Research & Data

General Policy Research

• Center for Advancement of Public Policy
• Center for Law and Social Policy
• Center for Research on Women
• Center for Women Policy Studies
• Equal Rights Advocates
• Equality Now
• FedStats, official statistical information from over 100 federal agencies.
• The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)
• International Center for Research on Women
• MapStats, general statistical information on the State of Tennessee
• National Atlas of the U.S., printable and interactive maps of the U.S.
• National Council for Research on Women
• Tennessee Economic Council on Women
• United States Census Bureau
• United States Congress
• United States House of Representatives
• United States Senate
• The Urban Institute
• Wellesley Centers for Women
• Women's Research & Education Institute

Women's Health & Health Care

• Bureau of Justice Statistics About Crime and Victims
• Center for Women's Health Research
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• CDC WONDER : integrated information and communication system for public health.
• Communities Against Violence Network (CAVNET)
• Disabilities and Violence
• Elder Abuse
• Family Violence Prevention Fund: Links and resources
• Feminist Majority Foundation Domestic Violence Information Center
• Health Information Tennessee
• Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
• Melpomene Institute
• Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse Electronic Clearinghouse at University of Minnesota
• National Association of State Boards of Education , State Level School Health Policies
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Fact Sheets
• National Center for Justice Reference Service
• National Institute of Justice Violence Against Women and Family Violence Research and Evaluation Program
• National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence
• National Library of Medicine
• National Sexual Violence Resource Center
• National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center
• Office of Research on Women's Health
• The Rural Womyn Zone: Violence Against Rural Women
• Same-sex domestic violence references
• Shelby County Division of Health Services .
• Society for Women's Health Research
• Survivor Project: Transsexual, Transgender, and Intersex Victims
• U.S. Department of Justice Violence Against Women Office
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Violence Against Women National Electronic Network (VAWnet)
• Violence Against Women Online Resources - University of Minnesota

Women's Health - Papers & Reports

• "Effects of Home Nurse Visits to Women in Memphis"
• "Women's Access to Care: A State-Level Analysis of Key Health Policies," Kaiser Family Foundation
• National NOW Conference Resolutions: Further Clinical Research on Breast Implants with Supporting Legislation in Congress (1999) Breast Implant Research (1997)

Educational Equity and Reform

• Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education
• Memphis City Schools
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Shelby County Schools
• State of Tennessee, Education website
• State of Tennessee, Department of Education
• United States Department of Education
• Women's Educational Equity Act Equity Resource Center is a national project that promotes bias-free education. The site includes an impressive list of links to information on women/girls and science, math, engineering & technology, Title IX legislation and programs, and much more

Economic Self Sufficiency

• "101 Facts on the Status of Working Women," Business and Professional Women's Association USA
• American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
• Center for Women's Business Research
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Center for Policy Alternatives
• Economic Opportunity Institute: Family Leave Insurance Activity Across the Country
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: 2001 Aggregate Report for Memphis
• Families and Work Institute
• Family and Medical Leave Act regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor
• Family Economic Self Sufficiency State Organizing Project
• Human Rights Campaign Family & Medical Leave Inclusion Act: H.R. 1430, a bill that would extend the Family Medical Leave Act to include domestic partners as well as a few other extended relations.
• The Promising Practices Network on Children, Families, and Communities
• University of California at Berkeley Labor Project for Working Families
• Women Employed's "WE-WIN Briefing": Expanding the FMLA
• U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor and Statistics
• Study of 353 Fortune 500 Companies Connects Corporate Performance and Gender Diversity - Reveals Financial Performance is Higher For Companies with More Women at the Top