Gender Associations/Organizations
U.S. Department of Education promotes educational equity for women and girls through competitive grants to public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and individuals. The program designates most of its funding for local implementation of gender-equity policies and practices.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/equity/legislation.html
Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education (AGELE) provides leadership in the identification and infusion of gender equity in all educational programs and processes, and within parallel equity concerns, including, but not limited to, age, disability, ethnicity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation and socio-economic status.
http://www.agele.org/index.cfm?secid=13316&ssecid=0
Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence (CREDE) is a federally funded research and development program working to assist America’s diverse student populations in achieve academic excellence. The web site includes information on standards, research findings, and related links.
http://crede.berkeley.edu
IDRA is an independent, non-profit organization that advocates the right of every child to a quality education. Where sex equity is concerned, multicultural education embraces the belief that gender-like ethnicity, language or religion – must be respected.
http://www.idra.org
American Assembly for Men in Nursing (AAMN) provides a framework for nurses as a group to meet, discuss, and influence factors which affect men as nurses.
http://www.aamn.org/
American Business Women’s Association was formed to bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership, education, networking support and national recognition.
http://www.abwa.org
Association for Women in Mathematics encourages women and girls to study and have active careers in the mathematical sciences, and promotes equal opportunity and the equal treatment of women and girls in the mathematical sciences.
http://www.awm-math.org
Association for Women in Science is dedicated to achieving equity and full participation for women in science, mathematics, engineering and technology. Web site includes career development information and the organization’s online magazine.
http://www.awis.org
Business and Professional Women/USA fosters the success of working women by providing career advancement resources, work life strategies and personal and professional connections.
http://www.bpwusa.org
American Association of University Women (AAUW) offers current information and resources on issues important to women including links to civil rights, education, healthcare, retirement security, Title IX, workplace issues, and violence against women.
http://www.aauw.org
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women serves as a clearinghouse for information on topics of interest to women and women's equity. The web site includes links to on-line publications, articles, studies, reports, and statistics on women’s issues.
http://www.state.ia.us/government/dhr/sw/index.html
League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization and has fought since 1920 to improve our systems of government and impact public policies through citizen education and advocacy. The web site contains links to legislative issues.
http://www.lwv.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
National Council for Research on Women (NCRW) is a network of more than 100 leading US research, advocacy, and policy centers with a growing global reach. The council harnesses the resources of its network to ensure fully informed debate, policies and practices to build a more inclusive and equitable world for women and girls.
http://www.ncrw.org
National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States and works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society.
http://www.now.org
Wellesley Centers for Women sponsors the National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum, a staff-development equity project for educators, is in its twentieth year of establishing teacher-led faculty development seminars in public and private schools throughout the U.S. and in English-speaking international schools.
http://www.wcwonline.org/seed
Association of College and Research Libraries Women’s Studies Journals provides a list that includes titles currently being published and suitable for academic libraries.
http://libr.org/wss/projects/serial.html