Chapter 6: Gender
Destinations
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Link up to the following websites to find more resources on gender and ethics.
Ethics Updates: Gender
Hinman's site contains a nice selection of internet resources related to gender and ethics, including links to court decisions regarding sexual harassment, conference reports (the UN Fourth World Conference on Women, the UN International Conference on Population and Development, etc.), papal documents and "glass ceiling" reports. Also included is a helpful survey of philosophical literature on the topic of gender.
Toward Gender Equality: The Role of Public Policy
This site contains selections from a work published by the World Bank. It includes a discussion of the causes of gender inequalities, the progress that has been made to date and some strategies for more progress in the future.
WomenWatch
This site, sponsored by the United Nations, is an excellent resource for gathering information about the status and struggles of women on a global basis. Included here you will find statistics and indicators relating to women and education, government, poverty, illiteracy, etc. Also included here are links to working groups doing follow-up for the "Beijing +5 Review" of progress made since the UN Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995), to a weekly UN radio broadcast on women's issues and to up-to-date information on upcoming events at the UN and elsewhere.
The Affirmative Action and Diversity Project
The authors of this website intend for it to serve as a resource for research on the topic of affirmative action and therefore present diverse opinions on the topics, rather than taking a singular pro or con position. It contains, among other things, on-site articles, theoretical analyses, policy documents, current legislative updates and an annotated bibliography of research and teaching materials.
Women's Rights
Sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union Freedom Network, this site includes a history of the ACLU Women's Rights Project, a history of ACLU women's rights victories, and an index of women's rights materials. Also included are several links to other women's rights resources.
National Women's History Project
This is an interesting site with an especially helpful set of links to a variety of women's resources. Included in the set you will find links to sites on the women's rights movement, state-specific resources, politics, African-American women, art and music, athletics, aviation, math and science and peace and war.
Refdesk.com
This is a virtual encyclopedia of women's issues on the Internet. The site contains a large set of links, from A-Z, to websites about women.