The NIFL-WOMENLIT list is designed for providers, advocates, researchers, learners, policy makers, and all other persons who are interested in exploring the linkages between women's lives and their literacies.
The NIFL-WOMENLIT online discussion list has three primary goals:

The first goal is to foster discussion and information exchanges on women and literacy among people who are separated by distance and therefore not typically able to interact. Possible topics include: women and literacy in countries outside the United States, health literacy as it pertains to women's issues, the role of women's literacy in family literacy programs, domestic violence and its intersection with literacy, women's literacy levels and its ties to economics and welfare of families, women's access to literacy in different cultures, connection between women's literacy and public policy, identification of low literate women's communication networks, and discussion of action steps addressing women and literacy.

The second goal is to share resources on issues related to women and literacy. The list should be the first place that people in the field turn to when they have a question or need a solution in the area of women and literacy.

The third goal is to encourage an exploration of potential research projects in the area of women and literacy, by providing an open forum for the exchange of relevant ideas.

Recent topics have included writing and women learners, domestic violence and its intersection with literacy, women's literacy levels and its ties to economics and welfare of families, and connections between women's literacy and public policy.

The list moderator is Daphne Greenberg, Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Adult Literacy (CSAL) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.

The mission of CSAL is to explore adult literacy by conducting basic and applied research in a wide range of settings, disseminating information, and providing technical support to all those interested in or involved with literacy. CSAL has examined literacy in a variety of contexts: the workplace, the health arena, the family, the home, the community, and school. CSAL publishes a newsletter and supports the development of journal articles, books and book chapters, monographs, reports, manuals, workshops and speeches at professional conferences. CSAL's Resource Center is open to the public by appointment and includes resources such as videotapes, audio tapes, software programs, assessment tools, and books that focus on English as a second language, family literacy, workplace literacy, general adult and children's literacy. It sponsors a conference on Women and Literacy where researchers, learners, providers, and policymakers discuss issues involving women's acquisition of literacy skills. Current research projects include increasing mammography utilization of African-American women who have low literacy skills and examining the relationship between the mother's functional literacy level, the Head Start child's preschool learning experience, and child outcomes.

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