Web Resources
Women’s and Gender Studies - General Resources:
National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
Website for the national organization in the U.S.
Canadian Women’s Studies Association/L’association canadienne des études sur les femmes (CWSA/ACEF)
Website for the national organization in Canada
Southeastern Women's Studies Association (SEWSA)
Regional NWSA organization
Women's Studies / Women's Issues Resource Sites — University of Maryland
Selective and annotated list of websites containing resources and information about Women's and Gender Studies/women's issues
Women’s and Gender Studies Programs, Departments, and Research Centers
List of more than 900 links to programs, departments, and research centers with websites
Athena Project
Explorations of issues central to Women’s and Gender Studies’ definition and practice across Europe
Women’s and Gender Studies — Resources Exploring Key Terms and Issues:
Gender and Women’s Studies and the Question of Activism
Discussion of WGS and activism among professors at Villanova University
New Majorities II Conference
Report on conference about the state of Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Academy hosted by New York University
Herizons magazine — “Women’s Studies” article by Renee Bondy
An article from the Canadian feminist magazine Herizons that explores debates around name changes in the discipline
Questions for a New Century: Women’s Studies and Integrative Learning
Report prepared for the National Women’s Studies Association in 2007 that explores common outcomes and assessments WGS
Women’s and Gender Studies Core Books List
Website maintained by the University of Wisconsin library system—very broad definition of “Women’s and Gender Studies” as all academic feminist references
Women's Studies and Religion Program: Harvard Divinity School
Website includes a searchable bibliography and links to other sites on women and religion
Association for Integrative Studies
Academic professional association devoted to Interdisciplinary Studies; valuable for comparison of definitions of interdisciplinarity
Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity at University of North Texas
Provides resources, promotes experiments, identifies institutional barriers, establishes indicators for success of projects, and develops best practices for thinking about what constitutes interdisciplinarity
Interdisciplines
Group of French philosophers, artists, social scientists, and digital designers which runs online conferences and promotes intelligent use of new technologies across and between disciplines
The Supressed Histories Archives: Real Women, Global Vision
Goddess/women’s history archive, compiled by Max Dashu, documents female images through history, especially spiritual ones
Interviews conducted by Patrick Brindle, Research Methods Publisher at SAGE
Dr. Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber talks about feminist research methods in this two-part interview
Third Wave Foundation
A feminist, activist foundation that works nationally to support young women and transgender youth working towards gender, racial, economic, and social justice
National Women’s History Project
Organizes and sponsors activities that promote women as influential forces in society and provides information about the unfolding roles of women in American history
Sexuality, Genderqueer, Trans Resources:
Queertheory.com
Resources for all things related to queer culture, queer studies, gender studies, queer theory, and related fields
Queer Theory Links
Multiple links to online resources about queer theory
Lambda Legal
National organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work
Trans@MIT Allies Toolkit
Useful terminology; provided as part of MIT trans resources website
National Sexuality Resource Center
NSRC is committed to advancing sexual literacy through science, sexuality education, and social policy formation
A Gender Variance Who's Who
Listing of key historical and contemporary trans theorists
T-Vox on Transfeminism
Site that articulates trans-feminisms as a set of practices in theory and practice
Queer Black Feminist
San Francisco State University sociologist blogs about queer black feminism
Antiracist, Transnational, Women of Color Resources:
Agenda
African feminist journal that seeks to empower women for gender equity
Black Feminism LIVES!
Blog site by Black feminist (Alexis Pauline Gumbs) with womanist sensibilities
Voices from the Gaps
Academic database of works by women writers and activists of color
Incite: Women of Color Against Violence
Extensive network of activist women of color
Women of Color United: End Violence Against Women and HIV & AIDS
U.S.-based organization founded to advocate around the intersection of violence against women and HIV/AIDS globally
African American Policy Forum
Think tank advocating racial justice, gender equality and human rights with an “intersectionality primer"
Association for Women in Development
Guide for implementing intersectionality in advocacy, policy, and development work
Central American Women's Network
Examples of implementing intersectionality in work on violence against women and girls
Womanist Musings
Blog by womanist which also features activist, antiracist guest bloggers
antiracism.com
Targeted at youth antiracist activism and education; offers tools and dialogue about racism to promote social justice
The Critical Multicultural Pavillion
Resources for antiracist education, such as workshops and training opportunities
The Antiracist Alliance
Resources and information about antiracist movement building
Internationalization of Higher Education: Global Trends Regional Perspectives
Summary of survey about global education as well as links to popular press articles about the survey
UN Women: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
Hub for global and transnational feminism; information about networks, women’s world conferences, etc.
WomenStats Project and Database
Database on women’s status with 310 indicators of women's status in 174 countries, with maps