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CONNECTICUT


Connecticut Permanent Commission on the Status of Women
18-20 Trinity Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: 860/ 240-8300
Fax: 860/ 240-8314
Contact: Leslie J. Brett, Executive Director
email: pcsw@po.state.ct.us
Website: www.cga.state.ct.us/PCSW/

The Connecticut Permanent Commission on the Status of Women is a State agency within the legislative branch of government. Established by statute in 1973, our mandate is to "study all matters concerning women and sex discrimination" and to provide information and leadership to state elected officials, state agencies and the public.

Connecticut Women's Consortium
205 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
Phone: 203/498-4184
Fax: 203/498-4189
Contact: Marijane Carey
email: mcarey@womensconsortium.org
Website: www.womensconsortium.org

The Connecticut Women's Consortium is a statewide policy, training, and advocacy organization specializing in women's behavioral health.

Westover School
1237 Whittemore Road
P.O. Box 847
Middlebury, CT 06762-0847
Phone: 203/758-2423
Fax: 203/577-4585
Contact: Ann S. Pollina, Head of School
Website: www.westoverschool.org

Westover School, a boarding and day school for girls in grades 9-12, has leadership programs for young women in computer science, engineering, music, and dance. Focused on a balanced liberal arts education, Westover provides a rigorous college preparatory program in a small community-oriented environment.


DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA


American Council on Education
Office of Women in Higher Education
One DuPont Circle, NW
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 202/939-9390
Fax: 202/336-6117
email: OWHE@ace.nche.edu


American Psychological Association
Women's Program Office
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 202/336-6044
Fax: 202/336-6117
Contact: Gwendolyn P. Keita, Ph.D.
email: GKeita@apa.org
Website: www.apa.org/pi/wpo

The Women's Program Office coordinates APA's efforst to ensure equal opportunitites for women psychologists as practitioners, educators, and scientists, and to eliminate gender bias in education and training, research and diagnosis. WPO also monitors the welfare of women as consumers of psychological services, analyzes the impact of governmental initiatives on women and promotes the development and application of psychological knowledge to address public policy issues affecting women.

Center for Research on African American Women
1703 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: 202/347-1337
Fax: 202/347-5091
Contact: Dr. Renee E. Spraggins, Director
email: RSpraggins@deltafoundation.net
Website: www.deltafoundation.net/craaw.htm

A major objective of the Center for Research on African American Women is to gather comprehensive data about the diverse lifestyles of women of color and the roles that they have fulfilled in contributing to the building of the United States. The scope of this particular research will surpass the stereotypical profiles, which have concentrated on African American women in entertainment, in politics, those who are single mothers and those who live in poverty.  The Center examines pertinent issues on race and gender in education, technology, career tracks for the present millennium, and social policies that influence the economic and social well-being of African American women and their families.


Committee on the Status of Women
American Astronomical Society
2000 Florida Avenue, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20009-1294
Contact: Diana Alexander


Committee on the Status of Women
American Sociological Association
1307 New York Avenue NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: 202/383-9005
Fax: 202/638-0882
Contact: Carla B. Howery, Deputy Executive Officer


Women and Politics Institute
American University, Department of Government
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20016-8130
Phone: 202-885-2903
Fax: 202-885-2967
Contact: Karen O'Connor
E-mail: wandp@american.edu
Website:www.american.edu/wandp

The Women and Politics Institute in the School of Public Affairs at American University is dedicated to the advancement of the study and discussion of women and politics, the promotion of opportunities for women in politics, and the involvement of students, faculty, and current political leaders in issues of concern to women. The newly created, nonpartisan Women and Politics Institute's strategic location at American University allows students and faculty alike easy access to the resources of hte nation's capital. Through workshops, seminars, college-level coursework, and internships, participants have outstanding opportunities to pursue the study of women in the political and policy arenas.


Women's College Coalition
125 Michigan Ave., NE
Washington, DC 20017-1094
Phone: 202/234-0443
Fax: 202/234-0445
Contact:Jadwiga S. Sebrechts
email: msm@trinitydc.edu
Website: www.womenscolleges.org

Founded in 1972, the Women's College Coalition represents the women's colleges in the United States and Canada. The WCC serves as an advocate for women's colleges to the higher education community, to policy makers, to the media, and to the public. Among the WCC's priorities are: gender equity for women in higher education, promoted through a public service ad campaign in partnership with the Ad Council; women's leadership development; and retention of women in math, science, and technology.

Women's Initiative
American Association of Retired Persons
1909 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20049
Phone: 202/738-4482


Women's Program
Association of American Medical Colleges
2450 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202/828-0575
Fax: 202/828-1125
Contact: Janet Bickel, Associate Vice President


MAINE

Women in the Curriculum Program
University of Maine
Room 101, 5728 Fernald Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5728
Phone: 207/581-1228
Fax: 207/581-1218
Contact: Ann Schonberger
Email:ann_schonberger@UMIT.Maine.edu


MARYLAND


Anne Arundel Community College Women's Studies Program
101 College Parkway
Arnold, MD 21012
Phone: 410/ 541-2808
Fax: 410/ 541-2245
Contact: Dr. Shirley Parry
email: scparry@mail.aacc.cc.md.us

This is a women's studies program at a community college.


The Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
University of Maryland
2101 Woods Hall
College Park, MD 20742-7415
Phone: 301/ 405-2931
Fax: 301/ 314-9190
Contact: Lil Powell Roberts
email:lroberts@deans.umd.edu

The Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity is a university-wide initiative promoting research, scholarship, and faculty development, which examines intersections of race, gender, ethnicity and other dimensions of difference as they shape the construction of identities, behaviors and complex social relations.


Curriculum Transformation Project
University of Maryland
2101 Woods Hall
College Park, MD 20742


Department of Multicultural Affairs
Loyola College
4501 North Charles Street, MM227
Baltimore, MD 21210
Phone: 410/ 617-2988
Fax: 410/ 617-5182
Contact: Pamela Paul, Ph.D.
email: ppaul@mailgate.loyola.edu

The Department of Multicultural Affairs provides leadership to Loyola College's goals of preparing students to "lead and serve in a diverse and changing community".


Mercy High School
1300 E. Northern Parkway
Baltimore, MD 21239-1998


The Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc.
5454 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 655
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Phone: 301/657-7741
Fax: 301/657-8782
Contact: Susan Shaffer
email: equity@maec.org
Website: www.maec.org


Women's Studies
Towson University
8000 York Road
Towson, MD 21252-0001
Contact: Dr. Heike Flessher, Professor


Women's Studies Program
John Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218-2608
Phone: 410/516-6166
Contact: Judith R. Walkowitz, Director


Women's Studies Program
University of Maryland Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Fine Arts 452
Baltimore, MD 21228-5329
Contact: Carole McCann, Director
Phone: (410) 455 2001
Fax: (410) 455 1027
Email: mccann@umbc.edu or wmstudies@umbc.edu
Website: www.umbc.edu/wmstudies

An academic program with two full time and twenty three affiliate faculty in thirteen departments offering an undergraduate minor, certificate, and individualized major.


