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Aboriginal Education Resource Centre
5 Harewood Avenue Enfield South Australia
Reference Desk: 8343 6538 Fax: 8343 6541
Bookings: Workshops -...
How to be an activist
[http://www.msmagazine.com/aug00/shakeupthesystem.html]
WSRC Resources Include
McConnell, C. 2001 Change Activist: make big things happen fast
Willis, E 1992 No more nice...
Australian Association of Gerontology
[http://www.cas.flinders.edu.au/aag]
Services:
National Aged Care Advocacy Line (1800 700 600)
Aged Care Complaints Investigation Scheme...
WSRC Resources Include:
AS IF","Anarcho, surrealist, insurrectionary, feminists","AS IF Collective ; Melbourne"
"Dark Star","Quiet rumours: an anarcha-feminist anthology","London: Dark Star,...
Contemporary Women Artists
General
The National Foundation of Australian Women (NFAW)
[http://www.nfaw.org]
- feminist organisation 'dedicated to promoting and protecting the interests of Australian women and ensuring that...
WSRC resources include:
Lord, M. 1995 Forever Barbie: the unauthorized biography of a real doll
This resource has an interview with the author...
‘I just want to be me again!’ Beauty pageants, reality television and post-feminism
Sarah Banet-Weiser and Laura Portwood-Stacer
University of Southern California in Feminist Theory 2006 vol....
Gender Impact Assessment: Body Image - Women's Health Victoria
[http://www.whv.org.au/static/files/assets/3aabe075/bodyimage-gia.pdf]
WSRC Journal Resources include:
Blackman, I. and Perry, K 1990,...
National Breast Cancer Centre
[http://www.nbcc.org.au]
[http://www.breasthealth.com.au]
Anti-Cancer Foundation of South Australia
[http://www.cancersa.org.au]
202 Greenhill Road
Eastwood SA...
8 March - International Women's Day
October - Reclaim the Night
(Last Friday in October)
25 November - White Ribbon Day
[http://www.whiteribbonday.org.au]
- UN International Day for the elimination...
UNICEF - Child Marriage
[http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_earlymarriage.html]
BBC Child Brides
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1206979.stm]
BBC News articles:
Child Brides in...
Judy Horacek - Australian cartoonist
[http://www.horacek.com.au/]
Alison Bechdel
Creator of the cartoon 'Dykes to Watch Out'
[http://www.dykestowatchoutfor.com/index.php]
Comic Strip:...
Women's Studies Resource Centre
64 Pennington Terrace
NORTH ADELAIDE 5006
Phone: 8267 3633
Fax:8267 2997
Email:ua.gro.crsw|crsw#ua.gro.crsw|crsw
Website: [http://www.wsrc.org.au]
Virtual Violence - Cameron Boyd
[http://www.aifs.gov.au/acssa/pubs/newsletter/n21.html#feature]
[http://www.aifs.gov.au/acssa/pubs/newsletter/n21pdf/n21c.pdf]
- Discusses video game violence,...
Women's Studies Resource Centre
Website: [http://www.wsrc.org.au]
64 Pennington Terrace NORTH ADELAIDE 5006 South Australia
Phone: 8267 3633 Fax:8267 2997...
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Group - Women in the armed forces: the role of women in the Australian Defence Force Parliament of Australia – Parliamentary...
Disability rights home page Australian Human rights commission
[http://www.humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/index.html]
Disability Information and Resource Centre
[http://www.dircsa.org.au]
195...
Academic Information on Issues
Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse
[http://www.austdvclearinghouse.unsw.edu.au]
Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault...
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Because we're really good librarians….
Donations we would love to have include:
The Story of V: Opening Pandora's Box (Paperback) by...
Sisters on the planet
[http://www.oxfam.org.au/sisters]
WSRC Resources Include:
DIAMOND, Irene; ORENSTEIN, Gloria Feman Reweaving the world: the emergence of ecofeminism
Oxfam, 2009, Sisters on the...
Women and Economics
Women’s pay and conditions in an era of changing workplace regulations:
Towards a “Women’s Employment Status Key Indicators” (WESKI) database
Prepared by Alison Preston,...
Women and Enterprise Bargaining
Women’s pay and conditions in an era of changing workplace regulations:
Towards a “Women’s Employment Status Key Indicators” (WESKI) database
Prepared by...
The Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency
[http://www.eowa.gov.au/]
looks at women in Australian workplaces.
covers: maternity leave, working part time and professional development...
WSRC Journal Articles Include:
Budgeon, S Currie, DH 'From feminism to postfeminism Women's liberation in fashion magazines' Women's Studies International Forum, 1995
Evans, C Thornton, M 'Fashion,...
