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Weblinks

Below we have listed selected links to internet pages concerned with gender and/or women's studies. Click on the section headings to go to the respective list. A click on one of the pages listed in the overview will take you to a short description of the page as well as the link to the site.

On this page we list only links to pages in English. For sites in German, please go to our German links page.

We are grateful for any further suggestions of links.

1. Databases: Gender and/or Women's Studies

Ariadne, Bibliography of the History of Western Sexuality, 1700-1945, Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index, Genesis, Greta, IIAV, Women's Gift of Speech, The Women's Library, The Women's Studies Database,

2. Metapages: Gender and/or Women's Studies

Institute of Feminist Theory and Research, Nordic Institute for Women's and Gender Research, thirdspace, Women's History Network, Women's Studies EuroMap, Women's Studies information sources U of York library, Cultural Studies Virtual Library (in Portuguese)

3. Metapages: Literature

A Celebration of Women Writers, Women's Studies Librarian's Office (U of Wisconsin), FES-Net Source: History and Politics, Voice of the Shuttle

4. Metapages: Politics and Economy

Center for Gender in Organizations, e.quality@work, FES-Net Source: History and Politics, Women Business Directory, WOMNET - The women’s network unit on global structural policy from a gender perspective

5. Metapages: Education

International Foundation for Gender Education, National Women's Studies Association, Virtual International Women's University

6. Metapages: WWW, Search Engines and Information Platforms

AVEN - The Asexual Visibility and Education Network, GLBTQ - An encyclopaedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture, International Foundation for Gender Education, J. Korenman: Gender-related electronic forums und Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites, Voice of the Shuttle, Women's Feature Service, WWWomen!

7. Gender Studies Journals A-Z
Journals in English, Journals in German, Journals in other languages

Please note that the hyperlinked sites are not under the control of gender Inn and gender Inn is not responsible for the content of any hyperlinked site or any link contained in a hyperlink site. The presence of these hyperlinks should not be construed as an endorsement by gender Inn of these sites or their content. gender Inn is not responsible for the content of any such external hyperlink.

1. Databases: Gender and/or Women's Studies

The ARIADNE-Database contains records (mainly articles) from international and women's studies literature (aprox. 32,000) from the holdings of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. Database-language is German.
To access the database directly follow this link:
http://allegro.onb.ac.at/cgi-bin/allegro/maske.pl?db=ariadne
(http://www.onb.ac.at/ariadne)

The Bibliography of the History of Western Sexuality, 1700-1945 contains about 16,600 titles of the non-belletristic primary and secondary literature of the history of sexuality in Europe, the U.S. and Canada from 1700 to 1945. Beyond this it contains important titles of antique sexual history, of the history of sexuality of the middle ages and contemporary times, also including titles for non-Western societies.
(http://www.univie.ac.at/Wirtschaftsgeschichte/sexbibl/)

The Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index is a searchable database covering journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
(http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html)

The Genesis project is a mapping initiative, funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme (RSLP) and based at The Women's Library in London, to identify and develop access to women's history sources in the British Isles. Access to information will be through two ways:
1) A database which stores collection descriptions from libraries, archives and museums from around the British Isles, accessible through the web (available in June 2002).
2) A Guide to Sources, a comprehensive list of websites relating to women's history sources, including national and international sites.
(http://www.genesis.ac.uk)

IIAV (Internationaal Informatiecentrum en Archief voor de Vrouwenbeweging Amsterdam)
International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement.
(http://www.iiav.nl/eng/databases/index.html)

Women's Gift of Speech: Women's Speeches from around the World Women's Speeches from around the World is "dedicated to preserving and creating access to speeches made by influential contemporary women". The site also contains speeches made by contemporary women writers.
(http://gos.sbc.edu/index.html)

The Women's Library (former Fawcett Library)
Britain's national research library and archival resource on women's studies, especially women's history (60.000 books and pamphlets from 1600 to the present).
(http://www.thewomenslibrary.ac.uk/)

The Women's Studies Database at the University of Maryland offers information on a great variety of topics (Conferences, Calls for Papers, Bibliographies, Articles, Syllabi).
(http://www.inform.umd.edu/WomensStudies/)

2. Metapages: Gender and/or Women's Studies

The IFTR - The Institute of Feminist Theory and Research was established in 1998 and hosted its first conference at the University of Liverpool in January 2000. The Institute aims to support feminist theory and research by improving communication between researchers and to support teaching and learning by disseminating the good practice developed in and through feminist pedagogy. Its objective is to is to protect and support the growth of feminist scholarship and scholars.
(http://www.iftr.org.uk/)