MASSACHUSETTS


Bay Path College
588 Longmeadow Street
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Phone: 413/565-1241
Fax: 413/565-1106
Contact: Dr. Carol A. Leary, President
Email: cleary@baypath.edu
Website: www.baypath.edu

Founded in 1897, Bay Path College is a pioneer in innovative undergraduate programs for women and professional graduate degrees from men and women. Through its focus on leadership, communication, and technology, the College educates students to become confident and resourceful contributors to our interdependent world. The first women's college in New England to offer a bachelor's degree in Information Technology, and a co-ed Master of Science in Communications and Information Management, Bay Path is a leader in preparing students for the demanding and technology driven 21st century.

Brace Center for Gender Studies
 Phillips Academy
180 Main Street
Andover, MA 01810
Phone: 978/749-4650
Contact: Kathleen Dalton & Tony Rotundo, Co-Directors
Email: kdalton@andober.edu, trotundo@andober.edu
Website: http://www.andover.edu/bracecenter/home.htm

The Brace Center for Gender Studies at Phillips Academy was opened in 1996 with a generous gift from Abbot Academy alumna Donna Brace Ogilvie '30, contributions from others and a start-up grant from the Abbot Academy Association. Its aim is to provide resources to enhance and strengthen Phillips Academy as a coeducational and multicultural insitutuion by examining the complex issues related to gender, including sexuality, race and ethnicity.


Center for Women and Work
at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell
850 Broadway Street
Room B11
Lowell, MA 01854
Phone: 978/ 934-4380
Fax: 978/ 934-4053
Contact Person: Meg Bond
email: meg_bond@uml.edu
Website: www.uml.edu/centers/women-work

The Center for Women and Work (CWW) at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, is an interdisciplinary center dedicated to advancing knowledge about the relationship between gender and work through research, enhancing understanding through education and training, and challenging inequalities particularly through institutional change.


Coolidge Family Fund
Phone: 617/639-1464
Contact: Gloria G. Coolidge


Gender and Diversities Institute at EDC
55 Chapel Street
Newton, MA 02458
Phone: 617/969-7100 ext 2357
Fax: 617/332-4318
Contact: Katherine Hanson
Email: khanson@edc.org
genderdiversities@edc.org
Website: www.edc.org/GDI


Project on Women and Social Change
Smith College
Seelye Hall, Room 210
Northampton, MA 01063
Contact: Kathleen Eva Gauger
Phone: (413) 585-3591
Fax: (413) 585-3593
email: kgauger@smith.edu


Project on Women in Management
Suffolk University School of Management
Suffolk University
8 Ashburn Place
Boston, MA 02168-2770
Contact: Dawn-Marie Driscoll


NEW JERSEY


The College of New Jersey
Women in Learning and Leadership (WILL) Program
P.O. Box 7718
Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
Phone: 609/771-2178
Fax: 609/637-5164
Contact: Mary Lynn W. Hopps, Director
Email: mlhopps@tcnj.edu
Website: www.tcnj.edu/~will

Women's & Gender Studies Program
P.O. Box 7718
Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
Phone: 609/771-2539
Fax: 609/637-5164
Contact: Dr. Ellen G. Friedman, Director
Email: friedman@tcnj.edu
Website: http://wgst.intrasun.tcnj.edu/

Diagnostics and Devices, Inc.
P.O. Box 172
Bernardsville, NJ 07924
Phone: 908/766-7111
Fax: 908/766-7713
Contact: Janet George Murnick
Email: jgmernick@medscape.com

Consultants in medical device and diagnostics development, in particular for over-the-counter use.


Douglass College
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 732/932-9721
Contact: Barbara A. Shailor
Email: shailor@rci.edu


Educational Testing Service
16-C
Princeton, NJ 08541
Contact: Nancy S. Cole, President


HRD Consultants, Inc.
60 Walnut Avenue
Suite 100
Clark, NJ 07066
Phone: 732/ 815-7825
Fax: 732/ 815-7810
Contact Person: Marcia Glatman
email: hrd@aol.com
Website: www.hrdconsultants.com

HRD Consultants is a retainer research firm that focuses exclusively on human resource executives. Our clients are Fortune 500 corporations, emerging growth companies, not for profit organizations, and consulting firms. We have been engaged in human resource search for over 20 years.


Lore-El Center for Women in Engineering & Science
Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on the Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Phone: (201) 216-5245
Fax: (201) 216-5175

Geri A. Allen
653 Valley Rd.
Montclair, NJ
Website:www.geriallen.com
e-mail: gallen@umich.edu


Women's Caucus for the Modern Languages
Modern Language Association
738 Washington Street, #2
Hoboken, NJ 07030-5002
Contact: Joanne Glasgow


NEW YORK


Academy for Educational Development
100 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212/ 243-1110
Fax: 212/ 627-0407
Contact: Elayne Archer
email: earcher@aed.org
Website: www.aed.org

The Academy for Educational Development (AED) is an independent, nonprofit organization committed to addressing human development and educational needs in the United States and throughout the world. AED's New York office works with schools, school districts, and community-based organizations on educational reform, gender equity, HIV/AIDS education, family involvement in education, and adolescent pregnancy prevention. We design, implement, and evaluate model educational programs; provide technical assistance to schools and school districts in reform efforts; and disseminate information on issues relevant to youth through conferences, seminars, and publications.


College of New Rochelle
29 Castle Place, Rm. 209
New Rochelle, NY 10801
Phone: 914/654-5547
Contact: Dr. Joan Bailey
email: jbailey@cnr.edu

Cornell Employment and Family Careers Institute
Cornell University
G21 MVR Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-4401
Phone: 607/254-4336
Fax: 607/254-2903
Contact:Phyllis Moen
email: careers_inst@cornell.edu
website: www.lifecourse.cornell.edu.cci

Diversity & Affirmative Action
SUNY-Albany
N-507
Albany, NY 12222 Jacqueline Davis Ohwevwo

Dutchess County Girl Scout, Inc.
229 B Manchester Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Phone: 914/ 452-1810
Fax: 914/ 452-1878
Contact Person: Carol A. Bradwell
email: girlscoutsdc@idsi.net

Girl Scouts of the USA is the world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls -- all girls -- where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adult volunteers, girls develop qualitied that will serve them all their lives, like leadership, strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth. Today, there are 3.6 million Girl Scouts -- 2.7 million girl members and 860,000 adult members. The Dutchess County Girl Scout Council is one of over 300 regional councils. We serve over 5,600 girls in Dutchess County.