BBC - Religion and Ethics - Female Circumcision
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/femalecircumcision/]
This site provides definitions, descriptions of the procedure and world views on FGM.
UNICEF...
Feminist sites/blogs online:
(Please note the WSRC takes no responsibility for the content on these sites, which are provided as a guide only to current feminist blogs)
The Dawn Chorus - for...
Beauty and the Belles: Discourses of Feminism and Femininity in Disneyland
Allison Craven Monash University Malaysia
European Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, 123-142...
Third Wave Feminism
Reading list from the article: ‘Writings of the Third Wave: Young Feminists in Conversation’, by Jennifer Gilley in Reference and User Services Quarterly, vol 44. No 3,...
Guerilla Girls
[http://www.guerrillagirls.com/]
Radical feminist artists established in 1985, actively promote women in the arts and examine gender stereotyping in popular culture.
In 2001 two...
South Australian Feminists
Margaret Allen [http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/margaret.allen]
(Professor Margaret Allen - Gender work and social inquiry at the University of Adelaide)
Expertise...
Science Fiction Feminists wiki
http://wiki.feministsf.net/index.php?title=Main_Page
(please note wiki's can be edited by anyone and therefore are not necessarily authoritative pages!)
Community centres support film makers
Media Resource Centre
[http://www.mrc.org.au]
The exclusion of women from financial services and the prospects of a human rights solution under Australian law Dr Stephen Tully
[http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AJHR/2006/4.pdf]
Violence against women and sport's culture of women as accessories
By Debbie Hindley and Tara Brabazon –
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=2181
Being a sporting champion means you...
WSRC Journals Include:
Blake, Fred 'Foot-binding in Neo-Confucian China and the appropriation of female labor' in Signs Spring 1994, volume 19, no. 3.
The BBC Religion and Ethics - Forced Marriage
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/forcedmarriage/]
This site includes definitions, motives and human rights issues relating to forced marriage.
Feed the Model - part of the Adios Barbie project, promoting healthy body image for women of all sizes.
Become a Certified Cyber Feminist - produced by the University of Utrecht's Department of...
Discrimination as a human rights issue
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Equality
[http://www.hreoc.gov.au/HUMAN_RIGHTS/gay_lesbian/]
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity...
Please refer to our page on LGBTI or questioning? for other services and information
WSRC Resources Include:
BARBER, Karen; HOLMES, Sarah eds. Testimonies: lesbian coming-out stories Boston: Alyson...
Central Intelligence Agency - The world factbook
[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/]
General authoritative information about any country from the CIA
Human rights watch:...
Ruth Gibson Memorial Award
This award perpetuates the memory of Gladys Ruth Gibson CBE (1901-1972), an outstanding educator and community worker, whose vigour and vision promoted the interest of...
Women's Community Health Centres in South Australia
Women's Health Statewide
[http://www.whs.sa.gov.au]
64 Pennington Terrace North Adelaide 5006
Ph/TTY: 8239 9600 Fax: 8239 9696
Toll...
BBC - Religion and Ethics - Honour Crimes
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/honourcrimes/]
This authoritative United Kingdoms news site provides definitions, explanations and news articles regarding...
Target Women
[http://current.com/items/89317322_target_women_cleaning]
Sarah Haskin looks at the way the media reaches out to women
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The WSRC at one time subscribed to all of these journals *, however due to funding restraints was...
Support
Evolve
Supporting young women 16-26 who identify as same sex attracted or transgendered, or who might be wondering about their sexuality
Counselling, Grrrl's lounge - once a month meet,...
Australian websites:
Australian Institute of Family Studies
[http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/pubs/fm2002/fm63/rm.pdf]
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Parented Families...
Class Visit Worksheet (TAFE Library Students)- Name of library : WSRC
Questions and Answers:
1. Who are the major clients of this library / information service?
The majority of our clients are from...
Organisations of Interest to Librarians
ALIA – Australia Library and Information Association
‘ALIA is the professional organisation for the Australian library and information services...
WSRC Resources Include:
Kathryn Robinson, "Of Mail Order Brides and 'Boys' Own' Tales: Representations of Asian-Australian Marriages," Feminist Review 52 (1996)
Kojima, Yu 'In the business of...
WSRC Resources Include:
Same-sex marriage : the moral and legal debate","Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus, 1997"
Adams, Carol","The gender trap: a closer look at sex roles: 2 sex and marriage","London:...
