Web Resources in Global Feminism
History 101
Fall 2004
Created by: Ellen Broidy & Victor Rodruiguez
Last Modified: September 21, 2004
Primary Source | Portals | Indexes | Regional/International | International Organizations
Other Interesting Sites
Gerritsen Collection
This resource delivers two million page images exactly as they appeared in
the original printed works. Users can trace the evolution of feminism
within a single country, as well as the impact of one country's movement on
those of the others. In many cases, it also provides easy access to primary
sources otherwise available only in a few rare book rooms. The collection
contains close to 4,000 volumes supplemented with approximately 800 titles
from the Woman's Collection at the Walter Clinton Jackson Library at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The collection has purchased en
bloc The Anthony M. Ludovici Private Library of Books and Pamphlets on
Woman, Her History, Her Physiology, Female Emancipation, Female Suffrage,
Feminism and Sexology. This library of over 900 volumes included the first
editions of Mary Wollstonecraft, Aphra Behn, and Mary Astell, and major
European works on physiology, gynecology, and anthropology.
Women and Social Movements in the United States
A collection of books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries,
and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women's reform
activities.
The International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
The International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) was established
in 1985 as a joint program of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies
and the University Libraries at Virginia Tech. Documents the history of
women's involvement in architecture by acquiring, preserving, storing, and
making available to researchers the professional papers of women
architects, landscape architects, designers, architectural historians and
critics, urban planners, and the records of women's architectural
organizations, from around the world. The IAWA collects the papers of those
who practiced at a time when there were few women in the field (i.e.,
before the 1950s).
Women, War, and Peace
A portal with access to country profiles, Issue briefs, UN gender action
sites, and UN documents, plus links to women's organizations such as
PeaceWomen.
WWW Virtual Library Women's History
Search engine and portal to a great number of sites listed by world
regional areas. Discussion lists, conferences, journals, and a great list
to global feminist sites such as the Gender Institute of the London School
of Economics, Women in Colonial India, Irish Spaces, feminist research
sites, etc.
Florida International University -- The Women's Center
Contains various links to global feminism such as Amnesty International's
site, A Global Issues sites with various articles and links to the National
Sexual Violence Resource Center, Latin American issues, South Africa, the
feminization of global poverty, etc.
University of York's Women's Studies Internet Resources
Includes a very good set of links to various regions of the world such as
Europe, Africa, Australasia, Latin America and Asia.
Indexes to Articles, Essays, Government Reports, etc.
WomenWatch
Provides information, resource guides, links to various publications,
directories and links related to the United Nations, especially to the UN
Interagency Network on Women and Gender Equality.
Contemporary Women's Issues
Provides full-text access to global information on women in over 150
countries. Indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non
profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets.
Includes links to full-text articles for many articles.
GenderWatch
GenderWatch is a full text database of unique and diverse publications that
focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. The archive
material dating back to 1970 in some cases, GenderWatch is a repository of
an important historical perspective on the evolution of the women's
movement and the changes in gender roles. Publications include scholarly
journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books,
and NGO, government and special reports.
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
On-line document and material archives, plus a human rights search engine
and a data base with links to mirror sites around the world. In English,
Spanish, French, Russian, and Japanese!
Women's Studies International
Data base and search engine.
Women's Studies International covers the core
disciplines in Women's Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist
research. Nearly 800 essential sources include: journals, newspapers,
newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses,
dissertations, NGO studies, important websites & web documents, and grey
literature. Over 2,000 periodical sources are represented and include
ISSNs.
Information Bulletin--USAID--Office of Women in Development
Contains GenderReach project publications, the Gender Matters Quarterly,
and an Information Bulletin with articles on women and economic and social
issues.
Alt-PressWatch
Alt-PressWatch is a full text database of the newspapers, magazines and
journals from alternative and independent presses. This interdisciplinary
resource provides a valuable source of viewpoints and perspectives to
complement and challenge mainstream media coverage. Through investigative
reporting by independent and critical sources, these are essential voices
pursuing freedom of the press.
Regional/International Resources
Latin America
Latin America - UT-LANIC
UT-LANIC.
