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FOR WOMEN
New York City Technical College
300 Jay Street, M-407
Brooklyn, NY 11201
phone: 718-260-5730
fax: 718-260-5737
Provides
women with programs and support services to assist them in entering non-traditional
technical fields/trades. Focus is on upgrading math skills, providing prevocational
and vocational training programs and information about career options in technical
fields. Also conducts an outreach to junior and senior high school students and
women in the community, a non-traditional vocational training program for teen
mothers, pre-college math enrichment and programs for displaced, homeless and
single parents. AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN (AAUW)
New York City Branch
111 East
37th Street
New York, NY 10016
phone/fax: 212-684-6068
web: www.aauw.org
Brings together college and university graduates for educational, social and civic
endeavors. Programs focus on the advancement of women, education, the community,
cultural interests, international relations and legislation. The AAUW Educational
Foundation provides fellowships, grants and awards.
AMERICAN MOTHERS
301 Park Avenue
New York, NY
10022
phone/fax: 212-755-2539
email: info@americanmothers.org
www.americanmothers.org
For over
60 years, American Mothers, Inc. has been making significant contributions to
American society through its broadbased programming targeted at the key issues
and problems facing the family. Its purpose is to be a dedicated force to strengthen
the moral and spiritual foundations of the family and the home.
CARTERET COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM, INC. INTERVENTION
– PREVENTION – EDUCATION
P.O. Box 2279
Morehead, NC 28557
phone:
252-728-3788
fax: 252-393-6361
web site: www.kzgraphics.com/dvp
The purpose of the CCDVP is to assist family members – primarily women and
children – who suffer when family violence occurs: to take action to develop,
implement, and manage a program to assist victims of domestic violence and their
children: to provide victims of abuse and their children information, supportive
services and a safe place away from violence while they explore their alternatives
and make decisions about their future. DIRECTORY
OF NATIONAL WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS, THE
By: The National Council for Research
on Women
530 Broadway at Spring Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10012
A necessary, comprehensive reference guide of National Women's Organizations.
DIRECTORY FOR NON-TRADITIONAL TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS SERVING WOMEN
U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau
200 Constitution Avenue
N.W. Room S3311
Washington, DC 20201
phone: 202-219-6652
fax: 202-219-5529
http://www.dol.gov/dol/wb/
A useful guide for the woman whose dreams span beyond the traditional
LARGESSE, THE NETWORK FOR SIZE ESTEEM Largesse is an online
resource network whose website provides free support material, information, and
links to other organizations which also promote size diversity empowerment.
email:
largesse@eskimo.com
web site: www.eskimo.com/~largesse/
MS.
FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN
120 Wall Street, 33rd Floor New York, NY 10005
phone: 212-742-2300
fax: 212-742-1653
www.ms.foundation.org
The Ms. Foundation for Women, the national women’s fund, has been creating opportunities
for women and girls for over 25 years. Creator of the award winning Take Our Daughters
to Work Day program, the Ms. Foundation improves the lives of women and girls
by conducting advocacy and public-education campaigns, and directing resources
of all kinds to organizations in the areas of Women’s Economic Security, Women’s
Health and Safety and Girls, Young Women and Leadership.
NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE
phone: 1-800-799-7233
(English & Spanish)
fax: 512-453-8541
email: ndvh@ndvh.org
www.ndvh.org
NATIONAL EMPOWERMENT CENTER
20 Ballard Road
Lawrence,
MA 01843-1018
phone: 800-769-3728
fax: 978-681-5426
www.power2u.org
A center that provides informative alternatives to the mental health system
NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MUSEUM, THE
Washington,
DC
www.nwhm.org
Due to open in 2003
NOW - NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN
1000 16th Street,
NW Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
phone: 202-331-0066
fax: 202-785-8576
www.now.org
The NOW Foundation advances
women’s rights and promotes the goal of equality in the United States and around
the world through education, litigation, advocacy, networking, conferences, publications,
training and leadership development.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
National Headquarters
810 Seventh
Avenue
New York, NY 10019
phone: 212-541-7800
fax: 212-245-1845
www.plannedparenthood.org
Founded
in 1916, Planned Parenthood is the world’s largest and oldest voluntary family
planning organization. Planned Parenthood is dedicated to the principles that
every individual has a fundamental right to decide when or whether to have a child,
and that every child should be wanted and loved.
UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
2 United Nations Plaza
Room DC2-1220
New York, NY 10017
phone:
212-963-4248
fax: 212-963-3463
web
site for the UN: www.un.org
gopher
site for the UN Commision on the Status of Women:gopher://gopher.undp.org/1/ecosocdocs/sow/
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