Gender and Sexuality Studies: Web Sites

The research link provides access to reports about women in education. From their site: “AAUW conducts groundbreaking research that draws national attention to issues of gender equity in education and the workplace…Recent reports address topics such as the pay gap between men and women, economic security of older women, sexual harassment on college campuses, and gender equity in science and engineering education.”

This is the website for the ACLU’s LGBT Project. From the site: “The LGBT Project fights discrimination and moves public opinion through the courts, legislatures and public education across five issue areas: Relationships, Youth & Schools, Parenting, Gender Identity and Expression and Discrimination in Employment, Housing and other areas.” Check out the tabs – cases, news, legal documents, multimedia and more…

Full profiles of individual countries, covering history, politics and economic background of each country and territory, and background on key institutions. Also included are audio and video clips from BBC archives.

Established in 1978, ILGA enjoys consultative status at the UN ECOSOC Council, publishes an annual world report and a map on legislation criminalizing or protecting people on the basis of their sexual orientation or recognizing their relationships. (from web site0

A leading international organization dedicated to human rights advocacy on behalf of people who experience discrimination or abuse on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. (from web site)

A list of noteworthy women's sites focused outside the U.S. and English-speaking Canada.

Make Every Woman Count (MEWC) is an African woman-led organization which serves as a mobilizing, networking, information, advocacy and training platform for African women by building their leadership capacities to influence policy and decision making. MEWC works to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of African women’s rights advocates and organizations. (website)

NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from hundreds of sources. You can create a report or compare by country, topic and groups.

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. It is currently made up of 193 Member States. The mission and work of the United Nations are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.

The Department of State advises the President and leads the Nation in foreign policy issues to advance freedom and democracy for the American people and the international community. To this end, the Department compiles research on American overseas interests, disseminates information on foreign policy to the public, negotiates treaties and agreements with foreign nations, and represents the United States in the United Nations and other international organizations and conferences.

This collection from Duke University presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.

This database provides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States. These diverse collections range from Ancestral Pueblo pottery to interviews with women engineers from the 1970s. (website)

The Library of Congress has 7 Women’s history collections inclusive of broadsides and printed ephemera (between 1600-2000); Women’s suffrage (books and pamphlets between 1848-1921), photographs and prints (between 1850-1920)… Great for archives and primary documents

Consists of 3,500 fully-digitized versions of books, pamphlets, and consumer trade catalogs; 7,500 pages of manuscripts, and 1,100 photographs from Harvard's libraries, archives, and museums, focusing on women's roles in the U.S. economy between the early 19th century and the Great Depression selected from Harvard University's libraries, archives, and museums.