Links to Sister Organisations
We've put together a list of links to women's organisations other websites of interest to women, including organisations we've collaborated with. If there are any websites you'd like to see on our list, please let us know.
- Women and the Vote
- "2008 marks 90 years since the Representation of the People Act finally gave some women the right to vote. It is also 80 years since women won the right to vote on equal terms with men, and the start of democratic representation as we know it today. ... [A] number of civil society organisations have decided to come together and make the year 2008 the Year of Women & the Vote."
- Fawcett (formerly The Fawcett Society)
- "Fawcett is the UK's leading campaign for equality between women and men. We trace our roots back to 1866, when Millicent Garrett Fawcett began her lifetime's work leading the peaceful campaign for women's votes."
- Fawcett declared October 30th as Women's No Pay Day because the pay gap is the equivalent of men being paid all year and women working for free from October 30th.
- Know How Conference Links
- Following the very successful Know How Conference in Mexico City this August, we're starting to put up links to Libraries and organisations we met at the conference. Plus, you can read about Adele, Sue and Wendy's impressions of Mexico on the Library blog.
- G Mexico, El Colegio de Mexico
- 'G Mexico is a virtual space that is developed with the objective to reunite and to make connections between academics as they develop activities of investigation, teaching, publication and organization of documentary materials around the sort studies.'
- Women's Library, London
- Celebrating and recording women's lives
- 'The Women's Library is a cultural centre, housing the most extensive collection of women's history in the UK. With over 60,000 books and pamphlets, 2,500 periodical titles, 400 archive collections and 5,000 museum objects covering issues from health, sexuality and popular culture to politics, history and human rights, there is a wealth of material here and access is free for everyone.' Part of London Metropolitan University
- International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement
- Amsterdam-based information centre and archive. Website gives access to the 'Mapping the world of women's information centres' database, which gives details of women's centres and libraries across the world.
- The F word
- Contemporary UK Feminism
- Mitchell Library
- The Mitchell Library is the hub of a citywide information service.
- After 12 glorious years at 109 Trongate, the Women's Library will soon be on the move. We want all our past and future users and supporters to come with us and to feel at home. Find out more about our move to the Mitchell Library
- Virtual Mitchell Collection
- 'Glasgow's Mitchell Library is one of the largest public reference libraries in Europe. It also houses the City Archives. As part of an ongoing project to make its resources more accessible, a selection of photographs and other images of the city has been digitised.'
- Scottish Poetry Library
- 'The Scottish Poetry Library is the place for poetry in Scotland, for the regular reader, the serious student or the casual browser. Since its foundation in 1984 it has amassed a remarkable collection of written works, as well as tapes and videos. The emphasis is on contemporary poetry written in Scotland, in Scots, Gaelic and English, but historic Scottish poetry and contemporary works from almost every part of the world feature too.'
- Fairtrade
- 'The Fairtrade Foundation was established in 1992 by CAFOD, Christian Aid, New Consumer, Oxfam, Traidcraft and the World Development Movement. These founding organisations were later joined by Britain's largest women's organisation, the Women's Institute. The Foundation is the UK member of Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International (FLO), which unites 20 national initiatives across Europe, Japan, North America, Mexico and Australia/New Zealand.'
- Stitch 'n' Bitch (UK)
- Join the knitting revolution
- Our Stitch 'n' Bitch group meets every second Thursday from 6.30-8.30pm.
- Unicef Millenium Development Goals
- Target by 2015: Eliminate gender disparity at all levels of education by 2015 and empower women.
- Equal Opportunities Commission
- 'The Equal Opportunities Commission is working to eliminate sex discrimination in Britain today. If women and men had equal chances in life, things would be different. We're working on it...'
- Engender
- 'Engender is an information, research and networking organisation for women in Scotland, working with other groups locally and internationally to improve women's lives and increase their power and influence. The organisation campaigns to ensure that women and their concerns have greater visibility and equal representation at all levels of Scottish society.'
- Scottish Women's Convention
- 'The Convention provides opportunities for women to engage in focused debate about specific issues of concern and to influence policy decisions in Scotland. It is a new and exciting initiative which aims to reflect the diversity of women in Scotland and to ensure that their voices get heard in the policy making process.'
- Asylum Seeker and Refugee Time Bank
- The Library has a number of volunteer placements in partnership with the Asylum Seeker and Refugee Time Bank (Glasgow)
- Centrum Praw Kobiet (Women's Rights Centre, Poland)
- 'The Women's Rights Center was founded in December 1994. The Center was created to ensure that a gender perspective is present during the law-making process and in the application of law, and that women and men are equal before the law. The Women's Rights Center is a diligent advocate for equal status and opportunities for women and men in public life and within the family.'
- Gallery of Modern Art/Rule of Thumb
- The successful GOMA programme Rule of Thumb involved GWL learners in a range of activities including video and art workshops, talks and outreach. GWL learners were recipients of the 'Engage' award as part of the GOMA, Rule of Thumb group exhibition elbowroom.
- The Feminist Art Project
- 'The Feminist Art Project invites you to participate in activities that celebrate women's contributions to art and the Feminist Art Movement. Our purpose is to bring public attention to their significant impact on contemporary art practice, highlighting their international influence, and guaranteeing their inclusion in the cultural record, past, present, and future.'
- Camcorder Guerillas
- Camcorder Guerillas is a Glasgow-based collective of independent, radical filmakers supported in its aims by a network of members and affiliates.
- Filmmaker Jan Nimmo www.greengold.org.uk & www.jannimmo.com
- Jan Nimmo has been involved in our project to document 109 Trongate, filming interviews and events for our archives and teaching staff and library users video-making skills.
- Pilton Video
- 'Pilton Video began in 1982 working with community groups in the local area to make powerful hard hitting programmes. Since 1995, Pilton Video has been a City-Wide Media Project funded through the Arts and Learning Unit of the City of Edinburgh Council.'
- The Library worked with Pilton Video in 2006 on an exciting project working with a culturally diverse group of young women exploring the history and current meaning of feminism. The 'F' word project culminated in a two short films, recently screened at the GFT.
- BBC Women's Land Army Archive
- The BBC's archive of oral histories of the WWII Women's Land Army.