Women's eNews Resources

Education

Al-Raida
Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World--Lebanese American University

The American College of Nurse-Midwives
The oldest women's health care organization in the U.S. ACNM provides research, accredits midwifery education programs, administers and promotes continuing education programs, establishes clinical practice standards, creates liaisons with state and federal agencies and members of Congress.

Association of College and Research Libraries' Women's Studies Section--Women's History Sites
This page will list annotated links of various comprehensive sources of U.S. and global women's history: Ancient Times; Medieval Times; American History; Canadian History; International History; Women's History Month Sites; Women's History Conferences; Women's History Speakers/Performers

A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT
How a Committee on Women Faculty came to be established by the Dean of the School of Science,
what the Committee and the Dean learned and accomplished, and recommendations for the future.

Alice Paul Institute
Empowers women and girls to accept leadership challenges in their lives, communities and workplaces. Paulsdale, the birthplace of Alice Paul and the office location of the API, provides an historical perspective and serves as a source of inspiration and motivation.

American Association of University Women (AAUW)
A national organization that promotes education and equity for all women and girls. Our commitment to these issues is reflected in our public policy efforts, programs, and diversity initiatives.

Center for Lactation Education
Breastfeeding Support Consultants provides education and instruction to health professionals who help breastfeeding mothers.

Center for the Study of Women and Society at the City University of New York Graduate Center
Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary approach to research and scholarship that draws on various disciplines, while challenging disciplinary boundaries, raising new questions and offering different perspectives. The general aim of the program is to offer critical reflection on the experiences of both women and men in terms of differences of gender, sexuality, race, class, ethnicity and nation.

Girls for Planet Earth
If you're one of those girls who can't get enough of all things nature-related, this is the site for you! Many young women have turned their ideas into amazing environmental projects, making a real difference in their communities. Now you can too. Find out how!

Girls For A Change (GFC)
Catalyzes professional women to support urban middle and high school girls to become social change makers and innovators, by empowering them to design, lead, fund and implement social change projects that tackle problems they face in their neighborhoods.

Just Think
Teaches young people to understand the words and images in media, and think for themselves.

Leave My Child Alone!:
A Family Privacy Campaign to Protect Our High School Students From Unwanted Military Recruiting. Buried deep within the No Child Left Behind Act is a provision that requires public high schools to hand over private student information to military recruiters.

Myra Sadker Advocates
A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting equity in and beyond schools.

National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (NCWGE)
A nonprofit organization of more than 50 organizations dedicated to improving educational opportunities for girls and women.

National Women's History Project
An educational nonprofit organization. Our mission is to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs.

National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
NWSA supports and promotes feminist/womanist teaching, learning, research, and professional and community work.

Nellie Langford Rowell Women's Studies Library
The library has become an efficiently organized resource for women at York and in the larger community. We believe that it has also remained the sort of woman-friendly space that it was in the early days at the New Feminists and Woman's Place.

Outdoor and Experiential Education Programs for Adolescent Girls
an at-a-glance resource list to people seeking program models and/or resources to assist with programming for adolescent girls in the outdoors.

Project on Women and Social Change--Smith College

An interdisciplinary faculty research group. Founded in 1978, the Project draws together faculty from a wide range of disciplines including anthropology, political science, sociology, education, history, exercise and sport studies, literature, psychology, religion, and economics.

Prostitution Research and Education
is a non-profit organization. All Contents by Melissa Farley unless otherwise noted.

Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development
The major thrust of the Institute's programs is education, (youth, parents and community). Motivational training is designed to increase receptivity to leaming and growth in all aspects of life. The program goal is one of self development or individual improvement based on understanding self and applying the skills learned to move toward change for the betterment of self Healthy competition is encouraged through the principles of pride, dignity and courage.

Dr. Bernice Resnick Sandler
Creates strategies for organizations and individuals to improve equity for women in education and the workplace. She also develops and analyzes policies and programs.

Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport--University of Minnesota, The College Education & Human Development
dedicated to exploring how sport, recreation, and physical activity affect the lives of girls and women. The first of its kind in the country, it is an interdisciplinary center leading a pioneering effort on significant research, education, community outreach, and public service.

Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman's Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921--Libary of Congress
The NAWSA Collection consists of 167 books, pamphlets and other artifacts documenting the suffrage campaign. They are a subset of the Library's larger collection donated by Carrie Chapman Catt, longtime president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, in November of 1938. The collection includes works from the libraries of other members and officers of the organization including: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Alice Stone Blackwell, Julia Ward Howe, Elizabeth Smith Miller, Mary A. Livermore.

Women's Initiative--Duke University
Seeks to reflect the diversity of women's experiences within and beyond the Duke community, as well as our focused efforts to address outstanding issues that cut across those constituencies within the campus culture.

Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP)
A nonprofit, tax-exempt research, education, and publishing organization. Our organization was founded in 1972, by Dr. Donna Allen, to increase communication among women and reach the public with our experience, perspectives, and opinions.

Women Studies at New Mexico State University

NMSU Women Studies program offers a Bachelor's Degree, Masters
Degree, and undergraduate and graduate Minors in Women Studies. We
are active in various women's interest projects and programs in our
area as well as El Paso and Ciudad Juarez in Mexico.