WebSites for Women's Studies

General Sites

• Women's Studies Programs, Departments and Research Centers. Maintained by J. Korenman, the site covers programmes all over the world with annotations for those at the graduate level.

• International Centers for Research on Women. This site is maintained by the National Council for Research on Women (U.S.).

• Searchable Database of Women's Studies Programs. Created and maintained by the UofIllinois WS/WID Library and co-sponsored by NWSA, the site permits accessing of names of program administrators, faculty with departmental affiliations, courses, degree options, geographic areas and fields of specialization.

• Center for Women and Information Technology, UMd, Baltimore County. Another site by J. Korenman, it includes links to related sites, other resources about women, and a collection of syllabi. The Center seeks to address and rectify women's under-representation in information technology.

• WWWomen-the Premier Search Directory for Women Online. Owned by a privately held company based in San Francisco, this site focusses on building and maintaining the best women's search directory on the internet with links to outstanding sites.

• UMdBaltimore County Women's Studies Homepage. Maintained by Joan Korenman, this is a wonderful source for information on e-mail forums, Web pages and Gophers.

• Gender- Related Electronic Forums. This site, maintained by J. Korenman has received several awards. It is an extensive alphabetical listing of electronic forums (lists) relating to women or gender issues.

• Voice of the Shuttle:Gender Studies Page. Coming from UCSanta Barbara and maintained by A. Liu and R.Adlington, the site includes links to Women's Studies, Gay/Lesbian, Men's Movements and Cybergender.

• Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resources. Maintained by J. Korenman this is an excellent site emphasizing sites of particular use to an academic women's studies programme.

• WSSLINKS. This site is maintained by the Collection Development Committee of ACRL's Women's Studies Section. The site's goal is to provide a well-organized comprehensive collection of pointers to women's studies material on the internet.

• Women's Resources on the Internet. This is a collection of sites arranged by subject areas e.g. art, biographies, electronic discussion forums, film, gender, organizations, sports.

• UWisc WMST Librarians Office. Another source providing links to other web sites, search engines and databases. It analyzes the books and periodicals published from its Office and lists titles in its Bibliography series.

• Women's Resource Project. Maintained by Melinda Brown and Cheryl Friedman, this site at UNC-Chapel Hill points to over 100 women's resources on the Internet.

• Ada Project at Yale (TAP). This site is designed to serve as a clearinghouse for information and resources relating to women in computing. It is maintained by E. Freeman and S.Hupfer at Yale University.

• Feminist Activist Resources on the Net. The purpose of the site is to connect Feminists who are Activists to resources on the Internet.

Canadian Sites

• Status of Women Canada.

• Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women(CRIAW)..

• Disabled Women's Network (DAWN)Canada.. This is a national organization controlled by and comprised of women with disabilities. The society was formed in 1992 and the network has existed since the early 1980's. Links are provided to related sites.

• National Council of Women in Canada..

• Freda Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children.. This is an action-oriented centre working with frontline workers in community organizations and with government personnel. Research is carried out in joint collaberation with academics at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia.

• Celebrating Women's Achievements.. Maintained by the National Library of Canada, the site includes a selection of Canadian women who have made outstanding contributions in the fields of Sport, Activism, Booktrade, Politics, Librarianship & Bibliography, and Society, Music, Literature.

• National Aboriginal Organizations in Canada..

• Finding out about Native Canadian Women Writers Published in English.. The site is maintained by the Canadian Literature Research Service (CLRS) of the National Library of Canada.

• Canadian Women's Movement Archives..

• Canadian Women's Studies.. Maintained by the Graduate Collaborative Program in Women's Studies, UofToronto, the site includes information on Women's Studies programs, resources and organizations in Canada with links to the Virtual World of Women.

• Women in Canadian Legislatures.. Maintained by the National Library of Canada, the site focusses on 20 women at both the federal and provincial levels.

• Centre for Research in WMST & Gender Relations, UBC.. Maintained by J. Hinchliffe, the site reflects policies, programmes and publications of the University of British Columbia's Centre for Research in Women's Studies and Gender Relations.

• Women in Science, UBC..

• UBC's website. Click on Admission & Programs of Study, then click on Search Index, then type in women's studies in the search box.

