COSWL

Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL)

Important Women's Sites

The following list was compiled on behalf of the members of the ALA Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL) and is designed to be a resource for information on women’s issues. In no way does this indicate or imply endorsement by the American Library Association or COSWL.

Blogs that focus on women issues

• BlogHer
• Feministe
• Feministing.com
• The f word: Contemporary UK feminism 
• Transgender Workplace Diversity
• Women’s History Sources
• Women’s Law

Feminism and Gender Issues & Public Policy

• Administration for Children & Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Feminism and Gender
• Feminist.com 
• Feminist Majority Foundation
• GenderStats: Database of Gender Statistics
• Human Rights Watch: Women's Human Rights
• National Organization for Women
• Women’s Policy, Inc.

International women's rights

• Amnesty International
• Global Fund for Women 
• Global Issues: Women’s Rights
• International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association.
• Madre
• Office of Global Woman’s Issues
• World Health Organization: Health Topics

Media Representation

• About-Face 
• Girls, Women + Media Project
• See Jane from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media  
• WIMN’s Voices: Women in Media & News 

Professional development and support

• American Association of University Women (AAUW)
• American Association of University Women (AAUW) Fellowships and Grants
• Center of Gender & Refugee Studies
• Helping Women Pay for College
• The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions 
• The Massachussetts Conference for Women
• Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN)
• United States Department of Labor Women’s Bureau 
• Women’s Studies Librarian’s Office – University of Wisconsin System

Professional organizations / Social Networking free / fee based )

• Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance
• LinkedIn
• National Partnership for Women and Families 
• National Women’s History Museum 
• NextSpace 

Women’s Studies

• 300 Women Who Changed the World 
• Feminism and Women’s Studies
• The National Women’s Studies Organization  
• Publications on Feminism and Women’s Studies
• Women’s Health Policy

Youth (girls, teens, young women)

• Atomic Teen
• Blogs for Teens
• Girlshealth.gov
• Girls Inc.
• Smart Girls at the Party 
• Teen Girls Blog 
• TransYouth Family Allies 

Other Sites of Interests

• Center of Women and Work  
• Institute for Women's Policy Research  
• National Council for Research on Women
• Women Watch

The members of COSWL would like to acknowledge the following students of the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, who in the graduate library and information studies course "Information Sources and Services in the Social Sciences" (LIS516), and their professor, Dr. Lorna Peterson, for their efforts in updating materials for this website: Sarah Ashby, Jessica Belile, Jeremy Gardner, Jessica Lewis, Lisa Pano, Selina Strovers and Elizabeth Wendt.   The Committee would also like to acknowledge the contributions of Paige I. Mano, COSWL volunteer, and of the University of Wisconsin, Parkside, University Library.