very good.
The
Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity (Division
51 of the APA)
Highlights research in the field and provides links to pages on a wide
variety of men's issues including access to several extensive bibliographies.
Women
of Color Web
This web site states that it "is dedicated to providing access to
writings by and about women of color in the U.S. We focus specifically
on issues related to feminisms, sexualities, and reproductive health and
rights, although we envision adding new sections as interests arise. The
site also provides links to organizations, discussion lists, and academic
tools concerned specifically with women of color."
Women's
Studies Database
A comprehensive site that includes excellent sections on bibliography,
government and history, syllabi,
gender issues and web sites.
Women's
Studies Librarian's web page - University of Wisconsin
This comprehensive site has good sections called links by subject and
women's organizations.
Women's
Studies on the Internet - University of Arizona
A comprehensive site with the following categories: meta sites; academic
resources; science and
technology; history, art and literature; ethnic/international; politics
and advocacy; programs,
organizations & listservs.
Last Updated 11/17/06 |
