Resources and Links for Women in Geography

Organizations

• Society of Women Geographers http://www.iswg.org
• GPOW (Geographic Perspectives on Women) - a specialty group of the Association of American Geographers
• Int'l Geographical Union Commission on Gender and Geography:  http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/igugender/
• American Association of University Women
• International Federation of University Women
• Women in Science
• Minority and Women Doctoral Directory
• Global list of women's organizations - a truly incredible listing of women's organizations around the world, put together by Denise Osted in the Netherlands. US listings are sorted by state and zip code.
• The Women and Geography Study Group of the Royal Geographical Society and the Institute of British Geographers

Setting up and running a SWIG group

SWIG members: please send in your ideas and documents for this section.

Overlapping presentations

One thing I have organized at UWEC is a monthly (or more) gathering called "Women On Wednesdays" -- It is NOT just for geographers however -- It began a few years ago when we realized quite a few women's organizations on campus were sponsoring overlapping presentations/topics. We organized as many women's groups as possible and "pooled" our resources, and now jointly sponsor speakers and presentations. We received funding from our Provost to pay for flyers and for Wine and Cheese at evening receptions and for desserts at brown bag presentations. The different women's groups help take turns providing topics and speakers. --from Lisa Theo, Asst Professor and Internship Coord, UW-Eau Claire.

Meeting facilitation and multi-voting

Business meetings for any group can be tiresome and unproductive unless they have some structure--but you also want fair input from everyone, right? This document, "Meetings that Work," is a set of guidelines and voting techniques that I've collected and adapted over the years while running some very tough meetings. Choosing from these can take the pressure off of the meeting leader while allowing satisfying and productive input from everyone. --from Melanie McCalmont, Grad Student, UW-Madison.

Women's history ideas

Ideas from the National Women's History Project (NWHP) on activities for events about women. It's geared to Women's History Month but would be adaptable to celebrating women in geography.

Bibliographies

• Online bibliography of geography and gender
• Feminist Geography bibliography on the Feminist Theory website
• References on Chilly Climate for Women Faculty in Academe
• Women's Travel Writing, 1830-1930 - digitized writings online! See also: Karen M. Morin and Lawrence D. Berg,
• Bibliography of Feminist Historical Geography
• UC Berkeley Geography and Gender Bibliography

Geography Journals

• Gender, Place, and Culture: a journal of feminist geography

Grants and Job Banks

• AAUW grants and fellowships
• CU's Jobs for Geographers

Materials