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Aletta (formerly the IIAV) is the home of the renowned collection, the International Archives for the Women's Movement. By collecting and making our heritage available, Aletta aims to inspire, to expand knowledge on the position of women and to promote research in this area.

Amazone is the name of the centre which was set up in 1995 as the national contact centre for women and women's organisations, which has now developed to become a resource centre for equality between men and women. Amazone is situated in a beautifully restored building in the heart of Brussels and provides a broad range of services as a meeting centre, conference centre and information centre.

AOIFE is a European association for Women's Studies based on institutional membership. AOIFE is a structure which links institutions dedicated to initiating and supporting feminist education and research in Europe. AOIFE is a forum for collectively addressing and acting on issues concerning Women's Studies by means of co-operation and networking. AOIFE is a platform from which to submit carefully drafted applications for funding from the EU and other international organisations.

Founded in 1991, APEM is a non-profit, scientific association. Its aims are to support, promote and encourage Women’s Studies / Gender Studies / Feminist Studies in all areas of knowledge. Membership is open to all individuals and groups who identify with women’s studies/Gender Studies.

ATHENA3, the Advanced Thematic Network of Women’s Studies in Europe, brings together 80 institutes in the interdisciplinary field of Women’s and Gender Studies. Our aim is to unite scholars, teachers, and stakeholders from civil society and public institutions in the field of gender and diversity.

The Research Center in Gender Studies promotes scientific and academic legitimacy of the subject area of gender studies. In accordance with this mission, the Center conducts scientific and theoretic research in the area, publishes original research studies as well as translations of the most relevant work in the area and organizes events. The aim of the latter is to contribute towards introduction of gender studies in the higher education institutions. Gender studies are research and academic area which is interdisciplinarily structured from the spheres of social sciences and humanities.

The European Journal of Women's Studies is a major international forum for original scholarship at the cutting edge of research in women's studies. The journal's main focus is the complex theoretical and empirical relationship between women and the particular, and diverse, context of Europe. As well as articles, the journal includes overviews on the state of women's studies in different European countries; short topical and polemical pieces; reviews; and conference reports.

FOKK – Association for Women’s Studies and Gender Research in Norway

Graduate Journal of Social Science is an open-access online journal focusing on methodological issues of interdisciplinary relevance. The journal publishes two issues per year, one of which is thematic and one of which groups innovative and instructive papers from all disciplines. GJSS welcomes submissions from both senior and junior academics, thus providing a forum of publication and exchange among different generations engaged in interdisciplinary research.

Hilma is a network for all women’s studies units in Finland, their undergraduate and graduate students, teachers and researchers, as well as administrators. Hilma is a window into women’s studies also for those outside the academia. Hilmas core values are quality and productivity. Hilma arranges internet courses in Women’s Studies, provides information on events related to Women’s Studies, such as Ph.D. defences and conferences, lists new publications and provides links to the central www-teaching resources in Finland. Hilma also informs about research projects inside or related to Women’s Studies and about possibilities for postgraduate studies inside the field. Hilma’s resources are provided by the Ministry of Education.

KILDEN is an information centre for gender research in Norway. KILDEN has the national responsibility for promotion and information about Norwegian gender research nationally and abroad. KILDEN has the national responsibility to promote the documentation of resources and activities within gender research in Norway. KILDEN’s target groups are gender researchers, the academic communities in general, journalists, politicians, public administrators, students and the public in general.

KVINFO is Denmark's Centre for Information on Women and Gender and offers information and resources on women and society in Denmark, gender research, legislation, women's history, notable women and much more. If you are looking for news, facts or research on gender in Denmark, please browse our site.

LOVER is cheeky, opinionated, sharp and topical, with an eye for human interest. The feminist analysis in this Dutch-language magazine is so accessibly written, you can kick up your feet and enjoy a good read. LOVER is a source of inspiration for women (and men) who view the world with a critical eye. (Mainly Dutch)

NextGENDERation is a transnational European network of students, researchers and activists with an interest in feminist theory and politics, and their intersections with anti-racist, migrant, lesbian, queer and anti-capitalist struggles

Documentation Centre and Archives on Feminism, Equal Opportunities and Women's Studies. Since 1978 the RoSa documentation centre has been THE address for information and documentation on women. If you are a member of a women's movement, a student, an investigator or simply interested in feminism, equal opportunities and women's studies in Belgium or any other country, RoSa is the right place to find information.

