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- About Women's Issues - Issues-oriented site for women includes news briefs, information on U.S. legislation and politics, and links for researching issues affecting women.
womensissues.about.com
- About-Face! - About-Face questions and satirizes negative and demeaning images of women in society.
about-face.org
- Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women - Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women - NGO Forum, UN Fourth World Conference on Women Huairou, Beijing, peoples Republic of China
www.ipcb.org/resolutions/beijingdec.html
- Beyondmedia - Dedicated to using media and workshops for greater understanding of women's issues. Details of videos available, and events listing.
www.beyondmedia.org
- Don't Tell Me What Size I Must B - An international group of women, dedicated to halting the discrimination against plus size women by the media and fashion industries. Over 900 members as of July 2001.
www.geocities.com/tenorqueen
- FAIR - The Women's Desk - The Women's Desk analyses sexism, racism and homophobia in the media and works with activists and media professionals to get a broad range of feminist perspectives included in the public debate.
www.fair.org/womens-desk.html
- Father's Rights Groups: Beware Their Real Agenda - Father's Rights Groups: Beware Their Real Agenda
www.now.org/nnt/03-97/father.html
- General Federation of Women's Clubs - World's largest and oldest women's volunteer organization. Working locally in more than 6,500 clubs in the United States and globally in more than 20 countries.
www.nurelm.com/gfwc
- Homelessness and Women's Rights - Article about homelessness among women and women's rights in general.
www.endhomelessnessnow.org/womensrights.htm
- IGC: WomensNet - WomensNet supports women's organizations locally, nationally and worldwide.
www.igc.org/igc/womensnet
- Institute for Women's Policy Research - A non-profit organization dedicated to researching policy issues of critical importance for women. IWPR's policy areas include poverty and welfare, family and work, health care and domestic violence, and employment.
www.iwpr.org
- International Women's Health Coalition - Site deals with issues of global well-being, and social and economic justice through attention to women's human rights, health, and equality.
www.iwhc.org
- McAuley Institute - Offers technical and financial assistance to grassroots organizations working to expand housing opportunities and economic security for low-income women and their families. Includes current projects, how to get involved, resources, and new articles.
www.mcauley.org
- Media Report To Women - Providing information on all types of media and the way in which they depict women and issues of interest to women.
www.mediareporttowomen.com
- MrsSurvival - Information about disaster preparedness and personal self-reliance from a woman's viewpoint.
www.mrssurvival.com
- News We Can Use - Focuses on news, health, politics and other issues of interest to women, which aren't featured heavily in the mainstream media. Also includes a mailing list.
www.newswecanuse.com
- No Safe Place | Phyllis Chesler - "Our most vulnerable female patients are being assaulted and raped by the very people who are supposed to care for them." - Phyllis Chesler
www.echonyc.com/~onissues/w98chesler.html
- Real Women Real Issues - Club site devoted to empowering women against sex, size, and race discrimination, discussing health issues, and discussing relationship issues.
www.realwomenrealissues.com
- Redbook: Body Image Message Boards - Talk about body image and weight loss, stretch marks, the media, or add your own topics and get support and strategies from your fellow Redbook gal pals.
boards2.ivillage.com/messages/get/rbbodyimg4.html
- Reflecting Venus - A size acceptance site. A wake up call and a place for support against fat bigotry.
zaftigGoddess.tripod.com
- SingleGoddess.com - Information for single women on the topics of relationships, parenting, coping, divorce, and living well alone.
www.singlegoddess.com
- US State Department - Policy - Women - The Office of the Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues
www.state.gov/www/global/women
- Violence Against Women Office Home Page - Listings of Publications, Legislation, Research Statistics, Grant Programs and related Web sites. Information is from the US
www.usdoj.gov/vawo
- WITIA: Women in the Information Age - The Women in the Information Age Project at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG) addresses gender issues and technology (including representation in the development and use of today's key technologies). Professor Jane Foundation's Kennedy School research draws together a representative collection of quality sites which add value to this discussion.
www.ksg.harvard.edu/witia
- Women Against Sexual Harassment WASH - An organization dedicated to putting an end to sexual harassment. THE WASH RAG, its newsletter, attempts to cover the sexual harassment issue to show what is behind the media coverage.
www.washrag.org
- Women Organizing for Change - Feminist Heaven - Progressive feminist women's issues including choice, children, employment, discrimination, harassement, health, safety. News on upcoming legislation and editorials. On-site actions and also on going alert list.
members.aol.com/okamwoc/heaven.html
- Women's Issues - 3rd World - Annotated directory of sites related to a variety of women's issues within third world countries.
women3rdworld.about.com/newsissues/women3rdworld
- Women's Issues at Suite101.com - Dedicated to educate people about the issues women face daily. Includes a new article every other week, a links section and a discussion board.
www.suite101.com/subjectheadings/contents.cfm/1360
- Women's Self-defense Resources and Links - Information and links for women's self-defense. Also opinions for and against guns and other issues related to self defense and protection.
www.angelfire.com/ga2/xxxxxx/index.html
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