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There is an ever-growing wealth of internet sites and resources relevant to studies and searches where the focus is women, men and gender expectations. Listed immediately below are some of the sites that are potentially most useful to instructors and students studying women and men, with an emphasis on culture and ethnicity. Each listing can be activated for a direct connection to that site. Beneath the tabular summary, a brief overview of each resource is provided along with a direct link to its web address. It is impossible for us to represent all data sites, or even a reasonable fraction. Suggested additional sources with direct links to data, research and scholarship can be forwarded to the:
Center for Gender Studies ( gstudies@radford.edu )
please note we try not to list links to programs of study and cannot engage the many individual suggestions
Summary Table of Links to All Sites
General Sources

Women's Bureau within the United States Department of Labor:
http://www.dol.gov/wb/

The Women's Bureau develops policies and standards and conducts inquiries to safeguard the interests of working women; to advocate for their equality and economic security for themselves and their families; and to promote quality work environments. See for example: Data & Statistics

Gender Studies within the Social Sciences area of the Directory of Open Access Journals:
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=subject&cpid=123

As of September 15, 2011, 33 journals belonging to the subject Gender Studies were listed as accessible online.

Women's Studies Librarian, University of Wisconsin:
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/
Visitors to this site will find full-length bibliographies on a variety of topics, such as "social and economic well-being", "sex politics," and "violence against women online" as well as core lists of women's studies books on topics. Also included are links to a variety of other websites on women and gender.

Center for African American Males: Research, Success, and Leadership
http://www.centerforafricanamericanmales.org/

The Center is an independent non-profit corporation, whose mission is to address the challenges faced by African-American men in the academy by focusing on three main areas: research, modeling and training, and programming.

XY: men, masculinities and gender politics
http://www.xyonline.net/

XY is a website focused on men, masculinities and gender politics. XY is a space for the exploration of issues of gender and sexuality, the daily issues of men's and women's lives, and practical discussion of personal and social change.

National Organization for Men Against Sexism [NOMAS]:
http://www.nomas.org/taskgroups/profeminism/

NOMAS advocates a perspective that is pro-feminist, gay-affirmative, anti-racist, and committed to justice on a broad range of social issues including class, age, religion, and physical abilities. We affirm that working to make this nation's ideals of equality for all people a reality is the finest expression of what it means to be men.

WWWomen:
http://www.wwomen.com

This site bills itself "the premier search directory for women online," and the claim seems to be justified. From the home page, visitors can search under such categories as "women in business," "women throughout history," "lesbian visibility" and "diversity among women."

National Women's History Museum Exhibits
http://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/

The National Women's History Museum features a number of online exhibits as indicated by the following list of topics as of October 2, 2009:

  • Chinese American Women: A History of Resilience and Resistance
  • Clandestine Women: Spies in American History
  • First But Not the Last: Women Who Ran for President
  • A History of NWHM's Coalition Organizations
  • Partners in Winning the War: Women in WWII
  • Reforming Their World: Women in the Progressive Era
  • Rights for Women
  • This Isn't Right! Women Reform Leaders from 1847-1952
  • Votes for Women
  • Women in Education
  • Women in Industry
  • Women in the Olympics
  • Women of Jamestown/font>
  • Women with a Deadline: Female Printers, Publishers, and Journalists from the Colonial Period to World War I
  • Women Wielding Power: Pioneer Female State Legislators
  • Young and Brave: Girls Changing History

National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org

This site provides powerful words about the history of women and links to a variety of good sources of historical information. Included is information on how Women's History Month is celebrated in different parts of the world.

National Museum of Women in the Arts
http://www.nmwa.org

Here is the place to begin a search for information about women artists. Included here is biographical information about women who have made contributions to the arts and information about where to find out more. Visitors can actually take a virtual "tour" of the museum, getting a look at the artwork that adorns its walls.

Women's Resources on the Internet, Australian National University's Women's Resource Project
http://www.ibiblio.org/cheryb/women/wresources.html
There is a variety of information by and about women on the Internet. Topics include: Art, Biographies, Bisexual and Lesbian Resources, Calendars, Conferences & Announcements, Collections of Women's Resources, Electronic Discussion Forums, Film, Gender Issues, Health History, Legal Literature,
Music, Organizations, Parenting, Pregnancy, Publications, Reproductive Rights, Science and Technology, Sexuality, Sports, Support, Women's Colleges and Women's Studies Programs.

American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org

This site does not emphasize women, but it does emphasize psychology, and allows visitors to search for information in the APA Monitor and APA journals. It often features "hot" news in psychology-which sometimes is particularly relevant to gender issues.

UN WOMEN
http://www.unwomen.org/

Topics include: Violence Against Women; Peace & Security, Leadership & Participation, and Economic Empowerment

Research & Theory

Research on Gender - the Gender Net
http://www.worldbank.org/gender/

This site describes how the 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. At this site, you can also click on Research and then do a search using the term gender to find a number of studies and reports

National Council for Research on Women
http://www.ncrw.org

The National Council for Research on Women, founded in 1981, is a working alliance of 92 women's research and policy centers, more than 3,000 affiliates and a network of over 200 international centers. NCRW's mission is to enhance the connections among research, policy analysis, advocacy, and innovative programming on behalf of women and girls.

American Women in Uniform, Veterans Too!
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/

According to Capt. Barbara A. Wilson, USAF(Ret), "there are almost two million women veterans". At her site, "you will find the history and accomplishments of those women who have served this country - voluntarily - since it's beginning".

