Advocacy: Section IV
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Feminist Advocacy & Activism
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California NOW Action Center -includes the latest Legislative Priorities, Action Alerts, and a members-only Town Hall with chat, message
boards, and the latest info.
- Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women - a national, feminist organization dedicated to addressing education and
training issues for girls and women. Our vision is women's social, political and economic equality through expanded learning opportunities. Key focus
areas are literacy, equity in education and job training.
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) - a non-government organization committed to advancing the
equality of women through feminist research.
- Center for Research on Women - has been in the forefront of research in which the central questions are shaped by the experiences and perspectives of women.
Center research generates the basic knowledge necessary to shape public policy and promote positive social and institutional change.
- Cyberfeminism, Zines, n' Grrls: Identity and Technology: Cyberfeminism
in online "Grrl Zines". Thoughtful article by Barbara Duncan, University of Illinois.
- How Social Security Short-Changes Women - Naomi Lopez and Dominique Lazanski summarize the policy analysis on the welfare of women
and social security.
- Feminist Activist Resources on the Net - feminist resources and issues, including reproductive rights, sexual harassment and rape,
domestic violence, women of color, politics, economic issues, global issues, and health.
- Feminist Campus Activism Online - Feminist Majority Leadership Alliances are student run, nationally affiliated campus groups.
Leadership Alliances constitute the largest permanent network of young feminist activists in the world, and provide participants with opportunities
to develop their leadership and organizing skills.
- Feminista: The Online Journal on Feminist Construction - Art, Literature, Social
Commentary, Philosophy, Wit, Humor and Respect.
- Feminists for Free Expression - a group of diverse feminists working to preserve the individual's right and responsibility to read, listen, view and produce materials of her choice, without the intervention of the state "for her own good."
- Feminist Theory Website - provides research materials and information for students, activists, and scholars interested in women's
conditions and struggles around the world.
- Femmo - facilitates dialogue between all the ideologies of feminism. Femmo is a forum
for feminists from all walks of life.
- Global Sisterhood Network - a cutting edge information and research centre shared by feminists from around the world who are
working together to improve women's lives.
- iFeminists.com: 21st Century Feminism - ifeminism is individualist feminism. An online source for men and women supportive of the self actualization of
every woman, every person.
- Jewish Feminist Resources- a diverse directory of resources on
feminism for Jewish women.
- National Organization for Women (NOW) - an organization devoted to furthering women's
rights through education and litigation.
- National Women's Network for International Solidarity - Working towards all women's right to self-determination and self-sufficiency
through seeing and making local-global connections.
- NeoFeminism.com - Bright enthusiastic members of the "4th Wave" of feminism, young
women who embrace the concept without the confines.
- Russian Feminism Resources - a directory of online resources
about Russian women, women's studies and the women's movement in the Former Soviet Union.
- Said It: Feminist News: Culture and Politics - A pro-equality, pro-multiplicity, pro-abundance,
pro-responsibility, pro-animal, pro-justice, pro-love, pro-laughter feminist publication.
- Solidarity - a revolutionary, socialist, democratic, feminist, anti-racist organization. Offers "Against the Current", a bi-monthly
analytical journal, with broad discussions on a wide variety of issues.
- The 3rd WWWave - reflect the unique view of women's issues and feminism in the
generation of women who came of age in the 80's.
- The Amazon Connection - Amazon feminism is concerned
about physical equality and is opposed to gender role stereotypes and discrimination against women based on assumptions that women are supposed
to be, look or behave as if they are passive, weak and physically helpless.
- The Dissident Feminist - Offers another lens on feminism,
one that suggests an alternative approach: pro-women and men, pro-sex, pro-domesticity as a valid choice.
- The Essays of Patricia Neill - witty, insightful essays and discussions by
feminist, Patricia Neill.
- Third Wave Foundation - the only National activist and grantmaking organization
for and by young women and men between 15 and 30.
- Upstream's Resources on Feminist Issues
- controversial essays on feminism, society and the rights of women.
- Women Leaders Online - the largest women's activist group on the internet -- empowering women in politics, media, society, the
economy and cyberspace.
- Women of Color Web - Harvard University's advocacy site featuring key feminist, activist, and womanist documents and resources.
- Women's Space Work - a virtual platform for feminist theories and practices.
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