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Sub-Categories in Issues

Advocacy Organizations@ (174)
Aid and Development (5)
Female Genital Mutilation@ (20)
Gender Relations (3)
Health (6)
Human Rights and Liberties (15)
Media (3)
Peace Work and Activism@ (32)

Policy Institutes (9)
Religion (6)
Sex Work@ (37)
Violence and Abuse (634)
Women and Pornography (14)
Women in Recovery (12)
Work (5)

Web Sites in Category Issues

Feminist.com - News and community site for information sharing among women on political issues that affect their lives. Includes news, resources, and directory of women-owned businesses.

About-Face! - About-Face questions and satirizes negative and demeaning images of women in society.

About.com - Women's Issues - Annotated directory of sites related to a variety of women's issues.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Woman to Woman - A weekly opinion column which provides both a liberal and conservative woman's viewpoint on a given issue.

Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women - Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women - NGO Forum, UN Fourth World Conference on Women Huairou, Beijing, peoples Republic of China

Beyondmedia - Dedicated to using media and workshops for greater understanding of women's issues. Details of videos available, and events listing.

Father's Rights Groups: Beware Their Real Agenda - Father's Rights Groups: Beware Their Real Agenda

Homelessness and Women's Rights - Article about homelessness among women and women's rights in general.

ICA Global Women's Committee - International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) promotes equality between women and men and gender integration in the co-operative movement and society.

IGC: WomensNet - WomensNet supports women's organizations locally, nationally and worldwide.

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.

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.

MrsSurvival - Information about disaster preparedness and personal self-reliance from a woman's viewpoint.

National Women's Educational Equity Act, The (WEEA) - A resource center works to improve educational, social, and economic outcomes for women and girls.

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.

Pay Equity and Women's Wage Gaps by Dr. Hilary Lips - Offering presentations, information and links on the continuing undervaluing of Women's work reguardless of racial, ethnic, educational and occupational status.

Real Women Real Issues - Club site devoted to empowering women against sex, size, and race discrimination, discussing health issues, and discussing relationship issues.

Rural Womyn Zone - "An online community of rural feminists." Chat, message boards, a list for rural feminists, and links to resources of use to women in non-urban areas of both the United States and Canada.

US State Department - Policy - Women - The Office of the Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues

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.

Women's Issues Yesterday & Today - Web site constructed by the Spring 2002 Rhetoric of Anglo-American Feminism class at the University of Texas. Discussions of major women's issues from the Victorian period to the present in Britain & American, a web site maintained by students

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