Das Nordic Institute for Women`s and Gender Research bietet eine umfangreiche Liste zu Women`s Studies in Europe.
(http://www.nikk.uio.no/index_e.html)

thirdspace is a "site for emerging feminist scholars" and features an online journal as well as an online community. The latter offers extensive resources on organizations, directories, and online journals of interest to feminist scholars as well as information on conferences and calls for papers.
(http://www.thirdspace.ca)

The Women's History Network was founded in 1991 to encourage contact between all people with an interest in women's history, whatever their background or qualifications. The WHN aims to collect and publish information regarding all aspects of women's history, to identify and comment on relating issues, to promote research into all areas of women's history and to establish a database of the research, teaching and study interests of members and related organisations and individuals. In addition, the WNH organizes an annual conference and publishes a magazine containing articles discussing research, sources and applications of women's history; reviews of books, conferences, meetings and exhibitions; and information on calls for papers, prizes and competitions, and publication opportunities.
(http://www.womenshistorynetwork.org)

Another comprehensive list of links to European women's studies sites: Women's Studies EuroMap.
(http://www.uia.ac.be/women/)

The Women's studies information sources at the University of York Library contain a most extensive list of links to electronic journals, databases, centres for women's studies, women's history pages, women and the humanities pages, and pages dealing with many other topics.
(http://www.york.ac.uk/services/library/subjects/womenint.htm#hums)

he Cultural Studies Virtual Library is developed by PACC (Advanced Program of Contemporary Culture) of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is an Internet compiler of useful information for Cultural Studies researchers but also includes useful links on Gender and Women's Studies. In it you will find detailed information on scientific and cultural meetings; articles; printed, eletronic and online periodicals; conventional and virtual libraries; scientifical associations and research institutions; non-governmental organizations; research support agencies; libraries and publishing houses; bibliographies; chats; discussion lists; etc.
The site is completely in Portuguese.
(http://www.prossiga.br/estudosculturais/pacc/)

3. Metapages: Literature

A Celebration of Women Writers "provides a comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers, and complete published books written by women". In other words: Don't miss it!
(http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/mmbt/women/writers.html)

FES-Net-Source: History and Politics is an online service of the library of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung - one of the world's largest special research library which contains more than 660,000 volumes with a focus on collections in the field of history of the labour movement, social and contemporary history.
(http://library.fes.de/library/netzquelle/english/index.html)

Voice of the Shuttle
is an enormously helpful resource for humanities research and offers its own helpful page linking to Women's and Gender Studies sites.
(http://vos.ucsb.edu/)

Women's Studies Librarian's Office (University of Wisconsin)
links to other women's studies sites as well as the UoW's own bibliographies and reading lists.
(http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/)

4. Metapages: Politics and Economy

The Center for Gender in Organizations (CGO) "is dedicated to advancing learning and understanding of the connection between gender ... and organizational effectiveness." The pages offer an extensive list of links, as well as a reading list concerning these topics.
(http://www.simmons.edu/gsm/cgo)

The e.quality@work was developed by the Gender Promotion Programme (GENPROM) of the ILO in order to offer an Information Base on Equal Employment Opportunities for Women and Men. It sets out international policy instruments including international labour standards as well as national legislation, policies, practices and institutional arrangements introduced by a range of governments, trade unions and public and private sector enterprises. e.quality@work is a ready resource that users can draw upon to facilitate the realization of policies and programmes to effectively eliminate discrimination and promote equality of opportunity and treatment in employment and occupation.
(http://www.ilo.org/genprom/eeo/)

The Women Business Directory offers extensive lists of links to pages dealing with women's issues (e.g. Women's Studies, Education, News and Media, Career and Employment, and many more). (http://www.womenbusinessdirectory.com/)

WOMNET, the women’s network unit on global structural policy from a gender perspective, is a project office of NRO-Frauenforum e.V. Is objective is to strengthen the participation of women’s organizations in global governance processes and their management and the influence taken by women in this overall context. WOMNET interfaces between the international and the national levels and contributes the positions held by German women’s organizations to international debates. Through alliances developed with women’s organizations and social networks in the South and the East, WOMNET backs efforts to promote a gender perspective in politics in keeping with the principles of gender mainstreaming.
The WOMNET internet site provides gender relevant information on national and international conventions, NGO reports and reviews, current issues and events, partner organizations, experts and gender trainers (http://www.womnet.de/content/index_engl.html).

