Women's, Gender & Feminist Studies

In 1970, the field of women’s, gender and feminist studies was launched and was able to thrive in the ensuing years. NCRW was established in 1982 to create a supportive network for the burgeoning women’s research movement. Today, there are more than 900 women’s studies programs in the US with more than 10,000 courses offered on college campuses. Much of the curriculum is interdisciplinary and, in many instances, mainstreamed across subject areas. From the social sciences to liberal arts, fine arts and the sciences, feminist theory and framing (especially the intersection of race, gender and class) is having an important impact across disciplines in academia and beyond.

Framing Feminism - Killing in the Name of Life by Lorraine Sheinberg

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 4:40pm

This educational documentary short chronicles the domestic terrorism campaign carried out by the anti-abortion movement against reproductive health clinics in the U.S.

Narrated by Carrie Fisher
Produced and Directed by Lorraine Sheinberg

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The Feminist Majority Foundation

Shroud of Silence

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 4:37pm

This award-winning short documentary chronicles the everyday struggle that was like for Afghan women and girls under the Taliban regime's brutal system of gender apartheid from 1994 to 2002.

Narrated by Carrie Fisher
Produced and Directed by Lorraine Sheinberg

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Revelations: Exposing The Radical Right

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 4:27pm

This eye-opening documentary (even to the feminist veteran) exposes the convergence of right-wing political, religious and economic forces in the U.S.

Narrated by Alfre Woodard
Produced and directed by Lorraine Sheinberg

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This is What a Feminist Looks Like

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 4:23pm
What do America Ferrera, Larry David, and Amy Brenneman have in common? They're all proud to call themselves feminists.Celebrate Women's History Month with them and other feminists by watching the special This Is What A Feminist Looks Like video.
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AAUW's Lisa Maatz Responds to State of the Union Address

Submitted by jmumbey on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 5:39pm

Lisa Maatz, AAUW's director of public policy and government relations, responds to President Obama's State of the Union address.  

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Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine and Engineering

Submitted by jmumbey on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 3:41pm
Professor Londa Schiebinger looks at new solutions in science, medicine and engineering. These solutions move beyond looking at gender bias to understanding how gender functions during the creation process.  
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Clayman Institute for Gender Research

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Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity

Ruth Enid Zambrana, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Women’s Studies, the Director of the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, the Former Interim Director of the U.S. Latino Studies Initiative (2007-2009) at the University of Maryland, College Park, and an Adjunct Professor of Family Medicine at University of Maryland Baltimore, School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine. 

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College Park, MD 20742
United States
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Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy

Carol Hardy-Fanta is Director of the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy at UMass Boston's John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Public Policy from Brandeis University's Heller School, an MSW from Smith College, and a B.A. from Occidental College. Dr. Hardy-Fanta is author of three books: Latina Politics, Latino Politics: Gender, Culture, and Political Participation in Boston (Temple University Press, 1993), Latino Politics in Massachusetts: Struggles, Strategies and Prospects (Routledge Press, 2002), and Intersectionality and Politics: Recent Research on Gender, Race, and Political Representation in the United States (Haworth Press, 2006) . She is a nationally recognized scholar on Latina/o politics and has published widely on the intersection of gender, race and ethnicity in politics and public policy.

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Boston, MA 02125
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Dr. Lisa McClain is an Associate Professor of History and the Director of Gender Studies at Boise State University. She researches the issue of domestic violence and sexual assault perpetrated against women with disabilities. She serves as a board member of the Idaho Equal Access Collaborative, a partnership of the Boise State University Gender Studies Program with statewide disability and domestic violence/sexual assault organizations. Through this work, McClain examines and proposes changes to the systems responding to women with disabilities who experience sexual and domestic violence. In history, her fields of specialty include the history of Catholicism, the history of religion during the Renaissance/Reformation era and gender and popular culture in early modern Europe.

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Boise, ID
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Saba Mahmood: "The Politics of Freedom: Geopolitics, Minority Rights and Gender"

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 4:54pm

Lecture delivered on November 5, 2009 at Barnard College. Originally entitled "Should Religious Ethics Matter to Feminist Politics?" Mahmood's talk marked the sixth annual Helen Pond McIntyre '48 Lecture.

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