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MU Status of Women Committee
The charge to the Status of Women Committee is to assess and to make recommendations to the deputy chancellor regarding the status and education concerns of women.

MU Women's Center
The Women's Center offers extensive programs including: Interactive discussions, Workshops and weekly groups, Outreach programs for residence halls, fraternities and sororities, and classes and community organizations on important topics such as: Rape and Sexual Violence, Violence in Relationships, Body Image and Eating Disorders, Personal Growth and Awareness, Self-Esteem, Gender Socialization, and Feminism.

MU LGBT Resource Center
The University of Missouri Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center seeks to provide a safe environment that is welcoming to all students, staff, faculty, and community members. In this environment, we actively support student learning through programming and leadership opportunities. The Center encourages understanding by providing a broad range of resources on LGBT / Ally issues and by advocating for the creation of an inclusive MU community.

Chancellor's Diversity Initiative at MU
Diversity is a reality in the world and in our American society. MU values this diversity because it is inherent in our institutional values of respect, responsibility, discovery and excellence. Valuing diversity grows out of respect for others and for self, despite our differences. Honoring diversity is required in order for us to carry out our institutional responsibility and moral obligation to all the citizens of Missouri.

Cambio Center
For Research & Outreach on Latinos and Changing Communities in Missouri. Established in the fall of 2004, the Cambio Center main goals are:

Provide education and enhance the welfare of all residents of the state of Missouri in the context of the current demographic changes
Develop a premier source of knowledge, scholarship, and outreach to respond to the local effects of globalization
Provide knowledge and best practices to facilitate the integration of newcomers to Missouri and the Midwest
Understand the international nature of the immigration process, the cultures and institutions of Latin America, as a major global partner of Missouri in the exchange of goods and the migration of people

Missouri Women's Council
The Missouri Women's Council is the premier source of critical information for Missouri women and families. Our mission, "Providing Missouri women the information necessary to obtain economic, social and political parity" speaks of our objectives in Missouri. We serve as an information link between state agencies, corporate Missouri, and privately owned businesses. We currently publish over eighteen statistical fact sheets pertaining to women and families, sponsor programs that promote opportunities for women to become economically self-sufficient, and provide outreach services and information to individuals through our office in Jefferson City.

Women's Studies Program - University of Maryland
The webpage of the Women's Studies Program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) includes links to: Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Site ( A frequently-updated, annotated, selective set of links to sites offering resources and information about women's studies and/or women's issues.); the Center for Women and Information Technology (Information, resources, and initiatives that address women's underrepresentation as users and developers of information technology. Includes a very large collection of web-based women- and gender-related syllabi), Women's Studies Programs, Departments, and Research Centers (More than 450 listings in the US and abroad. Annotations identify programs offering graduate degrees or certificates), WMST-L (Information primarily about WMST-L, an academic e-mail list for discussion of women's studies teaching, research, and program administration), and Resources for WMST Students: Financial Aid and Job Opportunities (Information about financial aid, jobs, and internships).

Women's Studies Database - University of Maryland
The Women's Studies Database of the University of Maryland-College Park covers a variety of topics including conference announcements, calls for papers, film review, employment opportunities, gender issues and the government documents.

National Council for Research on Women
The National Council for Research on Women works to promote visibility for feminist research, facilitate collaborative research and expand national and international networks of organizations and individuals and disseminate current information on research and other resources.

National Women's Studies Association
This organization is committed to support and promote feminist teaching, research, and professional and community service at the pre-K through post-secondary levels. Integral to this commitment is understanding the political ramifications in our teaching, research and service.

Institute for Women's Policy Research
The Institute for Women's Policy Research is a public policy research organization dedicated to informing and stimulating the debate on issues of critical importance to women and their families.

Graduate Programs in Women's Studies
This list is compiled at Smith College and updated several times annually. It lists institutions offering Ph.D. stand-alone programs, ÊM.A. programs, and everything else (minors, certificates, and concentrations), in the U.S. and internationally.

Gender-Related Electronic Forums
Gender-Related Electronic Forums is an annotated, frequently-updated, award-winning listing of publicly-accessible forums (also known as "e-mail list") related to women or to gender issues.

Women's resources
Alphabetical index by subject pertaining to women's issues.

Macalester College - Women's and Gender Studies
Includes a listing of paid and unpaid internships in Women Studies as provided by the Women's and Gender Studies homepage at Macalester College.

Michigan State University - Career Opportunities for Women's Studies Majors
An annotated bibliography answering the question, "What can I do with a Women's Studies Major?"

