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Women's issues
- For access to the ephemeral literature on African (and other) women (such as pamphlets,
newsletter articles, government office or foundation reports, small circulation or special
interest journals, etc.), try Contemporary Women's Issues® (via FirstSearch--see
the UF library's web page). Provides
full text access to global information on women. Journals, newsletters, research reports
from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, along with fact sheets are
easily accessed through CWI. Information on women in over 150 countries is compiled in a
single collection bringing together such disciplines as sociology, psychology, health,
education and human rights.
- GenderWatch is also
available through the library's web site via ProQuest. A full-text collection of international
journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports and conference
proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues. The database provides in-depth coverage
of the subjects that are uniquely central to women's daily lives, including family,
childbirth, birth control, day care, domestic abuse, work and the workplace, sexual
harassment, aging, aging parents, body image, eating disorders and social and societal
roles. It also includes content on the impact of gender and gender roles on areas such as:
the arts, popular culture and media, business and work, crime and criminology, education,
research and scholarship, family, health care and medicine, politics, policy and
legislation, pornography, religion, sexuality and sexology, sports and leisure.
- See also the education,
international development
and human rights sections or
separate pages for related information on women.
- "The African Gender Institute (AGI) was
established in 1996 at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, following a consultative
process involving stakeholders in many parts of Africa. The AGI's Mission is to further
gender equity in Africa by contributing towards transformation of inequitable institutions
and social practices which constrain women's leadership potential and the furtherance of
gender equity goals in Africa.
- Africa bibliography contains a specialized index
to over 20,000 articles on African women, the African Women's Bibliographic Database.
- "African Women Global Network (AWOGNet) is a global organization that networks all men and women, organizations, institutions and indigenous
national organizations within Africa, whose activities are targeted towards
the improvement of the living conditions of women and children in Africa."
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