Gender Equality
Explore these resources that work for equality for women by supporting traditional women's roles such as childcare, healthcare,
- In his article Women, Peace and Health Care, John Perkins discusses how the role of women needs to be recognized and valued more within our male dominated society. In his discussion, hes uses Eisler's work to help drive his point home.
- Paul Kivel is an educator and activist who actively advocates for social justice. Read over the articles and look over the multiple resources he has available on gender equality.
- Jackson Katz "is one of America's leading anti-sexist male activists. An educator, author and filmmaker, he is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work in the field of gender violence prevention education with men and boys, particularly in the sports culture and the military. " Read more about Jackson and his work on his website.
- The International Museum of Womein (IMOW) "is a groundbreaking social change museum that inspires global action, connects people across borders and transforms hearts and minds by amplifying the voices of women worldwide through global online exhibitions, history, the arts and cultural programs that educate, create dialogue and build community. With its unique focus on cultural change, I.M.O.W. advances the human right to gender equity worldwide."
- The Girl Effect is an organization aimed at providing equal opportunities and support for girls across the globe, as well as theif families and communities. For some startling statistics, check out the The Girl Effect Fact Sheet. Read more about this organization in this CBSNews article.
- Measuring the Economic Gain of Investing in Girls is a paper that quantifies "the opportunity cost of girls' exclusion from productive employment with the hope that stark figures will lead policymakers to reconsider the current underinvestment in girls". It explores three specific aspects of girls: early school dropout, teenage pregnancy, and joblessness.
- The mission of Gender Action is to ensure that both women and men "equally participate in and benefit from all IFI [International Financial Institution] investments." Read more about this organization and its global goals to create gender equality.
- The National Organzation of Women's (NOW) goal is "to take action to bring about equality for all women. NOW works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society."
- The Wider Opportunities for Women organization (WOW) works to create paths to economic independence for American families, specifically women and children. The organization has a history of morphing the working environment to be more hospitable to women.
- Mary Kirk, a CPS consultant, has a book out that discusses promoting partnership within the information technology environment to "co-create a real digital revolution worldwide". Her book is entitled Gender and Information Technology: Moving Beyond Access to Co-Create Global Partnership.