Emma Willard School
285 Pawling Avenue
Troy, NY 12180
Phone: (518) 833-1301
Fax: (518) 833-1800
Contact: Trudy E. Hall
Email: thall@emmawillard.org
Website: www.emmawillard.org

Since 1814, Emma Willard School has been one of the nation's leading college preparatory boarding and day schools for young women. Known for its challenging academic program, the school promotes intellectual curiosity and disciplined study habits through an outstanding faculty and a curriculum distinguished by a wide array of advanced placement courses. The schools extraordinary physical plant, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, provides a spectacularly beautiful, yet state-of-the-art, setting for living and learning.

Fund for Women in Asia, Inc.
95 Franklin Street, #4
New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212)945-1239
Fax: (212)945-1243
Contact: Alicia Kershaw
Email: alicia.kershaw@aya.yale.edu
Website: www.thewomensfoundationhk.org

Report, The Status of Women & Girls in Hong Kong: http://www.thewomensfoundationhk.org/english/research_status.html

The Fund for Women in Asia funds women's and girls' funds in Asia. Their first project is the Women's Foundation in Hong Kong. Their mission is to fund programs for social change.


General Board of Global Ministries
The United Methodist Church
Women's Division, 5th Floor
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115-1021
Phone: 212/870-3740
Fax: 212/870-3736


Health Advocacy Program, Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College
915 Kimball Avenue
Bronxville, NY 10708
Phone: 914/395-2371
Fax: 914/395-2664
Contact: Marsha Hurst, Director
email: mhurst@slc.edu
Website: www.slc.edu/~health

The Sarah Lawrence College Health Advocacy Program is a graduate master's degree program that educates students to stand up for patients, families and communities in the health care system. An interdisciplinary curriculum that includes law, ethics, economics, history, physiology and policy is combined with three field placements to create a program in which theory and practice interact. Health advocacy graduates can be found at a patient's bedside explaining a medical procedure, in a cancer center explaining how to "navigate" the system, in a community organization building a coalition, or before a senator's desk discussing legislation. The mission of the Program includes education, service and scholarship to provide leadership in this new but critically important health profession.


International House
Women's International Leadership Program
500 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212/316-8466
Fax: 212/316-7181
Contact: Merry Kim
email: mkim@ihouse-nyc.org
Website: ihouse-nyc.org

International House, founded in 1924 by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and the Cleveland Dodge family, is a dynamic program center and residence for 700 graduate students and interns from over one hundred countries, including one-third from the United States. Residents at International House study or intern at over seventy-five academic and training institutions in New York City in fields as diverse as dance and neuroscience. The mission of International House is to enable selected residents from around the world to live and learn together in a challenging and supportive residential community that builds lifelong qualities of leadership, respect and friendship among individuals of all nations and backgrounds.

International Planned Parenthood Federation,
Western Hemisphere Region, Inc.
120 Wall Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212/248-6400
Fax: 212/248-4221
Contact: Rosa Martinez
email: rmartinez@ippfwhr.org
Website: http://www.ippfwhr.org


IPPF/WHR provides technical assistance, program, and financial support to reproductive health organizations and advocates for sexual and reproductive rights on a regional and international level. Founded in 1954, it is a federation of 46 member associations in the Americas and the Carribean, which provide 18 million services annually to women, men, and adolescents.



International Reproductive Rights Research Action Group at Hunter College
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021-5085
Phone: 212/772-5682
Fax: 212/772-4268
Contact: Rosalind Petchesky, Coordinator

L. Haignere, Inc.
40 East Parkwood
Albany, NY 12203-3629
Phone: 518/489-4940
Fax: 518/489-9068
Contact: Lois Haignere, President
email: haigner@albany.net

Haignere, Inc. provides equal pay and pay equity research, consultation and expert testimony. We have over 15 years of experience designing and conducting research to address equity in compensation. We make pay inequities and glass ceilings visible.


Neighborhood Youth and Family Services
601 E Tremont Avenue
Bronx, NY 10457
Phone: 718/ 299-2340 x612
Fax: 718/ 299 2343
Contact: Nancy Mamis-King
email: myshamba@aol.com

NYFS is a community-based, multi-service organization with: preventive child welfare services, permanent housing, after school youth services, childcare, legal services and a woman specific, medically supervised drug treatment initiative which integrates domestic violence advocacy with drug treatment.


Program on International Development and Women
Cornell University
217 West Sibley Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Contact: Lourdes Beneria


Rockefeller Foundation
420 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10018-2702
Phone: 212/869-8500
Fax: 212/764-3468
Contact: Joyce Moock, Associate Vice President


St. Lawrence University
c/o President's Office
110 Vilas Hall
Canton, NY 13617


Women's Caucus
Society of General Internal Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center, Department of M
111 East 210th Street, Centennial 3
Bronx, NY 10467
Phone: 212/920-4784
Fax: 212/920-8375
Contact: Ellen Cohen


Women's Center
Borough of Manhattan Community College
199 Chambers Street
Room S. 362
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212/346-8676
Fax: 212/346-8134
Contact: Dr. Vanessa M. Bing, Director


Women's Development Environment Organization
845 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212/759-7982
Fax: 212/759-8647


Women's Enews
Fund for the City of New York
146 West 29th Street
Suite 7R
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212 244-1720
Fax: 212 244-2320
Email: womensenews@aol.com


Women's Sports Foundation
Eisenhower Park
East Meadow, NY 11554
Phone: 516/542-4700
Fax: 516/542-4716
Contact: Marjorie A. Snyder
email: wosportmas@aol.com
website: http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/cgi-bin/iowa

The Women's Sports Foundation is an educational non-profit organization founded in 1974 by tennis legend Billie Jean King so that girls following in her footsteps would not have to face the barriers she faced playing sports. To advance the lides of girls and women through sports and physical activities.


Women Make Movies
462 Broadway
Suite 500
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212/925-0606
Fax: 212/925-2052

PENNSYLVANIA


Association for Women in Psychology
c/o Psychology Department
Lafayette College
Easton, PA 18042
Phone: 215/250-5294
Contact: Susan Basow


Association for Women in Social Work
University of Pennsylvania
Penn Women's Center
119 Houston Hall, 2417 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 206/525-2075
Contact: Ellie Gilappi


Division 35, Psychology of Women
American Psychology Association
Phone: 717/948-6313
Contact: Kay Towns, Chair, Task Force

ELAM Program
Drexal University College of Medicine
Three Parkway
1601 Cherry St., Suite 1050
Philadelphia, PA 19102-1310
Phone: 215/ 255-7309
Fax: 215/ 255-7371
Contact: Brian Pelowski
email: Brian.Pelowski@DrexelMed.edu
website: www.drexelmed.edu/elam.edu

The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women stands by its leadership mission: To prepare and support women leaders in academic health and to champion more equitable, inclusive organizational cultures that value and benefit from women's contributions.