• PAR-L Research Network.. Moderated by W. Robbins and M.Ollivier, the site gives access to a forum for "exchanging policy-relevant information and research" focussing on women and electronic communications, training and education, social and economic restructuring and feminist research issues. See the section on Discussion Groups for subscribing to the PAR-L listserve.

• Canadian Women's Internet Association. This is a good site for links to both governmental and non-governmental resources.

• Businesswomen in Trade. Maintained by Canada's Dept of Foreign Affairs and International Trade the site aims to support women in the export business and provides links to other relevant sites.

• York University. School of Women's Studies. C. Fisher maintains this site which also provides links to other resources.

• British Columbia Ministry for Women's Equality.

• Metrac. This community organization promotes the rights of women and children to live free from violence and the threat of violence. Metrac is supported by Metro Toronto Council and the site includes links to other internet resources on violence against women and children.

• Canadian Women's Health Network Website. This is an informal network of organizations involved in information-sharing and advocacy efforts relating to women's health. Links are provided to other sources.

• Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy.. Maintained by S.Brennan, the site eventually will replace the printed newsletter. Information includes job postings, minutes of meetings, links to other sites, new titles.

• Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology. Maintained from Simon Fraser University, this is an excellent site for Canadian and B.C. content.

• Canadian Women Inventors.. This site is maintained by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.

European Sites

• European Database:Women in Decision-making. The database provides information about women in political leadership in the European Union.

• U.of Oslo Centre for Women's Studies..

• Nordic Inst. for Women's Studies and Gender Research..

• Christina Inst. of Women's Studies, UHelsinki.

• ATHEN(Advanced Thematic Network in Activities in Women's Studies in Europe. The goal of this site is to assess and develop the interdisciplinary field of Gender, Feminist and Women's Studies in the framework of European integration...and to research the current situation in the field of Women's Studies in Higher Education in Europe. Maintained from the UUTrecht.

• WISE(Women's International Studies Europe). This feminist studies association promotes women's studies research, teaching and publication in Europe.

• Center for Gender and Women Studies, Trinity College, Ireland. Established in 1988, the Center's activities include teaching, internationally funded research, publications, public seminars and lectures.

U.S.Sites

• Wellesley Centers for Women. Comprised of the Center for Research on Women and the Stone Center for Developmental Services and Studies, the Wellesley Centers for Women facilitates the development of new research and works to educate, inform and expand the ways women are thought about in the world.

• Center for Research on Women. An interdisciplinary community of scholars is engaged in research, programs and publications which examine the lives of women, men and children in a changing world.

• Stone Center for Developmental Services and Studies. The Stone Center is dedicated to the prevention of psychological problems, the enhancement of psychological well-being and the search for a more comprehensive understanding of human development.

• Women and Social Movements in the United States. Covering 1820 to 1940, the site contains a rich collection of primary documents at the State Univ. of New York at Binghampton.

Asian Sites

• Women in Development. This is an excellent statistical site maintained by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific(UNESCAP).

• Social Development Information on the Internet. Another excellent site maintained by the Social Development Division of UNESCAP. It includes links to specific countries, international organizations, human rights, networks--all to do with Asia/Pacific countries.

• State of Women & Media in Asia: an overview. The site is prepared by M Quesada Tiongson for the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

• Unifem East & South East Asia. Developed by G. Corner the site operates under the auspices of the UN Development Fund. The site is well worth looking at.

• APWLD(Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development). This is an independent, non-government, non-profit organisation committed to enabling women to use law as an instrument of social change for equality, justice and development.

• Gender Studies of Southeast Asia. Provides bibliographies on a variety of topics, including links to other sites.

• Subject Resources for Asian Studies (Non-Asian Languages). Maintained by T.Goto, UBritish Columbia.

Subject-Focussed Sites

• Feminism. Created with the assistance of New Media Publishing the site includes more than 365 links arranged by topic. It also provides access to Feminist Majority publications.

• Feminist Theory. Created by Dr.K.Switala, the site includes over 5300 bibliographical references, nearly 600 internet links, material on feminism in 130 different countries and in-depth profiles of 80 internationally-known feminists.

