For Activists, Scholars & Researchers
ACTION AID NIGERIA
Action Aid works with the poor and excluded, promoting values and commitment in civil society, institutions, and governments with the aim of achieving structural changes in order to eradicate injustices and poverty in the world. In ActionAid Nigeria's behalf, Kolawole Babatunde was keynote speaker at Educating Women's inaugural conference in 2008 at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum.
Publications: Downloadable Newsletter - Downloadable Articles -Video
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN (AAUW)
Video: American Association of University Women: Women Equality Equity Gender ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT0cSGkjhpc
Publications: Newsletters, Magazines, Guides, Brochures and Other AAUW Publications including Research, Postion Papers etc.
AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION (AESA)
The role of AESA is to provide a cross-disciplinary forum wherein scholars might gather to exchange and debate ideas generated from such as minority studies, gender studies, multicultural education, democracy, and issues of educational equality and equity.
Publications: - Educational Foundations (journal) - Educational Studies (review journal) AESA News and Comment (newsletter)
BOSTON WOMEN'S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE (WHBC)
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective is a nonprofit women's health education, advocacy and consulting organization.
Publications: Online Blog: Books in print: Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth; Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause; Our Bodies, Ourselves; De Camino a la Maternidad; Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas; Changing Bodies, Changing Lives; Ourselves, Growing Older; Sacrificing Our Selves for Love
GENDER and EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (GEA)
The Gender and Education Association (GEA) has been set up to represent those with feminist interests in gender and education. One of GEA's founders, Gaby Weiner, was keynote speaker at Educating Women's inaugural conference in 2008 at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, and serves on Educating Women's Board of Advisers.
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF EDUCATIONAL BIOGRAPHY (ISEB)
The International Society of Educational Biography, ISEB, is a professional academic association that encourages a variety of approaches to biographical study for the purpose of education. ISEB, whose 2010 president collaborated in founding Educating Women, has supported Educating Women generously.
Publication: Vitae Scholasticae (journal)
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, has fought since 1920 to improve our systems of government and impact public policies through citizen education and advocacy. The League's enduring vitality and resonance comes from its unique decentralized structure. The League is a grassroots organization, working at the national, state and local levels.
Publication: League-Voice Newsletter
NATIONAL WOMEN'S STUDIES ASSOCIATION (NWSA)
The National Women's Studies Association leads the field of women’s studies in educational and social transformation. Established in 1977, NWSA is a professional organization dedicated to leading the field of women's studies and gender studies, as well as its teaching, learning, research, and service wherever they be found.
Publication: NWSA Journal; visit the journal at: http://www.cehd.umn.edu/nwsaj/
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN (NOW)
NOW is the largest, most comprehensive feminist advocacy group in the United States. Our purpose is to take action to bring women into full participation in society — sharing equal rights, responsibilities, and opportunities with men, while living free from discrimination.
Publication: NOW offers a series of articles, reports, covering numerous women's issues. Their E-sinze is National (NOW) Times. NOW offers online and "for purchase" reprints of their printed materials.
OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION (OESA) (OU)
OESA's mission is to support graduate students in the study of Foundation of Education, which derives its character and methods from a number of academic disciplines, combinations of disciplines, and area studies, including history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, religion, political science, economics cultural studies, gender studies, and educational policy studies. Its 2008-2009 past officers participated as scholars in the inaugural Educating Women Conference at Hull House, and OESA's 2009 conference featured one of Educating Women's founders, Susan Douglas Franzosa, as its keynote speaker and honored the 80th birthday of Jane Roland Martin, a keynote speaker at Educating Women's inaugural conference in 2008.
PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION SOCIETY (PES)
The objective of PES is to promote the fundamental philosophic treatment of the problems of education. PES has an active Committee on the Status of Women (COSW) that promotes the philosophical study of education, women, and gender.
Publication: Educational Theory, Philosophy of Education Yearbook (To view, click the publication title) Educational Theory (online journal cosponsored with JDS); Newsletter
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is the nation's leading sexual and reproductive health care advocate and provider. For more than 90 years, we've done more than any other organization in the United States to improve women's health and safety, prevent unintended pregnancies, and advance the right and ability of individuals and families to make informed and responsible choices.
RESEARCH ON WOMEN AND EDUCATION: A Special Interest Group of AERA (American Educational Research Association)
RWE sponsors research that investigates issues related to women and girls in education at the intersection of race, class, and gender through AERA sessions, newsletters, and annual fall conferences.
Publication: The Feminist Teacher Anthology: Pedagogies and Classroom Strategies (Edited by Gail Cohee, Elisabeth Daumer, Teresa Kemp, Paula Krebs, Sue Lafky, Sandra Runzo)
SOCIETY OF PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF EDUCATION (SOPHE)
Formerly known as the Southwestern Philosophy of Education Society, SOPHE encourages scholarship in the philosophy and history of education as well as educational biography and issues in education. Members of Educating Women's Board of Advisers have served in the past as SoPHE's officers.
Publication: Journal of Philosophy and History of Education (JOPHE)
WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (WILPF) (United States Section)
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in 1915 during World War I, with Jane Addams as its first president. WILPF works to achieve through peaceful means world disarmament, full rights for women, racial and economic justice, an end to all forms of violence, and to establish those political, social, and psychological conditions which can assure peace, freedom, and justice for all.
Publications: Enews, Peace and Freedom Magazine, Pacific Vision Newsletter, US Board Emails.
For Girls
GO GIRLS (Girl Scouts USA Fun Site)
GO Girls Only! Girls Only is a fun and exciting Web site for girls 5-12. Brought to you by Girl Scouts of the USA, the site is a safe place for girls to play games, take quizzes, ask questions, share their favorite stories, or send e-cards to friends and family themselves and explore new ideas in a secure, fun environment.
GIRLS INC.
Girls Incorporated is a national nonprofit youth organization dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. With roots dating to 1864, Girls Inc has provided vital educational programs to millions of American girls, particularly those in high-risk, underserved areas. Today, innovative programs help girls confront subtle societal messages about their value and potential, and prepare them to lead successful, independent, and fulfilling lives.
Publications: Resource Materials, Fact Sheets, Activities,
GIRL SCOUTS USA
Main Site for the Girl Scouts - Girl Scouts of the USA is the world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls—all girls.
NEW MOON (Girl Media)
New Moon Girl Media brings user-generated content to girls ages 8 to 15 through its publications and Internet experiences. All New Moon content is for girls, by girls, and about girls and their interests. Widely recognized as the expert in evoking, inspiring and presenting girls' voices to each other and to the world, New Moon is loved by girls ages 8-15 and by their parents and other caring adults. New Moon publications and experiences remain free of advertising and external media influences in order to avoid "perfect girl" stereotyping, and to remain accountable only to girls and their needs.
For Teachers
FEMINIST TEACHER
Since 1984, Feminist Teacher has been at the forefront of discussions about how to fight sexism, racism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression in our classrooms and in the institutions in which we work.
NATIONAL WOMEN'S STUDIES ASSOCIATION (NWSA) GIRLS STUDIES INTEREST GROUP
Girls' studies is an emergent field that focuses on girls' lives, interests, and culture—areas which have been under researched, but which constitute a critical and exciting contribution to the future of women's studies. The Girls' Studies Interest Group provides girls 'studies scholars an intellectual home and a dedicated forum for the development of regular conference programming.
Publication: Girls Studies (Newsletter)