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Participants in the Program in Gender and Sexuality see an urgent need both for feminist theoretical work and for an active politics of feminism. Like most Women's Studies Programs around the country, Feminist and Gender and Sexuality is both interdisciplinary and politically relevant; instructors and students in the program work continually to forge relations between analysis and the political aspects of feminism which are also of central concern to them. The Gender and Sexuality Program has, for instance, been a leader in the Praxis initiative at Bryn Mawr College.

Student Run Organizations at Bryn Mawr

Rape Awareness Project

Women's Center
The Bryn Mawr College Women's Center, which is located in the Pagoda
building, is an open resource center that serves the greater BMC campus.  We work to address women's, gender/transgender, and sexualityissues (political and personal) through yearly programming and community education. Additionally, we support and maintain a student-operated sexual abuse support group in coordination with the BMC Health Center.

Rainbow Alliance

Activism at Haverford

Acquaintance Rape Awareness

Colors: a Tri-Co organization for GLBT students.

Coming Out Support Group
A support group designed to provide a safe, comfortable space for closeted and questioning students.

Feminist Alliance
Feminist Alliance is a student group at Haverford College which focuses on women's issues, both on-campus and outside, with an eye towards education and activism. Topics we have worked on in the past include reproductive rights, sexual assault, "third wave" feminism, body image/eating disorders, and many more. We attend a conference each semester, sponsored by a variety of organizations including NOW, the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program at Hampshire College, Columbia U., and the Feminist Expo. Sundays at 8:00 pm.

Human Sexuality Workshop

InQUEERy
A politically active organization that creates awareness of issues of sexual orientation through campus-wide postings, mailings, meetings, and activism

Lambda Alumni Network, Alumni Office. See also The Campus Closet, six different essays on their years at Haverford by alumni from different classes.

MASAR (Men Against Sexual Assault & Rape)

Men's Discussion Group, Steve Watter, Dean's Office

SAGA: Sexuality and Gender Alliance
Meets on Mondays, 10:00 PM in the Saga Lounge (Jones basement), Lounge hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:00-10:00 PM.

SARSE( Sexual Assault and Rape Survivors) Jen Trowbridge '04

Women's Center
The Women's Center is a nonpolitical space that is meant for the whole community's use. It is staffed by students employed by Marilou Allen, director of the Women's Center. During the hours that the Center is open, everyone is welcome to come hang out and use the Center's facilities. At other times, campus groups use the space for meetings (contact us if you would like to do this!). While many of the groups that meet in the center and many of the events the Center sponsors focus on "women's issues," the center hopes that all
members of the community can be comfortable using the center.

Women's Discussion Group: Marilou Allen, Dean's Office

Women in Math & Science

Women of Color: Adaobi Nwaneshiuda '03

Womentoring: Carrie Boyd '03 and Elizabeth Hansen '03

See also:

Community Resource Guide
Lesbian Bisexual Gay Transgender Center, University of Pennsylvania Comprehensive listing of organizations, hotlines, services,civil rights and politics,recreation, cultural life, opportunities, and events at Penn and in the Philadelphia area.

Activism at Swarthmore

Feminist Activist Sites on the Web

The Ultimate Guide to Activist Resources on the Internet
Feminist Majority

National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League

National Organization of Women

American Civil Liberties Union

Feminism and Activism  

Health

Critical Path AIDS Project
Women and HIV/AIDS

Information on Safer Sex

Worldwide Feminism Resources

Library of Congress

Gender Watch

Gender Related Electronic Forums

Feminism and Women's Studies
Go Ask Alice (Columbia University)
Feminist Women's Health Center
John Hopkins Medicine: Women's Health
Medline Plus: Index to Women's Health
National Women's Health Information Center

OBGYN.net
Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania
Susan Love MD Breast Cancer Foundation

Breast Cancer Network

Breast Cancer Info Center

Center for Disease Control (CDC)l: Breast and Cervical Cancer

John Hopkins Breast Center
Medline Plus: Breast Cancer
Medline Plus: Mammography
Mautner Project For Lesbians With Cancer
Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association (DRADA)
National Alliance on Mental Illness
CDC: Rape Fact Sheet
Domestic Violence Resources @ Cybergrrl
Ending Violence Against Women, population Reports, Series 1, Number 1
Medline Plus: Domestic Violence
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
Rape Victim Advocacy Program
Violence Against Women Online Resources

Eating Disorders in a Disordered Culture

John Hopkins Eating Disorders
Medline Plus: Eating Disorders
National Eating Disorders Association

The Body: Women and HIV/AIDS
CDC: Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
John Hopkins AIDS Service
CDC: On Hormone Replacement Therapy
Medline Plus: Hormone Replacement Therapy

Am I pregnant?
AmnioNet Fetal development & prenatal diagnosis
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
Birth Control Methods from The National Women's Health Information Center

Medline Plus: Birth Control and Contraception

Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health
Online Birth Center: Midwifery, Pregnancy, Birth and Breastfeeding
Planned Parenthood

Pro-Choice Public Education Project
Ultimate Birth Control Links Page
The Ultimate Pro-Life Resources List

Women & Disability

Women and Disability Resources 

Legal Issues

Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Abortion Law Homepage
Abortion Rights Resources
NARAL Abortion and Reproductive Rights: Choices for Women's Reproductive Rights Center

 

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