Women Issues and Feminist Concerns
Qualitative Research

Women Issues and Feminist Concerns

The following links all have relevance to women's issues, some are more academically oriented, others more action oriented, and still others are more interactive. Nonetheless, I find each of these pages to have some valuable content for understanding and thinking about women's and/or feminist concerns. You might want to simply browze some of these links to explore the plenitude of ideas and people out there working to improve the condition of women world-wide.

Feminist Majority Foundation -- lots of information and resources
www.haverford.edu/healthservices/eat_issues.html
www.monash.edu.au/health/pamphlets/bodyImage/index.htm
www.about-face-org/resources/facts/bi.html
Qualpage (Judy Norris's Qualitative Research Page) -- Judy has great links and ideas for doing qualitative work.
National Women's History Project
Feminist Theory Website -- Dr. Kristin Switala
Women's Studies: UMBC and Beyond, includes Women-Related Email Lists, and WMST-L (Women's Studies electronic bulletin board)
Women's Studies Library at Univ. of Illinois
Women's Studies Database, from Film Reviews, Conferences and Calls for Papers, to Syllabi, Bibliographies, and Government Documents
Femina: Websearch for Women, with emphasis on feminist issues
Feminist Theory and Jurisprudence
Contains feminist resources, legal information, and bio bibliographies on famous women.
Feminist Web Sites
Covers women's rights, arts and popular culture, reproductive rights, men's studies. Links to journals.
Feminist.Com
Contemporary issues, such as women's health, parenting, violence, and sexuality. Includes news and activist information.
Feminists for Free Expression
Activist site which includes a pamphlet series on censorship issues, with bibliography and key speakers network.
Gender-Related Electronic Forums
Forums related to women or gender issues. The topic list includes education, social sciences and humanities.
Global Community of Women
Links you to resources and publications on feminist activism, business, education, health, and history. Includes individual women's homepages.
IAFFE
International Association for Feminist Economics is a nonprofit organization educating people on feminist points of view.
Jewish Feminist Resources
Reading lists, discussion groups, music, and texts with a feminist and Jewish focus. Offers art and Judaism as topics, and includes organizations.
National Archives of Australia
Papers from noted Australian feminists Robyn Archer and Drusilla Modjeska. Includes papers from authors, and academics.
Reflexiones
Call for essays on Spanish and Latin American female writers for a book edited by Dr. Gac-Artigas. With submission, conference, and reviews info.
Russian Feminism Resources
Collation of materials in English and Russian presenting an insight into cultural, historical, and gender issues. Includes news and chat.
Tracking the Opposition
Materials which are, in the page authors's opinion, anti-feminist, for example, Christina Hoff Sommers and Camille Paglia.
Voice of the Shuttle - Gender
Extensive index covering women's studies, feminist theory, sexuality, gay and lesbian studies, and related issues.
WWWomen
Women's directory includes subject listings, from arts and feminism to history and sports. Keyword search available.
Women's Studies Librarian
University of Wisconsin guide lists publications from the librarian's office and women's studies sites.
Women's Studies
University of Iowa resource on women's and gender studies includes a link to feminist theory information.
soc.feminism
Moderated newsgroup focusing on the discussion of feminism and feminist issues. Rules and guidelines at tittle@netcom.com.
N.O.W. - The National Organization for Women
Virtual Sisterhood - A global women's group dedicated to strengthening and magnifying the impact of feminist organizing.
Global List of Women's Organizations - A list of countries which each list the feminist organizations located there.
Girls Incorporated - Inspires all girls to be strong, smart and bold. Delivers research-based programs, primarily in after school settings, and engages in vigorous advocacy in areas critical to girls' lives.
Feminist Majority Foundation - Committed to empowering women and winning equality through research, the sharing of information of value to feminists everywhere, and effective action.