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Links and Directories
Women & Literacy :
http://www.brown.edu/lrri/women.html
This resource prepared by Literacy Recources/Rhode Island contains links to sites relevant to women's issues, particularly in relation to women's roles as learners and literacy practitioners.
Women in Literacy / Women in Action (ProLiteracy Worldwide):
http://www.womeninliteracy.org/index2.html
This homepage for Women in Literacy/Women in Action provides links to both Women in Literacy/USA as well as Women in Action, the continuation of ProLiteracy Worldwide's successful 10-year global initiative - Women in Literacy. (ProLiteracy Worldwide is the organization formed by the merger of Laubach Literacy International and Literacy Volunteers of America.)
SCALE / Women’s Literacy Resources:
http://www.readwriteact.org/womenlit.html
A list of women's literacy resources can be found here.
WE LEARN (Women Expanding - Literacy Education Action Resource Network):
http://www.litwomen.org/welearn.html
WE LEARN is a resource center and clearinghouse dedicated to the publishing, review, networking, and distribution of women-centered literacy resources and materials. It includes a comprehensive and detailed resource list of women-centered literacy materials and curriculum.
http://www.litwomen.org/Resources.html
There is a section specifically for learners reporting what learners have to say about reading materials. It includes links to student writings.
http://www.litwomen.org/learn.html
There is a section for educators and librarians http://www.litwomen.org/learn.html pointing to a variety of resources.
The research section includes a dissertation and the background research from which the site was created.
http://www.litwomen.org/research.html
American Association of University Women (AAUW):
http://www.aauw.org/
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is a national organization that promotes education and equity for all women and girls.
Gender Issues in education:
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/womened.htm#Issues
Women, Girls, and Education is developed and maintained by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. This is an index of a variety of sites pertaining to gender and education. Though the whole index may be of interest, the section on issues may be especially relevant. (http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/womened.htm#Issues). It is in this section where there is a link to women and literacy (http://askeric.org/Old_Askeric/InfoGuides/alpha_list/women&lit12_96.html), though it has not been updated since 1996.
International Literacy Explorer :
http://www.literacyonline.org/explorer/index.html
From their homepage: “This web site is designed to give you an overview of literacy and basic education issues and practices in an international context. The information found here can be used in a teacher training program. However, whether you are a teacher/practitioner, policymaker, or researcher, this web site offers ideas, discussions, and activities to enrich your thinking.”
off our backs: a women's newsjournal:
http://www.offourbacks.org/
off our backs is a newsjournal by, for, and about women. It has been published continuously since 1970, making it is the longest surviving feminist newspaper in the United States.
The mission of the paper is to provide news and information about women's lives and feminist activism; to educate the public about the status of women around the world; to serve as a forum for feminist ideas and theory; to be an information resource on feminist, women's, and lesbian culture; and to seek social justice and equality for women worldwide. The website primarily promotes the newspaper, its products and calls for articles in future issues. However, they have reprinted some articles from past issues on the website (http://www.offourbacks.org/Feature.htm). These may be challenging for basic literacy students but teachers may find them useful for stimulating classroom discussions or providing information on a few topics. They also have some interesting links to other women’s organizations.
WENews:
http://www.womensenews.org
“Women's Enews is a nonprofit independent news service covering the issues that are of particular concern to women.” This is a general news service with articles at a variety of reading levels, though may be too advanced for basic readers. The headlines change daily. A search on education and literacy yielded only 3 articles, but there is a wealth of other general news about women and women’s issues on this site. It also has some cartoons (Sylvia) and a good directory of links to other women’s interest sites.
WAVE (Women's Audiovisuals in English):
http://webcat.library.wisc.edu:3200/WAVE/
“WAVE: Women's AudioVisuals in English is a database maintained by the University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian's Office that lists documentary, experimental, and feature film and video productions by and about women. The information has been drawn entirely from distributors' and producers' catalogs and websites, reviews in periodicals, filmographies, reference works, and library catalogs; in most cases we have not examined the materials themselves.”
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