Institute for Safe Families
704 North 23rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone: 215/ 765-3630
Fax: 215/ 765-8701
Contact: Sandra Dempsey
email: psrfamily@aol.com

The Institute for Safe Families addresses the health and well being of the family -- as individuals, in their collective relationship, and in the communities which surround them. Our particular focus is on the consequences of interpersonal violence and trauma. Our goal is to illuminate and address the causes of family violence to offer an alternative vision for wholeness, healing, family health, and personal empowerment.


The Institute for Women's Health & Leadership
Drexel University College of Medicine
The Gatehouse
3300 Henry Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19129-1191
Phone: 215/ 842-7041
Fax: 215/ 843-7946
Contact: Lynn Yeakel, Director; Betty A. Cohen, Chair in Women's Health
email: lynn.yeakel@drexel.edu
website: www.drexel.edu/med/iwhl

The Institute for Women's Health and Leadership was established in 1993 by the Medical College of Pennsylvania, now part of the Drexel University College of Medicine, as an academic unit of the medical school to address the needs and concerns of women in health care, medical education and research.

Designated by the US Department of Health and Human Services as a National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, the Institute advances women's health and leadership through clinical care services, international leadership development programs for woemn in academic medicine, medical education, sex and gender research and national public education programs including "Conversations about Women's Health."


Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania
1144 Locust Street
Philadelphia. PA 19107
Phone: 215/ 351-5500
Fax: 215/351-5595
Contact: Jackie Curtis
email: ppsp@ppsp.org
Website: www.ppsp.org

PPSP provides a full range of sexual health services, sexual health education and professional development programs, and advocates in support of sexual health and reproductive rights. PPSP believes that every child should be a wanted child. Then women and men can acheive self-determination and families and society will be strong.


Women's Studies Program
Gettysburg College
Campus Box 2450
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Phone: 717/337-6788


Race/Gender Resource Center
Bucknell University
3A Marts Hall
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Phone: 570/577-1545
email:crespo@bucknell.edu


Wilson College
1015 Philadelphia Avenue
Chamberburg, PA 17201
Lorna Duphiney Edmundson, President
Email: ledmundson@wilson.edu
Website: www.wilson.edu

Wilson is an independent college dedicated to the education of women, rigorous study in the liberal arts and sciences, and strong career preparation. Wilson is committed to the life of the mind and spirit, to environmental sustainability, and to preparing articulate, ethical leaders who will serve their communities and professions effectively in an increasingly complex, interdependent, and global world. The College is distinguished by its supportive, diverse, and close-knit community, which is guided by the Wilson Honor Principle.


Women's Studies Program
University of Pittsburgh
2632 Cathedral of Learning
Pittsburgh, PA 15260



RHODE ISLAND


Childreach
1555 Plan Way
Warwick, RI 02886
Phone: 401/738-5600
Contact: Ann Salzarulo-McGuigan
email: mcguigaA@childreach.org


VERMONT


Governor's Commission on Women/ Vermont
126 State St.
Montpellier, VT, 05633-6801
Phone: 802-828-2851
Fax: 802-828-2930
Contact: Leslie Halperin
email: info@women.state.vt.us
website: www.women.state.vt.us

The Governor's Commission on Women, as a state agency, works to shape policy by educating and informing the public. The Commission works to find long-term solutions to the problems that confront women and their families by increasing educational, economic, social and health-related opportunities.





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ILLINOIS


Chicago Commission on Women
500 North Pestigo, Room 6B
Chicago, IL 60611
Contact: Heda Tercias


Chicago Women in Trades
1649 W.Adams, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60612
Contact: Melissa Barbier
Phone: 312-942-1444
Fax: 312-942-0802

CWIT provides support and advocacy for tradeswomen. Our goals are to increase the number of women in the skilled trades and other blue-collar occupations and to eliminate the barriers that prohibit women and girls from entering and succeeding in non-traditional fields.



Diversity Education
243 Alexander
Elmhurst, Il 60126
Phone: 630/617-3343
Fax: 630/617-3021
Contact: Dr. Richard Hazley, Director
email: rhazley@elmhurst.edu



Multicultural Affairs
Elmhurst College
190 Prospect Ave.
Elmhurst, Il 60126
Phone: 630/617-3343
Fax: 630/617-3021
Contact: Richard Hazley
email: richard@elmhurst.edu



Women's Studies Program
Illinois State University
Campus Box 4260
Normal, IL 61790-4260
Rachel Cooper Room 231
Phone: (309)438-2947
Fax: (309)438-5104
Website: www.cas.ilstu.edu/womenstudies


University Resources for Women
Northern Illinois University
105 Normal Road
DeKalb, Il 60115
Phone: (815)753-0320
Fax: (815)753-0320




Women's Schools Together
Notre Dame High School
3000 North Mango Avenue
Chicago, IL 60634


INDIANA


The Julian Center
2511 East 46th Street
Suite 1
Indianapolis, IN 46205-2496
Phone: 317/ 545-1970
Fax: 317/ 545-1974
Contact: Ann M. DeLaney

The Julian Center is a nonprofit agency that provides counseling, safe shelter, education, and advocacy services for the women and children who are victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse and assault.



The Women's Resource Office
Purdue University
1108 American Railway Building
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone: (765) 494-9879
Fax: (765) 496-1295
Email: wro.purdue.edu
Contact: Karen G. Hall kghall@purdue.edu



WEPAN (Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network)
1284 CIVL Building, Room G167
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1284
Phone: 765/ 494-5387
Fax: 765/ 494-9152
Contact: Cathy Deno, WEPAN Member Services
email: wiep@ecn.purdue.edu
website: www.wepan.org

WEPAN, a national non-profit 510 (c)(3) educational organization was founded in 1990 to be a catalyst for change that enhances the success of women in the engineering profession. Selected WEPAN initiatives include training seminars for college and university personnel interested in developing programs to recruit and retain women in engineering; an annual conference; MentorNet, an industrial electronic mentoring network for women in engineering and science; national programs for students in grades 3-12; and publications including A Curriculum for Training Mentors and Mentees and Increasing Access for Women in Engineering. WEPAN is led by a board of directors from academia and industry and has a membership of over 500 individuals representing nearly 200 engineering schools, fortune 500 organizations, and non-profit organizations.


