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Involvement in Women's Studies at UC opens the door to involvement with a host of feminist and women's organizations on campus, in the local area, and at national and international levels:

Campus Women's Organizations
American Association of University Professors (AAUP) UC Chapter-Committee W (Status of Women in the Academic Profession)
Association for Administrative and Professional Women
Commission on Status of UC Women email: Carol.Castillio@uc.edu
Law Women (UC College of Law)
UC Women's Athletics
UC Women's Center
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
Women's Initiatives Network (WIN)(umbrella group for all campus
women's organizations)
Women's Health (UC College of Medicine)
Women's Leadership Program


Other Campus Organizations of Interest
African and African American Studies
Ombuds Office
UC Wellness Center
Diversity and Racial Awareness Program-email UnKyong Ho

Cincinnati Area Feminist Communities
Friends of Women's Studies
, University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati Chapter of NOW
Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region
Rape Crisis and Abuse Center of Hamilton County
YWCA of Greater Cincinnati
Cincinnati Women's Resource Department: forming soon
(formerly Crazy Ladies Bookstore)
Cincinnati Women's Political Caucus: email:
cincinnaticaucus@yahoo.com

Other Cincinnati Area Organizations of Interest

Cincinnati Works: email: cincyworks@fuse.net
Welfare Rights Coalition
Over the Rhine
Urban League of Greater Cincinnati
MUSE: Cincinnati's Women's Choir

Feminist Activism
Beijing '95: Women, Power, & Change
Blackgirl International
Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW)
Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)
Feminist Majority Foundation
Girls Incorporated
Guerilla Girls
International Women's Rights Action Watch
International Women's Tribune Department
Lesbian.org
National Abortion Rights Action League
National Organization for Women
Women Leaders Online/Women Organizing for Change
WomensNet

Feminist Professional Association and Organizations
American Association of University Women
Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
Department of American Women and Politics
Center for Women's Global Leadership
Feminist Majority Foundation
Global Fund for Women
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Ms. Foundation
National Department of Curriculum Transformation Resources on Women
National Council for Research on Women
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
National Organization for Women
National Women's Law Center
National Women's Studies Association
UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
UN Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
Women's Environment and Development Organization

Additional Women's Studies resource sites can be found through the following:
UC Langsam Library resource guide for Women's Studies Web Sites
Femina-"Yahoo for Women" search engine
Job Opportunity Search for Women (Career advancement for professional women, with free, anonymous resume posting.)

Feministing.Com(Online forum for young women. Resource pages on seven issues: Education; Health; International Issues; Violence Against Women; Reproductive Rights and Health; Sex; and Work and the Economy. These pages provide links to relevant organizations and resources, as well as all Feministing writings on each issue.)

List of Resource Books
Bowles-Adarkwa, Linda and Ann Kennedy. 1997. "Global Priorities for Women: A Bibliography of Resources and Research Strategies." Women's Studies International Forum 20: 165-178.

Fallon, Helen. 1998. WOW Women on the Web: A Guide to Gender-Related Resources on the Internet. Dublin: Women's Education, Research and Resource Department.

Naples, Nancy A. and Karen Bojar. ed. 2002. Teaching Feminist Activism: Strategies from the Field. New York and London: Routledge.

Penn, Shana. 1997. The Women's Guide to the Wired World. New York: The Feminist Press.

Schaub, Joseph Christopher, Deborah Rosenfelt, and Sujata Moorti. 1998. "Women Around the World: A Filmography." Women's Studies Quarterly 26: 236-248.

Women's Studies Guide to the Internet, Mayfield Publishers.

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