5. Metapages: Education

The International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) advocates for freedom of gender expression. Some of the IFGE's programs include:
Transgender Tapestry Magazine, IFGE Conference, Winslow St Fund, TSELF Scholarships, Synchronicity Bookstore. In addition, among others the site features news, an extensive links list and discussion forums.
(http://www.ifge.org)

The National Women>'s Studies Association is committed to support and promote feminist teaching, research, and professional and community service at the pre-K through post-secondary levels. Integral to this commitment is understanding the political ramifications in teaching, research and service.
NWSA is committed to the development of scholarship and research that incorporates disciplinary, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, multicultural, and/or global methods and perspectives to advance the study and knowledge of all women and to create critical dialogue on the production of knowledge about and related to all women and on the application of such knowledge to social and political practices and processes.
In addition, NWSA is committed to the creation and growth of women's studies institutional units dedicated to teaching, research, scholarship, and community activism, and especially committed to the efforts of programs and departments to realize the research and scholarship missions of NWSA.
(http://www.nswa.org)

The Virtual International Women's University was founded in relation to a "International Women's University" taking place in a number of German universities in the summer of 2000. In the section "ifu-today" you will find information on conferences, publications, and news. "Networking" presents a virtual platform for academic exchange and offers information resources including international job offers. (http://www.vifu.de/)

6. Metapages: WWW, Search Engines and Information Platforms

AVEN - The Asexual Visibility and Education Network : While most sexual people are shown a multitude of ways to live a life which involves sex, most asexual people find very little information on how to live life without it. The Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN), was created to address this discrepancy by encouraging dialogue among about about asexual people. It aims to provide a safe space for asexual people to discuss their experiences in the AVEN-online forum, and actively organize for the recognition and acceptance of asexuality (http://www.asexuality.org).

GLBTQ is a highly comprehensive online encyclopedia for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer culture. Its Literature, Arts, and Social Sciences Departments feature more than 1.2 million words in more than 1200 entries. Hundreds of complementary illustrations help showcase the lives and contributions of thousands of glbtq people who have influenced society through literature, the arts, law, politics and more.
In addition, GLBTQ.com features a number of discussion boards organized on specific interests such as literature, arts, film, history or philosophy.
(http://www.glbtq.com)

Gender-related electronic forums (UMBC, J. Korenman)
Rightly famous, this is probably the most comprehensive list of electronic discussion lists in the area of women's and gender studies.
(http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/forums.html)

Joan Korenman's list of Women's Studies WWW Sites offers alphabetical and topical listings of WWW-sites.
(http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links.html)

Voice of the Shuttle
is an enormously helpful resource for humanities research and offers its own helpful page linking to Women's and Gender Studies sites.
(http://vos.ucsb.edu/)

The Women's Feature Service is an international women's news/features syndicate and offers features and opinions on development from a gender perspective. WFS has a global outlook, with writers from 40 countries and media clients all over the world. The articles brought out by WFS are published by small and large newspapers, magazines, journals and newsletters across the globe.
(http://wfsnews.org/)

WWWomen! Very helpful search directory, providing a search function as well as topical listings of special interest to women.
(http://www.wwwomen.com/)