University of California, Santa Cruz - What Can I Do with a Major in Women's Studies?
Another resource on Employment Opportunities for Women's Studies Majors.

Virtual Sisterhood
Virtual Sisterhood, a global women's electronic support network, is dedicated to strengthening and magnifying the impact of feminist organizing through promotion of electronic communications use within the global women's movement.

Human Rights Watch: Women's Human Rights
(Discrimination / Domestic Violence / Trafficking / Education / Family)

The Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch fights against the dehumanization and marginalization of women. We promote women's equal rights and human dignity. The realization of women's rights is a global struggle based on universal human rights and the rule of law. It requires all of us to unite in solidarity to end traditions, practices, and laws that harm women. It is a fight for freedom to be fully and completely human and equal without apology or permission. Ultimately, the struggle for women's human rights must be about making women's lives matter everywhere all the time. In practice, this means taking action to stop discrimination and violence against women.

Feminist.com
A women's organization whose primary goal is to help make networking for women, both off and online, easy to do. Feminist.com will become a place where women can meet, exchange ideas, get information, build a business, become active, participate in government and empower themselves and the world around them: a woman's cyber community, if you will. The internet may be the best agency that the women's movement has to keep connected, informed and active.

Feminist Majority
The research, information, and action site of the Feminist Majority and The Feminist Majority Foundation. Here one can learn what important issues affecting women are hot and then take action to defend one's rights through our Urgent Action section. Also has a News and Press Release Selection and Feminist Events Calendar.

African-American Women On-Line Archival Collections
African-American Women On-Line Archival Collections from the Special Collections Library at Duke University.

N.O.W.
The homepage of the National Organization for Women, the largest feminist organization in the United States, with its national offices in Washington, D.C. and affiliates across the country. The NOW Foundation advances women's rights and promotes the goal of equality in the United States and around the world through education, litigation, advocacy, networking, conferences, publications, training and leadership development.

Women's Biography Sites
Although textbooks are improving, the inclusion of women and their accomplishments is still limited. To make the job of inclusion easier, this Webliography Series has been created, beginning with Women Biographies on the Internet. Within these pages, the reader can find information about thousands of women who have been or are presently mathematicians, computer scientists, artists, authors, inventors, and historical figures by connecting to the Internet address cited. The reader can choose from eight categories: Arts & Entertainment; General; History; International; Politics; Science, Math, and Technology; Other; and Sports.

Chicana Feminists
A Chicana feminist homepage offering links to other related sites.

RAINN
RAINN - the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network web site.

A Directory of Women's Directories on the Web
The Web for Women Page: A great collection of web sites for women, including everything from how to search the web to Women In Technology.

Queer Resources Directory
The Queer Resources Directory contains thousands of files relating to queer issues including: family issues, campus life, religion, health, events, culture, legal and workplace issues, among many others.

Office of the University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian
The web site of the Office of the University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian located on the Madison campus includes a extensive listing of Women Study's bibliography resources, including Full-text Resources on Women and Gender and Library Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and links to other Women's Studies resources.

WWWomen
Search engine Women Online for just about any subject one would want to read about pertaining to women from serious to entertaining resources. Includes the helpful Women Online internet guide and newsletter.

H-Women Manuscripts
The H-Women Archival and Manuscript Collection guide aids in finding collections and locations of papers of prominent women in history, includes British and Irish links. Provided by the Humanities and Sociology On-Line.

American Women's History
American Women's History is a research guide providing citations to print, internet reference sources, and access to some large primary source collections in every state and region. The guide also gives information on how researchers can find additional books, articles, dissertations, and primary sources.

Archives for Research on Women and Gender
The Archives for Research on Women and Gender (ARWG) is under the direction of the UTSA Library and a part of the UTSA Archives. The ARWG specializes in acquiring, preserving, arranging, describing, and providing access to primary source materials that document the lives of women, constructions of gender, and expressions of sexual identity in South Texas. Primary sources include letters, speeches, reports, minutes, financial statements, programs, brochures, newsletters, posters, scrapbooks, photographs, and other personal and organizational documents.

Femina
Femina is a comprehensive search engine to sites for, by and about women.

Womenspace.ca: Online activism for women's rights and civic participation
Womenspace is a Canadian non-profit organization which promotes women's participation in information and communication technology. Our activities include the development of online resources and learning, research, education and initiatives which support the use of Internet for women's equality. We work for the inclusion of women and women's organizations in all areas of ICT policy development and implementation.

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