IOWA


Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program
The University of Iowa
418 Gilmore Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242-1320
Phone: 319/ 353-2290
Fax: 319/ 353-2458
Contact: Chris Peterson Brus, Director
Email: wise@uiowa.edu
Website: www.uiowa.edu/~wise/

The mission in the WISE program is to expand and improve the educational and professional opportunities for women in all fields of science and technology by facilitating individual, institutional and social change. Working with academic and administrative units on campus, as well as with K-12 educators and community groups, the WISE Program serves as a catalyst for developing and sustaining programs that increase the genuine participation of women and girls in all facets of a scientifically informed life. The specific aims of the WISE program are:
* To increase participation, professional development, and advancement of women as students, faculty, and professional staff
* To monitor and promote a supportive environment for women to study and work
* To integrate the ideas, strengths, and approaches of women into research, teaching, and service
* To inform the public of educational and career opportunities for women in scientific and technical fields


Women's Studies Program
Iowa State University
349 Catt hall
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: 515/294-9733
Fax: 515/294-5104
Contact: Jackie Litt
Email: jlitt@iastate.edu
Website:http://www.iastate.edu/~wsprogram/

 

The Women's Studies Program is an academic program that conducts research on and teaches about women's lives in a national and international perspective.  We currently offer a B.A. degree and have a newly approved Graduate Minor.  The Program has four core faculty, all of whom have joint appointments in standing LAS departments (two in sociology, anthropology, philosophy/religious studies) and one visiting faculty who has a joint appointment with curriculum/instruction.  We have 74 affiliated faculty in LAS, College of Art and Design, College of Education, and Family and Consumer Sciences, who participate in program activities and/or teaching.  The Women's Studies Program is currently investigating the possibility of establishing a "Research Institute in Women's Studies" to coordinate and support further scholarship on women and gender.  The Women's Studies Program is also home of the journal of the National Women's Studies Association.

Women's Studies Resource Center
St. Ambrose University
518 Locust Street
Davenport, IA 52803
Phone: 563/ 333-6100
Fax: 563/ 333-6243
Contact: Beatrice Jacobson
Email: jacobsonbeatricef@sau.edu

The Women's Studies Resource Center serves as a clearing house, meeting place and small library supporting the study of issues for women and gender in the Women's Studies Program and across the University.



KANSAS


SkillBuilders Fund
6800 West 64th Street, Suite 110
Overland Park, KS 66202
Phone: (913) 403-9532
Fax: (913) 831-0881
Contact: Stephanie Stollsteimer
email: skillfund@hotmail.com

This private foundation is interested in programs that help women and girls gain self sufficiency, build their capacity to function in our society and become responsible citizens. It favors projects which provide educational opportunities, build entrepreneurial skills and cultivate and foster women's leadership.


Center for Women's Studies
Wichita State University
1845 Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260-0082
Phone: 316/ 978-3358
Fax: 316/ 978-3186
Contact: Dr. Dorothy C Miller
email: wmstudy@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu
Website: www.twsu.edu/~wmstudy/welcomes

The Center for Women's Studies is a resource and research center for scholarship concerning women. Our mission is to improve the lives of women by placing them at the center of inquiry for the transformation of knowledge. An autonomous department with few full-time faculty and numerous affiliated faculty, we offer a major, a minor and a substantial component in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program.


MICHIGAN


University of Michigan
4008 Fleming Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340
Phone: 313/764-0303
Fax: 313/763-0085
Contact: Jayne Thorson, Executive Assistant to the Faculty Senate



Women and International Development
Michigan State University
202 International Center
East Lansing, MI 48824-1035
Phone: 517/353-5040
Fax: 517/432-4845



Woman's Life Insurance Society
1338 Military, PO Box 5020
Port Huron, MI 48061-5020
Phone: 810/985-5191, ext. 181
Fax: 810/985-6970
Contact: Wendy L. Krabach
email: wkrabach@womanslifeins.com
Website: www.womanslifeins.com

Woman's Life is one of the oldest fraternal benefit societies in existence today. Founded by women, for women, Woman's Life is a not-for-profit organization run by and for its members, offering insurance protection and opportunities for volunteer service for the betterment of our communities.


MINNESOTA


Girl Scout Council of St. Croix Valley
400 South Robert Street
St. Paul, MN 55107
Phone: 651/227-8835 or 800/845-0787
Fax: 651/227-7533
Contact: Andrea Specht
email: aspecht@girlscoutscv.org
Website: www.girlscoutscv.org

Girl Scouts is an informal education program for girls aged 5-17. In Girl Scouts, girls discover the fun, friendship, and power of girls together. Through the many enriching experiences provided by Girl Scouting, they grow courageous and strong.


MISSOURI


Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life
University of Missouri - St. Louis
8001 Natural Bridge Road
St. Louis, MO 63121-4499
Phone: 314/516-4727
Fax: 314/516-6621
Contact: Vivian Eveloff, Director
Email: veveloff@umsl.edu
Website: www.umsl.edu

The Institute for Women in Public Life is a non-partisan education entity dedicated to helping Missouri women of all ages becaome active participants in the public policy process. Based at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the Institute offers campaign training workshops for women candidates and campaign workers, sponsors programs to facilitate the success of women in government, and provides leadership training for college women. In addition, the Institute maintains a unique "Talent Bank" database of women interested in service on Missouri boards and commissions as a resource for local and state appointing authorities.

Women's and Gender Studies
University of Missouri - Columbia
309 Switzler Hall
Columbia, MO 65211-2320
Phone: 573/882-2703
Fax: 573/884-4149
Contact: Shelda Eggers
Email: eggerss@missouri.edu
Website: http://www.missouri.edu/~women/

Women's and Gender Studies is an academic unit at the University of Missouri-Columbia. We offer an undergraduate major and minor, and a graduate minor. We have a commitment to interdisciplinary research and teaching, and encourage students to explore both academics and activism.


MONTANA


Women's Studies Program
University of Montana
32 Campus Drive
Liberal Arts Building, Room 138A
Missoula, MT 59812
Phone: (406) 243-2584
Fax: (406) 243-4076
Contact: G.G. Weix


NORTH DAKOTA


North Dakota State University, Women's Studies Program
P.O. Box 5075
Fargo, ND 58105-5075
Phone:701/231-8939
Fax: 701/231-1047
Contact: Kathleen Slobin, PhD
Email: kathleen_slobin@ndsu.nodak.edu
Website: www.ndsu.nodak.edu/womens_studies

Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on women in society and aims at raising women's aspirations, at expanding awareness of their capabilities, and at widening the knowledge and development of both female and male students. The program sponsors a monthly symposium series featuring women faculty research. It also provides a library and resource center to support research on women and gender issues.


OHIO


The Catharine S. Eberly Center for Women
The University of Toledo
2801 W. Bancroft, Mail Stop 502
Toledo, OH 43606-9987
Phone: 419/530-7232
Fax: 419/530-8575
Contact: Kaye Conner
email: mary.conner@utoledo.edu
Website: http://www.provost.utoledo.edu/eberly/

The Catharine S. Eberly Center for Women is an integral component of the University of Toledo under the Office of the Provost for Academic Affairs. Its purpose is to serve the women of the University and the larger Toledo communities by advocating for women's equity in education, work, and health.