Gerri Gribi's: Black History Month Links
http://www.creativefolk.com/blackhistory/blackhistory.html
Gerri Gribi has compiled a large number of web site links on many aspects of Black History, including sources for images as well as text. A brief list of her general headings includes: History & Geography; Food; Art, Literature, Music; Folk Tales & Songs; Scientific Achievements and Many More Links. Her Black History Month links are embedded in a much larger collection of web resources concerning women; for an overview visit her SiteMap

University of Maryland: Women's Studies Resources
http://www.womensstudies.umd.edu/resources.html

This site is a database for information about conferences, calls for papers, and job opportunities in Women's Studies. Perhaps its most useful feature from the point of view of this course, however, is a large collection of resources to aid in course development: bibliographies, film reviews, syllabi, reference material.

Association of College and Research Libraries: Women's Studies Section
http://www.libr.org/wss/WSSLinks/

Here you will find links to bibliographies in Women's Studies covering a wide range of topics: women of color, aging, lesbian studies, violence.

Womanist Theory and Research on-line
http://www.uga.edu/~womanist

This site features interdisciplinary exchange of feminist ideas and scholarship among women-of-color faculty and students.

African American Health 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.html

A MedLine Health Resource for Black Women and Men ....

Healthline Networks
http://www.healthline.com/

A general source for searching for health topics, such as ADHD, Alzheimer's Disease, Asthma, Bipolar Disorder, Crohn's Disease, COPD, Depression, Diabetes (Type 2), Fibromyalgia, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Menopause, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and More...

Gender Databases - Statistics

Gender Topics and Datasets from the Pew Research Center
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/

The Pew Research Center's Social and Demographic Trends is pleased to provide raw data to scholars for their own research. Survey data are released twelve months after the reports are issued. Datasets are identified by survey topics, dates that the survey was conducted, and reports generated from the survey. To learn more about the survey and the sample used for each dataset, consult the individual reports. For a sample report see under topics: A Gender Reversal On Career Aspirations: Young Women Now Top Young Men in Valuing a High-Paying Career, April 19, 2012

GenderStats from the WorldBank
http://web.worldbank.org

A one stop source of information at the country level. A compilation of data on key gender topics from national statistics agencies, United Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys.

UNECE Gender Statistics Database (United Nations)
http://www.unece.org/stats/gender/

This United Nations Economic Commission for Europe provides links to a number of gender issues sources.

Gender Studies Database: University of Texas Libraries
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/indexes/titles.php?subject=Gender+Studies

Covers the spectrum of gender engaged scholarship inside and outside academia.

Comparative Approaches & Global Connections

The UK Eldis Guides On Gender Issues and Sexuality & Development
http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/browse-by-subject/all-subjects/gender : Gender
http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/browse-by-subject/view-full-list/sexuality-and-development : Sexuality

Gender: IDS research on Gender and Development has sought diverse ways to understand and address inequality in gender relations since the late 1970s.
Sexuality & Development: This focus well describes some of the consequences of the disregard for sexual rights that exists the world over. However, this negativity generates fear and disempowerment, and discourages us from seeing how we might be able to change our situations. Rather than focusing on pain, harm and wrongs, a more positive, pleasure-oriented, view of sexuality offers an entirely different set of entry points for work to make sexual rights real.

The Australian National University's Gender Relations Center
http://rspas.anu.edu.au/grc/index.php

Our mission is simple: to be at the forefront of international research and graduate education on transformations of gender and sexuality in Asia and the Pacific.
The Center undertakes original research and publication and facilitates national and international collaboration on several aspects of gender relations combining the insights of several disciplines - most notably anthropology, history, geography and politics. To date, research and publication have focused on five major themes: Gender, Sexuality and Globalization in Asia and the Pacific; Masculinities in the Pacific and Asia; Gender, Primary Health Care and HIV/AIDS in the Pacific; Gender and Environment in Asia and the Pacific, and Remembering Gender and Race in History, Photography and Cinema: Asian and Pacific Comparisons.

The International Association for Studies of Men (IASOM)
http://www.rolstad.no/iasom/links/

IASOM's objective is to promote international cooperation and development of studies of men, based on pro-feminist, gay affirmative and antiracist principles, and to enhance the critical depth, variety and methodological and theoretical development of this field.

Men's Bibliography
http://www.xyonline.net/

A comprehensive bibliography of writing on men, masculinities, gender, and sexualities (10th edition). Compiled by Dr. Michael Flood, Australian National University.

New Zealand Ministry of Women's Affairs
    Minitatanga mõ
    ngã Wãhine

http://mwa.govt.nz

New Zealand's Ministry of Women's Affairs site is an excellent place to explore the activities of a government committed to the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. This site outlines fundamentals in gender analysis; its application in addressing the problems of gender discrimination, as well as providing information on the status of women and especially Maori Women.

African Center for Gender and Social Development
http://www.uneca.org/eca_programmes/acgd/default.htm
This Net is the African Center for Women within the Economic Commission for Africa.

Return to the:  Summary Table of  Links to Sites

Men's Studies Summary Table: National & International Sources
Listings:
NOMAS-National Organization for Men Against Sexism: http://www.nomas.org
Men, Masculinities, and Gender: http://www.xyonline.net/content/men-masculinities-and-gender-key-resources-scholarship-and-education
IASOM:  http://www.rolstad.no/iasom/  an International Association for Studies of Men
Center for African-American Males: Research:  http://www.centerforafricanamericanmales.org/
A Mayo Clinic Website -
 Men's Health Center  under the Healthy Living Category
MenStuff: 
http://menstuff.org/frameindex.html
Men's Movement Organizations (a YaHoo listing:   http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Cultures_and_Groups/Men/Men_s_Movement/Organizations/
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