Gender Studies

UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.

The UNiTE campaign is a multi-year effort aimed at preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls around the world.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) considers gender equality a key element of its global objective of Decent Work for All.

UN Office of the High Commissioner identifies gender equality as a fundamental principle of the UN Charter on human rights.

The CSW is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.

CEDAW monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

Annotated collections from the Oberlin College Archives.

This site reveals the process of "doing history" through an experimental, interactive case study based on the research that went into the book and film A Midwife's Tale.

Collects, preserves, and interprets the history of GLBT people and the communities that support them.

HRC is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve LGBTQ equality.

The NWHP provides information on women’s history for educators, students, and general users. Resouce Center provides links to bios, speeches, women's rights movement, and more.

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.

Maintained by the Alice Paul Institute, this site contains photographs, weblinks, and bibliography.

Primary documents, oral histories, and images.

UNIFEM is the UN agency for advancing women’s rights and achieving gender equality by financial and technical assistance.

Links to resources, online collections, and exhibitions.

Women in World History is an online curriculum resource center that helps high-school and college world history teachers and their students locate, analyze, and learn from primary sources dealing with women and gender in world history.

Examines women's role in the U.S. economy through documents and images.

WGSS provides links for resources on a wide range of topics supporting women and gender studies.