Justice and Gender
 

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http://www.futureofchildren.org
The Future of Children The primary purpose of The Future of Children is to promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research.

http://www.caljustice.org
Californians for Justice Education Fund The mission is to bring together people, young, poor, and of different races, through community education efforts that develop leaders.

http://nccwge.org
National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education The coalition unites 50 organizations devoted to improving educational opportunities for women and girls.

http://www.wilpf.org/history/about1.htm
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom This group was founded in 1915 by Jane Addams. The website reflects their interest in improving life for women internationally.

http://www.dawn.org
Development Alternative with Women for the New Area: Gender Justice and Economic Justice This site contains reviews of UN conferences on women in the 1990s.

http://www.unescobkk.org/gender
This is a beautiful website called Asia and the Pacific: Gender in Education. The purpose of this site is to promote gender equality in education. There is information from around the world on gender issues. It was originally set up to work toward reducing gender disparities in education within the Asia-Pacific region, but there is a wealth of information and many links that would be beneficial to any teacher interested in promoting gender equality.

http://www.bctf.bc.ca/social/GlobalEd/
This website addresses issues of justice in education from the perspective of global education. There are units that can be used by teachers who want to explore the themes of global education.

http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/EPS/PES-Yearbook/97_docs/pearson.html
This is a paper on this justice and gender and it critically discusses the reasons why this is important and the problems involved in creating equality.

http://www.westernstatescenter.org/archive/WestWays/WestWays05.pdf
This is the website for the Western States Center whose focus is on justice and gender. There is a wide variety of information on this topic.

http://www.worldsummit2002.org/texts/ZenebeworkTadesse.pdf
This is a paper done for the Forum for Social Science Studies in Ethipoia. It is a long paper that discusses this issue, which is a major problem in Africa.

www.ufw.org
When I introduce the issue of justice I begin with the life of Cesar Chavez. My students can listen to his voice.

www.civilrights.org
Use the civil rights index to locate your area of interest. I was searching for quality education for minority students and found Equity in Education Funding. There is a disparity in funding especially for schools that are highly impacted by poverty.

http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org
Does your school give equal opportunity to girls in sports? How about your city parks and rec dept? There's a handy downloadable checklist on the website for Women's Sports Foundation. Look under "Issues and Actions"

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