XY online
[http://www.xyonline.net/index.shtml]
Authors include profeminist Michael Flood
This site examines how men can be allies to feminism, looks at involving men to end violence against women,...
Health Service Information:
Child and Youth Health - Children, Youth and Women's Health Service
Kid's Health - Menstruation - facts and...
SBS Radio News Features: Migrant women "trailblazers" Fri, Mar 07 2008
[http://www20.sbs.com.au/podcasting/index.php?action=feeddetails&feedid=83&id=11186]
Women in Music:
WSRC Resources Include:
Gaar, Gillian 1992, She's a rebel: the history of women in rock and roll expanded second edition Includes: Missy Elliott, Ladyfest, The Donnas, Ani DiFranco,...
Information support and structure for not-for-profits
Our Community provides information and instructions and policies
for not-for-profit boards and...
Open Access Journals are free, full-text, scholarly journals that are available 'free' to anyone with access to the internet.
Directory of Open Access Journals
[http://www.doaj.org/]
Include links...
Library 2.0 - Library Open Source and Social Software Tools
Overview
Overview: Blogs and wikis
ALIA - Australian Library Information Association - Incite
'Using wikis and blogs to communicate with...
+Kayan (Myanmar) Padaung women who wear neck rings
Padaung /Karen Women
Gray, D 1998 Padaung ‘giraffe women’ Seattle...
Polygamy in Australia
The Contribution of Polygamy to Women's Oppression and Impoverishment: An Argument for its Prohibition. Author: Vanessa von Struensee Murdoch University Electronic Journal of...
Guerilla Girls
[http://www.guerrillagirls.com/]
Sarah Haskins - Target Women
[http://current.com/topics/88813968/target_women/new/0.htm]
"Target Women is a recurring segment on Current TV's weekly...
WSRC Resources Include:
Open Access Journals:
Feminism and Pornography: Building Sensitive Research and Analytic Approaches
Natalie Purcell
Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality, Volume 12, May 11,...
UN Resources on Women and Poverty
[http://www.un.org/womenwatch/directory/women_and_poverty_3001.htm]
Services for Sex Industry Workers in South Australia
SIN - South Australian Sex Industry Network
[http://www.sin.org.au/]
P. O. Box 7072, Hutt Street, Adelaide SA 5000
Email:...
Radical Feminism
BELL, Diane, 1943-; KLEIN, Renata, 1945- eds.","Radically speaking: feminism reclaimed","Melbourne: Spinifex Press, 1996"
"EISENSTEIN, Zillah R.","The radical future of liberal...
Relationships
Relationships Australia
provides relationship support and advice on building better...
Sophia
- an ecumenical feminist spirituality centre
[http://www.sophia.org.au]
225 Cross Road
Cumberland Park SA 5041
Phone: (08) 8373 3781
Email: ua.gro.aihpos|ofni#ua.gro.aihpos|ofni
General...
Pregnancy Advisory Centre
[http://www.pregnancyadvisorycentre.com.au/]
- provides information, counselling, abortion and contraception services for women with unplanned pregnancy in South...
Picturesque Falsehoods: An examination of Romantic Love, the Press and Domestic Violence by Ilsa Evans
[http://www.chloe.uwa.edu.au/outskirts/archive/volume9/evans]
WSRC Resources...
The Politics of Signs: Gay and Lesbian issues in Comparative Perspective – Carol Johnson 2004
[http://www.adelaide.edu.au/apsa/docs_papers/Others/Johnson.pdf]
'Gay marriage’, Lesbian wedding -...
Target Women - Sarah Haskins [http://current.com/topics/88813968/target_women/new/0.htm]
Featured on Current's [http://current.com/s/about.htm] Infomania a 'community television' style of media...
Women's Information Service
[http://wis.sa.gov.au/]
Ground Floor Chesser House
91-97 Grenfell Street Adelaide SA 5000 Phone: 8303 0590 or Free call: 1800 188 158
Email:...
Sexual Health and Wellbeing
SHine SA
[http://www.shinesa.org.au/]
Sexual health information networking and education in South Australia;
includes a comprehensive database of their online...
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NFAW established The Australian Women's Archives Project [http://www.nfaw.org/women-s-history/] 'a strategy to identify and support preservation of women’s records and make them accessible to...
National Council of Single Mothers and their Children (NCSMC)
[http://www.ncsmc.org.au/main.htm]
Parenting SA
[http://www.parenting.sa.gov.au/]
Single...
ERIC http://eric.ed.gov/ is an education database in America which offers access to (some) free full text articles.
The following are links to full text articles provided through this...
