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Women's Studies; Gender and Cultural Studies

Job Banks and Searching Advice | Associations | Graduate School Information

 

Descriptive Career Information

Career Opportunities for Women’s Studies Majors: An Annotated Bibliography.
Created by the University of Michigan.
http://www.msu.edu/~wmstdy/wsmjr1.htm

 

Job Banks and Searching Advice

Feminist Majority Foundation: Feminist Career Center
A regularly-updated job bank listing available positions with feminist and progressive organizations nationwide.
http://www.feminist.org/911/jobs/911jobs.asp

National Women's Studies Association
The NWSA job bank features openings in Women's Studies programs, departments, and women's centers around the country. The web site also has a students' area, CFP's (call for papers), discussion lists, and scholarship information
http://www.nwsa.org/employ/index.php

NOW - National Organization for Women
Job listings, internships, and volunteer opportunities at the largest feminist activist organization in the United States.
http://www.now.org/organization/work.html#jobs

Planned Parenthood
Employment opportunities at Planned Parenthood Federation and health centers across the country, including administrative and nursing jobs.
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/aboutus/jobopenings/

NARAL Pro-Choice America Job Bank
NARAL Pro-Choice America, a national advoacy organization for women's right to choose, lists job and internship openings in their Washington D.C. offices and nationwide.
http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/about-us/jobs-internships/

See Also: General Job Banks and Searching Advice

Internships

Feminist Majority Foundation, Internship Program
http://www.feminist.org/intern/

NOW - National Organization for Women's Internship Program
http://www.now.org/organization/intern.html

Women's eNews
http://www.womensenews.org/intern.cfm

Associations

Ms. Foundation for Women
A multi-issue women’s fund which helps direct resources in order to create opportunities for women and girls.
http://www.ms.foundation.org/

National Women's Studies Association
Association committed to supporting and promoting feminist education and research, and working to end racism and all forms of oppression.
http://www.nwsa.org/

Women's Career Networking and Professional Associations
A long list of networking and professional organizations for women, with links to their web sites.
http://www.quintcareers.com
/womens_networking_organizations.html

Graduate School Resources

Graduate Programs in Women's Studies
This list of certificate, masters, and Ph.D. programs is updated several times a year and maintained by Smith College.
http://www.smith.edu/wst/gradlinks.html

Women’s Studied Programs, Department, & Research Centers
Links to over 700 Women’s Studies programs (including “gender studies”) in the U.S.A and around the world. This resource was put together by Joan Korenman from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/programs.html

Artemis Guide to Women’s Studies in the U.S.
This guide includes close to 400 Women’s Studies programs in the U.S.
http://www.artemisguide.com/

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