• Women's Human Rights Resources. Maintained by the WHRR Group, Bora Laskin Law Library, UofToronto.

• WL&DI(Women, Law & Development International). This is a women's human rights organization...non- profit, non-governmental...in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the UN.

• Trafficking. Coming from the office of the Secretary of State, the site has both a U.S. and global focus. It includes Congressional testimonies, speeches, articles and links to other online resources.

• Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. The coalition is a non-governmental organization working internationally to oppose all forms of sexual exploitation. It includes links to many other related sources. The site is maintained by D. Hughes and E&O Carlson (URhode Island).

• Centre for Europe's Children(Council of Europe).

• UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. Created in 1988, the Centre's goal is to "promote a new global ethic for children based on their fundamental human rights" and "to encourage the effective implementation of the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in every country.."

• Female Genital Mutilation. A site maintained from Amnesty International, it provides extensive links to and coverage of FGM.

• Female Genital Mutilation - Education & Networking Project. Another excellent site covering reference materials, articles, legislation, links to advocacy groups, discussion lists and news.

• Women's Health Links. Maintained by Korenman the site provides links to sites on women's health.

• NARAL Online (U.S.). The National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League site contains the most comprehensive array of information on all aspects of abortion and reproductive health. It includes more than 200 links to other internet resources.

• Catalyst. This site is maintained by the leading nonprofit organization working to advance women in business and the professions. Its Information Center has been a national clearinghouse for information on women and work for more than 15 years covering topics such as leadership development, statistics on women in the workforce...work and family... flexible work arrangements. The site includes links to other related websites.

• Genderstats. Developed by the World Bank, the database includes statistics for countries around the world.

• Gender Equality. Maintained by the Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission, the site also includes links to other gender-related sites both governmental and non-governmental.

• Women in Development. Maintained by K Tonella, UIowa, the site includes links to various centers and networks worldwide.

• Rainbow Query. Reported to be the largest, most complete "gay-only" index on the internet it is a production of Atlantis InterNetworks.

• Diotima. This site contains materials for the study of women/gender in the Ancient World.

• Western European Studies. The site provides links to scholarly resources in Western European Studies including Women's Studies. It is maintained by S. Dunlap.

• 4000 Years of Women in Science. The site includes biographies, photographs and references.

• gender INN. gender INN provides access to over 6000 records pertaining to feminist theory, literary criticism and gender studies focussing in particular on English and American literature. The site is maintained from the English Dept. at the UofCologne.

• Sunshine for Women:a bibliography of Pre-modern and Early modern Foremothers. Maintained by Sunshine for Women, this site provides a list of writers and their writings from earliest times.

• Sunshine for Women:Feminist Foremothers. This site includes bibliographies and biographies and e-texts of complete works of some authors.

• Women Action. This is a global information, communication and media network that enables NGOs to engage actively in the Beijing+5 review process...with a special focus on women and media.

• Women in Politics. This is a searchable database maintained by the IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union) - a world organization of parliaments of sovereign states. The site is updated regularly.

Library Collections

• Fawcett Library(National Library of Women). This is the UK's oldest and most comprehensive research library on all aspects of women in society. While the emphasis is on Britain, Commonwealth and third-world countries are covered.

• Microform Collections on or about Women held at UofBritish Columbia..

• African-American Women Online Archival Collections. Maintained by the Special Collections Div. of Duke U., the site includes images of manuscripts and full-text writings of African-American women. There are links to other African-American sites.

• Civil War Women Online Archival Collections. Another site from Duke University.

• Women's Liberation Movement. From Duke U. this online archival collection covers 1969-1974 period.

• Schlesinger Library. This is the site of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College on the history of women in America.

• Women's History Items List. Emanating from the Library of Congress, the site contains original selected documents celebrating the Manuscript Division's First 100 Years.

• Goteborg University Library, Women's History Collections. The Women's History Collections make up the Documentation Centre for women research in Sweden. The interdisciplinary database called
• KVINNSAM is the largest in Scandanavia for gender research. Approximately 63% of references are in English.

Societies, Associations, Organizations

• UN Div. for the Advancement of Women.