Jenéa Tallentire's page provides several research resources on single women [http://www.medusanet.ca/singlewomen/resource.htm]
Members:
Moderators
Admins
WSRC Ready Reference Wiki
Women's Studies Resource Centre [http://www.wsrc.org.au]
The WSRC is a library, information and resource centre specialising in resources about women for the education...
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
[http://www.abs.gov.au/]
"The ABS provides statistics on a wide range of economic and social matters, serving government, business and the general...
Writing essays and reports for TAFE, school and university requires you to write in a particular way. We are often asked the following three questions by students:
How do I write an essay?
How do I...
Australia
Australian suffragettes
(Government Culture and Recreation portal)
[http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/politics/suffragettes/]
Search for Specific Australian Women,...
The surrendered wives movement, based on a book "the surrendered wife" by Laura Doyle http://www.surrenderedwife.com/
A sixty minutes program transcript can be found...
Media Awareness
Media Awareness Network [http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm]
‘Resources and support for everyone interested in media and information literacy for young people’ -...
example group
example item 1
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Project Respect
[http://www.projectrespect.org.au/]
click on trafficking on the top menu, it will provide you with further information
If you select resources from that menu you will find an array...
WSRC Resources Include:
South Australia
"Sa unions",""
Australian Trade Union Training Authority","Women in unions 13 - 15 april 1981 (tuta)","[Adelaide: SA Centre, 1981]"
MUIR, Kathy","Strength in...
Welcome to your new site! Please read this first!
This page is just a welcome-page and you really might want to change it using the "edit" button at the bottom of this page and delete this...
According to Wikipedia, the world largest wiki site:
A Wiki ([ˈwiː.kiː] <wee-kee> or [ˈwɪ.kiː] <wick-ey>) is a type of website that allows users to add, remove, or otherwise edit...
WSRC Resources Include:
Chessner, P 2005 Women and Madness, New York
Geyer M 1994 Behind the wall : the women of the destitute asylum Adelaide, 1852-1918, Adelaide, South...
Women and War - Current Issues
UniFem – Women war and peace
[http://www.womenwarpeace.org/]
Provides information and resources on issues that affect women during times of conflict including:...
Services related to Housing or Homelessness
Catherine House Inc.
[http://www.catherinehouse.org.au]
PO Box 6031 Halifax Street Adelaide SA 5000
Ph: 08 8232 2282 Fax:...
Australian Parliamentary Library's Women in Politics - includes current statistics for women in federal, state and overseas parliaments.
Women's Electoral Lobby - a non-party political lobby group...
Women & Sport
The Australian Sports Commission [http://www.ausport.gov.au/]
Looks at the area of 'women and sport' [http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/all/women/about] to address gender...
Women's Libraries in Australia:
Jesse Street National Women's Library
[http://203.147.135.214/index.html]
Ultimo Community Centre 523-525 Harris St Ultimo 2007
GPO Box 2656, Sydney NSW 2001
Tel:...
South Australian Women's Organisations
Liberation - the Adelaide Women's Liberation Newsletter
Advertising
Advertising in Liberation costs only $5 for a piece the size of a business card. Not for...
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
[http://www.rawa.org/index.php]
"the oldest political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and...
Women's Studies Resource Centre - Homepage
[http://www.wsrc.org.au]
Women's Studies Resource Centre (1975 - )
(National Foundation for Australian...
Women's Studies Section : Association of College and Research Libraries
- American Library Association
[http://libr.org/wss/]
SACE Board of South Australia
Women's Studies Stage 1 and Stage 2 Support Materials
[http://www.saceboard.sa.edu.au/support/society/wost/wost-menu.htm]
Resource...
Vitalstatistix
http://www.vitalstatistix.com.au/
- Women's Theatre Group, that produces new and original works created by women.
Purr Productions
http://purrproductions.blogspot.com/
- comedy that...
Australian Human Rights Commission [http://www.humanrights.gov.au/] are a 'Government body overseeing the application of federal legislation in the area of human rights, anti-discrimination, social...
Women's Skills - an online resource to recognise women's skills
[http://www.womenskills.nsw.edu.au/]
NSW Dept of Education & Training: Skills recognition - valuing prior learning.
Sections...
Support in South Australia for Women Writers:
SA Writers' Centre Inc.
[http://www.sawc.org.au/index.html]
2nd Floor, 187 Rundle Street, Adelaide
- The centre supports writers in every aspect of...
HEALTH AND WELLBEING SITES
The following sites are produced by Child and Youth Health[http://www.cyh.com/]
A division of the Children, Youth and Women's Health Service (CYWHS) which promotes the...
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