Provides a complete set of links to Web sites on women & gender
studies in Latino and Latin American issues. Mega website list is divided
by region/country - such as Latin America, United States, Mexico, and
South America. Unique and complete resource in Women's issues in Latin
America by one of the world's premier institutions of higher learning, the
University of Texas at Austin.
United States
History of the Suffrage Movement
Information, bibliographies, biographies of key figures such as Susan B.
Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and a history of the suffrage movement
plus links to other organizations.
National American Women's Suffrage Association
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.
Middle East
Menalib-Middle East Virtual Library
The Middle East Virtual Library (MENALIB) is an information portal for
Middle East and Islamic Studies. It provides access to online information
and to digital records of printed and other offline media and thus supports
the concept of a hybrid library for Middle East and Islamic Studies.
Almisbah
ALMISBAH is a database providing access to selected Internet resources on
the Middle East and on Islam respectively. Websites and online resources on
Israel are included only if they are related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Kurdish Women Research Resources: Women, War, Diapora and Learning
Includes articles, resources, and links to sites on refugee and asylum
issues, and sites related to Kurdish language, media and studies. The site
features bibliographies, with selected annotations on: Feminist
methodology, standpoint theory, oral history, and genocide and testimony;
gender and feminist organizing in the Middle East; gender, nation and
diaspora; gender, violence and learning; gender and Transnational Theories;
Honour' Killing; women and war
Africa
International Organizations Online
United Nations Development Program: Gender in Development
Contains access to the United Nations' Quarterly Gender Beat, a link to
Women Watch, and news and information concerning the UNDP's practice areas,
where one can find publications, public statements from various UN
organizations, country office websites, and various reports on the
condition of women, the poor, and HIV around the world.
UNIFEM
UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and
technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote
women's human rights, political participation and economic security. Within
the UN system, UNIFEM promotes gender equality and links women's issues and
concerns to national, regional and global agendas by fostering
collaboration and providing technical expertise on gender mainstreaming and
women's empowerment strategies. UNIFEM' was created in 1976, in response to
a call from women's organizations attending the 1975 UN First World
Conference on Women in Mexico City. Today, UNIFEM works in over 100
countries and has 14 Regional Programme Directors and a growing network of
affiliated gender advisors and specialists in Africa, the Arab States, Asia
and the Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of
Independent States, Latin America and the Caribbean.
International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement (IIAV)
Home page (in English) for the International Institute for Women's
Archives, in Amsterdam. In addition to bibliographic resources, the IIAV
is part of an international online network of women's informational centers.
Institute for Global Communications (IGC).
Women'sNet
Website for The IGC's Women's Net containing valuable information and news
items concerning the organization and worldwide sites of international
political activism.
Amnesty International-Women's Rights
Amnesty International website with links to issues such as human
trafficking, violence against women in Mexico, reports on all parts of the
world on women's rights, and various news items from all world regions, and
list of related websites.
Sisterhood is Global Institute (http://www.sigi.org)
Site for The Sisterhood Is Global Institute, an international NGO with
Consultative Status to the United Nations, was founded in 1984. Inactive
for now. Check for updates.
Womankind Worldwide
Website for the UK-based charity dedicated to women's development and
women's human rights globally. The organization works directly with women
and men across the world to develop and transform communities -- meeting
women's day-to-day needs and tackling the causes of inequality between
women and men.
World Bank: GenderNet
This site describes how the World Bank seeks to reduce gender disparities
and enhance women's participation in economic development through its
programs and projects. It summarizes knowledge and experience, provides
gender statistics, and facilitates discussion on gender and development.
Information and news, resources tools, and related links.
Feminist Theory Website (English, Spanish, French)
The Feminist Theory Website provides research materials and information
for students, activists, and scholars interested in women's conditions and
struggles around the world. The Feminist Theory Website has three parts: 1)
various fields within feminist theory; 2) different national / ethnic
feminisms; and 3) individual feminists. All of these parts are updated and
expanded regularly. The Feminist Theory Website contains: bibliographical
entries, links to internet sites, and paragraphs giving information.
Womeninworldhistory.com
Covers a variety of topics such as biographies of female heroes, women in
the Muslim world, women in the ancient near east, etc. Contains
interactive lessons and book reviews. A web resource for the general
public, high school teachers and students, and university students.