7. Gender Studies Journals A-Z

Journals in English
~ Abafazi - Journal of Women of African Descent (print)
www.simmons.edu/abafazi/
~ Advancing Women in Leadership (online)
www.advancingwomen.com/awl/awl.html
~ African gender Institute Newsletter (online)
www.uct.ac.za/org/agi/newslet/index.htm
~ Agenda (print)
www.agenda.org.za/
~ Ahfad Journal (print)
www.ahfad.org/journal/
~ Al Raida (print)
www.lau.edu.lb/centers-institutes/iwsaw/raida.html
~ American Journal of Sexuality Education (print)
www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J455.html
~ AMEWS Review (online)
www.amews.org/review.htm
~ AnALize (print)
ana.ong.ro/english/anacentre/publishing/cover.html
~ Asian Journal of Women's Studies (print)
ewhawoman.or.kr/acwseng/frameset4.htm
~ Association for Women in Science Magazine (online)
www.awis.org/magazine.html
~ Atlantis (print)
www.msvu.ca/atlantis/
~ Australian Feminist Studies (online)
www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/08164649.html
~ Avaye Zan - Women's Voice (online)
tvs.se/womensvoice/
~ Azizah (print)
www.azizahmagazine.com/
~ Aviva (online)
www.aviva.org/
~ Bamboo Girl (print)
www.bamboogirl.com/
~ Big Boots (print)
bigboots.shemadethis.com/index.html
~ Bitch Magazine (print)
www.bitchmagazine.com/
~ Bridge - Development and Gender in Brief (online)
www.ids.ac.uk/bridge//bri_bull.html
~ Bridges - A Journal for Jewish Feminists and Our Friends (print)
www.bridgesjournal.org
~ Camera Obscura (online/print)
http://www.iupressjournals.indiana.edu/camera/
~ Canadian Women's Studies (print)
www.yorku.ca/cwscf/
~ Columbia Journal of Gender and Law (print)
www.columbia.edu/cu/jgl/
~ Critical Matrix (print)
www.princeton.edu/~prowom/CM/index.html
~ Culture, Theory and Critique (online)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/14735784.html
~ Crow (online)
www.crowmagazine.com/crowom00.htm
~ Duke Journal of Gender, Law and Policy (online)
www.law.duke.edu/journals/djglp/
~ European Journal of Women's Studies (print/online)
www.sagepub.co.uk/frame.html?http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journals/details/j0164.html
~ Extra! (print)
www.fair.org/extra/index.html
~ Farzaneh (print)
www.farzanehjournal.com/
~ Feminist Africa (print)
www.feministafrica.org/
~ Feminism and Nonviolence Studies (online, 1995-1998)
www.fnsa.org/
~ Feminista (online)
www.feminista.com/
~ Feminist Collections - A Quartely of Women's Studies Resources (print)
www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/fcmain.htm
~ Feminist Economics (print)
www.ruf.rice.edu/~femec/
~ Feminist Europa (print)
www.stiftung-frauenforschung.de/html/feminist_europa.html
~ Feminist Legal Studies(online)
www.legaltheory.demon.co.uk/fls.html
~ Feminist Media Studies(online)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/14680777.html
~ Feminist Review (print)
www.feminist-review.com/
~ Feminist Studies (University of Maryland) (print)
www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/ReadingRoom/Newsletters/FemStud/
~ Feminist Studies in English Literature (online)
www.englit.or.kr/feminism/index.htm
~ Feminist Teacher (print)
www.uwec.edu/academic/curric/tkemp/
~ Feminist Theory (online/print)
www.sagepub.co.uk//
~ Femspec (online)
www.csuohio.edu/femspec/
~ Femspec (online)
www.csuohio.edu/femspec/
~ FMST: Feminist Studies in Aotearoa (print)
www.wave3.net.nz/fmst/
~ Gender and Education(online)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/09540253.html
~ Gender, Place and Culture. A Journal of Feminist Geography (online)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0966369X.asp
~ Gender Policy Review (online)
www.genderpolicy.org/
~ Genders (online)
www.genders.org/
~ Hasting's Women's Law Journal (print)
www.uchastings.edu/womenslj/
~ Health Care for Women International (online)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/07399332.html
~ Hypatia (print)
www.csupomona.edu/%7Ehypatia/
~ Interact(online)
www.amnestyusa.org/women/interact.html
~ International Feminist Journal of Politics (online)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/14616742.html
~ International Journal of Sexual Health (print)
www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J514.html
~ International Journal of Transgenderism (print)
www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J485.html
~ Intersections - Gender, History & Culture in the Asian Context (online)
wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/intersections/
~ Irish Journal of Feminist Studies (print)
www.ucc.ie/corkunip/synijfs1.htm
~ JAMWA: Journal of the American Medical Women's Association (online)
jamwa.amwa-doc.org/
~ Jenda - A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies (print)
www.jendajournal.com/jenda/
~Journal of Bisexuality (print)
www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J159
~Journal of Feminist Family Therapy (print)
www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J086
~ Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion (print)
www.hds.harvard.edu/jfsr/
~Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education (print)
www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J367
~Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy (print)
