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Useful Links

Women’s Career

www.advancingwomen.com: Advancing Woman – seeking effective means for advancing careers.
www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links.html: A topical directory of links to sites concerning women’s studies and issues.

Women in Athletics

www.womenssportsfoundation.org/cgi-bin/iowa/index.html: Resources related to women’s participation in sports, including: scholarships and internships, training, fitness, careers, gender equity, homophobia, disability, etc.
www.feminist.com: Articles, news updates, activist alerts, women’s organizations and services, interviews, links to other women’s issues sites. Notable activist focus.

Rape and Abuse

www.womenagainstrape.net: Information on struggles against rape, domestic violence, racist sexual assault, and seeking asylum after rape.
www.abusesanctuary.blogspot.com: Articles, links and resources on verbal, psychological and emotional abuse, as well as personality disorders.

Women’s Health

www.4collegewomen.org: A site dealing with women’s health, focusing on health issues facing college-age women.
www.saveroe.com: A Planned Parenthood site offering information about birth control, abortion, legislative initiatives, activist efforts involving reproductive rights, anti-choice threats to the 1973 Roe v. Wade court decision, etc.
www.natlbcc.org: Breast cancer advocacy.
www.blackwomenshealth.com: Information about women’s health with a focus on black women.
www.facingourrisk.org: Web site for women whose family history and genetic status put them at high risk for ovarian and/or breast cancer
www.power-surge.com/intro.htm: Resources for women going through menopause.
www.childbirth.org: Resources concerning pregnancy and childbirth.
www.center4research.org: News and information about policy research on issues such as social security, breast implants, breast cancer, poverty and welfare, violence, women’s health, children’s health, and work and family.
www.prochoiceamerica.org: Information and news about reproductive rights and health issues, legislative initiatives and alerts, campus organizing, and NARAL.

Self Esteem/ Body Image

www.more-selfesteem.com/index.htm: Site about self esteem and tips to help build self–confidence.
www.edreferral.com/body_image.htm: Eating disorder referral site, information on improving body image.
www.about-face.org: Promotes positive self-esteem in girls and women of all ages, sizes, races, and backgrounds through a spirited approach to media education, outreach, and activism.
www.mirror-mirror.org/eatdis.htm: Defines and explains eating disorders and offers resources for dealing with them, including recommended books, organizations, treatment centers, related links, and more.
www.adiosbarbie.com: Women and men can learn about their bodies, speak out, share stories, social commentary on body issues, and redefining body perception.
www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/body_image/body_image.html: Site for teens about body image, self esteem, and other topics related to body and mind.
www.bibri.com/home/index.htm: Body image betrayal and related issues. Information about eating disorders, OCD, self-injury, rape, domestic violence, therapy, etc.
www.bodyimagehealth.org: Designed to prevent body image, fitness, eating, and weight concerns before they start.
www.facetheissue.com: Site addressing body image, eating disorders, abuse, depression, etc.
www.realwomenproject.com: Aiming to help women realize their beauty and strength, using various art forms
to instill self-confidence.
www.youngwomenshealth.org: Information about eating disorders, nutrition, menstruation, gynecological exams, endometriosis, cancer, sexuality, birth control options, STDs, smoking, breast health, body piercing, emotional health, and more, as well as a guide to lesbian health for teens.

http://www.datehookup.com/content-an-online-guide-to-improving-self-esteem.htm

An online guide to improving self esteem.

Discrimination

www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Women’s Politics

www.feministcampus.org: Provide tools and resources students need to become involved in pro-choice activism on campus.
www.now.org: National Organization for Women
www.wwwomen.com: Search directory for women.
www.womenspolicy.org: Women’s Issues in Congress.
www.feminist.org: The Feminist Majority Foundation On-line offers a large collection of on-line resources and information for/about women.
www.amazoncastle.com/feminism: Resources on women’s health, history, political concerns, cartoons, listings of activist books and recommended reading, activist shopping sites, feminist quotations and definitions, etc.
www.paysonroad.com/payson_home.htm: Information and facts, links, on-line support groups, etc. about eating disorders.
annpower.vitalvoices.org/: Seeks to empower young women with the leadership skills they need to affect global progress, invest in their communities and begin their journeys as the next generation of leaders.

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