Committee on the Status of Women in Microbiology
American Society for Microbiology
Department of Microbiology
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
Phone: 513/529-2028
Contact: Anne Morris-Hooke



Girl Scouts of Lake Erie Council
19201 Villaview Road
Cleveland, OH 44119-3074
Phone: 216/481-1313
Fax: 216/692-4060
Contact: Carol Keehn



The Women's Place
Ohio State University
5046 Smith Lab
174 West 18th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614/292-3960
Fax: 614/292-1979
Contact: Judy Fountain, Director
Email: fountain.1@osu.edu
Website: http://womensplace.osu.edu

The Women's Place is an administrative unit at The Ohio State University that is committed to improving the climate for women students, faculty, and staff. TWD Supports womenin three ways: 1) TWP may provide office services and technical support for women. 2)TWP maintains a web-based clearinghouse of campus resources. 3)TWP works closely with the University on climate and policy issues through the new Women's Advisory Council.


Women's Studies Department
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
Phone: 513/529-4616
Contact: Sally Lloyd
Email: lloydsa@muohio.edu



Women's Studies Program
Wright State University
124 Allyn Hall
Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
Dayton, OH 45435-0001
Phone: 937/775-2123 or 4818
Fax: 937/775-3301
Contact: Dr. Anne Sisson Runyan
email: anne.s.runyan@wright.edu
Website: hypatia.wright.edu/wms/wmsprgms.htm

The Women's Studies Program at Wright State University offers a major, minor, undergraduate certificate, and graduate certificate. Students can also specialize in Women's Studies in the Master of Humanities and M.A. in English programs as well in Global Gender Studies in the International Studies major. The Program sponsors an annual lecture series and is currently co-sponsoring a research project on the status of women in the Dayton, Ohio local area.


WISCONSIN


Commission on the Status of Women in the Profession
Modern Language Association
Dept. French & Italian, 618 Van Hise Hall
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1220 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706



Equal Opportunity Programs and Policy Studies
University of Wisconsin System
1802 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Contact: Marian J. Swoboda, Assistant to the President



Women's Studies Consortium
University of Wisconsin
1660 Van Hise
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608/262-4444
Contact: Helen Klebesadel
Email: hklebesadel@uwsa.edu



YWCA of Greater Milwaukee
Planning & Policy Department
1915 North Martin Luther King Jr., Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53212
Phone: 414/267-8463
Fax: 414/267-8467
Contact: Terry Batson or Shelly Schnupp
Email: tlbatson@net.ywcaogm.org or shelly@admin.ywcaogm.org
Website: www.ywcaogm.org

Agency description: The YWCA is a membership movement of women from diverse backgrounds and faiths, of different ages and experiences, committed to the empowerment of women. The YWCA, locally and nationally, has adopted THE ONE IMPERATIVE of thrusting our collective power toward the elimination of racism wherever it exists and by any means necessary.



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Brenau University
Women's Center for Education & Leadership
One Centennial Circle
Gainesville, GA 30501
Contact: Heather Gollmar Casey
Phone: (770) 534-6192
Fax: (770) 534-6137
Email: hcasey@lib.brenau.edu
Website: www.brenau.edu

The Brenau Women's Center is a clearinghouse for activities and resources relating to women's issues, diversity, and pedagogy for women. The Women's Center sponsors professional development programs and scholarship on women's issues. It also provides a reference library for materials on women's issues and diversity.


KENTUCKY


Presbyterian Church (USA), Office of Women's Advocacy
100 Witherspoon Street
Room 4609
Louisville, KY 40202
Contact: Associate for the Office of Women's Advocacy
Phone: (502)569-5385, (800)728-7228 x.5385
Fax: (502)569-8600
Website: www.pcusa.org/women/dfrms.html

The Women's Advocacy Office of the Women's Ministries Program Area of teh Presbyterian Church (USA) provides information and resources on issues affecting women in the church and society, and also facilitates networking and training opportunities on women's advocacy. The office also staffs the Advocacy Committee on Women's Concerns, which advocates and monitors on behalf of women.



Skillbuilders Fund
Risk Management
9100 Markfield Road
Louisville, KY 40222
Phone: 502/326-5906 ext 104
Fax: 502/326-5909
Contact: Elaine Musselman, Chair



Women 4 Women, Inc.
9100 Marksfield Road
Louisville, KY 40222
Phone: 502/ 326-5906
Fax: 502/ 326-5909
Contact: Elaine Musselman
email: cissy@win.net

LOUISIANA

Louisiana Center for Women and Government
Nicholls State University
P.O. Box 2062
Thibodeaux, LA 70310
Laura Badeaux, Director
Phone: 985/448-4770
email: lcwg.info@nicholls.edu
Website:http://www.nicholls.edu/lcwg/

 

NORTH CAROLINA


Davidson College Library
P.O. Box 1837
Davidson, NC 28036-1837



North Carolina State University
Affirmative Action Office
Box 7101
Raleigh, NC 27695-7101
Contact: Karin Wolfe, Assistant


SOUTH CAROLINA


Leadership Studies
Columbia College
1301 Columbia College Drive
Columbia, SC 29203
Phone: 803/786-3301
Contact: Dr. Sheila Elliot

Women's Studies
Columbia College
1301 Columbia College Drive
Columbia, SC 29203
Phone: 803/ 786-3786
Fax: 803/ 786-3789
email: bgergel@colacoll.edu
Website: www.colacoll.edu

Columbia College Leadership Institute
Columbia College
1301 Columbia College Drive
columbia, SC 29203
Phone: 803/ 786-3786
Fax: 803/ 786-3789
email: shelliott@colacoll.edu
Website: www.columbiacollegesc.edu

Columbia College is a vibrant residential women's college with a distinctive graduate school and a respected college for working adults serving women and men. Because of the historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church, the College and the Institute encourages and supports the development of leadership skills. The Leadership Institute integrates classroom and experiential learning with advocacy for women's issues and leadership in the state.

Women's Studies Program
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Contact: Lynn Weber
Phone: 803/777-4007
Email: weberl@sc.edu


TENNESSEE


Women's Studies
Vanderbilt University
Box 86, Station B
Nashville, TN 37235
Phone: 615/ 343-7808
Fax: 615/ 343-0335
Contact: Ronnie J. Steinberg
email: wstudies@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
Website: www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/womens_studies/index.html

The Women's Studies program at Vanderbilt University is an academic unit within the College of Arts and Sciences, offering a minor. Our course offerings are interdisciplinaryand incorporate new scholarship on women, gender relations and sexualities. Students may also design individualized interdisciplinary Women's Studies majors.