www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J236
~Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services (print)
www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J041
~ Journal of Gender Studies(online)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09589236.asp
~ Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law(print)
www.law.american.edu/pub/journals/genderlaw/
~Journal of GLBT Family Studies (print)
www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J461
~Journal of Homosexuality (print)
www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J082
~ Journal of International Women's Studies (online)
www.bridgew.edu/depts/artscnce/jiws/index.htm
~ Journal of Lesbian Studies (print)
www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J155
~Journal of LGBT Health Research (print)
www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=j462
~Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling (print)
www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=j463
~ Journal of South Asia Women Studies (online)
www.asiatica.org/jsaws/
~Journal of Women and Aging (print)
www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J074
~ Journal of Women's History (print/online)
www.iupressjournals.indiana.edu/jwh/
~ Labyrinth - International Journal for Philosophy, Feminist Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics (online)
http://phaidon.philo.at/~iaf/Labyrinth.html
~ Legacy (print)
www.unl.edu/legacy/home.htm
~ LOLApress (online)
www.lolapress.org/index.htm
~ Manushi (online)
http://free.freespeech.org/manushi/
~ Matriarch's Way: Journal of Female Supremacy (print)
www.artemiscreations.com/mwjournal/
~ Matrices (print)
www.lesbian.org/matrices/index.htm
~ Media Report to Women (online)
www.mediareporttowomen.com/
~ Meridians (print)
www.smith.edu/meridians/
~ Michigan Feminist Studies (print)
www.umich.edu/~mfsed/
~ Michigan Journal of Gender and Law (print)
www.law.umich.edu/JournalsandOrgs/mjgl/index.html
~ Middle East Women's Studies Reviews (print)
www.geocities.com/amewstudies/review.htm
~ Minerva: Women and War (print)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0736718x.asp
~ Nineteenth-Century Feminisms (print)
www.odyssey.on.ca/~ncf/
~ NORA: Nordic Journal of Women's Studies (online)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0966369X.asp
~ n.paradoxa (online)
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/n.paradoxa/index.htm
~ NWSA Journal (print)
nwsaj.appstate.edu/
~ Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues (print)
www.brandeis.edu/hirjw/nashim.html
~ On the Issues (print)
www.echonyc.com/~onissues/
~ Psychology, Evolution and Gender (online)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14616661.html
~ Resources for Feminist Research (print)
www.oise.utoronto.ca/rfr/
~ The Scholar and Feminist Online (online)
http://www.barnard.edu/sfonline/
~ Sexing the Political (online)
www.sexingthepolitical.com/
~ Sirow - Newsletter of the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (online)
http://w3.arizona.edu/~ws/newweb/sirow.html
~ Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts (online)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/1467596x.asp
~ Texas Journal of Women and the Law (print)
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~tjwl/
~ thirdspace (online)
www.thirdspace.ca/journal.htm
~ Womanist Theory and Research (online)
www.uga.edu/~womanist/
~ Women. A Cultural Review (online)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09574042.asp
~ Women in Judaism (print)
www.utoronto.ca/wjudaism/
~ Women and Performance (online)
www.echonyc.com/~women/
~ Women and Politics (print)
www.american.edu/oconnor/wandp/journal/journal.html
~ Women's Review of Books (print)
www.wellesley.edu/WomensReview/
~ Women's Studies. An Interdisciplinary Journal (print)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00497878.asp
~ Yale Journal of Law and Feminism (print)
www.yale.edu/lawnfem/law&fem.html

Journals in German
~ Auf (print)
http://netbase.t0.or.at/~auf/
~ Blau (online)
www.txt.de/blau/
~ Femina Politica - Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft (print)
www.femina-politica.de/
~ Feministische Studien - Die Zeitschrift für interdisziplinäre Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung (print)
www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~wischerm/
~ Frauen - Kunst - Wissenschaft
www.frauenkunstwissenschaft.de/
~ Freiburger Frauenstudien (print)
www2.ruf.uni-freiburg.de/zag/fff/grundseiten/start.htm
~ Ihrsinn (print)
http://www.lesben.org/ihrsinn.htm
~ L'Homme - Zeitschrift für feministische Geschichtswissenschaft (print)
www.boehlau.at/lhomme
~ Lespress (print)
www.lespress.de/index.html
~ Querelles-Net - Rezensionszeitschrift für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung (online)
www.querelles-net.de/

Journals in other languages
~ Historica (Dutch) (print)
www.let.uu.nl/hist/info/VVG/nl/historic.html
~ Il Paese delle Donne (Italian) (print)
www.womenews.net/
~ Nouvelles Questions Féministe (French, 1992-1998) (print)
wwwusers.imaginet.fr/~macpaddy/NQF1.htm

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