Sophia aims at stimulating research and education in women's studies, while establishing contacts between the Dutch-and Frenchspeaking communities in Belgium and between the women's movement and the academic world.

SQS: Journal of Queer Studies in Finland is a trilingual publication welcoming articles, commentaries, and reviews written in Finnish, Swedish, and English. While SQS seeks to question existing normativities, including academic ones, it still insists on standards that ensure the validity and reliability of research. Hence SQS functions as a peer-reviewed academic journal. The anonymity of the writers and referees is maintained to ensure the impartiality of the referees’ comments. Articles submitted will be peer reviewed by at least two referees who are experts in the author’s particular field. Texts other than articles and essays — commentaries, reviews, and so forth — are reviewed by the editorial board.

The Group aims to promote the participation and equality of women in the sciences on a Europe-wide basis. They meet twice a year and provide an important forum for dialogue about national policies. The main tasks of the Group are set up in the Mandate voted in 2007.

The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) (Reg. no. 234) is a non-profit organisation which promotes and contributes to projects of social, political, and economic themes relating to gender with an emphasis on the Mediterranean region.

Trikster is the first Nordic web magazine with a queer perspective on culture and politics. Trikster mixes genres and forms, and presents a variety of academic, activist, artistic, and political voices with a queer perspective. Trikster covers contributions in different formats, media and languages: English, Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish.

The first, and only one in Ukraine, the Museum of the women, women's and gender history of the movement - a museum for information and educational activities which are drawing the attention of the general public to women and gender issues, promotion of strengthening cultural ties between Ukraine and other countries, consolidation of international women's movement. We invite you to visit the museum, which you can feel for yourself how the construction of gender insociety.

The UKRC is the Government’s lead organisation for the provision of advice, services and policy consultation regarding the under-representation of women in science, engineering, technology and the built environment (SET). We work with employers; professional bodies; education institutions; women's organisations and networks; policy institutes; sector skills councils; the government and many others to promote gender equality in SET. We offer tailored services and support for women at all career stages, including getting started, returning after a break, seeking promotion and aspiring to leadership.

Documentation centre and Feminist Archive to contribute to a Society of Knowledge to everyone, by strengthening the publication of the historical documentation on Equality and Feminism To promote the use of the Internet and to create a knowledge share net, engaging similar documentation and research centres abroad, as long as libraries at Universities and Schools, at local communities and at organisms for Equality like the Commission to Citizenship and Gender Equality. To create a site promoting access to multimedia contents to be made as digitalized documents, DVD’s and other materials. To use the literary estate from associations like IDM (Information, Documentation, Women), Cooperativa Editorial de Mulheres (Women’s Editorial Cooperative) and UMAR by digitalizing documents. To enforce the exchange with young investigators in the country and abroad

WAVE is a network of European women's non-governmental organisations working in the field of combating violence against women and children (women's refuges, counselling centres, SOS hotlines/helplines, organisations focusing on prevention and training, etc.). Currently the Network focuses specifically on violence in the family and in intimate relationships. The Network sets out to promote and strengthen the human rights of women and children in general and to prevent violence against women and children in particular. We fully support the aims of the United Nations, stressing the importance of working towards ending all forms of violence against women and children in public and private life in accordance with the Vienna Declaration, the Declaration on Violence against Women, the Beijing Platform for Beijing Platform for Action and all other related documents.

WeAVE is a network for European gender studies students, postgraduate students, PhDs, post-doc researchers, junior teachers or anyone else interested in this field of study.

Women's International Studies Europe (WISE) is the European association for individuals and institutions involved in women's studies, founded in 1990. WISE seeks to further feminist critiques of knowledge, and support practices and research, which will improve the quality of women's lives. WISE aims to promote women's studies teaching, research and publication in Europe and defends the interests of women's studies on a European and international level in all appropriate institutions and organizations.