• Unifem (United Nations Development Fund for Women). Created in 1976, Unifem promotes women's empowerment and gender equality. It plays a strong advocacy role and supports numerous projects and initiatives worldwide.

• International Centers for Research on Women. Maintained by the National Council for Research on Women, the site replaces in part the print version of the same title.

• Womensnet. This site supports women's organizations worldwide via telecommunications technology.

• National Organization for Women(NOW). The site provides information on the organization and includes links to other resources on key women's issues and news.

• National Women's Studies Association. The Association supports...feminist/womanist teaching, learning, research...pre-K through post-secondary.

• Society for Women in Philosophy. Maintained by C. Freeland.

• American Asso. of University Women. This is the site for a national organization promoting education and equality for all women and girls.

• Equity Online. Includes information on and articles from the WEEA Resource Center plus links to other equity sites.

Beijing

• Beijing +5. The UN General Assembly held a Special Session June5-10/00 to review and assess progress achieved since the 4th World Conference on Women in Sept/95. This site, maintained by the Status of Women (Canada) includes links to other sites.

• Beijing Follow-up.

• Beijing Followup and Implementation.

• Beijing Conference. Includes official and ngo documents, statements, press releases, etc.

• Beijing Conference. Maintained by the UN Secretariat, this site includes official documents, regional reports, press releases and photographs.

• Beijing Conference. Produced jointly with the UN Development Programme and the UN 4th World Conference on Women Secretariat, access is provided to speeches given.

Bibliographies

• Women in the Ancient Near East. A bibliography reflecting the monographic acquisitions of The Oriental Institute Research Archives (1988-1992). It also includes individual articles in publications acquired since 1990.

• Southeast Asia Women Studies Bibliography. Maintained by UCBerkely Library, this site includes a section on Bibliographic Guides one of which is a Women Studies Bibliography.

Indexes

• Medieval Feminist Index. Maintained by Margaret Schaus this excellent site covers more than 225 journals and includes book reviews and essays in books about women, sexuality and gender during the Middle Ages. Indexing includes the current year plus back years.

E-Journals

• E-Journal Site Guide: a MetaSource. Maintained by Joseph Jones, the site provides access to selected sites, individual titles &/or other collections of links.

• Women- Focused Magazines and Newsletters on the Web. Maintained by the Women's Studies Librarian, UofWisconsin System, the site provides an alphabetical list of links to other sites.

• Feminist Collections. Maintained by the Women's Studies Librarian,UofWisconsin, this is a quarterly of women's studies resources listing new web sites, discussion lists, electronic journals and other computed-related gems.

• Women in Judaism. An academic multi-refereed periodical dedicated to gender-related issues in Judaism, the site is maintained by the editors D. Eylon and D. Kriger. It is available only on the Internet.

• Women and Performance. Supported by the New York State Council for the Arts and the Performance Studies Dept at NY University the journal includes essays, scripts, interviews and articles on performance from a feminist perspective. Ethnology, dance and theatre history, cinema, cultural studies and feminist critiques of race, class, sexuality, technology and nation are covered.

• Intersections:Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context. A refereed journal edited by C.Brewer and A-M.Medcalf, it comes from the School of Asian Studies of Murdoch University in Western Australia.

• Journal of South Asia Women Studies. The site provides abstracts for non-members and full text for members.

• Feminista:the online journal of feminist construction. It covers art, literature, philosophy,social commentary, web reviews and more. Editor-in-Chief is J.C.Page.

• Re/productions. Coming out of the Harvard School of Public Health, this journal explores different discourses of reproductive health and rights in South Asia.

• Sapphic Ink. A literary journal for lesbians.

Citations

• MLA-Style Citation of Electronic Sources.Maintained by Janice Walker of USouth Florida.

• APA style.

• Citing Government Publications.

• Bibliographic Form: US Government Documents. Maintained by R. Knight.

• Citing Electronic Sources: a bibliography. Maintained by the National Library of Canada.

• Electronic References & Scholarly Citations of Internet Sources. The site is maintained by Anita Greenhill.

Bookstores and Books

• Feminist Bookstore Index. Maintained by Lee Anne Phillips this is an excellent site for the U.S. and Canada.

Updated June/01

Contact dmartin@interchange.ubc.ca

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