TEXAS


Center for Women's Studies
The University of Texas at Austin
405 West 25th Street
Suite 401
Austin, TX 78705
Phone: 512/ 471-5765
Fax: 512/ 475-8146
email: wstudies@uts.cc.utexas.edu
Website: www.utexas.edu/depts/wstudies

The Center for Women's Studies at UT Austin focuses on the university-wide interdisciplinary study of women and gender at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Women's Studies at UT also serves as a research unit and provides information to local educators and community members regarding research on women and gender.


Families in Crisis, Inc.
PO Box 25
Killeen, TX 76540-0025
Phone: 254/ 634-1184
Fax: 254/ 526-6111
Contact: Cynthia Dunn
email: ficinc@n-link.com

Immediate safe shelter, counseling, outreach services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. 24 hour crisis hotline 1-888-799-7233.

Institute for the Development and Enrichment of Advanced Learners (IDEAL)
Texas Tech University
MS 1008
Lubbock, TX 79409
Phone: 806/ 742-2420
Fax: 806/ 742-0480
Contact: Martha Hise
email: martha.hise@ttu.edu
Website: wwww.ttu.edu/ideal

The mission of the Institute for the Development and Enrichment of Advanced Learners (IDEAL) is to provide distinctive and unique academic enrichment programs that promote academic excellence, citizenship/leadership, diversity, and an appreciation of the arts for children in grades kindergarten through 12. Science: It’s A Girl Thing addresses the shortage and need for women scientists and introduces under represented girls to a university experience. In two separate sessions, girls entering the 6 th and 7 th grades live on campus for four days and receive a first class introduction to science and careers in science. The program is co-sponsored by the Women’s Studies Program at Texas Tech and has support from colleges, departments and student groups at Texas Tech University.

Women's Studies Institute
The University of Texas at San Antonio
6900 North Loop 1604W
San Antonio, TX 78249
Phone: 210/ 458-6277
Fax: 210/ 458-6279
Contact: Sonia Saldivar-Hull, Executive Director
email: sonia.saldivarhull@utsa.edu
Website: http://www.utsa.edu/wsi/

The UTSA Women's Studies Institute promotes the advancement of women by expanding and sharing knowledge through the stimulation and support of interdisciplinary research, education, and public information about and for women. WSI engages in activities such as organizing lectures, conferences annually and developing a research agenda that provides an intellectual and social climate for faculty, graduate, and undergraduate researchers and scholars.

Women's Studies Program
College of Liberal Arts
Texas A&M University
4351 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4351
Phone: 409/696-2165
Contact: Barbara Finlay, Director

VIRGINIA


Westhampton College of the University of Richmond
28 Westhampton Way
Richmond, VA 23173
Phone: 804/ 289-8468
Fax: 804/ 287-6061
Contact: Dr. Patricia Harwood
email: pharwood@richmond.edu
website: www.richmond.edu/student_affairs/wcollege/index.htm

Westhampton College is the women's residential college of the University of Richmond. Its focus is on the education and development of women in college. Its Women Involved in Living and Learning (WILL) program, a curricular and co-curricular program currently unique in the nation, is of interest to many other campuses which are currently working to create similar programs.


Women's Center
Virginia Tech
Price House
Blacksburg, VA




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ARIZONA


Women's Foundation of Southern Arizona
3610 North Prince Village Place
Suite 100
Tucson, AZ 85719
Phone: 520/ 795-5088 x100
Fax: 520/ 795-5499
Contact: Carol Sack
email: carolsack@aol.com
Website: www.womengiving.org

The Women's Foundation of Southern Arizona changes the lives of women and girls by securing the financial resources to fund programs that promote the empowerment, advancement and full participation in society of women and girls. We do this by: providing assistance and funds to organizations serving women and girls; educating the general public, policy makers, and donors; and encouraging women and girls to exercise their responsibilities as philanthropists.


COLORADO


Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver
3444 West Colfax
Denver, CO 80204
Phone: 303/893-4363
Fax: 303/893-4352
Contact: Patricia Dean
email: pdean.denver@girls-inc.org
Website: www.girlsincdenver.org

Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver is a nonprofit organization offering programs year-round for girls from 6 to 18 at the Girls Inc. Center and through outreach programs in schools and community organizations in the Metro Denver area. Girls Inc. programs are designed with particular attention to the needs of girls from low-income, minority, single-parent families. Among our programs are enrichment classes in math, science, computers, and economic literacy, as well as classes focusing on preventing teen pregnancy, substance abuse, and violence.


Institute For Women's Studies and Services
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Campus Box 36, PO Box 173362
Denver, CO 80217-4316
Phone: 303/556-8441
Fax: 303/556-4316
Contact: Jodi Wetzal, Prof.


University of Colorado at Colorado Spring
P.O. Box 7150
Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150
Phone: 719/262-3436
Fax: 719/262-3656
Contact: Linda Bunnell Shade
email: lshade@mail.uccs.edu


Women's Foundation of Colorado
1580 Logan Street, Suite 500
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303/ 832-8800
Fax: 303/ 832-8362
Contact: Marla J. Williams
email: wfco@wfco.org


UTAH


Higher Education Resource Services, West
University of Utah
Women's Resource Center
293 Olpin Union Building
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone: 801/581-8030
Fax: 801/581-6402
Contact: Kathryn H. Brooks, Treasurer
email: kbrooks@saun.saff.utah.edu



Sociology Department
Utah State University
UMC 07
Logan, UT 84322
Contact: Ann Leffler



Women's Research Institute
Brigham Young University
337 SWKT
PO Box 25548
Provo, UT 84602-5548
Phone: 801/ 378-4609
Fax: 801/ 378-4385
Contact: Bonnie Bailiff-Spanvill
Website: fhss.byu.edu/wri



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CALIFORNIA


City of West Hollywood Women's Advisory Board
8300 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Phone: 323/848-6460
Fax: 323/848-6562
Contact: Lisa Marie Belsanti
email: lbelsanti@weho.org
Website: http://www.weho.org

The Women's Advisory Board provides information and insight into topics and issues that impact women in the community.


GenderWatchers
3175 S. Hoover Street, #353
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone: 909/626-9429
Fax: 909/626-9429
Contact: Christina M. Vogt and Peiying Chen
email: gw@genderwatchers.org
gwchristinav@genderwatchers.org
Website: www.genderwatchers.org

GenderWatchers is a global feminist news and research group, which conducts original research mainly in the areas of education and global feminism. As a public service, weekly, we reprint women's news worldwide and monthly, we reprint education articles, globalization news and UN reports, which are sent to subscribers in over 45 countries.


Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County
1310 South Bascom Avenue
San Jose, CA 95128
Phone: 408/ 287-4170
Fax: 408/ 287-8025
Contact Person: Debbie Espinosa
email: despinosa@girlscoutsofscc.org
Website: www.girlscoutsofscc.org



Intercollegiate Studies of the Claremont Colleges
1030 Dartmouth Street
Claremont, CA 91711
Contact: Susan Castagnetto, Coordinator
Telephone: 909/ 607-8018
email: scastagn@scrippscol.edu



Los Angeles Women's Foundation
3550 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 610
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone: 213/ 388-0485
Fax: 213/ 388-0405
Contact: Patricia Murar
email: plmurar@LAwomen.org
info@LAwomen.org
Website: http://www.lawomen.org

Founded in 1985, the Los Angeles Women's Foundation is a catalyst for social change that increases resources, creates solutions and expands opportunities for women and girls. Our vision is to create a vital future for all women and girls, believing that their vitality will strengthen families and build effective communities.



Pacific Institute for Women's Health
2999 Overland Ave #207C
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: 310-842-6828
Fax: 310-280-0619



Shaler Adams Foundation
P.O. Box 29274
San Francisco, CA 94129-0274
Phone: 415/561-6570 (*8*2571#)
Fax: 415/561-6491
Contact: Margaret K. Schink, Executive Director


Tri-Valley Haven
3663 Pacific Ave.
Livermore, CA 94550
Phone: 925/449-5845
Fax: 925/449-2684
Contact: Ann King
email: mail@trivalleyhaven.org
website: www.trivalleyhaven.org

Tri-Valley Haven is a program for women and their children who are victims of Domestic Violence, Rape, and other crisis situation.



Women's Advisory Board
City of West Hollywood
8300 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Phone: (323) 848-6460
Email: ccouncil@weho.org
Contact: Larissa Fooks



Women's Center
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
96
La Jolla, CA 92093-0096
Phone: 619/ 822-0074



YMCA Youth and Family Services
4080 Centre Street
Suite 101
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone: 619/ 543-9850
Fax: 619/ 543-9491
Contact: Laura A Mustari
email: lmustari@ymca.org

YMCA Youth and Family Services provides services to abused children, troubled youth and families in crisis. prevention and treatment of child abuse survivors shelter care for troubled adolescents prevention of violence/ gang activity/ drug abuse independent living skills training/ job training family life education and counseling/ teen pregnancy


OREGON


Women's Program
Lane Community College
420 East 33rd Avenue
Eugene, OR 97405
Phone: 541/ 747-4501 x2353
Fax: 541/ 744-4173
Contact: Kate Barry
email: barryk@lanecc.edu
Website: lanecc.edu/stuser/womprog/wprl.htm

The Women's Program at LCC helps provide an environment in which students can pursue educational goals free from sex-role stereotyping and gender discrimination. The program includes a resource and referral center, as well as sub-programs such as Transitions to Success, a re-entry program from women and ACCESS, a program focusing on allowing women to explore non-traditional education and training in technical and trade fields.



WASHINGTON


Women's Research and Resource Center
Washington State University
2971 Women's Research and Resource Center
CUB B19B (VOGEL)
Pullman, WA 99164-7204


Seattle Girls' School
PO Box 22576
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: (206) 709-2228
Fax: (206) 329-1580
Contact: Marja Brandon
Email: marja.brandon@seattlegirlsschool.org
Website: www.seattlegirlsschool.org The mission of Seattle Girls' School is to empower middle school girls to think critically and seek creative solutions to real world problems in a challenging academic environment that highlights math, science, and technology, embraces diversity and promotes collaboration, integrated learning, and respect for all.


Women's Funding Alliance
603 Stewart, Suite 207
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: (206) 467-6733
Fax: (206) 467-7537
Contact: Leanne Moss
Email: leanne@wfalliance.org



YWCA of Tacoma-Pierce
405 Broadway
Tacoma, WA 98402
Phone: 253/ 272-4181
Fax: 253/ 597-6683
Contact: Julie Bonsteel
email: jbonsteel@ywcapc.org

The YWCA of Tacoma/Pierce County's ultimate goal is to provide safe, sufficient shelter for survivors of domestic abuse. While here in the shelter, they learn how to break the cycle of abuse. Our most important vision is to see these women and children take back their independence and go on to lead healthy lives.



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Curricular Transformation on Reproductive Health- Pro Mujer
Cayey University College
Antonio R. Barcelo Ave.
Cayey, Puerto Rico 00736
Phone: 787/ 738-7545
Fax: 787/ 738-4218
Contact: Yamila Azize-Vargas



Women's Studies Program
University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
Cayey, Puerto Rico 00736
Phone: (787) 738-2161
Fax: (787) 738-7545



Emakunde - Instituto Vasco de la Mujer (Basque Institute for Women)
Gobierno Vasco (Basque Government)
Manuel Iradier, 36
Vitoria-Gastiez 01005
SPAIN
Phone: 34945132613
Fax: 34945135136
Contact: Ana Alberdi
Email: emakunde@ej-gv.es
Website: www.emakunde.es Emakunde/The Basque Women's Institute was founded in a 1988 Act as an Autonomous Organisation dependent on the Presidency of the Basque Government. Its fundamental objective is to work in favour of real and tangible equality between men and women in all areas of the political, economic, cultural and social life of the Basque Country.



The Hypatia Trust
The Old Post Office
Newmill, Penzance
UK
Phone: +44 1736 333307
Fax: same
email: hypatia@hypatia-trust.org.uk



Pari e Dispari SRL
University of Milan
Via Pacini 22
Milano, 20131
ITALY
Phone: +39 (0) 2/7060 3112
Fax: +39 (0) 2/266 3745
Contact: Pina Madami, Director; Clara Bassanini
email: info@pariedispari.it
Website: www.pariedispari.it

Pari e Dispari is an agency which specializes on affirmative action, equal opportunities between men and women, and, more generally, on the complex woman-work relationship in society. It was conceived and it is directed by women and its main activities are research, planning women centers and new services for women, training and vocational guidance, and communication and organization of seminars, meetings and interviews.



Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research
Box 200
SE405 30
Goteborg, Sweden
Phone: +46 (0) 31/773 5603
Fax: +46 (0) 31/773 5604
Contact: Eva Gothlin
email: eva.gothlin@genus.gu.se
Website: www.genus.gu.se



Technikon Free State
20 President Brand Street
Bloemfontein, South Africa, 9301
Phone: 051 - 5073317
Fax: 051 - 5073310
Contact: Adv. MC Hoekstra
email: mzamanit@tofs.ac.za
Website: http://www.tofs.ac.za

Technikon Free State is a higher education institution situated in Bloemfontein, focusing on career-oriented diplomas.


Women's Health Program
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
McMaster Campus, Rm 4V33
1200 Main Street West, PO 2000
Hamilton, L8N3Z5
CANADA

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