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Issues - Gender-related

*Agencia Latinoamericana de Información: Gender and Communication
"ALAI's Women's Program actively promotes the right to communicate, and a gender focus in communication."

*Development Forum
"This page includes current and upcoming online resources related to gender issues. It is sponsored by the the World Bank Institute and the Bank's Gender unit."

*Education and Gender
Information on topics including single sex schooling, gender equity in the classroom, and female student retention.

* The Fruits of Girls' Education
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)article on the benefits of educating girls in developing countries.

* Gender and Intrahousehold Aspects of Food Policy
Information obtained by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

*Gender and Language
A site about the use of gender in language.

*Gender and Technology
"The Gender & Technology Study Group aims to provide a focus and a forum for research into all aspects of gender in respect of technology."

*The Gender Approach
Information on the relation between gender and community water and sanitation.

*Gender Issues in Distance Education
A discussion forum on gender issues in education.

* Gender & Media links
Links from the University of Iowa Department of Communication Studies.

* Gender, Science and Technology: International Policy Issues
Gender, Science and Development Programme's home page (Canada).

*Gender, Sex, and the Web
Links to texts addressing the impact of the internet on gender issues.

* Sexual Harassment Regulations from the U.S. Dept. of Education
Office of Civil Rights; Sexual Harassment Guidance: Harassment of Students by School Employees, Other Students, or Third Parties; Notice

* Software for girls
A list of software for girls.

* Ending Violence Against Women
A John's Hopkins School of Public Health Population Report.

* Theory.org.uk
Website about the relationship between the mass media and people's identities, gender and everyday lives, but with a particular emphasis on queer theory and related resources (material on Judith Butler, Foucault, etc).

*Women of Color Web
Information on feminism, sexuality, teaching tools, reproductive rights, organizations and discussions.

* Women's Health and Gender Differences
The National Institute on Drug Abuse Research group "to promote the conduct and dissemination of research on women's health and gender differences."

* Women's Human Rights Net
Sponsored by a collaboration of women's human rights group this web site hopes to expand advocacy through information and communications technology.

* PETA and pornographic culture articles
"PETA and a Pornographic Culture, I A Feminist Analysis of 'I'd rather go naked than wear fur'"

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