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  • off our backs is a newsjournal by, for, and about women. It has been published continuously since 1970, making it is the longest surviving feminist newspaper in the United States. It is run by a collective where all decisions are made by consensus.
  • Feisty Aphrodite was conceived of by two frustrated women fed-up with the corporate media’s lack of responsibility to educate its people. "We are now a resource focused on bringing the many feminine perspectives to the world through information, activism and independent media. Please peruse our site, where we offer our guests the opportunity to voice their perspectives via blogging, podcasts and the gallery."
  • Virtual Alternative Media Project
  • Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) is an informal, non-hierarchical organisation comprising women journalists and others working in or on the media. It is currently linked to autonomous local collectives of mediawomen in about a dozen places across the country.
  • Media Report to Women  Founded and edited by Dr. Donna Allen (1972-1987). Now published by Communication Research Associates, 38091 Beach Road, Post Office Box 180, Colton's Point, MD 20626-0180 and edited by Sheila Gibbons.
  • Women's eNews A nonprofit independent news service covering the issues that are of particular concern to women.
  • Women's Radio Fund   "Our mission is to build a support network for women radio producers and broadcasters worldwide."
  • Global Media Monitor The Global Media Monitor is an electronic resource in global communication. This comprehensive web site has been specifically designed to keep students, instructors, researchers, and interested individuals abreast of the ever-changing developments in the field of global communication and mass media.
  • Andrea Dworkin Website
  • WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service
  • Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)
  • Citizens for Independent Public Broadcasting
  • Feminist.com -- media links
  • Jean Kilbourne
  • Washington Peace Center
  • DC Pages: Media Organizations - Washington, DC Media Organizations
  • Media Tank  Media Tank, a non-profit community media resource center working to broaden the debate on important issues of media democracy.
  • American Review   A double-take on media & democracy
  • Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
  • Women's Research & Education Institute (WREI)
  • Lola Press   international feminist magazine
  • Research Resources for the Social Sciences includes women's studies and media
  • Media Access Project non-profit, public interest telecommunications law firm
  • Women's Media Center Women's Media Center: News/Networking/Training/Research
  • Jo Freeman website   Jo Freeman's web site includes historical photos, buttons, articles, and more.
  • International Association of Women in Radio and Television  The International Association of Women in Radio and Television is a forum for personal contact and professional development among women broadcasters worldwide.
  • Reclaim the Media is a coalition of independent journalists, media activists and community organizers in the Pacific Northwest, promoting press freedom and community media access as prerequisites for a functioning democracy.
  • The Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom represents a common front of readers and viewers, those working in the media industries, and labour and community groups concerned about the increasing concentration of media ownership in Canada. Active in promoting greater diversity of media ownership, enhancing the rights of media workers to report freely, and monitoring key developments in the news and information industries.
  • Women's Feature Service   NEWS, FEATURES and OPINIONS from a gender perspective. Fresh updates from around the world every week. Women's Feature Service markets articles to print publications and websites.
  • Equal Rights Amendment  "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."
  • Women & Media Resources   This bibliography includes English-language resources on the role of women in mass communications, particularly women's participation in television and radio broadcasting, as well as print journalism. Selected organizations and publications specific to theoretical and empirical research on gender and communication are also included. Some sources listed provide a historical perspective on the role of women in mass communications, while others focus on more current developments.
  • http://www.womensbookstore.com/about.html  We are a non-profit bookstore dedicated to promoting anti-oppression politics and feminist politics. Our mission: To provide books by women writers, especially marginalized women, including women of colour, First Nations women, lesbians, other queer women, working class women, disabled women, Jewish women, and other groups of women.
  • National Council of Women's Organizations   NCWO is a nonpartisan, nonprofit umbrella organization of groups that collectively represent over ten million women across the United States. The only national coalition of its kind, NCWO is a tax-exempt organization with twenty years' experience uniting American women's groups.  
  • Africa ICT Policy Monitor  Mobilising African Civil Society around the importance of ICT policy for the development of the continent. Gender organizations.
  • Online Women in Politics   Women and Media
  • Save the Internet: http://www.savetheinternet.com/
  • Bamboogirl.com    Links   
  • National Women and Media Collection and Donna Allen Papers / WIFP 
  • Media and Democracy Coalition The Media and Democracy Coalition is an unincorporated affiliation of national, state and local consumer, public interest, organized labor and media reform organizations representing tens of millions of Americans. The coalition is governed by a steering committee and an executive committee of coalition members.   

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Feminist Activism and Women's Rights

Women's Media

Women of Color Media

Associates Online News

Labor Media

Directory of Women's Media (contents page)

Voices of Women Living Under Fundamentalism


 

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